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liVAS THE LAST PERIOD
' Vv and as a group of
,,watched the band mem-
Mve eaxly in order to get
,H*ury in time to march
1 Christmas parade, Ted
Le suddenly exclaimed:
wish I could start
got till 6 o’clock,” Don-
(iillis reminded him.
I know,” came the
•but I’m driving my A-
I should have started
jorning.” ^
j,y BEAVER: That’s the
\point pen I ever saw
note even.
Herrin: You mean, that s
jst ball-point pen you ever
hat even wrote.
* * *
U FRY’S CHORUS CLASS,
rjis exchanged seats in the
’eof a song, Mr. Fry stop-
playing the piano to ask,
•jie people on that side of
OT have measles?”
' # ♦ ♦
SIGHT CRANFORD SEEMS
answering door knobs in-
of telephones these days,
he was suddenly awaken-
the ring of the telephone
ierushed to the table, pick-
a broken doorknob, and
toed, “Hello”.
feing no answer, he return-
I bed, still half-asleep.
' ♦ * ♦
tfCY PRIESTER SNEERED
torny joke as she started
down in French class while
nginator of the fun chuckled
said: “That’s funny! Get
oint?”
icy got the point all right,
loin a thumb tack which
one had put in her chair.
♦ * ♦
10 SAID LULU MORRIS
11 believe in ghosts? Go-
» the last football game,
aiet Morris was examining
5 brightly colored kerchief
lootball pictures on it, and
said, “Well, this kerchief
te out of style after to-
iasshe finished saying this,
Bchief vanished out of the
Was her face red?
♦ ♦ *
LM GO GET my hair cut?”
David Gaddy on the day
!Christmas parade,
itody’s going to look at you
mow if your hair needs cut-
•I not,” replied Miss Lentz.
HI, 1 don’t care if anybody
at me or not. It itches.”
♦ » * ,
sapple FOR THE TEACH-
passe now: one of Miss
teh’s pupils presented her
1 turnip. And what a tur
*2s 21 inches in circum-
®. 7% inches in diameter,
«s in length, and weigh-
' pounds.
* McIntosh presented it to
Jnes to cook for the Teach-
■lab.
* ♦ *
■IE TEACHING INSUR-
in general business class,
Matheson asked, “Why
*the city want to have in
i'* on this school building?”
"lie Ross came up with the
I'' “Because of the boys
'■'S in the boys’ toilets.”
* * ♦
S LENTZ WAS HAVING
in making the assign-
■n third period sociology
Mie had already stopped
■I times because her voice
be heard above that of
■ Napier, who was telling
®ng to “Stooge”.
(>y she opene(J her mouth
™ again, when Jimmy
lip, caught her indignant
'“n, and came out with,
TO please stop interrupt-
* * *
J CAUGHMAN: “If you
I n’t keep your signs (al
iens) straight. I’m going
s signs all over you.”
Gaddy: “What kind?
Bridge out’?”
j^emarle High School. Albemarle, N. C.
December, 1948
mixed chorus
r
Monogram Club
Presents Annual
Stunt Night Show
The second annual Physical
Education Stunt night was held
in the high school auditorium,
Friday night, December 3. This
stunt show was given by mem
bers of the physical ed classes,
under the direction of Mrs. Al
mond, Mr. Webb, and Mr. Peiffer,
and was sponsored by the Mono
gram club to raise money in or
der to buy sweaters for varsity
players.
Act one of this program was a
baby contest given by the boys
of the first period boys’ class.
Both the “babies” and “mothers”
were members of this class; they
came on the stage in wagons Md
wheelbarrows, and one “child”
came in carrying his “mother”.
The winner, selected by applause
of the audience, was given a
cup, which was really a child’s
training pot.
“The Dark Town Poker Club”
was presented by the third period
girls in true Phil Harris style,
with Betty Lou Stevens acting the
part of Bill.
Next was the “Dissentary Doz
en”, a small orchestra consist
ing of several members of the
AHS band with Dick Heddin as
conductor, who gave their version
of “My Happiness” and “Drum
Major’s Special”.
(Continued on Page bix)
AHS, Harding Present Concert
Cossack Chorus
Presents Concert
As the first feature of the
Community Concert series, the
Don Cossack chorus presented
a program of delightful mu
sical entertainment Tuesday,
November 30, in the high school
auditorium.
Directed by Nicholas Kostru-
koff, who organized the chorus
20 years ago, the Don Cossacks
wandered around the world
until 10 years ago they finally
found a home in America,
where they received public ac
claim.
With the exception of “The
Lord’s Prayer”, which was sung
in English, the program con
sisted of Russian songs sung
with the widest range known
on the concert platform. As
an additional surprise, the Cos
sacks performed exciting dan
ces, ending with the National
Dance of the Cossacks.
The concert was well attend
ed by high school students, who
are members of the Community
Concert association.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
The Christmas holidays will
begin December 17 and last un
til January 3.
Day Of Practice Ends In
Joint Program And
Party.
A joint concert featuring Christ
mas music was given by the mix
ed choruses of A. H. S. and Har
ding High School of Charlotte on
December 10 here.
The Charlotte chorus came to
Albemarle Friday morning to be
gin practices with this chorus.
Students of Harding ate lunch in
the cafeteria and were invited
to dinner by members of the
mixed chorus and selected mem
bers of the boys’ and girls’ cho
ruses who sang in the concert.
Sacred and secular songs
which were sung by the choruses
under the direction of Mr. Paul
Fry and Mr. Oliver Cook were
as follows: “A Mighty Fortress is
Our God”, “We Have No Other
Help”, and “May Day Carol”,
“Call to Remembrance”, ‘Char-
lottown”, “Stodola Pumpa”.
Fred W'aring’s choral arrange
ments of Christmas Carols were
also presented by the choruses.
They were “We Three Kings”,
“The First Nowell”, "Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing”, “Joy to the
World”, ‘It Came Upon a Mid
night Clear”, “Angels We Have
Heard on High”, “O Come, All
Ye Faithful”, “Luther’s Cradle
Hymn,” “God Rest You Merry,
(Continued on Page Six)
High School Band
Marches In Three
Christmas Parades
The Albemarle High School
band, under the leadership of
Spencer B. Hatley, has partici
pated in three outstanding North
Carolina Christmas parades.
The Charlotte Christmas Festi
val, November 17, one of the
largest in the Southeast, was the
first parade in which the band
had taken part. It was an hon
or in itself for a beginner’s band
to receive an invitation; yet the
band conducted themselves as
though they were veterans and
were commended for their “snap
py marching” and “neat, dresatf
appearance”.
The Salisbury parade the fol
lowing night was met with tired
feet and worn shoes; but enthus
iasm was not dampened: the
band marched, according to eye
witnesses, even better than the
previous night, though the horns
and music seemed to grow hea
vier with every step.
Climaxing the series of march
es, the parade here in Albemarle,
held December 2, was Stanly
county’s contribution to the Yule-
tide Spirit.
The Albemarle high school
band, sharing honors with Con
cord and Salsbury bands, march
ed “into the hearts” of the citi
zens of Albemarle. (If you re
member, the Band Drive last year
was met with the most spon
taneous approval of the people of
any drive of its sort.)
'Thursday, December 2, the peo
ple saw what their money had
purchased, what their children
had accomplished, and what
hard work and patience had
done.
Charlotte and Salisbury were
“really sumpin’;” but the cheers
of the people of Stanly county
were worth every bit of work
and practice put into the prepara
tions.
Survey Shows That Most Students
Eat Hearty, Sleep Late, Scrub Clean
As shown by a recGut sur-
vey sponsored by “Scholastic
Magazine” on High School
Health and Nutrition Habits
235 students, as a whole, have
healthful habits.
It seems that 222 pupils, 117
boyslnd 105 girls, eat break^
fast every morning, while w
St eat Leakfast at all. More
Sople can eat meen mm^
utes, but 83 are able to rush
through it in five or ten min
utes Forty-five slower ones
cin barely Inish in 20 or n^ore
minutes. From those 13 who
SidnTeat at all, excuses such
as getting up too late and not
S’ .
^^The^quStio^na”ife^shows that
the typical A. H. S. student s
breakfast consists of eggs, ba
con, toast and butter, and cof
fee. The cost of such foods as
meat, butter, milk, and eggs
does not have much influence
on their choice of food.
It would be nice to know
how 4 people always manage
to eat something between
breakfast and lunch as the sta
tistics show and 21 people usu
ally eat at this time—and
such a variety too. Everythmg
from sandwiches and crackers
to sweets and peanuts with all
sorts of beverages are somehow
devoured at school during this
time. How do they obtain all
this food, especially the hot
f*nffp0
Most of our 235 people are
not night owls and get plenty
of sleep, the majority getting
between 8 and 9 hours sleep
was^tound that most stu
dents come to school with clean
and shining faces. Twenty
girl5 to 8 boys wash their faces
with water and no soap. Guess
the boys must be the soap lov
ers in this school. Is that why
some of them smell so good?
Ninety-seven of 120 boys
brushed their teeth this morn
ing, while 106 out of 115 girls
■ brushed theirs. No wonder so
many girls have that tooth
paste smile.
Besides having clean teeth,
these people have clean heads
as well. Seventy-two girls
shampoo their hair at least
once a week, and 37 wash
theirs once every two weeks.
The boys probably think that
they are handsome enough
without having shining locks,
for 55 wash their hair once a
week and 51 once every two
weeks.
Of these 235 students, most
of them have good health and
nutrition habits. What about
you??
By Their Words
"I’ve drunk so much coffee I
can’t drink another pot full.”—
Johnny Helms.
"My students always walk out
single file. I stand in the door
and they can’t do anything else.”
—Mr. Fry.
“He doesn’t have sense enough
to say anything crazy.” — Bill
Saunders.
“I’d like to have a mirror so 1
could look in myself.”—Violet
Melton having her picture made.
“She 'fell desperately in love
with a pheasant.” (meaning
peasant)—Mary Anna Peck.
“I’m so sleepy I can’t wake
up.”—Dwight Cranford.
'T’ve been shaving for two
years and cut myself both
times!”—Jimmy Allen.
“Tex Ritter looked straight in
my face so I’m never going to
wash it again.”—Sally Neal
Kluttz.
“If I could talk the contest
judges into grading us on talk
ing instead of playing, this band
would make straight ones (top
ratings)!”—Mr. Spencer Hatley.
“He’s just a regular old slap-
backing fellow!” (meaning back-
slapping)—Mary Elder.
“Please! Don’t tell us about
your war experiences again to
day, Ralph.”—Mr. Wilson.
"I wish someone would come
up here and hold my hand, but
please don’t all of you girls rush
up here now!”—Rayvon Morton.
“Why don’t you stick a postage
stamp on your nose and send
yourself to China?”—David Gad
dy to Frances Gaddy.
“If I were a senior I’d let the
eighth graders swoon over me,
but being I’m an eighth grader.
I’ll just swoon over the seniors.”
—Peggy Wilhelm.
“People really do like to look
in our door. I’m going to put
up a sign—‘Look in ... 36 peo
ple and Gene Snuggs’.” — Mrs.
I Hayes.