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

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The Arrival of Fall Sparks ’Stang A comfortable position is assumed for the construction of dance decoration. The Myers Park cogwheels grind on¬ ward into the year as the days grow windy, cold, and short. Students once again break into new textbooks and map out their daily route of class changes for the semester. Football games, assemblies, the Show Biz Revue, and the Barbeque add them¬ selves to the list of student activities. Faculty and students combine their efforts to produce another outstand¬ ing year for Myers Park. Parents follow a condensation of their child’s schedule on “Back-to- School Night” to become better ac¬ quainted with the courses and teach¬ ers of their son or daughter. The PTA also sponsors the tremendously successful “Mustang Saturday.” Par¬ ents and students alike spent many hours selling tickets, folding boxes, wrapping utensils, taking orders, cleaning tables, and providing enter¬ tainment for the Myers Park Barbe¬ que. Sophomores were further inducted into the student body at the Orienta¬ tion Assembly. The co-chairmen of the various committees extolled the activities of their committees in hopes of recruiting new members. The Sophomores were also intro¬ duced to Dr. L£wis, the counselors, and the student council officers. The Show Biz Revue was issued in under the title of “Psychedelic Won¬ derland.” A wide variety of talent was exhibited to the student body in¬ cluding solo singers and instrumen¬ talists and even a group of hippies doing the Charleston. A bevy of sen¬ ior girls “did their thing” in the Senior Girl Follies which certainly proved that Senior girls can at least dance. After three performances, the Revue closed after receiving top re¬ views. Hard rock, soul sounds, and mood music are provided by students as entertainment at the Myers Park Barbeque. A new technique in teaching is employed by Miss Whitaker—surprise tactics! Parents search for the room number corresponding to their child’s schedule card during the annual Back-to-School Night. 18

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' erforming during the halftime of a home game, the Myers Park Marching Band forms the “Mustang Monogram.” This familiar insignia appears , n cars, jackets, and notebooks and is as much a part of a student’s life as his school books. sVith More Enthusiasm, and More Unity Than Before lach student must go through the routine roeedure of height and weight measure- lent. The practice of study must be renewed in the fall with the advent of new books, new teachers, new assignments, and new tests. iarly in the Fall, Dance Committee begins the preparations for the first dance of the year, rlomecoming. King size comic strips are mass produced to adorn the cafeteria walls. Forced to the sideline s by a knee injury, Tommy Land pensively watches his team. 17

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Jess Pittard and Mike Pool provide back-up music for the Show Biz Revue. The “Psychedelic Wonderland” brings out of the Rockettes for a guest appearance. myriad of talent, including the Charlotte chapter Hoppy Elliot plays Angel for the Day. “Hang in there, Hoppy.” Parents also turn out to support “Mustang Saturday.” Here PTA members package and serve barbeque to hungry students. On the eve of the Myers Park-Olympic game, Sara Rion and Debby Wright pose atop their painted pick-up in their spirit clothes to show their Senior Girl spirit.