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PUBLISHED EACH SCHOOL MONTH BY THE STUDENTS OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Volume X
Oxford, N. C., May, 1949
Number 6
Seniors To Receive Diplomas June 3
Judge W. A. Devin Will Address Srs.
Plans for graduating exercises^
of the class of 1949 have been com
pleted, as announced by Mr. C. G.
Credle, superintendent of Oxford
City Schools, and Mr. D. N. Hix,
principal of Oxford High School.
The annual Baccalaureate sermon
which will begin the exercises, will
be held at the First Baptist Church
of Oxford at eight o’clock on May
29. The pastor. Dr. M. L. Bannis
ter has invited Rev. Rowland Pruitt
of Boonesville, North Carolina to
deliver the commencement sermon.
Class Night
Class Night for the Class of ’49
will be held on June 1 at eight-
fifteen o’clock in the high school au
ditorium.
The valedictory and salutatory will
be delivered at this time by Arch Fort
and Helen Hall respectively. Also
at this time, Arch Fort and Charles
Brooks will deliver the Class Pro
phecy; Helen Hall, the Class Poem;
Ferebee Patterson, the Last Will
and Testament; John Parham, the
Class History; Caroline Crews,
Ulass Giftorian, will uisuiDute gifts.
Various awards and medals will be
presented, and the class gift to the
school will be presented by the Sen
iors.
Graduation Night
On the night of June 3 at eight-
fifteen o’clock, members of the Sen
ior Class of the Oxford High School
and of the John Nichols High School,
will receive their diplomas. Judge
W. A. Devin, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of North Cai’olina
will address the Seniors of both
schools. He is an Oxford citizen
whose home is on Main Street.
Those who will receive diplomas
from the Oxford High are: Maurice
Ray Blackwell, John Edward Boyd,
Robert Charles Brooks, William
Beai’l Brooks, Millard Allen Brum-
mitt, Howard Thomas Buchanan,
Blonnie Dale Bunn, William Lee
Burwell, Mitta Gairdner Carr, Robert
Frederick Carr, Frances Lucille
Chappel, Evelyn Caroline Crews,
Jean Elizabeth Crews, Roy Walter
Crews, Jr., Dorothy Evelyn Currin,
Luther Webb Daniel, William Aus
tin Daniel, Alfred Beecham Dean,
Jr., Mildred Mae Finch, Archibald
Taylor Fort, Helen Hall, Crudup
William Hobgood, Jr., Jessie E.
Hoyle, Jasper Dean Jones, Thomas
Cladius Jordan, III, George Ervin
Moore, Jr., James Fleming Newton,
Betty Jane Nutt, Charlotte Ann
O’Brian, Henry Thomas Osborn, Jr.,
Ann Dearien Pace, Ferebee Land
Patterson, Annice Rebecca Parham,
John Abner Parham, William Joseph
Pruitt, William Glenn Ragland, John
Alva Simpson, Mattie Sue Speed,
Isabel Hinton Stark, James Gordon
Steagall, James Talbot Tippett,
Jacquelin Francis Wheeler, Peter
Jefferson Wynne, Jr., William Thorp
Young.
Choral Clubs Present
Concert May 12
On May 12, 1949, the Choral
Clubs of 0. H. S. presented their
annual spring concert, under the di
rection of Mrs. Fred Webb, Jr. The
following program was presented:
Junior High Chorus: “A Little
Song of Life,” Busch; “0 Western
Wind,” Clokey; “Little Girl With
the Turned Up Nose,” Clark; “That
Music Enchanting,” Mozart.
Junior High Quartet: Meriwether
Walker, Helen Watkins, Betsy Bul
lock, Sam Royster: “Sweet Miss
Mary.”
Mixed Chorus: “Dedication,” Wil
son; “Cindy,” Mountain Dance Song,
arr. by Wilson; “Vale of Tuoni,”
Sibelius.
Girls’ Chorus: “Oft In the Stilly
Night,” with Antoinette Calvert,
soprano soloist; Traditional Irish
Air—arr. by Wilson; “At Eventide
It Shall Be Light,” Gaul; “By the
Bend of the River,” Katchy Royster,
1949 Honor Students
ARCH FORT
HELEN HALL
Senior Class Presents
Money For Lockers
In accordance with a plan set up
by the Class of ’48, the Senior Class
this year is presenting one-hundred
dollars to the school with which to
buy lockers. The Class of ’48 present
ed a similar amount of money with
, the hope that the lockers would be
soloist, by Edwaids, Going A-Mav-1 he-fni'e the opening of the
ing”—Nageli Luraas. “A Brown
Bird Singing,” Wood; sung by Jean
Clai-k, Sara Walker, Joan Parker.
Boys’ Chorus: “Climbin’ Up the
Mountain,” Negro Spiritual, arr. by
Smith; “Out On the Deep,” Lohr,
Ferebee Patterson, soloist; “By Ber-
demeeis Stream,” arr. by Wood, Al
fred Dean, soloist; “The Ranger
Song,” Tierney; “Ole Ark’s A-Mov-
erin’,” Negro Spiritual, arr. by Cain,
sung by Frank Daniel, John Dean,
Bobby Daniel, Wiley Oakley.
Mixed Chorus: “Incline Thine
Ear, Oh Lord,” Arkhangelsky; “Let
Us Break Bread,” Negro Spiritual,
arr. by Lawrence; “Alleliua! Christ
Is Risen,” Scholin; “God Is A Spirit,”
Scholin, sung by Janet Speed,
Katchy Royster, Gene Bullock.
Boys’ Quartet: “Without A Song,”
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New Council President
In the election of Student Council
officers on Friday, May 6, Buck Hicks
proved to be the students’ choice for
the presidency. Buck’s opposing can
didate, Donna Jean Yancey was de
feated by a margin of four votes.
Having been vice-president of the
council. Buck was automatically a
candidate for the presidency. He has
been a member of the council since
his freshman year, and is well equip
ped for the job.
The nominating committee, com
posed of Mildred Currin, Arch Fort,
Edith Ashley, and Alex Hancock,
with Miss Reams and Miss Wilkin as
advisers, presented the following
slate of officers: President: Donna
Jean Yancey, Vice-President: Ruth
Hedgepeth, Secretary: Patsy Brum-
mitt, Treasurer: Gilbert Ragland.
The candidates for the offices of
vice-president, secretary, and treas
urer were unopposed.
’48-’49 season. However, because of
a scarcity of materials the lockers
were not received, therefore the Class
of ’48 and the Class of ’49 have com
bined their funds and the order for
the lockers has been placed in the
hands of the school board along with
an order for lockers for the gym
nasium.
Honor Students
Selected
Honor students in the Senior Class
of 1949 were announced at the end of
the second semester. The Senior hav
ing the highest average for four years
in high school was Arch Fort. The
second highest average was made by
Helen Hall. These students have made
an outstanding scholastic record for
themselves at Oxford High School,
showing superior qualities of leader
ship and scholarship.
In the fall, we will find Arch Fort
at the University of North Carolina,
and Helen Hall at Woman’s College
in Greensboro.
Candlelight Theme of Junior-
Senior Banquet
“With a candle to light their way”^
the Senior Class of Oxford High
School was entertained by the Junior
Class at their annual banquet which
was held at the Woman’s Club on
Friday evening, April twenty-second.
For the occasion the clubhouse
was attractively decorated with a
color scheme of red and white. Senior
colors. The lengthy tables were
covered with white linen tablecloths
and red ribbon, with centerpieces of
lillies, snapdragons, and carnations.
Candles were used throughout the
house, with entwining ivy and other
spring flowers. Each person’s place
was marked by a corsage or a bou
tonniere.
Mr. Credle offered the invocation
and the welcome following by Titus
Dickerson, President of the Junior
Class. The menu consisted of fruit
cocktail, baked ham, chicken salad,
deviled eggs, sliced tomatoes, potato
chips, rolls, iced tea, and ice cream
and cake. Betsy Turner offered a
toast to the Seniors and the response
was given by Jimmy Steagall. A
toast was proposed to Mr. Credle by
Ed Meadows with Mr. Credle re
sponding; a toast to Mr. Hix by
Buck Hicks with a response by Mr.
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Band Participates
in Shrine Event
On Thursday, May 19, the Oxford
High School Band traveled to Raleigh
to participate in the annual Spring
Ceremonial of the Sudan Temple,
North Carolina Shriners.
The Oxford band, along with
eighteen other bands from various
high schools throughout the state,
participated in a parade on Fayet
teville Street from Capital Square
to the Memorial Auditorium where
lunch was served by the Shriners.
Along with the Oxford Shriners,
the band went through a special
maneuver directly in the front of the
I'eviewing stand on Fayetteville
Street.
The Oxford High School band was
invited to attend and participate in
the Opening Day Program at Chowan
College in Murfreesboro on May 13.
Because of a conflict in school ac
tivities, the band was unable to ac
cept this invitation.
On Sunday afternoon. May 22 the
high school band presented its an
nual spring concert on the campus of
the Oxford Masonic Orphanage.