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Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C., April 1, I947
No. 6
jjjchers, Found Guilty of Theft, Are Sentenced!
jinuals On Sale
Afternoon
rtf pverv studsnt in
r/in Ih?1947 annual
wte Squeaks,” on sale this
in the “Fun Moon of-
Lnnual, which in
L leather, will sell for Gf-
^ntsacopy. Many students
acoBiplanied that this is a lit
,teh since there will be only
Cl pages of pictures,
aw of "Bulldog Squeaks" is
“Morton. Joel was chosen
,4is job because it required so
.(ii after-school work and since
dpctically lives at school
’47 annual is dedicated to
tUcFadyen.
Fir each of the superlatives
are full page pictures. A
(ofttiese are Betty Anderson
icst serious girl, Faye Carlton
most ignorant, and Jack Har
is most unlikely to succeed,
Ht sports editor of the annual
MLowder, chosen for his ex-
livf knowledge of all sports.
il is also “athlete of the year.”
tees of the faculty were
:al by the annual’s staff on
(rounds that they would have
tooralizing effect on the stu-
News Briefs
An award of $100 will be given
to the winner in a contest to de
termine who is the most untiring
talker of the school. Bets are be
ing placed on Sue Culp, Nancy
Hearne, and Mattie Barringer.
Many, however, feel that Joe
Whitley or Dan Talbert will out
talk even these.
* * *
Beginning today, juniors and
seniors are to be allowed one aft
ernoon cut from classes a week.
Special permission, however, has
been given to Frank Speight, De
Bernie Austin, Gene Harrington,
and Faye Johnson to cut three
times a week because of their
high scholastic grades.
# * *
In consideration of the hard
work they have done all year, the
students will be given one week
for the Easter holidays, announc
ed Mr. Grigg today.
t * *
Seniors will be allowed to take
their exams one week earlier in
May because they will need to
practice for commencement and
to rest up for other festivities.
dents.
No copies will be sold after this
afternoon due to the limited num
ber of copies available.
ummer School to be Held
At Carolina Beach In June
tamer school this year will be
til bj' well-known actors and
sses at Carolina Beach dur-
fc month of June,
lose students who are fortu-
I enough to fail their work
Have the privilege of making
ip tliis sunjmer at the beach.
K will be absolutely no cost
to students, since the school
}iiig all expenses.
of the swankiest hotels
Juige those enrolled in the
*1 The only restrictions on
students will be that they get
liy the time the sun rises,
lessons will not begin
■ after lunch, the mornings
I * free for sleep.
Yvonne de Carlo, beautiful
Pood actress, is scheduled
Pe instructions on “How to
“an Even Suntan” to any
®td students.
jjing lessons will be
; ‘ Esther Williams and
Andrews. Incidentally, most
classes will be held out
^5;all and Humphrey
u® P'aMing to give help-
Ivili t Peter Law-
'“I teach boating.
Ingrid Bergman is scheduled to
give driving lessons to the boys,
and John Payne will teach the
girls. New convertibles will be
provided for this class.
Singing lessons are being ar
ranged under the direction of
Dick Haymes and Dinah Shore.
Bowling, a popular beach sport,
will be taught by Alan Ladd. He
will be assisted in this work by
Joan Caulfield.
The evenings at the beach are
to be spent in recreation after a
day of mind-wracking work, pre
viously described, unless some of
the more ambitious students are
interested in taking dancing or
dating lessons.
Rita Hayworth and Van John
son will teach the dancing lessons.
Harry James’ orchestra has been
engaged to furnish music for the
ol ctsscs
Jane Russell and Errol Flynn
have agreed to give instructions
on dating to any students who
feel that they are not quite mas
ters of the art.
After a student has made up his
required units, he will be allowed
to return home for a nice long
rest.
Entire Faculty is Sentenced to From Five to
Ten Years in State Penitentiary for Steal
ing—Peebles is Granted Clemency.
Teachers of Albemarle high school were today found guilty of
continuous theft after a long and arduous trial which has lasted
for several weeks.
The entire faculty, with the exception of Miss Mary A. Peebles,
was sentenced to not less than five and not more than ten years
in the state penitentiary. Miss Peebles will pay a small fine and
spend three months in the local jail.
Having nothing to say for themselves, the defendants were
quietly led from the courtroom by heavily armed guards.
During this trial the prosecuting students, represented by at
torney Gerald Chandler, produced evidence that the teachers had
been stealing from them. Among the things taken were comic
books, dice, marbles, pea shooters, candy, and enormous amounts
of gum. Although the teachers had been warned time and again,
they continued to steal without mercy from their helpless pupils.
Indignant parents demanded that the case be taken to court, where
it has now been in progress three weeks.
^ Winfred Van Buren Plyler, Jr.,
one of the cleverest criminal law
yers in the south, was called in to
defend the teachers. Mr. Plyler
put forth such efforts to prove
the defendants innocent that he
is now suffering from a nervous
breakdown in a secluded sanito-
rium.
Judge David Gaddy summed up
the case by saying, “The theft
was bad enough, but the fact that
the teachers had later used the
loot for their own enjoyment
made the crime particularly rep
rehensible.”
The prosecution had proven
conclusively that Mrs. Chrisco
and Miss Spears had been seen
standing on a street corner chew
ing gum which their pupils had
supplied.
Professors Wilson, Peiffer, Fry
and McFadyen had been discover
ed on their knees in the dark
room throwing dice, while Mr.
Morris, Mr. Hatley, and Mr. De-
Lotto were found hiding in the-
bookroom reading the comic
books.
The jury was composed of
Frances Austin, Peggy Almond,
Ruby Morris, Lamar Bowers, Har
vey Furgeson, Bobby Donaldson,
Bobby Morton, Sue Culp, Charles
Morris, Johnny Andrew,
Sides, Eugene Earnhardt.
Albemarle Will
Have University
Plans have been completed and
preparations are now being made
for the new University of Albe
marle announces Mr. Fry, presi
dent and promoter.
This is a great improvement
over the college center now being
held at the high school. Buildings
will be erected on the football
field, tennis courts, vacant lot,
and over the few surrounding
blocks.
The high school and university
will be closely related. There will
be no other school of this type in
the world.
The instructors for the univer
sity have been chosen from the
faculty of the high school. This
school will rate with Yale, Har
vard, Princeton, Duke, Carolina,
and Wingate.
Four-year courses in law, medi-
•cine, engineering, and many oth
er lines are to be offered.
The math department is headed
by Professor Caughman with Pro
fessors Michael and Beaver asso
ciates. All courses from arithme
tic to solid analytics will be
taught here.
R. C. Hatley is professor of sci
ence with Professor Warren
handling the biology. Professor
Hatley is also head of the joke
telling class, which will meet six
days a week. .
This will be the only school in
the United States where English
is not to be taught. Mrs. Fry will
spend her time trying to keep up
with Mr. Fry and Mrs. Pemer
prefers to coach the girls’ yo-yo
team. ,
Foreign languages are under
Jake
the direction of Professor Max
well et ses maitresses. Everything
but English will be taught.
The library of some 10,000,000
books will be managed by Prof.
Holbrook.
Coach M. J. DeLotto, already at
work, has his football team in
tiptop shape. He states that next
fall he can win the Southern Con
ference, the Rose Bowl and have
enough left over to win the Sugar
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