PUBLISHED EACH SCHOOL MONTH BA THE STUDENTS OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Volume XXI
Oxford, N. C., March, 1956
Number 4
Chorys Receives
Superior Rofing
On March 17, 65 members of the High
School Chorus went to Raleigh to attend
the annual District Contest. They had
worked hard to prepare two numbers
whicli were “Once to Every Man and
Nation” and “David’s Lamentations”. The
school is quite proud of the chorus for
their rating was superior. Only one other
mixed chorus besides Oxford had a rating
of one; three others ivith this honor were
girls glee clubs. The groups with the rat
ings of either superior or excellent are
eligible to enter the state music festival
in Greensboro which is to be held in
April. Oxford is planning to participate.
Roman V/edding To Be Given
by Latin Club
National Latin Club Week will be high
lighted here by a Roman Wedding in
April, announces Anne White, president of
Cognoscamus, local Latin Club.
Principals in the Nuptial Romance will
be Joyce Hicks as Caechia, the bride and
Dan Averett as Junius Varenus, the groom,.
Jo Anna Watkins will be the matron, and
Edwin Knott, the groom’s best friend.
John Webb as the priest will perform
the ceremony, and Jimmy Baucom will
LfC naiio-Luj. .iiiOugnuuL Lne three scenes^
Except for his explanation in English, the
language spoken will be Latin.
The first scene will dramatize the for
mal betrothal two months prior to the
wedding day. The father of the bride
and groom, Sturges Bryan and Neil Year-
gin, respectively, plight the troth of their
children and agree upon the dowry. The
groom presents to the bride-elect the en
gagement ring, and she in turn gives him
a slave, as a token of a larger dowry
later.
The second scene portrays the day-long
wedding festivity characterized by the
solemn ceremony followed by celebration
and feasting.
The third scene takes place in the
groom’s new house to which he leads his
bride, followed by numbers of the wed
ding party shouting “Talassio” and
“F'eleciter”. In the new home, religious
ceremonies precede another celebration
with wedding guests.
Those in the nuptials not previously
mentioned follow: the bride’s mother,
Martha Taylor; the groom’s mother, Anne
White; Witnesses; Nancy Hix, Linda
Kn,ott, Carolyn Stephenson, Betty Daniel,
Gale Squires, Elouise Horner, Augusta
Burwell, Gwen Hester, Betty Lou Smith,
and Jeannie Parker. The dowry servant,
William Lytton; Musicians: Marsha Ray,
playing the lyre; May White, playing the
flute; Rowland Matteson, playing the
Drums; Fielding Walker and Charles Sto
vall, acolytes.
The servants attending the bride in the
procession are Arch Crawford and Joe
Wheeler, and Callie Frazier carrying a
distoff.
Kitty Boddie, Maiy Helen Blackwell,
and John Cheatham will be the servants
carrying the food which is to be that
which was typical at Roman Wedding
feasts.
Guests at the wedding will be Sue Hart,
Carolyn Hamme, Brenda Ligon, Naomi
Oakley, Julianna Yancey, Mae Reynolds,
Lindy Lou Baker, Beclcy Baird, Sandra
Hughes, Delores Johnson, Judy Dean, and
Martha Perkins. J
seniOFs
Awords
ink
Members of the Class of ’56 have begun
to think about Commencement plar--, the
speakers for the season, and the swards
which are presented Class Night. A Scho
lastic medal is presented annually to the
va'edictorian, and is provided each year
by the school board in memory c Dr.
I. H. Davis; the P. T. A. medal ; pre
sented annually to the salutatorian. Both
are given on, a basis of scholarship.
Citizenship medals are provided each
year bj' the American Association of Uni
versity Women and the Kiwanis Club.
These awards are presented to the senior
girl and senior boy who, by written vote
of the faculty, are said to have exhibited
superior citizenship- qualities during iheir
years in high school. The Daughters of
the American Revolution have provided
a citizenship medal for the senior girl who,
by written vote of members of the Senior
Claes, is thought to have exhibited su ler-
ior qualities of citizenship throughout her
high school years. A companion citizenship
medal for boys will be given for the first
time by the Oxford Rotary Club to the
senior boy who, in tire estimation ol his
classmates, has shown superior quaities
of citizenship during his high school cai. rr.
This selection will be made by writen
ballot by members of the Senior Class
The Danforth „ward is a book entiled
I Dare You and is presented to the toy
and to the girl in the Senior Cla.^s .o,
according to wruten vote of a facuay
committee, ha.ve stood “four square” in
scholarship, church participation, extra
curricular participation, and athletic par
ticipation during their high school years
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Left to right; 1st row: Jane Hedrick, Kay Mangum, Judy Burnette, Nellie
Holmes Ballou; 2nd row: Patsy Hughes, SaUie Webb, Donald Knott, Jimmy
Baucom; 3rd row: Tommy Steagall, Zeb Overton, Yen Burwell, Buddy
Norwood. Not pictured: Mary Ann Powell and Victoria Norris.
Juniors Present
All medals andTiwards wilFbe presentee
at Class Night exercises, and the recipient.^’
names will be withheld until that time.
Rowland Matteson Wins
Scholarship
Rowland Matteson, member of the class
of ’36 of the Oxford High School, has
been awarded a $400 .per year scholarship
at Wake Forest College. The Hanldns
Scholarship is renewable for each of the
four years and was won by Rowland on
a com.petitive basis.
Rowland who is interested in many
fields including that of music, is thinking
seriously of entering some phase of science
or medicine.
Sfydenfs ¥i© For
Sciioiorships
Several Oxford High students are en
tered in scholastic competition with a
scholarship as their goal. Jimmy Craw
ford, who was a finalist in the John
Motley Morehea,d competition, is current
ly in line for one of Carolina’s lesser,
but certainly noteworthy, scholarships. U.
N. C. is also the goal of Jackie Raper,
who is a finalist for the Aubrey Brooks
Scholarship. Another Oxford High sen
ior, Johnny Welch, is actively engaged in
competition for one of the National Merit
Awards. Rowland Matteson has reached
the finals for the Hanldns Scholarship at
Wake Forest. Although it is impossible
to predict the outcome of this competi
tion, the Owl Staff wishes these students
the best of luck in their commendable
efforts.
“Love is in the Air” a three act comedy
by Frank and Doris Hursley was present
ed to- an appreciative audience on March
23, 1936 by the Junior Class.
The play, under the direction of Miss
Lorena Averett, is based on the Ufe of
an American family whose normal routine
is upset when a new girl moved next
door.
The juniors who participated in the play
and the part they portrayed are as fol
lows:
Elmer Truitt Zeb Overton
Gramps ^ Donald ' Knott
Roscoe Bhpp Ven Burwell
Flugo Nogginocker Jimmy Ba,ucom
Beanie ; Buddy Norwood
Clarence Truitt Tommy Steagall
Maggie Truitt Sally Webb
Gert Truitt Nellie Holmes Ballou
Gladys Truitt Mary Ann Powell
Jackie Jane Hedrick
Poodles Judy Burnette
Third lady buffalo Victoria Norris
First lady buffalo Kay Mangum
Second lady buffalo Patsy Hughes
Giyb Meets
Anne and May White were hostesses
to the Latin Club for its March meeting.
Fielding Walker, Vice President, com
pleted plans for the local group’s repre
sentation at the North Carolina Junior
Classical League at Chapel Hill, March
17.
Plans for the Roman Wedding to be
given in April were discussed after Jo
Anna Watkins read a paper on the Ro
man Wedding.
Two display features were Dan Averett’s
poster illustrating the caduceus and Gwen
Hester’s scroll containing the Lord’s Pray
er in Latin.
After Latin Charads were given by
several members, the hoste-sses, assisted
by their mother, seiwed bottled drinks
with cheese straws, wafers, and hard can
dy.
Honor Roll
The following students have averaged
a grade of 90 or above for the fourth
six weeks:
Seniors: Kathleen Gilhs, Joanne Hatton,
Jean Earle Hawks, Nancy O’Brien, Jack
Raper, and Johnny Welch.
Juniors: Helen Adcock, Alice Currin,
Patsy Hughes, and Mary Ann MeSwain.
Sophomores; Lindy Lou Baker, Martha
Taylor, Joanna Watkins, Anne White,
Julianna Yancey.
Freshmen: Marsha Ray and John Webb.
Eighth Grade; Judy Ann Critcher,
Annie Laura Dixon, Betty Howard, Tom
my Morgan, Betty Lou Rawls, Shirley
Tippett, Carohne Vaught, and Wayne
Wilson.
Seventh Grade: John Critcher, Linda
Currin, Mary Elizabeth Currin, Billy
Daniel, Roy Lee Dean, Bobby Dickerson,
Billy Elliott, Brenda Gupton, Jimmy Har
ris, Carolyn Jones, Anna Peed, Billy Pit-
tard, Carolyn Pleasants, Linda Raper,
Barbara Jean Rogers, Billy Seate, Patricia
State.
Sixth Grade: Bill Anderson, Carol Beas
ley, Floyd Carmichael, Lynette Currin,
Danny Finch, Bflly Frazier, Russell Har
rison, Amelia Wheeler.
Ground Observer
Corps Organized
Through civilian defense efforts, Oxford
has become the proud possessor of a
Ground Observer Corps building. Loca
ted atop' the Morgan and Crews building
on Williamsboro Street, this observation
post and others of this sort play vital
parts in the role of America’s defense.
Members of the Ground Observer Corps
include Oxford High students, as well as
numerous interested adults. The majority
of the teen-age members serve on Satur
day so as not to interfere with Academic
activities. The Owl Staff wishes to urge
the support of all students in this patriotic
undertaking and to simultaneously con
gratulate present members.