December 16, 1938
THE FULL MOON
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WHO’S WHO
Carl Brown Wins j Social Class Offers
Prize In Men’s : Variety Of Studies
Beauty Contest
VIRGINIA GILLIAM
Who is the girl who stands at the
cafeteria desk every day and smil
ingly hands us tickets? Everyone
knows Virginia Gilliam—pleasant,
likable, and dependable eleventh
grader—because of her friendly
disposition.
Her executive ability has been
recognized, for she is now president
of the French club, secretary of the
Girls’ Athletic association, treasur
er of the Student Council and trea
surer of her home room.
A member of the Physical Cul
ture club, she is interested in
sports. Her favorite game is bas
ketball, in which she won a letter
last year.
"I haven’t decided what I will do
after finishing school,” Virgir
said, “but I’m not coming back
the twelfth grade.”
Virginia is indeed “one of c
best” and truly deserves recogni
tion from the student body.
BILL FURR
Bill Furr, captain of the football
team, is one of the best athletes in
A. H. S. He has won letters in the
three major sports, having been on
the baseball team for three years,
the basketball team for three
years and on the football team for
An indication of Bill’s populari
ty is the fact that he has been
elected president of the Athletic
club and vice president of his home
When asked what his favorite
pastime was. Bill responded, “Dat
ing.” (You might have added
certain blonde”, eh. Bill?) “I like
to go to the movies too,” he said,
“and my favorite stars are Deanna
Durbin and Mickey Rooney.”
No one suspected “Cap’n Bill” of
having so_ much hidden gi’ace until
he made'his debut (in a demure
abbreviated skirt) in the football
ballet recently.
“Yes, I’m planning to come back
to the twelfth grade,” Bill said.
What Rhymes With
Shakespeare?
The eleventh grade English stu
dents have been attempting to write
poetry during the past month.
If you haven’t noticed the puzzled
looks on the thoughtful faces of
our toughest football heroes who
tripped clumsily over their “feet”
and wrestled with words that in
sisted upon not rhyming; or those
dreamy, absent-minded expressions
on the girls’ faces as they struggled
over picturesque poems about col
orful leaves, then you’ve missed
something. And the sentimental de
scriptions of the moon that came
out of that class! Here are some ex
amples of the untiring efforts:
My lesson is to write a poem.
It makes me quite unhappy.
And when I read it to the class,
I know that I’ll feel sappy.
ON WRITING A SONNET
To write a mere sonnet I tried and
Until I sweated and became quite
irked.
I paced about, madly stomping the
And slammed and pounded at
startled door,
For hour ’pon hour—or maybe
I scribbled as I never had before.
I then to the heavens let out a wail!
But alas, alack! ’Twas to no avail.
I still remained without inspiration,
But why? I could find no explana-
So at my hair I violently tore,
And ripped and roared and practi
cally swore.
But I’m afraid I am waiting there
For the idea that I failed to get.
Carl Brown, introduced as “Miss
Charlotte Brown”, competing with
twenty-six other male beauties,
won the prize in a contest sponsor
ed by the creative writing class in
the auditorium, Tuesday evening,
November 22.
Runners-up for the beauty prize
ere A. B. (“Alta”) Gibson and
. C. (“Henrietta”) McFadyen.
Mr. Brown, who wore a flower-
■immed, black net evening gown,
as presented a dozen yellow chry
santhemums by Tom Wolfe, mas-
of ceremonies.
Ir, GiDson appeared in a form-
fitting black crepe dress and red
Ivet wrap, while Mr. McFadyen
ire a short, rust crepe with black
accessories.
Tom Wolfe introduced each of
the contestants, who were promi
nent business and professional
of the town.
Football Ballet.
„ special feature members of
the football team presented a bal
let, the gridiron heroes imitating
all types of lassies, sweet, flirta
tious, and demure. The beribboned
dancers wore short dresses,
appearing barefooted, others
ing “gym” shoes.
Eddie (“Edwina”) Gehring,
gowned in blue satin, and Guy
Propst opened the performance
with a pantomime of “Little Lady
Make Believe”. More music was
furnished by a trio composed of
“Claudette” Shankle, “Ima” Mann,
and “Celia” Efird, who sang “The
Ship Titanic.”
Only one female appeared _
program, “Ticka” Sentor, who did
a tap routine.
Heard Behind the Scenes.
Naturally the best show went
backstage while the “Dainty Dozen
Ballet Dancers” were dressing for
their performance.
How they struggled to squeeze
into those form-fitting dresses! In
their haste to make themselves
lovely, the “girls” discovered that
nearly all the zippers had sudden
ly gone on strikes, refusing to zip
—all of which added more to the
general confusion.
■‘Maxine” Morton had his—par-
1 us—“her” dress made to order
—with four yards just in the skirt.
When “she” spread it out, “she”
resembled a fan dancer.
The dancers were visions of love-
__:iess in their rouge, lipstick and
colorful ribbon bows that flopped
about like the last roses of sum
mer. There was a deluge of beauty
spots. “Charlotte” Castevens had,
for variety, a sailor’s anchor tat
tooed on “her” leg. Sister “Jacque
line” wore a sun-back dress, reveal
ing a conspicuous beauty spot in
the middle of “her” back.
“How’s my school girl complex
ion?” yelled one of the toughest
pigskin toters who proceeded to
touch up his nose daintily with "
powder puff.
On the other side of the too
“Jacqueline” Castevens asked an:
iously, “Is my lipstick on straight'
new course in social adapta-
under the direction of Miss
Mahaffey, offers a variety of units
for study.
Table manners, introductory
forms, and weddings were the sub
jects discussed. Later when study
ing the correct ways of walking,
Olyn Lowder obligingly assisted the
teacher by demonstrating before
the class how to put one foot be
fore the other—gracefully.
At the beginning of the gridiron
season Claude Shankle, Olyn Low
der, Jack Williams, and Max Fes-
perman gave the class a few point
ers on football. Miss Mahaffey
practically had a regular game on
her hands when Claude asked her
accept one of his sizzling passes.
After studying modern poetry
for three or four weeks, the stu
dents made notebooks analyzing the
poems and giving their own inter
pretations of the meanings.
Twice weekly the class discusses
current happenings from the Read
y’s Digest, with some pupils giv-
ig summaries of the articles and
:hers answering questions.
A unit on music appreciation has
. ist been completed in which each
student was required to make a
notebook on the life of his favorite
composer. In addition to this, many
gave talks on musicians, and Miss
Mahaffey played recordings
French Club Gives
Assembly Program
The French club, sponsroed by
Miss Laws, presented a program in
chapel, Friday, December 9.
Introductory remarks were made
by Virginia Gilliam, after which
the club sang two songs in French,
“Les Marseillaise” and “Alouette.”
A talk made by Rachel Leonard on
'ance and Paris was followed by
playlet, “Les Trois Ours” (The
Three Bears), with all parts spok-
1 in French.
A talk on St. Catherine’s Day in
France was given by James Green,
after which Margie Lipe gave some
examples of differences in French
and American observances of
Christmas. In conclusion the club
sang French Christmas carols.
Little Miss “Ima” Mann looked
; exotic “Jacine” Williams and
said, “Kiss me, honey; nothing
makes me sick!”
Someone said “Louise” (Hoochie)
Morgan had so much powder on
that “she” would be mistaken for
Snow White. “Hoochie”, by the
way, had a bit of trouble keeping
“her” skirt on and kicking grace
fully at the same time. She simply
refused to use safety pins.
“Fay” Blackwell declared “Claud
ette” Shankle looked like a walking
“ad” of a dime store with all “her”
makeup on.
After giving red-headed “Laura”
Lowder a last -minute once-over,
Maxine” Morton anxiously whis
pered, “Hey, Laura, your slip’s
showing!”
Boosters Present
‘His First Girl’
In order to make money for
cheerleaders’ uniforms the Boost-
irs’ club presented a one-act play,
‘His First Girl,” in chapel, Friday,
December 16.
The leading part. Dean Powers,
as played by Claude Shankle.
Other characters were Mary Kath-
; East as Mrs. Powers; Pauline
Beaver, Eleanor Powers; Lee Cop-
ple, Chester Cameron; and Bonnie
McCubbins as Marianne Peters.
some of the best known arias from
various operas.
Some of the other subjects the
class plans to study are religion,
psychology, art appreciation, and
social problems.
IMPRESSIONS OF STUDENTS
Nickname
Pastime
Hangout
Known by
Weakness
Ambition
“Red”
writing
letters
drug store
twisting her
Robert 0.
to be a music
teacher
“Hoochie”
playing
football
in the gym
his hair
Cornelia
Doby
to get a letter
“Alexander”
loafing
Badin
red hair
Wade U.
to be a second
Eric Tipton
“Hamp”
flirting
the street
laziness
girls in
general
to graduate
“Dit”
reading
any where
William is
chewing gum
William M.
to be a lawyer
“Jerry”
reading
home
intelligence
Carolyn S'.
to work with the
Nehi Company
“Pebble”
talking
Imelda’s
tardiness
Gerald M.
to be a journalist
“Pruny”
cracking
around
Hurley’s car
wit
“Kat” Russell
to be a radio
comedian
“Susie”
studying
typing
quietness
Henry Hill
female cheer
to marry Henry
to be a movie
“Shakespeare”
working
the press
vocabulary
leaders
star
Answers To Questions
1. “A Visit from St. Nicholas.”
2. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blit-
3. “Christmas Carol.”
4. Charles Dickens.
5.. Lionel Barrymore.
6. Dr. Frederick Koch.
7. Three are holly, mistletoe,
poinsettia.
8. Mme. Schumann-Heink.
9. Tennyson’s “In Memoriam.”
10. “. . . highest, and on earth
peace, good will toward men.”
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