Southern High School - Southerner Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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P arcn t-Teacher-Studcn t Association Officers of the P.T.S.A. are Mrs. Rachel Kirkman, Presidentg Mr. Maynard Stallings, Treasurerg Dr. A. C. Iordan, Vice-Presidentg and Mrs. Margaret Downey, Secretary. The P.T.S.A. helps to develop a resourceful com- munity and responsible citizens. It helps parents and teachers to understand the student and to know and understand each other. It helps parents to know the school environment of their children and enables teachers to know the students outside the school en- vironment. It encourages parents to become ac- quainted with their chidren's associates since it is an organization of parents, teachers, and students. Best of all, it enables parents and teachers to find a way to work together to provide better schools. The programs for this school year were all re- lated to the high school curriculum and were de- signed to better acquaint parents and students with the courses offered at Southem. P.T.S.A. meetings are held the first Monday night in each month. Dr. Sherwood Cithens is shownllgiving a leciture concerning his experimental physics class. .... n.... LL... ..., 'T'..mnm-F'ia f

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n '1 9 JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET For our .Iunior-Senior Banquet we spent a most a delicious meal of various continental dishes, Alice enjoyable evening in Gay Pareef' We were all Shipp sang for us in French. Rebecca Petrea, Presi- dressed in our best', for this special occasion. After dent of the Junior Class, was toastmistress. Junior-Senior Banquet and Talent Show TALENT SHOW One of the places we visited at the Talent Swanson, Alice Shipp, and Linda Wright. On an Show last spring was France. This Parisian can- appropriately decorated stage, we traveled Around can was danced by Linda Perry, Carolyn Cheek, the World in Eighty Minutes with Mr. Fred Smith Carolyn Ross, jane Silver, Sarah Auman, Bonnie as our host. l ,, ....i -u5u vnu llilflllfl, Iililiihxlni-

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se-High Ciub The So-High Club was organized during the spring of 1956, even before school opened. This group if school patrons supports various activities and proj- ects of the school. This year its main efforts have been lirected towards fulfilling the remaining payments on 'he athletic field and lights. Suppers, and concession :tands at atheltic events, were the main money- naking projects sponsored by the group. They hope o finish the stadium project during the fall of 1959. Dther projects will be started as soon as this one is -ompleted. Proposed projects in the future are an ac- ivity bus and band uniforms. Making plans for an auction sale are these So- High Club members: Mr. Marvin jones, Mrs. Helen Downey, Mr. Desmond Downey, Mr. R. L. Rigsbee, Mr. james Blake, Mr. Marvin Ward, Mr. Fred Smith, Mr. Chester Poe, and Mr. john Smith. The second Barbecue Supper of the year, held in February in the school cafeteria, was sponsored by the So-High Club. Norwood Young and Charlie Woods are shown serving drinks to guests. Page One Hundred Twenty-Nine