PUBLISHED EACH SCHOOL MONTH BY THE STUDENTS OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Volume IX
Oxford, N. C., May, 1948
Number 7
Commencement Exercises To Be Held June 4
Dr. Clyde A. Milner To Address Seniors
Mr. C. G. Credle, superintendent of
the Oxford City Schools, and Mr. D.
N. Hix, principal of the Oxford High
School, have completed commence
ment plans for the Senior Class of
1948. The program will get under
way with the annual Baccalaureate
sermon, which will be presented in
the First Methodist Church of Ox
ford at eight o’clock on the night of
May 30. The pastor, Dr. S. A. Max
well, has arranged for Rev. R. D.
Ware of Asheville, N. C., District
Superintendent in the Methodist Con
ference, to preach the annual com
mencement sermon.
CLASS NIGHT
On June 2, at eight-fifteen o’clock,
the class of ’48 will hold class night
in the auditorium of the high school.
c this time William Currin will de
liver the valedictory and Alice Peele,
the salutatory. Various awards and
medals will be presented and the Se
niors will present the class gift to
the school. Robert Thomas will de
liver the Class Prophecy; Peggy
Jones, th'' Class Poem; Ka^hsHne
Wildman, the Last Will and Testa
ment; Anne Cannady, Class Giftorian,
will distribute gifts.
Fort Heads Council;
Other Officers Chosen
GRADUATION NIGHT
On the night of June 4, membei’s
of the Senior Class of the Oxford
High School and of the John Nichols
High School, will receive their diplo
mas. Dr. Clyde A. Milner, President
of Guilford College, will address the
Seniors of both schools. He is a well
known speaker and his message will
be awaited with interest.
Those who will receive diplomas
from the Oxford High School are:
Inez Lynette Adcock, Irvin Warren
Adcock, Ralph William Avery, Mary
Elizabeth Baker, Eugene McCracken
Ball, Jr., Jean Charlotte Beasley,
Samuel Owen Beasley, Jr., Virginia
Dare Brame, Jean Howard Blalock,
Jr., Ruth Breedlove, Charles Hart
Brewer, Jr., Wesley Thomas Burnette,
Anne Carter Cannady, William Dod
son Currin, Nathaniel Venable Dan
iel, Jr., Francis Bailey Dean, Bryson
Talmon Dickerson, John Macy Falk-
ner, Nancy Laura Gill, Lizzie Hob-
good Hancock, Joyce Barbara Harri
son, Rachel Daphine Hedgepeth, Anne
Morton Hester, Nellie Grey Hight,
Edward Clarke Horner, Jr., Ella
Marie Jones, Mary Helyn Jones,
Martha Lacy Landis, Randolph Al
fred Matthews, David daggers Mitch
ell, Samuel Almos Moss, William Vin
cent Norris, Alice Cuthrell Peele,
Myrtle Jane Pruitt, Pattie Mae Size
more, Thomas Quincy Sneed, Jr.,
Charles William Taylor, Robert Ken-
non Taylor, Robert Eirwin Thomas,
William Van Dyke, Katherine Ericson
Wildman, Nancy Thomas Watkins,
Jeannette Biggs Williams, Edward
Randolph Wilson, Jr.
Friday, May 7, the students of Ox
ford High went to the polls to elect
their Student Council officers for the
1948-’49 school year. Registration
had been held Wednesday and Thurs
day previously and when the voting
closed, the following results were
tabulated: Arch Fort, president; Buck
Hicks, vice-president; Betsy Hobgood,
secretary, and Barbara Elliot, treas
urer.
Campaign speeches were made
Wednesday at the regular assembly.
The campaign and publicity mana
gers for the candidates were, respec
tively: Jackie Wheeler with Peggy
Jones both; Arch Fort with Bob
Thomas and “Cissie” Niles; Patsy
Banks with Donna Jean Yancey and
Nancy Gill; Buck Hicks with Jaquet-
ta Baker and Donnie Dean; for Tal
bott Tippett, George Moore and Jim
mie Stegall; Betsy Hobgood with
Charles Taylor and Betsy Baker;
Charles Brooks with Thomas Sneed
and Anne Hester.
This election is recorded as one of
the most lively ever held at Oxford
High and the student body is antici
pating a very profitable year.
Alice Peele, Salutatorian
William Currin, Valedictorian
Seniors Choose Lockers
Da/t/ty finch
Mascot
During the Class Night exercises
on June 2, th'e Class of 1948 gave as
their traditional Senior Gift, $180
worth of lockei’s.
These lockers, of metal construc
tion and arranged in two tiers, will
be placed along the inside wall of the
central hall in the. high school build
ing. This is the first gift of this type
to Oxford High School and the class
of ’48 Vionpo +hat PU'i'Of'pWjri jr f’ljis'soe!
will see fit to increase the number of
lockei’s until there are enough to ac
commodate the entire high school.
Dave Mitchell was chairman of the
committee appointed to purchase the
lockers, which were secured from the
Carolina Supply Company.
Honor Students
Selected
At the close of the second six
weeks’ period of the second semestei
in Oxford High School, the names of
the two Seniors, averaging the high
est grades during the four year pe
riod, were announced. The highest
honor, that of being valedictorian,
went to William Currin, while the
second highest honor, that of saluta
torian, went to Alice Peele. These stu-
Mti> lieiVc lOau^ a ^ e.-s.-si' h
record for themselves during their
high school yeai’s, showing superior
qualities of leadership and scholar
ship.
“The Owl’’ would like to take this
opportunity to congratulate these two
deserving Seniors.
A cute little aubuni-haired fellow
is the Seniors’ choice as mascot for
’48. Danny Finch, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fallis Finch of College Street,
is three and a half years old, is three
and a half feet tall, and has brown
eyes.
As young as he is, Danny is one of
the most independent and talkative
youngsters imaginable. Master Finch
hopes to “work on the choo-choo
train” when he grows older; however,
you may find him now riding his tri
cycle with full speed ahead. He par
ticularly likes to paint and color with
his fellow students at “Miz Landis’
kinnyga’en.”
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Danny is quite a celebrity in Ox
ford; when he was just a year old, he
won a baby contest sponsored by the
Junior Woman’s Club; then last fall,
he won the popularity contest at the
Oxford Orphanage Halloween party.
Old Fashioned Garden Scene
Of Junior - Senior Banquet
Amid blushing rose bowers and
wistful wisteria vines, flanked by
white picket fences and softly glow
ing candle light. Juniors and Seniors
gathered for a final farewell Friday
evening. May seventh.
Upon entering the Woman’s Club
House, one was immediately con
scious of being in a beautiful old-
fashioned garden, frequented by love
ly ladies and chivalrous gentlemen.
Lingering perfumes of multitudinous
flowers permeated the rooms, while
sleepy frogs and drowsy crickets
looked on.
Four lengthy tables spanned the
center of the garden. Pink carnations,
white gladiolus, and snapdragons
made up the table decorations, with
here and there, ivy-pillared candles.
The nut cups were promenading ladies
with parasols for the girls and water
ing pots for the boys. Scattered at
intei’vals were miniature garden tools
and opened umbrellas.
The invocation was offered by Mi’.
Credle and the welcome followed by
Arch Fort, President of the Junior
Class. The menu was: fruit cocktail,
chicken salad, ham, candied yams,
green peas, pickle, rolls, celery, iced
tea, and ice cream and cake. Ferebee
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Choral Concert
The Choral Clubs, under the direc
tion of Miss Kathryn Mewborn, pre
sented their spring concert on May
18 to an enthusiastic audience. The
following program was presented:
-V 1. Religious Group
“Come Soothing Death” Bach
“Bless Thou the Lord” Ippolite of
Ivanov
“Beautiful Savior” arr. Christiansen
Nancy Watkins, alto soloist
2. Boys’ Chorus
“Hiking Song”
“Praise We Sing to Thee” Haydn
“Caisson Song” Gruber
“Danny Dever”
3. Girls’ Chorus
“Down in the Forest” Ronald
“Cindy”
“Crystal Night” Gibb
“America My Own” Cain
4. Miscellaneous
“Oh, Soldier, Soldier” Powell
Jean Clark, soprano soloist; Bob
Thomas, baritone soloist
“Madame Jeanette” Murray
“Ho-La-Li” arr. Lubaas
5. Negro Spirituals
“There Is a Balm in Gilead”
Alfred Dean, tenor soloist
Go Down, Moses” Cain