Highland High School - Ram Yearbook (Gastonia, NC)

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Dorothy McKnight President Yvonne Gary Vice- President Loraine Sanders Secretary Patricia Roseborough Treasurer Betty Robinson UTURE USINESS EADERS MERICA Miss M. L. Ormond Advisor Doris Pratt Aureathia Floyd Mary Fewell Reola Williams Judith Friday Cornelius Clinton Delores Gary 56 Louvenia Russell Nancy Murriel Cooper Smith Albert James

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Try To Succeed In All Endeavors. THE HIGHLAND TATTLER Make The Very Best Of Your Abilities. Volume 35—Number 1 Highland High School, Gaslonia, North Carolina, September, 1965 Price: 15 Cents f - W - f Em I ' %. t Dt Wi lan Mrs. M. Lakin Editorial Advisor Th grade; land, they vii; rupicsent ine 102 students. The seventh grade teachers are Mrs. Hazel Barber. Mrs. Elfreid? Brooks, and Mrs. Edwin Schooler. The eighth graders, retut ing to Highland for their se ond consecutive year, having a total of 117 students, appear eager for work and an educa lion. Ninth graders, begintr their first year of high sebe show their number to be 12k. lively, ambitious students. Congratulations to the 10th grade for having the largest class enrollment 144. There are 109 ingenious juniors raving for work and a big step toward the future. And to the present senior class, goes the school’s highest recognition. The class includes 103 forward looking students. Another important class of the Highland family is the Special Education Class. With a total of 20 students, the class i s taught by Mrs. McDuffie. The Highland family extends a warm and hearty welcome to all new students and teachers Miss M. Ormond Typing Advisor Mr. D. Moore Advertising Advisor Mrs. M. Young Business Advisor ileiu He, a native ol rth Carolina lAN’T GO You CAN and Mrs. J. j just that, tight of elder j l to the great- of the students Pharr has of the „ - s, Pharr Poetry Editor ure Ave . Joyce King Elliot McClinton Sports Editor Norris Boyd Advertising G. Giegory is New Band Director (J. Flanders Leaves) Chosen as the new band teacher to replace James Flanders is George Gregory, a native of Gastonia who has taught for seven years at High¬ land Elementry School. A graduate of Winston- Salem Teacher’s College, he taught In Leaksvflle and in Rockingham, North Carolina. Teaching health is another duty of the newest faculty ad¬ dition at Highland. When asked to comment on the transition from ele¬ mentary leaching to high school he said that high school is no more difficult than leaching In elementary schooT. 5 Gregory is married to the former Miss Jeanne- Harrison, and they reside at 910 S. Mill¬ er Street. They have no chil¬ dren. The former elementary teacher joined the high school faculty when Band- ausband. Ernest Pharr ai - Jacqueline and as a teenag Glee Club, ai ty. She trave oDe then dec earner oecau ence of her She spent her nigh school High Scho. them ai, Greensbor. ating she ors, and she ... Teachers College Minnesota. For the past three years she has taught at Dough ' High School in Lawn ' ’ North Carolina and La ' Junior High School hegan. New York. Sht English and French t schools. She has also taught a .ligh in Belmont. As told by Mr. T. her superintend ' - instead of Mrs. : ' Larry Thompson Mrs. Pharr says Advertising that most students hi are curteous and enjoy.. . vancemenl or cei . SChOOi was inter-. ' dents body v ben tlie ot acqu? :nts wh he grou, j. ies on jecompani, and Mrs. M. The thro Negro Hist ' ’hysica ' : ' Loraine Sanders Fashion Editor much like those of a college. Classes slar-e a. m. lo 4:00 p in. He studied Readir Science, Physical Ed rial Studies, Math, Shop. There were no gi. mi the campus and e was ratergrated. He enjoyed all th anal facilities s« ling, attending ghtseeing tours. Miss James, gtn iclor. aeebrop ® ’ hi school. Gilbert Ford Advertising Ter Ink Vacai 9 url to Harvey Hopkins Advertising . :i tau USX to the V.a. . ■•Ni ' lji 0 s ium. He secured an application from the guidance counselor u -uigh Mrs. M. Young. tudied physics, v ology, chemist y- went on sig enabled i ,1 places. T. recreational „nnis, track, bov, ■.i dances. 1 icy and Mar •y to ?- fife :.mbus i .- .orth Carolina Ad- School in Winston- Ei sun of v r ’ go, Nev, .Buch¬ er, W. L Goins studied the same course at Biology Knsti- at A. T. College Greens- These courses were 4 by the National auudation. Mrs. M. k a course in ab- bra at the Uni- Kentueky and vls- ,-s of Interest In . The counselor, Anne James, attended -rnor’s Advancement Winston Salem, nplores Garv course on Pl0 ’ ue lores ua y . rhool Desegrega - Typist (W thAt sbe t00k a it, -,o Washington, D. C. Others attending school were Mr .Eaves, who attended in Raleigh, Mr. Brooks and Miss Greene atended North Carolina College in Durham. Those traveling includeu Miss Barnette, who went to the vVorld ' s Fair, to the Arlington Ccmetary to observe the grave of the late President John tcnncdy. Others going to New York or attending the World’s l air were F. E. Davis, Mrs C. Dunn, Mrs. E. Fybrace, and Mrs. A. Jordon. Mrs. E. Brooks went to Cleveland, Ohio while Prof. J. R. Robin¬ son traveled between Win¬ ston and Gastonia, Mrs. E. Schooler went to California to attend a convention. His¬ tory teacher G. Brooks at tended a convention in Phila- Mrs. E. Schooler Circulation Advisor «rii - i J Schools he had served as a icipal and a teacher. sed as his topic, ' The l Have To Keep.” His A: ib-topics were Remcm- Responsibility, nd Re he talked he told the ence that young ipeople of v:v e more dedication ter. He also stated people of today responsibilty, and aliouid seek responsi- LtiiuUes. it was said that our nation is spectator on respon¬ sibility. The world needs more young people who will want to con¬ tribute to its progress. According to the speaker it is hard for one to know what he is going to be. As one thinks of the past, he docs uol use what he lias. But if we can make the best of our talents we will amount to something worthwhile. Everyone’s resolutions should be a purpose or eith¬ er a formal expression of opinion. Some people work for money instead of a certain philosophy. We should be able to render a service. The students were urged to study as never before be¬ cause the world is becoming more scientific. More money has been put into research within seven years. Comput¬ ers can act faster. There is no place in the world for unskilled workers. The computers are making jobs disappear by the thousands. Finally everyone should as¬ pire to lofty goals. Mr. Brown warned that if we dreamed, work should he the key to success. Work is of vital im¬ portance. All students should be in¬ spired to do the things that life requires. School Holds First Assembly The first assembly program was held September 15, at Highland ’s Auditorium at the second period. Mr. Jeffers introduced the President of the Student Coun-