Harding High School - Acorn Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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SENIGRS BARtsARA Wu.t.tAsis Huis ' X ' ' ' vertisiug t'onm1ittt-eg .Xrt lfilitoi' Xiu tliurus l. 3: late. tlitli 3, .Xml Staff: Utliee llt'lpZ Xlost 'l':1lt'nteil Senior. MARY llI.lZAl5lE'lill Vv'lNGA'l'l5 lan Ulliet' llt-Ip 2. Rtllilflel' XVll.I.IAM YOL'N'l' lil: I. llfnuu' Society .lg Noluiimtlnxg tommtttee l: ttty lypnig toutest l MEMGRIES XVhile sands of time are slipping fast. Today we sadly stand And lry to cling to fading past. As time slips through our hand. Keeping memories of many things Which only joy and sorrow hring. Still there are memories which never fade, Memories that will never die. Memories everlastingly made, Memories of Harding High, The school so dear to all our hearts, The one from which we now depart. Memories of teachers so kind, XVhose aim was day by day To point with urm and guiding minds To a road on the Cireat Highway XVhich leads to the City of the NVorld, XVhere our true colors would he unfurled, Memories of friends in lower grades, Ready beside us to stand. Through them ottr taslx easier was made XVith kind and helping hand. May we rememher them, ltind and sincere, Our recollections are, we und. Crowded and hlled with events Of happy days and joyful times. All of them which were spent ln striving as the days went by To keep the standard of Harding High. Still there remains a memory XVith which our hearts to till. And swell with pride so great to feel An everlasting thrill. An honor we are proud to claim No other one cottld he the same. We are the first class to have made The honor so very high Of passing from the seventh grade Through the twelfth in Harding High So. dear Harding, let us make a pact That we will ne'er forget this fact, And, though the curtain of time now fall And days are fleeting lwy When we must say farewell to all Our friends at Harding High, Still locked forever in our hearts will he S. Theirs is a friendship we'll ever hold dear. Our cherished memories. dear school. of thee Pace 'IllL'f'l7ftl

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SENIORS ANNA MARINDA 'TAYLOR l'luu'us 33 tlirl Reserve lg Gym l. ROSE BEIECHER Tl IREATT Pon flmrus l, l. J: Ulinic 3: Girl Reserve l. 2, .lg Reporters' flub 33 AHIRN StntT 33 llrzunntirs Ululr 2. BRONZE HOLLAND TRULL. JR. uUL l'CH llnntl 1. 3. K: Orchestra 2. 33 Chorus 11 Drum Major 1, Z, 33 Ili-Y li Sturlent Assembly lg Presitle-nt Tenth Urznle 1: 'l'i':imc Force lg State Music Vnntest l, 1. 3: National Music' fnntest 2, .lg Most Talentctl .lg Solo State, Natitmzxl Xlusie lluntestg Nmninntinp: Committee 1. ROBERT TURNER Bon lli-Y 2: Chorus 2. 3: junim' lfontlizill 3. WILl-IAhl HERRON TURNER J I M MIEU FRANKLIN RUNGE VITA Rox' lux W1u.KIeR DONALD WALTHQS Ili-Y 1, 13 Repnrters' Clulv J, 3: ,luninr llasketliall l. J, .lg Funtlxall Mnnmzer 2. L. J. WA'I'SON llnnnl l, 2, .ig Oreliestrn .23 National Muwie Uuntest l: State Music Vontest 1, 23 Trznflie Force l, 2, .lg Faptztin Traffic Force 3: Bluvic Cluln l ' 5 ED XVATT llantl l, 2, .lg Orcliestrn J, 31 l':tfvtt-riat l. .I .lg Trzutlic Officer lg tltlire Help l, J: Dance l'unnnittee 3. THOMAS HUBERT VJETMORE. JR. TOM MW' Snlesuixniship l'lulx 3. JAMES CURTIS Wl'iITIi HCVRTK' Fuutluall I. 2, 3: Ili-Y I, 3, l'rt-sulent 13 Trahic Force I: Banrl I, 2, .lg Orchestra 2, .lg ACORN Stat? 1: Vice-Presitlent Senior Class: Class Lawyer: State Music Vontcst 2, 33 National Music Contest 2, 33 Busi- ness l'0mn1ittr:e of Bnntl 2. Rl' I

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SENIGR CLASS I-IISTGRY The class of 1941 registered at Harding High School in September, 1935-a new class in a new school. for that was the year that this school first opened its doors. What a year the seventh grade was! With changing classes, using lockers. losing all our possessions, and coping with seven teachers, we two hundred and seven seventh graders were really in the middle of our high school daze. ' As soon as schedules were arranged, locker numbers were learned, and lesson-assignments were in order, we elected our first class officers: president, Tom Lefler: vice-president, Ed Watt: secretary, Louise Hagler: and treasurer. Jack Greene. Mrs. Lois Summerville was our class adviser. Our first class meeting was soon held, and we unanimously selected our school motto: Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow. During this first year our school song, Harding High Forever, was chosen, and the first edition of Till? ACORN was published. Miss Edna Triplett was the hrst adviser for THE ACORN. Mrs. Willie S. Shore organized a public speaking club containing sixty members in March, 1936. and it made its first public appearance in the auditorium on April 24. Many fine presenta- tions were given by students of our class: talks and sayings by Joe Messina. Edna Mae Moody, Alice Beaver, Bob Cherry, and Betty Jean Goodson. A debate was also given: the query being: Harding High School Should Have Honor Study Halls : the affirmative won. Later that year another debate was given, Resolved: North Carolina Should Abolish Capital Punish- ment : the negative side won. In the eighth grade, we, like veterans, were inclined to look down on the lowly seventh graders. We elected officers: president, Bob Cherry: vice-president, James Baldwin: secretary. Marie Nelson: treasurer, Margaret Funderburke. The Harding Hi-Lights was organized, giving our class its first school newspaper. Several members from our class served on the staff. They were Betty Sarratt. Helen Daniels, Joe Messina, Tom Lefler, Bob Cherry, Marie Nelson, Margaret Hunter, and Nancy Sharpe. A gala picnic was given at Bryant Park. What a time we had that day playing baseball and eating hot dogs! In the ninth grade our class officers were: president, Joe Messina: vice-president, Betty Sarratt: secretary, Margaret Seegers: and treasurer, Claude Hudson. Our social activities included a weiner roast held at the school on the coldest night of that year! Hot dogs really tasted good after we had run relay races and played other games to keep warm. Later in the year our grade mother, Mrs. T. G. Hunter, gave us a formal Valentine party at her home on West Fifth Street. At the helm in the tenth grade were: president, Bronze Trull: vice-president, Alice Beaver: secretary. Erskine Deaton: and treasurer, J. B. Orr. That year seemed to be one of study for all of us, it being our first year of senior-high school. Our officers in the eleventh grade were: president, Henry Stokes: vice-president, Margaret Funderburke: secretary, Audrey Parish: and treasurer, Betty Jo Reinhardt. After many Cmissb trials and happy tand other wisej experiences, the year was super-climaxed by the Junior-Senior Banquet held in Efird's dining room on May 17. The banquet was carried out on a Mexican Fiesta theme, with the Senors and Senoritas clad in formal attire. What a time we had reading our menus printed in Mexican! Everything. however, turned out to be in the good old American plan. Toastmaster for the occasion was Henry Stokes. class president. Mr. Tewkesbury was enjoyed along with ensalada do pena and tajada de carne asada. Several other enjoyable talks were given for the benefit of the under-grads as well as the graduates. Junior Marshals that year were: Jean Allison. Jean Carroll. Joe Messina. Lewis Padgett, Betty Jo Reinhardt. J. C. Rhyne. Margaret Seegers. Nancy Sharpe, Eel Watt, and Jack Greene. The officers who led us through the first semester of the final stanza were: president. Wallace Bunn: vice-president, Jean Carroll: secretary, Kitty Kendall: and treasurer, Jack Moore. The officers for the second semester are: president, Wallace Bunn: vice-president, Margaret Seegers: secretary, Kitty Kendall: treasurer. Jack Moore. A swell job they have done, too. With the promotion of sports, dances, movies. and other extra-curricular activities, they have made this. our concluding year. a pleasant and exciting one. One of our best-known and best-liked young ladies won fame and recognition, not only for herself, but also for old Harding. She is Margaret Seegers. who was presented a silver loving cup by the Charlotte Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She well-deserved it. too. We hardly had time to get used to school again after the Christmas holidays. we were allowed another two weeks vacation due to a flu epidemic. Afterwards we managed to stumble through the mid-term exams. Then, in February, came that event to which every Senior Class looks forward-the Senior Class play! After we had received our final Annual at Harding, the Junior-Senior Banquet was held. And so commencement, and the final curtain falls. Page Twenty-one