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

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aid P students in mechanics, the arts 1 A' 1 4 2 My A 'S s i 'x .,.. N As people mill around him, Bob Crane as the impetuous Billy Bigelow observes how business is flourishing at Mrs. Mullin's carnival. Holding a production as this one of Rodgers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL, presented in March in the Myers Fark Auditorium, provides juniors with a chance to raise money for the Junior-Senior. Staked between SC and LA by students of South Mecklenburg, the dummy symbolizes the rising spirit before Myers Park's game with South. ln the auditorium students applaud as Nancy Line- berger inducts Sally Bain, ranking in the second five percent of her class, into the National Honor Society. Having been chosen from auditions from all three classes, Cordy Fraser, Peter Clark, Chuck McConnell, Susan Watson, Mike Ambrose, and Philip Shore form part of the cast in the three-act play BERNARDINE held in the Auditorium in November. The play involved the teen-agers of Sneaky Falls, Idaho, and their problems. I3

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Math and Business Set with entrances facing each other across an expanse of the campus, the Math and Business building and the 5 ' Auditorium add greatly to the com- 4 pleteness of Myers Park. Being two of the newest additions to the area, their appearance is fresher and more lively, but already the students have become accustomed to them and use them to the fullest advantage. From general to advanced math, all math courses are e taught in M and B. In addition, courses in business are taught to those who wish to prepare themselves for an oc- cupation in that field. sr l A well-remembered sight is that of the .rx A XR-.g 1 1- ef-- ,...., . , hall decorated with green-and-white streamers in the traditional way. A newcomer can easily see that M's front doors cause much distress to the stu- dents, they always seem to be jammed with other students. lt does not get hazardous until the rushee cannot tell whether he is going into M-l, the bath- room, or the outdoors. X , 1 Familiarizing herself with the fundamentals of secre- tarial work, Frieda Madden practices taking a dicta- tion in her Shorthand l class. Under rainy skies students stream in and out of the Mathematics and Business building where they may learn not only to increase their understanding of the physical sciences through courses in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, but also to master business transactions through courses in typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping. df 'ig rum-'s' :aj ea H? fi- W . - ,,,,.:x'- ' 1,3 -r ' ': ?f .,31fi gf ,i f -.q,g.'45 'm, uv- ' . - '.. :- '- wg T -'fl' I ' . I, ' '- A-f,f-,t,- , 4 .1-.L VQ, .. 4 - - t- T - '- LL, ,,, ' .L ,J ' ,A V Q:-it 1L'?'f-' ' ' l it D' ' '- '- , ' - .. . rw. . as - , ,- -'- 3 ' - if ' A er- -1527 i J' ' -,sw-btw.:-L . gf' ' . T'L'3,4',j,... ,ij :P 7 fi- , lf- if , if iff?'5lfeQ'i+,jL,., r ,. rQfB.,,,e ,-42,94 51 g,Q,S3g'F!'j-X- ,h0'1brL-: rf 1 vcr-sf. . A --r M- e-rf'-.. ..-, ffl. -4 - 'A fe I2 building, uditorium The latest completed addition to the school is the Auditorium. lts exterior enables a newcomer to see what a vast and beautiful structure it is. Looking through the pine trees onto its large face with the four vertical windows set on either side of the three sets of large green doors, he realizes what can be done by the architects of today. When it comes to reaching it, care must be used to try it only after a dry spell of several days. After a hard rain the area under the pines becomes a semi-marsh, inhabited only by those couples or per- sons whose haven it remains, no matter what the season or state of weather. The large lobby that is often a display room for the interesting paintings of the art classes is encountered next. When a person finally reaches the in- terior, he sees the Hall of Fame and the beauty in simplicity of this building seating eight hundred students. Claudette Harloe and Steve Huntley retrieve a dum- my of a football player abandoned on the path link- ing Language Arts with the Mathematics building.

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ln the poignant death scene in CAROUSEL, Nettie Fowler lWilma Happyl consoles Julie Jordan lBecky Wrightl by singing You'll Never Walk Alone. Mistaking Carrie's naivete for faithlessness, Carlisle Landreth as the kindly Mr. Snow sings Geraniums in the Winder in the production CAROUSEL. ln the production BERNARDINE, Mike Ambrose as Dink, Philip Shore as Carney, and Chuck McConnell as Beau listen intently, while Stan Hubbard as Wormy makes several telephone calls to old girlfriends in a hope- less attempt to set up a date. Proceeds from BERNARDlNE go toward the Junior-Senior. l4 Assemblies, plays, Varied were the productions that dif- ferent groups prepared to be presented in the auditorium. The dramatics di- rector brought the first to light in the talent show of l963. With students from all classes and of all abilities, an excellent show was composed that was successful in the eyes of all who saw it. Bernardine was the next production, a play dealing in a humorous fashion with the typical problems and anxieties of young people as seen in the teen- agers of Sneaky Falls, Idaho. Carousel, the biggest production of the year, was brought into existence only through the tremendous efforts of the faculty involved. Few people really realize the efforts that so many people must make in order to stage a musical of this type. At the end of the year, students taking a more advanced French course pre- sented two short plays. Finally, the drama classes produced a group of one-act plays. Talented Leland Schwantes gives his rendition of the beautiful song Gigi in the Show Biz Revue, '63, presented in October in the Myers Park Auditorium.