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■liBI The Full Moon Vol. 22 —No. 4 Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C. February, 1957 HERE AND THERE GLENN TALBERT ASKED, “What’s the biggest hangout around school?” “Detention hall,” answered Jim. * ♦ * “WHY DID HE quit school?” asked Ronnie Millican. “Illness, I think,” replied Cary McSwain. “What’s the matter?” Ronnie asked. /‘The teachers were sick of him,” replied Cary. S|C 4c * IN COACH WEBB’S Economics class, they were discussing in surance. Coach Webb said, “I have per sonal insurance,” Glenn Talbert asked, “What is that for? In case you kill a football player?” * * * ONE DAY IN fourth period study hall, Mr. Lippard was checking excuses. “Kenneth, may I see your ex cuse?” After carefully folding the ex cuse into an airplane, Kenneth asked, “How do you want it, Sir, by Airmail or Special De livery?” * * * “YOU’D BETTER NOT sit on that radiator; you might get burned,” Kenneth Huneycutt told Joe Miller. “No, I won’t get burned. It isn’t lit,” Joe quipped. * * * ONE DAY AFTER a long ab sence, Pat Edwards was taking a great deal of time in the dis cussing of Sociology. “I don’t mean to keep the floor all the time,” she said. Mrs. Westerlund explained. You’re here so seldom, Pat, 've’re glad to hear you talk.” :| :|c 9K MR. HATLEY TOLD his Phys ics class that he drove his Crest- iiner to school. , „ “Oh, I thought it was a Ford, somebody answered. * * * ^ ONE NIGHT AT tenor practice, Mr. Fry was giving the boys a pep talk. . “You tenors have really got It,” he said; “now you’ve got to find out what to do with it. * * * “RAT. DO YOU know what a parking lot is?” asked Graham. “No, what is it?” Rat answered. “It’s a place where you pay fifty cents so you won’t get fined a dollar while you go in to get a ten-cent coke that costs a quar ter,” answered Graham. * * * DURING CHEMISTRY CLASS ' the other day, Mr. Hatley was telling his class about the love iife he used to lead. , Someone asked, “Where did you meet your wife?” , Jeff Hartsell interrupted say ing, “At Tommy’s Hayloft.” * * * WAYNE EUDY WAS heard giv ing this speech to Linda Moose the othbr day: . ^ “I was born a Republican, l always have been a Republi«^n» and I expect to die a Republi can.” \ /‘Not very ambitious, are you. Linda answered. * * ♦ “IF YOU WERE the only per son on an island which had co conut trees and wild animals, and you could use coconuts and Could cook and build a house ''^ith the trees, would you be 'vealthy?” asked Coach Webb. ,.“I’d be the wealthiest person there!” answered Punk Gantt. JENNY ASKED, “JANIS, do you know what a half aspirin IS for?” “No,” Janis replied. “They are for splitting head aches,” said Jenny. Di * « ONE DAY THIS conversation ^as overheard in Bill Corbett s hospital room. « 4.u« Somebody asked, “Whats the jnost fun you’ve had since you ve heen here?” . ,, Corbett replied When I’m doped up and the Sood looking nurses come in. DAVID GRIGG Grigg, Smith Are District Finalists For Scholarships David Grigg and Robert L. Smith, two outstanding seniors at A.H.S., have been chosen fi nalists in this district for the John Motley Morehead scholar ship at the University of North Carolina. Now that David and Robert have won in this district, they will go to Chapel Hill for final interviews during the first week of March. These students were among five hundred boys who applied all over the state. Since they won in this county, their appli cations were forwarded to the district committee. Now David and Robert are two of the six who will represent this district at Chapel Hill. Mr. John Motley Morehead es tablished these scholarships to encourage young men, capable of leadership, to attend the Uni versity. The scholarships are awarded annually to around 30 freshmen and each scholarship is valued at $1,250 per year for undergraduate students. Robert and David are leaders at A.H.S., both in their studies and also in extra-curricular ac tivities. i. ^ TVT« Robert is president of the Na tional Honor Society and also buSness manager of the CROSS ROADS. He was voted Most Likely to Succeed and Most Orig inal by the seniors and was a delegate to Boys' State. Robert has been a winner in the Acad- emv.of Science for three years. David is president of the A.H.S. student body, a member of the National Honor Society, and was elected Most Influential and Best ROBERT L. SMITH GENE LANGLEY Langley Is State Hi-Y Council Head Gene Langley, outstanding senior, was elected president of the Inter-State Hi-Y Council of North and South Carolina last Saturday at the Inter-State office in Charlotte. Gene will be head of a group of seven Council representatives which govern the activities of Hi- Y clubs in the two states. He will also serve as presid ing officer at this year’s Hi-Y Conference and will be in charge of planning for the Conference. Gene has been a member of the All-Around by the senior class. He also attended Boys’ State and was co-captain of this year’s football team. New School Bids Received Sprinkler System To Be Installed On Football Field A. H. S. will soon have a per manent water sprinkler system on the football field, which will insure a year-round green turf. The Albemarle Jaycees have undertaken the installation of the sprinkler system as their most recent community service project. The labor necessary for this construction will also be provided by the Jaycees, The project will require some 750 feet of ditches approximate ly 18 inches deep. Two hundred and seventy-three feet of two- inch pipe, 360 feet of three-quar- ter-inch pipe will be permanent ly placed underground. Four sprinklers, through which the water will pass to provide necessary moisture for a smooth, green playing field, will be in stalled at strategic spots on the field. These will be covered with rubber tips when not in use. Also included in the project is the installation of water spig ots near the players’ bench. These will eliminate the old “water-bucket” system for re freshing players during the games. The Jaycees sponsored “Albe marle Night” at an Ice Hockey game in Charlotte and the mon ey made from this project will be used in the construction of the Sprinkler system. The Jay cees also plan to use the pro ceeds from the sale of football programs to finance the cost of the materials. Student Elections To Be Held Soon Students of A.H.S. will select their student body officers for next year on March 15. Candidates or their representa tives must obtain a petition, se cure the proper number of sig natures, and be nominated at one of the two conventions. One candidate from each convention will run for each office. The president will be elected from the rising senior class; the vice president, the rising junior class; the secretary, the rising sophomore class; and the treas urer, either of these classes. National Hi-Y Planning Council and he is president of the local Senior Hi-Y Club. You Say You Have ^Nothing To Wear?' Nothing to wear! Having heard this on all sides, the FULL MOON class conduct ed an investigation to check the truth of the statement. A sur vey was made in Mrs. Saunders ninth grade homeroom, Mr. Rob inette’s tenth grade homeroom, Mrs. Carter’s eleventh grade homeroom, and Mrs. Fry s twelfth grade homeroom. The sixty-four girls interview ed have an average of fourteen sweaters, eleven skirts, nine blouses, five pairs of shoes, elev en pairs of socks, three pairs of hose, four dresses, two coats, three pairs of Bermuda, shorts, two party dresses, two evening dresses, two toppers, and two pairs of pedal-pushers apiece. Twenty-five ef these girls have coats and twenty-eight have toreador pants. Even though the boys are out numbered, their averages are hiSi. Of the fifty-two boys in tbp survey, each has an average S thirteen shirts, five sweaters, six pairs of trousers, three pairs nf shoes, fourteen pairs of socks, one suit, one overcoat, tw^ve ties four pairs of dungarees, two iackets, and two sport coats. Sev enteen of the fifty-two boys own d?nner jackets, while fourteen have dinner trousers. Also one- half of the fifty-two boys have car coats. Since the junior class is pre dominantly girls, they had a good showing as compared with the other three classes. As a re sult of this, junior boys were lacking in comparison with the other classes. Some girls in the freshman class who the survey showed had lots of clothes, were Juanita Lambert, Annette Lowder, Jerry Lou Holbert, and Elaine Morris. Freshmen boys who ranked high in the survey were Nelson Smith, Raeford Deese, David Hunsucker, and Eddie Bowers, Linda Doby, Janice Harris, Cynthia Efird, Robbie Vanhoy, and Mickie Doby proved out standing, clothes-wise, among the sophomore girls in the sur vey, while Pete Blalock, Charles Pennington, Eddie Crutchfield, and Sherrill Lowder were some clothes-conscious sophomore boys in the survey. Some of the junior girls at the top of the survey list were Diane Watkins, Peggie Sue Lisk, Emma Lynn Morton, and Carolyn Nich- olds, Eddie Burleson, "Tommy Murrell, and Stanley Lawhon were, some of the junior boys in the survey ranking high, Sheila Scarboro, Diane Tucker, Elizabeth Tucker, Sue McManus, Linda Moose, Mickey Dry, Gerry Currier, Charlie Smith, and “Que” Smith were some mighty seniors who proved clothes-con- scious in the investigation. Students interviewed were also asked four questions: (1) What are your favorite colors? (2) Do you like Ivy League clothes? (3) Do you enjoy dressing up occasionally? and (4) What do you think of the Elvis Presley style of dress? Blue proved to be the favorite color among all classes. Other colors liked were black, green, brown, pink, and gray. Everyone answered in the af firmative regarding questions two and three, but the majority of students interviewed don’t approve of the Elvis Presley style of dress. In a recent article in the CHAR LOTTE OBSERVER concerning teens’ attire, teachers in Boston were criticizing the way teen agers dress for school. AHS teachers aren’t bothered with this problem, because the sur vey showed that students at AHS are copable of being well- dressed. Plan For Building Meets Approval Of School Board Notices have gone out and bids on the new senior high school were to be received and opened yesterday. Plans for the new building have met the approval of the school board. The plans consist of classroom wings, an audito rium, a gymnasium, and a cafe teria, along with space for stor age, lounges for teachers and students, and a heating plant. The classroom wings will be two stories in height, while the auditorium and gymnasium will be only one story. The proposed auditorium will take care of approximately 800, while the cafeteria has a kitchen which will prepare for 850. Three hundred will be able to eat at one time in the cafeteria. There will be space enough in the new school to take care of an enrollment of 900 students. It will be a senior high school, consisting of grades 10, 11, and 12, When construction is finish ed, the old high school will be converted into a junior high school. The plans for the new build ing call for something really different in the way of school construction. There will be much use made of glass, both for lighting and for modern ef fect. The color schemes for the exterior of the building have not yet been selected. The new building will be lo cated in North Albemarle. The entire site contains 26.92 acres of land, which will be ample for the school, parking facilities, and a future athletic plant. * - NHS Constitution Is Being Revised The constitution of the Na tional Honor Society is undergo ing a revision. The constitution committee, headed by Robert L. Smith, con sists of David Grigg, Gene Lang ley, Janis Westerlund, and Rona Jane Mauldin. This committee, assisted by Mrs. Westerlund, has been working diligently since last fall. The previous constitution was inadequate in many ways; and now, with the change in the school’s grading system, it is necessary to revise the scholas tic requirements also. After the work of the commit tee is completed, the proposed new constitution will be submit ted to the faculty advisory com mittee. RY THEIR WORDS No one can see a rooster like a hen does,— Rev, Johnson. Do I get a unit for detention hall?—Ronald Miller. You will note that zinc chlo ride is composed of two or more elephants.—Mr. Hatley. I’ll give you my cows and swine if you’ll be my valentine. —Jeanette Hinson. I’m not going to use my moth er to write my theme. I’ve been using her and I’ve made C’s.— David Grigg. Rock ’n roll is dying out and hillbilly music is coming back. —Bob Morton. I’ve got heads in the back of my eye.—John Solomon. My students don’t make mis takes.—Mr. Robinette. Let me ask you a silly ques tion.—Coach Webb. I used to go steady. — Winfred Ford. Is there any old, new busi ness?—Judy Phifer. Let me have your spaghetti; I lust stopped my diet. — Jenny Henderson. Raise the windows to keep in the heat.—Mr. Cashwell.
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