West Rowan High School - West Wind Yearbook (Mount Ulla, NC)

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STATE FLAG The model of the flag as used today was a- dopted in 1885. It consists of a blue union con- taining in the center thereof a white star with the letter N-in gilt: om the Left and the 9 totter’ o in gilt on the riche of the star, 7 bere ly ao. enue flag... consisis tof two equally proeporiaonat ars, the upper bar red and the lower bar white. The length of these bars is equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag is one-third more than its width. Above the star in the center of the union is a gilt scroll in semi-circular form, containing an black the inscription: May 20, 1775, and below the. star is “a similar scroll . containing -tne inscription: ADIL TL! y 9d fof Cell ee ees was placed on the flag to mark the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The sec= ond date marks the day on which the Halifax Convention empowered the North Carolina members of the Continental Congress to concur with the délegates of the “other “colonies an jceclaring independence, STATE SEAL The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina is two and one-quarter inches in diameter, and its design isa representation of the figures of Liberty and Plenty, looking towards each ‘other, but not more than half fronting each other, and otherwise disposed as follows: Liberty, the first figure standing, her. pole with cap on 10 ain her left hand anda scroll with the wort Constitu- tion” inscribed thereon in her right hand, Plenty, the. second figure, sitting “dow.” Herirvient erm half extended toward Liberty, three heads of wheat in her right hand, and in her left the small end of her horn, the mouth of which is resting at her feet, and. the contents of a norm rolling ove, in the exergue 1S inserted the words May 20, 1775, above the coat of arms. Around the circumference is the Legend: “The: Great Seal of the State of North Carolina, and the motto, Esse Quam Videri,

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INTERESTING FACTS NAME In 1629, King Charles the First of England erected into a province, all the land from Albemarle “Sound on the north to the St. John's River on the south,which he directed should be called Carolina. The word Carolina is from the word Carolus, the Latin form of Charles, FIRST SETTLERS Our first settlers were largely from Virginia. Some came from the New England States and others came direct from England. Still others came from the English Colonies in the West Indies. There were small se,ttle- ments of French, German and Swiss. OUR CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT The first constitution of North Carolina was adopt- ed December 18, 1776. This constitution provided for three departments of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. A governor, a secretary, and a council of seven members made up the executive department. he ju- dicial devartment was formed by the General Assembly by the creation of courts and the election.of judges. The constitution was revised:in 1835. The legisiature was to meet every two years, and the members were to be elected for that period, in April 1868 the censticucion was again revised and this instrument with certain a+ mendments is the foundation of the law and government of today. The governor and all other constitutional offi- cers are elected for four year terms. POPULATION North’ Carolina ranks llth among the States in total population, 3,563,174 by the 1940 census. The popular tion of the State increased 12.4 per cent between 1930 and 1940, while. the percentage increase for the country as a whole was 7.03.