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

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LEFT: Business Manager Brenda Can- non transfers information from con- tracts to account book. BELOW LEFT: Financing of the TOMA- HAWK continues through winter, as bill receipts arrive weekly. 11 Beginning in August, the business staff sold advertise- ments as a means of finance for the yearbook. Using Septem- ber 11 and 19 as selling days, staff members, working in groups of twos and threes, searched sections of Charlotte and surrounding areas for buyers. Contracts, after com- pleted by the companies, were returned to Business Manager Brenda Cannon or Mrs. Peggy McCarter, business adviser. Feeling the effects of the eco- nomic situation, businesses either reduced the size of their ads or discontinued them al- together. The staff, also realiz- ing the change, was forced to limit new innovations planned for the 1975 TOMAHAWK.

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Schedules, candy sale, college applications keep classes busy during fall Anxious sophomores explored the halls of West Mecklenburg the first few days of school, trying to make the best of their situation. Meanwhile, juniors and seniors reacquainted themselves with friends and | school, settling down to their regular routine. During the first week, sophomores became accus- I tomed to different facets of high school life. They used . approximately ten minutes of every class to fill out forms. New students learned the do’s and don’ts of . classes and just what was expected in each. By the end of the week, sophomores were beginning to feel a part of the student body. Junior beginning-of-the-year activities included selling candy. The Junior Class Committee sponsored this activity as a means of financing the Junior-Senior Prom. During football season, juniors worked to pro- mote school spirit, staying after school weekly to make signs. Senior activities varied from preparing for home- , coming to electing class officers. Constructing the . longest spirit chain during Homecoming Week, seniors demonstrated their enthusiasm. Some of their more serious activities included writing colleges, completing applications, and waiting for replies. 10 ABOVE: To help in the Pearson Me- morial Fund, Melvin Crowder assists in the weekly paper drive. RIGHT: During the first pep rally, en- thusiastic juniors declare their spirit in “Victory’s Cry.”

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fomahawk 75 Negative changes were effected when the school board ruled that student elections be delayed until school opened in the fall. Members reasoned that some elected class officers, lettergirls, cheerleaders, and student council members would be transferred to other schools under the court-ordered reassignment plan. Four years ago under the same conditions, the board ruled that interim student council officers could be appointed in order that all schools | Dee. {| 3 12 1