CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAYS
DECEMBER 16-
JANUARY 1
The Full Moon
ALBEMARLET^rc!, DECEMBER 16, 1938
CHRISTMAS
GREETINGS!
—WITH ENGLISH 12
WHAT’S JUST AROUND THE
CORNER? Christmas. How do we
know? Well, here’s how. Santa
Claus has played favorites this
year and visited one teacher ahead
of time. It’s a lovely diamond, Miss
Mahaffey, and we wish you and
Mr. McFadyen the best of every-
WHY
Do w'e always stand to repeat
the Lord’.s Prayer?
Do we get noisy on a rainy
day?
Does Bill Hough talk to himself?
Does Sue Coble study so much?
Does Mr. Canipe blush?
Do we use clapping as an expres
sion of approval in chapel?
THE I BUMA CIG, honorary
fraternity of the A. H. S., met last
week to elect new officers for the
' coming year.
Leroy Plyler, fag-puffing bro
ther of the fraternity, was elected
president; “Doug” Ci-anford, sec
retary; and Calvin Doby, treasur-
The next meeting wlil be held at
the fraternity house ( the curb on
the opposite side of the street from
the school) sometime in the latter
part of January.
IT SEEMS THAT A. H. S. has
at least one student who carries
out the Chinese custom of thinking
out loud. The other day Mr. Propst
said to Hamp Talbert, “Hamp, you
wouldn’t be talking, would you?”
“No,” replied Hamp. “You must
have seen my lips moving and
thought I was talking.”
ONE GIRL IN OUR SCHOOL at
least has an interest in birds.
Edythe Holt was in Stanly Hard
ware the other day getting “ads”
for the Full Moon. When Edythe
started out of the store, she saw a
I bird in a cage. “Watch me scare
Ihim,” she said, and creeping up
'close to the cage suddenly said,
But the bird did not move.
It proved to be nothing more than
a stuffed bird.
THE NINTH GRADE seriously
objected when Miss Ellerbe tried to
.make poets of them, but they hand
ed in some good work. For exam-
LATIN
^’ve taken Latin two years now
And I’m not the kind to balk,
, But somehow I just don’t see how
’The Romans learned to talk.
^ —Janet East.
MARY’S CHRISTMAS LETTER
'Dear Santa Claus;: Bring a doll
to IJad,
And a bed and pillow to Mother,
Bring a carriage to Sister Jane,
And a table to Big Brother,
But for me I don’t want a thing—
They won’t like their gifts you
And just as soon as Christmas is
SUMMER CLOUDS
Two little clouds went floating by
Upon a summer morn,
-And every time I looked at them
' I thought of sheep just shorn.
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Two little clouds went on their way
To find some play or frolic;
It suddenly began to rain;
They must have had the colic.
-Alice Smith.
THOUGH SHE EATS EVERY
THING from spinach to raw oys
ters, Grace Cranford refuses cough
drops nowadays. The reason? She
swallowed one by mistake the other
day, and some over-solicitous
friends undertook to shake it out of
her. In the process one shaker gave
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Listen In!
The sound system has arrived
for installation during the holi
days. Soon everybody will be
listening in.
The system
rately and collectively, with all
all rooms; amplification of the
auditorium; and arrangement
for phonograph records to be
for
Faculty Splits
Pair Of Games
With Bulldogs
Gaining revenge from last year’s
defeats, the girls’ varsity team and
the men’s faculty team defeated
their opponents, the women’s facul
ty and the boys’ varsity, the girls
winning 21-13, and the men victori-
is with a 21-18 score.
The girls’ game was a nip-and-
tuck affair all the first half, but
the second half. Coach Mauldin
1 in her first string, and imme
diately they surged ahead with a
series of scores.
For the faculty Miss Laws and
Miss Holt were outstanding as for
wards, the former shooting four of
the points and latter shooting the
other six, while Miss Vester played
an outstanding game as guard.
The women that saw action for
the faculty were Miss Laws, Mrs.
Robertson, Miss Holt, Miss Ellerbe,
Miss Cockerham, Miss Vester, Miss
Nye, Mi.ss Powell, Miss Milling,
Miss Bell, Miss Caughman, and
(“Peggy”) Gehring.
The boys’ game, faster and more
exciting that the girls’, proved to
be a close one all the way through.
The men of the faculty, paced by
Clyde Canipe, Hatley, and Gehring,
surged in front in the first quar
ter, and, although the score was
tied many times, the varsity never
I'eally gained the lead.
A new team was run in every
quarter for the varsity, but still the
mighty faculty could not be hum
bled. Only in the third quarter were
they really slowed down. They were
held to two points during that pe-
For the faculty Canipe, Hatley,
and Gehring, with their excellent
passing, dribbling, and shooting,
were decidedly the spearheads. Ca
nipe racked up a total of 8 points,
while Gehring scored 7.
For the varsity Hough and
Blackwell were high scorers with
4 points each.
The men of the faculty who play
ed were Mv. Hatley, Mr. Propst,
Mr. Gibson, Mr. Grigg, Mr. Geh
ring, Mr. Swaringen, Mr. Canipe,
and Mr. Brown.
Albemarle Hi-Y
Members Attend
Boys’ Conference
‘The Great Adventure’ Is
Theme Emphasized In
Addresses.
Four delegates from the Albe
marle Hi-Y club attended the
twentieth annual session of the
Older Boys’ Conference of the two
Carolinas which convened in
Greensboro, December 2, 3, and 4.
At the conference, held under the
auspices of the Y. M. C.’s of the
two states, were delegates from
Hi-Y clubs and college Y. M. C.
A.’s.
President Sidney Gulledge, John
Beatty, Jack Castevens, and Ted
Bremer, advisor, comprised the del
egation from Albemarle.
“The Great Adventure,” confer
ence theme, was emphasized in the
addresses and inspirational talks
throughout the session.
At the first general meeting,
held in the First Presbyterian
church. President Jack Behrman
of Greensboro presided. The Hon.
R. W. Harrison then welcomed the
delegates on behalf of the city of
Greensboro, and then followed the
response by Ed Erwin of Charlotte.
The keynote address of the confer
ence, “Living Thrillingly in an Age
of Confusion,” was given by Dr.
Hornell Hart, professor in the So-
liology department of Duke univer-
Writing Class Sponsors Contest
For Best Poem, Story, Picture
sity.
The general conference Saturday
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Creative Writing
Class Publishes
^‘Al-Hi-Script”
Literary Magazine Will Be
Issued Three Times Dur
ing This Year.
The first issue of the “Al-Hi-
Script,” literary magazine publish
ed by the creative writing class,
came out November 23, compli
mentary copies being given to each
student..
The class plans to publish two
other numbers during the year, the
mid-winter and spring issues, each
to contain material written and
selected entirely by the students.
Aside from the principal func
tion of issuing the magazine, the
class conducts informal discussions
on writing, literature, and current
events. Each student is required to
write one sketch, short story, or
poem each week. From these, ma
terial is selected for the magazine.
Lee Copple heads the staff as ed
itor, and Sidney Gulledge serves as
business manager.
Four Classes Tie
For Number On
High Honor Roll
Eleventh Has Most Students
Making Honor Grades;
Tenth Leads In Perfect
Attendance Record.
The first quarter reports issued
in November show that the eighth,
tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades
formed a four-way tie for the dis
tinction of having the greatest num
ber of students on the highest hon
or roll. With four each, they led in
the number of all A, highest hon
or students, while the eleventh
grade led in the number of stu
dents making honor roll.
The students whose names are
starred had a perfect attendance
record for the nine weeks period,
the tenth grade leading with twelve
students.
Eighth grade students on the
highest honor roll are *Faye Mor
ton, Carolyn Stone, ’"Tommy Rabe,
and ■‘Eulalah Tucker. Those mak
ing honor grades included *Billy
Christine Deese, *Arwilla Jones,
* Jimmy Smith, Charles Whiteley,
Allie Ray Boyce, Evelyn Dorton,
Katherine Flake, Mary Jackson
Lefler, Idell Mauldin, Marselle
Whitley, Virginia Morgan, *.
Crump, ’"Juanita Lawrence, Rosa
Parker, and *Eunice Smith.
Highest honor students from the
ninth grade and Lucille Palmer and
Barbara Crowell. Honor roll stu
dents were as follows: Hubert Hat
ley, Betty Sue Bogle, Ellene Cald
well, Patty Crowell, Elizabeth
Haire, Ruth King, Eileen Lowder,
Ramelle Morris, Hazel Morton,
*John Morrow, Mary Jane Auten,
■"Bessie Lee Rudisell, Rachel Cur-
lee, "Alfred Morton, *Rachel Tuck
er, Mark Allan Reid, Anne Reep,
Ruby Lefler, Betty Hatley, Hilda
Honeycutt, Nell Denning, *Rubye
Caldwell, and ’"Mabel Underwood.
The four making highest honor
from the tenth grade were Willie
Frances Efird, Irma Lowder, ’"Ber
tha Reap, and Josephine Beaver.
Those making honor roll were Ted
Jenkins, Melba Oxford, Laura
Wallace, Erleen Gaskin, Elizabeth
Frances Peck, Catherine Whiteley,
Hazel Williams, ’"Lee Copple, ’"Ev
elyn Curlee, *Martha Russell,
*Billie Ray Dry, *Betty Van Lef
ler, *Virginia Safrit, ""Louise Shoe,
and ’"Cirrie Wolfe.
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Introducing ^Bozo\ Unofficial
Mascot of Bulldog Teams
Winning Articles To Appear
In February Issue Of ‘Al-
Hi-Script’.
According to an announcement
made in chapel December 5 the
creative writing class is sponsor
ing a group of contests for the best
short story, poem, and creative pho
tograph submitted by a high school
student, cash prizes to be awarded
the winners.
The contest is to close January
25, and the material submitted will
be judged in time to be published
in the second issue of the “Al-Hi-
Script,” which will come out some
time during February. All material
submitted becomes property of the
class which reserves the right to
;e any of it as it sees fit, regard-
ss of whether it wins a prize or
In the short story competition the
following rules will apply; the story
may be of any length the author
desires, as it will be judged solely
upon its creative possibilities and
not upon length; it should be writ
ten upon regular size notebook pa
per either by hand or on the type
writer. If the latter method is used,
it should be double-spaced, or if
written by hand, it should be writ-
In the poetry contest the same
rules will apply. Again the contri
bution may be any length and any
type of verse.
In the creative photograph con
test the picture submitted may be
of any size and may have as its
subject anything that would be of
general interest. Pictures of only
local interest that outsiders would
not appreciate will not be consider
ed as favorably as pictures of gen
eral interest.
Any student may make as many
contributions as he or she desires
in any or all three groups. Any
student in high school except mem
bers of the creative writing class
will be eligible to enter the con-
First and second prizes are of
fered in each group.
First prize in the short story
contest is $2.30, with a second prize
of $1.50. First prize in the poetry
contest is $1.00, with $ .75 as a
second prize. In the photography
competition there are three prizes:
$1.50 for the first prize; $ .75 for
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“Of
course everyone
‘Bozo’,” Mrs. J. L. Grady, the own
er of the bulldog that is the unof
ficial mascot of A. H. S., said when
your reporter approached “Bozo”
for a personal interview. But “Bo
zo” refused to talk, so Mrs. Grady
obligingly offered her assistance.
“Bozo” is known in nearly every
town in North Carolina because he
travels a great deal with Mr. Gra
dy, a district representative of the
Gulf Refining company.
“ ‘Bozo’ can almost drive too,”
Mrs. Grady laughed. “He sits up in
the driver’s seat and puts his paws
on the steering wheel!”
“Bozo” is a black English bull
dog, weighing about seventy-five
pounds, with large expressive
brown eyes. “He eats a pound of
stew beef every day, and on Sun-
', Mrs. Grady says, “we cook it
for him!”
‘Is he very particular?” inquired
your reporter.
“Oh, yes, especially about his
bed. He has one of his own, you
know. If ‘Bozo’ finds that there is
dirty sheet on it, he will rip it
up, stubbornly refusing to sleep
on it.”
Persons who know “Bozo” say
much of his popularity is due to his
friendliness and courtesy. When
leaving a home in which he has vis
ited, “Bozo” will, at Mr. Grady’s
command, go to the mistress of the
household, extend his paw, and po
litely bark his thanks for an en
joyable stay.
Yes, “Bozo” undoubtedly has
real personality and deserves his
honored place as mascot of the
Bulldogs of A. H. S.
‘Growing Pains’
Cast Announced
three-act comedy to be sponsc
by the dramatics class, has been
nounced by Miss Nye. The members
of the cast are as follows:
George, Oron Rogers; Terry,
Pauline Beaver; Mrs. McIntyre,
Polly Martin; Professor McIntyre,
Hugh Whitley; Sophie, Lorene
Melton; Mrs. Patterson, Jeanne
Hurt; Elsie, Menefee Bennett;
Traffic Officer, Morris Elmore;
Dutch, Claude Shankle; Brian, Lee
Copple; Omar, Richard Foreman;
Hal, Douglas Cranford; Pete, Ken
neth Miller; Prudence, Bonnie
Hayes McCubbins; Patty, Ann
Winecoff; Jane, Sadie Pickier;
Miriam, Janet East; Vivian, Peggy
Efird.
The play, to be presented soon
after the Christmas holidays, will
be given in order to raise money
to buy new lighting equipment.
Questions For
The Month
1. What is the titU of the
poem that begins: “’Twas the
night before Christmas . . .”?
2. Can you name four of the
reindeer?
3. In what famous Christmas
story does the character Scrooge
appear?
4. Who wrote the story?
5. A famous movie star who
plays this role in a radio broad
cast every Christmas Eve is
Lionel Barrymore Tyrone Power
William Powell Lewis Stone
6. What North Carolinian is
also known for his reading of
the story?
7. What three plants are as
sociated with Christmas?
8. What operatic star sang
“Silent Night, Holy Night”
every Christmas Eve until her
death?
9. From what poem is the fa
miliar quotation: “Ring out
the old, ring in the new”?
10. Can you complete the an
gels’ song as the Bible gives it;
God in th
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