The Full Moon
Vol. 17, No. 5 Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C. March 14, 1952
1952 GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM
First row (left to right): Doris Hinson, Evelyn Kimrey, Kathryn Kimrey, Miss Mary Schell (coach)>
Gene Barringer, Barbara Huneycutt, Peggy Johnson; second row: Harvey Ann Smith, Van Lowder;
Janet Troutman, Betty Gantt, Jeanette Dennis, Paula Howard, Janet Glover; third row: Ruth Ann
Copley (scorekeeper) and Patsy Williford (manager). —Cut courtesy News and Press.
54 Biology Students Visit
Children's Nature Museum
and 'JkefiQ
“AND REBEKAH ALIT off the
horse,” ifead the Bible student.
“Some people,” said Miss Har
rison, “think that this is the
basis for women smoking.”
* * *
MRS. HAYES: “You can’t take
your money wth you when you
die.”
David Plowman; “If you do,
it will be burned up.”
* * *
DOUG KNOTTS: “How does
Jerry make love?”
Carolyn Miller: “You might
dfefine it as unskilled labor.”
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APPARENTLY TEACHERS
can’t win. At least it seemed
so to Mrs. Morris. “Some of this
translation will have to be
done outside,” she said to her
second period class.
“We can’t,” answered Henry
Carpenter. “It’s raining out
side.”
* * *
.Mr. R. C. HATLEY: “An in
telligent man is one who is
cool, calm, and collected.”
Jimmy Brown: “I’m cool and
calm, but I’ve never collected
anything.”
* * *
MR. CARTER WAS reffereeing
a basketball game between the
junior and freshman girls. After
he had called a foul, some of
the girls disagreed.
“Well, when I hfear meat slap
ping together, it’s a foul,” re
plied Mr. Carter.
* * *
. GEOMETRY IS MORE than
just circles and lines. Evidence
of that is this little incident
whch happened in geometry thte
other day.
“If you girls would only pay
more attention to geometry and
less to men—Miss Micheal
told ^em.
“Well, we’ll use men more
than we will use geometry,” was
the bright remark of one of her
pupils.
*
WHILE READING A story to
her economics class, Mrs. Hayes
l9oked back and thei^ sat Les
lie Swanner on the floor, be
cause his seat had broken.
“First time I’ve ever had theni
rolling in the aisles at a story
I’ve i^ad,” commented Mrs.
Hayes.
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. THE SENIORS WERE study
ing the Anglo-Saxon period of
English history.
Mrs. Fry: “The Romans
1‘eigned for almost 400 years.”
Bruce Lowder: “Must have
heen mighty wet in England.”
* * *
“DOES A COMMA come after
‘Beforfe he goes’?” asked Mrs.
Morris.
^ “It usually does,” answered
Barbara Crowell, “But that sen
tence is so short, I don’t think it
Would.”
“How are your ferns?” asked
Bruce.
* * *
^ BOBBY KELLY: “Let’s go to
«adin and paint the town red.
Don Archer: “O. K., but it
^on’t take ovfer a half a pint
of paint.”
» * *
, ROGER MORRIS: “I don’t
think the Wife of Bath should
he called an aristocrat.”
Doug Knotts: “She should be
called a professional because
®he had been married five
times.”
* * *
WHEN THE MIXED CHORUS
finished singing a song, Mf Fry
Sneezed real big and said,
“I’m allergic to people singing
on pitch.”
. IT SEEMS LIKE BOTH of Mrs.
Morris’ French classes have a
?ystem of harrassing her. For
I’^stance, she said: , .
“Has anybody seen Virginia
“elms or do you know where
she went”
“Certainly,” Catherine Atkins
^^Plied, “I saw her walk out of
here with a piece of paper in
her hand.”
, “Thank you, Catherine, I
*^now just where she has gone.
Speakers, Writers
Are Active Group
Members of the Speaking and
Writing club of AHS are actively
participating in various con-
tests.
Three AHS students have en
tered in the essay contest, spon
sored by the Medical Association.
They are Bernice Roscoe, Patsy
Pettit, and Lewis Kluttz. ,
Ann Whitlock and Marie Clay
ton have both entered poems in
the Scholastic Writing Awards
contest and Bernice Roscoe and
Ellen Cook have each entered
short short stories.
Martha Rae Harris entered
the American Legion Oratorical
contest and was winner of both
the county and district contests
by default.
The triangular debates of the
North Carolina High School De
bating Union will be held
throughout the state on March
28. The affirmative debaters for
Albemarle high school are Caro
lyn Williams and Sally Aus-
band, and the negative are Car
olyn Miller and Catherine At
kins. , , . ,
Albemarle high school is in
the triangle with Harding and
Lexington high schools. On
March 28, the negative debaters
from Harding high will come to
Albemarle to debate with the
affirmative Albemarle contend
ers, while the negative Albe
marle debaters will go to Lex
ington to debate with Lexing
ton’s affirmative contenders.
The winners in the debates will
go to the University of North
Carolina for the state finals.
To shave or not to shave—
that is the question.
Boys, how often do you
shave? Every day, or maybe
once or twice a week? What
is your favorite make of razor?
How old were you when you
started shaving? Do you own
your own razor? Whose razor
did you use the first time you
shaved?
Those were just a few of
the questions given recently to
a group of senior and junior
boys. These questions formed
part of a nationwide survey
given to determine the shav
ing habits of the average male
high school student.
Did you happen to know,
for instance, the biggest ma
jority of the boys around AHS
started shaving when they
were either 15 or 16? Or that
Clean-Up Program
Was Held In A. H. S.
The students of A.H.S. turn
ed into housekeepers for Clean-
Up Day, which was held
March 12 and 13. A flower
vase will be awarded this
morning in chapel to the
cleanest room.
The rooms were judged not
only for cleanliness, but for
neatness and attractiveness,
also. The judges were the
Housekeeping committee, of
which Jo Ann Griffin is chair
man.
The attractive clean-up pos
ters which have appeared in
the halls for the past several
weeks were made by Kather
ine Groves, Ellen Cook, and
David Morrow.
Besides the prize that will
be awarded in chapel today,
Miss Harrison, Student Coun
cil advisor, hopes that a prize
can be given every month to
the cleanest room.
The Student Rotarian for
March is Johnny Eagle, and the
Student Lion is Randall Plyler.
4: * 4;
Junior Josey last Wednesday
tried out at Catawba college as
a prospective band student and
was awarded a scholarship.
most of the boys shave at
least three times a week?
Believe it or not, but not
one boy out of the 24 inter
viewed had not yet started
shaving! Only two out of the
24 juniors and seniors ques
tioned shave less than once a
week. The earliest age of
starting to shave was 13,
while, the oldest was 17%.
Another interesting fact was
that most of the boys answer
ing the questions used either
their father’s or brother’s razor
the first time they tried shav
ing. (Or should, we call it
cutting?) Others said that
they had either used their
own or just used one they
found lying around the house.
The make of razor used most
and liked best was Gillette.
Over half of the boys first
The biology students of Albe
marle high school, under the
direction of Mrs. Lyke, made a
very enjoyable trip to the Chil
dren’s Nature museum in Char
lotte on March 6.
This museum, which is a
project of the Junior League of
Charlotte, is located in beautiful
Freedom Park. It has many of
the newest ideas on how to
help people to get better ac
quainted with natute.
When the group arrived, they
were greeted by Miss Laura
Owens, the director. She took
them on a tour of the building
and showed a movie in the mu
seum’s huge projection room.
By far the most interesting
part of the building was the live
animal room. In this there were
skunks, foxes, bears, and ra
coons. The animals were quite
tame, and they seemed to enjoy
having people pet them. Of
special interest was a tame
crow that hid Eugene Miller’s
keys and had to be persuaded to
return them.
After the tour through the
building the group went for a
walk on the nature trail. This
trail runs through 40 acres of
woods, which contain many dif
ferent types of native plant life.
Each tree, flower and shrub is
labeled and number'ed.
Thirty students made the
morning trip and 24 made the
afternoon trip. The, chaperone
was Mrs. Lyke.
using Gillette razors wanted
another of the same make
when they bought a new one.
An amazing fact was that
there are only a very few of
the boys who ui^e an electric
razor or even want one. The
ones who have them claim
that they take less time and
eliminate lather artd chang
ing blades.
The boys were asked what
they don’t like about the first
razor they ever used. Most of
the boys said that it cut the
wrong thing—their faces. It
seems, though, that they still
like the same kind they first
started using. All but a few
said that they now own a raz
or of their own.
Yes, shaving is a nuisance,
but just think—what would
boys look like without it?
Singing Groups
Attend Contest
Approximately 125 Albemarle
high school students attended
the annual district contest at
the Elizabeth school in Charlotte
yesterday, directed by Mr. Paul
B. Fry.
The different groups taking
part in the contest were the mix
ed chorus, ninth grade chorus,
ninth grade girls chorus, boys’
quartet and the girls’ trio. There
were also four soloists—soprano,
Marilyn Greene; alto, Arce Ros'e
Rich; tenor, J. C. Boone; and
baritone, David Morrow.
Each of the different groups
sang two songs. They are as
follows: mixed chorus, “Lord,
Thou Art Mighty,” Valinoff, and
“For God So Loved the World,”
Rhea; ninth grade chorus, “Ma
dame Jeanette,” Murray, and
“On the Coast,” a Norwegian
folk song; ninth grade girls’
chorus, “Green Cathedral,”
Hahn, and “Come, Christian,
Join the Song,” Mueller. The
boys’ quartet sang “Sea Gypsy,”
by Clark; and the girls’ trio
sang “When Love Is Kind,” ar
ranged by Cain.
The contest was a two-day af
fair, with the band attending
and taking part Wednesday and
the choruses going Thursday.
Sixteen counties were represent
ed with three judges from dif
ferent localities giving the
ratings.
In preparation for the contest,
the mixed chorus sang their
contest numbers in assembly,
besides singing at the First
Street Methodist church and
the First Baptist chui'ch in Al
bemarle.
Band Played In
District Contest
The Albemarle high school
band under the direction of Mr.
Spencer Hatley played in the
district contest in Charlotte on
Wednesday. Three musical ar
rangements were played. They
were the following, “The Foot-
lifter,” a march by Henry Till-
more, “The Hymn of Freedom,”
and “Overture Erocia,” based on
theme from Beethoven’s Third
Symphony.
According to Mr. Hatley, the
band students worked very hard
for the contest and put in extra
practices.
The band traveled by bus and
left early Wednesday morning.
By Their Words
“I’m a guy who admits his
faults, only I ain’t got any.”—
Roger Morris.
“I’m always glad to see my
neighbors get new things, be
cause I think maybe they will
share them with me,” — Mrs.
Hayes.
“Mrs. Morris, please remove
your head so that I can see the
board!”—Nancy Austin,
“That sounds pretty, but it’s
not in the music.”—Mr. Fry.
“He is always making smart
recracks.”—Sue Redfern.
“Mickey, if our spirits go to
the same place, will you speak
to my spirit if I sp-eak to
yours?”—Bill Lisk.
“He’s the most bald-headed
man I’ve ever seen!”—Mr. Grigg
talking about Mr. Sifford.
“I’m going to slap your head
clean off.”—Gene Huneycutt.
“A person has to have a li
cense to even be buried now.”
—Mr. Hatley.
“Better go on and spend your
money, because you can’t take
it v/ith you. If you do, it will
get burned up.” — David Plow
man.
“I’d pass all those cars if
there weren’t so many of them.”
—Nancy Austin. \
“This typewriter can’t spell.”
—Roger Morris.
“Hope the Baptists don’t get
to heaven first, ’cause if they
do there won’t be room for the
rest of us.”—Mr. Fry.
Shaving Necessary Nuisance To Boys