FIELD
DAY
MAY 12
JffuU Montt
EASTER
HOLIDAYS
APRIL 15-19
Vol. 15
ALBEMARLE, N. C., APRIL, 1938
No. 7
"ield Day To Be
; Held On May 12
Volleyball Games Will Be
Played That Night.
Trophy to Be Awarded to
Class Having Largest
Number of Points; Prizes
Also Will Be Given for In
dividual Events.
■'; Many of the girls and a few of
it-he boys are practicing after
ti*chool to get into shape for our
iKirst Field Day, which is being
niiponsored May 12 by the Advisory
Oouncil and the Athletic Commit-
■;.ee. Some students are getting
rvork-outs during their regular
1 ihysical education periods under
It'he supervision of Coaches Holt
^,ind Canipe.
r, A trophy will be awarded
TV:lass taking top honors i!
^ivents of the day. Many other
' jrizes will be given by the Boost-
[„irs’ club to individual winners of
'••he contests.
- Boys’ and girls’ volley ball
■ames will be played the night of
, ?ield Day. Class elimination
james in tennis and volley ball
,'.jfill be staged a few days before
April 28.
Although this is the first event
of it.*; kind ever held at A. H. S.,
■,t will be the first of many if it
|)roves a success.
jr, Some of the boys’ events — _ _
follow.s: 220-yard dash, 100-yard
-(lash, 50-yard dash, running broad
[ [Ump, standing broad jump, run-
jjing high jump, standing high
ump, shot-put, discus throw, base-
“tall throw, sack races, tennis
;ames, potato race, bicycle
ALBEMARLE DEBATERS VICTORIOUS
OVER CONCORD AND THOMASVILLE
^ - , :yc
.vv... bicycle riding, h(
.fames and fancy skating.
The girls’ events are as follows
>aseball throw, basketball throw,
lasketball foul shots, potato race,
Tiicycle race, bicycle stunts, volley
^all games, running broad jump.
Tinning high jump, standing high
ump, standing broad jump, tum-
iling exhibition, horse-shoe games
ind fancy skating.
Hi-Y Presents
; Bible to A. H. S.
On Friday, April 8, in chapel,
:iyde McDowell, as representative
••.f the A. H. S. Hi-Y Club, pre-
ented to A. B. Gibson and the
ligh school a large Bible and a
ramed certificate of Affiliation
VPith the National Hi-Y.
I Sidney Gulledge, Bill Mann, and
)ougla.s Cranford explained brief-
y, the purpose, platform and motto
f the club. Two selections were
ung by C. B. Efird, Bill Mann,
'ed Wallace, James Morgan, and
Jlaude Shankle.
Above are pictured the debate
>el Hill on April 21: (Left to Right)—Mar
Copple, Mai-y Lee Cantrell, and Estelle Jordan.
Clyde Erwin Visits I
Albemarle Schools
Ser-
Clyde A. Erwin, State
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ion, was a visitor in the high
;chool today. Dr. Erwin arrived
n the city this morning and
:poke to a joint meeting of the
Rotary and Lions Clubs at noon.
'iis visit in the school was greatly
ippreciated by faculty and stu
dents. There is that quality about
state .superintendent that im-
^-_^ses one with his keen knowl-1
edge and sympathetic interest in | =
every pha.se of school work. The o •
pressing duties of the state super- ijeniOrS k^nOOSe
I’ntendency have not caused him to
lose contact with the primary work | LiaSS iVlaSCOtS
of the school.
Coming Up
April 22-29 — Dramatic Festi
val, 10:30 A. M.
April 29—A. H. S. Revue, 8:00
P. M. Sponsored by
Junior Class.
Speakers Announced :
For Commencement
As the paper goes to press, an
nouncement of commencement
speakers has been made from the
Dr. W. A. Brownell, educational
psychologist of Duke University,
will be the commencement speak
er. Dr. Brownell is known as one
of the most delightful speakers in
the state.
Dr. C. Excell Rozzelle, pastor of
the Main Street Methodist Church
of Gastonia, will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon. Dr. Rozzelle is
one of the most popular Methodist
preachers in the Western N. C.
Conference.
Colors, Motto, and FIow-
;r Also Chosen.
_ class meeting held March
29, the Seniors chose their mas
ts, motto, flower, and colors.
The mascots selected are James
Gulledge, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.
L. Gulledge, and Virginia Helms,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Helms. These will serve at grad
uation exercises for the class of
8.
Jhe motto chosen is “Build for
character, not for fame.” The
■ s flower is red rose; the colors
blue and white.
Dramatic Dept, to
Sponsor Festival
Six Plays to Be Given; Most
Outstanding Actor and Best
Play to Be Chosen by Vote.
1 By Mary Katherine East.
Beginning Friday, April 22, the
Black Mask Dramatic Club, under
the sponsorship of Miss Scar
borough, will present a series of
plays in the first Albemarle
High School Dramatic Festival.
Students will attend chapel at ac
tivity periods successively from
April 22 to April 29 to se
one-act comedies.
The plays presented will be
“Quiet, Please,” “Mrs. Harper’r
Bazaar,” “Someone for Bunny,’
“Thanks Awfully,” “Yes Means
No,” and “Knight-Life.” At the
conclusion of the student-directed
plays, the high school students and
faculty will vote for the per.‘=''^
whom they considered the best
tor or actress and the pl^ they
considered best-all-around
dent voted the best actoi —
ceive a five-dollar award, and each
member of the cast of the play
voted best will receive a prize.
Only a nickel, to cover expenses,
will be charged students to see all
six play^. All of the plays are
humorous and entertaining, the
type high school students enjoy.
This Festival is being sponsored
a means of giving every mem
ber of the Dramatic club and
dramatic art class a chance to ap
pear,in a public presentation. It
is being looked forward to as one
of the most enjoyable events of
the year.
Speakers To Go
To Chapel Hill
Mary Katherine East, Estelle
Jordan, Mary Lee Cantrell,
Lee Copple Form Squad.
In the triangular debates held
Friday, April 1, with Albemarle,
Concord and Thomasville partici
pating, both the affirmative and
negative teams of Albemarle
:rged victorious. The question
debate was, “Resolved, That
the several states should adopt a
unicameral system of legislation.”
The affirmative composed of
Mary Katherine East and Estelle
Jordan won over Concord at
Thomasville, while Mary Lee Can
trell and Lee Copple of the nega
tive were victorious over Thomas
ville at Concord.
The debaters will go to Chapel
Hill to compete in the state finals
to be held April 21, 22. This is
the second consecutive year the
Albemarle teams, coached by A. B.
Gibson, have won and been eligi
ble to enter the finals. Last year
Lee Copple, Mary Katherine East,
and Estelle Jordan were three of
the speakers composing the team
that competed in the semi-finals at
Chapel Hill.
Mr. Gibson regards the debaters
this year as the best Albemarle has
produced and thinks they will make
a creditable showing in the finals.
^ Offic.
s Elected.
— On Monday night, April 4, the
«*\.lbemarle Hi-Y Club elected the
ollowing new officers for the com-
i-.ng year: Sidney Gulledge, presi-
Vlent; Bill Mann, vice-president;
Maude Shankle, secretary; Ted
Vallace, treasurer; and Lee Cop-
ile, chaplain.
Questions for the Month
•' 1. How many seniors are plan-
ling to return next year for the
welfth grade?
2. Who are our baseball pitch-
president of the jun-
attended court
3. ^Who i
What classe
■i^st Wednesday?
5. What student writes the
Rambling About” column in the
O'danly News and Press?
, 6. What improvement will be
nade on the athletic field before
'ield Day?
7. Where will the Junior-Senior
anquet be held?
8. What rooms made the highest
Tades in the last check-up by the
Tfousekeeping committee?
5 9. With whom is our next home
•ame in baseball?
vill the
Honor Roll
Eighth Grade.
Highest Honor — Alfred Mor
ton*, Barbara Crowell*, Betty
Hatley*, Ann Henning, Ruth Hill,
Lucille Palmer, Cornelia Yeager.
Honor—Mary Jane Auten, Sam
uel Andrew, Mark Allen Reid,
Owen Skidmore, Betty Sue Bogle,
Ruby Caldwell, Pattie M. Crowell,
Nell Efird Denning, Helen Gibson,
Ruby Lefler, Pansy Morton, Jewell
Rogers*, Helen Russell*, Alice
Smith*, Florence Splude*, Helen
Wentz, Mary Emily Efird, Ramelle
Morris*, Rembert Rogers*, Bessie
Lee Rudisell*, Fred Sharkey*,
Gaines Whitley*, Lucienne Whit
lock*, Frances Bostick*, Trelvan
Bostick, Ellene Caldwell*, Nell
Jack Fesperman*, Gatha Sells*,
Virginia Harley, Ramelle Lowder,
Roy Harwood, Lilia Hudson, Eileen
Lowder, J. R. Herrin, Clinton Mor
ton.
Ninth Grade.
Highest Honor—Polly Martin'
Hoyle Whitley*, Josephine Beave
Mary Hill*.
Honor—Deward Lefler*, Zelma
Smith*, Lillian Talbert*, Lee Cop
ple, Alfred Hurt,^Kenne^h MiUer,
Lena Chandler*, Elizabeth Jen-
Irma Lowder, Virginia Low-
Melba Oxford, Virginia
Safrit.
Tenth Grade.
Highest Honor—Virginia Cro-
,.ell*, Pauline Beaver, Mary Lee
Cantrell, Sara Doby, Virginia Wil
kinson, Billy Benson*.
Honor—Walsie Bell, Geraldine
Foreman, Gettie Furr, Leah Rose
King, Margie Lipe, Jack Lowder,
Hazel Mauldin, Zula Mills, Jose
phine Whitley, Mary Ellen Young
blood, Laura Van Hathcock*, Ila
Lee Knotts*, Rachel Leonard*,
Clara Lorch, Annabel Perry. Edith
Shaver*, Evelyn Talbert*, Mazelle
Williams, James Fesperman*,
James Greene, Thomas Hatley*,
Bruce Lowder*, Mary Ethel Cran
ford*. Lucy Mae Miller*, Pearl
Smith*.
Eleventh Grade.
Highest Honor—Iris Almond’
Mary Katharine East, Frances
Henning, Leona Thomas*, F"
beth Davis.
Honor—Paul Brooks*, James
Efird*, Pershing Garrett, Henry
Hill, James Morgan*, Sue Coble,
Bill Hornbuckle, Jo Hornbuckle,
Frances Horton, Estelle Jordan,
Lorene Melton, Wilma Morton,
Mary Katherine Splude, Glenn
Smith*, Virginia Cox*, Ruth
Huneycutt*, Pauline Morton
Hovle Lowder.
♦Perfect attendance.
‘Mountaineers’ Win
Amateur Contest
lesq
! Nur
A. Perry and Richard Fore-
were the winners of the
dollar prize awarded by A. B. Gib-
for the best performance
the Amateur Hour given in chapel
Monday, April 4. In mountain
ime, the boys gave a burlesqu'
recent musical number presented
chapel.
This was one of the most enter
taining and enjoyable programs
presented this year. Winners were
determined by the applause of the
audience. Runners-up for the
■ ; were Clay D. Talbert, who
sang “Lazy Bones”; the Dashing
Young Debutantes, Barbara Cro
well, Josephine Beaver, Ann Hen
ning and Nell Denning, who, in
evening dresses and hats of by
gone days, danced and sang “My
Sweet Hortense”; and S. E. Sprin
kle, Inez Osborne, C. B. Efird,
Bobby Lipe, and 0. D. Shoe, who
played “Diana”. There werr
twenty contestants, all of
gave enjoyable performance;
Ann Parker Wins
In Essay Contests
Receives Cash Prizes of $20
And $15 as Keesler Me
morial Av^ards.
Ann Parker won first prize in
the Keesler Memorial Essay con-
held in the high school audi
torium on March 23 and sponsor
ed by the two building and loan
associations in the county. The
prize was $20 in cash.
Ann also won second place and
fifteen-dollar prize in the district
contest held in Charlotte on March
The district contest was held
meeting of more than one
hundred building and loan execu
tives of Union, Stanly, Rowan,
Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, and An
on counties.
The subject of the essay was
‘Home Ownership, America’s
Greatest Asset”.
Albemarle Is
9 to 4 Victor
The Albemarle Bulldogs made
their South Piedmont Conference
debut Tuesday, April 12, when
they defeated a strong nine from
Children’s Home. 9 to 4.
Sloan of Children’s Home led
the losers with two hits, while
“Ikey” Williams was best for Al
bemarle with three hits.
Batteries: Children’s Home—
Sloan and Gibson; Albemarle—
Furr and J. Williams.
Juniors Select
Class Officers
On March 29 the junior class by
secret ballot elected the following
officers for the year: president,
Thomas Hatley; vice-president,
Peggy Efird; secretary, Mary Lee
Cantrell; treasurer, Clara Mae
Candidates for the offices were
as follows: president, Billy Ben
son, Thomas Hatley, Kenneth
Brooks, and Pauline Beaver; vice-
president, Jane Morrow, Peggy
Efird. and Ila Lee Knotts; secre
tary, Mary Lee Cantrell, Billy Ful
ton, and Geraldine Foreman;
treasurer, Clara Mae Lorch, Wade
Underwood, Lena Blalock, and
Jack Castevens.
STUDENTS ENJOY PICTURE
On Friday, March 25, an enter
taining baseball picture, “Clancy
at the Bat,” was presented to the
students of the Albemarle High
School for the admission of five
cents. Several “Terry Toons” ware
also given.
On Tuesday the following com
edies were shown: “Little Big
House,” “Fly Hi,” “In the Bag.”