Parkland High School - Spectatus Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Billy Shaw treasures his National High School Speech Award, presented to him for outstanding ability. Cathy Owens, Wiley Doby, and Dick Callaway reminisce about stimulating ex- periences which they enjoyed at the Governor's School last summer. Pat Fishel and Gaffney Fainter, Teen Page correspondents, busily assemble news for the page. vw',,,,,.... l4 Enthusiastic and industrious students of Parkland Senior High School were rewarded for their extraordinary efforts with many praiseworthy honors and well-deserved awards. A national speech award was presented to a senior Mustang who possessed oratorical ability and the willingness to serve. Other outstanding representatives of Parkland were the two hard-working student teen-page correspondents who gathered campus news tor the Win- ston-Salem Journal and Sentinel. Joyce Childress and Dick Callaway, semi-finalists in the National Merit Tests, look over requirements for a future exam. J' www ffisf::s:s. - - - A -

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unites Parkland in support of team. With modern and improved gymnasium facilities, Parkland was able to offer varied athletic and physi- cal education programs. Enthusiastic young athletes practiced diligently after school and eagerly parti- cipated in gym classes. Some bettered themselves in hopes ot being chosen tor an athletic team, while others entered into physical exercise just to build stronger bodies. Along with skill and strength, players learned good sportsmanship and studied the technical aspect of sports. Athletic competition also instilled a bond of fellowship among Parklanders. le K 3 3 i Weary after a strenuous mid-afternoon football practice, Lee Callaway, blocking back, pauses to relax. As part of their physical education program, the boys use the medicine ball, an aid in developing muscles. Atter shaking his defenders, Mike Clary tries to grab a l-lamby pass, but at the last minute the ball slips through his arms tor an incomplete attempt. l3

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A finalist for the prized Morehead Scholarship, senior Dick Callaway displays his serious literary interests as he enriches his textbook learning with some outside reading. MW if Awards represent accomplishments of outstanding, industrious pupils. Talented and ambitious Mustangs were presented honors for their outstanding abilities and ex- ceptional characteristics. Several Parkland students were elected to the North Carolina All-State Band for their musical capabilities. One senior pupil was chosen to participate in the United Nations Pilgrim- age held during the summer of l965. Other Mus- tangs were elected to one of the Forsyth All-Con- ference football teams for their athletic perform- ances. Several Parkland pupils won prize ribbons at the Dixie Classic Fair for projects in art, wood- working, and home economics. Receiving official notification of their election to the i965 All-Conference football team are varsity team members Gene Shields, Daniel Zimmerman, and Don Hamby, all seniors. Parkland senior, Sharon Ervin, reminisces while she shows pic- tures of her trip to New York as one of the Forsyth County rep- resentatives to the United Na- tions Pilgrimage. l5