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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1938
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NUMBER 4
Mr. Gaddy Speaks
To Student Body
The first chapel program since
examinations was held this morning
and the student body heard a very
interesting and instructive talk by
Mr. Gaddy.
“Be a finisher, they are rare, but
we admire them.”
“There are three classes of fail
ures. First, those who are careless;
second, those who are sick; third,
those who are plain dumb. There is
no reason why people with good
minds and good health should be
called failures.”
Since examinations are over there
are some who seem to fail to demon
strate the courage that they should.
They come to the office with the cry,
“I can’t pass,” when they have put
forth very little effort to do so.
Courses have been started, and some
who have failed the first semester
have given up and are clearly show
ing the characteristics of a quitter.
Finish the course whether you fin
ish a winner or not. It takes courage
to be a winner. We must have faith
in what we are doing, and endurance
to bear the daily grind of work.
Courage is strengthened by self-
respect, self-confidence, honesty in
our purpose, and right feelings to
ward those about us. There are some
things that will destroy courage, and
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“Evangeline” Given
By Seventh Grade
During January Miss Clarke’s sec-
tion of the seventh grade gave a
chapel program in which they drama
tized the story of Evangeline. They
had read the story in class and wrote
the play as an outside project. There
were five scenes and a speaker told
the story between scenes. The char
acters were:
Evangeline Emily Moore
Gabriel Tingley Moore
Benedict Bellefontaine Ralph Tingen
Basil, the herdsman ...Randolph King
Rose Celia Barrett
Father Felician Toufielk Ameen
Le Blanc Billy Jordan
Soldiers... Billy Spencer, Billy Jordan
English Commander.. . James Carver
Nurse Jane Kirby
Men in the church. . .. Boys in the room
Women on the seashore—
Girls in the room
Speaker Louise Moore
The first scene was laid in Acadia
in the home of Benedict Bellefon
taine. The second scene showed the
men gathered in the church where
the mandate of the King was read
to them by an English Commander.
In the third scene the women and
the children were driven from their
homes, while in the fourth Evange
line finds Gabriel’s father in Louisi
ana. In the last scene, Evangeline is
a nurse in an alms house and there
she finds Gabriel.
Virginia Warren Honored
On Friday evening, January 22,
Mrs. W. C. Warren delightfully en
tertained in honor of her daughter,
Miss Virginia Warren, who celebrated
her fourteenth birthday. Bingo and
other games were enjoyed during the
evening. Delicious refreshments were
served to the guests. Mrs. Warren
was assisted in serving by Miss Mary
Kelly. The honoree received many
useful gifts.
GLEE CLUB PRESIDENT
Eloise Newell has departed from her
secluded nook during her senior year
and become active as a leader. She is
president of the Girls’ Glee Club, on
the advertising staff of the Rambler,
treasurer of the Senior Class, accom
plished violinist, and a good basketball
player.
Home Teams Lose
To Henderson
Henderson Highs defeated Rox
boro in both ends of a basketball
doubleheader here on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 1.
M. Hopling dropped in 33 points
to lead the- Henderson girls in a 46-
14 victory. Beasley featured on the
defense for the winners. Chaney,
with 8 points, was best for the locals.
Newell was outstanding as guard for
Roxboro.
Henderson boys turned in a 21-19
decision. Alston scored 7 points to
lead Henderson; Stewart with 9 led
Roxboro. It was a hard-fought game
throughout with Henderson leading
15-11 at the half. Roxboro will meet
South Boston here Friday.
Chapel Program
On Tuesday morning Mrs. Clay
ton’s section of the eighth grade
gave a play entitled “Another Day
Begins.” The characters were well-
chosen as they seemed to be naturally
suited to the parts they played. The
play was a cross-section of American
life as it portrayed a typical family
at eight o’clock breakfast.
The characters wree:
The father Beverly Bullock
The mother Marjorie Monk
Billy Lawrence Featherston
Anne Fay O’Briant
Tommy Bennie Wright
It was plainly evident that there
is dramatic talent in the freshman
class in Roxboro High. We can ex
pect a good senior play from the
class of 1942.
School-Girl Romance
Between bells they shared an en
chanted moment,
Then he gave her some gum and went
his way;
And though the teacher made her
put it out,
Its sweetness lasted throughout the
day.
Puppy love, but passing fancy, they
call it,
Yet sometimes, long afterward,
She realizes that her sweetest memo
ries
Are found here, before her life grew
hard. —Mondelle Hollemon.
What’s Going On
In “China”; Japs
About To Win!
Mr. Fred Long Brings Interesting
Lecture to Seventh Grade
Science Classes
During the past week the seventh
grade has carried on a very interest
ing study with electricity. Mr. Long
gave applications along with his lec
ture. He had an electrical board con
sisting of: bell, receptacles, heaters,
ground wires, insulated and non-insu-
lated wires. He also demonstrated
how pennies behind fuses caused fires.
Every boy and girl in the seventh
grade now knows how important elec
tricity is in this living age and also
how destructive it can be if handled
.carelessly.
Recreational Period Organized
Since the football season there had
been no supervised play periods un
til now. Each afternoon during our
activity period, from 2:15-2:45, the
boys and girls will be taken into the
gymnasium under supervised play.
This is not compulsory but all who
play must have tennis shoes. Mr.
Sledge urges all his boys and girls to
come out because Roxboro’s future
ball teams will come from this.
HI-Y PRESIDENT
As there are only thirteen boys in the
Senior Class, Donald Bradsher does
not have the competition that the girls
do but he has been active in his sphere.
A big talker, co-president of the Senior
Class, president of the Boys’ Hi-Y,
member of the Dramatic and Debating
Clubs, an outstanding football and
basketball player.
Long Wins In
Popularity Contest
On a Monday night not long ago
telephones were ringing in a number
of homes in Roxboro. The purpose
of the calls was very unusual. When
I answered our telephone a feminine
voice said, “This is popularity con
test and we would like to know which
you like better, Charles Reade Long
or Bitty Bullock.” I replied that I
liked them both equally well, but
the mysterious voice said that I
would have to give a definite answer.
I told her which I liked better and
we hung up.
When I arrived at school the next
morning I found that it ended with
Charles Reade ahead with one vote
and that Donald Bradsher was elimi
nated on the first go round. Mr.
Gaddy, can’t you do something with
these boys who will not study at
night?
Dunlop’s Section of Civics
Studies Transportation
Mr. Dunlop’s section of civics has
been making a study of transporta
tion. This study of transportation
starts back during the time when the
only way to get anywhere was on
foot or by horses and continues
through the periods of horses and
buggies, wagons, chariots, and other
primitive methods of travel, to the
present methods of transportation,
such as airplanes, ships, automobiles,
and zepplin.
The pupils of this section have
made interesting posters illustrating
transportation by land, air, and sea,
from the pioneer period up to the
present time.
Eighth Grade Makes
Study Of Letters
A very interesting phase of work,
taken in connection with English, is
being studied by the eighth grade.
These students have been learning to
write the different types of letters,
such as business, sympathy, and
friendly. Every student was required
to write at least one friendly letter
to some person out of town. They
were also required to make booklets
illustrating the types of letters.
We f d rather be called Japaneses
than “Chinatown”
Interesting Visit To
Economics Department
The fluttering red checkedy cur-
tains in the “kitchen” nf our Home
Economics department invited me in
for a visit on my way down to lunch
and I must tell you some of the in
teresting things I saw.
When I walked through the door
the schoolroom atmosphere just
wasn’t and I felt as though I were
entering a home. The girls who met
me and showed me what they are
doing this year convinced me that
the department IS a home for fifty-
four girls during the day. Some of
my hostesses swing a swift needle,
because most of the girls I saw were
wearing attractive prints and woolen
dresses that they themselves made
this fall. Their noses were nicely
powdered and their hair combed, too.
After a day of dashing from class
to class and feeling that MY nose
was shining in my eyes, I couldn’t
understand how they managed it,
until the mystery was cleared up by
an eighth-grader who showed me the
full-length mirror in their little living
room, and told me that they all
snatched a minute before classes to
“make-up.”
Thanks to Mr. Griffin's generosity
and the students’ interest and initia
tive, the department has up-to-the-
minute equipment and furnishings.
The latest addition in the way of
equipment was a new all-white and
gleaming electric range. Just to be
sure that it cooks as beautifully as
it looks I had to sample some of the
food the class was preparing. (I
wasn’t disappointed, either!)
The Electrical Appliance Com
pany of Roxboro is letting them have
a Kelvinator just out of sheer good
will, and I was told there had been
lengthy discussion over just where
to place it most conveniently for
everyone. Work in the foods labora
tory is done in four little individual
kitchens, consisting of a table and
chairs, a kitchen cabinet, and a stove
for each five girls. Each kitchen had
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Roxboro P.T.A. Has
Its Regular Meeting
Judge Mamie Dowd Walker Speaks
to Teachers and Parents
On Tuesday afternoon, in the Cen
tral School auditorium, Judge Mamie
Dowd Walker spoke to an apprecia
tive audience on the subject of Juve
nile Court.
Judge Walker gave us a clear pic
ture of the place the Juvenile Court
is playing in every community. Every
town and every community has its
own problems and there are times
when those problems are serious and
need the attention of deep thinking
and sympathetic advisers.
“We should handle the cases by
diagnosing the reasons why they
happen, by investigating the environ-
men, physical defects, etc., of the
child.”
The fact that we find so many
young faces in our prisons should
shock the minds of our teachers and
parents. Something must be done to
guide the youth of our land to a firm
er and stronger realization of what
is right. Parent and teacher must
join hands to guide the youth of our
land through those years that are so
hard for them to understand.
We are very grateful to Judge
Walker for the type of work she is
doing in our State.
School Sponsored
Apollo Entertainers
The student body of the Roxboro
High School was very fortunate in
deed in having an opportunity to
hear Mr. and Mrs. Sperandeo in their
program of vocal and piano music.
Mr. Sperandeo, with a pleasing
lyric tenor, sing songs taken from
the operas, and those of a more popu
lar nature. He also gave us the amaz
ing and thrilling story of his life.
We heard a man who has shown
the courage to press on in spite of
handicaps and make his place in the
world.
Thousands of school children
throughout the nation have been
spellbound by his lovely singing and
wonderful personality, and we feel
that the children of Roxboro were
indeed fortunate to be able to hear
him.
Cafeteria Popular
The cafeteria began serving lunches
October 7 under the supervision of
the W. P. A., with Mrs. Sue Feathers
ton as supervisor.
Since that time, stoves, dishes, and
cabinets have been obtained for the
cafeteria. Work begins at 8:30 o’clock
and the workers are kept very busy
preparing lunches for the two lunch
periods. The first period begins at
11:45, which gives just time enough
to get ready for the next one which
comes at 12:30. Miss Geraldine
Spinks is cashier for the first lunch
period and Miss Catherine Davis for
the second.
During January, 2,023 lunches
were served. The menu consists of
vegetable soup, meats, vegetables,
sandwiches, home made pies, cakes,
milk, and ice cream.
Mrs. Featherston and her workers
deserve much credit for the able
manner in which they have handled
the cafeteria. She says she has re
ceived full cooperation from the stu
dent body and faculty, which has
made it a success.