• Spring and Success
Spring! Slowly, but surely, that feel
ing has begun to creep into the minds
and bones of A. H. S. students, as is
shown by the renewed interest in things
Which always herald the coming of spring.
Things which begin with regularly
scheduled sports such as tennis and base
ball practices, soon to begin, and on into
track meets and softball games, which
take place in many of the physical edu
cation classes.
From early morning- till late in the af
ternoon, sounds of various tunes and the
rise and fall of the chorus voices can mean
only one thing; the annual spring music
contest held in Greensboro, on which A.
H. S', has such high hopes pinned.
Judging by the worried looks on the
faces of those who went out for the an
nual debating contest, it looks as though
another usual spring activity is well un
derway, as were the practices for the dra
matic contest play, which was given in
Southern Pines.
As the seasons come and go, as fads
come in and out, and ideas form and
change in many minds, the thought comes
to us of the really-well-rounded program
which Albemarle High School offers to
its students, many of whom do not con
sciously seek out these advantages, yet
unknowingly absorb them.
• Jump On The Wagon
Within the school year approximately
one-third of the total enrollment of Albe
marle high school participates in some
form of school activity other than his
class work. These extra-curricular activi
ties extend from athletics to music and
cover almost every phase of cultural and
physical development. Educators are con
stantly reminding us that it is largely
through contacts outside our required
class work that we are educated.
But what of the other two-thirds? Is
their education to be incomplete because
they failed to participate in extra-cur-
ricular activities?
Undoubtedly failure to participate in
some one of the many activities does have
a direct influence on the individual and
the school as a whole. If the individual
does not choose to participate, he loses an
opportunity to develop leadership, talent,
and personality. He does not develop en
thusiasm for the school program, and he
fails to receive practice in working with
a group.
Moral: Jump on the band wagon!
There are enough activities to go around.
THE FULL MOON
Published monthly by the Journalism
class of Albemarle High School, Albe
marle, North Carolina.
Editor Lee Copple
Columnists Marie Deese,
Josephine Whitley, Mary Alice
Holt, Keith Almond, Clara
Lorch, Pansy Morton, Doris
Franks, Eunice Smith, Pocahon
tas Meigs
Sports Creel Lowder,
Jack Castevens, J. W. Lisk,
ORON flOGERS
Reporters Marshall Watkins,
Carroll Russell, Ned Betts, Caro
lyn Earnhardt, Ellen Hearne,
Virginia Niven, Margaret Nisbet,
Rachel Tucker, Ramelle Burle
son, Ramelle Morris, Frank
Lambert
Typists Jack Lowder,
Hoyle Whitley, Mary Ellen
Youngblood
BUSINESS STAFF ’
Business Manager Virginia Stone
Advertising lamar Camp,
Ruby Townsend, Amy Fry, Tomsy
Smith, Frances Smith, Carolyn
Stone, Betsy Ivey
Willie Ellerbe
Albemarle, N. C., March 15, 1940
book browsings
"Ate" li. •/ “f f
grees, by Commander Richard E. Byrd
Alone is the record of an excursion in
to the unknown. Not an unknown de
fined only by latitude and longitude, but
rather one whose boundaries were sulter-
ing and the shoreless night and the infi
nite reaches of the human spirit. It is
an experience that only one man could
write because it happened to just one
man, and that man was completely alone
in the South Polar night. Nobody else
was there to know. It is the account of
Byrd’s five months’ isolation at Advance
Base, the place far south of Little Amer
ica, where in 1934 he nearly died.
Byrd is the only living man who has
stood over both poles. He is now fifty
years old. A grateful government has
presented him medals. He has sat at
thousands of banquets in his honor and
has marched in as many parades. Every
thing that this world has to offer a reso
lute man he has had. Everything but
solitude. And that he discovered at Lat.
80 degrees.
None of the reassuring past could help
him then. Not when his arm was lamed.
Not when he lost the cook book. Nor
when the sun rolled beneath the horizon
and the darkness washed in from the south
for good. Nor when fumes from the stove
weakened him and the carbon monoxide
from a small engine all but killed him.
For when the radio went out. Nor, final
ly, when the blizzard scuffled endlessly
overhead, the ice crystals thickened on the
shack walls, the flame wavered in the
pressure lantern, and the only living sound
that side of the South Pole was the
breathing of a man who was not yet sure
he would not die.
No one has ever before written such
a book. One only could have. When
you read it, you will understand why.
CURTAIN
CALLS
Campus CU
-If I ever get through with this contest
play, I know I’ll deserve a seat in Heaven,
in the contest play. Strange Road. P y
is not the only one who feels like this
however, it’s the rest of the cast and the
whole dramatics class. The reason they
feel like this is that they never have work
ed as hard in their lives.
Sets had to be built and painted, and
if you don’t know what a job this is, just
ask Keith and Herbie Shaver. These boy.^
really worked on the set, with of course
the help of Coral and Knottsy.
A new type of paint, “coldwater,” was
used, and turned out to be a success—ex
cept for its odor, whivh is as vile as vile
can be. This didn’t prevent anyone from
having a grand time, and it was so much
fun that everybody is demand more sets
of paint.
The life of an actor is no fun, as Lee
and Jane will tell you, for it seems Lady
Luck was against them all during the re
hearsing of the play. Lee got hit every
time a jog fell and it always seemed to
wait for him to get in front of it. And
when any paint was being slung, Lee was
there on the receiving end. Jane’s bad
luck came one night when her shoes were
taking a squeaking spell, which would
never do in a serious play like that, so, she
took them off. Everything was running
smoothly, when all at once there was a
scream that could be heard a mile, down
flopped Jane to the floor, and out came
a tack from the ball of her foot and a
lot of tears.
In spite of all these hardships, all these
trials— and The Strange Road—dramatics
is great.
Clothes May Not Make The Man, But-
“Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
But not express’d in fancy, rich, nor
gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man."
With Easter approaching, our thoughts
are turned to clothes. Different types of
clothes are worn for different occasions,
but when in doubt always wear the sim
plest thing you can.
Clothes do not need to be new, but
they do need to be spotless, well pressed,
and appropriate.
Suitable clothing means clothing which
is also comfortable.
A boy—and a girl, also—needs, to try
different brushes several times a day—on
With leap year parties, conversation,
etc. all around, the Full Moon has decided
to determine just what the opinion of the
average high school boy and girl is on the
subject of leap year. Some of the girls
tell us:
Marie Deese; “I think leap year’s
swell! It gives the boys an idea of how
It feels to get stuck at a dance or have
his date stand him up.”
Annie Ruth Smith: “It’s all right on
certain occasions but not regularly
throughout the year. (We’d give out of
money.) ”
Maria Ehringer: “I think leap year’s
0. K.—to a certain extent. It can get
you into trouble (I know)! If you ask
a boy for a date, you should pay all ex-
Josephine Whitley: “I think it’s a good
Idea part of the time. If the girl can’t
"'‘•ling to
Miss Laws: “I'd rather not be quot-
T-modei Pi,
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
Bill Furr has his T-tno
ning once again.
“T-model that run
Is much fun.”
He also say, _
“Drop nickel in the gas taji -
: off with a crank."
Confucius Say; Girl Who Take Advantase Of
Leap Year May Never Have To Leap Twice
And V
hair, teeth, nails, clothes and shoes. He
or she must be well groomed.
Very little jewelry should be worn by
either a boy or a girl. A girl may wear
a thin gold chain, a bracelet or a simple
wrist watch and a ring. A boy may wear
a ring.
Perfume must not be used to such an
extent that the passer-by or person sit
ting next to one is aware of the odor. If
perfume is used at all, it must be of the
best and most expensive quality.
Tailored clothes for girls and business
suits for boys are the best dress to wear.
Girls should never wear high-heeled shoes
with sport clothes.
MOVIES AND PEOPLE:
Going Places ,
Too Busy to Work "Bmt
Two Bright Boys
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Eternally Yours
They Shall Have Music,
WaJ,n£
Man of Conquest
Kid Nightingale “Hini'*'*
The Star Maker(s)
It’s a Wonderful Worli.Mari
Boy’s Town j,
Freckles Cr«
IMAGINE:
Rachel T. in a football heiif
“Buck” entertaining at altm
Mr. Hatley doing nothing.
“Hamp” being pessimistic, t**
“Ticka” 5 ’i feet tall.
“Bear” weighing 130 ponndi
Mr. Tillotson walking slowij.
Sherrill Cranford with wajji
Josephine B. satisfied with ha;
“Dick” F. making highest k
“Hoochie” with straight hiir
Ic
WANTED: ;j
Annette S. to join the band
WadeDi
A one-room apartment ii' '
near Picardy Place.
“Hod”
A few more inches to ray Iti’e
Lavonjf :S
A pair of gym shorts. gi
Raiodi
To lose fifty pounds. >.
Mai )1
Another curly, black-headed
“Dot" F.
Notebook paper for Zeb St “
Pansy
ose for:-x
Miss
Someone with £
On the other side of the question, the
boys answered enthusiastically:
Deward Lefler: “Well, half the time
the girl should ask the boy for the date,
go after him, and pay expenses.”
Ned Betts: “I don’t see anything the
matter with a girl asking a boy for a
date, but the boy should pay the ex
penses.”
Kelly Jordon and Ted Furr: “The girls
should ask for the date, plan the way,
and on a ten-cent night do something be
sides go to the show!”
Bob Morrow: “It’s a fine thing be
cause It gives the girl a break. A boy
can hardly refuse a girl when she asks
lor a date—now can he?”
Mr. Gehring: “Leap year mean.s very
much to men like Mr. Gibson, Mr. Ca-
nipe, Mr. Fry and myself. It affords the
only opportunity we will ever have to iret
a wife Mr. Hatley was quite fortunate
>n getting his a little early, but we still
have hopes of getting one before the year
comes to a close.”
CAMPUS CHATTER: I
Thomas H. and Irma L. se«‘
sending notes to each other a
cla-ss. It couldn’t be about ilp,
it, Irma? i,
Ted, there’s a certain little i»-
thinks you are swell. Ho* ^
“Pokey”?
Wade "Junior” Denning is f
vate sax lessons now (we »(**'
for the welfare of the band«
“Yankee” talk!) but Wade sef-
doing O. K. with Frances Sellw*
with Lydia B.
The way these freshmen
really remarkable: Ted
and Frances Mann are geU^J
fine as big brother Bill
seems to run in the family; W.
Ticka and Bill Rogers; Genien^
ert McSwain (they say this c»*
going on for four years); MW
can’t seem to decide between j
Rayvohn Long. 1
“The prodigal son returns^
a number of our migMy
cially Lafayette Blackwell an
12th graders!
Marie seems to have comP'
ten Doug- . Now her mind
and hi.s on her.
Enough gossip for one tim^-