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PAGE SIX THE MARY POTT ER GAZETTE DECEMBER. 1963 54-3-2-1 Tomorrow tiro Stars By Janet Baptiste It is one minute to zero in an X-lS countdown which began 24 hours earlier. Tucked under the right wing of a B-S2 aircraft, the X-IS is about 45,000 feet over Mud Lake, Nevada. The X-15 pilot is conducting final checkout: Engine master switch ON Prime switch ON Pump idle Igniter idle Arm ventral jettisoned Final OK The B-S2 pilot moves the master arming switch to ON. The X-l5 pilot starts radio countdown S-4- 3-2-1. DROP! Before you know it you will be undergoing a new way of transpor tation known as spar^ cravcl, ac cording to a representative of the Southeast School Assemblies who spoke to the Mary Potter Student Body recently. Beginning a series of instruments and flights on “Tomorrow — the iStars,” I am attempting to acquaint the listeners with these,” said the epresentative: The Freedom 7 trav- .cling llS miles into space, landing ;15 minutes and 302 miles away from his liftoff point at Cape Kennedy, Florida; an orbiting T.V. camera 430 miles above the earth relaying pictures of a 1,500 mile diameter storm over the North Atlantic; the manned space flight by Alan B. iShepard, Jr., the first step in Proj ect Mercury; the E-J’.o’s progress and the radio “ham” whose receiv er caught Explorer’s beep 1“ space. Hands sweating, knee/ knocking, heart palpitating, the NA,9A is seeking the exploration of space by (1) manned spacecraft; by (2) un manned spacecraft; and by (3) the development of a family of launch vehicles or boosters to lift the space craft into orbit or on paths to the planets and the sun. Unmanned space flight plans are well under way, continued the rep resentative. Rockets explore the atmosphere many miles above the earth measuring temperatures and winds. Satellites whirl around the earth. Tiros take pictures of weath er. Echo reflects signals between receiving stations. Lunar missions are soon to be tried and interplane tary missions are planned. The family of launch vehicles is being planned. There are plans for space probes, earth satellites, lunar landings, and manned spacecrafts which require a variety of launch vehicles or boosters. The NASA will build all of these in the future. Research on food for space flight and how prolonged periods of weightlessness will affect breathing, eating, sleeping and working, and how isolation over long periods of time will affect the mind may pave the way to improved medical prac tices, predicted the speaker. These and other fascinating things happening today are due to the work of the NASA. Book of the Month Selections Two leli^htlu. neW novels; LOVE, LET ME NOT HUNGER—Paul GalUco Price—$5.95 THE FIRST DAY—Honor Tracy Price—$5.95 Other new books to know about: MANDATE FOR CHANGE—Dwight D. Eisenhower Price—$6.95 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA—Victoria Ocampo Price—$3.00 ISRAEL: YEARS OF CHALLENGE—David Ben-Gurion Price—$5.00 THE WANTING SEED—Anthony Burgess Price—$3.95 A SHARING OF JOY—Martha Reben Price—$3.95 Books for browsing; THE TEMPER OF A MAN—Francis Bacon Price—$6.00 THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT—John Steinbeck Price—$4.50 THE MISEDUCATION OF AMERICAN TEACHERS — James D. Koerner Price—$4.95 THE WHITE HOUSE AND ITS THIRTY-THREE FAM ILIES—^Amy La Follette Jensen Price—$9.95 All of these may be purchased through: Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. 345 Hudson Street New York, N. Y. 10014 Famous Comedians Seen on Campus comparisoin has shown that we have many students who great ly remind us of many famous co medians. The Three Stooges—Loney, Jim my and Smith Evans Jimmy Durante—Arnold Davis Speck Rose—Robert Taylor Jerry Lewis—Ira Leverette Red Skelton—James Jeffers Jackie Gleason—Anthony Miller Lucille Ball—Lucinda Thornton Mom’s Mabley—Phyllis DuPree Abboff nnd cosieiiw Boys Like Fashions Too What Boys Think Of Girl' Fashions Recently, a survey was conduct ed to determine what the boys at Mary Potter think of their fairer classmates’ fashions. Here are the results of the poll, based upon such questions as the following: “What do you think of shoirt skirts shifts, and other styles?” The majority of the fellows, 38.8%, thought that the girls’ skirts should be longer. On the issue of shifts 13.9% thought that this issue of dress was O K- ^ . Other percentages were 11.37o in favor of tighter clothes, 8.3% in favor of shorter skirts, and 5.5% in favor of other styles of clothing. It seems that the fashion designers, men, of course, know women as well as men’s tastes. CHECK-UP TIME We Challenge You Test your knowledge with these questions and answers from the pages of What Do You Know: ^ 1. Who said “A written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one?” 2 Who said “A useless life is an early death?’’ 3. Is Boston, Mass., farther north than Berlin, Germany? 4. Did the Crusades take place in the 10th Century? 5. Is a fathom six feet long? 6 Is killing a brother called matricide? 7 If you took a Caribbean cruise, would you be able to visit Rio dc o ^vu?re°a?£ uuiicv*. , » «iysses oraut, ■ Calvin CooUdge? j r a • i 9 Where did Washington take command of the American army? lo! Match these opposites correctly: 1. Neurotic 2. legible 3. fragile 4. decorous 5. parsimonious M. P. Students View President's Caisson Two Mary Potter students, Ro bert Hester, Jr. and Lazzlo Hester viewed the late President’s body in the Rotunda of the Capitol. These students waited in line se veral hours and finally passed by the caisson at 3:00 a. m. Monday. Build For The Future It may be that the past year has not been all you had wished or hoped. Mourn not over the “dead past.” Rather, improve the pre sent. If you have been saddened, you have also had experiences which, if properly understood, have given you a richer hold upon life and a deeper appreciation of things. After all, the building for the fu ture is the main thing. Walter Woodson and Johnny Bass Pig Meat Markham — William Peace Amos and Andy—Tommy Cates and Arnold Davis Burns and Allen—Tony Chandler and Frances McAllister The Kingfish—Robert Brown Dick Van Dyke—Ronald Miller Cid Caesar—Eugene Gee Minnie Pearl—Gwendolyn Flem- Mickey Rooney—Clarence Hunt Jack Paar—CalvirL-Gtecory., ‘Ram’ Being Completed The 1964 Mary Potter Yearbook Staff has announced that “The Ram’’ for 1964 is in the process of being completed. The first quarter of the book was sent to Delmar Printing Com pany on November 15. Advertisements and patrons are being solicited to help finance the yearbook. M. P. TEENAGERS ARE FASHION CONSCIOUS Mary Potter teenagers are keeping in high fashion with the short, taupe woolen trench coat, woolen trousers and turtle-neck pullovers, especia y appropriate for the country when strolling with a Beagle for his dai y exercise. . j f • m The quick click of black and white is displayed in a vest and straign stemmed pants. The yawning tur tle - neck sweaters are always appropriate if M. P. students wi^ to play golf at the famous Raleigh Meadowbrook Club. A three piece wool knit suit is also the hit for a change of pace for a long week-end of golfing, so cializing, and walking. The ever conscious “Potter” youth aims for “sharp” stylish sep arates made of knit or sueded cow hide for country days. For bowling the latest fashion conscious youngster wears ^e Coachman skirt and the bleeding madras blouse. Heads will turn when a Mary Potter student steps in the Glass House in Henderson, N. C., in a fur coat—really kid, double button ed and back-belted. The silhouette is really a stunning eye-catcher. Yes, the fashion conscious teen ager can dance a fast Watusi, the Slop and Mashed Potatoes while wearing a black woolen crepe dress which may be a shift, a tunic, or a simple dress with a full skirt. To accompany these stunning fas hions, a pair of Russian boots, a pair of square-toed shoes, or Hush Puppies will complete the outfit. Certainly these fabulous fashions will soothe the Mary Potter teen ager’s desire for a short period of time and keep Dad’s pocketbook closed temporarily. By Deidre Wimbush a. improper b. solid c. extravagant d. undecipherable e. healthy ANSWERS —g ^ ^ ,p—^ ^ :3utq3}Bjv ■nr -ssBMl ‘aSpuquiBO ‘6 iluouuaA ‘qinouiXid iXjij qjOA Majq Vf ‘Xea jaasXn -R’iwiBUiBf ’i ‘.appuiw} ‘on ’9 Jsda S isaunjuoj qjsi u3noJUl UlII am ‘ok > - •A\ ZP uoisog iqinos aaqi % ‘ON-C inv ^luoSiqdi,, ui aqiaoQ -3 ;..sXBssa„ ui ai^iiBO *1 Ten Commandments For The New Year Give up worry. Begin each day with a prayer. Don’t greet people with suspicion. Accept your limitations. Control your appetites. Don’t envy the other fellow. Get a hobby. Read a book a week. Spend some time alone. Take physical exercise. Rabbi Feinberg JANET BAPTISTE, Mary Pot ter senior, likes the look of this balloon type party dress. The jacket is accentuated with long tapering sleeves. The skirt is knee iengtb with bou|{ant hip lines. A Pause That Refreshes By Mary Rogers GOIN’ STEADY When a guy around here likes a ~1 certain girl, he i takes one of hei jhair clips and j wears it on his left : collar It means ; he’s “clipped” to iher. Looks tough- , est on Ivy League shirts. FASHION FLASHES If you are getting tired of your white tennis shoes, put buttons of all colors and sizes on them. It really perks them up. Here’s a new idea for a belt — take two dog collars and lock them together. It looks very sporty with Bermudas, slacks, a snorts dress, Jtc. Here’s an easy way to tell what hairdo would be most flattering to your face. Get as close as you can to a mirror that is twice as long and wide as your head. Take a moistened piece of soap and trace the shape of your face, eyes, lips, etc. Then draw several hair styles on the mirror, and see which is most becoming. Wear a lighter shade of lipstick on your upper lip and a darker shade on your lower lip. FADS AND FANCIES If you want to surprise your friends with a different sort of let ter, write on adding machine paper. Do it the cool way, lengthwise. KOOKIE KLASSIFICATIONS Freshman: One who doesn’t know that he doesn’t know. Sophomore; One who knows that he doesn’t know. Junior; One who doesn’t know that he knows. One who knows that he Chest Expansions From a survey taken around Mary Potter, it has been found that those men with large chest expan sions of 40” or more are apt to be scholars. This fact is shown by such examples as, Hulon Joseph Drew with a chest expansion of 40” and Roy Bass, Jr., with a chest expansion of 41J4”. Versatility is shown in chest ex pansions like that of pool-playing- editor of the yearbook, Ernest Bibby, with a chest expansion of 29” and Henry Burwell, football playing-guitar-picker with a chest expansion of 39Others who fall in between are French-speaking football player William Taylor with a chest expansion of 39”. Ham-ra dio-operating, journalist, Joseph Colson with a chest expansion of 33”, and basketball-player-chemist George Angus Tyler with a chest expansion of 39J^”. Chest expansions show many oth er things. Claude Anderson, that amazing track star-bus driver’s chest expansion of 37”, shows co ordination. Dancing-actor Leonard Platt boasts his ego by presenting a chest expansion of 38J4’’. Can you boast as these chest ex panders have done? What docs your chest expansion show? COOLOQUIALISMS Around here someone who is “in” )r real cool is considered “real .ank.” Anything that is a blast is “A-1” it “Top Stuff.” Someone who is a lot of fun on i date is “raunchy.” A square is a “’weird one.’’ A cute boy or girl is a “‘real :ool-head.” Freshman’s Fear of High School Unwarranted By Francine Chavis The dread and apathy for enter ing high scdool dated bacK perhaps to the early primary years, when 1 watched with regret my sister change from a leisuely playful, ele mentary student to a busy, serious- minded girl whose arms were load ed to capacity with homework. I feel sure that her chilling attitude toward our games and frolics of the past, instilled in me a dread for high school, which only my first year of actual experiences in school could temper. 1 visualized my prescribed cours es as being taught by specialized demagogues, whose devotion was only their work, and whose interest was in seeking that their work was done. In other words, I felt that I, as an individual, would be just an other number in class. To me, the sophistication which marked some students’ airs at Mary Potter was, I thought, born of deep rooted scorn and selfishness. 1 could never adopt this air, so more than likely, I would be just a lonely, struggling, friendless creature there. My uncalled for dreads ended definitely during my first few hours after entrance. I found myself in company with hundreds of other first year students who shared some of my fears. Together we saw the fallacies of our imaginations disap pear to our amusement. We were greeted by teachers who took pleas ure in charting for us our way, and a student body that was friendly and helpful. The desire to dig deep is now a way of life. The future is chal lenging, and I am developing pur poseful and wholesome concepts of high school values.
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