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The Spectator Volume No. Ill J. F. WEBB HIGH SCHOOL, OXFORD, N. C., JANUARY 31, 1967 No. 3 ROBERT POWELL Robert Chosen Dec. Student Of Month After careful consideration, the Student Council elected Roibert Pow ell as Student of the Month. Rob ert certainly deserves the honor, as he is president of the Senior Class, a co-captain of the varsity basket ball team, and above all, a good student. We are very proud of Rob ert, for this is a great honor. Student Council Sponsors Lively Christmas Dance Comedy, eats, and dancing and dancing and more dancing were the sources of entertainment provided by the Student Council at the Christmas Dance on December 17, 1966. The wonderful music for all the Webb discothequers was pro vided by the Plaids combo. A spe cial program was given in which various Webb students portrayed beloved faculty members telling dear old St. Nick of their Christ mas wishes. (You wouldn’t really shoot Alvin, would you, Mrs. Sto vall?) All Webb students would like to graciously thank their benevolent Student Council for the time and hard work that went to making a wonderful evening. Faculty Presents Gift To Mrs. Lytton At a recent faculty meeting, the J. F. Webb Faculty presented to Mr- William Lytton a beautiful crystal and silver relish dish in hon or of her recent marriage. Mrs. Lyt ton is the former Miss Elaine Mc- 1 tyre, who is one ■‘f our teachers in t’re mathematic- department. Webbsters Hear FFA Holds Annual Medical Career Christmas Party SAT Scores Return To Collegebound Senior Class After much anxiety, seniors re ceived their scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests that they took on December 3. These scores were dis tributed on Tuesday, January 10, during fourth period by Mrs. Fran ces Mullen, guidance counsellor. Mrs. Mullen commented that the grades, as a whole, were good. She also stated that of the few who have taken this test before, many came up on their individual grades. For a better explanation of the grading system, Mrs. Mullen gave out small booklets which came with the scores. Students Talk Certain juniors and seniors had the pleasure of getting out of sec ond period classes on Monday, Jan uary 9, to hear several students from Duke University talk on various medical professions. These student.'^ are members of the SAMA, the Stu dent American Medical Association. Each one gave helpful facts about the particular field he was partici pating in and illustrated his field with slides. Those fields of the med ical profession presented were x-ra\' technology, nursing, medical tech nology, hospital administration and the doctoring profession itself. Any student wishing to know more about any one of these fields may contact Mrs. Mullen who has the addresses to which one may write for additional material. Debating Teams Battle Foreign Aid The Debating Club has been on the go again. The first battle over foreign aid to totalitarian govern ments has already taken place be tween Sam Currin and Gary Cash, affirmative, and Ben White and Laurie Lyon, negative. All sp)eeches and cuts were recorded on tapie for Mr. Bottcher to judge. After many nights of sitting up pondering the evidence, the decision was awarded to the negative. S&tuiday, Ekrcamber 1-J, t.hc club will attend a conference at UNC. Members of the J. F. Webb Chap ter of the Future Farmers of Amer ica held their annual Christmas Par ty on December 14 in the Webb cafeteria. Roger Murray, Webb sophomore, and his father furnished part of the entertainment by singing while accompanying themselves on their guitars. There was also music by the Traitors combo. At this gath ering, the Chapter Sweethearts were elected from a host of Webb girls. Those chosen were Jo Ann Mat thews and Nancy Currin. Freshmen members of the club have been piarticularly busy. Four of these boys won fourth place in the Tool Identification Contest against other schools in the district. These four boys were Wayne Brooks, Bar ry Vaughan, Joel Cash, and Kenneth Riggan. The upi>er classmen will get their chance in February. During this month, the officers of the club will compete with surrounding dubs in the Parliamentary Procedure Contest. The next meeting of the FFA will be at Oak Hill on Wednesday, January 18. For this meeting, the boys have planned a basketball tournament and a hamburger sup pler. BEAT HENDERSON Fabulous French Banquet Delights Club Fabulous, no that’s not the word for the French Banquet held Decem ber 10. Many pre];>arations were made prior to this annual event, such as, completing gold printed name prds, preparing numbers for the program, creating and corseting beautiful booklets, making sparkling Christmas decorations, and decorating the tables with Christmas greenery, yule logs, bottles, and candles. People in charge of these preparations were: Cree Hicks, Pam Pruitt, Eliza Currin, Mary Ola Kearney, and Dorothea Jones. Just about every member of the French club gave a helping hand in the making of these different items, helped decorate, or took an active part in the program. Now that is real enthusiasm, and Mrs. Slaughter was very proud of her students too! Before the French dinner was served, a corsage was presented to Mrs. Slaughter by Gary Cash, who represented her French students. After the wonderful dinner prepjared by Mrs. Thomas Clement, action reaUy took place when the unforgetable program began. Anita Currin, Susan Watkins, Isabel Talton, Donna Hielema, and Mary Ola Kearney represented the different sections of France and gave a brief description of Christmas customs in that section. Each class presented an act, such as, displaying the art of dancing to French Music or singing (Zhristmas carols. One number which every- French Club member remembers (and remembers well) is “Alouette" by the J. F. Webb football team! Then they were honored to have one of their special guests, Mrs. Mac Satterwhite, sing “0 Holy Night” in French. Susan Howard then sang “Autumn Leaves” in French. Sam Cur rin presented the next number which was a combination of three Christmas carols. Sam played his concertina during th’« py*rformancc. Accompjanied by Gary Cash, Mary Ola Kearney sang a l-rencn folk song and a Christmas folk song. Gary gave a fine performance singing another French folk song. To highlight the e^.tire evening, everyone joined in singing Christmas carols. Representative Of Beauty School Talks To Students Out of the various fields that sen iors can go into, some students head for the field of hairstyling. Mrs. Eleanor Wallace, a represen tative of the Durham Beauty Acad emy, talked with Webb students who were interested in this field. ^reat deal of information was passed out to each student. This informa tion is available to w-hoever wishes it. Mrs. Mullen will be happy to give it out. Mrs. Wallace discussed and pre sented some very interesting items such as a scholarship to the Durham Beauty Academy, and an arrange ment which always gives a beauti cian a job. Art Students Are Engaged In Many Varied Projects The art .classes this year are in volved in many new and different projects. The Art I classes are mak ing pap>er mache puppets. Some are cajtoon characters, and others are entertainers or other well known personalities. The Art II classes are involved in the study of textiles, and each stu dent is making a weaving or a proj ect in stitchery. Then the enchanting Art III class is studying sculpture and each art history student has undertaken a sculpture project to help him un derstand the problems which have confronted sculptors for many cen turies. The projects range in materi al from clay to styrafoam and tin cans. All of these projects will be on display at different locations around the school soon after the semester’s end. Be on the look out for what’s happ>ening in art! The new class. Art III, was not mentioned along with the new courses available to students at Webb in a former edition of the Spectator. Art III is made up of studies and lectures on works of art from pre-historic times to the pres ent. JCL Convention To Be Held In Tucson “Early birds” for the National jCL Convention have already sent in their $5 deposit for their conven tion reservation in Tucson, Arizona. Jimmy Wriglit, North Carolina JCL president, has the March 18 convention program ready for the printers. The local club is en titled to 64 delegates. HAVEN GODWIN Seniors Choose Class Mascot Blue eyed, blonde Haven (Godwin was chosen Senior Class Mascot at the Senior class meeting on Janua^ 6. Haven is the sister of a senior, Phillip Godwin, and the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Godwin. Haven is a vibrant young lady and loves doing cheers, playing with her puppy, p>ainting, and sewing on her new sewing machine good old Saint Nick left her. Swimming is her favorite sport and she wishes she could do it year round. Her on ly dislike is eating salad when her mother makes her. Asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she answered, '‘A nrajorelic!” Webb Musicians Please Audience The program “Sounds of (Christ mas,” presented Thursday evening, Decem^r IS, by the J. F. Webb High School Band and the School’s Choral Department in the elemen tary school auditorium, brought out a large crowd. The audience was generous in applause of the selec tions presented. The programs were staged amid decorations that gave a strong sug gestion of the holiday p>eriod, Christ mas trees standing as sentinels on the floor level at each end of the stage with overhead trim on the stage. The 30-minute program by the band, with members in their trim and neat new uniform, was follow ed by the longer program of the choral dep>artment, Frank McCul loch directing the instrumental pro gram and Mrs. Michaelle Taylor the vocalists. Nancy Hicks, Carol Wat son and Kathy Webb were the ac- compianists. Others assisting were Mrs. Suzanne Moore, art; Sam (Cur rin, lighting; Austin Currin and oth ers on the stage crew; Sammy Jones, curtain and sp)ecial effects; and Jones and Annette Currin, publicity. Mrs. T. D. Clement Suffers Occlusion Mrs. Marian Clement, lunchroom supjervisor at the J. F. Webb High School, was stricken with a coronary occlusion on Dec. 29, resulting in loss of sight through her left eye'.* Mrs. Clement was rushed to Mc- Phensi^n Hospital for sp>ccial treat ment after the unfortunate expteri- ence. Hospital personnel were un able to dissolve the clot. Since her recovery Mrs. Clement has resumed her work at school. Seniors Order Newest Materials For Graduation At the Senior Class meeting, Jan uary 6, Mr. May, a representative of Herff Jones Company, introduc ed personal cards, memory books, graduation announcements, and ap preciation folders. After examining this merchandise, each student made hia selection and looked forward to that wonderful day of graduation.
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