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Published by the students of Orange Street School, Oxford, N. C. Price 10^ per copy Vol. 4 No. 4 DECEMBER, 1953 Christmas In Other Lands Stall Editor-in-Chief Donnell Parker Associate Editors Lessie Edwards Alice Baskjerville, Marion IDcks Secretary Andrea Gwyn Business Manager Angelo Holman Circulation Managers .Theodore Hamme James Davis Special Editor — —Jessie Banks Poetry Editor Helen Parker Art Editor Ethel Jeffers Class Reporters Bobby McLean Lillian Wilson Ruth Brown Barbara Jones Carolyn White Shirley Dorgan Bruce Smith Veronica Dolson Gwendolyn Parker Mae Frances Laverne Straiter Freeman Ella Mallory Lessie Straiter Willie M. Russell Doris McGhee Deloris Evans Timothy Gregory Claude Anderson, Jr- Jacquelin Graham Carolyn Veronica Hamme Lottie Ann McLean Annie Mac Daniel Frances Colbert James Bullock Mary Wilson Anita D. Miller Sylvia Ann Gwyn Annette Anderson Advisors Mrs. R. H. Payne Miss Estelle Hawley Miss Mary Venable Mrs. S. R. Wilson Typist Mrs. C. S. Stegall Miss Catherine Hall Stair Policy 1. To encourage and foster student expression. 2. To stimulate an interest in creative writings. 3. To encourage full participation in extra-curricular activities. 4. To promote better school spirit. 5. To help build a bigger and better Orange Street School Thanks Again the Christmas season comes around. A season of peace and good will toward all men. This glorious sea son is celebrated not only in America but in other lands as well. In France on Christmas Eve the child ren are very happy just as they are here in America. Santa Claus is called Pere Noel which means Father Christmas. He brings gifts to the children and puts them in their shoes instead of their stockings. He brings gifts to all the good children. There is one called Ruprecht who goes along with Father Christmas and carries witches for all the bad children In Germany the children have beau tifully decorated Christmas trees. Their parents make them cakes and cookies in shapes of animals which arc greatly enjoyed. Just before Christmas Eve some one strangely attired goes to each house and inquires if the children have been good or bad. If they have been good this strange person throws nuts about. If they have been bad he leaves a witch. The German children believe that the Christ Child brings their gifts. In Holland the little Dutch children think that St. Nicholas drives a white horse. So they clean their wooden shoes, fill them with oats and hay for the white horse. On Christmas morning they awake and find their shoes filled with candy and toys. In Belgium Christmas is much like that in Holland except that the children put carrots in their shoes for the good saints horse. If the horse smells the carrots it will enter the house and St Nicholas will remember all who were good to his horse. In Denmark the good Brownie Nisson who looks like a little old man with a long grey beard and who lives under ground comes to bring the children gifts Christmas day is spent in family re unions. In Spain and Portugal Christmas is celebrated by elaborate religious cere monies. Three Kings (the three Wise Men) perform the duties of Santa Claus In Sweden and Norway preparations for Christmas starts three weeks before Christmas. Houses are cleaned. New dresses and suits are bought for the occasion is overwhelmingly accepted that This Year’s program has gotten off Liusic in the public school should be to a wonderful start. One has but to activity that aids the child visit the various classrooms and ob- socially, physically, and em- serve the displayed work or to see the Lj^j^j^^jiy pupils at work to find that this is true. Therefore,- the Public School Music Because I sincerely believe that art is program that is now in progress here an invaluable and intricate part of Orange Street School is designed for every child’s classroom activities and Lj^g g^jg purpose of giving every child not a special subject designed solely opportunity to develop a love for and for those who are talented in its tech- understanding of music, to enable niques I am happy to see more and j^gg^ the social, mental, and more children making their contribu- physical needs of the community, home tions to this phase of school work. It school. is not our aim to make professional ar- Music Workshops have been set up tists of our children here at Orange ky ^he Music Supervisor and principal Street School but we do propose to ^hereby classroom teachers and in- provide them witW the materials, the ^eiested administrative personnel, meet guidance and encouragement, the un- discuss musical problems in the school strained atmosphere and the motivation Lj^d to gain knowledge in solving them, necessary to induce them to create with Musical facilities have expanded in enjoyment. The experiences in art j^j^g acquisition of rhythm band cquip- should help our children to make wiseliners, pitch pipes, supplc- use of their leisure time through hob- mentary workbooks, enlargement of re- jies of drawing or painting, etc.; to collection, reference books and dress attractively, to increase fheir subscriptions Barbara Jones Jerome Stanback Shirley Taylor Alphonsa Blue Marion Moore Cooking begins and all kinds Severa Davis poise; to give them an awareness of the beauty around them; to use their re sources and to totally cnrichcn their lives. Art is a learning process when left to the Childs own imaginative creatively and, therefore it should never be copied either from teachers example or text To gain a better outlook on class room participation in the Music Pro gram the following reports have been submitted by the sixth grades: CLASS 6W Mrs. S. R. Wilson, teacher 1 Ruth Brown, Reporter Our class has been studying about book pictures. Copying is craft, not Opera named “Madame Butterfly.” art and is of little or no value to the made a stage setting of it. We child. have been studying music symbols, mus- On several occasions this, year the .g gyU^hles and Miss Murphy and our art work of our pupils here at Orange YVilson taught us many Street School has been on exhibition.! g^ One such occasion was the qieeting of children in our class in the Christ- the State Resource-Use Conference at I ^5 Operetta are Ruth Asgill, Charles North Carolina College at Durham on Lncn, and Angelo Holman. There are November 20th. At this conference a-1 number, of childreja in the Glee bouL fifteen pieces of resource art craft our class, made by our children were exhibited. | j^gg^ maldng music This work was highly appraised. We have many plans for more aft activities in our school. Look for announcements of the or ganization of an Art Club. We wish to thank the children, tea-. — - , - chers, parents and friends for the fine of f>ncy cakes are made. The children Angelo Holman support given the school paper. We regret we did not have copies enough to supply every one who wanted one. It is the desire of the staff that The Early Bird reach every home. Building Committee Robert Taylor Mrs. C.,.S. Stegall Owen Satterfield Ellis Moore go to the woods and cut their own Christmas tree. They have no Santa Claus. But presents are thrown in at the window and no one sees where liu . they come from. Early Christmas morn- Editor-in-Chief, Donnell Parker ing lighted candles are put in the win- Ruth Norfleet dows to light people on their way to James Jeffers church. The Christmas service begins jessie Fields at five o’clock in the morning and Annette Anderson everyone goes. On Christmas day all Carolyn Wortham animals are given extra food. A sheaf Carl Cook of wheat is fastened to a pole erected Alexander Williams It is a real privilege to be a member house for a feast for the birds. I Delores Hester of the Student Council. This organiza- England on Christmas you may j Herman Chavis tion is doing a grand job to improve crackling Yule log, the blazing ^ the citizenship of our school. pudding, and the rosy-cheeked Douglas Elderson Worthy of speaking of is the fact that sjngers expressing the Christmas | Mrs. S. R. Wilson « • i4- 1C I Hats Off To The Student Council 4R SC SJ 6R 6B 6H 6W (Annex) IS IS 3H 2E 2G 2G ICS 3C 2M 2H 2J Building Committee (Old Building) while it realizes how important it is for pupils to make high grades, the counted does not prevent a pupil from participation in the work of the organi zation because of low grades. The Student Council encourages co operation rather than competition. This gives all of us a chance to enjoy work- John Fuller Annie Mae Daniels s all 01 us a cnance 10 ti.juy ^ ing with It and makes each pupil feel ^ Bullock a part of it. Recently the committees of the coun cll were organized and already they, have begun to do a great work. Ea* 1 committee has working with it and the , chairman a faculty advisor. The facul- I ^ ty advisor was chosen by the committee. Perhaps you are interested to know who are on the committees and what teachers are helping this year. Listed arc the committees and faculty advi sors: spirit. 1 Henry McCoy Donnell Parker, Editor in Chief j Willie Mae Bullock Betty J. Ridley Justine Turner Theodore Hamme Advisor j Mary F. Kingsbury Maggie Thomas Robert Henderson Willie Winston Elizabeth Davis Auditorium Committee Betty Jean Campbell 3G—Chairman Mrs. C. E. Eisbey Margaret Stewart IP 2G IH 3G 3FH 2J 3C 6W- 3FH 3B 4T 4R 4A SW SC sv 6W 6H 3H Auditorium Committee (Grammar Grades) Alfred Bagby Mrs. L. Q. Hamme Betty J. Wilson Robert Davis 6H—Chairman Advisor | 4T 4F Van Campbell 6B Bus Committee Jessie Banks 6R—Chairman Mrs. A. K. Allen Advisor Mrs. B. B. Redding Advisor Rebecca Overby 5W John Crews 6R Jewline Downey 6R Mirfnie P. Royster 6B (See Student Council—page 4) scrapbooks. CLASS 6R Mrs. B. M. Redding, teacher Bobby Lee McClain, reporter We have learned many new songs from our music books and our teacher, Mrs. Redding has taught us to sing with syllables. Some of our students are in the Glee Club. After lunch period we always enjoy singing our action songs in the classroom. Many of the members of our class are participating in the Christmas Ope retta. Chairman j We are very proud of our new music Advisor I We arc also busy making music scrapbooks for our class lessons. CLASS 6B Mrs. J. C. Baptiste, teacher Carolyn White, reporter Our class has studied about the opera. The name of the opera was, Caimcn. Mrs. Baptiste told us the story of the Spanish opera. We also have learned to sing songs with syllables. We h:Are learned new songs for the Christmas Operetta this year. We also have made music notebooks. CLASS 6H Mrs. L. Q. Hamme, teacher Bruce Smith, reporter Mrs. Hamme is teaching us about the opera and we use our library books to study about it. We also have made music notebooks and decorated the bul letin board with music. We enjoy our new Music Supervisor, Miss Murphy. She organized a Glee Club with members from the fourth [through sixth grades. For the past two weeks we have been practicing for the Christmas Operetta. It is hoped that the splendid co operation and the displaying of capable musical teaching on the part of the classroom teachers, that has been shown, will continue to exist throughout the school year in order that our Music Program may become more enriched and valuable. Chairman Advisor 1
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