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Published by the Students of Lexington High School
VOL. I
LEXINGTON, N. C., FEBRUARY 22 1923
NO. 11
Lincoln an Example and English Classes Striving
Inspiration to High School To Get To Chapel Hill
Do Your Duty—Suhscribe
For The lexhipep
Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the
greatest man America has ever pro
duced, should be an example, an ideal
to every High School boy and girl.
Advantage.s that we accept and
hardly appreciate, Lincoln would have
given anything to possess. We
grumble and sometimes even plan
and scheme to get out of reading
books that Lincoln would walk miles
to borrow. He would make stinng-
ers first acquaintances and then
friends because he had heard of some
good book they had that he wanted
to read. We think of the classics
that are required of us each year in
High School as an unpleasant, prob
ably unnecessary task. Feeling so
we sometimes miss the best thing in
a book trying to skim through, hit
the high spots and finish it. We
never think of reading more g'cod
books than we have to, when with
no trouble at all we can get all we
want. For every family now has
at least a few good books, and almost
all are willing to lend them to us.
Then, while we have not a library of
our own here in the High School, we
.still have access to the Graded School
library, which only calls for a few
minutes walk. Books helped develop
in Lincoln one of his very best traits,
his perfect understanding of human
beings and 'of human nature. He
sought to know men, and books help
ed him. Shakespeare, Bunyan, Burns,
the Bible—all helped him to under
stand the people around him. They
gave him a broader, kinder knowl
edge of men and life. But that is
not all we may learn from Lincoln,
follow and copy from him.
Another great quality w'as his hon
esty, which is certainly possible for
all of us to have. Every one of
course has heard the story of how
Lincoln as a boy clerk walked seven
miles to return to an old woman
six cents too much he had taken from
her by mistake. Many other similar
The English Classes of L. H. S.
have taken up the state debate in
earnest. The regular class period for
English is being devoted entirely to
the study of the query. Everyone is
required to study this and will be
graded on it, as it is a pai-t of school
work in English. After the question
has been well studied and understood,
each pupil will be required to
write his debate. After this there
will be some system of elimination
contests in which the two best
speakers on both affirmative and nega
tive will finally be chosen to represent
the high school.
To make it more attractive and to
further inspire the students in their
work, Mrs. Harbison has offered any
one of her English pupils, who gets
to be one of the four debaters, five
extra points on their spring term
average on English.
With two of the worthy debaters of
last year’s team still in our High
School, with this liberal offer of our
English teacher, and with class study
of the debate, the Lexington High
School ought to put out a winning
team this year. Come on, fellow high
school students, let’s make it more
than a dream or an ambition this
year! On to Chapel Hill! And let’s
bring the Aycock Memorial cup home!
JOE CONRAD, ’23.
stories we all know. His honesty
played a large part in his election as
president, and in the "’’aith and trust
the people had in him during the
fearful years he was in office.
I can not take up each of Lincoln’s
qualities and tell how they may set
examples for us. However, the read
ing of his life, on this, his birthday,
will reveal to all of us those fine
things about him—his simplicity,
kindness, understanding, fairness and
honesty.
LOIS HACKNEY, ’23.
The “Lexhipep” should be in every
home in Lexington—not only the
homes that are represented in
High School but every home, and es
pecially in the homes of the Parent-
Teacher Association.
We appreciate the hearty co-opera
tion of all the merchants, firms and
business houses who have made our
paper possible by advertising in it.
Yet we pity the few—we are thankful
that there are only a few—who h^ould
not part with two dollars for the sup_*-
port of something that belongs to
every citizen of Lexington.
The High School is now preparing
for the State Debate. We hope to
have good representatives, who will
do credit to Lexington and make her
proud of her High School. We ap
preciate the advantages our parents
are giving us and we assure you we
will do our best to return our thanks
by becoming the very best citizens
we know how to be.
The “B. B.” teams appreciate the
attendance of “the faithful few,” and
they hope to win the state’s honors for
Lexington.
Come on, students, let’s make our
High School worthy of the support of
the citizens of Lexington.
ELLA RARER, ’2 3.
Beautiful Fainting PresenttJd to Class
The Latin section of the Sophomore
Class was surprised by a visit from
their grade mother, Mrs. Joe Thomp
son, several days ago. Mrs. Thomp
son was elected grade mother soon
after the opening of school, and this
was her first visit. She brought a
beautiful picture, “The Age of Inno
cence,” by Reynolds, which she pre
sented to the class. This is the first
picture that the class has had and it
is to go with them from class to class
until they graduate. The class en
joyed the visit of Mrs. Thompson, and
hopes she will come again soon.
ELIZABETH KNIGHT, ’25.