Senior Edition
‘Tull Moon’'
THE FULL MOON
Congratulations,
Graduates!
Volume 18
ALBEMARLE, N. C., JUNE 3, 1940
Number 8
“I’VE NEVER SEEN a left-
nded person who was right
ight.”
One day in Journalism class
nth Almond was watching Tom-
' Smith, who is left-handed, writ-
g on the board. He turned
ound to “Lefty” Lisk and Joe
dn McDaniel, who are both left
nded and said, “I’ve never seen
left-handed person who was right
ight.”
He happened to think what he
id and began to count the other
:t-handed people in the room,
lere were about six in all. Need-
js to say, Keith was almost
rown out.
* *
demure old ladies
ASPED in horror when they
issed on their way to afternoon
ills. Babies were aroused from
,eir naps for blocks around.
Doks dropped the dishes and iron-
g and ran out to gaze in aw’e.
ill workers rushed to the win-
)ws. School authorities and the
w looked on, equally powerless to
) anything about the situation,
es, the tenth and twelfth grades
ere fighting it out for the third
inual Field Day crown.
CONFUCIUS say: “Boy whose
lair slips get dirty pants.” And
infucius really was right, accord-
g to Buck Mabry, because he was
st about asleep, when suddenly
id unexpectedly, his chair slipped,
ssing him upon the newly oiled
)or. Buck’s white pants were
ightly worse for wear when he
■ose.
* * *
“WAR HEROES RETURNED
OME covered from head to tail
ith medals.”
Polly Martin was reading our
ass prophecy when her tongue
ipped. She meant to say “from
sad to toes” but “from head to
il” slipped out instead.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
Time: 1:10; Place—Study Hall.
Everyone had settled down to
ork, and silence prevailed. Mar-
iret Deese started to pull off her
at and hang it over her chair,
hen suddenly—thump! thump!
ump! Small red candy balls
11 from her pocket and rolled
errily about the floor. Margaret
arted picking up the candy and
e coat. More candy fell, bounc-
g noisily. Study Hall resounded
ith giggles.
BUCK MABRY WAS TELL-
IG one day that he made seven
ms but when asked how many
mes he had been to bat he re-
ied, “Six”.
* 5}! 5j
the SPIDER GANG’S “T-
odel”, better knowm as the
umping Jive” has been doing
gilt well lately. It has been re
nted that it jumped a ditch the
her night.
“KNICKER” MORROW, the lo-
I fistcuff expert, has now taken
) the guitar. The other night in
>gh Point the local dance band
me up short one man, and poor
Ob was the goat and had to sit
the rhythm section and beat the
p-harp.
“HEY, YOU FELLOWS can
her shut up or go to jail. It
'esn t make any difference to me,
her going to do one or the
This was the local constable
•eaking m Troy the other night
en the orchestra passed through
r The boys had
Pped for a little something to
rt at about 2:30 a. m., when the
iH walked up
Troy was no heathen
pT-o ^ natives
asleep.
John Temple Graves, II, Prominent Journalist, To
Address Graduates at Commencement Services Tonight
Head Student Body Next Year
prfijieip
Albert H. Keck
Del ivers Sermon
Lutheran Minister Speaker For
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday
In High School Auditorium
Rev. Albert H. Keck, pastor of
the Lutheran church of Sterling,
Illinois, delivered the annual bac
calaureate sermon last evening in
the auditorium.
A forceful speaker, Mr. Keck is
a young man and is quite able as
a speaker on a commencement pro
gram. After the processional of
the graduating class, the hymn,
“Faith of Our Fathers”, was sung
by the congregation. Dr. R. Dwight
Ware, pastor of Central Methodist
church, gave the invocation; the
girls’ chorus sang “The Lord is My
Shepherd” (Psalm XXIII) by
Shubert; and the mixed chorus
sang “Listen to the Lambs” by R.
Nathaniel Dett. All music for the
commencement programs is under
the direction of Paul Fry.
Rev. William J. Bradley, pastor
of the First Baptist church, pro
nounced the benediction. An audi
ence which filled the auditorium
was present for the sermon, the
city churches foregoing their ser
vices for the evening.
Wallace to Head
Student Council
For 1940-41 Term
Mauldin, Hudson, Martin
Named To Other Positions
After Close Election Race
Ted Wallace was elected presi
dent of the student body; Idell
Mauldin, vice-president; Viola
Hudson, secretary; and Polly Mar
tin, treasurer, in student council
elections held Friday, May 17.
Martha Ivey and Viola Hudson
tied for the office of secretary, so
a re-election was held May 21.
Ted Is Versatile Student
A member of the football varsity
for four years, Ted Wallace, the
newly-elected president, was given
all-state mention in 1939 and was
a member of the All South Pied
mont conference in 1938. He has
been a letter man for the past
three years, and was a member of
the baseball squad for ’36 and ’37.
He was a marshal for ’36 and ’37
and has been president of the
Mixed Chorus club for this past
year.
Publicity manager for the Girls’
Athletic association, vice-president
Idell Mauldin’s main interest is
sports, her favorite being tennis.
She has been a member of the var
sity tennis team for the past sea
son and was a member of the sec
ond team in basketball. She is
vice-president of the Physical Cul
ture club and of her homeroom.
Hudson Elected In Run-Off
Elected secretary, Viola Hud
son’s main interest is music. She
won third place in class A alto
solos in Greensboro at the state
music contest this year. She is
vice-president of the Girls’ Glee
club.
Polly Martin, treasurer, is a
member of the National Honor so
ciety, the Black Masque Dramatics
society. Boosters’ and Creative
Writing clubs. She has been elect
ed a cheer leader for next year,
and hopes to continue her work in
dramatics.
Year’s Work Reviewed By Council
At Special Student Body Assembly
Active Program Is
Outlined By Group
The student body was presented
a report by the Student Council of
their year’s work, Friday, May 24,
during regular chapel period. Jack
Castevens presided, and in turn
presented the chairman of each
committee.
Virginia Niven and Bob Lipe
gave reports on council-sponsored
open-houses held during the year,
telling among other things, of the
turn-table which had been pur
chased for use at all school func
tions.
The second annual carnival was
reported as being flnancially, as
well as socially, successful by Mar
garet Nisbet.
Josephine Beaver stated that of
the eight movies sponsored and
shown by the council, two were
given free of charge, through the
profits on the other five. Proceeds
from one picture went to the
senior class.
Jane Turner and Genevieve
Ewing gave a report on meetings
attended by council members dur
ing the year.
Lois Milton, treasurer, reported
a surplus fund of $83.13. Of this,
one-third will be given to the Ath
letic department, one-third to
school publications and the remain
der will be kept for rhe council
fund next year.
Ernest Knotts told of the work
done by the council-appointed hosts
and hostesses, who have been on
duty around the school during the
year.
Gene Helms presented a short
report on room inspection, and
Kelly Jordan told of the inter
school visits made, between this
school and Richfield.
All in all, this has been the most
successful year that the council has
experienced. Several of these
projects reported were inaugurated
by the present group, and they
have met with great success.
L,
Principal - Elect McFadyen
K
Henry McFayden
Elected Principa
Former English Teacher Fills
Vacancy Created By The
Resignation of A.B. Gibson
“Yes, from the first time I saw
Albemarle high school some seven
years ago it has been my first love,
and I mean to tell you that I am
really glad to be back in high
school work.” The speaker was
Henry Christian McFadyen, newly-
elected principal of the high school.
“For- year.s—in fact, since I
first saw the red velvet curtains on
your stage,” he smiled, “I have
wished that I might be principal
here, but I had no idea that the
opportunity would come so soon.”
Mr. McFadyen was born in Tex
as and lived in Oklahoma and Ten
nessee. He has taught in Tupelo
Military Institute in Mississippi
for a year, and in the North Caro
lina public schools for seven years.
Two of those seven he spent as an
English instructor in Albemarle
high school, and for the past three
he has been principal of the Wis-
cassett elementary school. He holds
a B. A. degree from Davidson and
is now working on his Master’s at
the University of North Carolina.
He was married in 1938 to Miss
Margaret Mahaffey, also a former
member of the faculty, and they
have one son, Henry C., Jr.
Mr. McFadyen plans to spend
the first part of the summer at
Carolina, returning to work here
in late July.
“I don’t contemplate any essen
tial changes, at least not until I
become a little more familiar with
the situation. I am concentrating
hard right now,” he smiled, “on
learning the room numbers, and
after that everything else should
be easy!”
Four Teachers Not
To Return Next Year
Four faculty members will not
return to Albemarle high next fall.
Mr. Gibson will go to Laurin-
burg, where he will be superin
tendent of the city schools.
As principal of the Wiscassett
schools, Mr. Gehring says he will
try to fill the vacancy left by Mr.
McFadyen and hopes to have a
football team there.
Miss Vester will not retui'n, but
her plans are not complete yet.
Miss Powell will be at her home
in Lumberton next year.
'40 Graduates To
.eceive
Dipio
mas
John Temple Graves, II, promi
nent lecturer and member of the
editorial staff of the Birmingham
Age-Herald, will be the speaker
this evening as 140 seniors receive
their diplomas at commencement
exercises at 8:00 o’clock in the
school auditorium.
The traditional processional
hymn, “Follow the Gleam”, will be
sung by the 44 twelfth grade grad
uates in white caps and gowns and
96 eleventh grades in royal blue.
Dr. Charles D. Whiteley, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, will
pronounce the invocation, followed
by the mixed chorus singing “Pre
lude” from the “Cycle of Life” by
Ronald.
John B. Harris will introduce
Mr. Graves. One of the south’s
most prominent writers and speak
ers, this engagament will be one of
the fwe addresses which he has
made before high school groups.
Each year he is the speaker at sev
eral college commencements, hav
ing spoken at the University of
North Carolina last year.
Following his address, the mixed
chorus will sing “The Music of
Life” by Noble Cain, and Mr.
Frank N. Patterson, chairman of
the school board, will present the
diplomas. Thomas Hatley, presi
dent of the class, will present the
senior class gift to the school,
lighting equipment for the stage,
and A. B. Gibson will accept it on
behalf of the school. Billy Benson
will deliver the valedictory. A
boys’ quartet will conclude the pro
gram by singing “Invictus” by
Bruno Huhn, followed by the reces
sional.
Geraldine Foreman is salutato-
rian of the class, and mascots are
Sally Ausband, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Vance Ausband, and John
David Moose, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Moose.
Peck Heads Marshals
Lam'a Frances Peck, member of
the eleventh grade, was chosen
chief marshal for the graduation
exercises this year.
Dorothy Parker, Sam Andrew,
Mary Jane Auten and Lucille
Palmer, Gerald Mann, Eunice
Smith, and Reed Gaskin and Bob
by Redwine and Betty Jean Wolfe
were the others chosen.
The faculty chose the marshals
on the basis of scholarship, leader
ship, and dependability.
Ellen Hearne To
Edit ‘Tull Moon’
“My most notable feat to
date is passing advanced math!^^
declared Ellen Hearne, newly-
appointed editor of the “Full
Moon^* for next year.
“I have worked on the paper
staff for three years now,
though,’^ she continued, “and I
also served as assistant to the
business manager of the “Al-
Hi-Script” this year.”
Besides this experience along
the journalistic line, Ellen has
been a member of several clubs,
and sings a mean soprano in the
mixed chorus.
Other members of the staff
will not be appointed until the
personnel of the journalism
class for next year is definitely
determined. Out of this class
will come members for the lit
erary and business staffs. Betsy
Ivey and Carolyn Stone, who
assisted the regular business
manager in securing advertising
for this Senior edition, will con
tinue to serve as members of
the business staff.