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Dudley Flood Speaks To Students ... Council Does It Again it Cniinril Pmnha. i The Student Council empha sized its theme for the year, “Getting it Together,” with another human relations as sembly Tuesday, January 16. Council members opened the assembly with a skit portraying the history of prejudice of the American people. The deaths of Abraham Lincoln, John Kenn edy, Martin Luther King, and Bobby Kennedy were part of the skit and were re-emphasized in the song, “What the World Needs Now,” by Tom Clay. The skit was written by David Adams and Mrs. Almond, Student Council Advisor. Chuck Gaskin, Arlesa Daniels, Leo nard Hawkins, Lester Evans, Tom Knotts, Sharon Davis, Bain Jones, Crystal Waller, and Nona Pease, Council members, helped with the skit. David Adams was narrator, John Baugh was lighting Students Hear Speaker How do you get a good buy at a supermarket or department store? This is one of the many questions asked in Mrs. Irene Weydell’s Consumer Science classes. In order to find an answer to this question, Mr. James T. Rusher, Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was invited to speak to the students January 4. Mr. Rusher tried to help the students understand credit and how to use it effectively. He also used slides to help illustrate his points. There was also a visitor in Mrs. Weydell’s Home Econo mics classes during the week of January 15-19. Mrs. Sandra Sebring, Director of the Child Development Center at Stanly Technical Institute, spoke to the students about the program offered in Child Development at the institute. director, and David Gore was sound engineer. The highlight of the assembly was a speech by Mr. Dudley Flood, Assistant Superintendent of State Public Instruction. Using anecdotes from his coaching experience, Mr. Flood expressed the need for students to better themselves individual ly, thereby bettering the school as a whole. Nine local lawyers spoke to the student body on “The Rights of 18 year Olds,” and “The Effect of a Criminal Recordon Youth,” January 3. Speaking to the students on “The Rights of Eighteen Year Olds, ’ were Lane Brown, Joshua Morton, Robert Odum, and Fred Stokes. Speaking on “The Effect of a Criminal Record of Youth,” were E. H. Morton, Jr., Elton Hudson, Henry Doby, Gerald Chandler, and Charles Brown. The nine lawyers were introduced by Chuck Gastin, Lester Evans, Bain Jones, David Adams, and Leonard Hawkins. Mr. Dudley Flood speaks to students during the Student Council assembly. New Students On behalf of the student body, the Full Moon would like to welcome our new students: Elizabeth Hildreth from Eliza bethtown, N. C.; Steve Howell from Red Lion, Pennsylvania; Darryl Jernigan from St. Charles, Missouri; Stephanie Lowder from Charleston, S. C.; and Paul Tobias from Sao Paulo, Brazil. FBLA Learns Law Members of FBLA held their January meeting concerning job opportunities for women in the field of law. Mr. Gerald Chandler was the guest speak er. During the January 15 meeting, Mr. Chandler explain ed the growing opportunity for a woman to enter law. He stated that a legal secretary is a “lawyer’s right arm.” He also mentioned some of the judges in North Carolina who are women. Plans for FBLA week, beginning February 12, got underway as the meeting continued. Among the planned events are field trips to Pfieffer College for a study of their computer lab and to Wingate College to see the data processing equipment. The Full Moon ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ALBEMARLE, IM.C. JANUARY 29, 1973 VOL. 38 No. 6 English Wheels Turn Again lin chiHonfc » Once again students and teachers are settling down to the new courses in English. Some students have switched teachers for the third time, while others have their original teacher. Nine more courses have been added to the schedule for this quarter, bringing the total from eleven to twenty. New additions are Creative Writing, Advanced Grammar and Composition, Folk Literature, Great Epics, Literature of Adventure and Suspense, Journalism, Greek Drama, Practical Drama, Pub lic Speaking, and, for some seniors, Independent Study. Research Methods is the only subject to be dropped. Mrs. Burleson is teaching Creative Thinking and Creative Writing to 97 students during all periods except sixth. Mrs. Deese is teaching Literature of the Supernatural first period and supervising Independent Study third period. Miss Misenheimer teaches Literature of the Supernatural third, fourth, and fifth periods with ninety students taking this course; and two classes of Sound’s Better Now During the assembly on Tuesday, January 16, you might have noticed a vast improve ment in the sound system used. The school has purchased a new sound system at the cost of just over $1000. The money for purchasing the system was supplied through music department funds and I— «-oiiege 10 see tne data I m/r 1 processing equipment. music department fi . Band Hosts Clinic MUSICIANS ATTEND AUDITIONS Scotland High School in Laurinburg hosted this year’s auditions for All-State band January 6. Fourteen students attended from Senior High. LION AROUND Student Lion for January is Sammy Ferguson. Mark Phifer is Student Rotarian. DECA TO PARTICIPATE IN CONTEST Representing DECA in the district contest at North Stanly February 7 are: DE Boy of the Year, Buddy Harris, Rodney Lee; advertising, Vicky Schrep- pel; speech contest, Renee Shaver; sales demonstration, Vick Schreppel, Lynnie Mitchell and Susie Boysworth. SOPHOMORE HOP PLANNED The Sophomore Hop will be February 10 in the gym. COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSS PROM The Junior Council discussed plans for the Junior-Senior Prom in a meeting January 16. There are two committees to decide on the band and the theme. Junior council members talked to each Junior home room Wednesday, January 17, to get ideas for a theme. JUNIORS RECEIVE SCORES Juniors received PSAT- NMSQT scores January 16. The Southeastern District Band Clinic will be held here February 2-4. The clinic consists of 130 students from twenty-two Caro lina high schools and is composed of two bands, the symphonic, and the concert bands. Sixty-five students make up each band. Both bands will practice on Friday and Satur day with the concert scheduled on Sunday, February 4, in the auditorium. Students from Senior High making up the symphonic band are Irelou Easley, 1st chair, 1st flute, for the second year; David Gore, 1st chair, 1st alto saxophone; Lisa Green, 2nd chair, alto clarinet; Pat BunHng, 1st chair, bass clarinet; and David Teal, 1st LdVltansWantYoil chair, 3rd cornet. * donations from several school clubs. The system is a Shure Vocal Master 6 input P. A. amplifier. If has an input of 100 watts into two speaker columns. The music department has long needed a P. A. system for the various concerts and assemblies presented in our auditorium. With the new system a lot of versatility can be added to the technical aspect of the assemblies. As one student said during the first assembly in which the system was used, “It’s about time.” Those making up the concert band are Michael Lowder, baritone saxophone; Donna Barbee, 4th chair, 1st clarinet; Lisa Roberts, 1st chair, bass clarinet; and Nita Clayton, 1st chair, 2nd trombone. The representatives from participating schools will be housed by students from Senior High. Members of the Junior Civitan Club are sponsoring a “membership drive” in order to get new members for the club. Officers will be elected in the spring. In February, the club is sponsoring a Gift-Lift for the Mental Health Clinic. This is a drive to collect gifts to help patients at the clinic. One of the newest additions to Senior High is Antonio Paulo Pereira Tobias, foreign ex change student. Paul, as he is known to everyone, arrived from Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 18, for a three-month visit during his summer vacation. Paul is 17 years old and stands 5’7” with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He attends First Presbyterian Church with his American “family”, Mr. and Mrs. Ian Bryson, Debra, David, Ellen, Donna, Keith, and Sheila. His family in Brazil is smaller. His father is a customs inspector at the Sao Paulo airport and his mother is a housewife. He has two sisters, Rosana, 18, Eliana, 10, and a Arrives Literature of The Bible first and second periods with thirty-nine students. In addition to Advanced Grammar and Composition second period, Mrs. Gamewell is teaching Speed Reading first and third periods, with supervi sion of Independent Study first, second and fourth periods. Mrs. Gamewell and Mrs. Hudson will team-teach during fifth period. Courses include Speed Reading, both Basic and Advanced Grammar, and Inde pendent Study. Mrs. Hatfield teaches Mass Media first, third, fourth, and fifth periods to a total of eighty-three students with sev eral students taking Journalism third period. She teaches Literature of Sports and Science Fiction second period. In addition to the team- teaching arrangement for per iod five, Mrs. Hudson teaches Mythology first period; year book, second; Folk Literature, Greek Drama, Great Epics, and Mythology third and fourth periods. Mrs. Almond teaches a combination of Literature of Sports, Science Fiction, and Literature of Adventure and Suspense first, fourth, and fifth periods. She is teaching Black Literature third period. Near the end of the second quarter, the students evaluated themselves to aid in grading and evaluated the class in which they participated. Grades are based on class participation, projects, amount of outside reading, accomplish ment of assignments, and extra credit projects. The teachers hope that this system will be an effective means of evaluation. brother Ruy, age 15. His schedule here is average for a junior: American pro blems, Spanish I, government, journalism, senior choir, and study hall. Paul observed that Brazilian school is very different. Students attend sch ool Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. until noon. Last year, Paul’s schedule included Portuguese, English, Mathe matics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Gymnastics, Art, and Brazilian Problems. The stu dents stay in the same room all day and teachers change classes. The average class has about 12 students. Paul’s favorite sports are ping pong, volleyball, and soccer. He also likes the girls in A 3 Month Visit the United States. He said that in public, boys and girls aren’t as affectionate here as in Brazil. Paul has never seen snow before coming here. He said, “It is cold, but I like it”. During the week that school was closed because of snow, he went sledding, had snowball fights, and just played in the snow. He speaks English and Portuguese, and understands Spanish. Anyone who talks to him must speak clearly and slowly and be ready to explain words he doesn’t understand. When he returns to Sao Paulo March 15, Paul will enter the 12th grade, and later, he hopes to go to college. He wants to be a doctor. IP Paul Tobias takes one of his classes. a break in
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