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

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1ST ROW: Martin, Antonio, Hicks, Austin, Kisler, Steele, Landry, Crane, Bagby. 2ND ROW: Vance, Taylor, East, Patterson, McDonald, M archant, Diggle, Parker, Martin, Benton, Cook, Holder, O’Hair, Hunble. 3RD ROW: Broome, Robbins. Kinnard, Hall, Beasley, C. Robbins, Queen, Klutz, Coleman, Hicks, DeFravio, DuPont, Roscoe, Norris. 4TH ROW: Bryant, Shub- lin, Hilton, Whitaker, Rash, Sutton, Gummerson, Jarvis, Baker, Patterson, Cadieu, Greene, Carnrick, Kennington, Wheeles, Smith, Honey, Doster, Ogburn, Lewis, Johnson. Working in the mail room at the Charlotte Observer is DE student Bill Humble. One of his many jobs is sealing envelopes. “Would you like to buy this album,” says Martha Steele to a prospective customer. Martha is a DE student who works at Belks. DE Club offers members many outside activities The Myers Park Distributive Educa- tion Club gives its members an op- portunity to learn the principles of the business world by working on part-time jobs during the week. This main project was a survey of teen-ager’s spending habits. With the co-operation of a local bank, the Dis- tributive Education students were able to collect and compile interest- ing facts on how Charlotte high school students spend their money. All members met in the Student Lounge the night of December 4, to have their annual Christmas party. This informal get-together gave everyone a chance to acquaint him- self with the new members of the club. As in the past six years, the Myers Park DE Club again won a three star plaque, one of the few clubs to achieve this award seven straight years. This plaque was pre- sented to the club at the Distribu- tive Education Convention in March. Throughout the year, various speak- ers talked to the club about their experiences in business. DE Club meetings were held each month on the third Friday during second period. DE Club Officers: Assoc. Pres. Pam Martin, V.P. Bill Humble, Historian Charlotte Kinnard, Reporter Judy Bryant, Sec. Patricia East, Pres. Mark Honey, Corres. Sec. Carol Shubkin, Treas. Kenneth Smith, Parliamentarian Pris Marchant. 23

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Linda Westerfield, Susan Sanders, Dale McCormick, Kathy Rowens, Laurene Stayer, Katherine McCarty, and Polly Myer, hungry for a piece of Virgil’s birthday cake, nominate Susan to try the first one. This happy occasion is celebrated October 15. Latin Club Officers: Sec. Mollie Robey, Treas. Eddie Poe, V.P. Katherine McCarty, Pres. Robert Littlejohn. Banquet is height of Latin Week Latin Club, the most active language club, has worked this year toward the preservation of Latin in the sec- ondary schools. All Latin clubbers have life long membership in the Junior Classical League, a national organization of all Latin students. Each year members take the annual trip to the State J.C.L. Convention. The programs at the bi-weekly meet- ings are often sparked by spon- taneous wit and humor, sometimes to the dismay of advisor Mrs. Wright. In April, the club held Latin Week, a culmination of the year’s activities. It included a slave auction and the banquet when the Rex and Regina were crowned. Roman costumes were worn to add to the festive atmos- phere with the best costumed student receiving a prize. The best Latin students of the year are rewarded for their efforts. Latin week also means no Latin homework for stu- dents. Cam Curtis, Bobby Stratton, Angus Mc- Donald, and Tommy Ruff characterize great statesmen of their times at a meeting. Members get ready for a Latin Club skit. Programs presented by the club are often comical as well as interesting. New members, some in earnest, some in jest, recite the Junior Classical League Pledge as they are inducted into the club. Members are chosen on the basis of their average in First Year Lat in or from the other classes by the interest they show in the language. 22

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Thespians act in the round and produce Haunting W r,. g mJ, ■ «- [t JS Ite; 1 V One of the most amusing parts of the senior class play, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, is when Carlisle Landreth accompanies ballet dancer, Pam Hawkins, with his xylophone. Th e play depicts the everyday life of a family, each of its members having varied interests. There are many funny and heart-warming scenes in this first play of the year. The stage in the auditorium is a maze of lights, props, and costumes where dramatic classes and mem- bers of the drama club rehearse be- fore rows of empty seats until the real production is given. Countless hours of building sets and memoriz- ing lines are well worth the effort, for there is always satisfaction guar- anteed in the various theatrical works of the drama department. Seniors sponsored You Can’t Take It With You, a comical play which helped to raise money for the class figt. Both the Thespians and the Limelighters, along with the student council sponsored the Talent Show. Students enjoyed the show so much — many attending twice — that a fourth presentation was necessary. Effective lighting and scenery en- hanced the variety of talent dis- played. After auditions were completed and the cast was chosen, plans for Annie Get Your Gun, the yearly musical comedy given in May, got under way. Any student was eli- gible to try for a part. Following the script until her stage cue comes is one lone actress. Susan Watson plays the duchess in the senior class play. “This really isn’t as funny as it looks,” says solemn-faced Richard Casanova. Working to get the right techniques with make-up takes practice, as students in dramatics classes have learned. Not everyone is lucky enough to be painted as a clown. 24