Make Field Day A
Real Success
The Full Moon
Come Out and Back
Your Class
ALBEMARLE, N. C., APRIL 15, 1940
■QUOTATION FROM THE
~'ULL MOON of March 15, 1940:
“Mr. Gehring; Leap year means
',^ry much to men like Mr. Gibson,
"fir. Canipe, Mr. Fry, and myself.
~ affords the only opportunity we
ill ever have to get a vi^ife. Mr.
jfatley was quite fortunate in get-
ng his a little early, but we still
■live hopes of getting one before
""le year comes to a close.”
An announcement of intei-est
ill be found on page 4 of this
' We wonder
THE SOUND CLUB SPENT
last meeting studying
;.ot machine.
-.iThey found that for every nickel
at a slot machine pays out,
J;.ust have been put in.
THE FULL MOON seems
live a good deal of competition
is year, for several small news
npers have started in the school.
:Many have already heard of
^lyce Ellis’ Empty Moon and all
■ ive read the two issues of the
~^otin’ Tooter put out by the
ind. How many, though, have
ad the Sxviftset Scoops'! The
Mitor, printer, and reporter, com-
Ihed, of this paper is Brady
J|nith.
Swiftest Scoops gives the latest
I ws of happenings in the capitol,
I irope and around the school
1 use. He prints free any ad that
,yone would like to put in. Sev-
IJpl lost-ads have already been in-
rted.
nLast, but definitely not least, are
'j funnies. Yes, he actually has
, le whole page of funnies. All
—jse features can be gotten for
UACCORDING TO THE BRIL-
tANT'JUNIORS in Mr. Gehr-
' ;’s history classes, the following
itements are true.
Wilkes Booth Lincoln killed Abe
acoln or Aaron Burr did.
rjjAndrew Jackson was the father
Stonewall Jackson.
1 Some battles of the Civil Wai
re Lexington, Concord, York-
yvn, and Saratoga.
iSINCE "THE" ENGAGE-
“^NT has been announced, it has
-rn the topic of a great many dis-
>iisions, one of which was with
|k bride-to-be herself,
jpldmund Efird: “Why is it that
^ best man doesn’t ever get the
A. B. Gibson Resisns From A. H. S. To
Accept Superintendency At Laurinburg
Graduation Plans
Made by Seniors
At a recent meeting of the grad
uating class of 1940 to decide upon
mascots, class colors, flower, etc.,
it was announced that this is the
largest graduating class Albemarle
High School has ever had.
There are approximately 125
students slated to receive diplomas,
which are being presented to them
by the school on the night of June
" 1940.
At this time, Mr. John Temple
Graves, nationally known figure of
Birmingham, Alabama, will be the
principal speaker. The baccalau
reate service is to be held June 2,
1940, but the speaker has not yet
been obtained.
The seniors have decided to use
the royal blue robes for one class
and white for the other, as in the
exercises last year. The proces
sional will be sung by the whole
class upon entry into the adui-
* THIS ACTUALLY HAPPEN-
>'*'4iss Laws: “What does ‘Je ne
5 pas’ mean?”
Student: “I don’t know.”
liss Laws: “That’s exactly
S'^ltudent: “What’s right?”
N AN AIRPLANE CONTEST
'H> Friday on the Badin road
the rembers of the Model Air-
ne club, Bill Benson won for the
power, and Bill Kennedy for
rubber power.
tISS MILLING, DUE TO THE
SENCE of Mr. Hatley, was
■ ■ :hing the 11:05 Physics class.
’ liss Milling: “What is a B. T.
Bobby?”
^nocker” Morrow: “Baptist
■^ning Union.”
IRS. TROXLER’S LESSONS
■ ■ itiquette have not been in vain.
’ 'e you noticed Richard Scarboro
Ray Lefier in the study hall,
)ing the girls with their chairs?
»■' doesn’t limit his attentions to
girls, however; he also helps
^ the boys.
Juniors Edit Full Moon
^Did you know that thi. issue
out by several members
id of
of the Junior
staff?
Knowing that next year the
present staff will be badly de
pleted by this year’s graduation.
Miss Ellerbe decided to give sev
eral of the Juniors who are in
terested in the journalistic field
a tryout in writing for and mak
ing up this issue.
Among those who contributed
were Doris Franks, Margaret
Nisbet, Jane Turner, Pocahontas
Meigs, Cornelia Yeager, Vir
ginia Niven, Ellen Hearne, Ra-
melle Burleson, J. B. Lambert,
Nell Efird Denning, Ramelle
Morris, Frank Lambert, David
Crump, Pansy Morton, Carolyn
Stone, Eunice Smith, Betsy Ivey,
Norman Trexler, Rembert Rog
ers, Hazel Starnes, and Jimmy
Smith.
torium.
The red i
class flower;
ose was chosen for
blue and \vhite, school
) be used as class col-
, and the motto is “We know
what we are, but we know not
what we will be.”
The invitations, which have been
ordered, are engraved with an
etching of the school building at
the top, just as they were last
year.
No plans have been completed
for the senior banquet except that
will be held in late April.
Band and Chorus
GotoGreensboro
Albemarle High School will be
well represented by its band and
choral groups at the state music
contest in Greensboro to be held
April 16-19.
The two groups combined make
a total of 100 students Who so:
time during this week will go
Greensboro to participate in one
more of the events.
Band Events Tuesday.
Tuesday’s program includes
band solos, trios, and quartets. Solo
entrances from Albemarle are:
Tenor saxophone — “Beautiful
Colorado” by Joseph De Luce,
Wade Underwood; Trombone—
“My Song of Songs” by Clay
Smith, Charles Beatty; Trumpet—
“Jupiter” by Goldmon, Wade Den
ning; and Clarinet—“Concertino’'
by Weber, Bob Lipe. The saxo
phone quartet, composed of Ned
Betts, Wade Underwood, Oron
Rogers and Wade Denning, will
play “Lustspiel,” by Kala Bela.
The entire band, composed of
about thirty high school students
and ten grammar school students,
will go to Greensboro by bus on
Wednesday morning. The pro
grams that day will consist of
three numbers, “March On” by Ed
Chenette; “Judy’s Dream” by For
rest Buchtel; and “Seeds of Cad-
us” by Johnson.
The band is entitled to enter this
contest after winning a I rating
the district contest in Salisbury
! March 30.
Chorus Groups Thursday.
The sixty members of the boys’
and girls’ chorus group will go to
Greensboro on Thursday. The pro
gram for this day will include
some solos, mixed chorus numbers,
boys’ chorus, girls’ chorus, quar-
Choral solos are:
“Rolling Down to Rio”—German,
baritone solo. Jack Lowder; “A
Legend” — Tschaikowsky, tenor
solo by Lee Copple; “The Two
Grenadiers”—Schumann, bass solo,
by Bill Helms.
The girls’ trio, composed of An-
e Ruth Smith, Catherine White-
ley, and Billie Ray Dry, will sing
“Birthday” by Horton.
“Rhapsody” by Smith will be
the number sung by boys’ quartet,
Claude Shankle, Bill Helms, Hurl
Almond and Kenneth Miller.
The mixed chorus will sing “Re
joice and Sing” from the “Christ-
Oratorio” by J. S. Bach; and
(Continued on page four.)
LEAVES ALBEMARLE
Spring Carnival
Proves Success
The annual carnival of A. H.
S., sponsored by the Student Coun
cil Thursday afternoon and night,
was a bigger success than ever be-
Every homeroom and several of
the clubs sponsored various types
of booths and entertainments. Each
of the rooms was responsible for
planning and preparing its own at
traction.
Booths which proved especially
interesting were the fortune tell
ers, Lover’s Lane, the World’s
Greatest Operation, the Pitch-Pen-
’es, and Bingo.
The carnival was first opened
Thursday afternoon for the bene
fit of the grammar school stu
dents and other outsiders who
wished to attend. The night was
for the high school only.
Following the regular carnival,
boxing matches were held. The
matches, refered by Bob Morrow,
were: 'Ted Wallace and Max Mor
ton, draw; John Kennedy over
Kenneth Thompson; J. B. Long
over Lloyd Skidmore; and Bob
Furr over David Crump.
Afterwards those interested
danced to music furnished by ra
dio and turntable.
The money collected will be di
vided among several of the school
organizations.
A. H. S. Band Will Go To Greensboro This Week
Completes Four
Year Term Here
A. B. Gibson, for the past four
years principal of Albemarle High
School, has accepted a position as
superintendent of the Laurinburg
city schools, according to an an
nouncement made last week.
Since his coming four years ago,
A. H. S. has progressed rapidly
along many and varied lines. Dur
ing this time the high school has
been placed on the accredited list
of the Southern Association of
schools and colleges.
Along the physical line, the most
important things which have been
accomplished are the completion of
the new wing of the building, the
installation of the public address
system and moving picture ma
chine, and the development of the
athletic field and cafeteria.
The institution of fully develop
ed physical education and commer
cial departments, the addition of a
qualified twelfth grade, and the
expansion of the diversified occupa
tions and home economics pro
grams have made vast changes in
the school curriculum.
Other additions in this field were
the placing of the chorus, journa
lism, dramatics and band classes
1 a regular class credit basis.
Along social lines there has been
the institution of an annual Field
Day and a Carnival sponsored by
the student council, and monthly
as well as weekly open houses for
students, held in the school cafe-
The Full Moon has become a
printed instead of a mimeographed
paper, and the Creative Writing
class and club have sponsored the
school magazine, Al-Hi-Script.
Mr. Gibson goes to Laurinburg
ith the high recommendation of
having been elected without mak
ing application for the position, be
cause of the high esteem in which
he is held by people throughout the
Mama’s Baby Boy
Cast Is Anncunced
“Mama’s Baby Boy,” a farce in
three acts, was chosen last week
by Miss Rachel Nye, head of the
Dramatics department, as the
Senior class play, to be pi-esented
April 26.
The leading roles were won by
Virginia Stone, David Crump,
Kenneth Miller and Lydia Bowers.
Other parts will be played by
Claude Shankle, Maria Eringher,
Elizabeth Jenkins, Laura Van
Hathcock, Keith Almond, Lois Mel
ton and Mary Hill. These contest
ants were selected from a large
group who tried out. All these
students are member of the grad
uating class.
The proceeds from the produc
tion will go to the senior class for
the seniors’ gift to the school.
Martin and Copple
Elected Delegates
Polly Martin and Lee Copple will
represent A. IL S. at the district
Honor Society meeting in Ashe
ville, N. C., on April 26 and 27.
There will be panel discussions
on Character, Leadership, Scholar
ship and Service, the cardinal
points of the Honor Society. Also
there will be a banquet and speak-
Lee Copple will take part in the
panel discussion on character.
Many schools will be represent
ed at this meeting.