BAILEY BUGLE. RATLEY. NORTH CAROLINA. NOVEMBER. 19^h
StudenLSpeoking English Isn't English
One need listen for only a very short time to discover
that the Bailey High School students run their words to
gether, use incorrect English, are guilty of too much
slang and too poor pronounciation.
Here are samples of expressions often heard: Winna we
gonna hab dat test? Is zat so? Hey, dar. Are yuh gonna
lemme go? Look dare. Howa jruh doing? Well I swaniel
These expressions are used by the better English stu
dents as well as the poorer ones. It is :a-fine thing "to
be able to write English correctly, but even more wonder
ful to be able to speak it as it should be spoken.
As high school students, we have been speaking the Eng
lish language ever since we first began talking. For
most of us it will be the only language that we will be
able to converse in. We should at least have pride e-
nough in it to speak it correctly.
Add Your List of Thonks To These
In the fall of 1621, fifty-one of the first Americans
gathered together on the lonely shores of Massachusetts
to praise God and give thanks for their long-desired
freedom.
It is now 19Sh> T-^Jhat a difference the years have made
in the blessings coming the student's wayl
Today, Bailey students have much to be thankful for—no
actual war is being fought, damages of the hurricane
were slight con^ared to some other "olaces, a number of
high school classes are divided to provide for better
work, opportunities are better for more participation in
school activities, and relationships between students
and teachers are on a more congenial footing.
Students, in all the excitement of the holidays this
week, may we take time out Thursday to give thanks for
these and other blessings.
_Eagfi_iL
BAILEY BUGLE
Volume 15, Number 3
Bailey, N. C.
.November, 19Sh
Published monthly by
Journalism Class
Commercial Department
10i;S per copy
Co-Editors-Bobby R. Eatmon
Lane Farmer
Staff; Beebe Eatmon, Sonja
Manning, Bobbie Lou Batts,
Peggy Braswell, Keith Vick
Mac Bowen, Mack Burgess,
MarlerLe-EaA.mon.-S^
A girl wastes a lot of
valuable time looking for
an ideal man before she
starts looking for a hus
band.
A man may be lifted out
of the slums without God,
but only God can lift the
slums out of him.
I am a great believer in
luck. The harder I work,
the more of it I seem to
have.
'No Foolingj
By Bobbie Lou Batts
"My paper gave out." "I
didn't have time," "I had
to go to my Aunt Ellie's
in Wilson because my Undle
Tom was sick. We didn't
get home until ten and I
had to go to bed then."
These and countless simi
lar excuses for not having
up work are heard each day
by teachers of Bailey High
School.
The seniors thought they
had a perfect alibi until
November it was "I had
to practice for the play,"
Always Excuse is a young
lady we all know. She is
Ever Excuse's sister. You
know her brother. Eter
nally Excusej he graduated
last year.
Today we are going to
visit Always Excuse and
atay with her from sun-up
'till sun-down.
By sun-up, we mean some
where near that time, say
seven o'clock. ^-'Jhen we ar
rive at Always's home we
find her still dreaming.
The alarm rings, but the
only response from Always
is a moan and a plea to
"shut that thing cff." Fi
nally at ten to eight she
pokes her sleepy head out
to see what time it is. On
finding out the lateness
of the hour, she springs
from her bed, and from
then on it is a mad scram
ble to eat, dress, and get
to school on time. Through
out the day we hear this
bevy of excuses;
Home Room; "The stop
light was red when it
should have been green anJ
this delayed me."
First Period; "I sleot un-
F. L; Emerson (See NO FOOLING Page 2)