West Mecklenburg High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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through HONORS Receiving the good citizenship nomination is an honor which can be received by three people in each class. We have been led, now we will lead is the honorable chal- Morehead Scholarship nominees — Morris Newlander, Wallace lenge given to each graduate. Page 1 1

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Morris Newlander and Bill Rothwell leave to attend a discus- sion of economics presented by the Charlotte Industrial Man- agement Board. In every phase of life at West, a few students ac- cept the burden of making any particular activity one that will be a fond remembrance to everyone concerned. Honored in various ways and often chosen to represent West, these students must taste the fruit of responsibility, concomitant to the honor. They must accept and respond to the fact that their actions may be the guides influencing other stu- dents. Probably no situation more than such leader- ship can prompt them to examine their ideals and their opinions on provocative questions. Only per- sons who, after honest and thorough introspection, have decided upon their criteria of justice and mo- rality, can reasonably be termed mature; and all factual growth is valueless without character ma- turity. Progressively maturing through honors, lead- ers at West continue their growth for tomorrow by increasing their self-understanding as a prerequisite to objective consideration of the problems of life. maJtwdnq John McAlpine demonstrates his two-year research project, concerned with microwave communication, that received high recognition in the South Piedmont Science Fair.

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A new a la carte lunch system allows students to select from a variety of foods. TABLE OF CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION . Page 14 ACTIVITIES ...Page 26 ATHLETICS ...Page 48 FEATURES Page 66 CLASSES SENIOR CLASS Page 94 JUNIOR CLASS . Page 114 SOPHOMORE CLASS Page 124 ADVERTISEMENTS Page 134 Students enjoy a half-hour away from their books during lunch. Cheerleaders Kathy DeVita and Jane Cashion lead the enthusi- astic students in a victory cheer during a tense moment in the West-Myers Park game. We students have certain bonds with all others in our class. Sophomores have the kindred experi- ence of becoming acquainted with the many facets of West. Juniors have the kindred task of learning the organizational methods by which West func- tions. Seniors have the kindred duty of making their graduating class a memorable one through their re- sponsible leadership in West activities. Thus we stu- dents progress through classes in the comprehen- sion that West depends upon our responsibility and initiative. Along with the phases of growth pre- sented in the other four sections of the TOMA- HAWK, progressing through classes rounds out the growth for tomorrow experienced by us at West. Certainly our growing for tomorrow does not end at West. West is, to put the case in space-age jar- gon, mereiy a testing ground for us, its students. The years at West are spent testing new ideas, fads, or habits to determine whether they live up to their advance notices. The years at West are spent in- vestigating self in order to determine strong points and to strengthen weak points. Our growing for tomorrow at West is just one link in the concatenate experiment of life that will continue in the future. Page 12