North Mecklenburg High School - Viking Yearbook (Huntersville, NC)

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Guidance Aids Students In Accepting Challenges i 1 I 1 Zoe Hough placed second in the state in the I Speak for Democracy contest. Pat Fisher was a candidate for the Morehead scholarship. Many students answer the challenge to reach for higher things. They, through their own efforts and the encouragement and guidance of their teachers and the counselors at school, enter into competi- tion and earn many awards. Each year more of the outstanding students are encouraged to enter college, to study for those professions and voca- tions which fill their needs and interests. Some, in order to go to college, have to have some kind of assistanceg so those who have applied themselves scholastically and who have developed their other traits such as personality, leadership and sportsmanship are eligible for many scholar: ships. Outstanding scholarship is rewarded by those who take the National Merit Scholarship Qualify- ing Test, for here true scholarship shows up. This year two of North's students are in the final com- petition for National Merit scholarships. They are Bob Penland and jack Ritterskamp. Winning Morehead scholarships is nothing new for North. Pat Fisher was eliminated in the semi- finals of this competition this year. Angier B. Duke scholarships are earned sometimes. Several juniors and sophomores entered the I Speak for Democracy contest, and Zoe Hough was runner-up in the state competition. There are many advantages in entering these competitive activities, for each new experience helps one move toward reaching his goal. 7

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VVhen the student first comes to North in the sophomore class, he finds everything quite differ- ent from the junior high he formerly attended. He finds five buildings instead of the one in the smaller school. He finds the number of teachers with whom he is associated is much greater, and sometimes this becomes confusing. There are new people here - not just the ones he has attended school with for many years. Things are different! The students, however, soon find themselves a part of the school. They belong! Each one then settles down and tries to set for himself the goals he will try to reach. He begins to think. Why? What? Where? When ? And this is good. 6 Q in , y, Learning that he cannot accept everything he hears and reads, the student begins to sift facts and to reject those things he believes to be false. He learns to evaluate the thinking of others and his own thinking, also. This is not true of every student, for there are some who do not find themselves as early nor do they set for themselves any goal at all. However, he is encouraged to grow, and this he does. The way to an education is not a frivolous one, it must be taken with seriousness. One must aim for the im- possible and in reaching out for that goal will attain much more than he ever thought possible.

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everyone. r 1 x After having suffered injuries in an automobile accident which kept him in hospitals for many months, George Tenhengel retumed to school. He had a smile and a cheerful greeting for Not only does school try to fit the student for entering college and for working, but it strives to help him find himself. In life we are faced with many problems, responsibilities, and experiences which serve as challenges. Whether these are phys- ical, spiritual, social, or mental, one's ability to accept situations and make the best of them deter- mines, oftentimes, onefs happiness in life. To continue with ,one's education in spite of apparently insurmountable odds is to be truly cour- 8 True Courage Is Rewarding ageous. To look upward and onward, always try- ing to keep in mind that success is possible, keeps the student working to reach better things. When one learns that life isn-,t all happiness and easy living, then he begins to see that adjusting himself to the good and the bad is a part of living a full, productive life. Then, and only then, can he face the future courageously and dare to conquer.