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

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Language Clubs Nancy Teat, standing, talks to the French Club about one aspect of her educational sum- French Club Officers: Pres. Bob Cunnini mer in France. With her are three MP students who also went to France: Lin Oppold, Bob ham, Treas. Cole Thies, Sec. Lynn Jone Austin, and Peggy Barnes. and V.P. Nancy Teat. TOP: Spanish Off. Sec. Davis, Treas. Pearcy, Pres. Love, V.P. Pepetto. BELOW : Members go through the buffet at the banquet. Mike Love calls out articles in Spanish for the runners to produce as the Spanish Club me bers on each side hurry to collect the articles first. The members were divided in t ' groups for the game after their annual banquet. 20

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Phil Van Hoy, checks the names of the Mustang Medics as they prepare to board the bus for their trip to Duke University. The members toured the hospital, ate lunch in the school cafeteria, and attended the Duke-State football game before returning to Charlotte. Mustang Medics make trip to Duke Hospital Mustang Medics, advised by Mrs. Devereux, Dr. Dulin, and Mrs. Mc- Cradken, work to provide informa- tion about health careers to all in- terested students. On October 8, the club chartered two buses to take club members to Duke for a tour of the hospital and to see the State-Duke football game. The hospital tour in- cluded the outpatient department, central supply, the surgical wing, and the ward clinic. Following the tour, the students saw a film, “The Quest Without End,” about Duke University Hospital’s expansion and development. The Mustang Medics ate lunch on the campus before leav- ing for the game. Through out the year, several doctors came to talk to the club on their respective fields of medicine. Another program was a panel discussion on Medicare. In May, the clubbers served as guides for a medical convention held in Charlotte. Mustang Medics served Myers Park by preparing exhibits for LA showcase windows about various health professions and by selling programs at benefit games to increase the Myers Park High School Athletic Fund. The members served the community by helping in the Charlotte Hospitals and clinics. Dr. Van Hoy and Dr. Robiseck enjoy talking after the October meeting of the Mustang Medics. They discussed open-heart surgery, explaining the complex machines involved and the lives this operation has saved in the past few years. Mustang Medics Officers: Secretary Alli- son Armstrong, President Phil Van Hoy, and Vice President Claudette Harloe. 19

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proaden members knowledge of foreign countries Christmas in the Spanish Club has now become the biggest event of the year. For the first time, the Spanish Club had a sumptious banquet, held in the cafeteria on December 17. Af- ter the Spanish-style dinner, several traditional games were played, in- cluding the annual breaking of the pinata. The club arranged a display case window filled with Spanish clothes, customs, and bullfighting posters. Various members, in their free time, helped the Spanish teach- ers check papers and record grades. The club’s main purpose is to ac- quaint the students of Spanish with the language and with Spanish- speaking countries. Throughout the year, the Spanish students benefited from the use of the language lab to perfect their pronunciation. Der deutsche Verein — translation for the German Club — added an- other interesting year of activities for the members. This language club gives students a chance to learn about the country and its language. As a continuation last year’s proj- ect, the club bought two more Ger- man history books. Following the example set by the “Peanuts” comic strip, the students celebrated Bee- thoven’s Birthday. Midyear, the members gathered available material about Germany and organized it in- to two display case windows; in so doing, they provided all students a first-hand look at Germany’s way of life. The window included posters of industries, typical dress, examples of literature and art, and a comparison of German and English words. Robert Littlejohn, a German II student, gladly participates in the celebration of Beetho- ven’s Birthday. The three German classes had a party 1st, 2nd, and 3rd periods to honor the famous German composer of the eightee nth century. ' This year’s French Club continued o raise the intellectual and cultural evel of Myers Park through giving tudents a better understanding of r rance and its language. The pro- gram for a fall meeting of the club, field October 20, was a talk on ’ranee by four Myers Park students, ob Austin, Peggy Barnes, Lin Op- old, and Nancy Teat, who toured ;nd studied in France this past sum- mer. Each student spoke about his I ersonal experiences while abroad, ’he club’s Christmas project was ecorating a display-case window in 4 A. The window, showing Christ- las in France, held a manger scene nd a French Bible. Myers Park has unique French course for ad- vanced students. The French V Bourse, conducted entirely in French, Ie! sals completely with conversation. e[ OP: German Officers: V.P. Moore, Sec. I teiger, Pres. Saunders, Treas. Kelly work a the showcase. BELOW : the completed Iroject. 21