Myers Park High School - Mustang Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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DE Club. Front row: Cates, Frazier, Hawes, Harding. S. Smith, LaPointe, Wise, Howard, L. Smith. Sec- ond row: Jackson, McGowan, Broome. S. Dodson, Shaw, East. Hunt, Craven, Nash. Third row: Raborn v Mathews, Hayes, J. Dodson, Hudson, Anderson, Lonon, Miller, Turk. Fourth row: Clinard, Farris, Spencer, Kologiski, Dwight, Burdette. Fifth row: Capristo. Snyder, and Snead. DE Club members pursue job opportunities The Distributive Education Club, which incorporates job opportunities with aca- demic study, was led this year by President Francis Snyder and advised by Mrs. Bur- gess. In order to prepare themselves for their respective roles in the business world, the members enrolled in either DE I or DE II. In DE I, job application, advertising, and salesmanship were studied, While in DE II, the topics for discussion were eco- nomics, business psychology, business in- surance, business law, and public speaking. A long-distance operator, DE Club member Sandra Harding, holds a job at Bell Telephone Co. In addition to preparing displays for the Student Center showcases, the club engaged in several service projects. During the Christmas season, the club sponsored a needy family and held a Christmas party for the children of the family. With the other Distributive Education clubs in Mecklenburg County, the club set up a local scholarship fund in cooperation with the national Distributive Education scholarship fund. The club's Spring project enabled students to become more aware of Myers Parks spring athletic teams. Peggy Hawes, an employee of Be-lk's Department Store, works at a calculator totaling receipts. DE Club officers. Sitting: Sec. D. Whisnant, Treas. Wise. Standing: Pres. Snyder, Sec. K. Whisnant. 4' vt 114,151 W Nw. 29

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Q 1 xssfwefa-:wx V 5 Ares ities? Standing: liahs Bentley and Sally Meachum. Sit- ting: Joyce Johnstone, Emily Crouse discuss pro- grams and projects for monthly meetings to aid girls in becoming better future homemakers. FH is host to count rall Mrs. Dorothy Ridings, fashion editor at the Observer, tells girls the spring fashion news that she has gathered from her recent trip to New York to view the styles for this season. Striving to aid girls in becoming better homemakers for tomorrow, the Future Homemakers of America club at Myers Park offers many good ideas through pro- grams for this purpose. Before Christmas, a meeting was held at the Piedmont Natural Gas Company Where their home demonstrator gave many help- ful hints on fixing Christmas decorations. At the February meeting, Mrs. Dorothy Ridings, the fashion editor at the Observer, spoke to the club on the coming spring fashions. As a main event of the year, Myers Park was host to the Mecklenburg County Fu- ture Homemakers of America rally held in our auditorium on February 28. The theme, When You Educate a Woman, was em- phasized through the speeches given during the program. Red Cross helps uban refugees in Florida Sunny Beam, Beth Rose-berry organize material for Red Cross scrapbook containing pictures and articles of our school which will give some idea of American life through MP activities. 1 1 s,z ff' Y I 28 ,yu--a---f--un- q-jll . k M, ff f f . . lf Q. M ,.,..v - .W a Kg ' Mm V' 3.3, A. ' .. 1 1' 1' twff..ifG'. . r . , - ,i ff - f. I N' j , .. .... As a chapter of the national organization, the Myers Park junior Red Cross involves almost every student in its worthy en- deavors. For Christmas the homerooms filled gift boxes to send to Cuban refugees in Miami. The representatives are complet- ing a scrapbook of our school to send to a school in another country. Red Cross officers. V. Pres. Jackie Stroupe, Sec.- Treas. Becky Johnston, Pres. Ron Dougherty.

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if W! , 7'e-4,7 FTA members Conne Hicks, treasurer, and Alice Ann Kimel give instructions to students preparing to take test. Giving tests is one of club's efforts to familiarize girls with teaching. Engineer clubs form city unit Boys interested in engineering find an outlet to further their interests in the Engineer's Club. In room P7 a library which houses college catalogues of outstanding engineer- ing colleges in the country has been estab- lished. The club, under the direction of President Chic Myers, organized the Inter-City Engi- neerls Club which is composed of five Char- lotte high schools, South, East, West, Garinger, and Myers Park. These schools joined together for the purpose of improv- ing the program in order to entice talented students into engineering careers. A joint Engineer's Club oiiicers. Sitting: V. Pres. Lauppe and Secretary Glenn. Standing: Pres. Myers and Treasurer Chaplin. all meeting of all the clubs and members was held, and speeches were made by outstand- ing engineers and scientists. At these meet- ings, speakers from General Electric Missile Department, the government Missile De- partment, and the government Nuclear Sub Department ,presented facts about engineer- ing in their fields. Interesting field trips were made to NC State College and Georgia Tech. There they toured the laboratories. One of the many trips the club made to industries to observe how engineers apply their knowledge was to the Nuclear Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Girls in FT ' aid teachers in classroom Girls who desire to make a career of teach- ing join the Future Teachers of America Club. Faculty members find the girls most helpful in grading papers and giving tests. Some members of the club help as library and oflice assistants, others teach Sunday school and kindergarten. At the state-Wide and county-wide meetings club members campaign wholeheartedly for their candi- dates for state ofiices. Toni Honey served as president of the county FTA along with recording-secretary Alice Ann Kimel. Thus, through their activities, these girls have served their school, county, and state, as well as themselves. l Oliicers of FTA are Peggy Palmer, secretaryg Jackie Stroupe, v. pres., and Anne Ward, pres. Preparing to take field trip to Georgia Tech are Engineer's Club members, clockwise, Tom Lauppe, Bob Glenn, Saxby Chaplin, Chic Myers, Jimmy Raines, and John Canipe. At Tech they observed classes in session.