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THE FULL MOON
Friday, November 3, 1950
THE FULL MOON
Published Monthly by Members of Mrs. Fry's •
First Period English Class
STAFF
Editor Phyllis Kluttz
Managing Editor Jo Ann Burrell
News Editor Myra Davis
Feature Editors Lib Elder, Nell -Hatley
Sports Editor . Charles McManus
Reporters—Mary Lowder, Bill Morris, Tommy Morris, Jane Rogers,
Dot Gaskin, Jeweline Holt, Blondell Lucas, Virginia Brown,
Martha Knight, Bill Barnes.
Feature Writers—Joe Whitley, Charles Palmer, Anne Taylor, Helen
Harwood, Angela Moncrief, Frank Efird, Sidney Helms,
George Causby, Elbert Whitley.
Sports Writers—Charles Whitley, Kenny Brown, John Reap, Rob
ert Scaggs, Buddy Donaldson, Don Wagner.
Business Manager Jane Little
Assistant Business Managers Max Pennington, Alton Talbert
Circulation Manager Glenn Cranford
Advisor Mrs. Paul B. Fry
Teen Dare-Devils
Zoom-zoom, beep-beep! Get out of my way! I’m in a hurry.
This is what you hear when you try to cross a street within three
blocks of school.
Teen-age drivers are becoming a big problem. The motto
of these “hot-rod-happies” is “Driving wide open, not praying,
just hoping”. Students don’t think, when they jump into a car
and go racing down the street, what might run out into the
path of the car. So drive carefully. It’s better to “come to a
dead stop” than “come to a stop dead”.
At lunch time, after school, or when it may be, if you see
a pile of junk packed full of high school students flying at
low altitude coming down the street run.
Do You Belong In a Zoo?
When the time comes for students to take a test, a close
look around most A. H. S. classrooms would reveal that there
are ways to pass a test without knowing anything about the
subject. There are several types of students that too often resort
to those ways.
Very common is the giraffe type. He seems to have a neck
long enough to see all papers in his vicinity. It is probable
that he has developed excellent skill in interpreting all kinds
of handwriting.
Comparable to the giraffe is the jumping bean type. He
can’t seem to get comfortable and repeatedly is turning this
way and that way, while he feasts his eyes on the paper behind
him with each turn.
Not unusual is the reporter type. He makes notes so he
won’t forget what to write. These notes are brought to class in
various manners. They are written on hands, cuffs, arms, small
pieces of paper or whatever other ingenious method the reporter
can think of.
Of course, there is the comrade type. He always has another
schemer craftily working with him. Keeping a vigilant guard
over the teacher, he passes notes or talks in whispers to his
friend.
Are you one of these types?
Lost Without Them
“If we’re going to dedicate our annual to the person who has
done the most for us since we have been in high school, we
ought to dedicate it to Haley.” These words were spoken as a
joke, but a little thought shows how near they are to being right.
We don’t like it when we have to detour through the audi
torium because the lobby is wet, but think how it would be if
it were never mopped. The toilets get in a bad enough mess
with cigarettes all over the place, but think how they would be
if they weren’t cleaned up daily. We don’t like it when we are
trying to study and someone is running a power mower under
the window of our school room, but don’t you think that is
better than having weeds all over the place? Mr. Hatley teaches
us all about heat, but we leave it up. to the janitor to supply it.
The janitors bother us sometimes and Heaven knows we
bother them all of the time, but how would we ever get along
without them?
Let's Change the Pace
There are many different ways that we students of A. H. S.
can help build school spirit.
At football and basketball games we can boost the morale
of our team by yelling and cheering. Even if the team is losing,
it helps them to know that someone is still backing them.
Besides the games there are different school clubs that we
can join or support. They are Boosters’ club, Dramatics club,
F H. A. club, Hi-Y club, Tri-Hi-Y club. Library club, and Mono
gram club. Every year some of these clubs sponsor dances.
Last year most of them were flops because students just didn’t
seem to show enough interest in the activities of the school to
come.
We can make this the best year ever at A. H. S. if we’ll
just try. After all, it is our school, and we can make it what
we will.
More Than Enough Time
It seems as though the most popular, though not the new
est, sport around A, H. S. is seeing who can run the fastest in
the halls.
Between classes we are given four minutes. To go from a
top floor room on one side of the building to a basement room
on the other side without running or pushing takes between
160 and 170 steps and approximately one minute and 30 seconds
if you plan your route well and stick to it. Some halls are more
crowded than others, but if everyone will go straight to classes
without stopping to chat and stop traffic, we can make it on
time without running. Pushing doesn’t help either, for you may
knock someone down, which will merely block traffic more.
Though many people haven’t been hurt badly in this mad
man’s rush, many knees and elbows have been scratched or cut.
If running gets too bad, some serious accident may occur.
The Burma Shave Company’ has a good thought behind its
sign:
“The time some people save in speed
They never even live to need.”
Library News
By MARY LOWDER
A number of new books have
been received by the library re
cently and anyone who likes to
read will enjoy them.
For girls there is Front Page
for JennifeY, by Jane S. Mcllvaine,
the story of Jennifer Collins, who
became interested in newspaper
work after being the editor of the
high school annual. It is surpris
ing to learn that working on the
Herald is one exciting adventure
after another and that Jennifer
even published the paper alone
and also got a real scoop.
Shortstop Shadow by Howard
M. Brier will be especially inter
esting to baseball fans. This book
is more than just a story of col
lege baseball; it is the story of
Randy Barlow, a promising young
ball player at Western University,
who is fraternity brother of the
great “Pooch” Wilson. This is
baseball with a dash of mystery
and plenty of college atmosphere
Twenty Non-Royalty One-Act
Classics is a volume containing a
score of one-act plays that have
become classics throughout the
world. They were selected and
edited by Margaret Mayorga, edi
tor of The Best One-Act Plays of
each year.
International Folk Plays pre
sents a glimpse of home life in a
remote region of northern Nor
way, a romantic tale of an em
peror and an innkeeper’s sister in
China, and seven other dramas re
flecting the yearnings, the disap
pointments, the romances, and
the achievements of people of oth
er lands. They were all written
by students of dramatic arts at
the University of N. C. and com
piled by Samuel Selden, director
of Carolina Playmakers.
Fun to act and more fun to be
hold are the splendid comedies in
25 Non-Royalty One-Act Ameri
can Comedies compiled by Wil
liam Kozlenko. Here are fresh
scripts brimming over with gay
situations, sparkling dialogue, ac
tion, and surprise for everybody’s
enjoyment.
Magazine Musts
The current magazines are fill
ed with interesting articles for
reading.
Instead of pink pills, doctors’
prescriptions now recommend the
rumba, fox trot, and jitterbug for
everything from stammering to
broken legs. “You Can Dance
Your Way to Health” is found in
the October American Magazine.
Since the hunting season is just
around the corner, all hunters
would do well to heed the plea in
Today's Health for October:
“Hunter, Come Back Alive!”
Articles from National Geogro/-
phic are usually descriptive, but
the October issue presents “Men
Against the Hurricane,” which is
packed with action.
As winter approaches, it is a
consolation to learn from “That
Infernal Weather” in Reader's Di
gest for November that the win
ters are becoming warmer.
The School Musician informs us
that today America boasts 175,000
comely majorettes, who have lit
erally run the boys wfld in taking
over and advancing the art, of
twirling.
We can get acquainted with our
Western neighbor by reading,
“Tennessee” in the November is
sue of Holiday.
All eyes are turned to “Russia:
Present Tense” in Senior Scholas
tic.
All football fans will want to
read “ ‘T’ for Touchdown” in
Boys’ Lffe for October.
Library Chatter
Student library assistants for
this year are Mary Foreman,
Doris Luther, Lula Gray Thomas,
Jo Ann Ward, Betty Rummage,
Jimmy Griffn, Dolores Waisner,
Peggy Burris, Paddy Hinson, and
Joyce Holt.
* * *
New teachers in A.H.S. met in
the library October 24 to become
better acquainted with library
materials, especially non-book
materials, such as film strips, re
cordings, magazines, and material
in the information file. R. C. Hat
ley presented the audio-visual
equipment owned by the school.
* * *
A Book Fair will be staged in
the banquet room of Hotel Albe
marle November 20 and 21. A
thousand new fall books will be
on sale. The display will remain
open both days from 9 a.m. to 9
p.m. There will be no admission
charge and everyone is urged to
attend.
Inquiring Reporter
Question: What improvement would you
like to see made at A. H. S.?
GIRLS
“Do away with permission slips
to leave class.”—Marlene Har
rington.
“I think the school’s all right,
except it’s too strict.”—Tommie
Poplin.
“The door between study hall
and the library should be oiled.”
—Sally Kluttz.
“All rooms and lockers in the
basement need improving.”—
Jane Russell.
“Ways to make the line move
faster in the cafeteria.”—Cath
erine Atkins.
“More boys! More boys!”—
Paula Harward.
“Shorter school hours.”—Betty
Burris.
“Eliminate speed tests in typ
ing,”—^Emily Milton.
“Elevators instead of stairs to
make it easier on girls going out
for basketball.”—Joyce Lewis.
“Have mid-morning luncheon
period.”—Dot Ritchie.
“Lounging chairs in girls’ rest
rooms.”—Frances Saunders.
“Put television in instead of
sound system.”—Billie Mauldin.
“Not be so strict on conduct.”
—Katherine Shaver.
“Have teachers’ meeting more
often.”—Beulah Lambert.
“Put chimneys in the rest
rooms.”—Louise Smith.
“Have Hallowe’en holiday.”—
Alyse Cranford.
“Get a little more heart.”—
Eunice Kimery.»
“Get desks that don’t squeak
every time you sit down.”—
Louise Vanhoy.
“Leave the doors open. You can
get out, but we can’t get in.”—
Hilda Poplin.
“Get ash trays in rest rooms.”
—Mary Collins.
“We need a student point sys
tem.”—Martha Knight.
“Have the desks fixed.”—
Shirley Morton.
BOYS
Rus-
“Parking lots.”—Reggie
sell.
“More good looking women.”—
Donald Tucker.
“None.”—Booger Lee.
“New athletic field.”—Philip
Lake.
“Five hours a week instead of
five days.”—Chicken Frye.
“Lay out couple days a week
without getting caught.”—^Tony
Russell.
“Smoke stands in every corn
er.”—Donald Woolly.
“Build a new school.”—Henry
Farmer.
“Send it to east Egypt.”—Egg
Smith.
“Install traffic lights in the
hall.”—Eddie Crisco.
“More magazines.” — Scrub
Earnhardt.
“Permit smoking in the class
rooms.”—Frank Crisco.
“Have those cockeyed slips
cut out.”—Claude Harwood.
“The senior class to be quiet
while we are having a class
meeting.”—John Harwood.
“A shorter line in the cafe
teria.”—Charles Litaker.
“A track team,”—Ed Patterson.
“Get rid of all these slips.”—
Reid McLendon.
“The place needs painting on
the inside.”—Jimmy Green.
“Get Jimmie Griffin a girl
friend.”—Bud Griffith,
“I don’t like all of these slips.”
—^Talmadge Moose.
“Better support at the “B” team
games.”—Charles Ray McManus.
“We need some escalators to
keep from walking.” — Cecil
Burleson.
“More play periods.”—Luther
Swaringen.
“Let people talk in study
hall.”—Roger Morris.
“I’d like to see them improve
the dressing rooms.”—Jim Skid
more.
Campus Chatter
Frank and Sid—^we bring you this,
All people read, you can’t resist;
Even tho’ we critcize,
We’re not as bad as “Johnnie Wise”.
This is not completely true;
We just write to have things to do.
Football players, now’s your chance. You had better take
advantage of these sponsors—
“Here today.
Gone tomorrow.”
Were you approached in this manner? “Hi, sweetheart, you
look so good today, snookums.” If you were approached in this
way, don’t get the big head, because you’re really not good look
ing. Just wait ’til the season is through, and through you’ll be too.
What’s the matter with the senior girls? Do they have no
desire to date? Are the underclassmen (women) getting the
“upper hand”?
All these “henpecked” boys are living mighty “hard” these
days aren’t you, “Leo”’?
The same goes for the “family men”, but they are so-o-o
“sweet and understanding” aren’t you “Cob”?
With all the “Levi” jackets, A. H. S. is becoming a “Dude
Ranch”, with Jimmy “Mack” Brown, “Lash” La Bruton, “Hop-
along” Huckabee, and Buster Boyer, and oh yes don’t forget
“Durango” Setzler.
Margaret, when are you going to get “Bow Bow” and “Little”
Jimmy off your leash?
“Sooey San”, Doby, or maybe we should say “noneya”.
Tucker’s taxi seems to be having only one customer, but in
the long run, he won’t get paid.
"SONG HITS BY HALF WITS"
“Are You Lonesome Tonight”—Lib and Angela.
“It’s Love, Love, Love”—Carolyn and Margaret.
“One Dozen Roses”—Claude and Martha Belle.
“Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me?”—Skippy Lee McManus.
“Riders in the Sky”—Jimmy G. and Ann T.
“My Buddy”—Sid and Frank.
“Home on the Range”—“Chicken” P.
“Marching Along Together”—Band Students.
“Cement Mixer, Putsy, Putsy”—Reid and Helen.
‘Hillbilly Fever”—Alton Talbert.
“Sentimental Journey”—J. K. Russell.
“I Love You, Because You’re You”—Bruce and Emily.
“I’ll Sail My Ship Alone”—^The Three Janes (L., R., S.)
“Take Me Out tofrthe Ball Game (Ball Park”)—“Leo” and
Nancy, George and Marilyn, “Skip” and anybody, and
Sally’s carload.
“Always”—Ruth Ann and Leslie.
“Guitar Boogie”—Jimmy B. and Katherine G.
“Slipping Around”—Joe Whitley.
We really have more to throw in, if only we had the time
and space. Well, maybe it’s enough or even too much for some
of “you-uns.” ,
By the way, Claude G., don’t let your Jo Ann do like
“Whit’s” did!!
and oh yeah
-Goodnight, “T-Boe.”