jlol. XIV — No. 6
‘fleie ^Leie
SALLY BEAVER: “Does anyone
,ve a piece of chewing gum? I
jj like a piece of chewing gum.”
jjary Elder: “You look stuck-
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the other day in study hall,
(Hie boys were talking about
ftting a reservation for a night
ijb in Charlotte.
Bob Youngblood suddenly came
ut with: “Why do you want a
iservation? Isn’t that where In-
tns live?”
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MARTHA MOORE asked Mr.
jtley to write in her annual,
V, he replied, “You write in
!tie first so I’ll know whether to
ite something good.”
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WHAT IS AN APOSTLE?” ask-
Miss Harrison.
eroy Holt thought it was a
ig of men, but the answer was
complete until Geneva Bar-
added: “Yeah, like apostle in
vestern movie.”
Th§Full Moon
J.AVID GADDY: “Hey, Jacque-
iie, are you any relation to Son-
[ Bowers?”
lackie Bowers: “Yes, brothers.”
THINK I’M GOING TO HAVE
0 change some seats around
toe,: because some people are
joing too much talking.”—Miss
to'z in French II class.
orma Bogle: “Wouldn’t it be
jsier to move the people?”
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THE OTHER DAY LULA MOR
IS was trying to get a lead for
feature story. Someone read
e'lead and asked, “Lula, do
)u hafta
at?”
CROWDED CONDITIONS IN
JE HALLS have been the sub
ct of editorials, articles, and
ctures, but it remained for
aine Hall to write about it in
isfi:
LUNCH RUSH
a minute till noon and all
through the hall
terything was so quiet you
could hear a pin fall;
tai all of a sudden the bell it
did sound;
thjught for a minute the walls
would fall down.
Iit‘1 a crash and a bang down
the hall they do speed;
iMks to me like a herd that
is on stampede.
Ill never get hurt; it’s just like
play—
•less you get caught going in
the wrong way.
it a few minutes later if you
look and see,
le halls will be as quiet as
t'ley can be.
begin with a lilac
News Briefs
Easter holidays will last from
Piil 15 through April 17.
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The magnolia tree in a corn-
of the high school lot was
luted recently by the War
Withers, in memory of the boys
h lost their lives in World
'ir II.
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The tumbling team of AHS, un-
>the direction of Coach Webb,
Rented a program to two clubs,
* to the Rotary club on March
' and the other to the Lions
on April 6. This team has
'Mai outstanding stars.
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■^tending the state wide N. C.
A. conference in Asheville lak
■ekwere Mr. Wilson, president;
Swaringen, vice president;
Frank Holden, Miss Vir-
'ia Cowan, Mr. McFadyen and
Parker.
■Ians are being made for the
® eighth grades to travel to
"«gh on April 27 and May 4.
*y will visit the capitol, mus-
ps, and other points of inter
im Two classes will go at a
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N.
April, 1949
Ballot^ For Special School Tax Levy To Be Held
Choral Students
Goto Greensboro
will represent
wnf h ^ Festival which i
will be held April 19 and 20 in
Greensboro. :
This festival chorus, which will
be made up of approximately 600
students representing many of I
the schools in North Carolina,
will rehearse and present its con-'
cert at the Woman’s College of
the University of North Caro
lina.
Tuesday morning and after- ;
noon and Wednesday morning!
will be spent in rehearsals, with
three groups—mixed, boys, girls
practicing their songs sep
arately. [
Later the group will broadcast I
some of its selections over the I
Greensboro radio station. i
Mr. Harry R. Wilson, director i'
and composer of music from New |
York City, will direct the choir. !
Groups of students represent- [
ing each school are divided in-
to units consisting of three so
pranos, two altos, two tenors, and
two basses.
Schools entering units for the
festival are divided into three
classes—A, B, and C. AHS will
be in class B—schools contain
ing from 200 to 600 pupils. |
Mr. Fry, who is president of the ;
North Carolina Choral Associa
tion, will accompany the stu
dents to Greensboro.
GIRLS' TRIO
CHANDLER, PEGGY
SHANKLE
JOYCE CROWELL, GAYNELLE
Girls' Trio Rated Superior;
Chorus, Quartet, Excellent
Attend Meeting
Of Honor Society
Mary Elder and Jerry Lowder
represented AHS as official del
egates to the convention of the
North Carolina division of the
National Honor Society, which
was held at Central high school
in Lenoir on Friday and Satur
day, April 8 and 9. Unofficial
delegates who attended were Sue
Herrin and L. C. Caudle.
Students representing AHS in
the festival are Frances Gaddy,
Isab.el Outlaw, and Jeannnine
Boysworth, first sopranos; Mar
garet Morris, Nancy Priester, and
Joyce Crowell, second sopranos;
Billie Camp and Nancy Hearne,
altos; Morris Hathcock, Elmon
Russell, Joe Edwards, and Rich
ard Crisco, first tenors; Paul
Suggs, Jimmy Carpenter and Con
rad Crotts, second tenors; Gene
Earnhardt and L. C. Caudle, first
basses; and Arthur Burris, Jim
my Miller and Dick Hedden, sec
ond basses.
Tumbling, Dancing
Featuzed In Show
The physical education depart
ment of the high school will pre
sent a tumbling exhibition, dance
show and a barefoot hop Thurs
day nigtit, April 14, at 8:00 o’clock
in the new gym.
This is sponsored by the Mono
gram club in an effort to raise
money for sweaters.
In the tumbling show, Mr.
Webb and his tumblers w’ill pre
sent a show of all kinds of stunts.
The boys have been practicing
hard and it is thought by many
that this will be a very interest
ing show.
The dance show, under the di
rection ef Mrs. Almond, will in
clude such dances as folk danc
ing, tap dancing, and simple
forms of modern dances. The
girls in Mrs. Almond’s gym class
es have also put out some hard
work and effort on this pro
gram.
After the tumbling exhibition
and dance show there will be a
barefoot hop in the new gym.
At this dance everyone 'will be
asked to check his shoes at the
door and dance in socks or bare
feet.
The highest rating possible,
superior, was given to the girls’
trio, which sang in the annual
district contest at Charlotte on
March 25.
Recently the trio was select
ed by Mr, Fry. It is composed
of Gaynelle Chandler, first so
prano; Joyce Crowell, second so
prano; and Peggy Shankle, alto.
They sang “In A Monastery
Garden”, by Ketelbey.
Other choral groups represent
ing the school were the mixed
chorus and the boys’ quartet.
Each of these groups received a
rating of excellent.
The mixed chorus sang “We
Have No Other Help”, by Ark-
hangelsky; and “A Mighty Fort
ress Is Our God”, by Luther.
Those singing in the boys’
quartet were Richard Crisco and
Henry Forrest, tenors; and Har
old Hudson and Jimmy Miller,
basses.
All of the groups, which wore
blue robes and white stoles, sang
in the auditorium at the Central
high school.
Two buses were chartered for
the trip, with Mr. Fry, Mrs. C.
I. Miller, and Mrs. F. L. Priester
as chaperons.
Are You As Brilliant As You Think?
Could You Have Answered These?
How wrong can you be?
100% wrong, apparently, and
on some facts almost 100% of
the people are wrong. This
was proven by a poll taken
recently of AHS students. Your
reporter took three questions
which it seems most any Amer
ican should be able to answer.
But not one correct answer was
given.
The first question was In
what year was Jesus born.
About 30% replied the year 1
A. D. 'Time started then,
didn't it?" was Martha Knight's
explanation. Two people be
lieved it was 2 A. D., two oth
ers guessed 1 B. C., “nd others
ranged upward to 150 B. C.
Bobbie Russell, an eighth gra
der (take note, seniors) came
closest with 3 B- C- wh«:h ‘S
only one year_ ahead^^^f^^t^
one year
generally accepted
Who was the first head of
the United States Government.
100% of those asked stated
positively that it was George
Washington. Washington was
the first president after the
present constitution was put
into effect, but there were oth
ers before him. Peyton Ran
dolph of Virginia was elected
president of the first Continen
tal Congress, however, which
actually makes him the first
head of our government.
As for the third question,
varied answers were given, but
they were all wrong: Who was
the supreme commander of the
Confederate armies during the
Civil War? 60% replied "Gen
eral Robert E. Lee"—30% be
lieved Stonewall Jackson was
the leader. But not one guess
ed the true commander, which
isn't too terrible after all, since
very few people have ever
heard of Samuel Cooper, who
was adjutant general of the
Confederate armies and gave
final orders to the Southern
generals.
Everyone knows that Me
thuselah died at the oldest age
of any man, as is plainly sta
ted in the Bible. To the ques
tion of "Did Methuselah live
longer than his father?" how
ever, the students showed they
believed the old geometric ax
iom that "things equal to the
same thing are equal to each
other," for almost everyone re
plied wonderingly, "Why, yes,
of course," eyeing your report
er with a where-are-your brains.
However, geometric state
ments don't aply to human
life—it so happens that Me
thuselah's father, Enoch, nev
er died—he lived such a pure
life that God took him straight
to heaven.
Don't condemn these igno
rant students who gave wrong
answers, though. Would you
have answered these questions
correctly?
Increase Needed
To* Maintain Higii
Educational Level
Citizens of Albemarle city ad
ministrative school district will
be asked to vote in the near fut
ure on the proposed increase of
' 15 cents in the school tax rate.
I The suggested levy would be
i used to employ extra teachers
I which the state does not allot.
I This includes teachers for chorus,
! band, public school music,
health and physical education
for hoys and girls, home eco
nomics, commercial subects, di
versified occupations, and shop
work.
In addition, the money would
pay for extra teachers to lighten
the enrollment in overloaded
classes and for anitorial services,
supplies, water, light, and heat.
Only ^ part of these expenses is
paid by the state.
Back in 1935 in a school dis
trict election, Albemarle citi
zens gave approval to a maxi
mum levy of 15 cents to be used
to employ additional teacher'
and generally to provide a high
er standard than that providee
by state support. Today the in.
come from this levy is exactly,the
same in 1935, but as the state
has increased its teachers’ sal
aries, local teachers have had to
be paid more, and the fund is
woefully inadequate.
“When it is realized that we
are receiving practically the
same amount of money for extra
teachers and for supplies that we
did at the beginning of the war,
it is easy to understand why we
need additional money if we are
to maintain our present stand
ard,” said Claud Grigg in sum
ming up the imperative need for
additional funds.
Many cities of North Carolina
levy far higher special school
taxes then Albemarle does. For
instance, Lenoir levies 42c; Lex
ington, 30c; Wadesboro, 25c;
Thomasville, 30c; Mooresville,
40c; Charlotte, 50c; Pinehurst,
30c; Salisbury, 30c; and Roanoke
Rapids, 50c.
The new tax would amount to
only a little more than a dollar
more per person, a negligible cost
for such a necessary item as ade
quate education.
By Their Words
"Not quite one score and none
years ago, my father brought
forth upon this continent—me.
The results are undecided.”—
David Gaddy.
"I can’t think of what I want
ed to remember.”—Lula Morris.
“Don’t write on yoUr face.”—
Seniors (having their annuals
signed.)
“Oh, 1 don’t have to sign my
name to this picture. You’ll re
member me.”—Mr. R. C. Hatley.
“Let’s simplify these fractions:
You take the minus x out of the
basement and put it upstairs.
That makes it plus x. Then take
the minus x upstairs and put it in
the basement.” — Miss Caugh-
man.
“This stuff sounds like modern
music—it’s ‘stinkapated’.”—Wil
lis Pence.
“Frances is going to sing, ‘Glut
tons and Booze’.”—David Gaddy.
“I’m all out of shape.”—Con
nie McLain (meaning she had
missed basketball practice lately)
“Sounds like a contact from an
other world”.—Mr. Fry, w-hen the
P. A. system was squeaking.
“1 feel like that wall—plaster
ed.”—Don "Stooge” Mullis.
“She walks like a bowl of jel-
I ly—alway^shaking.”—Bill Sand-
i ers,