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THE FULL MOON
March 16, 19;
The Full Moon
Published Monthly by the JoumalMc Clubs of
Albemarle High School
Subscription Price: 25e a Year: 5e a Copy
Vv
LiBRARy
CAMPUS
1938-39
Editor.
Associate Editors....
News Editors...
Exchange Editor....
Business Manager
Assistant Business Managers ...
Circulation Managers
Business Advisor
.Virginia Stone
Pauline Beaver
Lee Copple
Virginia Crowell
Glenn Smith
Jack Lowder
I Ellen Hearne
Hazel Mauldin
Carolyn Stone
Ted Wallace
Virginia Niven
Jack Lowder
.Gladys Watson
....Kenneth Brooks
I Sara Doby
1 Fred Sharkey
( Bailey Gulledge
I Max Ritchie
Willie Ellerbe
ALBEMARLE, N. C., MARCH 16, 1939
Care of Library Materials
If library materials had the pow
er of crying out when abused, what
a mournful place our library would
be!
Some of us do not take the time
to realize the damage we are do
ing, when we carelessly fill in the
“o’s” in the books, draw mustaches
on the funny paper characters, or
try improving the pictures in the
magazines. We never give a fleet
ing thought to the person who will
handle the article next.
We slam the books shut, creEis-
ing the pages, rip the backs off
periodicals, place the reference
books on the wrong shelves, drop
the borrowed novels into the rainy
slush outside, misplace the cards in
the card catalog, tear the newspa
pers, use pencils and combs as
book marks that strain the bind
ing, write notes in the margins of
magazines, crush them into the
rack hurriedly when the bell rings,
or worse, give someone else the re
sponsibility of seeing that they are
replaced. Lo, the poor librarian!
She is left to pick up and clean up
after us.
We don’t treat our personal
property that way: so why should
we be so careless with that belong
ing to others? After all, the library
materials are for our benefit.
From now on let’s try treating
the school property as if it belongs
to us, as if we ourselves have paid
for it. Let’s hold the same regard
and respect for the persons who
will use the magazines, the book,
or the paper after us, by leaving
the materials in the good condition
in which we find them.
The Human Parasite
Not only is there a pirasite that
destroys and lives off wood, but
there is also a parasite that lives
off human beings.
In grammar school Bob did not
borrow to excess, but he occasion
ally asked the loan of a sheet of
paper and neglected to repay it.
The habit gradually grew upon
him until, when he reached high
school, he had no comprehension
of the word independence in refer
ence to his own livelihood.
Bob always happened to show
up as the boys walked along to
ward the drug store after school,
but he continuously failed to have
money handy. Not only did his
pals share his drug store bill, but
they paid his paper and pencil fee
also, W'hen this equipment was
■;d in one of his classcs, Bob
always came up lacking,
'"'ponger,” a nick-name given
him by his friends, was graduated
from high school with the aid of
some kind-hearted souls whose pa
pers he would copy a few minutes
before class.
Through the influence of a rela
te he got a job in an office. Al
though the office supplied the
cssary equipment, Bob was
tinuously finding some favor to
ask of his fellow employees. The
work he handed in could not really
be called “the fruit of his own la
bor,” because part of it was done
(even if only a problem of long
division) by one of his friends.
This practice continued until the
boy thought all his work should be
done by his co-workers.
Today Bob walks the streets
without employment. He exists
through the aid of insurance for
the unemployed. He h?s no hop:
no future, and not even the satis
faction of knowing self-confidence
or independence.
ETIQUETTE
Q, What are the duties of
hostess at a dance?
A, She greets the guests at the
door. After supper, her receiving
duties are over, and she is free to
dance or talk with her friends.
When her guests leave, she stands
wherever she might be, shakes
hands, and says, “Good night"
Q, How should a man “cut
a girl?
A, He lays his hand on t
shoulder of her partner, who i
mediately relinquishes his place
favor of the newcomer,
Q, Should a girl ever refuse
A, No,
This
a guest’s duty
cusable,
Q. What
his hostess?
A, He should always dance with
her and each guest of honor at
least once,
Q, What does a guest tell his
hostess when he leaves?
“I had a delightfu.1 time,” or
. enjoyed the party so much,”
(Never “I enjoyed myself,”)
today,
Bill, What’s the trouble’”
Bill: “Well, I didn’t get
until after daylight, and I was i
undressing when my wife woke
and said’ Aren’t you getting
pretty early?’ In order to sa,ve
argument I put on my clothes a
came down to the office.”—!
Collegian, Greensboro, N, C,
:t home
BOY’S LIFE OF WILL ROGERS
By Harold Keith
Reviewed by C, B, Clark,
This story of a Tom Sawyer
grown-up gives you the mUmate
story of Will Rogers m a simple
Hraight-forward manner. Will m
his boyhood certainly was no Sun
day School library hero. He didn t
like school of any sort. He would
not comb his hair or clean his iin-
gemails. He wanted to run away
from home, be a cowboy, and join
a Wild West show—and he did.
Yet he grew up to be a famous
man! One of Will’s teachers in a
military school which he disliked
(especially the uniforms) later
said, “To think that folks are ap
plauding Will for the very thing I
used to punish him for!”
Mr, Keith covers with an inti
mate knowledge the happy-go-lucky
life that Will led. Being a fellow
Oklahoman who comes from the
same section, he compiled authenic
anecdotes and pictures of Will’s
life, capably making the readers
love the harum-scarum, but lov
able boy and man that he was,
“Boys—and girls, too—will eat
this book alive—” is a well-known
reviewer’s comment on this story
of one of the most interesting per
sonalities of our age.
Carnival Capers
By STONEY
Yep, the carnival went off with
bang—or was that a bursting
balloon? , , , At any rate, you
should have seen: Mr. Gibson grin-
ningly posing with his head
through the center of a sheet while
the students threw balls at him!
Little John K, “swinging out”
The cluster of girls around
John Beatty’s handsome visitor
from Charlotte every time you
turned around , , , Sid G. blasting
on a bugle to attract customers to
pitch pennies . . , Bill Hough work
ing doggedly selling drinks . , , A,
P, winning applause for his danc
ing antics . . Polly Beaver flitting
around , , , Peggy E. smiling to
herself . . , Virginia C, decked in
slacks barking and pounding the
counter of her booth with a ham
mer between dances , , , Mr. Propst
rubbing vigorously at the telltale
lipstick on his face revealing the
fact that he had visited the kiss
booth . , Mr, Fry picketing a long
line of waiters before the Madame
Telsall stand with a box of candy
and calling “Eat while you wai1
, . , Roger A, calling numbers
bingo players , . , Margaret Nisbet
telling fortunes , . , Catastrophe in
the freak booth: The three-legged
woman, alias Jack C,, broke her
third leg!
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED
{Continued from Page One)
j-rejident, Sara Lowder; vice pres
ident, Grace Cranford; secretary
and treasurer, Gatha Sells,
Science club, Mr, Hatley—pres
ident, Edward Abrams; vice presi
dent, C. J, Anderson; secretary
and treasurer, Rayvon Long,
Girls’ Glee club. Miss Worsham
—president, Willie Frances Efird;
vice president, Katherine Whiteley;
secretary and treasurer, Josenhine
Whitley.
Dramatic club I, Miss Nye—
president, Mary Katherine East
vice president, Sadie Pickier; sec
retary, Leroy Plyler; treasurer,
Mae Easley, Dramatic club
II, Mr. Gehring—president, Lucille
Palmer; vice president, Jane Tur
ner; secretary, Josephine Beaver
treasurer, Nell Denning
Nature club. Miss Moore—presi-
T®!!'"’ Hatley; vice president,
John Morrow; secretary, Pauline
Barringer; treasurer, Ramelle Bur
leson,
five YEARS AGO
Mr, Claude Grigg succeeds Mr,
Beam as superintendent of Albe
marle city schools,
. Albemarle high school does not
aim to produce a Diogenes or a
Socrates, or such men as they:
Too many wise men corrupt a
pvernment,” What A, H, S, real-
y wishes to produce is intelligent
T,',? citizens who ’
Deputing leave behind them
Foot prints on the sands of time,”
And “In the spring, a young man s fancy lightly turns to th,-
of love ” Jack C,’s thoughts certainly have turned in that dir3
He took one look at that organist in Salisbury and fell—hard!}
Mazel Morris, that little soph, is wearing a senior s ring Now J
Whom does Pattie T. see every afternoon coming home frJ
hosnitar . “Gerry” Crisco has been making time since jJ
moved away , , . Lucienne would pve her all to get a seat
Reuben in algebra class . . , Jimmy P„ Lafayette, and Max F,1
been trying to thumb to Wadesboro for the past coujxle of iJ
Leroy spent the week-end in Winston recently. He sayji
beautiful , . , It must be popularity when six girls go to see oi
(and it’s not even leap year) at the sanie time. What do yo,.
it Bill Hahn? , . . When one of his admirers from Kannapoliijt
for Cron’s picture, he sent her one taken when he was
old , To what freshie did “Buck” promise a letter? .
has been displaying a senior ring too, The.se
em' , . Alfred Samuel M, (Prof,) is gonna f
■ause Ramelle M, didn’t take him to ride one Sun. , ^
he moon that night?) . , . It’s a case of that eternal triangle
. Ruth K. vs. Betsy I, for Bobby R. , , . For Katie Bell’s sake,o||
fon’t you hurry up and get well? . . , Bells and wedding (P
‘Hitch” and Gwendolyn don’t need a “Sadie Hawkins Day” , >~
Spiderettes have changed their names to the Black Widows ,.
M, Has fallen for a little seventh grader, only she "doesn’t caret
for the boys” and won’t give him a date . , , Wanted: Sometfetw
mend a broken heart—Marie Deese . . . Robert T, keeps the;lai
between here and Richfield hot every night . . , Willie Franca clc
doesn’t like to hear people say “Beats me!” , , . Annette Steele, sti
iv soph from New Jersey, has won many an admiring glanci thi
If any more students come down with spring fever, we'll M
close school. We are expecting a show’er of what in April'
YE WISE OLD OWL
mise a letter? . , .
The.se ,sophs have wadn
onna get himself a nelB
le Sunday night, (ReijF
Alumni News
CORNE
Helen Morgan, sophomore at W,
C., recently served as committee
chairman in making preparations
for the annual formal dance of
the sophomore class.
Ann Parker was honored re
cently when she was one of the
25 students to receive a bid for
membership in the Square Circle,
honorary mathematics club at
W, C.
Frances Horton and Frances
Henning were included among the
45 new members initiated into the
Home Economics club at W, C.
Frances Henning was recently
elected secretary of the freshman
class at W, C. She was again
honored by being appointed a
member of the committee to make
plans for a Jefferson Day dinner
sponsored by the Young Demo
cratic club at the college. Frances
also was among those on the honor
roll for the first semester.
J. B. Copple was one of the 110
Wake Forest students to be in
cluded on the mid-year honor roll.
n college,”
play
sail little Bill.
All right,” replied George, ■'i'll
get a i^nnant and pipe and you get
Daddy s check book.”
Bill: “What do you do when you
;e an unusually pretty girl?”
Mary: “I look for a while; then
do^ ” morror
9 "P about
i:00 in the morning. “Tell me a
story, mama,” she pleaded. “Hush
darling,” said mother, “daddy will
be in soon and tell us both one,”-
Central Times, Mooresville, N. C.
Mother: “Stop using such terri
ble language, Shooty,”
Shooty: “Shakespe;
lother,”
Mother: “Then don’t play with
vou'” companion for
City, N a Elizabeth
hefe'r
Second Angel: “Flu.”—T/ie Lex-
hipep, Lexington, N. C.
After being told to bring a fig-
-re to school with curved lines. I)
Do you know that married men
arp myif 0"®®- You
imstaken; It only seems longer.
nigh bpots, Mount Airy, N. C.
A GOOD PLACE TO BI H.
Albemarle High School— (“
The place we go fr^
To learn the things he
We have to know;
To laugh and sing,
To run and play ^
Monday, Tuesday, every
We learn what’s good; *”
We know what’s not;
We’re here to learn,
And learn a lot.
There are no whips—
They give you slips—
And then you go
To Mr, Gibson, you know
Mr, Gibson’s our principil
And will do what’s sensk
With all his might
He’ll treat you right.
We have our history;
We have our French;
We have our ball team—
We have our bench.
We .study our lessons;
We do our best
And let our teachers
Do all the rest.
I should do right,
I should be true—
It’s been my home
Since thirty-two!
—“BUCK” MABE
A FORD
t never wer
A Ford that stopped and
■stood still
To make me push it o’er the
Sometime.'; I thought it ^
shakes—
I couldn’t ever u.se the brake
Cars are driven by fools 1*
But never again that modeli
—LOIS milw:
A BEE
1 think that I shall never
A thing that acts just hke *':
A bee whose hungry mouth uj
Against a flower’s sweet '>
brea.st;
A bee that swipes from
day I
And keeps his stinger in the
A bee that may in summer
A nest of honey for us to t»
Upon whose .stinger hands
lain,
To only jump away in P»>"'
Pools are stung by bees, a™,
But hpaven grant it won’t
-KENNETH