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Vol. 37 —No. 9
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
March 13, 1972
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Subjects Studied
TTiis is the map of Albemarle divided into precincts. This proposed area-map will allow the Student
Council to conduct elections by precinct instead of by the old homeroom method. Each preciiict will
have a Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Representative.
Annie, Get Your Violin
A series of squeaks, screeches,
and sour notes come from the
band room after school these
days.
TTiis “sound” is from the string
ensemble, something new, brand
new.
A grant of $4,000 from the
MOONBEAMS |
In Like A Lion
Bobby Yingling is Student Lion
for the month of March. Mark
Andrew is the Student Plotarian.
It Never Ends
Registration for next year’s
courses will be from March 6 to
March 24.
Sing For Your Supper
The Varsity Singers performed
at the Modem Music Masters
dinner meeting Tuesday,
February 29.
Eclipse of The Moon
The journalism class is now
accepting students for the 1972-73
school year.
Mrs. Nancy Gamewell, ad
visor, stated that she expected to
have eight to ten rising juniors
enrolled.
Rotarians Review
Mr. Hawkins attended the
Midwinter District Committee
for Rotarians February 23-27 as a
representative from District 769.
The committee reviewed
Rotary business including Boys
Home and scholarships for
students.
Mr. Hawkins showed a film
“^ey Are Leaving Us All The
Time,” on highway safety.
Culture and Humanities program
of the National Defense
Education Act enabled the
purchase of 14 violins, six violas,
four cellos, and two string basses.
For Mr. Hauss, director of the
program, this is a dream come
true. He has wanted to set up a
string music program for several
years and is pleased with its
success.
Although the string program is
not a regular course at ASHS
now, it will be a class like band or
chorus next year. This year the
students practice after school
Family Living
Under The Law
The Family Living classes,
taught by Mrs. Johnsie McIntyre,
have made a study of youth and
their relationship to law.
Several people were asked to
speak to the classes on this topic
one of which was Mr. Don Frey.
He spoke to the classes on
juveniles and the juvenile court.
Other speakers were Prison
Officer Kimrey and Inmate
Aubrey Tucker. They told how
the prison is run and what prison
life is like. At the conclusion of
their talk, they invited the classes
out to tour the prison grounds.
'ITie class made this trip Thiffs-
day, February 24, during third
period.
While at the prison, students
observed the prisoners’ living
conditions, where they work, and
living accommodations.
They also saw equipment used
for work the prisoners do and the
prison’s physical fitness
program.
Students also were told of the
new programs which are being
tried out to better train the
prisoners to live in society.
and on their own time.
The program will be set up next
year so a pupil can start in the
seventh grade and continue
through high school.
Half of the students are from
Senior High and half from Junior
High, carefully selected after
taking tests showing musical
ability.
The young musicians are very
enthusiastic about the program,
there being more students than
instruments.
More instruments are needed
for the program, but cannot be
purchased at this time because of
lack of funds. It is hoped that
another federal grant will be
made next year enabling the
purchase of at least 15 more
instruments.
The students are doing
remarkably well after only three
weeks of practice. If I sound
prejudiced, I am; I make the
worst sour notes of anyone, but
I also have the most fun!
—Nona Pease
First, Second,
Third For VICA
Lester Evans was elected
District Parliamentarian in
District Six of VICA. He defeated
two students from Mecklenburg
County.
The Albemarle VICA Club
placed first in Parliamentary
Procedure; second in Chapter
Business Records; and third in
Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
March 12 through 18 is VICA
Week. The club is planning radio
talks, posters, and newspaper
articles to explain their ob
jectives.
Progress by various depart
ments has resulted from
curriculum study meeting.
The English department,
having held two teacher-parent-
student meetings, is stiU ex
ploring ways to improve the
department.
The Science department,
following two meetings, propose
more lab equipment, more audio
visual aids, a better selection of
courses, and better correlation
with the Junior High program.
Mrs. Deese and Mrs. O’Guin,
teachers of foreign language,
have met several times with
parents and students. Their ideas
include: getting foreign
languages back to Junior High,
once a student started the
program, he should finish it,
students who do well are en
couraged to take another
language. They also propose a
conversational course to be of-
Got The Time?
We Have Miller
Students will have the op
portunity to explore poetry under
the direction of Mrs. Heather
Ross Miller, acclaimed novelist
and poet, April 7.
Mrs. Miller’s visit is part of the
“Poetry in the Schools” state
wide project sponsored by the
Department of Public In
struction.
Mrs. Miller has written three
novels, Tlie Edge of the Woods,
Tenants of the House, and Gone a
Hundred Miles; and a volume of
poetry, The Wind Southerly.
Mrs. Miller is a former resident
of our own locale, Badin; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ross.
She attended the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro
and received her B.A. Degree.
Mrs. Miller now lives in
Singletary Lake Park in
Elizabethtown, North Carolina.
Many members of Mrs.
Miller’s family are associated
with writing.
Her father wrote Jackson
Mahaffey, a novel that won a
Houghton Mifflin Scholarship
award. Mr. Ross’s sister,
married to writer-professor
Peter Taylor, has published
Wilderness of Ladies, a volume of
poetry.
fered, with credit, but almost no
grammar work involved.
The Math, after holding three
meetings, two with parents and
one with the faculty, propose
changes: a better background for
math and introductive geometry
into the Junior High curriculum.
State Department' of Public
Instruction changes include
adding Eastern Cultures,
Western Cultures, and U. S.
Studies 1871—present to the
Social Studies curriculum. Tlie
committee has held two meetings
and they decided to add a
government course also.
Increase In
Course Choice
Mr. Warren Hawkins has
added eight new courses to next
year’s curriculum.
Office practice, a completely
new course, will be an elective
course for commercial students.
This one-hour class is designed to
teach students how to use office
machines.
The Industrial Trades class,
offered to 10th and 12th grade
boys is a nine week course in
cluding bricklaying, plumbing,
electricity, and carpentry. It will
count as an elective science
coui'se noieded for graduation.
The Orchestra Class, in
troduced this year, will replace
Varsity Singers.
Mr. Hawkins will retain the
Consumer Senior Science course
next year as a vocational science
course.
The Social Studies Department
has changed completely. Con
temporary U. S. History, an
elective for 11th and 12th graders,
will be a class similar to this
year’s American Problems class.
Eastern Studies, designed for
10th grade students, will also be
offered as an elective for 10th and
12th grade students. Western
World Studies will be an elective
course recommended for
students intending to go to
college. It will cover the study of
Africa and Asia. Although
planned for 11th grade students,
12th graders may also take it.
Replacing World Geography,
Government will be an elective
course for 10th, 11th, and 12th
grade students.
Jane Cooks Up Honors
Jane Wilkinson is Senior High’s
Betty Crocker Homemaker of
1972.
Jane took the Betty Crocker
test, December 7, along with
other senior girls who are
members of either Home
Economics or Family Living
classes. The test consisted of
questions on sewing, cooking, and
family living.
Winners are chosen by the
highest score on the test. School
winners receive a pin designed by
the Betty Crocker Company.
After being named a school
winner, Jane was eligible for the
Betty (>ocker State Homemaker
of Tomorrow Award, consisting
of a $1,500 scholarship to any
school, and the $5,000 Nationd
Award.