William Penn High School - Penn Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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THE GRAND REUNION Early in the year local alumni of William Penn began a series of meetings designed for the purpose of planning a reunion of all known H.P.N. and I. — Penn graduates whose whereabouts were known. Frank Mason, Sr. was named temporary chairman; Faema Robertson, secretary, and we were on our way. Correspondence far and wide elicited en¬ thusiastic response. Plans were made for a giant reunion May 24—26, 1968. During February, Principal Burford, while attending a session of the N.A.S.S.P. was in¬ vited to sit in on a meeting at the New York alumni, one hundred and fifty strong, and he was entertained royally as this group made its plans to charter buses to attend the re¬ union. May 24 saw Pennites from the East and the West, the North and the South, and from the four corners of the world assembling to pay their final respects and to honor their princi¬ pal, newly named principal of Andrews High School (the first Negro principal in North Carolina to head a predominately white School). They represented all the professions, ser¬ vices, industry, education, religion, politics. They were Ph.D.’s, Fulbright Scholars, Wood- row Wilson Fellows, high ranking military officers, scientists, musicians, journalists, all. They attest to the fact that Penn has truly served her state, locality, nation and the world, far beyond “her poor power.’ To perpetuate Penn’s memory they formed a permanent organization, pledged themselves to meet annually and to award scholarships to deserving boys and girls. With these alumni as propagators, Penn’s spirit shall live on for¬ ever. 156

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C0TILL10NETTES (LEFT TO RIGHT): Saundra Kendall, Patricia Horne, Mary Baker, Dianne Dickey, Patricia Gilmore, Dorothy Collins, Deborah Roebuck, Shirley Sellers, Jeannette Smitherman, Carol Howell, Barbara Carter, Shirley Gainey, Eva Thompson, Brenda Capel, Virginia Allen, Gloria Martin, Vera Lattimore, and Ernestine Hicks. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is the oldest of the predominantly Negro sororities, dedicated to com¬ munity service. One of its major projects is the Annual Spring Cotillion. This affair presents to society out¬ standing young high school girls who have been se¬ lected on the basis of character, dignity, scholarship, and poise. The chosen young women go through a whirlwind of cultural, spiritual and social experiences culminating in the Cotillion Ball. Proceeds are used to finance several scholarships for young women at Penn who aspire to college atten¬ dance. 155

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Congratulations 1968 HIGHLAND COTTON GRADUATES MILLS, INC. CLOVERDALE DYE Your Penn Family WORKS Faculty Students Alumni 157