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THE FULL MOON
February 14, 1973
We Have Peace ...
What Will We Do With It?
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By Chuck Gaskin
How will peace effect our
nation, our community, our
school? Now that the war is
over, will more emphasis be
placed on problems at home
than problems abroad?
Thousands of American men
have died, billions of dollars
have been spent on the war
effort and the society in which
we live has had a slow but
steady downfall in the many
years we have been fighting in
Vietnam.
Garbage and waste pollute
the air, rivers, and land, while
pornography pollutes the minds
of the young. Cancer takes the
lives of thousands each year,
and the drug problem almost
equals the cancer problem in
severity...The drunk driver
keeps running his innocent
victims off the road, and coal,
and gas aren’t getting any
more plcnliful. Inflation effects
By Chick Morris
As you all know, basketball
season is dragging on through,
and if we are lucky, we will keep
five players on the team. Once,
the Bulldogs were the “Super
Seven.” Now they are the
“Super Six.” I seem to
remember when they were the
“Super Ten” or maybe the
“Super Twenty.” But now three
or four are out with broken
bones, one with an extreme
hangover, and two or three
others are out with chronic
hangnails.
This will soon, I feel, give rise
to brand new sports continuing
for the entire year for injured
athletes. For those with broken
bones and sprained bodies,
crutch fencing and wheelchair
racing will become popular.
Long distance events such as
the 1500 meter stagger will build
up stamina and shorten the road
to recovery.
Those who have almost
recovered can begin training
again with more challenging
sports such as cauliflower
I . . .Am Black
By Arlesa Daniels
I am. . .
Black
a female
beautiful
proud
loving
understanding
hating
needing
God to be my Guide
sweet
kind
considerate
sad
lonely
searching
striving
waiting
To believe He’s on my side.
February
everyone, crime continues to be
a major problem, and poverty
still haunts the poor.
Life in the United States is not
what it should be. But, now that
we’re out of Vietnam, what
goals should we strive to
achieve? Should we continue
manufacturing weapons enough
to blow up the world fifty times,
or should we work on problems
right here in our own country?
Why Did We Fight?
We fought in Vietnam
because we believed that a
country should be able to choose
its own government. “No
country should have one type of
government forced upon them,”
we exclaimed, but as the years
went by and the war was at a
standstill, we began questioning
whether or not we were doing
the right thing. The Vietnamese
were tired of war. Many had
never known peace and were
beginning to want a roof over
wrestling, and, instead of the
shot-put, we can avoid the
recurrance of hernias with the
doughnut-put. Also, a gigantic
sculpture as a tribute to the
Unknown Athlete can be
fashioned out of discarded
plaster casts. Inside, the
Unknown Athlete will be
mummified, swathed in the
bandages of thousands of
injured would-be stars.
Finally, as a last resort for
the distraught coach, a small
box would be located in the
gym, labeled “In Case of
Desperate Situation, Break
Glass.” Inside would be a small
box labeled “One Dehydrated
Superstar, Just Add Water.
Knee Cartilage Optional.”
Sports
By Jan (iriffin
A common sight in the halls
these days is crutches, slings,
and plaster of paris. Everyday
more and more lunch periods
are being spent signing casts
and comparing accidents.
The seven boys in the picture
were all injured while compet
ing in one type of sport or
another. Buddy Clark, Robert
Stoker, John Frederick, Sammy
Ferguson, and Tom Knotts were
playing football and broke
bones in their arms, while
Reggie Dailey, Mark Phifer,
and Andy Ritchie were hurt
playing basketball.
The afflicted athletes had
various attitudes toward their
injuries. John likes the cast on
his right wrist because he said
he never has to write, but
Reggie says he never thought he
could miss his little finger so
much. Sammy claims that his
cast puts a damper on certain
activities, but not all of them!
When Mark was asked how he
liked his cast, he replied, “As
far as casts go, it’s a fine one!”
Tom, who has already had his
cast removed, commented, ‘It
was a pain!”
Lots of people don’t realize
what it is like to have broken
bones. Besides dragging around
a hot cast or sling, or hobbling
on crutches day after day, there
are the problems of getting
behind in taking notes, of being
their heads and food in their
mouths, regardless of the type
of government. We have now
reached peace, and the South
Vietnamese have a choice in
government. We have, suppos
edly gained what we wanted
from the Vietnam War.
But the war itself is over and
behind us. Let’s remember the
lives lost, and the principle for
which these men died. But now
let us concern ourselves with
the problems in our own
community.
A country can be strong two
ways. Our country is strong
militarily, but the morale of our
people is far from strong. Let us
build up our pride and morale
by making the United States a
group of united people-united in
ideas, united in cause, and
united in love for our
fellowman.
Am I Different?
Many people don’t compre
hend my manner of action, they
say this man is crazy, this man
is drunk.
But this is my way of acting.
Many people have manner of
acting regularly. These people
value what other people think
(respect).
Have you already been
yourself in your lifetime? If not,
why don’t you attempt to be.
You will see that what other
people think about you has little
value.
If you want to shout, shout; if
you want to cry, cry.
Maybe now you can under
stand more about me. I’m not
crazy. I’m not drunk, I only do
the things that are more easy
for me.
I will like all who try to
understand me and try to be my
friend.
By Steve Crowell
This, the school year of 1973,
has been a very successful year
as far as student actions and
attitudes are concerned. So far,
no major fights or riots have
erupted. In most cases students
and teachers are cooperating
with each other, and our school
spirit is rapidly increasing. This
year at least most of us appear
to have more pride in ourselves
and in our school. As in most
schools, communities, cities,
and countries, however, a
small minority of people are
always causing trouble. Even
with the great strides forward
our school as a whole has made
this year, a few of us are stuck
on the foolish idea of holding the
school back instead of letting it
step forward.
These few students are
determined to give our [ligh
school and its student body a
bad name.
Six weeks ago a group of
vandals struck the front side of
our school leaving the words
“Midnight Ramblers” imprint
ed on the wall in paint. Since
then, they and other vandals
have appeared three more
times leaving messages written
on the cement floor, the outside
windows, and the column. Up
until a few weeks ago the
messages could be erased, but
over the weekend of January
19-21 the words “Midnight
Ramblers” were sprayed in
paint on the brick wall. This
time they cannot be erased.
During the afternoon of Janu
ary 18, a cherry bomb exploded
in an upstairs bathroom
requiring a student to be
carried to the hospital. The
same day a rock shattered the
back window of a faculty
member’s car. How much
longer will the destruction of
property at this school last?
The malicious events which
have taken place in our school
are unfortunately a reflection
on the entire student body. Over
90 per cent of the student body
detests such actions by these
few rebellious students, but the
whole school suffers and
receives the punishment be
cause of the actions of a few.
The mutilations of our
building could be stopped if we
would only report what we
know. Again the age old
question comes to mind; at
what point does an individual
keep his mouth shut? Hopefully,
enough of us will assume the
responsibility to convey what
we know about the vandalism to
the proper authorities. If I know
something and say nothing,
what degree of guilt do I have?
Can Get Rough
Students Pay A High Price For Sports
last in the lunch line and of Wheeler, “There’s no better
climbing the many flights of way to receive an injury than
stairs carrying crutches and from a sport!”
books.
How do Coaches Wheeler and
Frazier feel about several
members of their teams
suffering broken bones? For
Coach Frazier, losing two
starters from his basketball
team is a first in his 15 years of
coaching. He stated, ‘I’ve been
attending church regularly and
have increased my dues; I just
have a feeling help is on the
way!”
These injured boys will be off
the courts and fields for a while,
but in the words of Coach
The Full Moon
Albemarle Senior High School
Albemarle, N. C. 28001
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