Participate In Field Day The Full Moon Easter Holidays April 7-10 ALBEMARLE, N. C., APRIL 6, 1939 —WITH ENGLISH 12 p. SCATTERED THROUGHOUT ^‘THE SCHOOL as Miss Ellerbe’s jj.unknown poets. She never knows at what moment they will pop up, .^'silently write their bit of verse on 'tier blackboard, and then fade into .obscurity. Several days ago, Miss Ellerbe returned from lunch and discover- ,Bd that she had had a visitor-poet. Upon her blackboard appeared these lines: 1 be, Miss Ellerbe surmised that the It poet must be in her twelfth grade tiEnglish class as she had assigned a feature story to be written. But, to her surprise, everyone appeared Jn the dark too. No would-be poet 'IJilaimed the verse. Now what she would like to know is: Who is (g OVERHEARD: = MRS. ROBERTSON ASKING -MR. GIBSON for two charlie- tiorses to play bingo on—Edythe 'Holt starting to New York on one , loot—Bill Hough saying he would ^e absent to do his spring clean ing—Buddy Roberts telling the so- IfCial adaptation class not to shake i napkin as if trying to flag down tt{|i train. “Give it a dainty shake,” , le said.—Hamp Talbert securing nformation as to the method of .jorrowing money on his farm— lIlMiss Nye telling her study hall to L|,‘Get tight!” instead of “Get ^•juiet!”—Kat Russell ordering can- iy from the drug store to be deliv- _jred at 1:30. - “NOW, FOLKS, ALL YOU SAVE TO DO is send fifteen box »rtons along with your name and iddress and you will receive free me box of ‘Plunkett’s Pink Pills or Pale People’.” Yep—that is a commercial ad- 'ertisement put on by the twelfth "rade. As head representative of •^Plunkett’s Pink Pills for Pale ’eople”, Mary Katherine East I nade a special offer on the broad- iCast Tuesday. For the benefit of those who did ot tune in on Miss Laws’s home- oom program Tuesday, March ^ wenty-first, again will be repeated he various uses of these pills, 'hey are for the following ail- lents: underweight, overweight, i.alse teeth, ugly elbows, corns, [Itlunions, etc. They can also be -'lashed up in bird seed and sprin- ^^(led out for the birds. So don’t forget!—Be sure to end fifteen box cartons and re- *^ive your free sample of “Plun- 2~I«tt’s Pink Pills for Pale People.” . DILLAR, A DOLLAR, A TEN O’CLOCK SCHOLAR, ifhat makes you come so soon ? used to come at nine o’clock nd n V you c Mr. Brown said, “Did that slip OOAy ‘Admit to class’? How can I imit you to class when it is over? o to your next class.” In the next class Mrs. McFadyen aimed, “What! You don’t have 3ur lesson today? Why are you iking this subject?” Meekly came the reply. “I’m •king it because Mr. Gibson won’t “Come by this afternoon and )u and I will talk to Mr. Gibson.” Ten-thirty! What a relief! Just ! I am beginning to enjoy the ac- I vrity period. Miss Laws asks, “Ed, I » you have to talk all the time?” t ^ (Continued on Page Four) OC» NED BETTS AND HIS ORCHESTRA ctures of Ned Betts and the members of his orchestra. ; Bill Helms, trumpet: Bailey Gulledge, trumpet; Charles Beatty, trombone. Front O. D. Shoe, guitar; Cron Rogers, saxophone; Ned Betts, saxophone, trumpet, , clarinet; Wade Underwood, saxophone, clarinet. Eleventh And Tenth Grades Elect Officers Thomas Hatley and Bailey Gulledge Made Presidents; Two Banquets Planned. After an open discussion of the Junior-Senior banquet plans, Thom as Hatley was chosen president of the three eleventh grade sections. Clara Lorch was elected vice-presi- dent; Josephine, Whitley, secre tary; and Kenneth Brooks, treasur- Bailey Gulledge was elected pres ident of the tenth grade at a joint meeting of the four sections. Other officers are J. P. Mauldin, vice- president; Katherine Whiteley, sec retary and treasurer. At the meeting it was decided that two banquets would be held this year; one for the twelfth and eleventh grades and one for the tenth grade. Definite plans have been made, and they will be given sometime in the near future. Local Chapter Of National Honor Society Organized Eleventh Grade Leads Highest Honor Students For the second time the eleventh grade leads in the number of high est honor students. The twelfth and tenth grades tied for second place with five students each. The eighth grade came in third with three, and the ninth last with two. From the eleventh grade nia Crowell, and Margie Lipe. From the twelfth were Iris Al mond, Sue Coble, Geraldine Crisco, Mary K. East, and Lorene Melton. Tenth: Irma Lowder, Bob Lipe, Hoyle Whitley, Josephine Beaver, and Sunshine Underwood. Eighth: Arwilla Jones, Juanita Lawrence, and Eulalah Tucker. Ninth: Alfred Morton, Rubye Caldwell. LOOK OUT, BROADWAY! George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart had better look to their laurels because A. H. S. has a play- wrright ready to step into his own! Tommy Swanner presented his original comedy, “The Corner Gro cery,” in chapel recently with Nor man Trexler and Rembert Rogers, as impersonators of Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel, in the leading roles. Other members of the cast were Elbert Mullinix, Cornelia Yeager, Margaret Bradley, Dwight Morris, Max Ritchie, and Charles Crawley. Coming- Up Society In Clyde A. Milner, iril 28—Senior Play: “Aunt Tillie Goes to Town” 5—Field Day. ly 28—Baccalaureate Sermon Speaker: The Right Reverend John A. Wright. Ly 31—Commencement, Seniors Choose Class Mascots Royal Blue Caps and Gowns for Twelfth and White for Eleventh to Be Used. Betty Lynn Crowell and Neil Graham have been chosen as mas cots for the senior class this year. Betty Lynn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Crowell, and Neil is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Graham. Plans for commencement are now being made. It has been de cided that the twelfth grade seniors wear royal blue caps and gowms and the eleventh grade seniors, white. Royal blue and white will be the class colors, and the American beauty rose, the class flower. Screen Bought As Class Gift Of ’38 With the money left by last has been purchased from the Bell and Howell company at a cost of $70. The nine-by-twelve screen was first used April 3, when a film of the Rose Bowl game was shown in the auditorium. Albemarle High school expects to be approved by Paramount Studios soon and, consequently, will be able to show such moving pictures as “The Plainsman,” “Ruggles of Red Gap,” “Mississippi,” and “The Life of a Bengal Lancer.” 22 Students of Eleventh and Twelfth Grades Will Be Tapped at Ceremony. A local chapter of the National Honor society has been organized, and the twenty-two members chos en by the selection committee will be tapped at an official candlelight ceremony to be held in the audito rium soon after the Easter holi days. Mrs. Clyde Milner, of Guil ford College, will address the dent body on that occasion. Miss Milling, the sponsor, with three other faculty members, drew up the constitution, which was sub mitted for approval to the secreta ry of the National Honor society. After the charter was granted, the committee selected the honor stu dents from the eleventh and twelfth grades on the basis of these tenets: scholarship, service, leadership, and character. The number of members chosen each year will be limited by the constitution. The committee has submitted to the National society for approval the name, Alpha, which the local chapter will proba bly be called . The National Honor society was started in 1921 and has grown steadily until today there are more than twenty-three hundred chap ters in this country. It is directed by a national council which is in charge of activities and formulates the poliies of the organization. Chorus Class Makes Several Appearances Selected members from the Boys’ and Girls’ Glee clubs and the cho- class, under the direction of Miss Worsham and Mr. Fry, have made several public appearances recently, having sung for the Pa- rent-Teachers’ association, the Lions club, and the Rotarians. The soloists in the boys’ chorus ■ent to Salisbury March 29, for an audition with Mr. Fry’s music teacher. In chapel March 16, they gave the following program: boys’ dou ble quartet—“On the Sea” and “Hob a Derry Danno;” mixed quartet—“The Rosary;” girls’ cho rus—“Just Singing Along,” “In dian Love Call,” “The Stars Are Brightly Shining.” CONTESTS HELD The typing, bookkeeping, and shorthand students entered the na tional contest March 29 and 30. Results have not yet been obtain ed. Plans Begun For Field Day Events May 5 Is Date Set; Contest for King and Queen to Begin Soon. Plans are underway for the sec ond annual Field day, sponsored by the student advisory council, which is to be held May 5, on the athletic field. Miss Holt and Mr. Hatley are in charge of all athletic contests. This second annual Field day prom ises to be quite exciting, having many events, some similar to those of last year, and also new ones. The contest for the king and queen will begin soon. The crown ing of the two winners will be held at the end of the various events. Moving pictures will be made of the entire program and shown soon afterwards in the auditorium. The silver cup, which was won last year by the eleventh grade, will again be awarded the winning Practice has already been be gun by both boys and girls who are planning to participate, and will be continued until May 4. A.H.S. Eliminated In Debate Friday Neither of Three Teams In Triangle with Albemarle Won Affirmative. In the annual triangular debate sponsored by the University of North Carolina, Albemarle’s nega tive team, composed of Mary Kath erine East and Howard Carter, de feated Thomasville; and the af firmative team, composed of Bur ton Hultz and Lee Copple, lost to Kannapolis. The query for discussion this year is: Resolved, that the United States should establish an alliance with Great Britain. Since all three negative teams in the triangle won, the triangle will not be represented at Chapel Hill this year, as it is necessary for both teams of one school to win in order to go. This is the first time in the three years that A. H. S. has been a member of the debaters’ union that the school has not been repre sented in the Chapel Hill finals. Both the affirmative and the negative A. H. S. teams had a 2-1 In the debate held at A. H. S. between Kannapolis and Thomas ville, the latter won by a unan imous decision. Judges for the de bate were Miss Emma Milling, Mr. Carl Brown, Mr. Hugh Page, Rev. George B. Clemmer, and Mr. Blan ton Little. Questions For The Month 1. Who was the father of Sol- 2. What is the most useful up-to-date handbook of facts found in our library? 3. What sport do you think of when Pinehurst is mentioned? 4. Which is spelled incor rectly: excellent, nickle, com- 7. What is the plural of 8. What men are at the top of the list of prospective Re publican and Democratic candi dates for nomination for presi dency in 1940? 9. Who calls a court to or der? 10. Which is correct, “K 1 were he” or “If I was him”? (See page 3 for answers.)