Join the Band,
Students
JffuU lUnmt
Attend the Music
Concert
ALBEMARLE, N. C., MARCH 15, 1940
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MIXED CHORUS TO APPEAR IN CONCERT TUESDAY
OUR SAFETY TALKS have
leen in vain. Even Sibyl Lowder re-
tjused to jaywalk one afternoon be-
MR. GIBSON ENTERED the
ournalism class last Tuesday
‘aorning and asked each person
'iow he was feeling. He turned to
“Ceith, the boy from the country,
^nd asked him. Keith replied, “As
me as a cockleburr under a horse’
BELIEVE IT OR NOT—
-von’t say for sure that this is posi-
ifvely authentic—but “it we
JiAainly so”.
■ The other morning in the scien
■lb. Mr. Hatley was correcting
ijiaughty freshman with a bit of i
ppropriate quotation. Someone
sked if Confucius had said the bit
f quotation (he says everything
■Ise). And as we said, believe it
■•r not, after due consideration, it
t-7as decided that Confucius had
eally said it!
THE FOLLOWING ARE ER-
tORS made by second-year stu-
‘-'ents in typing recipes:
, 1 cjcken
.' sook the geal
■ 1 cup of grated horse
sing and wash the chicken
' soak the gelatin in gold water
bake out slide down
- beat egg hoiks with sugar
f babecued spararilis
% cup raising
cool in couble boiler
drill pickles
fry in deap hot
. 6 tomatoes peper
cut noodles in narrow strips not
'"lore than two yards in len^h
2 cups chopped
“ 1 cup of bean pulses
WHEN OFFICERS WERE
LECTED in Miss Laws’s home-
liipom for the second semester, the
'Dys, two-thirds of the class, re-
ised to have a girl as a class offi-
al.
As the election for each office
as held, the result was about
J/iJcty-five percent for the boy can-
' date.
After the first two officers had
sen elected, the girls responded
,[ith a strike. The following was
;e theme of the strikers: “If the
_jys are the officers, let them do
work and give the programs.”
E”* SINCE ELBERT MULLINIX,
le of our youthful maestros, has
;cided upon the musical profes-
Dn, it looks like Messrs. Betts and
) inning had better move to an-
her town if they expect to star
the musical world,
f Elbert, a “leamee” of Mr. Tillot-
> n, has organized a dance band of
^ 9 own and expects to really go
aces. Elbert was talking to some
^jiends the other day and he said
3 only trouble was in getting alj
3 boys together at the same time
I- practice. A few of the mem-
n rs of his band are Horace Whit-
/, who really toots that tuba; Mr.
rn :d Betts, who swings a mean sax;
d then the old maestro himself,
10 conducts. When called upon,
can go to town on his “gob-
ck” (clarinet to you).
Well, here’s luck to you and your
^jgnd, Elbert--you may need it.
MR. GEHRING, when passing by
! grammar school one morning,
d, “Hello there” to a small boy.
e youngster smiled and said,
|i,ello”.
After going about three steps,
! child turned to his companion
i said, “Ain’t he a little squirt
be teaching in high school?”
£^'ERHEARD:
^ loyce Ellis: “I hate good-look-
boys who are snobs.”
Best compliment Jimmy S. ever
i: “Who is that tall boy stand-
• beside John Lamar?”
Chorus and Band To Combine In First
Concert of the Year Tuesday Evening
Varied Program
Chosen For First
Band Appeal ance
Under the direction of “Smiling
Jack” Tillotson, the band will be
presented in concert Tuesday eve
ning, March 19, together with the
choral groups under the leadership
of Mr. Fry.
Members of the band have been
preparing for the program for
some time, this being the second
time they will have appeared be
fore the public as a unit. The first
appearance of the band was at the
City Elementary School auditorium
last Tuesday afternoon, where
they were received enthusiastical
ly by the students.
The program for the concert i.s
as follows: “Hall of Fame”, Con
cert March—Olivadoti; “Judy’s
Dream,” Overture—Butchel; “Ju
piter—Petite Polka”, trumpet solo
by Wade Denning—Goldman; two
familiar songs, “Abide With Me”
and “How Can I Leave Thee”;
“Seeds of Cadmus”, Selection—
The band consists of thirty high
school students and ten grammar
school students. Half of this num
ber are first-year band students
who will be playing in their first
public concert.
Vocational Survey
Shows Large Number
Graduates Employed
Most of the students who have
been trained in the Diversified Oc
cupations course conducted in A.
H. S. for the past two years are
now making successful progress in
their work, according to a state
ment made recently by J. C. Mor
ris, coordinator.
A check-up on students who re
ceived training in the years 1937-
38-39 showed that out of the
classes of 42 students, 14 are still
in the occupations for which they
took training; 14 are employed in
jobs other than those trained for;
6 pupils are in school; 4 girls are
married and only 4 are unemploy
ed.
With the exception of those em
ployed as knitters in both the train
ed for and untrained group, the
average wages earned are:
(Continued on page four.)
Wanted: One Glamor
Gal — See Tillotson
Girl>, haven’t you often wish
ed that you were a glamoroui
drum-major strutting in front ol
a flashy band down main street ■
Or that you were a member ol
one of the nationally known all
jnductir
!mbers.
girls are especially wanted. The;
are needed not only to fill glam
orous roles, but also to replac.
the players who graduate thi;
year and to learn the instru
ments which will be added nex
5 Mr. Tillotso
if y
March 29 Date For
Triangular Debates
“Resolved: That the Federal
Government Should Own and Op
erate the Railroads” is the query
which will be debated by teams
representing Albemarle high
school in the annual triangular de
bate sponsored by the University
of North Carolina.
Bill Jordan and Lee Copple on
the affirmative, and Margaret
Ridenhour and Jack Lowder as
negatives were the two teams
which were chosen in a school pre
liminary last month. Joyce Ellis
and J. B. Lambert were the two
alternates selected. Only one of
these debaters, Lee Copple, has
ever been on the debating team be
fore, but the teams are working to
gether and they will be expected to
compare favorably in the triangu-
The affirmative team will meet
I team representing Cannon high
;chool of Kannapolis in Thomas-
ville on March 29, while the nega
tive team will meet a Thomasville
team in Kannapolis on the same
Both teams of one school must
win in the triangular in order for
the school to be eligible for fur
ther competition. If either team
is defeated, the school is automat
ically eliminated.
This is the second year that Al
bemarle has debated in this tri
angle, no team having represented
the triangle in Chapel Hill last
spring since all three negative
teams were victorious.
Appearance To
Feature Music
Contest Entries
The program for the choral part
of the concert to be presented
Tuesday evening was released
terday by Paul Fry, director of
the chorus.
The band will give the first half
of the program, and after a short
intermission the choral half will
follow.
The program includes:
Boys’ Chorus: “My Bonnie Lass,
She Smileth”, Bottomley; “Var-
meland”, “Swedish Folk Song ar
ranged by Pitcher.
Baritone solo: “Rolling Down
to Rio” by German—Jack Lowder.
Boys’ double quartet: “Rhap
sody” by Smith.
Alto solo: “The Night Wind”
by Farley—Viola Hudson.
Tenor solo: “A Legend” by
Tschaikowsky—Lee Copple.
Girls’ chorus: “Time is on the
Wing” by Moffatt; “My Soul,
There is a Country”, Warrell.
Soprano solo: “Bird Songs at
Eventide” by Coates—(Not Select-
■).
Girls’ trio: “A Birthday” by
Horton.
Bass solo: “The Two Grenaid-
"s” by Schumann—Bill Helms.
Mixed chorus: “Rejoice and
Sing” from the “Christmas Ora-
rio” by J. S. Bach; “There Shall
Star from Jacob” by Mendels-
All proceeds from this concert
will be used to send the musical
groups to the state music contest
to be held in April in Greensboro.
All of the music which will be
sung will be entered in the state
contest.
Soloists Chosen.
Soloists for the concert were
osen at an elimination contest
Tuesday afternoon. The judges,
Lloyd Troxler and Guy Propst, se
lected Margaret Nisbet and Willie
Frances Efird for soprano soloists,
while Margaret Ridenhour and
Annie Ruth Smith tied for second
place in this division. All four
of these soloists sang “Bird Song
‘ Eventide” by Coates.
Viola Hudson, singing “The
Night Wind” by Farley, was
awarded first place in the contralto
selections, while Billie Ray Dry
(Continued on page three.)
^Strange Road^
Fails To Place
In Tournament
“Strange Road”, the one-act
tragedy selected as the entry of Al
bemarle high school in the dra
matic contest sponsored by the
Carolina Dramatic Association each
spring, failed to place in the dis
trict tournament held at Southern
Pines high school last Thursday
evening.
“Echoes”, the play entered by
the players of Lexington high
school, was awarded first place,
while Southern Pines’ entry, “The
Terrible Meek”, won second place.
The student dramatists were
guests at a buffet supper given at
the Southern Pines Country Club
prior to the evening’s contest.
A special set, constructed by the
members of the dramatics class un
der the direction of Miss Rachel
Nye, was taken to Southern Pines,
and a group from the class went to
supervise its assemblage.
The cast of the play was com
posed of Jane Austin Turner, Polly
Martin, Lydia Bowers, and Lee
Copple, with Ila Lee Knotts as
prompter and Keith Almond as
stage manager. Others who ac
companied the group on the trip
included Tommy Swanner, Stacy
Quinn, Jack Castevens, Herbert
Shaver, and Bill Jordan.
Needham Broughton high school
of Raleigh was the other entrant in
the district tournament. Judges
who selected the winners were
from Chapel Hill, and John W.
Parker announced the decision of
the judges.
Members of the faculty and a
few invited guests acted as a crit
ical audience at a presentation of
' ■ " ’ ly evenin
Personality Talk
Made By Lecturer
“Personality is an effect,” she
told students. “You don’t have to
be rich or good looking or wear
good looking clothes. Smile! I
never did see why people turn the
corners of their mouths down when
it’s just as easy to turn them up.
Light- up your eyes; look like you
Mrs. Ould_ was introduced by
» News Briefs «
Easter holidays will be observed
!xt Friday and Monday, accord
ing to a statement by Superinten
dent Claude Grigg this week.
A Paramount Picture, “Maid of
Salem” starring Claudette Colbert
and Fred McMurray, was shovm
complimentary to the student body
special assembly Wednesday
morning.
Superintendent Claude Grigg at
tended the annual meeting of the
American Association of School
Administrators held in St. Louis,
Missouri, February 24-29.
‘The Philosophy of Albemarle
High School” was the topic for the
second in the current series of
open forum discussions which are
featuring the programs of the Na
tional Honor Society for the spring
quarter. Held last Thursday the
forum was suggested by a chapel
talk by A. B. Gibson, and Mr. Gib-
was asked to lead the discus-