Send Your Valentines The A. H. S. Way! Mvli moon Down The Railroaders, Tonight, Bulldogs ALBEMARLE, N. C., FEBRUARY 9, 1940 They Meet Spencer Railroaders In Imporiant Doubleheader Tonight ■ the northeast corner ■f the high school building \va? Sne of the favorite “galleries” dur- ng the snow. The first person that slipped was 'i boy. His feet simply slid out ,’rom under him, and he sat down rfracefullv. For a moment he Jvasn’t sure whether he wanted to ^ry or not, but after a while he „'ot up with a half-disgusted, half- imbarrassed look on his face. ,■ The next victim was one of the I'.iny freshmen girls. She had her lunch packed in a neat little pack- ige, but after the fall there was I sandwich here, a cake there, and “he herself rested on what could >e called a “mashed” sweet potato. Next came one of the upper-class rirls. She slid across the sidewalk Jnd then down, the most ungrace- r-ul sprawl imaginable. ‘ Then suddenly the bell rang and |:nded the morning’s fun. i SOME DAY, WHEN YOU ARE j TIRED of life’s regular routine ind crave the unusual, try work- ling in a department store. You’ll “Ircally get some genuine fun! Dorothy Lee Price, a vocational O’student in Raylass’, will verify llthis. One of her numerous duties is to make exchanges for customers .who, after making a purchase, '"change their minds and decide on different article. An unusually tough customer presented herself, not many days |tgo, and asked Dorothy Lee’s help fjin selecting some article that she Ijmight get in exchange for a Ithristmas present that hadn’t been Kxactly what she wanted. " Dot carried the lady about the "etore, making numerous sugges- “tions. Nothing was “what she had in mind”, ily Just as Dot’s patience was wear ing thin, a broad smile lighted up Ajthe lady’s face. “I know,” she exclaimed. “Snuff! What brands do you carry?” DO YOU KNOW WHERE your fellow lives? Have you ever been i!in his home? Have you ever met his parents? Girls, this is only •half of what you can do during j(leap year! ® A certain girl really fixed leap -year up! She made a date with —her fellow, got her car, £ [for him. She always keeps him waiting, so he decided not ready when she arrived. She went in, met his whole fami- ,ly, and had a nice long chat with them (one hour of it). During this time she looked at the family album, admired the son’s medal, won at the age three for being the healthiest baby tVin the county, and also learned that the boy she was now dating had, at one time, been a perfect angel (according to his mother) She heard about many of his child ish pranks and early love affairs. The best part of the story is t^the promises he had to make to keep her from telling the other members of the Albemarle high football squad what she had learn ed about his babyhood. SW WAS IT THE LEAP YEAR DANCE, a ball game, or the night- before that turned Marie Deese into an absent-minded student the other day? Marie was helping in the cafe- "'’^teria during the lunch hour when she heard Mr. Gibson say, “Soup, p\" Without looking or thinking ^ Marie began to dip soup. Her iB^mind was far away on far more important things—it seemed to ' With a sudden start, she discov- i" ered she was dipping soup i opiate instead of a soup bowl. Band and Chorus To Participate In District Contest Preparation for the Competition Festival to be held at Boyden high, Salisbury, March 29, is well under way this week, with Mr. Fry and Mr. Tillotson rehearsing daily with the chorus and band groups. This year, Instead of going di rectly to Greensboro, all schools will be required to go to district contests first. There is, however, one exception to this rule: schools that received a rating of on contest last year may send the contestants in that par ticular classification directly to the state festival. This rule will in clude the boys’ quartet, mixed quartet, boys’ Glee club, tenor and ’ .ss solos. New classifications which Albe marle will enter include the girls’ chorus and band. Included in the band will be both instrumental so los and band numbers. Mr. Tillot son announced that the band will have about forty pieces. Included in the band divisions will be alto saxophone, tenor saxo phone, trumpet, and bass solos, saxophone, clarinet, and brass quartets, and a brass sextet. Choral divisions in which Albe marle will be represented include; mixed chorus, 50-60 voices; girls’ chorus, 30-36 voices; boys’ chorus, 18-24 voices; mixed quartet; girls’ trio; boys’ quartet, and soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass Bulldogs Meet Spencer Railroaders In Important Double-Header Tonight Conference Clash Jitterbugs Jive And Jump In Gym Today The Friday afternoon jive U now in session! Sponsored by the student body. I be furnished by a tur will feature popular Boyden High Is Host To Student Congress Featured by discussions on “Stu dent Participation in Extra-Curric ular Activities” and an address by Dr. E. H. Garringer, the first an nual South Piedmont Student Council Congress met at Boyden high school, Salisbury, January 19, with president Harold Kenerly presiding. May Decide Title Both the girls’ and boys’ teams will journey to Spencer tonight to emrage the Railroaders in a pair of contests that should have a great deal of influence on the South Piedmont Conference stand ings. At present the Railroaders’ boys’ team is leading the loop with vic tories in seven starts. Tonight’s game will be a crucial one for them, as their hopes for bagging the crown depend greatly on a The girls’ game will not have a conference title at stake, but the Spencer girls will be fighting hard to avenge a defeat which they suf fered at the hands of the Albe marle girls in the first meeting of the two teams here two weeks ago. At that time the Bulldogs suffered defeat at the hands of the Rail roaders. Exams Slay the Best As Students Become Putty In Teachers Hands Everyone was tense. There was whatsoever. Mid-term exams had started. All the mighty football players ere mighty no longer; they were just putty in the hands of the weak little teachers; and how they did long for the wide open spaces! Buck Mabry said he thought maybe he’d pass on some, because in all his discussion questions he added a little note at the end which said, “Miss , the reason I know so much about this question is because you’re such a good teacher and make everything so interesting.” In algebra Ellen Hearne got the point to a joke she heard the night before, and into that stillness came a real “Hearne” laugh. “Cornfed” Yeager hummed a lit tle tune and thought of snow-flakes falling when she wanted to concen trate. We wouldn’t advise it. Corny says it worked. One class was awakened from 3 stupor by a little boy outside the window yelling, “Hi, ho. Silver, away! We gotta get home cause mom said to.” To which one bright young thing up and replied, “Say, brother, you don’t know how lucky you are. ^ sho’ wish my mother had told to come home.” The freshmen had the hardest time, however, because this the first time they had ever exams. They all went around with a little dazed look. One little girl was so upset that she threatened to take to the open road because this was no life for her. Everybody lived through though, and school is just the same again. » News Briefs « The student council, assisted by the faculty, held open house for eighth and ninth grade students Friday evening in the high school cafeteria. Ping pong, games, and dancing were enjoyed. Mrs. Tom Wolfe, president of the Parent- Teacher association, gave a short program about Stephen Foster, after which the group sang some of his songs. The double mixed quartet, under the direction of Paul Fry, will sing at the Inter-City Rotary dinner in Troy Thursday. They also appear ed on the program of the Parent- Teacher association last Thursday evening. This is the same group that appeared in Charlotte last fall. The Hi-Y club will hold ond induction ceremony of the year Monday night. Candidates for admission were guests of the club at the regular weekly meeting last Monday evening, at which time Dr. Dwight Ware, pastor of the Central Methodist church, speaker. The Traveling Art Exhibit spon sored by the Art Department W.C.U.N.C. is being displayed i the library February 7-12. Sidney Gulledge, a graduate of ’39 and freshman at Duke this year, has received a principal ap pointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. ^Strange Road^ Is Tragedy Selected As Contest Entry ‘Strange Road”, a one-act trag edy by John M. Houston, which has been selected as Albemarle high school’s entry in the annual spring festival of the North Caro lina High School Dramatic Associ ation, will be one of a bill of three plays to be given on a program temporarily scheduled for late February, according to an an nouncement by Miss Rachel Nye this week. Leading parts in the drama, con sidered one of the best short plays to appear last year, have been as signed to Jane Austin Turner, Pol ly Martin, Lydia Bowers, and Lee Copple. Based on the theme of immortality, the scene is laid in a small fishing village on the coast of New England. This week the dramatics class began work on a special set for the production. Southern Pines has been tempo rarily designated as the tournament center for the district composed of Albemarle, Southern Pines, and Needham Broughton high of Ra leigh. Miss Elizabeth Scarborough, former dramatic coach here, will produce the Southern Pines entry. The other play which has been selected to appear on the program here, is a mystery-tragedy, “A Message From Khufu”, in which Billy Gantt, LeRoy Plyler, and Charles Lefler have been assigned parts. The other play of the bill, comedy, has not yet been selected. Honor Society Holds First Student Panel Social Assurance Through Per sonality Development’” was the discussion topic led Thursday aft ernoon by Miss Evelyn Parks, Stanly county librarian, in the first of a series of three open forum dis cussions to be held by the National Honor Society. This first discussion centered around the theme of student rela tions in school, business, and social life. Other discussions planned for the spring term include a panel on “The Philosophy of Albemarle High School” led by A. B. Gibson, and “Youth and Religion”, for which a speaker has not yet been designated. This is the first time that the National Honor Society has met on a regular club basis. The second Thursday in each month has been designated as the meeting time for the group. A special program com mittee has been responsible for ar ranging these programs with the aid of Miss Emma Milling, adviser to the group. Cupid To Receive Aid From Valentine Box End yOL ^aler by Unci ■ the A. H. S. way? Well, here’s the bes ,nd then e and s und » nnual isored by the Full Moon wi opened in the lobby froi Monday, February 12, befor school, at noon, and after scho. through Wednesday, at nooi A box of c o the home Kost Valentin e for 2c. y will be giver m sending th«

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