Western Guilford High School - Amici Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Lindley junior Marshals add a note of distinction from the start as they help to hand out programs at the door. iw 1 v Baker Mr. Carroll and Mr. Brown check tickets and welcome the graduates' guests. Excitement and Friends. . . and Graduation Begins Hey, you haven't signed my hat! Remember - step, pause, step, pause, left foot first. ls my collar straight? lt was 7:30 p.m. May 30, 1972. Seniors were so busy rushing around that there 3 wasn't too much time for sf -w?5 .Pm thinking. But then the procession fy started, strains of Pomp and gi Circumstance drifted even to if the end of the line in the gpm. g if And this was the real t ing - Graduation, 1972. line-up. A 1-rt G R A D U 2 A Baker T Vicki Barefoot gets a little help from a friend, Nan O Ratledge. N 158 GRADUATION -. .. Lindley Mrs. Kennedy, former Western Counselor, helps calm excited girls in the -. t i A - , , ,, A , S ' ' it. . , Q -fs . 6' IAM ' ' 5 g Q ' 1 . 51 ' tis. b ...., .L s 2 is i if ig K K Y i A13 1 as -gr Q13 4 r 1 t r.-- , F . -, 7 . . :if sg? i 5. -- wiggl- - -f li. . . 1 'iff Q' . iff' ' ff 5 .L ..-. . 1 i s ij - Z if A .t 1 fi 1,11-1. 5 . 3 I 3' A . . if 1-. if 3 . - ' 1 5 ' ' , G M .tt e ' t X ,' is 1 Q.. 7.1 1 X- f - ' Baker Many ideas show on Seniors' faces before they file into the auditorium. E

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Tom Davis assists Rodney Thompson with that darn tassle. gowns. V 1 Baker Seniors in caps and gowns mark Awards Day as an extra-special assembly. Baker Seniors search out friends among the masses of gold Baker Holding roses from the Varsity Cheerleaders, Miss Bondurant thanks them in return. Western's Annual Review - Awards Day Steve Morris and Rick Hestwood admire Scholastic Art Achievement certificates. Ramsey Although Steve Rallings and Thomasina Bond were accused of stealing the show, the annual Awards Da assem- blyreco nized manywlfiowere outstanding in different areas throughout the school year. As Mr. Walters pointed out, the mark of a truly great school is that it excels in many ways. This bein so, Western proved herexcelfencethrough thi variety of awards distribu- IG . The pro ram concluded, as always, wit? the installation of the new Student Council offi- cers. Tommy Capps, Student Body President for '72-'73, bid the Seniors farewell as his first official act. As the suddenly dignified Seniorsintheirca sandgowns marched from their final as- sembly, the remainder of the student body moved u - and now all that was left, was exams. AWARDS DAY 157 R -Qs X

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Songs, Speeches, and Significance Baker You are a child of the universe.. . The chorus sings vvords from Desiderata. Baker Mr. Walters speaks to the Graduating Class of 1972 for a final time as their principal. The Processional was over. Everyone had remembered to turn with a chord from the organ.Sofar, so ood. Wayne Davidson offered the invocation, and suddenly this wasn't like Thursday's hurried practice anymore. Two numbers by the chorus, thenthespeeches.Timepassed clwuickly as friends offered t oug ts based on Gradu- ation's theme, Desiderata. Mr. Walters spoke a few vvords of challenge and began calling names. A quick walk across the stage, a firm handshake and a black folder from Mr. D. O. Tise, chairman of the school board, and that was it. Finally that vague idea had become a realization - Western Guilford High School was now your alma mater. Baker Terry Keith Oakes, intones Mr. Walters as Terry happily receives his diploma. Mark Woodall, Chief Marshal, hands Mr. Tise yet another diploma, and the cycle continues. Channie Jeffries presents the bene- diction. ' I T , g f , A! Q 4' , A n. , i - . I' wif ' If uv mv f If. 1. 1 I . Lindley As the evening progresses, graduates find a speaker's comment humorous. GRADUATICN T59