VOL. XXXXI No. 1
LEXINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, N. C.
OCTOBER 10, 1963
LS.H.S. HOLDS COLLECE NICHT
HOMECOMING A
BIG SUCCESS
The Homecoming game was
with High Point on October 4.
Clubs ani homerooms were en
couraged to enter floats in the
big parade which was held Fri
day, October 4. Prizes for the
floats were as follows: First
Price — $20.00, Second Prize—
$10.00, Third Prize—$7.50, and
Fourth Prize^lS passes to the
Carolina Theatre. Many clubs
and local businesses contribut
ed to the long list of prizes giv
en to the winners. The follow
ing are donors; Junior Civitan
Club, Athletic Association, Lex-
hipep. Literary Club, Monogram
Club, Office Assistants Club,
Carolina Theatre, anj Lexington
Drive-In. Classes were dismss-
ed at noon to provide time for
preparing for the parade.
On Thursday night a pep ral
ly was held. On Friday students
reported to the gym for anoth
er pep rally and the crowning of
the 1963 Homecoming Queen.
School spirit was high, and the
participation of LSHS students
was rewarding. The football
game was at 8:00 p. m., and
Senior Superlatives
Announced
The following seniors were
elected as senior superlatives:
Most Popular, Kathy Brown and
Doug Pritchard; Most Vrsatile,
Lou Raker and Johnny Clark;
Best Looking, Sydney Young and
Tad Meade; Cutest, Prissy Cecil
and Larry Evans; Best Person
ality, Susan Moore and Thomp
son Miller; Best Dressed, Libby
Leonard and Johnny Shoaf; Wit
tiest, Libby Smith and Alan
Palisoul! Most Dependable, Lar
ry Young and Durante Griffin;
Most Sincere, Jane Leonard and
Wayne Berrier; Friendliest, Jo
Philpott and Bob Philpott; Most
Athletic, Bebs Mann and Har
vey Fulbright; Most Talented,
Ruth Davis an} Stephen Shaffer;
Most Likely to Succeed, Tennie
Sink and Hugh Bingham and
Most Intellectual, Connie Beck
and Robert Botsch.
Open House was held at the
YMCA afterwards.
A two-page pictorial of all the
events which make up Home
coming can be found on the in
side of the paper on pages four
an d five.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY ON
OCTOBER 11
On Friday, October 11, school
will be closed for the faculty to
attenj the Central North Caro
lina Education Association as
sembly at North Rowan High
School. Even though classes will
not meet on that day, students
vill note that the regular foot-
haU .season will be followed. Oc
tober 11 will be the last school
holiday before Thanksgiving.
LSHS WELCOMES TWO FOREIGN
EXCHANGE STUDENTS
This year LSHS is fortunate in having two foreign exchange stu
dents; Martha Occhi, from Argentina, and Truls Ddsen Bastiansen,
from Norway.
Martha is living with the Fred Calhoun family on Weaver Drive.
When asked about her first impressions of Lexington Senior High
School, she replied:
“I like the friendly relationship between teachers and students.
Students here have more liberty to study and to work than we have,
and I think this liberty develops a sense of responsibility in them.
You have to choose your subjects, but to do this selection properly,
you have to know what you want to be in hfe. This is a hard thing
perhaps for the freshmen because they do not care about what they
want to be in the future; however, for one thing, they have to think
about it, and this is important.”
‘‘Of course, I do not like pop tests, and I think that this feeling
is universal. I have been at Lexington Senior High only a month,
but I began to love it since the first pep rally, as I found myself
shouting and screaming at the football game in a Spanish-English,
and not even I know what I said.”
Truls, a very versatile boy, is staying with the Banks Hankins
family on Country Club Drive. Here is his first impressions of Lex
ington Senior High School and our town:
‘‘I like Lexington, and I hope this will be a good year. The people
are so nice and kind over here. My first impression of the youth
here in Lexington was elephant-jokes and boys talking only about
girls.”
LEXHIPEP HOLDS
ASSEMBLY
On Wednesday September 25,
1963, the LEXHIPEP staff gave
an assembly to launch their sub
scription drive. It was a ‘‘do-it-
yourself” assembly illustrating
different parts or pages of the
paper. Every member of the
Staff made his debut in order
to help the student body realize
how much information the LEX
HIPEP reveals.
Carolyn Beck presented the de
votions which followed the theme
of freedom of speech and free
dom of the press. Elaine Yates,
editor, then spoke on tiie import
ance that the LEX-HIPEP has
in soiiooi affairs. After the func
tions of the paper were given,
members of the staff presented
comical skits, with the purpose
in mind of enabling LSHS stu
dents to better understand the
various sections of which the
LEXHIPEP is composed. In con
clusion, Anne Bingham, assemb
ly editor and hostess for the as
sembly, urged each student to
subscnloe to the LEXHIPEP.
The LEXHIPEP editor, Elaine
Yates, reports that the subscrip
tion returns are larger than
ever before^ proving the as
sembly a success.
Pep Club Holds First
Assembly Of The
School Year
Our first assembly of the 1963-
1964 school year came the Wed
nesday after the glorious tie
with Reynolds. The Pep Club
piresented the program, which
began their drive for membership
with speeches by Coach Mull and
Co-Captain Hugh Bingham. In
the assembly, members of the
Pep Club showed how the or
ganization affects the relation
ship between the football team
and school spirit. Coach Calli-
cutt, sponsor of the Pep Club, and
Pam Grandolfi, President,
asked for the support of the Stu
dent body. The Pep Club should
consist of every student enrolled
in this school. Each person should
back our team by joining the
Pep Club and participating in
all scnool activities.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
October 4—^High Point ~ here
Homecoming
October 9, 10, 15—^Pictures for
Lexicon
October 10—College Night
October 11—Holiday — N.C.E.A,
Meeting
October 11—Asheboro—^here
October 17—^Grimsly—there
October 25—Burlington—there
November 1—Page—here
November 7-—Gray—there
November 11 — Armistice Day
Parade—4:00 P. M,
SENIORS HOLD INITIAL CLASS MEETING
On September 10, the Senior Class of ’63-64 held its first official
class meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to elect class officers
Mr. Wihe announced that the Class o-f ’64 is the largest in the history
of Lexington Senior High School, having 220 members. Nominations
and elections for class officers were then conducted, and the follow
ing were elected: Thompson Miller, President; Hugh Bingham
Vice-Pre.sident; John Clark, Secretary; and Teenie Sink, Treasurer’
With President Miller presiding, the class then voted for two of its
beauty queens. Kathy Brown was chosen to represent LSHS in the
“Miss Davidson County Contest” at the Davidson County Fair. For
its Carrousel Princess in the Charlotte pageant, the members of
the senior class elected Sydney Young. After this business had
been completed, the meeting was adjourned.
TONIGHT IS
COLLEGE NIGHT
This year College Night will
be held on October 10, from 7
to 9 P. M. There will be three
twenty-minute periods and a free
period during which one may
visit other college irepresenta-
tives. Junior anj senior students,
along with their parents, are
urged to attend.
The purpose of College Night
is to acquaint Lexington and
Davidson County students with
schools of nursing, technical
schools, business schools, armed
forces, and colleges. Representa
tives from each school or col
lege will advise the student and
discuss the following; admission
requirements^ tuition, courses of
study, and purposes of the col
lege.
College Night is an annual
project of the LSHS Student
Coucil. It is designed for the
students and is considered a
necessary event of the school
year. Everyone is urged to take
advantag of this opportunity to
prepare themselves for the fu
ture. Thirty-five representatives
are attending our Colege Night
to guide us in choosing the right
destination.
The following schools and col
leges will be present;
Appalachian, Atlantic Christ
ian, Brevard, Campbell, Cataw
ba, Charlotte, Chowan, Coker,
Converse, Davidson, Duke, East
Carolina, Elon, Gardner-Webb.
Greensboro, Guilford, High
Point, Lees-McRae, Lenoir-
Rh'yne, Loufisburg, Mars Hill,
Meredith, Methodist, Mitchell,
Montreat-Anderson, N. C. State,
Oak Ridge, Peace.
Pfeiffer, St. Andrews, Strat
ford, Salem, UNC—Chapel Hill,
UNC—Greensboro, Virginia In
terment, Wake Forest, Western
Carolina, Wingate, Gaston Tech,
Davidson County Industrial Cen
ter.
Schools of Nursing
Cabarrus, Charlotte Memorial,
City Memorial, Grace Hospital,
High Point Memorial, Martin
Memorial, N. C. Baptist, Presby
terian Rowan Memorial.
Schools of Business
Ashmore, Draughon, King’s,
Lexington.
The Armed Forces
Army, Air Force, Marines,
Navy.
LSHS STATISTICS
Total enrollment 1143
Number of students in each
grade-
Ninth 310
Thnth 293
Eleventh 317
Twelfth 223
Numiber of teachers 45
Numoer of teachers
coaching sports 8
Number of sports 7
Number of subjects offered - 48