Harding High School - Acorn Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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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

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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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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT lnvvitiillly iiiinicrscil in the cngilmndity of its cngitntion. the cogitauivt- faculties of the urzulualing class of one thouszinil nine lmmlrenl and forty-une, llarry P, Harding School, Pity of l'l1ai'lotte. Uuunty of Mecklenburg, State of North l':irulinzi, and continent of North America, hereby urilain. publish, :ind declaire this tn he their last Vl'ill and Testament. 'I'l1ei'efm'e, this Class of forty-one liequt-:mths its most highly trr::isureil possessions :is follows: AR'l'Il'I.E I: To 'rniz Scnool. lfwnsf l. To Mr. Hawkins we It-ave mziny thanks fm' his guid- ance during the past six years. 2. NNI' lbequeath nur gratitude :md devotion to Harding lligli School. ARTll'l.l'l ll: To Tin: RISING SENIORS ltvmxf - 1. 'l'n yutt we leave our Senior Dignity :intl lumps you do not abuse it. 2. Vl'e hope our school library will :uleqnntely meet the needs of your subject requirenicnts next year. ARTICLE Ill: To Tun Tmrnnus 1f1'1lIA' H 1. To Miss Snmlifer. Mr. lflclwnrils, :ind Mr. Powell, we leave our sincere gratitude for their guidance as senior advisers. 2. To Mr. Cook, we leave our nppreuiutiini for making our Blind the K'ily t'li:unpinns. 3. To Mrs. Mackey. wi' lt-:ive our illlIll'CTl2llltlll for advis- ing our '41 Arnnx. 4. To Miss llnllliitt. we lezive our hope that the next ye:n s English classes will get their themes in on time. 5. To Mr. l'ovvi'rs, we leave nur sincere hopes that he has some good niatcrizil coming up next year, and that our tram will heat Uentrnl. 6. To Miss Smith, we leave our hope that she will get n lrasketlrall teaun that doesn't jitterlrug all the time. . To Miss VVatsi-n. we leave our hope that she will get a trigonometry class next year. 8. To Mrs. Sawyer. we leave a group of office-helpers even better than we were. AR'l'lCI,li IV: To Yluuous S'rUnEN1's 7 ltrmi' '- I. Uurtis VVhitc-, will tu lid Ilarkley my lrass drum alnlxty, to Harrell Auten my curly hair, :ind to Joe hnellings my lraslifulness, 2. Sam McAllister It-:ives his all A Report to Red Hoover. 3. Louis Boyd leaves to VVylic Shumpert his curly hair :mil to Feeil S1-vers l.. T. Hippy lrequeaths his slim figure. , 4. ll. U. Rliyne leaves his position of 4th horn-player to the Sth hn n-player, l'lilTm'il Brfivvn, and Ed Crimingei' and l.. J. Vl'utsun will their buss horns to whoever can curry them. n. 'l'rl.L'l:iytim C'hi-istcnsin, Neil Cline wills his shop ability and Thomas VVetmore his monopoly on popsicle wrappers. 0. Monti-so Blankenship leaves her happy smiles to Rose Marie Anderson and Jack Case. 7. Boyce .Volile leaves Donald Duck to whoever will feed him. 8, Betty Collins and Ilililzt Brewer leave to the next year chemistry class their zilwility to let chlorine escape. 9. Tok Everett Daniels, Barbara Vliilliams leaves her artistic talent. 10. jean Holland wills to Nunnally Snellings her title of Feet and C. S. Stuart his title of Fishfnce to the ni-xt foutluill manager. ll. Arnold Lee Hill leaves Rollert Ilinsnn his Curly golden locks and Andrey Solomon leaves his whiskers to Cecil Severs. l2. To joe Snellintzs, Marie Nelson leaves her A's and Edna Mac Moody leaves her place in the Honor Society. 13. Jim Duncan leaves his geometrical ability to Philip Vl'oern:-r :mil Edna Tliulnus guts Katie Stone's love of shorthand. 14. Tn 'Gene Fumble, Martha Shuckley leaves her musical ulnlity and to Craig Gudil, Alfred Marino wills his yvouilfworking ahility. 15. FQ Juanita jones, Virginia Ovcrcfish wills her blond hair and ability to chew gum. lb. Lewis Puckett leaves to jznnes Taylor his ability tu show Mr. Tuwkesllury how tn work Algelrrn problems. 17. 'lo Fr:incvs Fulk. Bill 'Yount leaves his perfect figure :mil lnnokkccping ahility. I 18. Scottie Muse hc-queaths the clit-erlenders' megaphones tn Frances Sawyer: and Frank Mayne his swing hahd In lfvi-rett llzmit-ls. Paar Tusr-nly-Iwo . To Paul Monty, Donald Nvulters leaves his :ihility to slip into home rnom late. . Mary Elizabeth YVing:ite wills her quiet ways to Eleanor Miller. . To Betty Mulligan, Josephine Altman leaves her make- up and Grace Parker hequeaths her lung fingernails to Marion Davies. . To Edna Thomas, Rosie Pappas leaves her ability to sing and Billie Howell leaves Helen Rowell her off key giggle. . Lucille Feagzm and Margaret Funderlnurk leave their jitterhugging to Bobbie Lee Everhart and Eula Mae Thompson. . Margaret Graham leaves her Iliccups to anyone with a bicarbonate, and Dewey Hawkes leaves his reporter's job to anyone who cares to stay up late nights and miss English assignments. . Gladys Cohle leaves her ability to chew gum in French class to anyone who can get away with it. . To Ben Kelly Graham, Margaret Hunter leaves lier title of Most Beautiful Girl and XVillium Turner leaves his side burns. . Betty jo Reinhardt leaves the wish that all the Juniors will love Miss VVatson as much as she does. . Cecil Adams leaves his bashfulness to Red Hoover and Dot Rudisill leaves her happy disposition tu all rising seniors. .Margaret Leonard and Mary Crawford leave their long friendship tu anyone who can make zi success of it. . Arvel Heafner leaves his position in the hand to who- ever wants it. :mil Reid Dellinger leaves his ability to plny the Cornet to Bobby Beethoven Bush. . To Johnsy Haney and Ruth Jenkins, Dot Stubbs :ind Margaret Norman leave their shorthand attitudes and grades. . Margaret Helms wills her rainy-day hair to Annie Sue Moody. . Donald KDuckj Keistler leaves his loud shirts to Bruce Brnswell. . Anna Taylor leaves her attendance record to Alberta Phillips. Lewis Padgett leaves his short vest to Robert Hailey and Vincent Severs his short stature to Jeep Hunter. . Harry Brickhouse wills his ability to charm the oppo- site sex tn Charles Hoover. . To Jimmy Epting, Raymond Bumgardner leaves his so-called stncliousness and to Jimmy Therrell, Nancy Sharpe leaves her title of Most Likely to Succeed. . Suzy Long wills to Doris Jean Neal her ability to get hy without taking books home. Paderewski Deaton leaves his ability to get skinned up while on the athletic field to anyone who wants it. . Bronze Trull wills his drum-majoring ability to Harrell Auten and Tom Grifhn leaves his bass clarinet to Joe James. To Lura Mae Johnston, Margaret Seegers wills the rest of the football team and Frances Tatum leaves her brown eyes. Mary Pappas leaves her dignity to Mary Taylor, and Rosabelle Johnson her quiet manner to Polly Sawyer. Pat Daugherty leaves her ability to snag football players to Sara Yarborough. Ed Watt does hereby will his job as cashier in the cafeteria to the Lee twins. Callie Lee Doster wills her ability to chew gum to Miss Carr. . Ruth Reilly leaves her wine skirt and green sweater to Louise Camp, ' Ruth Crowson wills her petiteness to Elizabeth White. . Gwendolyn Lehman wills her ability to pass French to Helen Slye. . Jack Moore leaves his business training skills and attitudes to Ruth Jenkins, his shop ahility to Bobbf' Thomas, and his geometric tendencies to Bruce Braswel . Wallace Bunn leaves to Robert VVest his position as guard on the football team and ends Maurice Green and Martin Scott leave their positions to Tommy Hen- drix and Sandy Cook. . Helene Huber and Elizabeth Hinson will their per- mission to call Miss Sandifer Miss Sallie to Eliza- heth White. . VV:-, Jean and Jane Allisnn, dn bequeath our title as the dignified Senior Twins to the Needham girls. - We, the class of 1941, do hereby authorize Mr. James R. Hawkins tu see that these requests are fulfilled. fSignc-:U CLASS OF FORTY-ONE. CPerj J. CURTIS VVHITE, Class I.a-wyrr. lVl'rNEssEs: Margaret Hunter, Miss Morella Polk, and Scottie Muse.