The Lexhipep
Published by the Students of Lexington High School
VOL. XIII
LEXINGTON, N. C., JANUARY, 1935
No. 3
Football Awards
Given To 29
After causing much excitement
and heated argument, the much
talked of Cotillion Club had its
first meeting last Saturday night
in the high school gymnasium. A
large crowd was present, there be
ing approximately one hundred
people on the floor. Those present
leport a very enjoyable evening and
have expressed a strong desire to
meet at regular intervals through
out the remaining weeks of school.
Many of the faculty members at
tended this first meeting of the
club and seemed to have as good a
time as anyone else there.
Permission to have a Cotillion
Club was granted by the Lexington
High School Board several weeks
ago and plans have been going for
ward rapidly since that time. Some
opposition was aroused among the
parents and friends of the school,
but the club seems to be headed
for success in spite in this. The
faculty plans to organize this club
at an early date and to outline the
meetings for the rest of this school
year.
The Lexhipep congratulates Mr.
Jolly in his successful effort to
train an orchestra to play for the
dancing. This orchestra provided
some of the music for the first
meeting of the Cotillion Club and
are expected to provide more alter
a little more practice and experi
ence.
HONOR SOCIETY TAKES
IN NEW MEMBERS
On December 20, the Lexington
Chapter of the National Honor So
ciety tapped eight new members
into its ranks. The ceremony, pre
sided over by Olen Easter, presi
dent of the society, was a brilliant
one, with the old members all
wearing robes. After a brief de
votional, talks were given by dif
ferent members of the society on
the four cardinal points for which
the society stands—leadership,
scholarship, character and service.
Tiien members of the society went
among the student body and
brought the new members upon
the stage. There, each, with a
lighted candle in his hand, took the
oath of the Honor Society. After
a few more remarks by Olen Eas
ter, the program was ended.
Appointment of a pupil to the
National Honor Society is the high
est honor that the faculty can be
stow upon any student. The fac
ulty bases its decision upon the
four points of the society. The
new members are Virginia Bower,
Macy Watson, Virginia Wither
spoon, Carolyn Critcher, Nancy
Ra.per, John Trexler, Harold Har
rison and Jimmy Morris.
On Thursday, January 17, the
entire high school assembled in the
auditorium to witness one of our
happ.'est annual events—the pres
entation of the football awards.
Charlie Cecil, as manager, re
ceived a gold football for his splen
did work, and Olen Easter, assis
tant manager, was awarded a let
ter.
The following cheer leaders re
ceived letters; “Lib” Revelle, Mary
Martin, Sarah Green, Bob Eanes
and Harold Harrison. Gold foot
balls, with “N. C. State Champions”
engraved on them, were awarded
to: Captain Wimpy Rogers, John
Myers, Allen Johnson, George Corn,
Oliver Briggs, Leonard Craver,
Smith Young, James Fritts, Char
lie Clodfelter and Bill Bailey. Those
who preferred sweaters with letters
were: W. P. Huffman, Belvin Cra
ver, Ed Cross, Jake Briggs, Charles
Wright and Fred Welch.
The "unsung heroes” of the past
season, the substitutes, were award
ed letters. Those receiving the
orange "L” were; Henry Reeves,
John Webst-er, Stuart Leonard,
Hale Smith, J. D. Redwine and
Sam Cecil. Coach Young, with ap
propriate speeches about each play
er. presented the awards.
MAN OF THE YEAR
In the column “About Town,”
which is printed in The Dispatch,
Mr. Sink picked Mr. Young as the
Man of the Year. Inasmuch as we
think this a decided honor for Mr.
Young, we are glad to reprint the
article from The Dispatch;
Man of the Year
My selection for Man of the Year
1934 in Lexington is Tom Young,
coach at Lexington high school.
Mr. Young accomplished his own
job in 1934 better than any other
man, perhaps, piloting the Lexing
ton high school basketball team to
a conference championship and
doing likewise with the Lexington
high school football team.
He was ably assisted by Coach
Joe Sink, but Mr. Young is pri
marily responsible for the success
or failure of the teams and hence
gets the primary credit.
Not only did the squads play ex
cellent basketball and football, but
they played in a line, sportsman
like manner, clean and hard. Their
conduct on the playing fields re
flected the coaching they had re
ceived from Young and Sink.
Hence from the standpoint of a
job well done in a responsible posi
tion as affecting the youths of
Lexington, I select Mr. Young.
The Football
Banquet Is A
HuMc Success
Coming as a brilliant climax to
the pre-Christmas activities was
the most colorful football banquet
staged in honor of L. H. S.’s 1934
Champion Yellow Jackets. The
American Legion Hut, at which the
banquet was given, was appro
priately and attractively decorated
with an array of football helmets,
blankets and jerseys. The pro
gram and decorations were so
planned as to give the impression
of a game between two teams—the
Orange and the Blue. The floor
of the hut was effectively marked
off as a regular field. On this
field the players for each side per
formed startling and brilliant runs,
passes and other plays in the form
of toasts, songs and dances. How
ever, though both sides played ad
mirably, neither was able to score
and in the end the Orange tied the
Blue, only to find both teams rally
ing for L. H. S. Margie Walser,
George Corn, Mary Martin and
Margaret Meachum and Bob Eanes
under the able leadership of their
captain, Coach Joe Sink, were out
standing for the Orange, whereas
Margaret Wilson, Carolyn Critcher,
John Myers and Jean Hunt, under
their leader. Coach Tom Young,
were excellent for the Blue. The
contributions of these with extra
speeches, pep songs and yells, and
a solo by “Lib” Revelle constituted
the program for the banquet. Of
ficials were “Lib” Revelle, referee,
and “Wimpy” Rogers, umpire.
Those attending the banquet
wish to take this opportunity to ex
press their appreciation to those
who made the banquet possible—
the business men of Lexington for
their generous donations. Misses
Apple and Dorset! lor their help
with the program and decorations,
the participants on the program,
“Lib” Revelle for her efficient
management, and the girls as a
whole for their endeavors toward
the goal of bigger and better foot
ball banquets.
CORRECTION!
In the basketball forecast ap
pearing in the December Lexhipep,
Smith Young’s name was omitted.
Smith was one of the star players
of last year and we are looking to
him to run up the scores for L. H.
S. again this year. We are sorry
this error occurred, and we wish
Smith, along with the rest of the
team, a successful season. Our
apologies, “Arab!”
John: “I hear Ocko was kicked
off the squad.”
Wimpy: “How so?”
John; “He was told to tackle the
dummy and tackled the coach in
stead.”
Basketball
Season
Very Promisini
'The basketball season for Lexing
ton High School looks very promis
ing this year for both boys and
girls. The girls’ team defeated the
Junior Orphanage girls in a pre
season game and the boys were
outscored only by one point in a
pre-season game with the Erlanger
team.
The two games the girls have
played this year have aroused more
interest than any they played last
year. On January 15, the ‘Yellow
Jackerettes” met Kannapolis on the
local court and displayed a well or
ganized team. All the regulars
from last year were playing and L.
H. S. marched to victory with a
final score of 36 to 3. S. Green
and M. V. Leonard were the out
standing players but the whole
first team and many subs played a
commendable game. The next
conference game was played with
Barium Springs on January 18 in
the Lexington gymnasium. Again
the Lexington girls played well and
showed a fine fighting spirit, but
Barium was a little too much for
them. The game ended 19 to 16 in
favor of Barium.
Everyone has been wondering if
the boys’ squad could live up to
the reputation of the team of the
past two years. From the present
outlook of things, the Lexhipep is
fully expecting L. H. S. to win the
championship again this year.
Meeting Kannapolis on their own
court on January 15, Lexington’s
team of boys fought with their
usual indomitable will and came
through triumphant. The final
score was 24 to 19. Although Cra
ver and Petrea of last year’s team
were missing, the boys managed to
work again as one man and display
such cooperation as is seldom seen.
On January 18, the boys’ team met
Barium Springs in the local gymna
sium. Barium had an excellent
team and it looked for a while that
L. H. S. might be forced to bow be
fore it. In the last few minutes of
the game, our team rallied and ran
the score up to 19 to 15 in Lexing
ton’s favor.
Large crowds have witnessed
these games and much enthusiasm
has been evident on the part of
the public. ’With such whole
hearted support and with the lead
ership of Coaches Young and Sink,
L. H. S.’s two basketball teams
seem to be destined for high hon
ors. A schedule of the remaining
conference games appears below:
Jan. 25, Concord, here.
Jan. 29, Kannapolis, there.
Feb. 1, Lincolnton, there.
Feb. 5, China Grove, there.
Feb. 6, High Point, here.
Feb. 19, Barium Springs, there.
Feb. 22, Lincolnton, here.
Feb. 26, China Grove, here.
March 1, Concord, there.