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THE LEXHIPEP
May 29, 1962
The Lexhip ep
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE STUDENTS
OF LEXINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Editor
LEXHIPEP STAFF 1961 -1962
Pat Hankins
Mildred Gee
Tony Wike
Charles Bernhard!
Literary Editor -
Assistant Literary Editor
Sports Editor —- — -
Assistant Sports Editor Pat McGinn
Columnist - Nancy Costner
Exchange Editor Doris Ann Morgan
Business Manager Charles Crouse
Assistant Business Manager Jimmy Snyder
Club Editor Martha Hardee
School News Editor Talmadge Hinkle
Foreign Correspondent Anna Sorensen
Photographer Bobby Honeycutt
Assistant Photographer Davis
Typists Charles Buliaboy, Pat Melton
Sponsor Mrs. Ottis M. Hedrick
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MILDRED GEE
Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto
those things which are before, I press toward the high calling of
God in Jesus Christ. Philippians 4:13.
How quickly a. day of excitement passes; things to do all the
time—laughing, talking, playing, working! These pleasures seem
important for a time. At the end of such a day, what do we have to
show tor our efforts? In much the same way hfe outruns itself.
Filling each moment with fun, we don’t take time to appreciate
our gifts ?r to plan for the future.
We realize that hfe is shpping by us at a quick pace, but what
can we do about the fact? Take time—time to think, time to
thank, and time to live. Profit from past mistakes and victories.
Begin to hve the present and to plan for the future. Strive toward
useful goals rather than the transient, trivial things that seem
important. Do now the things that need to be done.
We cannot renew our past lives. The present is here for only
a short time, for soon it becomes past. The future is not yet ours
except in hope, and expectation, and faith. We must press forward
with courage and faith bo meet the future and to meet it with the
Christian courage that has been our background.
ADVICE ON ENTERING COLLEGE
-^PAT HANKINS
Perhaps the best advice ever given to anyone entering college
was the advice given to Laertes by his father Polonius in the
Shakespearean play HAMLET. The advice was divided into nine
separate parts—each just as important as the other. With gradu-
tion only two days away, and college looming in the foreground for
most of the graduates, such advice is appropriate.
“Give thy toughts no tongue.” Keep your most personal thoughts
to yourself. Don’t share everything with your friends. Everyone
needs something personal and private to ponder over. Personal
thoughts are the best way bo satisfy this need. Keep your thoughts
to yourself, and you will profit by it.
“Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.” Be friendly, but
not boo personal. Friendliness is a wonderful attribute, but it can
lead to becoming too intimate, and then the whole affair is cheapened.
“Do not duU thy palm with entertainment.” Have a good time,
but do not party too much. You go to school for an education, not
for a continual party. Make the best of your opportunities in school,
and don’t waste your time on partying.
“Beware of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, bear that
the opposed may beware of thee.” Be careful of entering into an
argument, but, once you enter, make people know that you are
there. Stand up for your principles, and don’t let anyone or anything
sWay you in your ideals.
Listen to people talking and absorb their conversation, but be wary
in speaking up on topics you are not sure of. Listening is one of
the best ways to gain knowledge, and by listening, great knowledge
can be absorbed.
“Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.” People
will always be willing to give you advice concerning your troubles,
and will always be hoping that you take this advice. Take their
advice to heart, but make your own judgment. That way, all success
or failure will be yours and yours alone.
“For the apparel oft proclaims the man.” People judge you
as to how you look. Your clothes need not be expensive or gaudy.
’The only prerequisite is that they be neat. Neatness can make or
break an impression, and it is neatness in a person that one looks for.
“Neither a borrower or a lender be.” This piece of advice is
self-explanatory. If you neither borrow nor lend, then you will never
be worried about collecting or paying your debs.
“This above all; To thine own self be true, and it must follow,
as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
This is the most important part of all Polonius’ advice. If you are
true to yourself, you can not help but be true to all your fellow men.
By being true to your feUowman, you can take your place as
one of the most admired people in the world.
LIBRARY 1962 LAST
WILL AND TESTAMENT
We, the undersigned, being of
good health, sound mind (we
speak hopefully at this point!)
but weary in body, do herewith
make our Last Will and Testa
ment, in this school year of our
Lord, 1962.
Item 1; To our Alma Mater,
Ledington Senior Hi(gh School,
we bequeath 3 continued inter
est and devotion to our fine
school.
Item 2; To all students and
faculty at this noble institution
oif learning, we bequeaih the
pleasure and profit (we promise
this!) to be derived from your
use of the school library.
Item 3; To the advisor and staff
of this yeir’s LEXHIPEP, we
give our sincere thanks again
for their interest in and sup
port of the library (even to the
extent of a financial bequest!) To
the incoming LEXHIPEP offi
cials, we pledge our continued in
terest and a guarantee of ma
teriel for each and every issue,
if allowed space!
Item 4; Eva Horton and Sue
Hilton, leaving soon these sacred
halls of learning, bequeaih their
sense of fun as well as their
high capability to their co-worx-
ers remaining on the Library
Staff again next year, namely;
Betty Jo Phillips, Ruth Davis,
Karen Sue Parks.
Item 5; Mrs. John Hedrick,
Jr. (formerly Marilyn Lohr) also
a 1962 graduate, and Doris Ann
Morgan, a Library Staff mem
ber during her junior year, will
to any and all students who will
accept their extensive and wide
range in reading good books.
Item 6; Chippie Everhart (by
special permission, since she is
too modest!) wills her sweet
ways and faithfulness to duty to
these new-comers on the Library
Staff in 1962-63; Betty Hemphill,
Catherine Lambeth, Judy Hege,
Freda Smith, Hetty Parker, and
Jean Baker.
Item 7; Pat Gibbs, leaving in
September for Woman’s College,
bequeaths her abilities and her
gayety (additions for any organ
ization) to the other new-comers
on next year’s Library Staff;
Martha Briggs, Connie Beck, and
Linda Jane Leonard.
Item 8; Carol Cole, to study
nursing soon, leaves a recom
mendation for special attention
to the freshmen in the Libraiy,
and a “reserved” seat for broth
er, Hugh Cole!
Item 9; Capable Diana Whu-
tington, Catawba - bound, be
queaths her sweet singing voice
to Mrs. Sink, whose favorite song
is said to be “You Talk Too
Much”!!
Item 10; To Mr. Wike, we all
leave our appreciation of his
understanding of us and his
vision of what constitutes a good
school library.
Item 11; We who are gradu
ating from the Library Staff, we
who are called to other places
of service in our school, and we
who return to work again next
year in the Library, bequeath
to all students that same inter
est in books that first led us to
become Student Assistants on
the Library Staff.
Item 12. To all students, now
and henceforth, we will our spe
cial pride in our school libray,
where we labored long and faitli-
fully as student assistants and as
librarian.
Signed and sealed this 20tn
day of May, 1962.
iStudent Assistant
Library Staff
and Mrs. E. Paul Sink,
Librarian
MAY'S
MR. AND MISS LS.H.S.
—TONY WIKE
The 1961-62 school yejr is practically over. As is customary. May s
Mr. and Miss LSHS are the LEXHIPEP editor and the business
manager. Here we see Pat Hankins and Charles Crouse busily study
ing for exams.
Miss LSHS, Pat Hankins, is a member of the Spanish Cluo,
French Club, Science Club, National Honor Society, and Literary
Ciub. Last summer she was Lexington’s representative as A.I .S.
summer exchange student to Carlsberg, Pfalz, Germany. Pat vas
voted Senior Superlative as the most likely to succeed.
If possible Miss LSHS would like to trade places with, “Senator
Maurine Newberger, Democratic senator from Oregon, because I
would like to experience first hand the triumphs and trials in uie
daily life of a senator.” She would like to re-visit Germany to see
all the friends and the family she has over there.
Pat’s favorite song is “Till”, and her favorite musicians aie
Ferrante and Teicher. The best movie she has seen is ELMER
GANTRY- her favorite actors are Yul Bryner and Dirk Bogarde. Tiie
best book she has read is ADVISE AND CONSENT. Pat’s favorite
foods are steak, spagheti, and pizza.
Pat’s pet peeves are “The Great Pumpkin, The Great Sequoya,
and The Frog.” Her most prized possessions are souvenirs of Ger
many and a certain Beta Club pin. Her most embarrassing moment
occurred “When I mistook MEN for WOMEN at a conference at
Carolina and was saved barely in the nick of time by my good
buddy Doris.” Concerning her best time. Miss LSHS says, “It’s a
triple tie among my summer in Germany; Saturday, April 14, 1962;
and the weekend of the Junior-Senior.”
If granted three wishes Pat would choose these; “to graduate
from college; to return to Germany; and to take my place as Pa
tricia Hankins, Senior Senator from North Carohna.” Her future
plans are to graduate from college and live a long and happy life.
Pat’s secret ambition is to be First Lady of the United States.
Now let’s take a look at Mr. LSHS, Charles (C. Lee) Crouse.
Charles is a member of the National Honor Society, Latin Club, Sci
ence Club, Pep Club, Monogram Club, and Order of DeMolay. He
was varsity football manager, and on the varsity basketball team,
he is number two man on the tennis team.
If possible Charles would trade places with “Red Skelton” ibe-
cause to m.e he is the funniest comedian in the world, and I would
like to be considered the funniest person in the world.” He would
like to visit the World’s Fair in Seattle to see the world of tomorrow.
Mr. LSHS’s favorite song is “Shout! Shout!” His favorite voca
list is Dion. The best movie Charles has seen is SPLENDER IN THE
GRASS; his favorite actor and actress are John Wayne and Elizabeth
Taylor. The best book he has read is PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS. His
favorite foods are steak and French-fries. Charles’ pet peeve is peo
ple who are not friendly. His most prized possessions are his tennis
trophies that he has won. If you are curious about his most em
barrassing moment, just mention the Taft Hotel to him. He had Ins
best time “just recently at the beach the weekend of May 5th-6Lh
and also on the Senior trip with my baby doll, D. P.”
Charles says this about his three wishes; “I wish I had a col
lege education. I wish the world owed me a living. I wish I was
happily married and had just under five kids.” He plans to encer
Lenoir Rhyne College this fall.
Charles’ secret ambitions are to make a hit record and to be
come a famous pitcher in the major leagues.
Congratulations from the LEXHIPEP staff go to the editor and
business manager, Pat and Charles, for successful college ca
reers, and the staff wishes them the best of luck in life.