ALUMNI
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The Lexhipep
GREETINGS
ALUMNI
VOLUME XVII.
LEXINGTON, N. C., NOVEMBER 4, 1938
No.
Lexington High Festivity
Viewed By Citizens
Parade Forerunner To
Barium Springs Game
Sink, Cuthrell, Shepherd
Home Rooms Win
Many Lexingtonians never dreamed
of seeing as spectacular an exhibition
put on by the Lexington High School
as occurred on Friday afternoon, Oc
tober 14, when the student body stag
ed a scenic parade that cannot be for
gotten soon. The parade, serving as
a prelude to the great Barium Springs-
Lexington football clash, progressed
down State and Main Streets to the
music of the band led by the drum
majoress, Ella Stuart Cox.
All home rooms of the school pre
pared either a beautiful, a comic, or
an absurd float to represent them in
the parade. Eighteen home rooms
participated, and the parade consisted
of such floats as old dilapidated
hearses, showing the remains of the
Barium game; the American Legion
train, decorated with colorful signs; a
coal truck, decorated with orange and
blue colors and bearing -a coffin car
rying Barium Springs; a goat; a cow;
a pony; a clothes line with a sign
“wash out tonight”; cheer leader and
football mascots in costume; and
many cars decorated with Lexington
High School’s flying colors, orange
and blue. The two prizes, a free trip
to the Carolina Theater as first, and
a free trip to the game that night as
second, were won by Miss Sink’s and
Mrs. Cuthrell’s home rooms. Miss
Sink’s float was made up of a truck
displaying a football field and a tow
ering football player, and Mrs. Cuth-
rell’s was the black coal truck bear
ing a coffin holding a battered Bar
ium Springs football hero with his
relative dressed in black weeping over
the deceased, while a jubilant Lexing
ton football player guarded him close
ly. ’These two floats were very pic
turesque and clever and richly de-
.served the prizes.
The town surely cannot say that
Lexington High School has lost its
vim, vigor and vitality, because the
football game and the huge parade
proved to be a great success for the
team, school and town. And now
Lexington High School challenges any
other high school to the contest of
parades consisting of floats and bands,
taking into consideration the speed
with which such a parade can be
comiX)sed. All L. H. S. needs is a
half chance—and “The Parade Goes
On.”
GIRL RESERVES
INITIATED
Eleven Girls Become New
Members
Several days ago Lexington citizens
were surprised to find an oddly dress
ed group of girls traversing the city
streets. Rolled overalls, burlap over
blouses, and men’s socks, shoes and
garters made up the girls’ ensembles.
Their numerous coiffures were artisti
cally arranged plaits tied with narrow
ribbons of various colors. Several
strings of beads and dangling ear
rings completed the costumes.
The occasion of this unusual dress
was the initiation of new members of
the Girl Reserves. The club is a sub
division of the national Y. M. C. A.
and membership is based on scholar
ship, leadership, character and other
qualifications which will lead to suc-
‘cessful womanhood. Members are
pisked—from the upper ten per cent of
the- junior and senior classes on the
basis of these qualifications. Meetings
are held bi-monthly at the homes of
the members, and outside speakers
constitute the major portion of the
year’s program.
The local organization is under the
advisorship of Miss Craven. Officers
for the year 1938-1939 are Mary Louise
Hinkle, president; Margaret Hunt, vice
president; and Joan Sink, secretary-
treasurer. Other old members are Sis
White, Margaret Thomason, Virginia
Beck, Bobbie Green and Prances Lohr.
New members include Sis Hinkle,
Mary Garland Burkhart, Virginia
Smith, Pauline Putnam, Jenky Miller,
Jane Moore, Paige Lohr, Peeny Bern
hardt, Jean Bruton, Virginia Holmes
Brinkley and Mary Gordon.
Joe Bower Makes
Excellent Record
Safety Director
Gives Demonstration
Mr. Harry M. Pontious, safety di
rector for Ohio Farm Bureau, is con
ducting a series of unique driving
tests which demonstrate actual stop
ping distances required when a car is
driven 20, 30 and 40 miles per hour.
This practical- demonstration-was pre
ceded by- a short talk November 2, in
which Mr. Pontious emphasized the
fact that each driver must make safe
(Continued on Page Six)
The highest score in the English ex
aminations for freshmen at State Col
lege was made by Joe H. Bower. The
report was sent to the LEXHIPEP by
Professor J. D. Clark of the English
department.
Professor Clark stated that the
class as a whole made a good record
in the examinations, which are given
first year men to determine their
scholastic qualifications. Joe made a
grade of 99 in the English test which
dealt with the usage of words, spelling
and vocabulary.
Enrolled in mechanical engineering
Joe intends to enter the Army Air
Corps after graduating from State.
He is the son of J. C. Bower, local at
torney.
This record should prove to the up
per classmen the importance of study
ing, for fellow students know Joe's
record while in Lexington High School.
The faculty and the student body are
proud of such a record, especially
when the student was formerly train
ed in Lexington High School.
Dramatics Class To Present
Play On November 22
National Book Week
November 13-20
HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY TO
CELEBRATE
Many New Books Arrive
Book week will be celebrated all
over the United States again this year
from November 13 to 20. The slogan
for 1938 is “New Books—New Worlds,”
a title broad enough to include both
old and new favorites for every reader.
The arrival of a shipment of new
books will mark one phase of the cele
bration in Lexington High School.
Watch the library for special displays
during book week. Mr. Kelly’s hobby
club will compete for prizes for the
best poster or display illustrating a
favorite book or hobby. These dis
plays will be on exhibit in the library.
1416 following are some of the new
books which have been ordered. One
will notice that there are interesting
books of non-fiction included, as well
as sport stories, western .‘^tories, mod
ern fiction, and mystery stories.
Emily Post’s book on “Etiquette”
will answer all social questions.
“Photography for Fun” by William
Strong is most interesting. “Stamp
Collecting” by Henry Rensuf will in
terest a large number. Of special in
terest to the boys will be two books
by a favorite writer of “western”—:
Max Brand’s “Trouble Trail,” and
“South of Rio Grande”. And of
course they will like “Fighting Guard”
by Barbour, “The Backfield Play” by
Heyliger, “Captain Binnacle” by How
ard Peace, and the “Boy Scouts’ Year
book of Pun and Fiction.”
For the girls; “Sue Barton, Senior
Nurse” by Boylston, “Susan of the
Green Mountains” by the author of
the “Mountain Girl” stories, and
“Penny Marsh—Public Health Nurse”
by Deeming are recommended.
For everybody: “Madame Curie” by
Eve Curie; “Fifteen-thirty,” Helen
Will’s biography; “Little Known Pacts
About Well Known People” by Dale
Carnegie, the author of that best sell
er “How to Win Friends and Influ
ence People”; “My Vocation,” by emi
nent Americans; and Kenneth Robert’s
stirring tale “Northwest Passage” will
be in constant demand.
Three-Act Comedy, “Growing
Up” Promises Delightful
Evening
Schools To Observe
National Education
Week, November
When America entered the World
War in 1916-17, the number of young
men entering the army who were very
illiterate was startling. ’Then offi
cials realized the necessity of closer
cooperation with school systems.
The first National Education Week
was observed in 1921 sponsored by the
American Legion in collaboration with
the National Education Association.
Today over ten million friends and
parents visit the schools annually.
’ The schools of Lexington will ob
serve the week of November 6-12 as
National Education Week. High
School students will go to chapel on
Tuesday and ’Thursday to listen to
The Dramatics Class of Lexington
High School is to present it’s first
play, “Growing Up” on Tuesday night,
November 22, under the directorship
of Mrs. Claire Cuthrell.
Tlie trials and tribulations of a
small American family are related
with pungent realism, punctuated by
a rowdy comedy. Situations are cat
apulted one upon the other mth
amazing rapidity, and there is no end
to laughter. The type of humor pre
sented is more or less a result of the
amusingly assorted characters.
The play in reality is centered
around two families who indulge in
wordy duels over the misdeeds of their
two mischievous children. Penny John
son and Bobby Stevens, most ably por
trayed by Ann Corn and Paul Craver,
who are forever engaged in some dev
iltry. ’Tire father of one far.hly, Mr.
Johnson,'characterized by John Rob
ert Carrickhoff, is- a - long-suffering
creature burdened w'ith a whining
wife, played by Virginia Beck.
The most hilarious scene is reached
ed when the father engages in fisti
cuffs with his employer, Mr. Stevens,
characterized by J. C. Shepherd, in or
der to win a month’s respite within
the restful precincts of the city jail
so that he may complete an invention
upon which he has been laboring for
many years amid the strife of family
life.
Fred Stevens, played by Jimmie
Myers, is a young American just out
of college, eager to find his right place
in the world along with the right girl.
He finds the right girl in Ellen John
son, a pleasant young lady of twenty,
who is intelligent and very attractive.
This part is nicely played by Rachel
Hearne.
Mrs. Rose, portrayed by Virginia
Smith, is a. very gossipy Irish woman
who keeps her town in an uproar.
Mrs. Stevens, characterized by Sis
Hinkle, is the leader of the town’s
best set and has always looked upon
Mrs. Johnson as a social climber and
has resisted every effort she has made
to gain membership in her clubs.
O’Malley, portrayed by Clyde Carl
ton, is a good-natured policeman who
has been walking a beat for thirty-six
years.
The Dramatics Class is not giving
the play merely for monetary gains
but with the hope that the forthcom
ing plays will be plays that will help
to raise the school standards. The
play is one outlet for the talent in the
class and though this play does not
give everyone an opportunity to be in
the cast it will give each one a chance
to work on producing a play. The
class plans to put on several other
plays during the year and also to do
much toward renovating the stage
equipment. .. .
special programs made up of outside
speakers. The parents and friends of
the students are nvited to visit the
schools during this week.