Southern Nash High School - Unitat Yearbook (Bailey, NC)

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HELEN SANDRA SPEIGHT FHA 1,2 Pep Club 3 Library Ciub 3 Band 3,4 Personal Typing Club Sec. 4 Chorus 4 PATRI CIA STANCIL Student Council 1 School Service Club 2 Future Nurses Club 2 VICA Parliamentarian 3 Gen. Assembly 3,4 Pep Club 3 Steer- ing Comm. 4 Accreditation 4 Dramatics Appreciation 4 Music Appreciation DIANNA JO STONE Judo Club 2 FHA 1,2 Pep Club 3, 4 Beta Club 3,4 SCA Exe. Comm. 4 Steering Comm. 3,4 Cheerleader 1,2,3,4 Co-Chief 4 Homecoming Court 4 Scholastic Award 1 Marshal 1,3 Jr. -Sr. Decorating Comm. 3 Accredita- tion Comm. 4 VICKIE DELORES STONE FHA 1 Library Club 2 Spanish Club 2 Typing Club 3 Photog- raphy Club 4 Music Appreciation Club 4 JONNIE ROSE STRICKLAND FHA 1 Basketball 1 Gym Act 2 Typing Club 3 Future Nurses 3 Judo Club 4 Music Appreciation Zt LARRY JOE STRICKLAND Basketball 1 Baseball 1 FFA 1,4 MARY ODELL STRICKLAND VICA 3 Afro-American Club 3, “hk ERICK TAYBRON Student Council 1 Baseball 2 FFA 3 Drama Club 3 Modern Dance 4 JUDY KAY TAYBRON Hot Rod Club 3 Modern Dancing 4 WILLISTINE TAYBRON FHA 1,2 Band 2 Drama Appre- ciation 3 Chorus 4 Music Ap- preciation 4 Study Hall Super- visor 4 PAUL AUBREY TAYLOR SCA 1 FFA 1,2,3,4 Baseball 1,2 Bus Driver 3,4 Bus Driver's Club 3,4 Parliamentary Proce- dure Club 2,3 TOMMY WOODARD TAYLOR FFA 1,2,3 Student Council 1 Class Treasurer 1 PE Club 4 Fishing Club 3,4 V-Pres. 4 Pep Club 3 Jr. -Sr. Decorating Com - mittee 3 MARK DOUGLAS THOMPSON FFA 1,2,3,4 Fishing Club 2,3,4 Bus Driver 4 Parliamentary Pro- cedure Team 2,3 Football 1,2,3 PATRICIA ELLEN VESTER Powderpuff Football 1 Home- coming Court 1,3,4 Homecom- ing Queen 1 Homeroom Officer 2 Art Club Treas. 2 Photography Club 2,3 Beta Club 3,4 Marshal 3 Annual Staff 3,4 Art Editor 3 Senior Editor 4 Jr.-Sr. Invitation Comm 3 Homeroom Sales Chair- man 3 Homeroom Accreditation Comm. 3,4 Pep Club 3,4 BARBARA JEAN VICK Gym 2,3 Judo Club 4 FRANKIE DIANNE VICK FHA 1,2 WANDA GAIL VICK FHA 1,2,3: Library Club 3 Steer= ing Comm. 3 Dance Club 4 Secretarial Club 4 Jr. -Sr. Re- freshment Comm. 3 WILLIAM KIRBY VICK FFA 1,2 Fishing Club 3,4 Rifle Club 2 Jr. -Sr. Decoration Comm. 3 MARY FRANCIS VICKERS Basketball 1 FHA 1,2,3 Athletic Club 2 Pep Club 3,4 Bus Driver 3,4 Bus Driver's Club Reporter 4 FHA Reporter 2 Jr. -Sr. Deco- rating Comm 3 Glee Club 4 AUDREY NANETTE WARREN Powderpuff Football 1 Photography Club 2 FHA 2,3,4 Pres. 3,4 Bridge Club 3 Beta Club 3,4 Study Hall Supervisor 3,4 Intra- murals 2,3 Steering and Special Education Comm, 4 BETTY LOU WARREN Book Club 2 Personal Typing Club DANNY EUGENE WEBB FFA 1 Pep Club 4 Fishing Club 3 Rifle Club 2 Baseball’ 1,2,3 School Service Club 2 Jr. -Sr. Decorating Comm. 3 Art Club 3 JOHN WILLIAM WESTRAY Football 1,2,3,4 Fishing 3 Rifle 2 Monogram 2 Political Philoso- phy 3,4 Debating 4 Jr. -Sr. Entertainment Comm, 3 BETTY JEAN WHITAKER Music App. 4 Drama App. 3 Chorus 4 Majorette 1,2 FHA 1,2 CAROL JEAN WHITLEY FHA 1,2 CAROLYN ROSE WHITLEY FHA 1,2 VICA 4 Class Sec. 2 Dancing Club 4 GLORIA JANE WHITLEY FHA 1 School Service Club 4 Secretarial Club 4 RAYMOND WHIT LEY Football 1,2 Vocational Club 1, 2,3 Bus Driver 2,3,4 Rifle 4 THOMAS WALTER WHITLEY FFA 2,3 Hot Rod Club 3,4 Rifle Club 3 FHA 4 PORTER RENEE WIGGS Student Council 1 FHA 2 Politi- cal philosophies 2,3 Sec. 4 FTA Pres, 3 Bible Club Pres. 4 Ac- | creditation 4 GEORGE DALE WIGGINS Basketball scorer 1,2 Band 1,2 Rifle Club 3 Hot Rod Club 3 Bus Driver Club 4 Bus Driver 2, 3,4 V-Pres. 1 JOYCE ANN WIGGINS Drama Club) 1;2,354 Sec. Club. : 3 Personal typing Club 4 FLORA ANNE WILDER FHA 1,2 Beta Club 3,4 Bible Club Pres. 3 EMANUEL CURTIS WILLIAMS FFA 1,2 Football 3 Accredita- tion 3 Bus Driver 3,4 Glee Club 15 BARNEY JAMES WILSON Hot Rod Club 2,3,4 Radio Club 3 Rifle Club 2. Bus Driver 3,4 CAROLYN EVONE WILSON Drama Club 1 Gym Activities 3,4 SYLVESTER PERRY WILSON Basketball 1 Football 2 FFA 1,2, 3 Hot Rod Club 4 Bus Driver 2, 3,4 Bus Drivers' Club 4 Band 1, ayo Va Rabare Wisi ik GLADYS BERNICE WINSTEAD Math Club 3 Knitting Club 4 FHA 1,2 Chorus 4 Bus Driver 3, 4 DONNA FAYE WOOD FHA 1,2,3 Art 3 Hot Rod 4 DECA 4 Cheerleader 1 ANTONE EUGENE WORRELL Basketball 1.2,3,4 MVP Track- man 3 Chorus 4 MARY EVELYN WRIGHT Basketball 4 Chorus 1 French Club 2,3 CAROLYN DAWN YOUNG FHA ‘1,253. Art.2,3 Hot hod Treas. 4 Pep Club 4

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adlines never cap ory of those hundreds © ools in the state that have ully and successfully in- ed. This is a story of just those schools. In its own y it is a remarkable it proves ‘that white ‘ shar aed ee in- ration if they want to work the school is not a bophisticated, lightened,” — : thern Nash Senior High School : Stanhope is one of two con-— Mee he Schools in Nash basic res were not. were they bitter and sullen like ‘some of their city brothers. In was of their environment. Unite many of their urban cou or ‘knew the meaning of hard work. Both races were generally poor, and the Negroes often fe ll into e ‘poverty’ categ ack students had pare were either tenant farmers or welfare recipients. But in spite of their backgrounds, the Negroes had a great deal of pride and “Uncle Toms’’: nor general, most students of both races were friendly, open, likable 1 kids who sincerely. wanted to ot the fo North Carolina arge cities such as Charlotte, iows. Not petty ago, many le thought that Nas “Klan Country,’ oe at over outhern ” ot 1968 as a Coriprebensive. olidated, partially integrated ‘school. One year later the ol was totally integrated. n the 1969-70 term began, ime, in” many respects xern Nash was a split school. i. whites strongly opposed total iration, and many blacks re- I'd being forced out of schools nich they had built up loyalty. underlying hostility on the | of both races emerged early ye school year. A few students a wanted to avoid any major racial outbreak. The Southern Nash principal, Dr. Guy 7. ‘Swain, not only avoid. racial. conflict was also deter- ake the first year . of ing integration a positive s,s s. Swain, unlike many other educators, be ed in pre- » tolerated i, wanted pte ‘pi new schol Furthermore, he in- | sisted that Southern Nash meet needs of all students through rogram, from academics to In keeping with his philosophy, Swain sought out co-sponsors for the Student Cooperative Asso- ciation, or student council. He asked Herbert Pulley, a Negro guidance counselor. who had served on the Pitt County Good Neighbor Council, and me, a young white teacher considered close to the students, to help guide the student council. Pulley and I decided to discard the old system of student govern- ment which had operated at traditional a new - abadent eovertiehe We attempted to represent all shades of student opinion on the commit- tee, ‘authority and a from teachers’ pets ‘ to downright troublemakers. Though a few murmurs were heard from bine fellow faculty members about our selections, we wanted to avoid a “‘credibility gap” bet- ween the student body and the new student council by using a steering committee which truly represented . the — students’ feelings. We assured the steering come mittee that it had complete free- dom to establish whatever form of student government it thought best for Southern Nash. There was only one absolute guideline which Pulley and I constantly stressed — all students must be guaranteed representation hy the new student council. Voice for Blocks. The Committee soon ‘realized that the biggest single obstacle in designing a new system was in assuring the black students a voice in the SCA. Negroes were a minority at Southern Nash: of about 1,300 students, just over 40 per cent were black. The ir committee felt that if elections were held for the traditional student body officers — president, vice president, secretary and treasurer —.then whites would probably sweep the election, due to the larger number. This had indeed happened at other schools, and in some cases violence had broken out between the. races as an outgrowth of such elections. Feeling that strict majority rule would probably deny the rights of the Negro minority and perhaps open the door to racial hostility, the committee eliminated the forms of student government and began thinking in totally new directions. Finally after many unusual pro-