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Buy A The Full Moon Slap A Jap! February 6, 1942 ALBEMARLE, N. C., FEBRUARY 6, 1942 GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM Schedule Will Be Changed Monday 100 Students Make Semester Honor R Left to right: Idell MauWin, Claudine Lowder, Phillips, Ruth Townsend, Jane Perry, Ruth Morton, Georg Helen Chance. Second ro dolyn Mauldin, Louise Lov lelta Herrin, Mildred Cox. Ruth Kendall, Rhoda Russell, Gw. Science Program To Show Queer Uses of Liquid Air How could one freeze a banana £0 hard that it could be used to drive nails into a plank? Fantastic! Impossible? Well, ■would you like to see it done? On Monday afternoon, February 16, Mr. John Sloan, a former sci- 'ence instructor at Duke Universi- 'ty, will be at Albemarle high 'school and will give some demon- Wrations of liquid air, the process •which is applied in changing ba nanas into hammers. Liquid air has a pale blue color, •weighs almost as much as water lland has a low temperature of 312 ^degrees F. below zero. It is lique- -fied by subjecting air like we ■breathe to a high pressure and Uien lowering its temperature. This method will be explained definitely by Mr. Sloan, who has ^devoted eight years to r esearch and extensive experimentation with liquid air. Some of the experiments which will be performed to show the peculiar and fascinating properties of liquid air are: a rubber ball, when immersed in liquid air and iropped on the floor breaks into pieces as if made of glass; pieces 3f meat, grapes or any substance M>ntaining water becomes as hard IS iron and very brittle; liquid air is able to boil on ice; soap bubbles freeze when held above liquid air; ■1$ test tube of evaporating air Ijplays clarinet, etc. More than eighteen hundred lemonstrations, three hundred of which have been requested on re alm engagements, have been pre- lented by Mr. Sloan all over the united States. All A. H. S. students will be ad- nitted for five cents and the pro- fram will be given during last leriod. Concert Being Planned Plans are bli^Tn^ade for annual chorus and band c cert, which is to be held dur the earlier part of March. This concert has been gii during past years, and has pr 'n very popular with the c «ns of Alben Krill I charg Senior Dramatic Club Presents One-Act Play The Senior Dramatic club, under the direction of Miss Louise Fitz gerald, presented “Glamour in the Peconos,” a one-act comedy, this morning in chapel period. The play took place in the Po- conos one summer afternoon, where three schoolteachers, Jane Duke, Martha Breen, and Amy Ferris, were on vacation. Amy fell in love with Basil Rainey, played by Charles Lowder, and the three teachers kept their identity from him. While they were at the hotel, their principal, James Timblelake, walked right into the middle of things. Later, Basil, who they thought was an engineer, confess ed that he was a school teacher. In the end the younger one got her “engineer,” the second one got her principal and even the oldest one learned a bit about glamour. Carolyn Stone played the part of Jane Duke, a school teacher of thirty-four. The part of Martha Breen, an other teacher of 30, was played by Eulalia Tucker, who provided much of the comedy relief. Amy Ferris, the younger girl, ..as played by Virginia Morgan, who strove to hold her boy friend throughout the play. The other characters in the play were James Timblelake, played by Fred Sharkey; Julius Karp, Max Cranford; and the waitress, Jeanne Lentz. News Briefs Bright new colors have been added to the shelves in the library since the two hundred thirty-nine rebound books have been returned from the Ruzicka Book-Binding Company in Greensboro. The last order for senior class rings for this year was made last week. Measurements for the senior caps and gowns will begin next week. Mr. Pickier, representative of the Ward Company, will be at A. H. S. to aid with selections, measurements, etc. A meeting of the senior class will be held very soon in order to choose the mascots, flower, and Tenth grade seems to be the ost ambitious class in Albemarle high school, with 10 making the highest honor and 25 making the honor roll for the first semester’s work. The eleventh grade follows with three making highest honor and 17 on the honor roll. Highest honor means no grade below an A, and honor means no grade below a B for the first semester average. The following students made the honor roll: Eighth Grade: honor — Reece Cranford, Ramelle Thompson, Rob bie Sharkey, Madge Kennedy, Helen Smart, Frances Biles, Jim Lamar, Fritz Luther, Helen Brown, Kathleen Donahue, Betsy Bremer, Bevline Stogner, Gene Beeker, Jean Lisenby, Jane Mor- ' n, Dorothy Swaringen. Ninth Grade: highest honor: Mildred Reap; honor—Bill Morton, Jimmy SifTord, Hazel Ragsdale, Rhoda Russell, Veronia Smith, Doris Tucker, Hazel Whitley, Ja- hala Crotts, Claudine Dennis, Bob bie Easley, Louise Efird, Betty Hatley, Patsy Ingram, Rubye Mae Hatley, Jeanne Palmer, Dick Mor Tenth Grade: Highest honor — Margaret Skidmore, Dorothy Whitley, Rose Katherine Morton, Merrill Hall, John Wilhoit, Fran ces Mann, Carolyn Mills, Adelaide Moose, Betty Wolfe, Carolyn Biles. Honor—Doris Dulin, Blanche Still, Jo Morton, Hazel McDowell, Mary Ellen Milton, Martha Ivey, Free man Russell, Calvin Blalock, Pearl Fesperman, Mary Catherine Wal lace, Everett Ford, Edith Burris, Madie Lee Efird, Margaret Tucker, Lavone Lowder. Eleventh Grade: Highest Honor — Juanita Lawrence, Eulalia Tucker, Eunice Smith; honor—P. L. Burris, Bill Hartsell, Ernest Knotts, Gerald Mann, Allie Ray Boyce, Rose Crump, Betsy Ivey, Jeanne Lentz, Rosa Parker, Caro lyn Stone, Elizabeth Wallace, Reed Gaskin, Betty Jo Glover, Arwilla Jones, Idell Mauldin, Virginia Morgan, Marcelle Whitley. Twelfth Grade: honor — Sam Andrew, Edmund Efird, Rembert Rogers, Gaines Whitley, Betty Sue Bogle, Barbara Crowell, Hilda Honeycutt, Pocahontas Meigs, Pansy Morton, Anne Reap, Jewell Rogers, Betty Sue Underwood. School To Begin At 9:00; Ends At 3:45 War Time Music Clinic To Be Held In Kannapolis Students of A. H. S. will be rep resented in the music clinic which s to be held in Kannapolis Feb- ■uary 21. Students from approximately 15 schools in nine counties with their choral directors will be guests the J. W. Cannon high school. Three large choruses will be formed. Fifty boys will take part in the boys chorus, fifty girls in the girls chorus, and approximate ly 150 in the mixed chorus. Mr. Fry will conduct the mixed chorus, Registration will begin at 1:00 o’clock; oi-ganization meeting at 1:30; first rehearsal at 2:00; and second rehearsal at 4:00. Fifty boys and girls from A. H. S. will take part in the prograrn. A banquet featuring entertain ment will be given to the visiting students in the dining room of the Cannon Y. M. C. A. building 5:30. The public is cordially invited to attend the concert, which is tc held in the Cannon high school ditorium at 7:45. This is the second clinic to held by the music department of Salisbury District, the first having met in Albemarle in December. Mr. Fry of Albemarle is president of the organization. Coming Events Chapel programs and plans for the next month; February 9—Movie, “Let’s Go Fishing,” for chapel. February 13 — Mr. Morris’ homeroom program. February 16—Band Concert. February 20 — Mr. Fry’s homeroom program. February 23 — Mrs. Nisbet, beginning a series of Sunday School lessons. February 24—Union Paciac, full-length movie, starring Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck. February 27—Mrs. Gehring’s A.H.S. Participates In State Contests Representing Albemarle high school in the North Carolina State Physics contest today were Mark Allen Reid, Betsy Ivey, and Gaines Whitley. The contests, sponsored yearly by the Extension Division of the University of North Carolina, are offered in five courses: Latin, Spanish, French, mathematics, and physics. Besides physics, A.H.S. will participate in the French and math contests. All accredited high schools in this state are invited to enter the contests, which in all cases will be conducted under the supervision of the superintendent, principal, or teacher. A. H. S., entering the academic contests for the first time in sev eral years, will be represented by Anne Reap, Sam Andrew, Eunice Smith, Gerald Mann, Jean Lentz, and Idell Mauldin in the French contest, which will be held March 20th. The inathematics contest will be held on April 24, but students to participate from A. H. S. have not yet been chosen. Music Departments Prepare for Contest The choral groups and band of A. H. S. have begun the prepara tion for the district high school music contest which is to be held Charlotte on March 27 and 28. This contest, which was former ly held in Salisbury, has been mov- 1 to Charlotte this year. Several soloists, a mixed chorus, boys chorus, a girls chorus, a boys quartet, a girls trio, and a mixed quartet will be entered in the contest. The mixed chorus will wear their robes given to them by the P.-T.A., and the band, their new uniforms donated by Wiscassett Mill officials. In the district, state, and nation al contests in past years, A.H.S. has made high records. Barbera Announces New Band Member Mr. Barbera had his first re sponse to his call for a drum major Wednesday night in the person of an 8^ pound daugh ter, Rita Amelia. Although Rita Amelia may of a dru of the there New Courses Added A change of schedule for A.H.S. will be effective Monday as a re sult of the national switch to Day light Saving Time. This is the way the new sched ule will work: all clocks will be run up an hour, and then, in stead of students coming to school at 8:30, the first bell, or teacher’s bell, will ring at 8:50. The second bell, or students’ bell, rings at 8:55 with first period class begin ning at 9:00 and running to 10:00. Second period will run from 10:00 to 11:00, followed by third period from 11:00 to 12:00, so that the lunch hour will be at the regular time. Directly after lunch, after the homeroom check-up, activity period will be held from 1:10 to 1:45. Fourth period class will run from 1:45 to 2:45; fifth period class from 2:45 to 3:45, when school will be dismissed. When he made this announce ment, Mr. McFadyen, high school principal, pointed out that since the county school buses are not equipped with lights, it would be impossible for students who come on the buses to be present for first period until warmer weather, when the sun rises earlier. He also stated that the change in the class period system would be temporary, tested for six weeks; and if not liked, other methods will be tried. Two other important changes which are being made are physical education for boys in tenth, elev enth, and twelfth grades, and first aid classes for girls of those class es. All boys in upper classes will be given physical training on Tues days and Thursdays under the di rection of Coach DeLotto. Miss Holt will give the girls first aid training at activity periods on the same days. Students To Take Government Exam Barbara Crowell, Hartsell Woosley, and Charlie Hester Smith have sent applications to the Ten nessee Valley Authority for the position of Junior Clerk and plan to take the examination offered all applicants on February 28. Workers are needed in filing, ac counting, pay roll, property and supply, storekeeping, and time- checking departments. By Their Words “Now I know why newspaper men don’t live long.” — Tomnw Swanner, struggling with head- “The drunken driver is the men ace on our highways today.”—Miss Sara Palmer. “I like that worse.” — Anne Reap. “This nation needs 50,000 more nurses—and you can help fill the bill.”—Miss Ann Barentine. “Here’s the way I wwked the problem: I take a little of this and put it over here, place a little of that there and out there I get the answer.”—Pete Whitley. “Love is the most important ele ment in the world.” — Bob Bass (voice of experience). “It’s not hard if you study. Hubert Morgan (discoverer). “Co-operation is when nobody else has his lesson if I don’t have mine.”—John Little. “Hartsell, please don’t lean against the case. Your desk might fall and you would hurt it.”—Miss Stevenson.