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PROCONIAN
Hobble Hillsboro
At Homecoming!
Vol. XXXV, No. 1
Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Thursday, October 25, 1962
Proconian' Receives
All-American Rating
CANDIDATES FOR Homecoming and Senior Queen try out the convertible which will be used
at Homecoming this Friday. Clockwise from upper left: Joan Archer, Ann Cleaveland, Deedee
Whitney. Paula Sturdevani, and Peggy Umstead.
Cats Await Homecoming
With over 100 points to
spare, the Proconian has won
an All-American rating, the
highest award made by the
National Scholastic Press As
sociation.
This award, made public for
the first time today by the
Proconian staff, was granted
on the basis of the work done
in the 1961-62 second semester
issues by last year’s editor
Helen Heusner and her staff.
NSPA especially commended
the Proconian for its balance
of news, and its variety in
news material, sources, and
treatment.
“The Proconian,” comment
ed the NSPA judge, “is an ab
sorbing newspaper for every
reader.” He added that the
paper was “almost professional
in tone.”
Among the Proconian’s other
awards are an All-American
in 1949, NSPA first prizes, and
three Southern Interscholastic
Press Association trophies—
two state plaques and one
plaque for exce'.lence through
out the South.
This summer at the North
Carolina Press Institute the
Proconian won first place
awards in state competition
for news stories, editorials,
features, and sports stories.
CHHSers are anxiously
awaiting the announcement of
the Homecoming Queen.
The Homecoming, Senior,
and Football Queens will be
made known at the Hillsboro
game this Friday, according to
Nikki Watts and Henry Turl
ington, chairmen.
These candidates, elected by
CHHS students, include senior
Peggy Umstead, junior DeeDee
Whitney, Homecoming Queen;
Ann Cleaveland, Joan Archer,
Paula Sturdevant, Senior
Queen.
At the time the Proconian
went to press there were 23
sophomore nominees, a CHHS
record.
Football Queen candidates,
chosen by the football team,
will be announced this week.
“The Homecoming Dance
will be held in the gym shortly
after the game,” announces
Myrt Trageser.
Admission is 75 cents, couple
or stag. Tickets are being sold
in the halls. Music for the
dance will be provided by the
Jammers, a local combo. The
Hillsboro High School band
will play for the presentation.
UCYM Canvasses Town
ments will be served in the
Morehead Planetarium park
ing lot.
“I would like everyone who
possibly can to help with
UNICEF drive next week,”
urges Mary Beth.
Seniors Recognized
Three seniors presently at
tending CHHS have been
honored for their high per
formance on the National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Hiller Directs Center
What’s new at the Umstead
Recreation Center? Almost
everything—from the director
to the building.
Mrs. Dana Hiller, the new
director of the teenage recrea
tion program, outlined the all-
new rec program at the Octob
er 11 meeting-of the Student
Council.
“Any ideas or plans for proj
ects that CHHSers have may
be submitted to their home
room representatives to be
brought up before the Rec
Center Board, i Any and all
problems will be discussed,”
states Mrs. Hiller.
Compton J. Shelton, Director
of Public Recreation for the
Faculty Catches
Thoughtful Bug'
The potted plant on Mrs.
June Basile’s desk is proof that
people at CHHS are thought
ful.
Not long ago, Mrs. Basile
became sick and had to leave
school. The next c ay, while
Mrs. Bernadine Sullivan was
in the teachers’ lounge, she
heard a soft knock on the
door. When she opened the
door, she found Big Thomas
Morrow looking very con
cerned.
“Mrs. Sullivan,” he said,
“please take this money and
get Mrs. Basile a card or flower
or something.” He handed her
a coin.
Members of the faculty
found Big Thomas’ thought
fulness contagious. They added
other coins to his and sent
Mrs. Basile the plant with
their get-well wishes.
Chapel Hill area, had this to
say about the program:
“Because of our location in
Colonial Heights, we can’t
easily find out what the stu
dents want. We want the stu
dents to participate so that we
can have contact with them
and therefore have a better
working relation.”
Test (NMSQT) given last
spring.
John Gouger, Carl Lloyd,
and Melanie Ripperton each
received a formal letter of
commendation signed by Prin
cipal May Marshbanks and the
president of the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation.
The commended students
were among the high school
juniors in more than 16,000
schools who took the NMQT
last March. This three-hour
examination covers five sepa
rate areas of educational de
velopment. A total of 28,700
other students throughout the
country received letters of
commendation.
Preparations for the annual
UNICEF drive (United Na
tions International Children’s
Emergency Fund) on Hallo
we’en night are underway, ac
cording to senior Mary Beth
Coker, chairman of the plan
ning committee.
Other members of the com
mittee include juniors Doug
Johnston, Sarah Manire, Dale
Sloan, and Mary Helen Pea
cock, sophomore Virginia Gra
ham, and senior Eva Lee
Blaine.
Students will meet in the
high school gym at 6;30 P.M.
October 31 to begin the com
munity-wide canvass.
Funds of the United Nations-
sponsored drive will provide
milk and medicine for children
in other countries. They will
also be used to build health
centers and to train and pro
vide teachers for under
developed areas.
“One penny will buy five
glasses of milk,” explains Mary
Beth, “and five pennies will
provide enough penicillin to
cure a child of an illness.”
After the canvass refresh
MELANIE RIPPERTON and
Terrell Seawell add the Pro
conian’s All-American award
to the others which the paper
won this year.
Pride Can't Lose
Says Thompson
Seven Teach from Carolina
Seven practice teachers from UNC will
soon be in CHHS classrooms.
These student teachers observed classes
during the week of October 8-12, after
which they returned to the University to
continue their studies for two weeks.
They will return to CHHS next Monday
STUDENT TEACHERS from UNC are (front row, 1-r): Miss
Anne Sweeney, Miss Page Temple, Carleton Williams; (top row)
Bob Bolan, William Johnston, A. B. Windham, and Alexander
Gou.
for six weeks of practical teaching experi
ence.
“The advantage of this plan,” explains
Carleton Williams, student teacher for
John Ellington,” is that we have an oppor
tunity to make more complex preparations
for our practice teaching after studying
the classes.
Miss Page Temple, who will
be teaching in Miss Jessie
lelle Lewis’ classes, states that
she is very impressed with the
high caliber of teachers at
CHHS.
“I hope to teach overseas at
a military base after I finish
my studies,” explains A. B.
Windham, who will teach
sophomore English for Mrs.
Bernadine Sullivan..
William Johnston, Mrs.
Martha Gill’s practice teacher,
says that he is amazed at the
“phenomenal intelligence of
CHHS students.”
Miss Anne Sweeny, practice
teacher for Miss Hellen Wilkin,
and Bob Bolan, Mrs. Emma
Sommerfeld’s student teacher,
are impressed with the “co
operation, attention, and re
sponse of the students.”
Alexander Gou will teach
history in Aaron Conn’s classes.
Sitting in his office at
Chapel Hill High School, in a
comfortable chair behind a
large, new desk, and occasion
ally puffing on his cigarette.
Dr. Howard Thompson, Chapel
Hill’s new school superintend
ent, spoke easily about his ex
pectations for the Chapel Hill
schools.
“I would like to see more
pride taken in the individual
schools, not only by the stu
dents, but also by the parental
population of these schools.
Pride jells a community. When
you have pride and spirit,
you’re pretty hard to defeat,”
stated Dr. Thompson.
Dr. Thompson highly ap
proves of the idea of selling
the present high school site
and moving it to a less con
gested area. As it is now, the
building does not lend itself to
expansion, which he feels it
needs very badly. He also
thinks that the students would
have more freedom and spirit
Class Gives Case
Have you noticed something
new in the main entrance of
CHHS? It’s the new trophy
case donated by the class of
1962. The first trophy case was
given to the school by the class
of 1953. Both cases are made
of maple-wood and are the
same size.
A total of $120 of the $150
in the class treasury was used
to buy the new case for ath
letic trophies. Said Rusty Ed-
mister, president of last year’s
senior class, “We decided on
another trophy case because
the first one looked too crowd
ed with 21 trophies in it. The
remaining $30 will go toward
the purchase of vases to be
used at baccalaureate serv
ices.”
Other suggestions for the
class gift were books and an
air-conditioner for the library.
and pride in their school if it
were located “out in the open.”
“There is a need for not only
academic education, but also
for vocational education. I
wonder if the schools are tak
ing care of the 30 per cent who
do not plan to go to college.”
In 1935 Dr. Thompson was
a pre-medical student at Penn
sylvania State University. Not
wishing to continue with medi
cine, he decided to go into the
teaching profession. He became
head of the Department of
Education and director of ath
letics at Missouri State Teach
ers’ College in Kirksville, Mo.
Dr. Thompson then moved
to North Wilkesboro, N. C., in
1953 where he lived for nine
years. From there he moved to
Chapel Hill to take over the
challenging job of superintend
ent of the Chapel Hill schools.
Dr. Thompson’s long-time
hobby is drafting. Much of his
equipment is kept in his office
here at the high school.
The Thompsons live on Dog
wood Drive and have two
children, Tomi, who is a senior
at UNC ;and Scot, a sopho
more at CHHS.
I Passing Views |
Patty Terrill unexpectedly
falling inside on opening bath
room door . . . Cotton Tyler
and Susan Culbreath winning
Top Ten Dance Contest . . .
David Little walking through
the halls carrying his crutches
. . . Mary Beth Coker the staff
of the SCA school store com
posing a book on Lessons in
Love . . , Jane Graham at the
board in French class with one
shoe on, the other being passed
around the room . . . Everyone
pestered by bees at snack
shack . . . Senior boys oppos
ing senior girls in a game of
“Red Rover” at first lunch . . .
Mr. Jaynes seen clipping the
shrubs in front of the school.