The Full Moon Tomorrow!
Vol. 34 — No. 7
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
April
1968
Campaign Ends;
Students Begin
Campaigning will end tomorrow.
April 2 is election day.
Petitions for student office
seekers were issued, starting
Wednesday, March 13. Before
running, candidates were given
nine days to secure 100 names.
Students seeking the nomination
of President were David Plyler,
Billy Freeman, and Teresa Wag
oner; Vice President, Roy Trivette,
Ernie Whitley; Secretary, Susie
Griffin and Ronnie Garber; and
Treasurer, Sherry Howard, Linda
Carpenter, and Neesie Huneycutt.
The nominating convention was
held Tuesday, March 26. Nominees
were narrowed to the following:
Billy Freeman and Teresa Wagon
er, President; Ernie Whitley and
Roy Trivette, Vice President;
Susie Griffin and Ronnie Garber,
Secretary; Linda Carpenter and
Neesie Huneycutt, Treasurer.
The following Friday, candidates
delivered their campaign speeches
to the Student Body. The decisions
will be made tomorrow.
All sophomores, juniors, and
seniors had to register in order to
vote.
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Characci “Daisy Mae” Morgan waits impatiently for her lover!
Mrs. Smith Stages
Shakespearean Theatre
Casper To Enter
School Of Arts
Cathy Casper, a senior, and
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Casper, has recently
been notified of her acceptance
to the North Carolina School of
the Arts.
This school, located in Win
ston-Salem, consists of grades
from the elementary level up to
the fourth year of college. It
Was established for the advance-
of promising students ex
celling in the various areas of
art.
Cathy will attend the School
of the Arts from two to four
years, concentrating her studies
in the area of drama.
9” completion of her studies.
It is Cathy’s hope to work for
a repertoire company, particular
ly dealing with Shakespearean
Recently one of the class
rooms at ASHS turned into a
Shakespearean Theater as Mrs.
Smith’s English classes present
ed a succession of synopses of
plays by the famous English
author.
The various playlettes given
were of the more famous ones
by Shakespeare, including “Mac
beth”, “Hamlet”, “A Midsum
mer Night’s Dream”, “Twelfth
Night”, “Romeo and Juliet”,
and “The Tempest”.
The first, third, fourth, and
sixth period classes, including
both sophomores and seniors,
were all involved in the study
of Shakespeare.
For approximately six weeks
each class familiarized them
selves with the work and style of
this great playwright by_readmg
and studying "Macbeth.”
Groups Perform
From this point each class
was divided into small groups,
each group being responsible
for reading its assigned play and
presenting a summary, a drama
tization, a discussion, or any
combination of methods in order
to give the whole class an idea
of the plot and a general under
standing of a number of Shake
spearean plays, as this was the
main objective of the study.
Although a few of the preseri-
tations were given in the audi
torium, for the most part the
scene of the action was in the
classroom where the newly dis
covered dramatic artists made
use of a piece of sky blue and
pink cardboard which trans
formed itself, (through the
audiences’ imagination), from a
balcony (“Romeo and Juliet”)
to a witches’ meeting place
(“Macbeth”).
With the aid of such a unique
prop as the above, in addition
to wooden sticks, a rubber lamb
chop that squeaked, and a pa
pier-mache head, the students
were able to display vivid inter
pretations of the plays as Shelia
“Juliet” Ritchie bade Ricky
“Romeo” Swaringen wherefore
art he was, as Mike “Macl^th”
Williams gallantly dueled with
Guy “Macduff” Gay, resulting
in the decapitation of Macbeth
Williams, and as Paul “the
Shrew” Wolf voraciously ate
his squeaky rubber meat.
Since one of the most reward
ing aspects of teaching is seeing
a student work independently,
this study project proved to be
a true success in that it not only
taught the students to learn the
skills of independent study while
enjoying working as a group,
but it also enabled them to
practice organization, creation,
and presentation of an original
interpretation. —Jane Nicholds
Mike Melton Bags Science Award
Mike Melton, a senior physics
student, won second place in the
Senior Physical Science Division
°* .the South Piedmont Science
rair at Park Center in Char-
‘Otte, Saturday, March 16.
He will travel to Chapel Hill
April 5-6 to compete for an op
portunity to represent North
Carolina in the National Sciences
Fair in Detroit.
His project. Design and Con-
DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF A
HELIUM • NEON
laser
II*,Ike emphasizes the what’s, why’s, and wherefore’s of his prire-
•nning ^eavor.
struction of a Helium Laser, was
judged, along with the fifty-one
other projects in the division,
on workmanship, neatness, com
prehension, and fulfillment of
goal. The contestants were also
required to answer oral ques
tions posed by the judges.
As a sophomore Mike began
his project for personal research.
A laser is light amplification by
stimulated emission of radiation.
Mike’s project, which uses a
mixture of two gases to produce
coherent light of one wave
length of color, resembles a
neon sign.
Some of the difficulties he en
countered were blowing the
glass tubes and obtaining gas.
Mike used thirty feet of glass
tubing in blowing one tube
which is thirty inches long.
During the Thanksgiving holi
days Mike attended lectures and
demonstrations by Dr. A. W.
Schalaw at North Carolina State
University, Raleigh. Scott Griffin
and Lee Herlocker accompanied
him to Raleigh.
President of the Science Club,
Mike will enter the University
of North Carolina at Charlotte
next fall with majors in physics
and mathematics.
ASHS 'Gals' Treat
'Fellers' To Vacation
The girls at ASHS were really
hopping for the entire week of
March 18-22. Most had prepared
in advance for the festivities of
Sadie Hawkins’ Week. They had
their “fellers” lined up and
their patches made before Mon
day rolled around.
The girls scouted diligently all
week for their men. Monday
they chased and patched them.
Wednesday the Student Coun
cil sold Tootsie-Roll Pops, the
girls footing the bill, of course.
Friday offered a climax to the
activities. During a third period
assembly Mike Massey and
Characci Morgan were elected
L’il Abner and Daisy Mae.
Friday night the Tymes Syn
dicate played for the dance and
carnival in the gym. Eleven
clubs set up booths that afford
ed enjoyment for any couple
whose female counterpart could
afford it.
The FHA operated a conces
sion stand selling Kickapoo joy
juice and other refreshments.
For those with an itchy pal
ate, the Library Club’s cake
walk was the next stop. The
Boosters Club offered food priz
es for those with a powerful
and accurate pitching arm.
Other activities that required
WHERE HAVE ALL
THE FOOLS GONE?
What has happened to
April Fools’ Day? No longer
do children run, laugh, and
play as they plot and exercise
their mischievous pranks. No
longer do adults cower in
dark corners, afraid to ven
ture out to face the tradition
al episodes of holiday cheer.
Today’s April Fool has be
come a mere annual occur
rence with no symbolic mean
ing.
This year, April Fools’ Day
will come and pass. There
will be no Miss April Fool
and no April Fools’ Parade.
It will be a sad April Fools’
Day this year.
If only some “strong lead
er” would take upon himself
the responsibility of rebuild
ing one of our oldest and
most honored holidays, then
our nation could again unite
for a common cause. Through
out America. AFD clubs
would grow, their influence
bringing world peace and in
ternal security.
Hark! The “strong leader”
is here! April Fool’s Day has
come—but it is not gone.
And there is a strong chance
it will not be forgotten. See
pages two and three and see
what’s happened on this
A.F.D.
Long live the “strong lead
er”—us!
physical exertion were putt-putt
golf, bingo, fishing for prizes,
dart throwing, and tossing coins.
These activities were sponsored
by the Jr. Civitans, DECA, FTA,
National Honor Society, and
Black Masque Club.
Love, as was expected, in
spired many booths. The Science
Club constructed a “love meter”
to test the affection of couples,
and the FBLA was on hand to
take pictures of the sweethearts.
To top off the evening, girls
dragged their “fellers” to the
Student Council’s Marryin’ Sam
booth to get hitched.
National VICA
Week Concludes
With Assennbly
As a special highlight to Na
tional VICA Week, March 10-16,
the local chapter of the Voca
tional Industrial Clubs of Ameri
ca presented an assembly March
15.
Moderator Jerry Holt assum
ed the role of President of the
Emblem Team. He began the
presentation with an introduc
tion and explanation to VICA.
He then introduced the respec
tive officers of the club and
members of the Emblem Team
At this time, Jerry Holt in
troduced the three members of
the Advisory Committee for
Trade and Industrial Education
who were the guest speakers
m the assembly. Dwight Stokes,
a contractor and former mayor
of Albemarie, Crenshaw Thomp-
son, Stanly County Hospital
Administrator, and Michael Sny
der Manager of the Textile
Laboratory at E. J. Snyder’s,
composed this team.
Mr. Stokes stressed the im
portance of skilled, highly train
ed workers. He commented that
a person should like his job
be interested in work, and make
an honest efl’ort. The rising de
mand for service industries was
emphasized.
Mr. Thompson explained fur
ther the importance of service
organizations. He named enthu
siasm, dependability, and re
spect as necessary attributes of
any employee. Mr. Thompson
encouraged the students to con
tinue their education as well as
train for a specific job.
The last member of the com
mittee to speak, Michael Sny
der pointed out specific oppor
tunities available in Albemarle
and Stanly County. Mr. Snyder
listed textiles, insurance, sales,
as only a few of
the fields to choose from.
Mr. Waddell, bricklaying in
structor, and Mr. Bourne. I.C.T.
sponsor at ASHS concluded the
program by urging any students
interested in bricklaying or I.C T
to contact them.
Former Graduates Return
To Old Tramping Grounds
pened'herli^®® »-eturn. It hap-
and cha'i'ged''’,
school has improved a greS deal
their former principal at Albemarle Senior High School.