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THE FULL MOON
October 6, 1961
Editor.
Managing
The Full Moon
Published Monthly By
Mrs. Fry's Journalism Class
EDITORIAL STAFF
Harriet Reeves
News
News writers-;;;;;;:;;;;;;
Bowen, Sandra Huneycutt.
Editor Loretta Holt
FeXre Writer^ Brenda Smith, Gay Snuggs, Sylvia
feature wriiers , Wall, Jane Crutchfield, Frances
Sides, Vivian Smith, Becky Moss,
Brenda Morris.
Snorts Editor Simpson
Sports Writers r—■ IV^L^ter, Lester Bivens,
^ Skippy Baldwm.
Business Manager
l^ness Manager ::ZZZZ::ZZi^a^^,Sl3
Circulation Manager i iSiTb Frv
Faculty Advisor ^ Mrs. Paul B. Fry
School Spirit
When the term “school spirit” is mentioned, the first visual
interpretation to most students is ;how much noise is made during
an athletic contest. We have found from class discussion that
“school spirit” means much moreUhan this.
To understand more fully wftat we mean, it is necessary to
review a literal interpretation of. the term. “School, a place for
teaching and learning”, is a word | that is familiar to all of us. We
spend large amounts of time therje. Webster gives “spirit as an
enthusiastic loyalty that one has' for”. Therefore, “school spirit”
is the enthusiastic loyalty that on^ has for a place for teaching and
learning, in our case, Albemarle Senior High School. School spirit
can be exhibited in many ways, three of which ^re loyalty of each
individual, participation in school, activities, and the total personal
attitude of each student.
Being loyal to our school means that we must uphold its name
on or off the school grounds. We should always remember that
we are a product of our school. In fact, we are our school. What
others think of us determines theit impression of our school. What
is your reaction when someone makes an unfavorable remark about
our school? What is your response when you are being observed
by others at athletic events, coracerts, or other school-sponsored
programs? How do you react to uncomplimentary antics of fellow
students during assembly programs, classroom activities, or when
left without direct supervision? (Since there is no honor among
thieves, to steal moments of bad reflection toward our school or to
indulge in bad conduct shows that we do not have loyalty for our
school.)
Secondly, school spirit consists of taking part in activities and
doing our best to make them worthwhile. Getting the most out of
classes and helping others to achieve the same is an ideal way of
showing school spirit. By participating in class discussions or
projects we create a more interesting environment and promote a
friendlier atmosphere. Similarly, taking an active part in intra
murals is a way of creating school spirit. The enjoyment and en
thusiasm of students can be furthered by taking part in athletics,
by participation, if one has the ability, by being a team manager,
keeping score, and, most certainly, by being a morale booster by
attending games and supporting teams. Likewise, there are clubs
for everyone’s own special talent. A group obtains unity when it
meets together for a common cause. This unity, in turn, promotes
desirable school spirit. Clubs promote cooperation and teamwork.
Black Masque, our Dramatic Club, for instance, is a club in which
teamwork plays a vital part. Students can take part by portray
ing characters, being prompters, furnishing costurnes, helping with
lighting and scenery, thus making the play a unified school proj
ect of interest and success. In our school there is much learning
but there is also time for fun, relaxation, and application of our
varied talents. Do you belong to* so many clubs or participate in
so many activities that your interest or talent is not great enough
to contribute to the success of ai|iy one of them? If so, you
retarding school spirit.
Lastly, but most certainly the most important factor in schcwl
spirit is the personal attitude of each individual student. While
some schools have a drab curriculum, in our school the administra
tion is constantly pushing forward to give us the very b^t educa
tion possible. We must remember the work of our teachers, who
constantly strive to do their very best for us. Impertinence toward
teachers will not win any popularity contest. Teachers have a
specific role to fulfill in the education of young people and should
be respected at all times. In addition to this, we should make
every effort to respond to their educational guidance. We can be
proud of our school personnel. Cooperation between students and
teachers will determine whether a school has any spirit.
We should respect all school property. Included in this phase
are to be found such things as the proper care of books and desks,
keeping the parking lot and lunchroom clean, as well as the hall
ways. We should also respect school rules which are set forth for
our own good by the administration, but, more often, by our elected
student government. Respect for, and cooperation with, fellow
students are important factors concerning the way our personal
attitude affects school spirit. Members of the student body niust
honor the rights, privileges, and property of others. In conclusion,
it is found that school spirit is a personal attitude; it comes from
within the individual and cannot be “manufactured.”
During our active day, the time we are not elsewhere, we
spend six hours and thirty-five minutes in school. A place where
we spend so much of our time cannot help but have an effect on us.
We have even a greater effect on it. Since our school has helped
greatly to rnake us what we are, we should examine our actions
to determit^ what we are making of it. “All the way, Big Blue, all
the way” refers to something more than purchased blue uniforms.
It is a symbol of the efforts of each individual to give all he has
in every way to the betterment of his school through loyalty, sin
cere participation in activities, and total personal attitude.
DIRECTORY
Student Council
President Jeff Underwood
Vice
President Raymond Earnhardt
Secretary Delores Morton
Treasurer Rowena Kluttz
Sponsor... Mrs. Young
Nationcd Honor Society
President Sherry Pegram
Vice President Edward Lowder
Secretary ...Judy Wilson
Treasurer.. Barbara Doby
Chaplain- .Margaret Allred
Scrapbook
Chairman ...Frances Sides
Sponsor Mrs. Westerlund
Full Moon
Editor Harriet Reeves
ni 1 ci n
Manager^.... Edward Lowder
Assistant
Business Manager. John Gore
News Editor. Nancy Russell
Managing Editor..Sherry Pegram
Feature Editor. Loretta Holt
Sports Editor Don Simpson
Circulation
Manager Robert Thorneburg
Sponsor Mrs. Paul Fry
Crossroads
Editor Barbara Doby
Assistant Editor..Margaret Allred
Busiri6ss
Manager. Mickey Mauldin
Literary Editor Judy Wilson
Co-Photography
Editors Ellen Hatley,
Bill Sweet
Co-Art Editors Pauline Furr,
Sylvia Fesperman
CLASS OFFICERS
Senior
President Mickey Mauldin
Vice President... James Caudle
Secretary Margaret Allred
Treasurer - Ellen Hatley
Sponsor..Miss Chicora Caughman
Junior
President Neville Patterson
Vice President Susan Kayler
Secretary - Rickie Furr
Treasurer Steve Smith
Sponsor - Mrs.
Sophomore
President Terry Morgan
Vice President.....Robert Scarboro
Secretary - Sue Underwood
Treasurer Barbara Furr
Sponsor Mrs. Gamewell
F. T. A.
President Margaret Allred
Vice President Nancy Russell
Secretary Carrletta Redfern
Treasurer Jane C^eer
Chaplain Jane Crutchfield
Reporter Judy Wilson
Sponsor Mrs. Bob Gantt
F. H. A.
F.H.A. President... Jane Rogers
Vice President ..Drinda Harley
Secretary Sharon Lane
Treasurer Joan Hathcock
Sponsor Mrs. Warren Coble
Boosters Club
President Janice Hearne
Vice President Judy Starnes
Secretary Rickie Furr
Treasurer .Vivian Smith
Deese
Inquisitive InqixisitoT
QUESTION: What Is Your Pet Peeve?
Girls
don’t have a pet
have a pet dog.”
peeve. I
. . . Betty
“I
only
Revel.
Boys with eight arms.” . . .
Diana Harris.
“Somebody messing with my
rear view mirror.” ... Sheila Har
ris.
Being brainless!” . . . Janice
Heame.
“Locking my keys up in the
car.” . . . Rebekah Swaringen.
“Running out of gas.” ... Kaye
Vickers.
People who don't respect sen
iors.” . . . Nancy Stoker.
“Taking tests.” . . . Carletta
Redfern.
Bisected frogs.” ... Anita Tay
lor.
“Cars that won’t start when
they should.” . . . Sharon Lane.
“School.” . . . Nancy Thomp
son.
“People who call me on the
phone and hang up.” . . . Lana
furner.
Being trampled in the sopho
more hall.” . . . Jane Greer.
People who park beside me
at the drive in.” . . . Sylvia Fes
perman.
Squeaky shoes.” . . . Brenda
York.
“Bulletin boards.” . . . Pauline
Furr.
“Girls primping in public.” . . .
Judy Hesley.
"The boys in my homeroom.”
. Judy Hudson.
“Conceited people.” . . . Cathy
Freeman.
“I don’t like people who talk
about others behind their backs.”
. Janet Allred.
Having to step over sopho
mores and being knocked down
by the seniors on the way to my
classes.” . . . Judy Starnes.
Boys
“Sophomores.” . . - Dan Hun
eycutt.
“Any car that takes six hours
to come from Myrtle Beach.” . . .
Tommy Little.
“I don’t have no peeves.” . . .
Hinky Tucker.
“Dull people.” ... Lloyd Crisco.
“I don’t like people who can’t
think for themselves.” ... Charles
Stockton.
“He’s a little cocker spaniel.”
. . . Raymond Perry.
“Nothin" oeeves me.” . . . Mic
key Mauldiru
“I oiuy ^et mad when some
one gets mad at me.” . . . Gary
Barrier.
“Laziness!” . . . Joe Frick.
“Football players having to
dress in phys. ed.” . . . Tommy
Mauldin.
“People who do not respect a
man for his profession, whether
he be a ditch digger or a doc
tor.” . . . Mr. Nye.
“Football players who pick on
me.” . . . Tony Furr.
“People who do the opposite of
what they say.” ... James Cau
dle.
“Having to answer questions
for the FULL MOON.” . . . John
ny Whitley.
“Teachers who pick on one per
son.” . . . Roger Burleson.
“Mrs. Deese telling us we’re
going to have a French test.” . . .
Steve Smith.
“Seeing girls primp in public.”
. . . Bill McKenzie.
“Having to close Miss Misen-
heimer’s windows before school
is out every afternoon.” . . . Tony
“Not being able to go to the
‘Nab Wagon’ after lunch.” . . .
Johnny Boaz.
Teacher Of The Month
5x=3y+7z — This is a familiar 1 sponsor of the Future Teachers
phrase in the classroom of the
Teacher of the Month this month.
Mrs. Christine Gantt, now begin
ning her second year at ASHS,
has become very popular with its
students.
A graduate of Atlantic Chris-
ti an College, Mrs. Gantt has
taught algebra and geometry
here. She has also served as
of America. When asked to
chaperon a chartered bus to Lex
ington, Mrs. Gantt gladly offered
her services.
For these reasons and many
others Mrs. Gantt was chosen for
the Teacher of the Month. Al
bemarle Senior High School is
indeed fortunate to have such a
capable person on its faculty.
CAMPUS CHATTER
Hi
Block Masque
! President Sylvia Wall
(Officers to be elected)
Modern Music Masters
President Sherry Pegram
Vice President. Bobbie Atkins
Secretary .Frances Sides
Treasurer Pam Cooper
Historian Jane Boaz
Co-Sponsors....Mr. Fry, Mr. Hauss
Senior Choir
President Hinky Tucker
Vice President Jimmy Barbee
Secretary. Nancy Russell
Treasurer.... Tommy Little
Bible Club
President Gay Snuggs
Vice President...Beverly Freeman
Secretary Janet Allred
Treasurer Joanna Morris
Historian Sylvia Griffin
Sponsor Mrs. McClintock
Debate
President Harriet Reeves
Vice President...Beverly Freeman
Secretary Pauline Furr
Sponsor ..Mrs. Hayes
Friends,
Well, it seems that everyone has that ‘back-to-school’ look
again now that summer holidays are over and sleeping late is a
thing of the past. , , .
Sophomores frantically dashing from class to class. Juniors
taking the corners with a little more ease, and Seniors breaking in
that new feeling of superiority, makes a vivid but typical picture
of ASHS.
Few couples survived throughout the summer, but some who
have been seen in the halls are Tommy Lander and Faye Mabe,
Nancy and Steve, Rickie and Jimmy, Lloyd and Judy, Wanda and
Butch, Tommy and Rowena, and Sylvia and Danny.
Football players started practice in August but they weren t
the only ones working out. If you happened to have passed Junior
High School about six o’clock in the morning you were probably
met by six'sleepy majorettes. Physical-fitness was the theme of
their program and running around the outside of the football field
was their most difficult task. Was it worth it girls?
It seems that the cheerleaders wanted to enjoy one last vaca
tion before returning to school. Ocean Drive Beach was the scene
of the action. Although the weather was lovely, we hear snow
really fell. Right, girls? We understand the chaperones, Frances
Sides, and Ellen Efird also found the trip to be the greatest.
It has been reported to us that the majorettes and cheerleaders
are both donning new uniforms. Could there be any truth to this?
'The ASHS students are happy with their victories over Myers
Park, South Rowan, and Lexington. We’re proud of our football
team and especially those members making the check list: Johnny
Furr and Jeff Underwood. Way to go, boys!
We hear parties are the fad these days with Vickie Hudson
starting things off after the Myers Park game. , ,
Jane Crutchfield’s open house was the scene of a real blast
after the game with South Rowan. Those having an especially
good time were Mickey and Sherry, Danny and Marie, Johnny and
Pat and Tommy and Rowena. We hear there were a few linger
ing’guests until the wee hours of the morning right, Jane?
What do you think of American Birthdays, Marie? We’re sure
Julie Butler, host, will never forget your groan of “Mama Mia”
as you were greeted by Harriet, Loretta, Vivian, Janice, Sylvia,
Cathy, Sue, Sherry, Nancy, Jane Greer, Frances, Sheila, Becky, Jane
Crutchfield, Brenda, Barbara, Ellen, Margaret Judy, and Linda.
We understand someone received a lot of pretty gi^ts.
Congratulations to Edward Lowder, Charles Stockton, and Ed
die McLester, who are semi-finalists in the National Merit Scholar
ship. Good luck; we’re pulling for you all the way.
We are protid of Rowena Kluttz, who is our Carrousel Princess.
We know she will represent us well.
Well, friends, we guess this brings you up to date. Don’t smile
big because we didn’t tell on you—^we will next time!
LOOK AND CROOK.
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