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the full moon Page 2 • Band Uniforms and French Horns Why shouldn’t A. H. S. have band uni forms and French horns, such as are re quired to make our high school band look and sound the best? A. H. S. gives its students every mod em convenience possible. We have many advantages that other high schools even larger than ours do not have. Our ath letes are given the finest protection and the most desirable places to play possible. Our scholastic average is tops and stu dents are offered full time courses m typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, industrial arts and other subjects not generally of fered. In these courses, all necessary equipment is supplied. Yet our high school band was penalized this year at Salisbury because of their lack of uniforms and proper band instru ments. The band made a ratmg of one on their music making ability, which is excellent, but their grade was dropped to a two because they did not have uniforms and French horns. There are two ways in which money can be raised to purchase the uniforms and band instruments. One is by the school or through school activities for which charges are made. The other is by talking up the situa tion to the people of the town who would more than likely be happy to help with the purchasing of this equipment if they understood the need. We believe if the students will get back of this and push it a little, it won’t take long to get this improvement for our band and school. There is no reason at all why we shouldn’t have uniforms and the necessary instruments to make A. H. S.’s band one of the best. • Ready? Serve! According to the number of sports- lovers who are attending the city-wide tennis tournament, now being held among the four elementary schools of Albemarle, one can get no greater thrill than in see ing a player bring down his racquet, send ing the little white sphere flying over the net with the speed of the wind. Since its introduction in America in 1875, tennis has proved more popular each year. Tennis has the advantage over other sports in that after one finishes school, he can not always get up twenty-two peo ple to play a game of football or eighteen people to play baseball or twelve people to play basketball, but there will always be one other person ready to grab a ^ racquet and battle it out over the net. So bring out your racquet and “at the end of the game, we shall see who gains.” THE FULL MOON Published monthly by the Journalism class of Albemarle High School, Albe marle, North Carolina. Editor Ellen Hearne Assistant Editor Eunice Smith Feature Editor Ramelle Morris Asst. Feature Editors Patty Crowell, Ray Lefler, Marguerite Walker, Eileen Drye. Sports Editor... Ted Wallace Asst. Sports Editors Rob Morrow, Lloyd Skidmore. Reporters Louise Shoe, Mary Ann Skidmore, Doris Camp, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Deese, Lena Chandler, Pocahontas Meigs. Artist Sammy Boone Typists M. a. Skidmore, Doris Franks • You Couldn’t Go Wrong , do you have a in .ho.J.» mend to whom I might offer a J ZL assistant? I would like to have a high school student who is interested Z type of work in order that I might train him as an apprentice. requirement is that he must be able tvpe accurately, and fairly rapidly. This conversation, taking place between a high school teacher and a local busi ness man, is typical of many similar con versations which take place during the year. Faculty members are often a.^ked to recommend students for jobs, which when taken will probably lead to bigger and better opportunities for the student. And these men practically always de mand one accomplishment—that the stu dent be able to type. If you have one, two, or three years left in high school, why not avail yourself of an opportunity like this by taking the excellent commercial course offered? Perhaps you are thinking that it will be a waste of time if you are preparing for college instead of a job. Don’t think it a minute longer! You can’t go wrong by taking typing, because you will find no greater aid to studying than being able to type assignments and personal research work. Either way you look at it, it’s a prac tical and worth while idea, so why not think it over and give yourself new chances! • Courses For Next Year It’s time to sign up for courses for next year. What to take is the question that every student is asking. Before answering this question every student should know whether he is going to college or not, or if he wants com mercial subjects. College entrance requirements differ slightly in some colleges, but in general they are four years of English, two years of foreign language, two years of science, and one year of United States History. It would make it much easier if the stu dent knew the subject he is going to major in in college. Then he should take, while in high school, any subjects connect ed with this. A person shouldn’t try to cramp all these requirements into one year, but spread them over the four or five years he comes to school. For those of us who can’t go to col lege or who are interested in commercial work, our school offers courses in typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping. Those that go to college will find typing very helpful and should one year take it as one of their “must” subjects. Don’t let students that have taken the subject before influence you too much, because different people have different tastes. What he may like, you may not. BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Laura Frances Peck Asst. Business Managers Stacy Quinn, Clegg Furr, Lafayette Blackwell’ Fred Albright, Coolidge Morton Hubert Stirewalt Advertising Managers Betsy Ivey Carolyn Stone. ’ Adviser Mrs. Paul B. Fry Albemarle, N. C., April 28, 1941 book review WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS" By KATHERINE CORNELL Acting is in her blood; she was born witt l feelin. for it, and she ha. - veloped her ability to the extent of be coming one of our country’s leading ac kers" From acting in kindergarten and amateur theatricals, she ro=e Broadway fame and later E“™P^ America, and, like other actre»ses, took her place in motion pictures. This dynamic actress has been in ^ every field of drama. She has produced her own plays, taking the leading role m her production, The Barrets of impale Street. She had her try in Shakespearean drama as Juliet in Borneo and Jului. During her caree rshe became acquaint ed with other members of the thaater. Her introduction to Greta Garbo wa.-- amusingly, embarra.ssing to both women Marlene Dietrich also presented her.->elf under unfavorable circumstances when she committed herself to the position of cook in the actress’s kitchen. This book, I Wanted To Be An Ac tress, contains many amusing incidente which are exciting, interesting and in formative, especially to those who have hopes of stage or movie career. The book is an autobiography of Katherine Cornell, told in a characteristic manner, and it promises enjoyable reading for anyone. "JERRY AT THE ACADEMY” By ELMER E. FERRIS At last Jerry Foster, of Seven-Mile Creek, knew what he most wished to do after finishing district school—that wa.s to go to Wayland Academy. But every time he thought about it, the matter of money popped up. It took money to go to Wayland, the same as any other acad emy, and the Foster family pocketbook didn’t have enough for that. Jerry might not have attempted it had it not been for Mr. Rand, the athletics teacher in the school at Seven-Mile Creek. But he wouldn’t give up the idea nor would he let Jerry give it up either. “You can do it if you make up your mind to it,” he said. So finally the day came when he went to Wayland Academy. It was very ex citing to meet the other boys and to take part in all the school doings. But it wasn’t easy to earn money a.s he went along, and when he lost his job because he raced the landlady’s horse, everything looked dark. How could he possibly go on? One of his friends, a senior, prom ised to let Jerry stay with him, without charge, until he could earn the money to pay back the debt the following summer. Many more school adventures lay in wait for him, as you will find out if you read this unusual school story about a boy you are certain to like. March 28, HERE and THEr THE ECONOMICS CLASS be quite entertaining sometiij» the students really dumb or making bright remarks? Here of the incidents that occurteT Hall’s Economics class: Miss Hall: “Does anyone ktior— heterogeneous means?” La Verne R.: “I’ll bite^^ BRING GRAMMAR BOOKS' This is what most of the Engfc ers are saying now. Several of the students Wh\ „a a time learning spelling and p,^,he On Charlie Hester Smith’s per Mi.ss Watson found a ni!f like this “Appositive are usua ea by comas.” Mi.~ Hege told Joe Lowderto^gi sentence with demeanor. This i-Ho tence Joe gave: “Demeanor lower your grade are.” .... ^ THE SMILE ON MRS, has broadened. She i> nr= happy. What is it all about? She ha.s two tiny geranium bt;ha three years hard labor with SEVERAL POETS have bra ered by Miss Polston. This is a sample of the poemi by a geometry .-tudent, Eualia T-.yij; Miss Polston walked to class Said, “Student’s, hold your bnc^° I’m going to make an assipin« That will scare you most to deair. “On April first you must bring it 20 designs of geometric a!ipii»r^j| And let me remind you of thisi'^jg ’Tis no April fool assignment’ i Maybe School Will Be Out Soon And Then We Can Do All This! Now that summer is almost here and students are beginning to count the days and hours until school goes out, your rov ing reporter, who is suffering with an advanced case of spring fever, decided to start roving and interview a few stu dents as to their plans for the vacation months. Armed with a pair of sun glasses and numerous pencils and pens, I was in the act of descending the stairs when whom should I bump into (I mean that literally, too) but Mr. De Lotto. Carefully re moving my glasses and placing them in my back pocket, I proceeded to ask him what he planned to do during his vacation. “Vacation!” he shouted, “What vaca tion? The day school is out I’m leaving for Carolina to go to summer school!” He went off mumbling something about crazy people.” After one set-back I decided to change my manner of approach. Risking my head around the comer of the building, I saw James Senter. Tapping him lightly on the shoulder, I asked him what his plans were for the summer. “Well”, he said, “I hope my girl moves to the beach so I can follow her there.” “But if she doesn’t—?” “I’ll get another girl.” Wandering on down to the gym, 1 saw Dorothy Parker busily engaged in practicing tennis. Barely managing to miss one of her “fast” balls, I asked her what she was going to do this summer. I m going to the beach.” “Which beach?” Just any beach,” she answered. “I’ll drop you a card ” faff fast, I ambled over to a bench and sat down. Oh! the sun glasses! Twenty minutes later, coming out of ;hs The students asked her for idei On designs to be created. They said they couldn’t do o"P^.g But this, the teacher stated— “Just sit in a comer va; With a compass and a And you can make a lo«lj;-pj, BUT BOY! DID 1 FOOLF Bi One of the World Hi.storysti* melle Morris, also contributtd .gj poetry to prove that all poeU' geometry students. ea MY MASTERPIECE hr Of all the things to do each ii' To come to school without any jW To sit and think and try to 1®^® When all we want is to laugh art All we hear is "Contracts willb«: g certain date: laj One, Macbeth; one, the Renaisa Napoleon; and they haJ^^ be late.” “ What were the results of thu' And what were the causes oft' ] Locate all the places on that 1 And outline the countries or Now I’m all mixed up and n. ^ a jam. I don’t know whether Macbeth t ( poleon or whether M»' nette was a nobleman. Did Duncan write the “Soci>l^ or did Voltaire murder" Here I’m trying to get both I’m in a daze again. _ the first aid room, I met Ted a certain blonde standing in t “My plan for the summw “is to buy a pup tent on credit* it in the East Albemarle schM'!' wondered why. I decided to try one Whiteley would surely be doing interesting this summer. “Me? I’m going to spend^ working in one of the downto No vacation for me; , Heck! Why doesn’t school months?
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