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Vol. 29 —No. 4
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
February 14, 1963
Student Body Selects Poem For School Hymn
Two Soph Lasses
Pen Choice Lyrics
Students Tour
City Offices
In observance of National Youth
Appreciation Day, January 28, 12
senior members of the Student
Council served in the executive po
sitions of the city.
Neville Patterson, John Boaz, Lar
ry Shoe, Raymond Earnhardt, Lar
ry Hatley, Jerry Hager, Bill Dobbs,
Johnny Fesperman, Larry Mabry,
Susan Kayler, Dink Morton, and
Jane Herlocker were chosen to
serve.
During their visit downtown, the
students met Mr. Coleman, city
manager, who explained the im
portance of local government and
expressed ideas concerning how the
study of it could be improved
through projects such as this.
Police Chief Craven Tarleton then
took the students on a tour of the
City Hall which covered everything
from the mayor’s office to the boil
er room.
To conclude the project, the stu
dents listened in on part of a ses
sion of court. Many of them found
it very exciting, much like “Perry
Mason.”
The students found the whole trip
very interesting and informative.
SONGS CLOSE
Something Old —
ALMA MATER
Once again here as schoolmates assembled
We fain would lift our hearts in song,
To our high school, our dear Alma Mater,
Let gladness her moments prolong!
There are joys that will long be remembered
And friendships too that ne’er can die:
So here’s a song for our old high school,
Our dear old high school, our dear old Hi!
Here’s to our classes,
Here’s to our lasses,
Here’s to the lads they adore.
Here’s to the seniors so mighty.
Juniors so flighty.
Incoming sophomores.
Let mirth and gladness
Banish all sadness.
And as the days go by,
!You’11 find us ready and steady
Boosting for our old Hi!
MOONBEAMS
Student Teacher
Miss Myrna Hendren of Pfeiffer
College is now practice teaching at
Senior High under Mrs. Little.
Miss Hendren is from Cleveland,
N. C. An English major, she plans
to teach in either North Carolina
or Virginia.
Open House
Senior High students were invited
to a third open house at the Meth
odist Youth Center following the
Albemarle-Concord basketball game
January 25.
Brownies, Cokes, and entertain
ment were provided for all attend
ing from 10 o’clock until 12.
Sr. Caps, Gowns
The caps and gowns, for which
the seniors have been measured,
will arrive a short time before com
mencement. They will be of uie
traditional colors, navy blue for
boys and white for girls.
Boys Visit Carolina
Seven senior boys, accompanied
by Mr Webb, visited the University
of North Carolina to view the camp
us and to talk to the officials there,
January 23. The boys who made
the trip were Johnny Boaz, Larry
Mabry, Raymond Earnhardt, Neville
Patterson, James Lowder, Bill
Dobbs, and Gene Snuggs.
SAT & PSAT
Juniors and seniors
ceived the results of their SAT and
PSAT tests which they took during
the fall.
The scores of the PSAT test co**'!
pare each student’s mathematical
and verbal abilities with those of
other students in the same grade
across the country. They also tend
to indicate the student’s perform
ance on the Scholastic Aptitude
Test, which is taken during the sen
ior year.
Perfect Attendance
Of the 173 students who compiled
records of perfect attendance for
the first semester, sophomores out
numbered upperclassmen with a
total of 83. Fifty-four seniors and
36 juniors also received perfect at
tendance records.
TO OUR HEARTS
Something New —
ASHS HYMN
O Senior High, dear Senior High,
We pledge our love and thoughts so true.
Our hopes, our dreams, our joys it seems
Are found and bound in love for you.
Refrain:
Hail to thee, dear Albemarle,
We honor thee forever.
0 hail to thee, dear Albemarle,
Forget you, we will never.
We see your glory. Blue and White,
Your aims of honor shine so bright.
As hearts pass in and out of sight,
Ambitions turn to flaming light.
Something Borrowed
For White and Blue —
HAIL TO THE VARSITY
Hail to the varsity
Cheer them along the way,
Onward to victory!
May we win again today.
We’ll give a cheer for the varsity:
Long may they reign supreme.
Chant till the echoes ring
For the glory of our team.
Commies Exposed Sophs, SenioTS Fotemost
On Semester Honor Roll
Paper-back editions of Masters of
Deceit were presented to all mem
bers of the Senior Class by the Al
bemarle Civitan Club January 22.
This informative book, which was
written by J. Edgar Hoover, con
cerns the communist forces that
are at work in the United States to
day and what the average American
citizen can do to resist these
forces.
The presentation of these books
is very timely because of the prom
inence of this problem. These
books will be used in many ways
which include book reports and
classroom discussions of the text.
Honor rolls for the first semester
include eighty-two students, fifteen
of which achieved highest honor.
The twenty-five sophomores on the
semester honor roll outnumbered
the twenty-three seniors and nine
teen junior honor students.
Students on both the six weeks
and semester highest honor roll in
clude the following: seniors, Joan
Walker, Ann Edwards, Delores Mor
ton; juniors, Betty Herlocker, Shar-
ron Holt, Frances Trivette, Ibba
Wilson; and sophomores, Robbie
Bost, Eddie Mauldin, and Jimmy
Lowder.
Also on the semester highest
Chilean Teacher Visits
Mrs Ines Alicia de Gilberto of Santiago, Chile, was a guest in the Al
bemarle city school system for the weeks January 28 through February 7.
During this time she studied and observed the teaching of English and
Mrs Gilberto was here under the International Teacher Development
Proeram of the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
A teacher of English in a private school sponsored by the American
Embassy in Santiago, Mrs. Gilberto, who is only 28, is also the mother of
four small children.
She compares American schools
to Chilean schools a little unfavor
ably. From her observation of
American students and adults, she
feels that our educational system
might be weak in areas of world
history and geography. -
Though Chilean students rate be
low Americans in knowledge of sci
ence, they are generally better pre
pared academically. In Chile all
students are required to study
French and English for six years.
While visiting classes at Senior
High she told the students and
teachers of her impressions of
America and Americans: she also
compared many social customs of
America to those in Chile.
About Americans she said,
“Americans are warm and affec
tionate people. They are so, so
nice. They try to be helpful and
show an interest in you and your
interests.”
Students Attend
Choral Clinic
Eight representatives of the
ASHS choral department attended
the Mars Hill Choral Clinic at Mars
Hill College February 7-9. The
group consisted of Mary Jo Pierce,
Jeff Tucker, Johnny Vanhoy, Nancy
Fatkin, Anita Taylor, Cindy Stone,
Larry Thomas and David Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Fry accom
panied the group which left at 5:30
a.m., Friday. Rehearsals were held
during the remainder of Friday and
all day Saturday. Events were cli
maxed by a performance of the two-
hundred voice choir over radio Sat
urday evening. The group returned
home Sunday.
honor roll are Brenda Page, Mary
Napier, Sue Plyler, Brenda Peeler,
and Mark Stambaugh.
Seniors on the semester and on
the six week’s honor roll include
Jimmy Barrier, Gwen Davis, Diane
Greene, Drinda Harley, Wayne
Dick, Larry Hatley, James Lowder,
Jane Boaz, Beverly Freeman, Susan
Kayler, Doris Eudy, Joanna Morris,
John Boaz, Raymond Earnhardt,
Edith Harwood, Nancy Ross, Vir
ginia Hammond, Jane Herlocker,
and Steve Smith.
Junior members of these honor
rolls include Tommy Smith, Bonnie
Benton, Tish Stockton, Andy Cook,
David Still, Wanda Holt, Tony Al
mond, Carol Jean Lefler, Monty
Montgomery, Linda Morton, and
Richard Summerlin.
Sophomores on both the six
week’s and semester honor rolls in
clude Bobby Lowder, Shelia Hall,
Debbie Sweet, Jack Deese, Robert
Lowder, Lynn Calder, Edith John
son, Pam Lowder, Diane Morton,
Sally Efird, Johnny Morris, Charles
Morton, Jane Austin, Matilda Boone
and Eugene Coley.
Also on the semester honor roll
are Neville Patterson, Peggy Smith,
(Continued on Page 7, Col. 5)
A giant step toward the addition of
a new school song to the Albemarle
Senior High repertoire was taken
Friday, February 1, when the student
body selected a poem submitted by
Willene Rice and Emily Lowder for
the new school hymn.
The many entries submitted in the
contest, sponsored by the Boosters
Club, were first reviewed by a com
mittee consisting of faculty members
and the three class presidents. This
committee selected an entry sub
mitted jointly by Willene Rice and
Emily Lowder and one submitted by
Pearlie Rae Burris as the two final
entries. The final choice for the
words to the new school hymn was
left to the student body.
The new school hymn, along with
the Alma Mater and “Hail to the
Varsity,” ASHS fight song, form the
collection of songs “close to our
hearts,” which will be used during
assemblies, at ball games, and during
other school events.
The Alma Mater, also an original
work of ASHS students, was com
posed approximately thirty-five years
ago. As indicated by boldface type
in the chorus of the Alma Mater, the
line, “Freshy and Sophomore,” has
been revised to read “Incoming
sophomores.” This revision better
suits the present needs of the school.
“Hail to the Varsity,” the familiar
fight song sung during school sports
events, first appeared in Albemarle
when the ASHS band present^ it.
Students liked this school-spirited
song, and soon adopted it as their
fight song.
The new school song is the result
of a contest which was announced in
the October issue of the Full Moon.
All entries were judged by a com
mittee including Mr. Webb, Mr.
Hauss, Miss Stasavich, Mrs. Brown,
Miss Misenheimer, Miss Caughman,
Mr. Fry, Raymond Earnhardt, Tony
Almond, and Johnny Morris. Semi-
finalists, poems selected included
those written by Billy Cotton, Joanne
Lisk, Cindy Stone, Pearlie Rae Bur
ris, Emily Lowder and Willene Rice.
An entry submitted by Pearlie Rae
Burris and one submitted by Emily
Lowder and Willene Rice were then
selected as finalists. The two pro
posed hymns were presented to the
student body in the form of poems
to be voted upon by secret ballot.
Authors re m a i n e d anonymous
throughout the election.
Supper Served
To Raise Funds
To raise money for the athletic
department, a Brunswick Stew Sup
per, sponsored by the Student
Council, was served in the school
cafeteria prior to the Albemarle-
Concord basketball game January
25.
Brunswick stew, slaw, do-nuts,
and appropriate beverages were
served to those attending. Tickets
were sold by Student Council rep
resentatives; the Boosters Club pro
vided the publicity. The money
raised for the supper will be used
by the athletic department to buy
new equipment.
EVERYONE COME TO HOMECOMING TOMORROW
CLASSIC FILMS
TO BE SHOWN
Eight movies of famous classics
are being presented every other
Wednesday by the Center Theatre
and its affiliates.
Scholastic Magazine and Metro-
Goldwyn Mayer Pictures originated
the plan under which the Center
Theatre is presenting these films.
Pride and Prejudice and Little
Women, the first two movies in the
series, have already been shown.
The schedule for remaining films
is as follows:
Captains Courageous—Feb. 20.
David Copperfield—March 6.
Kim—March 20.
Julius Caesar—April 3.
The Good Earth—^April 17.
Tale of Two Cities—^May 1.