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Support the Advisory Council JTuU iHnnn Boost ALBEMARLE, N. C., MARCH, 1938 ALBEMARLE TO HAVE TWELFTH GRADE Dramatic Festival Is Held At A. H. S. Concord Wins First Place In District Tournament; Win ston Takes Second. Albe- t marie Presents “Gloria Mundi.” ' Albemarle was host to the Dis trict Dramatic Festival, which was i held March 11 in the Albemarle t high school auditorium, with Albe marle, Concord, Gastonia, Win- *ston-Salem, and Reidsville high schools participating. ■'» Concord’s play, “Submerged”, was judged to be the best and will 9 be given in the state tournament in Chapel Hill March 23. f>. “The Patchwork Quilt”, pre sented by Winston-Salem South 6 high school, won second place, >1 while “The Sisters’ Tragedy”, given by Reidsville, came third. -■ “Gloria Mundi”, presented by Al bemarle Black Masque Dramatic 'club, and “One Fine Day”, by Gastonia high school, wep the ii other two tragedies competing. Albemarle’s presentation, “Gloria Mundi”, was under the capable di- irection of Miss Elizabeth Scar borough. Hilda Foreman, Mary i: Katherine East, Sue Coble, Jeanne Hurt, and James Fry composed the cast, which gave a creditable per- formance. Judges for the tournament were -Miss Lynette Helman, Miss Betty * Smith and Bob Finch from the "University of North Carolina. In a discussion of the plays, one of the judges remarked that it was the best tournament he had ever "^attended. " This year eighteen city high school dramatic clubs entered one- ru act tragedies or serious fantasies in the production contest sponsor- i-ed by the Carolina Dramatic asso ciation. The eighteen player- ptgroups were arranged in four tournaments. The four plays win- —ning in the District Dramatic Festi- M vals will compete for the state *title during the Dramatic Festival "Tat the University of North Caro- I'lina in Chapel Hill. Much of the credit for the suc cess of the District Festival _ should be given to the following ‘ committees, who worked under Miss Scarborough’s direction: business, Martha Morrow, Frances .KHorton, Lucille Green, Jo Horn- lllbuckle, and Peggy Efird; house, Oron Rogers, Lorene Melton, Mar jorie Tucker, and Lillie Efird; 3 stage, James Efird, Wade Under- To/^V T?i\»iivc .Q' V Qr»YnnVlo Buffet Supper Given. Preceding the festival, members the Black Masque Dramatic ^i\uh and Advisory Council gave a />«uffet supper in the high school lafeteria honoring the visiting ilaymakers and directors. Anne Parker greeted the guests and pre- iented them to a receiving line • • :omposed of Miss Scarborough and ^siting directors. Girls from the lome Economics department as- listed Mrs. Skidmore in serving j he supper, after which the guests I mjoyed dancing. Wade Denning and his orchestra jlayed for the buflfet supper and, ifterwards, during the intermission if the plays. NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL First row—(left to right)—Mary Lee Cantrell, Jane Turner, Cla ra Lorch, Lena Chandler, Hilda Smith, Christine Morton. Second row— Ramelle Pickier, Carolyn Davis, H. M. Austin, Lester Griffin, Max Ritchie. Third row—Bob Moose, Thomas Hatley, Lee Copple, Carl Advisory Council Chosen In Recent Room Election Rotary Club Gives Vocational Books To School Library Hygiene Course Is ^ Offered Students Mrs. Louise East, Wiscassett dill nurse, is conducting a course I) n Home Hygiene and Care of the ft Mick for first- and second-year lome economic students at the chool on Tuesday, Wednesday, nd Thursday afternoons. BE This course is sponsored by the [m^ochI Red Cross chapter and will ontinue three days a week for a leriod of eight weeks. The work rill count as one-fourth unit credit or students participating. All iris who complete the work will In chapel on Monday, March 7, A. W. King and S. L. Gulledge presented to Albemarle high school a set of vocational books as a gift from the local Rotary club. Mr. King made the presentation speech and introduced as president of the club Mr. Gulledge, who ex plained fully the organization and function of the Rotary. He said, “The club is interested in all that concerns the community and you. These fifty books donated to the school are to be kept in the library on the Rotary shelf and are to be added to each year. They contain accounts of ail outstanding pro fessions represented by the Ro tary club and are to be used in the vocational classes to help the stu dents decide what they wish to make their life work.” Medals Given to Contest Winners The winners in the tenth district Junior Order of American Me chanics Essav and Oration contest, Mary Katherine East and Lee Copple, were presented with gold medals Thursday, February 24, when they spoke before the Albe marle P.-T. A. in the grammar school auditorium. On Friday, February 25, the two contestants went to Lexing ton to represent the district in a group contest held to determine a winner to compete in the state tournament in Augu.st. Boys’ Music Program On February 18 Mr. Fry’s choral classes, assisted by several mem bers of the Glee club, presented an interesting program in chapel. Selections given were; “Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride”, “The Bells of Saint Mary’s”, “Dark Eyes”, “Southern Memories”, and “Memories”. “A Gold Mine in the Sky” and “The One Rose” were sung by C. B. Efird, Bobby Aus tin, and Carl Helms, the latter number being pantomimed by Hilda Foreman and Jack Jordan. Representatives Plan Activ ities For Spring Term; Committees Chosen. The representatives of the Advi sory Council, elected by the home rooms, held their first meeting February 22, and elected as' offi cers Carl Parker, president; Lee Copple, vice-president; Mary Lee Cantrell, secretary; and Jane Tur ner, treasurer. Athletic, social and visual edu cation committees have been ap pointed. Students on the athletic committee are Clyde McDowell, Edith Mauldin, Bill Furr, Hazel Mauldin, Lee Copple, Virginia Sa- frit, Lewis Morgan, and Barbara Crowell. Their duty will be to plan the Field Day scheduled to take place about the middle of May and sponsor all intermural tournaments. Students composing the visual education committee are Jack Wil liams, Anne Parker, Bill Benson, Charles Castevens, Peggy Efird, Ellsworth Russell, Josephine Bea ver, Elbert Mullinix, and Lucille Palmer. A. H. S. Camera Club Has Been Organized Under the direction of Paul Fry, a Camera club has recently been organized for the students who -want to learn how to operate a camera, develop films, and make good prints. The club is divided into groups, all working together in taking and developing the prints. A. dark room has been equipped with fa cilities for developing the pictures to be taken. Members of the club later will go on field trios to take landscape, still, and modeled pictures. After the prints are developed, they will be sorted, the best ones to be put on display somewhere in the school building. The club is buying literature and equipment now for study, and the members hope to be able soon to buy larger cameras, perhaps even a motion picture camera, so that they can get shots of interest ing people and incidents around the school. Council Sponsors Intermural Ball Senior Girls Defeat Fresh men, While Sophomore Boys Win Over Seniors. The student body was given the afternoon off March 4 to attend the finals of the intermural basket ball tournament, a new feature jponsored by the advisory council. The senior girls, who had eliminat ed the juniors in the preliminaries, defeated the freshmen in a fast and exciting contest, 26-25. The sophomore boys easily scored a 25-9 victory over the seniors. In the preliminaries the sophomore boys had won over the freshmen in a thrilling game 21-20, in an extra three-minute period of play. The senior boys had scored a 26-25 victory over the juniors. In the finals, Thelma Sargent, with 14 points, led the scoring for the seniors, while Sadie Pickier and Virginia Long scored 6 points each. For the freshmen girls, who showed promise of being excellent varsity material, Gatha Sells and Barbara Crowell were high scorers with 10 points each. The sophomore boys were led by tall and lanky Buddy Auten, who shot 10 points, and Max Mor ton, who scored 6. Paul Brooks led the seniors’ attack with 4 The crowd was the largest and most enthusiastic to see a game in the gym this year. The seats were packed, and students were stand ing on the sidelines yelling lustily for their class team. The six sec tions of freshmen, led by their peppy cheer leaders, were loudest in their cheering. Players’ Uniforms Attract Attention. While everyone present will ad mit that the lassies looked just too attractive in their immaculate little shorts and shirts, it was the out fits of the boys that brought ad miring gasps—or at least gasps— from the spectators. Boys dressed as every type from bathing beau ties to “jam” hands, played ball for their classes. Among the most original was “Hod” Shankle with khaki pants, pinned up short with large safety pins, and a white sweat-shirt on which was printed a large question mark. Another conspicuous suit Ted Wallace’s flaming red (Continued on page 4) County Librarian Speaks to Club Miss Evelyn Parks, city libra rian, gave an interesting talk on “Good Manners” to the members of the Home Economics club March 3. She brought with her several books on etiquette which she left for the girls to read. Miss Parks also discussed a num ber of the new library books re lated to home economics. Questions for the Month 1. Does cold or hot water weigh 2. What town in North Carolina was the first permanent settlement in the colony? 3. How many congressional dis tricts are there in the state? 4. What general was asked to take charge of both forces in the Civil War? 5. Who was the greatest French writer of all times? 6. Who is called the “father of geometry?” 7. How many vitamins can be found in food? 8. What diplomat recently re signed his post? 9. What Shakespearean tragedy is now being presented in modem costumes on Broadway? 10. What is a sonnet? (See back page for answers.) Board Casts A Unanimous Vote For Added Year An Enlarged Curriculum Is Planned. Graduation This Year Will Be Optional with Seniors; Many to Return for Ad vanced Courses. At a recent meeting of the School Board all members present voted unanimously to have a twelfth grade in the Albemarle high school, the extra year to be compulsory after this term. Superintendent Claud Grigg stated that although the curricu lum would be enlarged, the sub jects to be offered in this addition al grade had not yet been definitely decided upon. He said, “In an effort to determine what is best suited for this particular situation, we are securing information con cerning the courses of study from other schools already offering the twelfth grade. We hope to offer work which will be helpful both to students who plan to go to college and to those who, after finishing high school, will enter an occupa- Probable new courses to be of fered are advanced typing, advanc ed short-hand, filing, business law, business English, creative writing, manners, advanced dramatics, solid geometry, third year home economcis, and general business training. Students graduating after this term must have twenty units to their credit. Seniors wishing to graduate this year will be given diplomas and will not be allowed to re-enter next term. Many of this year’s class, however, are planning to return next fall to take the new courses offered. The extra grade will be financed this year by the Special Adminis trative unit, but it is hoped that in the near future the state will take Grigg to Address Library Division Superintendent Claude Grigg will appear on the program at the annual meeting of the Library Di vision of the N. C. E. A. to be held in Raleigh from March 17 until March 19. His topic will be “What the School Expects of the Library.” He has also been asked to take part in a round table discussion on March 18, concerning “The Func tion of Supervision of Teachers in Service in the Development of Modern Education.” Mr. Grigg spent the week of February 28 through March 4 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, attend ing the American Association of School Administrators. The membership of the associa tion is composed of college and university administrators as well as those of public schools. Gen eral meetings were held in the city auditorium, which is said to seat 40,000 people. In addition to about 15,000 members of the as sociation, there was a large num ber of other people attending the convention. Concerning the program, Mr. Grigg said, “It consisted largely of general, departmental, and group meetings, luncheons, banquets, and entertainments. The principal en tertainment feature consisted of an ice carnival with the leading skaters of the world participating. I liked the skating.”