Three Cheers For
The Intramural
Winners!
The Full Moon
Congratulations
To The
“Sparkin’ ” Cast
Vol. 16
ALBEMARLE, N. C., MARCH 16, 1939
—WITH ENGLISH 12
“ONE, TWO, THREE, JUMP;
RIGHT foot first and left foot
jfsecond, then swing out!”
.* To the strains of “Dreamy Ha-
wailan Moon”, “My Little Red
- Book”, and other melodious re-
cordings, boys and girls of Mrs.
MoFadyen’s social adaptation
^ class are stepping on each other’s
t toes and stumbling around, as they
','t learn to dance.
r. The first day all girls Jined up
■ at one end of the gym and the
•^boys at the other end. The boys
A were told to get a girl. Shy glanc-
■ es were cast in the girls’ direc-
tion, but the boys seemed to be
afflicted with a serious malady.
~ They were simply too bashful to
mwalk over and ask the girls to be
their partners. Since then, stu-
dents are not so bashful.
These are typical remarks over
heard during the lesson : “Pardon
-me! It’s all my fault!” “I just
’* can’t do that!” “I never will Jearn
how to do it!” “Teacher, I’m hope
less. It’s not use!”
However, the pupils enjoy the
,, cla.'is and are looking forward
with enthusiasm to more.
, ABOUT 3:15 EVERY AFTER-
Id NOON THERE is a sound of rush
ing feet and a scraping of chairs
on the third floor of A. H. S.
Anyone on that floor would hear
students shouting: “That one is
mine—stay away from it.” “Aw
heck! I am too late again!”
^ After a few minutes a sound
-resembling the rattle of gun fire
— will i.'^sue forth from a room at
the end of the hall, and the sound
Tiof all talking will stop. One not
'*famijiar with the school would
think that an execution had taken
(place, but all the students know
that it is only the usual rush for
the typing room. They know that
if they don’t get there as quickly
Jas possible, they will not get a
Etypewriter.
*' “HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY
I SHOE? I know I left it right
Inhere—Oh! and what about my
Iwshirt? Yes, it was white with a
■"few blue dots—yeah, ink dcfts.
""Well, that’s okay, but if you find
""it, throw it down.”
And so—life goes on at gym
class. Nobody ever finds her out-
,,fit without aid from the girls, but
when they do get their clothes
straightened and get in uniform,
out they go for a good forty min-
y utes of exercise.
When the coach says “That’s
all”, the girls hurry back to put
on their street clothes. The same
expressions can be heard as be
fore. “Where are my shoes? They
are brown! Has anybody got a
comb? Hey, get up and Jet me
-T>ut on my shoes!”
“IS THAT A HAT SHE’S w
ing on her head?” “What a color
:ombination!” “She must have
paid for the holes in those shoes
Ig nstead of the leather they’re made
New spring hats are reproduc
tions of hats of the seventeen hun-
lOOHreds or predictions of the year
;wo thousand; or they may be any-
;hing from flower pots to smoke-
Easter colors in brighter
•icher shades than ever provide the
lombinations for spring suits,
Iresses, and coats. Rose with wine,
>ne of the most popular combina-
;ions, was a sure sign of bad taste
leveral years ago.
The more holes and less leather
n a pair of shoes is the most chic
,| 'ersion of footwear this spring. A
I )air of black patent leather shoes,
I vith no heels, no toes, and very
acf>
Crowd Attends
First Carnival
Over $90 Profit Is Made;
Proceeds to Go to School
Publications.
The first carnival sponsored by
the student advisory council was
attended by approximately 450 peo
ple in the armory March 10. Both
the faculty and students acclaimed
great success.
ifer $90 was cleared and will be
divided between the school publica
tions, the Full Moon and the Al-Hi-
Script, and the student advisory
council.
Much enthusiasm was shown by
the crowd as it made its rounds of
the auditorium filled with the clam
or of the barkers and announcers
from the popular bingo stand. The
gayly decorated booths housed for-
une tellers, freaks, a faculty grave
yard, an art gallery, ball, dart,
horseshoe, and penny throwing
games, ghosts, and mystery devices.
To make the carnival complete,
balloons, hot dogs, cold drinks, can
dy, popcorn and peanuts were sold.
Altogether 4520 pennies were
linning around—in “pitch penny”
ates, in fortune tellers’ palms,
id in the money boxes of the
stands.
At 9:30 all booths were closed.
The students danced until 11 o’clock
the music furnished by the re
cordings of well-known orchestras.
The booth sponsored by the
;welfth grade cleared the highest
amount, $16, and the three other
booths which cleared over $5 were
those sponsored by eleven one,
eleven two, and eleven three home
rooms, and the Full Moon.
Since from the standpoints of en
tertainment, conduct of the stu
dents, and finances, the carnival
was a complete success, it is ex
pected that it will become an an
nual affair.
County Farm Agent
Speaks to Students
In the third of a series of voca
tional talks Mr. J. E. Wilson, the
Stanly county farm agent, ad
dressed the students on Agricul
ture, February 17.
Mr. Wilson stated in his address
that there were two types of far-
>, the agriculturist and the
truck farming. “The greatest draw
back of farming has been the lack
of conveniences,” Mr. Wilson said,
“but now the aid of rural electric
power will revolutionize farming.
Scientific farming has a better out
look now than ever before.”
“When agriculture prospers, so
does business. If agriculture suf
fers, then business also suffers.”
TRIANGULAR DEBATERS
The debaters and coach
es shown above are as fol
lows, left to right: Lee
Copple, Mary Katherine
East. Miss Cockerham, E.
L. Gehring, Howard Car
ter and Burton Hultz.
Miss Frances Hoyt
Talks on Nursing
Miss Frances Hoyt, county
health nurse, talked to the students
about the nursing profession
Men, as well as women, partici
pate in nursing, especially in
psychiatic work, according to Miss
Hoyt. She stated, “There are any
number of fields for nursing. A
good nurse can always get a posi-
; there’s no doubt about that.”
iss Hoyt answered many ques-
5 that students and teachers
asked concerning her profession.
little sides, is sure to get the excla
mations, “Aren’t they perfectly
darling!” “Oh, they’re the cutest
WHEN THE STUDENTS OF
Miss Ellerbe’s ninth grade English
class were toJd to make a sentence
with the word lessen, one child
wrote: “She will go lessen her
daddy comes home.”
New Officers Are
Selected By Clubs
For Spring Term
Several of the clubs have new
officers for the second semester.
They are as follows:
French club, Miss Laws—presi
dent, Virginia Wilkinson; vice
president, Irma Lowder; secretary.
Hall Carpenter; treasurer, Edith
Shaver.
Photography and Arts club. Miss
Milling and Mr. Brown—president,
Bob Lipe; vice president, William
Helms; secretary, Howard Carter;
treasurer, Ned Betts.
Boys’ Glee club, Mr. Fry—presi
dent, C. B. Efird; vice president,
James Jordan; treasurer, Claude
Shankle; secretary, Ted Wallace.
Journalistic club, Miss Ellerbe—
president, Sarah Doby; vice presi
dent, Derwood Hall; secretary and
treasurer, Ernestine Morton.
Boosters’ club, Miss Laws—pres
ident, Douglas Cranford; vice pre -
ident, A. P. Hubbard; secretary,
Jane Morrow; treasurer, Jewell
Rogers.
Journalistic club, Miss Watson-
president, Virginia Stone; vice
president. Hazel Mauldin; secre
tary and treasurer. Bill Hough.
Home Economics club, Miss Bell
—president, Odessa Talbert; vice
president, Mabel Underwood; sec
retary and treasurer, Mary Ella
Shoe.
Athletic club, Mr. Canipe—pres
ident, Bill Furr; secretary and
treasurer, Olyn Lowder.
Physical Culture club. Miss
Hoit—president, Virginia Gilliam;
vice president, Hazel Starnes; sec
retary and treasurer, Hazel Maul
din. Physical Culture club II
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’Tis Spring
Spring cleaning is underway!
The windows are being given their
annual bath, and the wild onions
that have suddenly cropped up in
the front lawn are being “decrop
ped.” And unless the woodwork
is held down, it will probably
prance right out to join the Easter
parade, what with its shiny spring
coat of paint.
Now, with the construction of
the cement walks around the build
ing, the students will no longer
have to wade through the mud
and slush (results of North Caro
lina’s adequate rain supply!) to
gain entrance to the “gym,” but
vdll skip lightly down the walks
as happy as robins of spring. Come
on. Spring, A. H. S. is ready for
Students Chosen
For Debate Team
Mary Katherine East, How
ard Carter, Lee Copple, and
Burton Hultz Selected.
Mary Katherine East, Burton
Hultz, Lee Copple, and Howard
Carter were chosen as members of
the debating team, with Jeanne
Hurt and Mary Alice Holt as al
ternates, in the preliminary de
bates held February 22.
The query to be debated this
year is, Resolved: That the Unit
ed States should establish an al
liance with Great Britain. On the
affirmative are Lee Copple and
Burton Hultz, coached by Mr.
Gehring, while Mary Katherine
East and Howard Carter, coached
by Miss Cockerham, will defend
the negative.
This year the team will debate
in a triangular with Thomasville
and Kannapolis, and for the third
consecutive year will be seeking a
bid to the finals of the High School
Debating Union tournament to be
held in Chapel Hill in April. The
A. H. S. debaters will also compete
in the North Carolina High School
Debate tournament at Wake Forest
college, where they will speak
against other grade A high schools
of the state April 7-8.
According to an announcement
made by officials of the tourna
ment recently, Hon. J. M. Brough
ton of Raleigh is to donate the
loving cup to the winner. Other
awards include medals for the
runner-up in debating, and for the
vistors in other contests which are
being sponsored during the meet.
The final debate will be broad
cast over station WPTF, Raleigh,
Saturday afternoon, April 8. The
same query as that used in the
Chapel Hill tournament will be de
bated.
John Tudor Gives
Talk On Journalism
John Tudor spoke to the student
body on journalism as a profession,
March 10.
Mr. Tudor gave an outline of
the various departments of a news
paper and commented on the types
of work done by each editor.
He used the Stanly News and
Press and the Charlotte Observer
as models, the former as a typi
cal semi-weekly and the latter
a daily paper.
Mr. Tudor’s concluding remark
was, “To me journalism is
most fascinating work one can
Albemarle Wins
Second Place In
Dramatic Contest
In competition with Shelby, Con
cord, and Gastonia, Albemarle won
second place in the District Dra
matic festival held in Shelby March
8. Gastonia was awarded first
place with the one-act comedy,
“Merry School of Wives.”
The cast of Albemarle’s play,
“Sparkin’,” was Menefee Bennett,
Jeanne Hurt, Mary Katherine East,
and Donglas Cranford. The play
was directed by Miss Rachel Nye.
Representatives from the three
visiting schools were entertained
by Shelby at a supper in the high
school cafeteria preceding the con-
Other Albemarle students at
tending the festival were Frank
Deese and Wade Underwood, stage
managers; Rachel Burris, make-up
chairman; and Bonnie McCubbins,
prompter.
Amateur Contest
Held During Noon
In the impromptu amateur show
broadcast from the auditorium dur
ing the noon hour February 28
over the sound system, Harold
Smith was chosen the winner af
ter singing “Out on the Moun
tain,” accompanying himself on
the guitar. The prize, a ticket to
all booths and entertainments at
the carnival, was presented by Mr.
Gibson and Mr. Gehring.
“Pfft-skkt!” sputtered Dan
Youngblood into the microphone as
he began an imitation of a cat and
dog fight that brought him second
place in the contest. Ramelle Pick
ier gave a .monologue on “School
Days.” How the crowd roared
when “Hamp” Talbert sang “Lazy
bones”! Then came “Buck” and
his barber shop sextet harmonizing
(?) on “Sweet Adeline.” (“Buck”
and Oron Rogers did their best to
get an encore, but Mr. Gehring,
the master of ceremonies, said that
the only thing that saved them the
first time was the lack of a gong!)
This was the third of the mu-
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Gibson and Grigg
Attend Meetings
Mr. Gibson attended the meet
ing of the North Carolina City sec
ondary Principals association in
Raleigh, March 3. As president of
the association, he addressed the
group on “Guidance.”
Mr. Grigg spent March 2 in
Cleveland, Ohio, where he attend
ed the annual meeting of the As
sociation of School Administrators.
Questions For
The Month
1. Is there an elevator in the
high school?
2. Was there ever a cafeteria
in the school before the new one
was constructed?
3. Into wha
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5. What
n Mis
lead?
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6. Who donated the mone;
for the pictures that hang ii
the study hall and class rooms?
7. How many members ar,
there on the faculty?
8. How many speakers in th^
sound system have beer
throughout the school?
9. How many members ar.
there on the student council?
10. What is the name of th.
picture which hangs in the fron
lobby?
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