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

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Crowds gather in MP athletic stadium to witness seasonal Q -N' Referees were forced to call time during Myers Park's football game with South Mecklenburg held in Septem- ber in order to search for one of John Lundy's contact lenses. On their hands and knees, frustrated players Ben Sandiford, Rick Arrington, Lloyd Watkins, David Hamilton, and John Lundy search for the lost lens. Well disguised in their feminine attire, sportive Key Clubbers Holmes Eleazer, Mitchell Grant, Joe Chaplin, Van Smith, Gary Snook, Joey Aiken, Bill Chalmers, and Jim McLaughlin strike up students' laughter and school spirit in their foolish antics as Garinger cheerleaders at a pep rally held in the Myers Park gvmnasium. Coming into prominence about once every three weeks during the football season is a group of unknown beings at the pep rallies who seem to resemble girls, yell like boys, and act like simple- tons. These, of course, are that stal- wart group of Key Clubbers whose grand displays of cheerleading abilities will always be recollected. Students can only hope the foolish skits will continue, they always bring a large response, despite the frowns of the faculty. For the majority of students, an ath- letic program consists only of games played in the stadium or the gym when the crowd roars with every happening. Because of the football team's un- usually good record, more spectators poured into the stadium during this season than perhaps would have ordi- narily, and they too become absorbed in the action. When the track season comes around, fewer spectators with more reserved show of spirit attended the meets, but the action is just as exciting. 'Lar- 4'--Q-..- 1 26

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is -.ns mai qw!! Jan Wuertenberger and Holmes Eleazer are the recipients of the Danforth Award, based on school leadership, presented at the end of their junior year. Grants of special honors yield Certain Future leadership and citizenship is indebted to Myers Park High School for its yield of such a wide variety of top students and to these students themselves for their extra-curricular activities. Privileged are the students of Myers Park in having the wide array of honors set before them as incentives which facilitate mental and social growth. Jan Wuertenberger and Holmes Eleazer received the Danforth Award by which the Danforth Foundation recognizes strong leadership qualities. Each year an outstanding junior merits the coveted Harvard Book. As a junior Ben Benoit qualified as the recipient of the Harvard Book Award embodying the distinctive traits of leadership, scholarship, service, and integrity. While attending Myers Park, Luray Lindgren captured the Miss Charlotte crown in the Myers Park Auditorium in the l964 Miss Charlotte Pageant. She received a four-year scholarship to Charlotte College and an all expense paid trip to the Miss North Carolina Pageant. Mr. Thomas Hayes, a member of the Harvard Book Club, extends his congratulations to competent Ben Benoit on receiving the distinguished Harvard Book Award. Given to Ben for his outstanding endeavors during his junior year at Myers Park, the award is based on citizenship, scholarship, leadership, and service. 28 Having established a criteria of de- pendability, service, leadership, and patriotism, the Charlotte Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution recognized Ann Teat with the DAR award. Myers Park chose senior Elise McClung as the l963 Carousel Princess to rep- resent the school in the annual Thanks- giving Parade. ln addition to riding in the same float with the King and Queen of the pageant, Elise attended the exciting Carousel Ball at the Char- lotte Coliseum where the court was presented. Annually sponsoring the Miss Hi-Miss contest, the Johnsonian, the student newspaper of Winthrop College, be- stowed on junior Cheryl Brittain this title, representing character and per- sonality. Each year singling out the qualities of leadership, dependability, and devotion to the school, the senior class selects two seniors as Mr. and Miss Myers Park from a list of nominations made by the Student Council. Typifying these attributes compositely, Nancy Lineberger and Herb Goins deserve the tribute. Competing against fourteen others in the Miss Char- lotte Pageant, pretty Luray Lindgren is the first Myers Park student to receive the Miss Charlotte crown. ll