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

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and after school ln another part of the Student Center, a wanderer will find the large cafeteria in which a variety of activities are dis- covered during any of the three lunch periods. Tolerance ofthe disloyal mem- bers of the Honor Corps is a decided virtue in waiting patiently in the three hot lunch lines and the snack bar line as well. lf the area were viewed on a number of successive days, it would be noted that groups remain the same but move to different tables from day to day. Lunch is spent amid friends, left-over trays, and yells of various and sundry phrases. An open ear can catch the newest elephant or the scattering of grape jokes that pass through the school. On Fridays during the football season, the cheerleaders futilely try to help the students prove beyond any doubt their ability to yell. General trends of conversation within the cafe- teria run from questionings of labs to urgent planning of the next yard-roll- ing escapade to other things that should remain spoken. Only the juke box's incessant playing of the Beatles' records adds to the confusion inside the building. Helping to spread spirit, the Mustang Club decorates the hall in the Student Center with green-and-white crepe paper before the Myers Park-East basketball game. ln addition to co-ordinating and sponsoring a film of Myers Park's football season, the Mustang Club is responsible for sparking pep at the various games. I . ,,. mm. 4041 Qu' Netting 3,000 dollars from the 'sale of tickets, students of six different service clubs help serve with members of the Parent-Teachers' Association at the Barbeque held on October 26 in the school cafeteria where The Camanas, The Monotones, and The Twilighters provide entertainment at various times throughout the day. Sitting on the wall of the Student Center's terrace overlooking the rest of the campus are Tinka White and Mike Love, relaxing during their lunch period. l l 3 4 .5 ' ' My A -A.,xh t U, . ggflziizf: -A .V-RN Y QIAV A , 5'-s 9

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responsible for Homecoming, Christmas geieties in cafeteria December l4, the deadline for the al- teration of the cafeteria into a Christ- mas wonderland, had the appropriate theme of Visions of Sugar Plums supplied by the Dance Committee. Upon stepping into the foyer, a guest attending the bright fantasy land crossed back into the realm of childish imagination. Following the brightly lit aisle beginning in the foyer, he could recapture fanciful dreams of St. Nick and his elves at the workshop. Inside the cafeteria, the first thing to be seen was Santa's sleigh floating across the starry sky, filled with gifts and pulled by his reindeer, On the bulletin board were painted scenes of toy-ladened shelves and children peeping from be- hind their mounds of covers. Those passing through the wreathed doors of the Student Lounge to receive refresh- ments saw the goily decorated tree strewn with popcorn chains and orna- ments. There was a blazing fire in one fireplace and Santa's boots signifying his arrival in the other. The Galaxies complemented the magic mood by pro- viding appropriate entertainment for the merry event. Offsetting the mounting tension of the annual Homecoming Game, students enioy the Embers' entertainment at the Homecoming Dance on November 2. Caricatures of team members on the walls of the cafeteria add to the lively mood brought by the Mustangs' gallop over Rocky Mount's Blackbirds the preceding night. Presented at the dance is the Homecoming Queen with her Royal Court of four attendants and their escorts. At the Homecoming Dance excited crowds gather on FRONT ROW: Tommy Butz, Lindsey Wheatley, Carolyn Brittain, Saxby Chaplin. SECOND ROW: Frank Cathey, the sidelines as Judy Furr sponsors Walter Wolfe, a Carol Lee Scholtz, Martha Dulin, Billy Bane. THIRD ROW: Queen Ann Rivers Howie, and Clay Kimball. senior member of the football team. Il