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ALBEMARLE, N. C., JANUARY, 1938
Students Organize
Club For Debaters
Work on Triangular Debate
, Is Begun; Preliminaries to
Be Held In February.
" A Debating club, under the
jupervision of Mr. Gibson, has been
Brganized by students who are in
terested in public speaking. The
'officers and members include Mary
K. Kast, president; Anne Parker,
vice president; Estelle Jordan, sec-
Iretary; Clvde McDowell, treasurer;
Ifviola Efird, Lee Copple, Charles
Lefier, Jean Hurt, Robert Sells.
James Fry, and Mary K. Splude.
Many of the members of the
tclub are planning to prepare
speeches for the Triangular De
bate. The subject of the debate
this year will be: Resolved, That
■“several of the states adopt a system
"of unicameral legislature. Pre
liminaries for the election of
speakers will be hold February 2.
It is probable that Albemarle will
■ ibe placed in a triangle with Con
cord and Thomasville, as of la-f
year. The preliminary contest
with the schools will be held
I March, while the final debate
1 Chapel Hill will be in April.
Last year Albemarle sent to
Chapel Hill two successful debat-
n ing teams, both of which went to
[/the semi-finals. The speakers on
our team were Gwendolyn Jones,
Estelle Jordan, Mary Katherine
_East and Lee Copple.
Faculty Members
Give Philosophies
i The members of the high school
Irifaculty have consented to give
quotations expressing their phil
osophy of life. Below is a list of
^ the teachers’ favorite philosophical
^ quotations:
Supt. Grigg—“If I live today as
n I should, I need not worry about
[^fltomorrow. If I have the proper
concern for the other fellow’s hap
piness, I need not worry a great
deal about my own.”
— A. B. Gibson—“As a man think-
^th in his heart so is he!”
Mi.ss Ellerbe—“Be kind to all
dumb animals, and give small birds
a crumb. Be kind to human be
ings, too—they’re sometimes pretty
dumb!”
Miss Hicks—“Life is doing and
being.”
R. C. Hatley—“Life is real, life
is earnest.”—Longfellow.
M. E. Kelly—“Life is what you
make it.”
Miss McKenzie- “To thine own
self be true, and it must follow, as
the night the day. Thou canst not
then be false to any man.”-
Shakespeare.
Miss Caughman—“God’s in His
heaven, all’s right with the world.”
—Browning.
Guy Propst—“All the world’s a
-stage,' and all the men and women
'^merely players.”—Shakespeare.
^ Miss Watson—“Men may
jn stepping-stones of their dead
selves to higher things.”—Tenny-
fldward Gehring—“ ’Tis better
;o be small and shine, than
, I arge and cast a shadow.”
Miss Laws—“Life is what you
Miss Scarborough—“To
;o seek, to find, and not to yield.”
—Tennyson.
Mrs. Rogers—“It matters n
.^«rtow long we live but how!”
—' Miss Powell—“A little nonsen;
■^low and then is relished by the
Miss Moore—“To live simply
’ully, faithfully, hopefully, and
)ravely.”
Miss Vester—“To be rather than
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL SQUAD
Fence To Be Built
For Athletic Field
,el Shankle, Mabel Watson, I
: Hatley; second row. Virgin
e Brooks, Edith Mauldin, Vii
azel Mauldin, Lu-
1 Long, Margaret
Sinia GilHam; top
Miss Scarborough
Tells Of Trip To
Florida and Cuba
Miss Holt—“Keep smiling, be
lealthy, happy and gay. To keep
it mentally, physically, and m
illy. Life will give you back
•eturn what you give it, so L:
^ife.”
Miss Cockerham—“Dost thou
eve life? Then do not squander
ime, for that is the stuff life
nade of.”
Miss Scarborough spent a very ,
enjoyable Christmas vacation in
Cuba and Florida, visiting such in
teresting points as Havana, Bok
Tower, St. Augustine, and Silver
Springs.
When asked about her impre.^-
ms of Miami, she repUed, “The
dog and horse races were the most
exciting sport I saw, and the
Hialiah race track, the prettiest
spot in all Miami.”
Concerning her visit to Miami,
Palm and Da>-tona Beaches she
said, “Miami Beach was very j
crowded; all the beaches have
lovelv drives and beautiful homes.
Daytona proved to be unusual be
cause the sand becomes so harden
ed when the tide comes in that cars
are able to drive for miles along
the beach.” ^
Miss Scarborough also visited 1
the Pan-American building in
Miami to see the clippers come in.
When the interviewer asked
about her visit to Cuba, Miss Scar
borough answered, “When I arriv
ed there, the first thing I saw was
mountains, though the view of the
' y, Havana, was level. Havana
foreign in appearance and cus-
Tis and is called the Paris of the
West. The city measures up to
this title in every respect.”
When asked what the most inter
esting place in Havana was, she
replied, “Morro Castle, built by the
Spanish in 1587. It’s the oldest
fort in the new world. From this
fort the cable from Havana to the
United States drops into the At- ^
lantic. The most impressive public |
building is the capital, and prob- •
ably the most elaborate building
was one of the student clubs. Ha
vana seems to have its share of
very wealthy people who live in
beautiful homes of Spanish archi
tecture and numbers of whom
speak English as well as Spanish.
Royal Palms and tropical growth
in the country make Cuba a beau
tiful place.”
She reports that during Chri.st-
mas Cubans do not decorate as
elaborately as we, for she saw only
two Christmas trees. However,
they do exchange gifts on Christ
mas Day.
In chapel Miss Scarborough gave
an entertaining account of her trip
and. in concluding, urged all stu
dents to save money so that they
would be able to travel as it is edu
cational as well as exciting.
New Bike Stands
In
= have
-acks for the bi
and a special parking lot on the
south side of the building.
Haven’t you seen those freshly
painted white stands th
mble f
ford i
re made by Mr. Cran-
the Manual Training
shop and will hold thirty-six
wheels, twelve in each of the
three racks. Now maybe we
can keep our shrubbery in bet
ter condition, for heretofore
the hedges and other shrubs
served as props for the bikes.
New Senior Rings
Are Distributed
The Senior rings, which have
been standardized this year, have
recently been delivered to the
members of the Senior class, a
hundred and seventeen of the hun
dred and thirty-seven buying rings.
The consensus of opinion is that
this new ring is undoubtedly
of the prettiest ever used in
Albemarle High School.
In keeping with the school col
ors, blue and white, there is in the
center a blue spinel stone, which
may be either smooth or faceted,
according to the wishes of the in
dividual. Around the blue stone
the words, “Albemarle High
School,” are engraved. On 
;ide of the stone there is a very
tractive etching of the high school
building, while on the other ap
pears a bull dog. which is the mas
cot of A. H. S. athletic teams.
The rings this year were pur
chased from the Balfour company
of Massachusetts. The students
think that there is no other high
school in the state which has a
ring that surpasses theirs in beauty
and durability.
STUDIO PICTURES ARE HUNG
Recently, Miss Worsham has
added to the attractiveness of her
studio by hanging a number of pic
tures of famous musicians. The list
includes the following: “Beetho
ven,” “Grieg,” “Chopin,” “Haydn,”
“Schubert.” “Tschaikowski,” “Ed
ward Hughes,” “Brahms.” “Wag
ner,” “Li.st,” and “Paderewski.”
Cafeteria is Popular
After four months of service th
cafeteria has grown in popularity
with both students and teachers. It
is interesting to know that three
thousand, six hundred meals have
already been served.
All work is under W. P. A _
oervision and begins at 8 o’clock,
lasting until 2. Mrs. Lloyd Skid
more, the manager, plans all the
meals. One person is responsible
for preparing the food, another for
seeing about the tables, dishes and
serving of meals. Matilda Stovall
acts as cashier during the noon
Below is a typical menu:
Swiss steak, rice, gravy, peas,
carrots, slaw, banana pudding,
rolls, milk.
Typing Classes
Make Progress
Students Achieve Records In
Speed Tests and Make
Attractive Samplers.
Although this is the first year
,.j have had typing in our school,
much progress has been made in
the classes. A total of four classes
a day is being taught, with approx
imately twenty-four students in
each class.
One of the most interesting
things that have been done is typ
ing to music. The favorite rec
ords are “Cocoanut Dance,”
‘Dixie,” and “Stars and Stripes
Forever.” Usually three-letter
words are wl-itten when typing to
music, but five-letter words have
been written.
The highest speed record that
has been made on a fifteen-minute
■ forty-seven words with one
made by Iris Almond and
Sue Coble.
Another interesting thing that
has been done by the students is
making samplers. By this is meant
drawing cartoons and making de
signs of various kinds by using x’s
or one certain number on the type
writer. Since these samplers
made just before Christmas,
Christmas trees than anything else
were typed. A cartoon of the face
of a man typed with x’s happened
to have a question mark in his hair.
Miss Cockerham asked, “Why the
question mark?” The reply v.
“Aw, that’s dandruff!”
Canipe Sees Orang-e
Bowl Game at Miami
Coach Canipe, with several
friends, attended the Orange Bowl
game at Miami, Florida, on New
Year’s Day. The party left Wed
nesday, December 29, and arriv
ed in Miami the following Friday.
An overnight stop was made in
Jacksonville. Then the two days
of the trip were spent enjoying the
many sights of southern Florida.
“Some of the most interesting
places that we visited,” said Coach
Canipe, “were the Fountain of
Youth and the alligator farms at
St. Augustine, the citrus fruit sec
tion, Lake Wales and Bok Tower.”
He remarked that the Bok Tower is
the most beautiful place in Florida.
Built for no special purpose except
as a refuge for birds, it is com
monly called the Singing Tower
and is surrounded by beautiful
flowers and shrubbery.
When questioned about the
stadium and the people at the
game, Mr. Canipe responded, “It is
a new stadium built of steel and
has a seating capacity of about
thirty thousand. Flowers and
shrubbery are planted all around
it, and at each end there are ba
nana and orange trees weighted
down with ripe fruit—or at least
they were like that until after the
game. Some of the players ran
to the goal and jerked down
bunches of bananas immediately
after the game was over.
“A large crowd, dressed mostly
in summer clothes, was in the sta
dium. The announcer said at the
beginning of the game that in
Michigan it was snowing and that
the temperature was 20 degrees,
while in Miami the temperature
When asked to comment on the
teams. Coach replied, “Michigan
made a better record in regular
season, but Auburn played better
in the Orange Bowl game. Both
teams had about four All-Arneri-
cans and several who had received
honorable mention. They used the
Notre Dame system of offense,
which calls for a more open type
of game, lots of passing and many
trick plays.”
Space to Be Provided
For Bleachers.
Location at School Will Be
Convenient for Players
And Spectators.
The school board is glad to an
nounce that they have found means
to construct a modern factory type
fence which will completely enclose
the north side of the high school
campus, from Third street to
Fourth street, extending outwards
to Montgomery avenue. The high
school will then have its own play
ing field for the convenience of the
spectators, schools, and players.
There will be ample room, not only
for football games to be played,
but also for bleachers to be con
structed on each side of the field.
Provisions will be made, also, for
other kinds of games.
For many years the school board
and other school officials have felt
the need of an enclosed playground
or athletic field. Football games
and other sports have been played
in either the Wiscassett Knitters’
park or the Efird-Wiscassett. The
mill officials have been courteous
about the use of the parks.
Construction will start on the
fence in about two weeks and will
be completed before the end of the
school year. When the fence is
finished, shrubbery will be planted
all around the field and along the
side of the new annex.
Former A. H. S. Pupil
Living In Hollywood
Young Dick Pittenger, a fresh
man in A. H. S. last year, is now
taking dancing lessons in Holly
wood, California, where he hopes
to enter motion pictures.
Originally from Nebraska, he
came to Albemarle in 1936. While
he was in the North, his tap danc
ing and aerial tricks on slack wires
won him many trophies.
Young Pittenger’s pleasing per
sonality and fine character gained
him many friends and admirers
here. After entertaining the stu
dent body with his amazing rhyth
mical dancing, Dick entered a
Young America contest and came
out as winner. Then, his broadcast
over Station W. B. T. brought him
still more laurels. Following this.
Miss Ruthie Miller, seeing his tal
ent, borrowed his services for her
annual revue in which he created
quite a sensation.
In school he was rated not only
as a clever dancer, but also as an
excellent student with great pos
sibilities. Now working hard for a
motion picture contract, he, be
cause of his popularity, still holds
Albemarle as his cheering section.
Questions for The
Month
1. How many square miles are
there in North Carolina?
2. What is the population?
3. What is the state motto?
4. Where and when did Orville
and Wilbur Wright make the first
airplane flight in the world?
5. Where in this state are the
largest hosiery mills in the world
located?
6. How many Presidents of the
United States were born in North
Carolina?
7. How does our state compare
with other states in the number of
cotton mills?
8. More minerals have been
found in North Carolina than in
any other state. How many?
9. What is the definition of
bibliography?
10. Which is correct, neccessary
or necessary?
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