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Have Fun, Senioris The Lexhipep Attend The French-Spanish Plays Vol. XXXIX LEXINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, N. C., MARCH 23, 1962 No. 6 On the first day of spring these L.S.H.S. students are ready for spring sports. Reading left to right Richard Johnson, Noel Morphis, Bill Hall, C. Lee. Senior Tour Scheduled For April 11-17 By PAT MELTON Beginning April 11, 1962, a group of eighty-five excited L.S. H.S. Seniors will again invade Yankeeland. At 6:00 A.M., April 11, the students, chaperoned by Mrs. Ottis Hedrick, Mi.ss Char lotte Matthews, Mr. Carroll Bowen, and Mrs Roland Gibson, will begin their annual senior tour traveling in chartered Car olina Coach busses. On Wednesday afternoon of the first day, a tour of Colonial Wil liamsburg and Jamestown is scheduled. The seniors will reach Arlington, Va., at approximately 11:00 p.m. to spend the night. On Thursday, April 12, the tour of Washington begins. The stu dents will visit Mt. Vernon and Arlington Cemetery to see the Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers, staying to witness the changing of the guard. A tour of Arlington House follows. Thursday evening, the Seniors will dine at the Lo tus Club, and at 12:00 midnight the tourists will leave for New York. Arriving at the Taft Motel about 7:30 A.M. on Friday, April 13, the students may enjoy the morning free. At 1:00 P.M. there will be a guided tour of Rocke feller Center and the Observa tion Roof. Then the students go to Radio City Music Hall to see the Easter show and the “Rock- ettes.” Friday evening will be free to the seniors for their favo rite Broadway stage show. On Saturday, April 14, the group leaves Taft Hotel for a tour of upper New York, stopping for a tour of the Frick Art Gallery and the United Nations where they will have a group picture made. After an afternoon free, the students will enjoy an evening of dinner and dancing at the In ternational night club. Sunday morning, April 15, everyone will attend the church of his choice. At 2:00 P.M. there v/ill be a tour of lower New York, including Chinatown and the Sta tue of Liberty. On Monday, April 16, the morn ing will be free for shopping. The group will leave New York for (Continued on Page 7) French And Spanish Clubs' Presentations Set For March 30 By NANCY COSTNER The French and Spanish Clubs of the Foreign Language Depart ment are presenting plays and dancing on March 30, 1962, at L.S.H.S. Both clubs are work ing hard to present the best per formances the department has held at LSHS. The French Club, following a performance precedent of four years, present the play “La P’arce du Cuvier” (The Farce of the Washtub). The cast members are Jacquinot, Benny Parker; Jacqui- not’s wife, Joyce Stanley; and Jac- quinot’s mother - in - law, Betty McMillan. The club is also pre senting a short two act play “L’Enfrance de Jeanne d’ Arc”. (The Childhood of Joan of Arc). The players are Jeanne d’ Arc, Elaine Yates; Jacque, her fa ther, Ed Zimmerman; her moth er, Tony Wike; Pierre, her broth er, Mickey York; Petite Solur, her sister, Linda Kirkman. Friends are Eddie Holmes; Har- rieth, Barbara McGowen; Man- gette, Sherrill Fowler; Mareoni- que, Doris Harris; Luce, Shirley McCaskell; Catherine, Linda Nan nie; Marionne, Ann Smith; The Priest, Darrell Reavis; the crazy man, Bobby Smith. Miss Imogene Riddick, head of the French De partment is directing the plays. The Spanish Club wil present a one-act comedy “El Mancebo que se caso con mujer brava.” The characters are Mancebo, Claude Reynolds; father of Man cebo, Larry Koonts; La Moya, Frankie Newsome; father of Moya, Johnny Fite; mother of La Moya, Larry Young; Patronio, Don Knepper; servant. Perry Leonard, narrator, Dobin Cal houn. Six songs will be sung with two dances — “La Raspa”, and “El jarabe tapatio” (Mexican Hat Dance). This is the Spanish Club’s initial performance, and Mrs. Bell, head of the Spanish Department is directing the play and dances. A good attendance is urged and the evening promises enjoyable entertainment for student and the public at large. Curtain time is at eight o’clock. State Oratorical Contest Held At Senior High By TALMAGE HINKLE Five North Carolina high school students competed on Friday, March 9, in a state-wide oratori cal contest sponsored by the American Legion and held in the Lexington Senior High auditor ium. The contest was preceded by a brief talk by Governor Terry Sanford of North Carolina. The contestants participating in the event were Joyce Dennis of Ayden High School, represent ing Division 1; Ann Marie Lewis, Morehead City High, Division 2; Ellen Bacon, Hillsboro High, Di vision 3; Wayne James, Mineral Springs High, Division 4; and Janet Deal, Oak Hill High, Divi sion 5. Ann Marie Lewis, the winner, spoke on the subject, “The Eval uation of the Concept of People’s Rights as sustained in the ‘Con stitution of the United States.’ ” The first runner-up was Wayne James, who spoke on “The Peo ple’s Constitution—Ours to De fend.” A group of college professors served as judges. Rev. Milton Faust of Salisbury opened the program. Arnold Ray, command er of the local American Legion, c 'iivered the welcome. W. M, Roberts, State Oratorical chair man, was in charge of arrange ments. Governor Sanford was in troduced by Marvin Burton, past department commander of the American Legion. The Little Dog Laughed Is Presented To An Overflow Crowd By DORIS MORGAN On March 9, 1962, the Senior Class of Lexington Senior High School presented an outstanding performance of the play, THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED. The auditorium was completely fill ed, and the audience was thor oughly captivated by the antics of the players. There were many high spots in the play, including the now well-known “Purge Polka”, danced by Johnny “Sid Huntington” Fritts, John “Wally Huntington” Parker, and Betty “Martha Huntington” McMillan. At the beginning of the play, it was announced by Senior Class President, Kenny Swing, that the proceeds from this play would go toward paying for the six- hundred dollar concert curtain that was being used for the first time that night. Much to the joy of all the seniors and the class spons'ors, the total cost of the play was met that night. After much thought and delib eration, the class sponsors, Mrs. Hedrick, Miss Matthews, Mr. Bowen, and Mr. Holcombe, de cided to give the play over in assembly Tuesday morning, March 13. Again the auditorium was overflowing, and the play was greeted with as warm a re ception as before. Debaters for this season are shown here. Marie Moorefield and Betty Farris, Affirmative and Dobbin Callahan and Dick Bagby, Negative. Affirmative Debaters Win Over Albemarle By TONY WIKE On March 14 the Lexington Sen ior High varsity debate teams— affirmative, Bethy Farris and Marie Moorefield, Negative, Dob bin Callahan and Dick Bagby — took part in a dual debate with Albemarle High School. The Lex ington negative team debated Al bemarle affirmative here, while Lexington’s affirmative team traveled to Albemarle and return ed with a victory. The winners of the dual debate will represent their schools in the district de bate at Greensboro. From there debaters advanced to the state finals held at Chapel Hill. The state-wide query for debate has been set forth as, “Resolved: that the federal government should equalize educational op portunity by means of grants to the states for public elementary and secondary education.” The Wake Forest Speech Fes tival, to be held in April, will in clude all of the debaters. The following students have entered the debating program: Doug Everhart, Jeannet Turner, Mi chael Bell, Hugh Bingham, Con nie Beck, Ruth Davis, Larry Young, Bob Philpott, Bebs Mann, Ed Zimmerman, Charles Sch wartz, Glenn Talbert, Albert Joy ner, Teenie Sink, Jane Leonard, Sue Beck, Betty Hemphill, Eliza beth Gee, Jane Myers, and Nancy Miller. Mrs. Dugan Aycock sponsors the debating program, and also the World Peace Speaking pro gram which will be held later. CALENDAR OF EVENTS March 24—Band Contests March 27 — D. E. Banquet March 30—French - Spanish Plays April 2—Science Circus April 6—^Azalea Festival—Band April 10—Assembly April 11—Senior Tom’ Begins April 17—Senior Tour Ends April 20-27—Easter Vacations Five Represent LSHS At World IVffairs Conference By PAT HANKINS On March 8, 1962, Tony Ratia, Anna Sorensen, Doris Morgan, Emery Raper, and Pat Hankins v’ere privileged tn atterid 'he twelfth annual World Affairs Con ference in Chapel Hill. The Lex ington Woman’s Club was one of the many sponsors of this confer ence, and the five were accom panied by Mrs. Don Blanton, president of the Lexington Wom- aan’s Club. The program, centered on the problems in Latin America, be gan at 10 o’clock. Between 10 and 12 o’clock, speeches were given on the standpoint of wom en in Latin America, and the ever-present problems of inter vention in the Latin American af fairs. After each speech, time was allowed for any questions that might be asked. After a two hour break for lunch, which was spent exploring the campus of the uni versity, the meeting reconveined. At this time the concluding speeches were given. The main speech of the afternoon was cen tered around the topic “What can we do to help Latin Amer ica?” After this speech, at four o’clock, the meeting was ad journed. This meeting was of great in terest to everyone who attended, and each who did attend left with a greater understanding of the ever-present problems that are so near to us here in the United States, and the problems that are rarely ever thought of. Plans were made after the for mal adjournment for the next conference, and then everyone was dismissed.
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