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The Official Publication of The Raleigh Public Schools
Vol. 2 .
RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1924
No. 11
IMPRESSIVE CHAPEL PROGRAM IS
CONDUCTED BY HONOR SOCIETY
Devotional Services Led
By Lillie Mai Scruggs
First President of Society, Ed.
Hawkins, Addresses the
Student Body
OLD MEMBERS SEE
ELEVEN INITIATED
With much interest to the faculty
and student-body, the present Se
nior class members of the National
Honor Society conducted the week
ly chapel exercises. Perhaps this
program will be one of the most
outstanding of the year in that it
was presented to the students by the
; students.
Lillie Mai Scruggs led the devo
tional exercises by Bible reading
and prayer followed by the Lord's
Prayer.
The Bible reading was taken from
Galatians, 6 chapter 1-10 verses:
Brethren, it a man be overtaken in
a fault, ye which are spiritual, re
store such an one in the spirit of
meekness: considering thyself, lest
thou also be tempted.
Bear ye one another's burden, and
so fulfill the law of Christ.
For if a man think himself to be
something, when he is nothing, he de-
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But let every man prove his own
work, and then shall he have rejoic
ing in himself alone, and not in an
other. '
For every man shall bear his own
burden.
Let him that is taught in the Word
communicate unto him that teacheth
in all good things.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked;
for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall
of the flesh reap corruption ; but he
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The Science Club Is
Growing and Thriving
Has Interesting Programs Which
Are of Deep Interest
to All
' There is no other organization in
the Raleigh High School that is mak
ing greater progress than the Science
Club. . If you are a science student,
come; if not, come and learn some
thing about the subject. The members
want the students to visit this club
and see what Interesting programs are
given and what the club is really
doing.
Last Tuesday night the regular
meeting was held and four very in
teresting and well-prepared talks were
given by the members of the club.
Dallas Sherman spoke .on "Learning
to Fly." There are four things that
we must have in order to be able to
fly, he said. First, good physical
make-up; second, common sense;
third, theoretical knowledge; and
fourth, practical experience. These
topics were well discussed.
Henry Lang made a talk on English
Light Aeroplanes. The Aviation in
the United States Army was discussed
by Franklin Gaffney. He stressed the
inefficiency of U. S. Air Service with
many Illustrations. Rudolph Wal
born gave an account of Around the
World Fliers.
At the beginning of the meeting a
motion picture on "Travels of Bug
life in Switzerland" was given.
There are some books on chemistry
subject now in the Science Depart
ment Library and are available for
pupils who enter the American Chemi
cal Society contest
' ' M. AUSTIN.
Junior High Students
Have Chapel Exercises
Hear Senior High Students Sing
and Listen to Several
Talks
The Junior High School's weekly
chapel exercise was held Wednesday
morning in the Sunday school room
of the Edenton Street Methodist
Church. Mr. Daniels, presiding, read
the Scripture lesson and led in prayer.
Mr. Potter took charge of the musical
part of the program. The Senior High
School Glee Club sang four numbers.
The school itself held a song service
and went into the singing of the songs
whole-heartedly.
Rudolph Walburn made an an
nouncement concerning a Junior High
School Hi-Y. Mrs. Russell of the
Presbyterian Church gave the address
of the day. Mr. Wood made an inter
esting talk. R. W.
Morson Society Has
Unusual Program
An Interesting Meeting Held by
Girls' Organization Thurs
day Afternoon
Perhaps the most unique program of
the year was carried out Thursday
afternoon by the members of the Mor
son Literary Society. The program
was impromptu and was enjoyed by
all. Songs, debates, stories and jokes
1 had their place. However, the-most
interesting number was the debate,
"Resolved, The cat is more useful than
the dog as a house pet." Miss Holton
and Sybil Edson upheld the affirmative
and their opponents were Mildred
Kichline, and Thelma Partin. The af
firmative won.
Demands for another program of
this kind were numerous.
THOMPSON FOOTBALL
TEAM ENTERTAINED
The football boys of Thompson
School were delightfully entertained
by Mrs. W. A. Upchurch last Thurs
day night at her home on East Har-
gett Street.
The hall and parlor were decorated
with the school colors, which are yel
low and white, and the dining-room
with Christmas decorations.
After many interesting games were
played, delightful refreshments were
served.
The boys on the squad are: Bernice
Wall, Ed Pearce, Allen Bailey, Milton
Bagwell, Bill Dunaway, Royster
Pearce, John Carroll, Willard Sander-
ford, Charles Peebles, Clarence Jones,
Lee Hill Perry, Allen Dunaway, Jack
Dunaway.
SALLIE PAGE RUFFIN.
RALEIGH STUDENT
OFFERS TWO PRIZES
The Raleigh Student, according to
custom, is offering prizes for the best
letters to Santa Claus and the best
description of a store that advertises
In the Raleigh Student. Two prizes,
f 1 each, will be offered to Junior High
School students for the best letter to
Santa Claus and for the best descrip
tion of a store window. Two prizes
will be offered also to the grammar
schools. The letters and descriptions
will have to be In by December 15.
Contest in Typewriting
Beginning Monday, December 1,
there will be an accuracy contest In
typewriting. Three prizes will be
awarded to the person making the
least errors In each of the three
classes first, second and third year.
This contest it to stress the Impor
tance of accuracy In typewriting.
Miss Thomson will award the prizes
at the end of the month.
- M. NANCE.
DALLAS SHERMAN WINNER
OF HOME-UGHTING PRIZE
Gets Prize in the Home
Lighting Contest;
Others Rewarded
Dallas Sherman of the Senior class
won first prize in the Home-Lighting
Contest as announced by Raleigh Elec
tric League, who conducted the con
test, Wednesday afternoon. Other win
ners irom tne Hign scnooi were
Arthur Bridgers and Henry Lang who
won second and sixth prizes,
The league wishes to thank all those
who entered the contest for their ex
cellent papers on the subject. All win
ning papers have been sent to the na
tional contest, competing with papers
from the United States and Canada.
National prizes .will be announced
about January 1.
Carolina Power and Light Company,
Thompson Electric Company, Walker
Electric Company, and State Electric
Company furnished the prizes.
GIRLS
1. Clarice Collins Bicycle.
2. Alice Scott Gold wrist watch.
3. Katherine Jones Compact.
4. Rebecca Gill Pen and pencil set.
5. Emma Norris String of pearls.
6-15 Prizes roller skates: Mary
Leeson; Mary Crow, Marguerite Hol
land, Virginia Dixon, Mary Green,
Margaret Briggs, Florida Barkley,
Hattie Hill Williams, Elizabeth Web
ster, Mary Louise Johnson, Lucy Gill,
Janet Crinkley. '
BOYS
1. Dallas Sherman Bicycle.
2. Arthur Bridges Elgin watch.
3. Wayman Hines Kodak.
4. Chas. Reavis Sweater.
5. Henry Lang Belt set.
6-15 Footballs: Jos.; Dart Horace
ence Wall, Chestney Eubanks, Braxton
Murray, Jarvis Lawrence.
R. W
Purple Whirlwind
Prepares To Breeze
Basketball Boys Will Start Out
on Campaign Under.
Coach
Coach Lazzard has planned a
schedule for the 1925 Purple Whirl
wind which will include more terri
tory than the local boys have made
before. Starting January 1, the locals
will make a trip through Virginia,
playing John Marshall at Richmond,
Lynchburg, Petersburg and McKinley
Tech at Washington, D. C. Tentative
dates have been made for games:
Jan. 13 Durham at Durham.
Jan. 15 Rocky Mount at Rocky
Mount.
Jan. 17 N. C. S. Freshman at Ra
leigh.
Jan. 30 Wilson at Wilson.
Jan. 31 Durham at Raleigh.
Feb. 3 Wilson at Raleigh.
Feb. 6 Rocky Mount at Raleigh.
Feb. 7 Greensboro at Raleigh.
Coach Lazzard is in correspondence
with about fifty other teams and will
probably book several more games.
The material looks very promising.
Goodwin, last year's captain, is back,
and with Hawkins and Sadler of
former teams and Harvey, Norman
and Bristow of last year's squad, are
showing up well. Sears, Mason and
Bagwell, new to R. H. S. basketball,
also look good. Robertson, King and
Chamblee are out. , There are a num
ber of candidates who will be good
material with a little more experi
ence. Chances for a championship team
are very good and every student
should get out on the sidelines and
give a real team reaf support. When
the time comes for season tickets, let's
have every student a ticket-holder.
There's no better way to spend a few
cents than to see a good basketball
game.
R. W.
WELCOME RELIEF
"Look 'ere, I asks yer for the last
time for that ar dollar yer owes me."
"Thank 'evlns! that's the end of a
silly question." Bllghtly (London).
Older Boys Conference Is
Held At High Point, N. C.
N. C. State Debates
With Trinity College
Contest Held at Edenton Street
Church; Excellent Showing
For Both Schools
A debate was held Tuesday evening
at Edenton Street Church by two rep
resentatives of N. C. State College and
two from Trinity.
The proposition for debate was:
"Resolved, That the proposed amend
ment to the Federal Constitution au
thorizing the regulation of child labor
should be adopted."
The speakers for the affirmative
were: Ralph J. Peeler, N. C, State,
and Julian P. Boyd, Trinity. Those
upholding the negative were: Henry
H. Rogers, N. C. State, and W. S.
Blakeney, Jr., Trinity.
Each speaker was given fifteen (15)
minutes except the first on the affirm
ative who was given ten (10) min
utes for his speech and a five-minute
reply at the close of the debate. There
was no rebuttal, but the audience par
ticipated in an open forum discussion.
The debate was unusual, in that one
representative from each college was
on each side. This type of debate is
the first of its kind to be held here.
Instead of having judges," the out
come of the debate was decided by the
audience, using the ballot vote. The
negative won by a good majority.
Henry Rogers, the first speaker of
the negative, was graduated from Ra-
leigh High last year and was a mem
ber of last year's debating team.
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Dramatic Association Plans to
Develop Latent Talent of
Students
Miss Edith Russell, director of the
Dramatic Association, will form a
playwriting class, which will be or
ganlzed Wednesday, December 10.
Playwriting will be discussed. Plays
will be written during the year. The
best plays will be produced by the
Dramatic Association.
Many students are looking forward
to this class. There is a great deal
of writing talent in the Raleigh High
School which, if cultivated, might lead
some students to fame as authors.
DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION
HAS REGULAR MEETING
Thursday night, December 4, the
Dramatic Association met. Bob Duna
way and Mortimer Forrest presented
"The Moonshiners," which was given
at Wiley School a few weeks ago. This
play was judged by the members of
the association from motivation
characterization, and presentation.
Plans were made for a playwriting
class every Wednesday afternoon. Two
prizes will be given in North Carolina
this year for playwriting.
It was decided that at each meeting
a play would be presented by the mem
bers of the Dramatic Association
Arthur Bridgers will select and direct
the first play to be presented.
Charles Hicks, Ada Spencer, Tal
madge Peel, and Madeline Barnes were
asked to report on plays at the next
meeting.
Thrift Club Organized
Plans for the Thrift Club organized
by Mrs. Covington have been definitely
decided upou.
The first meeting of the Thrift Club
will be held the last Friday before
Christmas holidays. The other meet
ings hereafter will be held twice a
month at 7:30 o'clock in the morning.
Come out, pupils! Show your spirit
by attending the first meeting.
All pupils in the public schools of
Raleigh who have savings bank ac
counts are eligible for membership
and are asked to turn in their names
to John Henry Highsmith at Senior
High School.
HARRY PAKULA.
Raleigh Boys in Attend
ance Report Inter
esting Meeting
The central division of the older
boys met at High Point on December
5, 6 and 7. A number of Raleigh boys
attended.
The registration and assignment of
delegates was held on Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The opening meeting was held at the
First Presbyterian Church at 7:30 on
Friday. The service was opened by a
song service and a prayer by Rev. G.
R. Brown. Several five-minute talks
of greetings were given by: For the
churches, Rev. W. R.- Page; for the
city, J. W. Hedrlck, mayor of High
Point; for the schools, L. R. Johnston,
principal of High School; for the em
ployed boys, Nady Cates; for the Hi-Y
boys, Dick White, president of Hi-Y
Club of High Point. Response to these
greetings was given by Joe Carlton,
of Winston-Salem.
When the delegates were asked to
stand, Winston-Salem and Greensboro
stood ahead with 45 each.
Mrs. T. W. Bickett spoke on "Life:
How N. C. Girls Expect Me to Live
It." Her talk was very inspirational
and educational. It hit the heart of
every boy there.
Joe Carlton, of Winston-Salem, was
elected president.
On Saturday morning group discus
sions were held. In the high school
group, the evils in high schools were
discussed. . Smoking, smutty stories,
and, profanity were - considered the
greatest , evils, In most; htehpphool
Saturday evening, after a short sea- -
sion, everybody joined in . some form
of recreation. , The high school
grounds were given over to the dele
gates.
The climax of the convention came
Saturday night when the. delegates
walked out to the High Point College
to a banquet. After a very enjoyable
supper, which the girls of the college
served (the Raleigh table was honored
by having one of the prettiest girls
to serve them), a talk was made by
Mr. W. C. McCarty, of Ashevllle. Mr.
A. C. Roberts, of Winston-Salem, spoke
on "Boys of Other Lands."
The convention closed Sunday night
with an inspiring sermon by Rev. C.
P. Coble. .
Raleigh High Band
Gives First Concert
Listeners Loud in Praise Young
Players Under Mr. S. A.
Braxton
The twenty-piece band of the Ra
leigh High School, under the direction
of S. A. Braxton, made a fine showing
at the concert Saturday night at 8
o'clock.
The band has been in charge of Mr.
Braxton for about two months, and it
has made great progress.
The band practices twice a week at
the Junior High Wednesdays at 3:30
and Saturdays at 7:30. With good
luck, Mr. Braxton hopes to have a
seventy-five or even a hundred-piece
band by the close of school.
Names of High School Band mem
bers: James Gerow, Robert . Davis,
John Bryan, Eugene Wall, Clarence
Wall, James Bynum, Philip C. Parka,
William Richardson, Charles Reavis,
Fred Fletcher, Thomas Worth, Theo
dore Hunnicutt, Hop Horton, James
Petross, Burton Sullers, Whorton C.
Parks, Joe Allen.
Senior Meeting
Mr. Wessinger called a meeting of
the Senior class after the chapel exer
cises Monday morning. The meeting
was called to discuss the Purple and
Gold. It seems that the Class of '25
is not co-operating with the magazine
as well as the Class of '24. The se
niors were urged to subscribe to the
magazine as soon as possible.
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