COLORED SCHOOL
NEWS
Before the Christmas holidays,
Edenton High School was giving yC
some facts about pupil progress and
welfare as a part of its program.
The articles have been centered
around the student council of the
school. If you recall, our last article
was about the functions of our stu
dent council.
Today, we wish to share with you,
the answer to this important question.
Why do we have a student council?
The answer is this:
The purpose of the council is to
give students practical training in
such traits as group control and in
dividual responsibility. The council
is a laboratory for citizenship train
ing and it provides a working model
of government. In the council each
student has a medium for expressing
his own views concerning student life
at the school.
On January 6. 7 and 8, the primary
teachers and art teacher of the Eden
ton High School attended an interest
ing revealing art workshop at the
White Oak School.
A variety of illuminating art ex
periences were demonstrated by Miss 1
L. V. Nun, a graduate of Duke and
Columbia Universities. Miss Nun
has Master of Arts degrees in the
field of education and art, so, along
wi/ch the art experience the integra
tion of child development was con
veyed vividly.
iSome of the many demonstrations
for improving child development
were uses of many of our simple class
room art supplies through the media
of finger paints, crayons, waxes and
pressed chalk, water color, model clay,
powder paints, paste and paper. These
media were used in exciting ways to
bring out the creative abilities in the
child many art media which are more
modem were used, such as frecal col
ors, dry paints used with a felt brush,
chalk on wet paper as well as dry,
amazant colors to be used on glass or
doth right from the tube for decorat
ing purposes.
After completing the 15-hour study
in the art workshop, certificates were
awarded to the teachers of the Pri
mary Departments of Edenton High
School, White Oak School and St.
John and Perquimans Training School,
and Mrs. E. L. Byrd.
The Edenton Unit of the North
Carolina Teachers Association met on
Thursday night at 7:00 o’clock in the
Edenton High School Library. Rou
tine business was transacted and then
reports from the committees that were
formed from the suggestive years pro
gram reported. These committees
are Public Relations, Research, Com
munity Service, Social and Dramatic.
The next regular meeting will be held
the first Thursday in February.
Parents are encouraged to allow
their boys to join the Boy Scouts.
The Boy Scouts'meet each Wednesday
night at 7:00 o’clock in room 204 at
the Edenton High School.
Mrs. Helen McDonald of Hunting
ton, N. Y., was a visitor at Edenton
High Schobl Friday. January 9. and
attended the regular chapel program.
Mrs. McDonald is a 1949 graduate of
the Edenton High School.
Home Ec Teachers
Meet In Hertford
The home economics teachers in the
Northeastern counties met Wednes
day afternoon in Hertford with Mrs.
Anne Nowell. The meeting was con
ducted by the chairman, Miss Caro
lyn Brinkley of Plymouth High School.
Busipess was transacted and a very
interesting and informative program
was conducted on Housing.
All the home economics teachers in
the district were present which in
cluded, Mrs. Helen Larabee, Central
High School; Miss Elizabeth Chappell.
Elizabeth City High School; Miss Lil
lian Joyner, Weeksville High School;
Mrs. Dorothy Fennell, Moyock High
School; Miss Doris Mitchell, Gates
ville High; Miss Jennie Smith, Cho
wan High School; Mrs. Ruth Phelps
Cresswell High School; Miss Carqlyn
Brinkley, Plymouth High School; Mrs.
Helen King, Columbia High School;
Mrs. Anne Nowell, Perquimans High
School, and Mis s Catherine Hill, Eden
ton High School.
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to plot his own destiny. We don’t
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lions of onlncky peoples in foreign
countries. We’re free to chart our
own eqprse, and do whatever we
can to follow it. To assure their
own financial future, millions of
Americans Invest in United States
Defense Bonds. By following the
nntomatia, systematic Payroll Sav
ings Plan, you save regularly each
payday. So start today to protect
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vest regularly In improved De
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Savings Plan.
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BY MISS REBECCA COLWELL
tSome fellow came by the other day
and wanted to top my trees. (They
wouldn’t print my reply.) He said they
were too open, the very thing I want
so that sunlight can filter through to
the grass. Most trees that have space
to develop and receive full sun have
a tendency to get too thick. (Certain
ly they don’t need pruning to make
them more compact. Severe prun
ing on large trees, if it doesn’t kill
them, injures them for life. Those
large limbs never heal and decay sets
m. Not only that, but the leaf sur
face is greatly reduced by topping,
thereby reducing the ability of the
tree to make food. (All of the tree’s
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food is made in the leaves.) As if this
weren’t enough, topping trees ruins
the natural shape of the tree.
If some of your trees and shrubs
get broken by snow or ice, prune off
the broken limbs and shape the plant
as best you can. Don’t worry too
much, nature has a wonderful way of ;
reshaping plants. (Some plants will
“bleed” profusely when broken or cut j
in late winter or early spring. There j
isii't any way to stop this bleeding I
and, tub. it doesn’t seem to hurt the J
plant too much. So, don’t get excit
ed.
'Protect Plants from Cold —'Protect
those young tender plants like cape
jasmine, figs, camellias, etc., by shad
ing from the sun while they are froz
en. Place pine limhs or burlap around
and over the plant, to protect it from j
cold wind and from the sun. Keep i
them covered until the plant and soil
thaws.
Prune—“ How can I keep these fafft
growing ligustrum pruned so they
won’t cover my windows?” asked Mrs.
Brown. “Prune them two feet be
low the ground,” was my reply. Get
them out and replace them with low
growing shrubs was the only sensible
thing to do since the windows were
only a few feet from the ground,
i Low Plants—Here is a short list of
| low-growing evergreen shrubs. Per
haps the list should start with the
well-known Japanese hollies. They are
usually listed in the nursery catalog
as Ilex crenata. Most nurseries carry
several varieties including helleri, con
vexa, microphylla, rotundifolia and
others. The first two, helleri and con
vexa, are low and spreading, the oth
jers, growing a little more upright,
i somewhat resemble boxwood. As a
matter of fact, they are good substi- ■
tutes for boxwood in those areas of
the state where boxwoods are hard to
grow.
One of the prettiest low (1 to 3 ft.
high) plants is Danae racemoSa. It’s
graceful, reed-like foliage and coral
berries make it outstanding. It seems
to do best in some shade. Another
sprawling, low-growing evergreen is
cotoeaster. There are several low
growing varieties; a new variety call
ed dammeri is especially good and
seems to be free .of blight. Then don’t
forget nandinas and the creeping gar
denia (Gardenik radicans), low aza
leaves dwarf camellias, and Oregon
Grape (Mahonia) for shady places.
The spreading euonymus is good in
sun or shade, but unfortunately most
of them are susceptible to scale in
sects. If you want something really
low and spreading, try one of the
‘ slow-growing English ivies (Pittsburg,
Maple Queen, or Green Feather).
Keep 'em growing.
Edenton Teams Lose
To Roanoke Rapids
Both the boys’ and girls basket
ball teams of Edenton High School
were defeated Friday night by the
Roanoke Rapids outfits. The boys
were snowed under 69-43, while' the
girls lost by a count of 47-20.
Tom Topping paced the visitors,
chalking up 35 points and stole the
show for the evening. Al Owens and
Fred Lassiter led the Aces with Owens
scoring nine points and 'Lassiter
eight.
For the girls Pat Cooper scored 31
points for the visitors. Sharon Lup
ton and Betsy Duncan each scored
nine points for Edenton.
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