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

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Before a football game with West, a dummy of a “trampled Indian” is placed in the Student Lounge to promote school spirit. Blowing bubbles is a most relaxing hobby for students wishing to rid their minds of such mundane tasks as schoolwork. Exciting, Retiring, 1968 Ebbs Away Several distinguished speakers spoke at the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Assembly. Crisp fall days blend into the biting chill of winter causing students to don heavy coats, scarves, and boots. Casual walks with friends about the Myers Park campus are abandoned for indoor conversation. The Senior Lounge and the cafeteria take the place of the outdoor benches as places of congregation. Miss Phifer readies herself for the annual winter migra¬ tion of students to the library in search of warmth. The general at¬ mosphere contains more excited movement as students rush from building to building to avoid the cold outdoors. This hustle and bustle does not affect scholastic work; however, the mind does lag from continued indoor confinement. Snow days seem inevitable with heavy, grey clouds and prolonged cold spells but pray¬ ers for white drifts remain unan¬ swered. Nineteen sixty-eight is about to bow out; the school year is nearing the half-way mark. Anxious students patiently count the days until the long awaited Christmas vacation. Although the holidays are shortened this year, it does not shorten the anticipation the student body has culminated. Both of the boy’s service clubs pre¬ sented projects to the Myers Park student body in December. The Key Club announced the beginning of “Key Club Week” on Monday, Jan¬ uary ninth. Key Club members spent Members of the Publicity Committee constantly work to promote school dances, concerts, and plays to produce a large student turnout for such events. The arrival of cold weather causes students to bring their mufflers, heavy coats, and gloves out of summer storage. 24

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by Deserving Students for their Special Achievements Other honors such as the DAR Award, the Harvard Book Award, and the Sewanee Award for Excel¬ lence are bestowed on our fellow Mustangs. To receive such recogni¬ tion, a student must be well-rounded in civic and school affairs. He must also possess outstanding qualities of citizenship and leadership. Addition¬ al scholarships are granted to our classmates to several major colleges and universities. Awards are pre¬ sented on the basis of scholarship, athletic achievement, and outstand¬ ing ability in the fine arts such as music, drama, and art. Quite obvi¬ ously, Myers Park is leading the school system for honors and recogni¬ tions received. Numerous awards and scholarships were announced at the annual Honors and Awards Assembly. Dr. Lewis recognized each individual for the honor they had received. The following outstanding scholarships have been won: Deloris Collins, the Presidential; Bill Wilkerson, the Guy T. Carswell; Gerald Colbert, the Spencer Love; Les Brown, Engineering to N.C. State. The Harvard Book Award was given to Tommy Campen at the 1968 Honors and Awards Assembly. Dicky Corbett won both the Sewanee Award for Excellence and the Morehead Scholar¬ ship. For their outstanding leadership qualities, Tommy Campen and Barbara Britt were selected to receive the Danforth Award. 23

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Textbooks are left neglected on a stone bench while the owners socialize during the lunch hours. During her report on her semester project, Lisa McGaughey ponders a question posed by her teachers. As Winter Winds Bring Holiday Spirit and a New 1969 the entire week beautifying Myers Park by washing desks, sweeping parking lots, and generally making themselves useful. Myers Park’s In¬ teract combined with the Interact Clubs of South and Garinger to pre¬ sent the “Bicentennial Youth-In.” Talent was gathered from all of Mecklenburg County with a large part of it coming from Myers Park itself. Both basketball and wrestling have gotten off to a fine start this year. Students show their support by turn¬ ing out in droves to pack the gymna¬ sium at every sport event. Yes, 1968 is ready to retire and Myers Park has made the most of this year. Band members remain in formation while receiving additional directions to their twenty-eight page marching chart. Bill Barnhardt, Skip Dunaway, William Bennett, and Ty Church lead a safari through the wilds of a Myers Park pep rally. Bob Harrington, of Bourbon Street fame, gives an animated speech on the evils of alcohol. 25