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7^ VOL. 19, No. 3 Comb Drive Is Sponsored By Red Cross February 14 is the date set for the beginning of a Pocket Comb Drive for disabled veterans at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Each homeroom from grades one through twelve will take part and try to contribute the largest number of combs. A prize will be awarded to the primary grade which contributes the larg est number of combs and a prize will be awarded to the grammar grade which contributes the larg est number of combs. At this same time,' an Essay Contest will be conducted among the high school students in the English classes. The title of the es- vrill be “What We Owe To The Disabled Veterans’’. A prize ^ will be given to the boy who writ-1 es the best essay and a prize will' be given to the girl who writes the ■ best essay. Both events are spon sored by the Chapel Hill chapter of the Red Cross. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FEBRUARY 22, 1951 PRICE 10c SOME JUNIOR CLASS BOYS deliver Christmas packages. They are left to right, front row; John Clark, Frank Rob inson, Earnest Cordel, Har old Burnette, and Edwin Cald well. In back are Mathew Davis and Thomas Bynum. Junior Class N.F.A. Makes Night Of January 16th' Presented February 8 At .Lincoln High School Progress Rev. Roston Talks To Assembly On January 17 the Grammar Grade students were honored to have Rev. W. D. Roston of the St. Joseph C. M. E. Church as their guest speaker. Rev. Roston told the group the story of the Prodigal Son. He re minded the boys and girls that they should make themselves use ful in their communities. He pointed out that it is not a per son’s color or features, but the kind of person—good or bad— which really counts. He urged all the boys and girls to be useful citizens. Rev. Roston’s speech was in spiring and enjoyable. We hope that he wiU visit us again soon. Lillie Lee Perry Grade 5-B The Junior Class Section of the N. F. A. has planned many activ ities during the school year and has carried out many activitier this year. One of the activities that the class has under way now is mak ing the school playground a safe place in which to play. They are putting up “danger signs” where they are needed and leveling places which are dangerous. The best project that the Jun ior N. F. A. boys has carried out was playing the role of Santa Claus to unfortunate children dur ing the holidays. These boys pro- (See N. F. A., page 4) “Night of January 16th”, a, three act murder trial, was i something new in dramatic per- ; formances when the Othello Club ; of Lincoln High School of Chapel, Hill, North Carolina presented it: in the school auditorium, the eve- i ning of February 8, at 8:15 o’clock.’ An unusual feature of the play . was that the twelve members of j the jury were drawn from the audience on the night of the per- Six Attend Band Clinic Six members of the Lincoln High Schol Band along with Mr. ■ J. Y. Bell, director, attended the Band Clinic which was held at A. and T. College in Greensboro, N. C. on January 26. Demonstrations of the various sections of the band were given along with individual instrument demonstrations. Points lor major ettes were demonstrated and dis cussed also. Members of the L. H. S. Band (See BAND, page 4) Faculty Plays Well Received A large number of parents, pa- j trons and students came out to see some of the members of the faculty perform on January 12. Two one act plays were present ed. “Proud Is the Heart” was about a beautiful young woman, who had left her husband, knowing that he would come after her, as he had done before, but only to find out that his mother and his childhood sweetheart had come instead. During her talk with his mother and his childhood sweet heart, she found out that she had lost him this time to someone who could love him and help him with his career. Mrs. M. D. Fulford, Miss M. I. Boyd, Mrs. T. K. Bur- they. Miss A. M. Young, and Mrs. R. A. Smith played parts in this play. “Debt Takes A Holiday” was about families who lived in rent ed apartments. They owed the landlord for several months rent. The tenants had organized a “rainy day” fund and Mr. 'Willoby was treasurer but while they blamed the landlord, Mr. ’Willoby was scheming behind their backs. Miss L. M. Perry, Miss C. M. Hunter, Mr. E. D. Lowery, Mr. R. D. Smith, and Mr. E. O. Bovian played parts in this play. formance. These important mem bers of the cast needed no re hearsing, but listened to the evi dence and rendered a verdict of guilty. Their decision determined which of two endings written for the play were used. This was a play without a hero- ■ ine, but Gloria Mason had been j chosen for the leading feminine j part, that of Karen Andre, defend- j ant in the murder trial. Nor had it ' a hero, the principal role being i that of the prosecuting attorney, : which was taken by Samuel Atwater. Other important parts were enacted by the following; defense attorneys by Alfred Perry and his colleague, John Clark; - - ‘ o - graves; Clerk of the Court by Edwin Caldwell; Nancy Lee Faulkner, widow of the murdered Bjorn Faulkner by Mary Louise Stroud; John Graham Whitfield, man of affairs and father of Nan cy Lee Faulkner, by William Burnette; Bailiff by Leonard Cole; and various witnesses and other (See DRAMA, page 4) Students Attend Drama Clinic J Several students of L. H, S. : attended the Drama Clinic of the ' western district at the West Char lotte High School in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, Jan uary 27. The students who attend ed the clinic were Bessyne Ward, Marian Galashaw, Mary Louise Stroud, Frank Robinson, Alfred Barbee, and Alice Paige. At the clinic the Lincoln High Schools students presented a spot demonstration taken from “Craig’s Wife” by George Kelly. Miss Grace Walker who has done extensive study in dramatics in America and abroad was guest speaker and critic. Mrs. M. D. Turner is the dramatics director at Lincoln High School.
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