Wednesday, December 19, 1962
CHHS Feels Holiday Spirit
Teachers Study
New Grammar
Every Wednesday afternoon
at 4, CHHS English teachers
rush to tune in their TV sets.
But they do not watch the
usual “soap opera.’’ They
study English grammar.
English Grammar 26C is
taught over WUNC-TV by
part-time instructor at UNC,
James Gardner. The course is
designed for high school teach
ers throughout the state who
want to keep abreast of recent,
rather revolutionary changes
in the study and teaching of
the language.
Mrs. Norma Bernhardt, Mrs.
Martha Gill, Mrs. Betsy Law-
son, and Miss Jessie Belle
Lewis are keeping pace with
the course although they are
not taking it for college credit
as Mrs. Lawson did this year
in summer school at UNC.
Approach Is Descriplive
The course approaches gram
mar in a descriptive way
rather than in a prescriptive
way. The latter approach,
used for many years in Ameri
can schools, emphasizes cor
rectness in usage. Descriptive
grammar studies language as
it is, not necessarily as it
should be.
Beginning with the smallest
unit of meaningful sound —
the phomene—students of the
course will move into the
larger areas of words and syn
tax. New terminology describ
ing traditional parts of speech
will be incorporated in the
study, which discards seman
tic definitions of parts of
speech and substitutes defini
tions based on word order and
word endings.
Lewis Uses Techniques
Miss Lewis has already put
into practice some new tech
niques of grammar study in
her senior English classes, and
other teachers will fellow her
example this year.
Thus students will soon be
talking about “nominal,” “ver
bal,” and “determinant” in
stead of “substantive,” “com
plete predicate,” and “article”
or “demonstrative pronoun.”
In their highly individualiz
ed ways, several clubs at the
high school will mark the holi
day calendar with special
Christmas events.
Latin Club members made
tentative plans for a Christ
mas dance open to all high
school students tomorrow night
from 8-12 in the high school
cafeteria.
A local combo will provide
music for the dance, the theme
of which is “Holly Holiday.”
Admission is 75 cents, accord
ing to Mrs. Betsy Lawson, ad
viser.
Club Sings French Carols
Saturday night, December 22,
the 26 members of the French
Club sponsored by Miss Eliza
beth Raney, will sing Christ
mas carols en francais in the
Chapel Hill area. Paul Rhyne
will serve refreshments to the
group at his house.
Members of the Distributive
Education Club honored their
employers at the annual boss
es’ banquet last Wednesday
evening in the high school
cafeteria.
Dr. Thompson Addresses
Banquet
Dr. Howard Thompson, sup
erintendent of Chapel Hill
Schools, delivered an after-
dinner address. Senior Phillip
Thomas welcomed guests to
the dinner. E. Y. Jaynes is ad
viser to the club.
Future Teachers of America
gathered at the house of their
adviser, Mrs. Carolyn Horn,
for a pizza party last Saturday
from 5:30 until 8 P.M.
NGUYEN THI THOM
Juniors Sponsor Party;
Old Hits Spark slight
“Old Rec Nite” will be the
theme of the dance to be held
at the gym tonight from 8 un
til 11:30.
The junior class, sponsors of
the dance, have been gather
ing favorite records which
were popular at past sock
There Is No Remedy
For P. A.'s Illness
hops.
To help with the reminiscent
atmosphere Miss Sarah Urn-
stead, former recreation direc
tor will again spin the record
turntable.
“We hope that all CHHSers
will come and relive the won
derful days of the old rec and
Sarah,” says Myrt Trageser,
class social co-chairman.
The informal affair will
cost 35 cents a person. All
profits will go to the Junior
class treasury. Refreshments
will be served.
Only members of the cur
rent student body will be al
lowed to attend the dance.
Junior Class Dance
Another form of entertain
ment sponsored by the junior
class is the Junior Follies on
February 9. The Follies are
made up of acts performed by
members of the student body.
Since plans have been made
for acts to begin practice soon
after Christmas, anyone hav
ing an act should contact
Jackie Jennings.
CHHS Readopts
Vietnamese Child
For 2nd Year
For another year CHHSers
will be foster parents of 12-
year-old Nguyen Thi Thom, a
frail, sad - eyed Vietnamese
child.
Thom’s Chapel Hill parents
will buy food, clothes, and
school supplies for their Viet
namese daughter. They will
also provide medical care and
spending money for Thom and
her family.
SCA Raises $180
A 3-penny-a-day drive, con
ducted by the Student Council
during the two and a half
weeks between Thanksgiving
and Christmas, made available
the $180 necessary for the
adoption. By unanimous vote
the SCA renewed the plan to
adopt Thom for the second
consecutive year.
An SCA committee headed
by junior Jane Dyer will cor
respond with Thom, who wrote
several letters to CHHS last
year.
Thom Receives Proconian
In addition to the letters, a
subscription to the Proconian
is being sent to Thom, who
loves to look at photographs.
According to Thom’s letters,
the girl and her family live
in a refugee camp in South
Viet Nam, where they fled to
escape Communist oppression
in the North.
If it were not for the Foster
Parents Plan, Thom’s family
would find existence almost
impossible. Her father is un
able to support his family be
cause of an advanced state of
pulmonary tuberculosis which
seriously restricts his activity.
COLLEGE BOARD
DATES
Test Date January 12
Closing date for
registration
December 29
For further information,
see Mrs. Becky Shepard,
guidance counselor.
“And all the king’s horses
and all the king’s men couldn’t
Sophs Introduce
CHHS Calendars
If you want to keep up with
what’s new at CHHS, you’d
better buy a calendar of school
events from the sophomore
class.
Important events such as
club meetings, exams, sports
activities, publication dates of
the Proconian, and the Junior-
Senior prom will be posted on
the 1963 desk calendar.
Nancy Aycock, sophomore
class president, said that the
class hoped to put the calen
dars on the market before to
day. will cost 75 cents.
.5 will fatten the
class
•; for the Junior-
Senic 'ronji in 1964.
Vin
put Humpty Dumpty back to
gether again.”
That’s the story on the pub
lic address system at CHHS.
which has been broken for
weeks now and continues to
baffle repairmen.
Having been subjected to
several battery tests, fuse
tests, and a thorough check-up,
the PA has failed to respond to
treatment. But Principal May
Marshbanks hopes that it will
recover soon after Christmas.
Until then, all announce
ments will be posted on the
Student Council bulletin board
in front of the office or re
layed to students through
homeroom teachers. Announce
ments on the board should be
submitted to junior Dale
Sloan before posting.
And until then, the Pro
conian staff wishes the PA a
speedy recovery.
(Photo by Lauterer)
CHHSers WAIT while Mrs. Shepard talks to a college-bound
student.
Shepard Divides Her Time
Between Two High Schools
School Board Decides
On Diploma Question
The mystery of the disap
pearing act of Mrs. Rebecca
Shepard, CHHS guidance coun
selor, on certain days of the
week has been solved.
Mrs. Shepard plays a dual
rcle in Chapel Hill City
Schools—she has the responsi
bilities and duties of a full
time guidance counselor in
both Chapel Hill High School
and Lincoln High School.
Her present schedule pro
vides that she divide her time
between CHHS and Lincoln on
alternate days of the week.
During a normal week, she
spends Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday at one school; and
Tuesday and Thursday at the
other. Both schools receive the
benefit of an “extra” day
every other week.
At each school, Mrs. Shep
ard maintains a guidance of
fice containing guidance in
formation and materials used
only in that school.
Her duties include advising
students concerning future
careers or prospective col
leges, filling out transcripts to
be sent to prospective colleges,
administering guidance tests,
and helping to solve those
“miscellaneous problems”
which occur in the lives of
every high school student.
So if Mrs. Shepard has dis
appeared on a day when she
is desperately needed, she’ll be
there to offer a sympathetic
ear and a helping hand the
next day.
“Seniors will not have to
pay for their diplomas,” an
nounced Dr. Howard Thomp
son, superintendant of schools.
The decision was made by the
school board on Dr. Thomp
son’s recommendation on De
cember 3.
Last November seniors were
told that they might have to
pay for their own diplomas.
Many students objected to the
plan because they thought
that they had earned the right
to have their diplomas given
to them.
The diplomas will be paid
for with school funds. If the
students desire a small photo
static copy of their diploma,
they will have to purchase it.
The diplomas will have a
black cover on which the stu
dent’s name will be printed.
Also printed on the cover will
be “Chapel Hill City Schools”
in large gold letters.
Chapel Hill High School will
be printed on the diploma
along with the rest of the in
formation usually found on
high school diplomas.
Passing Views
A flask exploding in Jimmy
Lewis' face during chemistry
. . . Susie Beck stealing Little
Thomas' broom . . . Catherine
Borden finding the length of
tape by unrolling it 52 feet
down the hall . . . Gilbert
Turner sitting on Santa’s knee
in a local department store . . .
All students eagerly looking
forward to vacation but dread
ing exams which come soon
after . . . Henry Turlington
under the phone booth in the
vestibule of the auditorium
. . . Pam Cherry asking Stan
Perry to hang her coat on her
top locker . . . Bob Bolan, Mrs.
Sommerfeld's student teacher,
using the Proconian as a ruler
for drawing on the blackboard.