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

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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

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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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Graduation Reveals Secret of Senior Project '15 Q'-va i-1 all 08 E3 W2 D. l Baker Becky Hestwood and Pam Siler fupper left? read The Teacher's Prayer in way of introduction, then call Mrs. Lancaster to the stage Cupper righti. After a standing ovation and some highly emotional moments flower leftk, Mrs. Lancaster flower right? tells the Seniors of her overwhelming happiness and her feelings for them. With three weeks of school left, the Senior Class set out to do the impossible - raise S700 foratripto En land. No one seemed to know where the idea came from, but it was inspired by Mrs. Katherine Lancaster. ln her first year of teachin the 7th grade at old Guilford? 160 GRADUATION Mrs. Lancaster taught many of the Class of '72. This year they caught up with her in English IV. Mrs. Lancaster was also the Senior Class sponsor. This made meetings difficult, but with the help of Mr. Walters, The Project got underway. A bake sale and a car wash were followed by the Woman- less Beauty Pageant tS500 worthl and Spring Fling activities. So on the night of gradua- tion, Mrs. Lancaster was pre- sented with S775 in an envelope that contained all of the lo-ve and respect the Senior Class had for her.