PAGE TWO
TH LINCOLN ECHO
APRIL, 1955
The Lincoln Echo
staff
Editor-in-CIiief BarTnara Burnette
Assistant Editor . . . . Ida Battle
Staff Reporter . , Martha Norwood
Assistant Starr Reporter
Doretha Merritt
Business Manaijer , . Allan Mason
Assistant Business Mana.^er
'vVallace Oldham
Secretary Druscilla Clarke
Assistant Secretary
Deborah Norwood
Sports Editor Floyd Hogan
Assistant Sport Editor
Herman Burchette
Alumni Editor Delores Mason
Society Editor Alicia Jones
Exchange Editor Hillard Caldwell
Assistant Exchange Editor
Janie Harris
Circulation Manager
Joseph Burnette
Feature Editor . . Lillie Lee Perry
Objectives
Obicctives of the Lincoln
Echo:
1. To supplement i-eading
materials.
2. To encourage free ex
pression.
3. To interpret the life of
the school to the community.
4. To promote greater
school spirit.
girls, "may I have this danccf'
Miss Right answers "certain
ly" or "of coiuse" or " it is a
pleasure." Tf she can't accept his
invitation, she says, "excuse me
please. T am sitting this dance
out."
Mr. Wrong feels as if he is
the party himself, so he just
snatches a girl from her seat to
dance with. Miss Wrong may tell I
a boy she doesn't want to dance'
but her knight in s.hining ar
mour ask her for the dance, she
goes swirling with him.
Remember girls. Miss Right
doesn't smoke on the streets, '
she always t.hanks her escort af
ter each date. She doesn't talk
loudly in public places nor does
she fail to say "thank you" for
a favor, however trivial. No
girls. Miss Right isn't a flirt.
IT ni: imkssible?
-ED! TORSAL-
Why do you suppose you pre
fer Mr. Right to Mr. Wrong or
maybe Miss Right to Miss
Wrong'.’ Possibly manners and
personality play the important
roles.
You may prefer Mr. Right bt'-
cause he opens the car door and
helps you enter or wihen leav
ing from or returning home he
goes ahead to open the door for
you, Mr. Wrong just jumps in
the car ahead of you and waits
until you open the door when
leaving home on a date.
W.hen entering a theater. Mr.
Right always goes first and finds
seats, and after finding the seats,
he allows the girl to pass in and
seat herself before he takes a
seat, but not Mr. Wrong, .he let’s
his date go on ahead to find the
seats, while he is trying to make
a date with the cute girl in the
lobby.
Mr. Right always walks on the
outside w.hen escorting a girl on
the street. Even if there are two
girls, he still walks on the out
side. Mr. Right only takes the
lady’s arm when she needs as
sistance. Now Mr. Wrong sees
the picture in a different light.
He feels that he should walk
where he wants to and if there
are two girls he could not pos
sibly walk anywhere but in the
middle, of course he has to make
it look balanced. In fact, he has
to put his arms around the girls
to hold them up.
At parties, Mr. Right asks the
anted Around
L. [f. S.
More food on plates in the
cafeteria — the hungry.
Longer lunch period — the
lovers.
Less noise in the hall and
rooms — the faculty.
Cooler weather — the fat.
More vacant boys — the lone
ly .girls.
Transportation to and from
school — the lazy.
Longer time between each
class — the gossipers.
More eye strength—the star-
ers.
Less competition — all girls
with boy friends.
Some seniors privileges — the
senior class.
Chapter IV
By MARTHA NORWOOD
"Wonder what's up'.’," Alfred
asked Nick, as they were' on
their way home from school,
"Don't know." replied Nick, as
he stopped to pick up his Geome
try book, "but 1 have the stran
gest feeling that something is
going to happen.'' "O.h. don't be
so melodramatic. Nick." laugh
ed Alfred. They both laughed
together trying to shake off the
uneasy feeling that had been
creeping r)ver them all day, but
they wer-en't successful.
The very same moment, at the
Walkers' home, Delois has re
gained enough energy and cour
age to rise on lu'r feet and sil
ently go out into the jmrd to
ward the object whic.h has
caused so much damage,. As she
walks out into the yard closer
and closer to the strange ob
ject. she stops suddenly and
thinks — "What am I doings"
"Suppose there is something
evil about this object?’' "Can it
be possible that'.’’' "Oh nol She
quickly throws herself down on
her stomach and crawls to the
nearest tree where she quickly
hides herself behind it. When
.she looks up she finds that she
has a very good view from where
she is lying. To her amaze
ment it is of the oddest color
and style. But her amazement
soon leaves for her eyes are
focused on a bright light and
the size,of an electric light bulb
which is rapidly growing larger
and soon manages to vibrate the
outer surface of the object. It
then stands on the outside of the
ship and stands facing Mr.
Walkers' garage. The creature to
her astonishment stands practi
cally ten feet in height and re
sembles the features of an apc'.
It stands looking at the garage
and his eyes seem to turn to red
fire in its head and soon the
garage has. before Delois' ey'es
turned to an oozling liquid. De
lois feels something rising in her
stomach, and tries to scream bul
nothing comes out. She has real
ized that a great evil has come
to Chapel Hill and may destroys
it. "Oh God." she say's, "it may
even m.ean the end of the world.”
Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Delois’
aunt and uncle are now in there
car headed home. As they drive
within sixty feet of the drive
way which leads to their home.
Mr. Harris jerks the car to a
sudden stop.
Delois is running toward
them, unaware that behind her
' a strange
(To be Continued)
ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS?
HATS OFE I : :
Hats off to the five freshmen
who made the honor roll.
Hats off to Bertha Headen
and Ida Battle 'or their fine
speeches in the Speaking Con
test.
Hats off to Mrs. Turner and
the Dramatics Club for their fine
performance of “I'm A Family
Crisis."
Hats off to the Senior Class
for their wonderful perform
ance of "Little Miss Spitfire.’’
Hats off to Mrs. Robinson's
class for beautifing the school
lawn.
Hats off to the students \vho
have ceased chewing gum.
Hats off to Miss Pope for get
ting a new car.
Hats off to the four seniors in
the Elks Oratorical Contest.
Hats off to Mr. Bell and the
Band for receiving an A-1 rating
in the A division at the band
festival.
(Please turn to Page Four)
Man has learned very’ slowly
to understand the world about '
him. For many thousands of
years, strange or mysterious
events or circumstances troubled
or frightened him. He believed
they were caused by good or evil
forces, which could be con
trolled if he -had the power to
do so. These beliefs now no
longer held, are called super-
stitutions. Ihe word means thal
which stand above, or survivies.
Present-day science believes
that everything in nature has a
natural cause, and a knowledge
of nature's law helps to explain
every cause and effect. Scienti
fic men arrive at this conviction
through observation and reason.
Scientific thinking helps de
stroy superstition.
All people use the scientific
method to some extent. But
many superstitions notions and
customs persist. Some of these
are odd or amusing, and many
of them are harmless. Even at
! best such superstititons show on
! uncritical attitude of mind and
some of them are harmful.
MARY MASON
Sinipliritv Is The
Keviiote For
Smart Stvliiig
By DELORES EDWARDS
Many students don't do jus
tice to the correct clothing for
school. It appears that dress
must be just a hit or miss on
our campus, therefore. I would
like to point out some principles
w'hich might help us to become
more charming.
Simplicity' is the keynote to
successful designing. Daily' when
y'ou .start y'our grooming, re
member that y'our appearance
represents the inner you. Keep
.your dress simple, comfortable
and attractive.
Your school clothes shiould be
of materials that are easily car
ed for and will stand hard wear.
Simple clothes are much more
appropriate than fussy clothes.
One or two piece dresses made
of light weight wool, gabardine,
corduory. spun rayon, butcher
linen, and salyna are most popu
lar for school.
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