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Page Foui CARVER ECHO, Carver High School. Mount Olive, N. C. Friday, May 19, 1950 Student Government Association Reports THE DRAMATICS CLUB THE BAND Left to ijght: Harvey Peterson, Delaney Korne- Charlotte Wynn, Marlene Flowers, Angeline Mus gay, Spencer Durante, Jr., Larry Hatcher, Cornell grave, Doretha Howard, Powell, Thomas Sneed, Newkirk, Wade Durham, William Robinson, Wil- DeWitt Giles, Burnie Lane, Samuel Washington, bert Teachey, Ann Greenfield, Wilma Hargrove, Ellis Hargrove. The Student Government As sociation of Carver High School and its executive branch, the Student Council, is designed to promote student initiative, lead ership, and to provide democrat ic experiences for atudents through the management of school affairs. Further, it pro poses to advance all causes which will contribute to the best inter est of the school and community. The activities, in brief, for the school year 1949-50 have includ ed the following: 1. The installation of officers and class representatives for the 1949-50 school year. 2. The appointment of an eval uation commitlee for assembly programs. The selection of a patrol lead er, and the implementation of the student patrol. The selection of an inspection and evaluation committee for classrooms. The selection of a committee for the handling of song books for the school. 3. The design of an entrance, exit and seating plan for assem bly for the high school and ele mentary school. 4. The student councils of Booker T. Washington High School in Rocky Mount and Dar den High School in Wilson were visited for the purpose of study ing the operation of their coun cils and to discuss problems and exchange ideas relative to stu dent council activities. These visits proved interesting and in spirational. 5. Prior to the close of school for the Christmas holidays, a Christmas party was given for the student body. 6. At Christmas, various foods were collected by the students and on Christmas day eleven box es of foods were distributed to jieedy families of the communi ty- 7. In January, the council ..gpnusQced—A d sfussion at the regular meeting of the Par- ent-Teacher Associston. 8. In January, a “Mi§s Carver ’ contest was sponsored ‘he council for the purpose ing funds to cover cne purcna^ of a record player, amplifier and microphone for the school. This equipment has been purchased and is now in use. 9. A school song has been com posed and accepted by the stu dent body. 10. The constitution has been revised to provide for the addi tion of the office of School hos tess, Chairman of Athletic Ac tivities and to permit member ship of the county to be in creased io include the presi dents of classes and authorized clubs. 11. Three issues of the “Carver Echo” have been published. 12. Election of officers for the 1950-51 school year is now in progress. 13. A commendation certificate to be awarded by the council for the purpose of improving stu dent citizens-hip, and rewarding students for outstanding attain ments has been designed by the council. The initial certificates are to be awarded on Honors Day. 14. A banquet and social for the basketball teams is being planned for May 12, 1950. 15. Installation ceremonies for the officers for 1950-51 are being planned during the last week of the school year. The council has not been able to attain all of the objectives set up for the year. However, we wish to express our sincere ap preciation to the members of the council, and the student bo dy for their sup()ort and cooper ation in the activities we have completed during the year. The spirit shown, though not all to ■be desired, is worthy of praise. Particularly are we appreciative of the response received for Christmas boxs, the interest shown in the “Miss Carver” con test, and your support of the general school program. It is our hope that students Carver Dramatics Club Relates Very Successful Year The Dramatics Club has had a successful year. Beside acting, the members have had experi ence in selecting and producing plays, stagecraft, make-up, cos tumes, and other responsibili ties of the theatre. The plays presented were by the compact effort of both supporting and acting casts and the success must be attributed to cooperation of both. The year was begun with a new advisor, who divided the club into areas of special inter est, such as acting, directing, costuming, make-up and stage craft. Each division had an im portant part to play in the pro duction of every show. Much emphasis was placed on speech as a part of dramatics. Our club members were urged to take advantage of every op portunity to improve their speech and gain confidence, es pecially by public speaking. One member, Mary Artis, won third place in an ortarical contest sponsored by the American Le gion. The first play of the season was “Which Is The Way to Bos ton” for which the club received a letter of commendation from the administration. Teamwork was then a matter of course, for the letter was a great source of inspiration. In order to learn more about dramatic principles, several members of the club made a trip to the annual Drama Clinic at Fayetteville State Teachers College in February. In March, the club was invited to present a play in the annual Drama Fes tival at Fayetteville. “Smoke screen” was chosen by the group and presented to a very appre ciative audience. Euphemia Bass was mentioned as one of the best actresses at the Festival. The Shepard Players of Zebu- lon, N. C., gave an excellent pro duction of “Jane Eyre” in Carver Auditorium sponsored by our Dramatics Club, in exchange for “Smokescreen” and “Mooncalf Mugford”. Both were commend able performances, but particu larly the latter, in which Delan ey Kornegay, working at disad vantages, became another fig ure in the club. Another play, “Revenge”, re ceived ovations, particularly for the excellent character portray al of Hattie Hardy as well as for other supporting roles. This year the club has worked hard and traveled quite a bit. The work was fun and the trips both educational and enjoyable. We feel that the experience, friends and ideas acquired will help us to do a better job in the next years. The Club plans to end the year with a social at which time it will pay tribute to those per sons graduating, who were out standing on the stage as well as behind the scenes. will take more active interest in student government, and use the privileges afforded by it to con tinue to make our school a more enjoyable place to work, play and learn. May I personally express my gratitude to you for the support given during my administration and wish for the officers and or ganization in 1950-51 and the years to follow, every success and continued progress. BERTHA L. OWENS, President. USE VACATION WISELY Spend your summer vacation wisely, by reading good books and magazines. School Band By J. A. Turner Bandmaster This year" Carver School has organized a school band for , the first time. *There was quite a bit of work I for us to do. Our first step toward organization was the purchasing of small ton- netts inor^r that we might learn nulei and famil iarize ourselves with rhythmic pa.terns. We used the tonnetts to form a little band and we learned several beautiful tunes and played tKem as a group. Aft er we had worked with the ton netts for some time, we felt that we could make some progress with real instruments, thus, we made arrangements for purchas es. During the latter part of the fall we had our first meeting with our newly purchased in struments. The parents bought the instruments for their chil dren and how proud they felt ov er the idea of owning a real in strument for the first time. We spent several weeks getting fa miliar with the instruments and learning to take care of them. Soon our practices started and we really were out for business. We began practicing simple notes upon which tunes and melodies were built. We later started on simple songs which gave us ex ercises and drills on fingering. Many of the band members were late getting their instruments and they had to work twice as hard to catch up with the group. We set aside a period in the morning for sectional and indi vidual practices, then we had a group rehearsal in the afternoon Organized where all of our ideas were put together. We made much prog ress and there was much, inter est and initiative shown on the part of the whole band person nel. After making so much prog ress, we felt that we could give a little concert and play several numbers - we - anticipated learn ing. We worked diligently on several numbers we hoped to play. We learned to play the numbers well and we appeared before the public for the first time on April 30. The program went over wonderfully and the twenty members of the band seemed happy to have appear ed before the public for the first time. We are looking forward to participating in the May Day exercises and in the Commence ment exercises at Carver School. We have set up big objectives for next year and expect larger personnel. We sincerely thank all of the people who have help ed us, especially the parents who worked so hard in order that their children might participate in such a worthwhile organiza tion. Regret Omissions The Staff of Carver Echo re grets that, due to lack of space and to make-up requirements, the following articles had to be omitted from this issue: Coach’s Tribute to Teams, Class Colors, and Senior Class Prophecy. Let us not forget the school band during the summer vaca tion. THE N. H. A. CLUB Activities of N.H.A. For The Past Year The N.H.A. officers were in stalled on Friday night, March 24, 1950. It was a candlelight installation service, which was enjoyed by everyone. We have indeed enjoyed this school year. We hope that the chapter wTTI coritmue *to‘'igi%w' stronger. As a project this year, our chapter has bought and planted shrubbery around our cafeteria. We have represented our chap ter in all state meetings. The first meeting we attended was at Washington High School, Washington, N. C. The club went sightseeing in Goldsboro, where we bought shrubbery to plant around our school cafete ria. The next trip was at The State N.H.A. Convention held in Raleigh April 1, 1950. While at tending this meeting the girls had the opportunity to visit Shaw University and The City Audi torium, in which the meeting was held. There was a fashion show given that evening; each chapter had a representative. The Carver chapter was repre sented by Bernice Hobbs. After the meeting we visited interest ing places in the city. As we conclude, here’s hoping that we as a chapter will strive in every effort to* become even better in the future than we ■have in the past. Let’s begin next year by pay ing our Memembership Fees the day school opens. SMStSSSBSKi
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