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THE LEXHIPEP
APRIL 15, 1922
The Lexhipep
Published Semi-Monthly by the Lexington
High School
Subscription Rates $1.00 Per Year in Advance.
Advertising Rates Upon Request.
EDITORI.AL STAFF
ROBT. SINK, Editor-in-Chief
EILZABETH DAVIS, Athletic Editor
HUGH KEPLEY ...Associate Editor
DICK WALSER Associate Editor
STAFF OF MANAGERS
CHAS DAVIS Manager
KATHERINE KALE Asst. Manager
ALLEN SMITH Asst. Manager
FLOYD YOUNG Asst. Manager
MISS ETHEL BROWN Censor
MISS BESSIE MAY WALKER Censor
MISS ANNIE WILSON Exchange Editor
LEXINGTON, N. C., APRIL 15, 1922
HI H.APPENINGS
Charles Davis, our junior class pres
ident, was taken to Salisbury to Stokes
Hospital Saturday, April 8th, to be
operated on for appendicitis. His
condition was grave but he is im
proving gradually. We are very sorry
that he will not be able to come back
to school this year.
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Miss Imla Walker was called home
last Saturday on account of the illness
of her mother and has not yet return
ed. We hope that Mrs. Walker will
improve and that Miss Lula will soon
be with us again.
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The ninth Latin was the first class
to raise their subscriptions to the Lex
hipep to a hundred per cent. The
Seniors, seeing that their leadership
was about to be defied, promptly
made the announcement that they
had one hundred and twenty per cent.
This being an incentive, the Tenth
Science followed with one hundred
per cent. We need more sections with
perfect subscription records.
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Dr Spruill, of the State Sanatorium,
made a very interesting talk last Mon
day to the High School on turbercu-
losis. We were lucky indeed to have
him with us.
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The Parent-Teacher Association has
decided to put on a membership drive.
Cards for this purpose have been re
ceived and each grade is beginning
to get down to work to win the prize,
which is a picnic. The dues for one
year is twenty five cents and any resi
dent citizen of Lexington may join.
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The Reading and Declamation con
tests, which have become annual af
fairs, are beginning to gather head
way among the High School students.
Three girls and nine boys have thus
far entered the contest. There will
probably be about double this number
before the contest really starts.
SCHOOL ATHLETICS
Life is a joke,
All things show it;
Look at the Freshmen
Then you will know it.
Dr. PERISHO VISITS HIGH SCHOOL
Joe Conrad, ’23
On Monday afternoon, April 3rd,
Dr, Perisho, of Guilford College, gave
a lecture to the Lexington High
School students. His subject, “Y'ou
Can’t Make a Good Soldier Out of An
Ignorant Man,” was very interesting.
An outline of the schools established
by the Government in France during
the war for the American soldiers was
given. The value of an education in
dollars and cents was pointed out step
by step as follows: A man with a
grammar school education has an
earning capacity of $20,000 during his
lifetime, the high school man one of
$40,000,while the college graduate has
one of $80,000. Since the purpose of
education is training for citizenship.
Dr. Perisho then stated you can not
make a good citizen out of an ignor
ant man.
This lecture appealed to the Juniors
—more so perhaps than to any other
class. As to the Seniors they have
already decided whether they are go
ing to college or not. The Sophomores
and Freshmen still have a bit of
time in which to settle the question,
while the Juniors time is limited and
some are still doubtful as to whether
they will be 40,000 or 80,000 dollar
men. . Lack of funds is not sufficient
excuse for side-.stepping the issue,
for there is work available on any
campus whereby a student may pay
his expenses. There are also some
funds from which a worthy student
may borrow and pay back after he
has finished his course.
Joe Walscr, ’23
Probably the best thing for the
manly development of a boy is ath
letics. Every boy should take part
in some form of athletics which will
not only bring honor to himself but
to his school. Every boy needs daily
exercise which is necessary for his
physical development.
Take foot ball for instance. A foot
ball team needs man not men. Foot
fall is the only game in which a boy
can show his strength, courage, and
his brains. Basket ball, base ball and
tennis come next, but they don’t com
pare one’s strength against that of
another. They only require skill.
Take the boy who is studious and
doesn’t engage in athletics. He may
have the brains but you have to have
strength and a well trained body to
take care of a well trained head. The
old saying goes, “All work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy.”
Then every boy should try to help
his school win out in all forms of ath
letics in which he is able to take part.
Let’s build up the record of our High
School in athletics.
SCHOOL SPIRIT
Hwight Pickai'cl, ’23
School spirit is something that we
hear about almost every day of our
school life. How many of us have
the right kind of school spirit?
Often when we go to chapel we
hoar some one make some remark
about school spirit, but they are the
ones who have the least. Who was
it that loaned out the baseball sup
plies, and made the Athletic Asso
ciation go deeper in debt by buying
new material this year? If any of
the critics would ask those who bor
rowed our base ball equipment, to
please pay us for it, they would show
some of the fine spirit they talk so
much about. Why is it that so many
boys had to pay 5 0c. while some are
seemingly exempt from all obliga
tions? They are the ones who ought
to have paid first, because they are
the ones who are responsible for our
owing the money,
I think before we listen to some of
our flowery orators, they ought to
practice what they preach.
An empty bag never stands upright.