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ALBEMARLE, N. C., DECEMBER, 1937
^ Girls Present An
Interesting Novel
' Chapel Prigram
t Members of Physical Culture
t Classes Perform Acrobatic ]
; Stunts and Tumbling.
1 « -
tertaining profrram in chapel No
vember 24, when they demonstrat-
- ed the various stunts in tumbling
they have learned this fall.
The Athletic association is a new
feature in the school pwBgram,
*• having been organized this fall
under the direction of Miss Faye
■ Holt. At the beginning of the sea-
[, son there were 65 or 70 girls tak-
►; ing part and coming out regularly
every afternoon for practice in
the gymnasium. The ones who ap-
peared in the program were those
" that came to practice most regu-
■■ larly, showed the most interest,
I' and became the mo.st skilled in the
'' art of tumbling. Although only
the ones who had made the first
team appeared in stage perform-
ance, there were about six others
who were close rivals and who
■ were placed on the second team.
^ Dressed in gym suits, the girls
r. performed the following stunts on
mats which had been placed on the
’ stage: donkey kick, diving for dis-
} tance, and diving for height.
Keith Carpenter, Ramelle Burle-
son, Irma Lowder, Helen Harring-
ton, Virginia Harley, Amy Fry,
r’ Frances Bostick, Lucinne Whit-
- lock and Nell Denning were the
only ones who succeeded in learn
ing the back bend. Only a few
" girls are able to do the split. These
stunts are diificult and require a
great deal of practice and exer-
Advanced tumbling takes up
. flips and pyramid building. The
it program concluded with two simple
stunts of this type called “a bus
opens” and “the gateway to fun.”
The girls who took part in the
tumbling program were Keith Car
penter, Ruth Hill, Hazel Mauldin,
,(Amy Fry, Ramelle Burleson, Irma
Lowder, Helen Harrington, Vir
ginia Harley, Rachel Tucker, Ra-
“melle Lowder, Edith Mauldin,
“Grace Cranford, Frances Bo.stick,
Lucinne Whitlock, Helen Tucker,
and Nell Denning.
Students Shown
;] Science Pictures
I For the past two years the Al-
kLbemarle high school has been hav
ing moving pictures for educa
tion. This year the pictures, lim
ited to the science and biology
classes, give the explanation of
scientific facts. By these shows
^he biology students have been
•-able to understand the life of
beach and sea animals. One of
, the.se was “Underground Water”
^showing the construction of a well
and of water soaking in the soil and
being filtered. Another was about
the clouds and rainfall.
The object of showing these
pictures is to teach visual educa
tion to the student through imag
ination. It has been said that one
picture is worth ten thousand
words. This phase of education
jeems both easy and interesting to
dllthe students.
::Central School
^ Publishes Paper
lli': The fir.st i.ssue of the Seven
5tars ha.s been published by the
ventral Elementary school, with
3ara Jean Austin as editor-in-
kflthief. This paper, written and
Wvnadf up entirely by the students,
s filled with information about
he school and the work which is
leing done. The material cover-
d includes school news, editorials,
ports and miscellaneous articles,
’his activity is giving the .students
excellent training in preparation
^or high school.
COACH AND A. H. S. BASKETBALL SQUAD FOR 1937-1938
had a splendid
Snuggs, Olyn Lowder
1937-38.
another su
January 7. Shown ii
ck Williams, Bill Fur
Ed Swanner; (third
er and Coach Canipe.
: the follow
ackwell; (i
)—Paul Williams, Hugh
Lafi
Christmas Holidays
Faculty Split Games
With Varsity Gagers
HONOR ROLL
Eighth Grade.
Highe.st Honor—Ramelle Low
der, Alfred Morton, Barbara Cro
well*, Nell Denning, Ruth Hill*,
Lucille Palmer*.
Honor—Jane Auten*, Betty
Sue Bogle, Rubye Caldwell*, Pat-
tie M. Crowell*, Rebecca Griffin,
Betty Hatley*, Ann Henning*,
Ruth King, Ruby Lefier, Hazel
Morton*, Pansy Morton*, Ann
Reap, Jewell Rogers, Geneva San
ders*, Alice Smith*, Florence
Splude, Cornelia Yeager*, Janet
East, Mary Emily Efird*, Ramelle
Morris*, Virginia Niven*, Bessie
Lee Rudisill*, Fred Sharkey*,
Gaines Whitley*, Carolyn Davis,
Virginia Harley, Roy Harwood,
Glenn Hatley, James Russell. Hu
bert Hatley*, Frances Bostick*,
Estelle Morton*, Odessa Talbert*,
Edmund Efird*, Ramelle Burle
son*, Rachel Tucker*.
Ninth Grade.
Highest Honor—Polly Martin*,
Josephine Beaver, Willie Frances
Efird, Mary Hill, Bertha Reap.
Honor—Lee Copple, Bailey Gul-
ledge, Alfred Hurt, Carroll Rus-
(Continued on Page Three)
Questions of The Month
1. What does philosophy mean?
2. Which is correct, disappoint
or dissappoint?
3. What is the most important
football game scheduled for next
4. Where is the second largest
alumnium plant in the world lo-
5. For whom was Stanly county
Stanly county
led?
6. When
formed?
7. For what crop is the county
8. Where is the state park, now
under construction, located?
9. Who is county public health
doctor?
10. Where is the “largest mon
umental factory in the country in
the world” located?
(See Page Six)
Sportsmanship of
Albemarle Eleven
Praised By Paper
Below is an excerpt from the
Statesville Daily commenting on
the sportsmanship shown at the
Barium game:
“Barium Springs went to Albe
marle and had one of the grandest
football experiences of the season.
They defeated Albemarle 25-0,
but don’t think that any one of
those four touchdowns was easy,
and don’t let anybody tell you that
it was easy keeping Albemarle
from scoring. Those boys are ig
norant or something. They would
not believe they were defeated.
Right down to the last whistle of
the game, a big powerful, am
bitious, good-natured team was
knocking at Barium’s goal.
“By the way, this was Barium’s
first visit to the Stanly metropolis.
It will certainly not be the last.
The treatment accorded the team
and visitors by the school officials,
by the team, by the rooters and by
the populace in general, was of
such a high order that it stands
unique. Instead of the town treat
ing the visiting team as enemies
to be beaten on the field and teas- I
ed on the streets, they were treat-'
ed like honored guests as though I
the whole town was holding Ba
rium Day. The cheering for good
plays by Barium was almost as |
loud and as enthusia.stic as for the,
good playing by Albemarle. The
supper given the visitors after the I
e-ame was a delightful occasion. I
The officiating could not have been
better or fairer. All in all Albe
marle stands just where her initial
would put her. Since “A” is the
beginning of the alphabet, we’ll
nut Albemarle right on top when
it comes to being a fine town to
“Here’s just a thoufrht: Albe
marle loses very few of this year’s
players. They are going to be a
hard team to beat in 1938, and j
500 Spectators See Women
Defeat Girls, While Bull
dogs Down Men.
Proceeds Go to Journalistic
Club for ‘Full Moon’
In an exciting and thrilling cage
battle in the new gym December
8, the Women’s team, composed of
high school teachers, defeated the
Girls’ Varsity 6-4, while the Men’s
team, made up of faculty members,
was downed by the Bulldogs 21-6.
On the invincible Women’s team
there played such stars as Miss
Doris Cockerham, Miss Winnie
Moore, Mrs. Wells Rogers and Miss
Gladys Hicks from W. C. U. N. C.,
Miss Chicora Caughman, Miss Wil
lie Ellerbe, guards from Winthrop,
Miss Annabel Vester, guard from
Greensboro college, and Miss Rose
Laws from Duke and Miss Fay
Holt of High Point college, for-
The teachers, rather slow in
starting, soon came through with
some surprisingly good shots, with
Miss Laws taking honors as high
scorer with four points, and Miss
Holt, girls’ coach, scoring two
points. Mrs. Rogers and Miss Ves
ter showed up well as guards.
The Girls’ Varsity played about
half the game, with substitutes
playing the other half. Edith Maul
din and Virginia Long scored the
four points against the teachers.
Full of spills and thrills, the
game of Pedagogues versus Pupils
was refereed by Coach Canipe.
Between halves the Women’s
team enjoyed light refreshments of
oranges and stick candy served by
water-boy Eddie Gehring.
In the game of Veterans versus
the Varsity it was the Bulldogs’
winning fight from start to finish.
R. C. Hatley, “Greased Lightning”
forward from Duke, Clyde Canipe,
brilliant star of Appalachian, A. B.
Gibson, flashy guard from Duke,
M. E. Kelly, guard, better known
as the “Clemson Flash,” Jim Swar-
ingen, known as the “Tennis Wiz
ard” from Duke, Eddie Gehring,
whizzing guard from Catawba,
Claud Grigg, spectacular guard
from Duke, composed the men’s
(Continued on Page Six)
Albemarle Hi-Y
Members Attend
Boys’ Conference
Delegates Enjoy Trip to Fort
Moultrie, Museum, and
Navy Yards.
Days that will always live in the
minds of nearly four hundred boys,
among whom are nine members of
the Albemarle Hi-Y club, are De
cember 3, 4, 5, when the nine
teenth annual session of the Older
Boys’ conference convened in
Charleston, South Carolina. At the
convention, held under the auspices
of the Y. M. C. A., delegates came
from Hi-Y clubs and college Y. M.
C. A.’s throughout the two states
and were entertained in the homes
of Charleston people.
James Fry, Clyde McDowell,
James Morgan, Douglas Cranford,
Bobby Austin, Lee Copple, John
Beatty, Paul Allen Brooks, and
Ray Lefler, accompanied by Ted
Bremer and Paul Fry, advisers,
were the A. H. S. delegates who at
tended.
The Albemarle delegation ar
rived in the historic old city Fri
day morning about 11 o’clock.
They spent the hour before lunch
at the Charleston museum, the old
est in America. After lunch they
went to the Y. M. C. A., where
they registered and were assigned
to homes. They spent the after
noon swimming in the Y. M. C. A.
pool and playing in the game room.
The first session of the confer
ence was held Friday evening at
7:30 in St. Matthew’s Lutheran
church. J. Wilson Smith, of Char
lotte, opened the conference by
discussing the theme, “Facing Life
Squarely,” and introducing the
president, Willard Hearin, a fresh
man at Furman university. Then
a short song service was held. Fol
lowing this, the mayor of Charles
ton, Hon. Burnet R. Maybank, and
Clarence Getty, secretary of the
Charleston Y. M. C. A., gave wel
come speeches, and H. A. Scott,
from Kannapolis, responded.
In the inspirational address of
the evening, given by Dr. Samuel
Grafflin, a noted speaker of New
York City, was about the need for
men who can adapt themselves to
a rapidly changing world.
At the Saturday morning session
an address was made by Dr. P. H.
Gwynn, Jr., from Davidson college^
on the theme, “Choosing My Life
Work.”
At 11 o’clock the delegates were
taken to Fort Moultrie on a gov
ernment boat, "The Sprigg Car'-
roll”. After seeing the various in-
(Continued on Page Six)
Dramatic Teacher
Casts Two Plays
(By Mary Katherine East,
Dramatic Club Reporter.)
A large group of plays having
arrived, real activity has begun for
play production as a unit of the
dramatic work. It is the aim of
the director to cast every student
in the Dramatic class and the Dra
matic club in one of these plays
and to present them as the need
arises throughout the year. The
plays are, for the most part, com
edies of various types. Most of
the performances will be student
directed.
Two plays have already been
St. One of these is “Knight
Life”, a mystery comedy in one
act by Ray E. Hurd. Parts have
been assigned as follows: Douglas
Cranford, a man who provides the
tin Parker, Jack’s chum;
Baker, Robert Finley, Jr., seven
teen years old; John Sides, Gifford
Platt, a friend of Robert’s. The
other play is “Quiet Please”, a
“ imedy in one act by Howard Buer-
ann. The following parts have
been assigned: Jack Rivers, Jeff,
a farmer; S. E. Sprinkle, Judd, his
brother; members of the Sunny-
'ille Christian Society, Rachel Bur-
is, Mattie; James Efird, Rev. An
drews; Shelby Haire, Jessica; Cath-
Josie.