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THE LEXHIPEP
October 4. 1946
The Lexhipep
Published Monthly by the Students of the
Lexington High School, Lexington, North Carolina
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1946-47 EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief .............. Becky Smtih
Assistant Editor - Tommy Yuong
Literary Editor - Bob Peeler
Assistant Literary Editor ............ Adele Tuttle
School News Editor ............ Mary Sue Thomason
Sports Editor ............... Bill Hedrick
Assistant Sports Editor ............. Hubert Olive
Joke Editor ........... Johnny McCrary
Feature Editor ............... Sue Hooper
Columnists ......... Mortha Harbinson, Mary Ann Hartzog
Reporter ............... Betty Jo Everhart
Exchange Editor - Jack Swaim
Alumni Editor - - Enid Ayers
1946-47 BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manoger - - Woody McKoy
Assistant Business Manager ------- Tommy Stokes
Bookkeeper ..W. Stanford Tate
Photographers ....... . Bill Johnson/ John Hudson
Typists ..... Jack Alber, Ruth Jones, Ralph Musgrave, Evelyn McDade
Advisor .............. Mrs. Ottis M. Hedrick
“SERIOUS THOUGHTS”
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is
brutish.—Proverbs 12:1.
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it moves stones, it charms brutes.
L,nthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories
without it.—Bulwer.
EDITCRiAL!
Something Must
Be Done!
-Bob Peeler
Last month all North Carolina school bells once again tolled the opening
of the fall term of public school. Before the opening, as now, there was a
grea deal of worry and displeasure in the minds of school leaders because
of the shortage of teachers.
Look in any daily paper and what do you see? Classified advertisements
from superintendents in search of teachers and principals fill the pages.
The shortage is something which really is serious. And why should not
it be serious? The salaries which North Carolina pays its teachers is a
downright shame and a disgrace. Economic conditions in the state are now
at an aii time high, but the teachesr’ salaries are still at the same all time
low level.
Consider th eamount of training a teacher needs and how much money
she must spend, on this education; and also consider that she works only
nine months during a year. Now, do not you also agree that the compensa
tion that a teacher receives for her work is really shameful?
It si true that the state of North Carolina has fine, well-equipdep school
buildings, but of what good are they if the state cannot pay a teacher enough
money to make he profession profitabole.
Every year more and more of our teachers are either changing professions
because of more decent wages in other fields, or they are leaving the state
to teach in a state where teachers’ salaries are higher. You may ask why
teachers do such a thing. They do it simply because North Carolina pays
its teachers lower wages than does almost every other state in the union.
It is a pitiable situation. North Carolina has a surpuls of several million
dollars in her treasury, and she is in excellent financial condition. Yet, she
cannot increase the salaries of her teachers simply because her people do not
realize the critical situation; and, if they do realize it, they are afraid to
relieve the situation because of political reasons.
Something must be done soon to raise teachers’ salaries, because the
Whole future of North Carolina’s school system depends largely upon this
one factor.
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and
Miss
BOB PEELER, MARY ANNE HUNT
M. A. H. and M. A. H.
The LEXHIPEP resumes its old column and substitutes for “Popular
Pickins’ ’’ of last year “Mr. and Mrs. L. H. S.’’, choosing a senior boy and
girl each month by popular vote for the senior class.
We are fortunate in finding two very popular seniors gazing at the
advertisements of “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” this afternoon. They
are none other than Mary Anne Hunt and Robert George Peeler.
Mary Anne is 5 ft. 6, blonde headed, fair complexioned and has a very
nice figure. She likes wide belts, royal blue, football, selling Christmas
cards, people, camel walk, bangs, and Em’s T-model. She’s made quite a
collection of wide belts, and she wears a lot of royal blue; so you see she not
only likes them but wears them also. She dislikes fire-alarms, ticklish left
knees (she has one), vacuum cleaners, snakes, wild Indians, and Duke.
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Mary Anne’s college is the Unviersity of Alabama, but she is unable to
get in. That’s tough, ’cause Mary Anne was born in Alabama and likes it
very much. But second choices are W. C. and Carolina.
Mary Anne’s profession isn’t just limited to one but several. She wishes
to be a forest ranger, vocalist, professional ballroom dancer, a model, and a
social worker. She certainly is going to have a busy life, but it anyone can
accomplish it she can.
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In her leisure time you will find her giving Betty Claire (her lil sister)
down the country “Night and Day” is her favorite song, and “Rhapsody in
Blue” comes second.
Her ambition is to put handles on dixie cups—also to drive E. Clyde’s car
without having one or more of the occupants scared to death.
Mary Anne, better known as A. J., is a member of the Tri-Hi-Y, Honor
Society, Beta Club, Quill and Scroll, LEXICON Staff (business manager).
Cotillion Club, and Etiquette Club. She is also an outstanding cheerleader.
Here’s to ya! A. J.M!
Bob Peeler, our Mi-. L. H. S. for this month, is tall, dark, and handsome (?)
His likes are many. First of all is bananas, then comes Catawba, onions,
ice cream, M. A. H.’s (all of them), golf, basketball, football, steak (5 inches
thick), and women (none in particular). You can see by his likes that he
should be leal easy to get along with, and he is. His dislikse (quote) liver
(but def.) (unquote). Then he dislikes Carolina, ignorant people, conceited
people, partiality, gossipy people.
His college preferences are Catawba and Duke. It must run in the
family, ’cause his brother and sister went to Catawba and his father went
to Duke.
Bob’s profession is undecided, but he is thinking about law.
Having fun is his favorite pastime (your guess is as good as ours as
to what kind of fun!!). Peeler’s favorite songs are “To Each His Own’’
and “Temptation.”
His activities are LEXHIPEP (literary editor). Cotillion Club, Etiquette
Club, Honor Society (treasurer). President of the Senior Class, Hi-Y, Quill
and Scroll, Beta Club, Football (3 years). Tennis (2 years). Basketball (2
years). Bob said, when interviewed, that he wanted to be a big business
man and make a lot of money and go places and have fun.
We know that you’ll succeed. Peeler. You’re O.K.