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VOmME 10 ITOMBJiB L SUBJKF GRADES CLIMB fOK SECOMD SIX WEEKS As a vrholo subjoct grades in high school aro on the upward trend as proved by the increase in honor roll and the momber of A’s made. The munbor of honor roll students doubled and 4.1 students received an A on one or more subjodts, Six students acquired honor roll: Jackie !ildwc.rds, senior; Ben 3thcridgc and Octavia Beard,juniors; Loo Horner, .^stor Rac Finch, and Lena Mao Price, sopho mores. Other students mark ing honor roll except for absences or tardiness were Lois Ray Pace, senior; I-Ic.r- gio Poelc, junior; Barbara Farmer and Corinna Wil liams, sophomores. Continuing the load it acquired the first six weeks, the sophomore class has a slight margin over the seniors. Conduct grades averaged approximately the same as the first six weeks. BAILEY. NORTH C/JIOLINA pgc. 16,. 194.7. PRICE_1Q^_ Silent Nighj Syrr^bcitzes Christmes 'I;I S en io rs To S r aq e P-lay; Tryout After exams Seniors will, try out for parts in the thr'j'>-act com edy, "A Ready 'iido Family", iiamediatoly after mid-torm examj.nationa. The proceeds from the play, planned for February, irill be used to increase the class treas ury. PLOT The plot of the play is ba'?od on tho attempts of the children of a widow and a widox>rGr to prevent thoir parent’s marriage by pretondinp; to be abnormal youngsters. Admission to tho play will be 25 and 35 cents. Direct From The Off By Jacquolino Collie ce STUD-^TS imOM 3;.CH COM- J’TOIITY—From the total en rollment of 551 students ir Bailey high school, the fc.llc/7in2 figures show the nrinbor of students coming fT.'O’i five coEfiraunities: Creon Pond-Bullhead, 167 el.exiientary students and 4-3 high school students; Mt, Vloasant, 20 high school r.tudents; Camp Charles, /+0 elementary and 5 - high ^chvool; old Manning school, ^2 olomonto.ry and 3.0 high c’lohcol; and Bailjy, 244 olemcntary and high school Ttudents, NE'.'J BUILDING—"The new ad dition to the building is supposed to bo completed by the first of the yo^^r, but lack of material and labor vri.ll probably delay the coiiToletion, •' states I-lr. 'foavor. im lOCK^TcS—Tho new dou ble-docker lockers will be placed on both sides of tho hall in the navi end of the biiildinr. The rental fee for these lockers vrill be tho same as that .for the old ones. In All Lands ost /jnericans Christ- is personified by the mj?s song, "Silonfc Night.” ■■■Jhcn a ^rouT is gp.thered togeth er to si.ng Christmas car ols, "Silent Night" is usu ally sung first and sung • most. It \.^as* ’vrritten early in the nineteenth century in Oberndolf, a small town nestled in the Bavarian moujitains. There/^e Ger mans celebrated X||ri3tmas with great fesixivity and elaborate programs. Tho day before tho Christmas of 1^^ it was discovered that 'tie village church orgdfl'owas broken, A bliz zard* ‘'4iad cut the vil lage off from the rest of the world and that pre- 'v^ontcd its ha’^.ng the usu al Christma(| nrasic, Franz Xavcr Gruber, school mas- t’..r and the church organ ist, wishing to fulfill tho desire of the people ,asked Josof Mohr, priest, to write vrorcfs for a song so simple that it could bo siing with out the organ. for riUslg assjHstant M|(br con sented, and his words were put to the tune that Grub er composed that afternoon, Tho ne::t day, Christmas^ "Silent Night" made its debut. It was the conpredc ttlc chnj sung by ^.tii^n of the ch ^ with only {hccompaniment of a g"ui; 1: tho A snort tim.e later, a re-- pair man cam.e to tho small towi, found the sonf'' on the organ, and asked for a copy. From there it spread all over the country, a.Il over tho wor.ld, and ;.(:da/ it has captured the hearts of people ev^rjnmcrct. E,P,
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