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,u '•;. -.-v: •/ .• '1»«.->S '. ^ I ;.. - 9 ' -i" •1>V'.V.; .‘i'- .• . ■ ».V-.--iK-lii - THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1933 WlLKEmRO HIGH SCHOOL During tlie year our enrollment hu reached 16S pupils. Of this number. 447 hi^e been in the low er (sadee and S06 in the high school. There are 106 children in the first grade and 111 in the eighth. Fifty-eight have enrolled in the senior class. The sixth grads, with 41 pupils, has the smallest number of any gpiade. Mount Pleasant High School TraphillHigh School High Schools Are All Sc^ Pi^ Fine Cbnunehcenirat Prc^prsmu Hour Schedule ' For the first time this year this est and most revered school has operated with the hour | and is in a position to know more schedule. In most respects it has of our county than any other liv Speech of Hon. Gordon Hackett One of the most appreciated of the fall programs was a speech on the history of Wilkes County by Hon. Gordon Hackett. Mr. Hackett is one of our old- citizens, We Must Keep The Faith We are still In that depression which began In twenty-nine, They ^ay we’ve touched the bot tom and that now we’ll start to dimb. Yes, we’re scraping on the bot tom in this year of thirty- three; We can’t go any lower; so our hard times now must flee. High schools of the county are, meritary grades awiTit 98i—n worked well and noticeable bene- ts have resulted from it. ing citizen in all probability. He is now compiling data and in tends to publish a complete hls- Commencement ^ . Plans are now being made look- , , ing to commencement The clos-' «’* interesting from ing date this year will be May 9- Programs somewhat in keeping with the past years, but with add-' ed improvements, are being plan ned. [ from a historical viewpoint. Dur- the course of his talk the names of people were called by Mr. Hackett that are now high in the affairs of our county, state and nation, and who not so As we leave the dismal bottom and start upward on our climb. May momentum quickly gather and restore our wonderous times. Now’ if we are anxious, brothers, that all this shall surely be. We must use cooperation; Use it well and liberally. We must all get down, my broth ers, with our shoulders to the wheel; 1932 Graduates graduates for ,the^ very long ago. were struggling^ to superhuman effort do our part for common weal year 1931-32 have been in col'ege: j bring Wilkes county into probi- W'ake Fore.st, Ernest Settle, El-' nence. mer Lowe; Davidson, Bill Prevet- Two members of the County te; Boone, Fern Bernard, Lola [Board of Education. Mr. I). F. Church, Hester Settle; Johnson Shepherd and Mr. C. O. McNeil City Business College, Winnifred | came rJong with Mr. Hackett Ferguson; N. C- C. W., Lutrelle and made short interesting talks. Foster: Flora McDonald. Jeanie Ogilvie; Statesville Female College,; Improvements Nina Sale: Mars Hill, Joyce Well-; Since the construction of the Let us strain, then, every sinew in our labor for mankind. \\’e should never be defeated, never whimper, never whine. born; Draughan’s Business College, Blanche Yates; Maxton Junior Col lege, Gordon Ogilvie. T>.:ee have married, Walter Johnson, Dorothy Hendren and Blanche Y'ates. Many of our graduates are on the farm and in other local vocations. Forensic Contests As in the past a good number of students has entered the various speaking contest offered by the school. In the fall the following students were in the try-out for the Mars Hill declamation and recitation contests: Neil Hartley, Myrtle Yates. Lillian Linney, Pau line Kinlaw, Vena Jarvis, Helen Bumgarner. Those ^ -inning ' were Myrtle Yates and Neil Hartley, who mado- the trip to Mars Hill with Miss Lillian Stafford on December 9. Neil Hartley entered the county American Legion oratorical con test which wa.s held in North Wil- kesboro on December 2. Let us look defeat, disaster— i these imposters—in the face, ; They must not become the vic tors on the pain of our dis grace. Let us fight the battle bravely with no thought of dark dis- pair. We must make conditions 1>etter for the people everywhere. modern brick building at Mt. Pleasant there has been constant improvement on the campus. The new building was completely -sur rounded by stumps. This year saw the last of them removed. Many days were required to com plete the work of removing the I , stumps and the grading of he | ^ ^ ground. After the grading of the j We must tight retrenchments campus, concrete walks were con structed. Every care has been taken to afford all children an opportun ity for recreation. Basketball i courts, baseball diamonds and a ] volley ball court have been built, j Our recieation period is limit-j ed to the noon hour but each ac- j tivity during this hour is super vised. bravely, we must fight them to the last. Then when history is written of the sons of thirty-three, ' Posterity shall witne.ss what we did for liberty.—Contributed. all set for the commencement exercises which get under way in most of the schools next wveek. In most Instances the closing features, Including the men who are to deliver trie literary ad- 'dresses and the baccalaureate sermons, have already been an nounced. Despite the crowded conditions of the class rooms in most of the schools, high school principals feel that some excellent work has been done this year. Satis factory progress in almost every line, class work, athletics and the like is reported. North Wilkesboro Prof. W. D. Halfacre, superin tendent of the North Wilkesboro schools which close a month lat er than other schools, is now ar ranging details of the commence ment program. The calendar of activities for the remainder of the year follows: April 21—Music contest at Le noir. I May 5—Senior class play. May 7—Colored school music al‘concert in high school audi torium. . May 12—Piano recital by mu sic pupils of Miss Ellen Robin son. May 28—Baccalaure^ite serm on. June 1—Class day exercises. June 2—Graduating exercises. Wilkesboro Wilkesboro high school will begin its commencement program on May 5 and the final exercise will be given on May 9. Headlining the closing of the school will be the address of C. W. Phillfps, principal of Central 28i—Graduating class play. Aipril exercises April , 29—Senior clajs "Two Days to Marry.” April 30—Baccalaureate serm on by Rev. Eugene Olive, North Wilkesboro, at 3:30 p. m. May 1—^Literary address by Prof. A. B. Hurt, Nathans .Creek. Traphlll Two well known, ministers will feature the 'closing at Traphlll high school. Rev. Eph Wisen- hunt, of Elkin, will deliver the sermon and Rev.' Eugene Olive, of this city, Will make the ad dress. The program as announced by Prof. D. R. Wright, principal, follows; April 30—Baccalaureate serm on by Rev. Eph Wisenhunt, El kin, in the afternoon. May 4—A play, "Marrying Ann.” May 5—Class day exercises and literary address by Rev. Eu gene Olive, North Wilkesboro. Mountain View Delivery of the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. C. W. Robinson, venerable Presbyterian minister of this city, will be the feature attraction at the closing of Moun tain View high school. Prof. E. R. Spruill, principal, announces that the closing exer cises will get under way on Sun day, April 23. The program fol lows: April 23—Baccalaureate serm on by Rev. C. W. Robinson at 2:30 p. m. April 24—Operetta by ele mentary grades. April 25—Senior class play, "Cabbages or Dollars?” 'MQIer8 Creek Sc^ School D»ys It isn’t school that I dislike. It’s only maps and books. The exercises and tests. And sometimes teacher’s looks. In school we girls are mostly chums. As in vacation days. What spoils it all are rules and sums. And often the teacher’s ways. algebra, When we laugh, he makes a fuss; And when we’re having the best of times. He comes and scolds at us. And leaves us to pine. Then once our teacher punished a girl Because she brought a cat— A baby one—to school one day. Now, waat do you think of that! , There is but one way that I can see, It's very simple too, To make a school what it ought to be. And that is what we want to do. French Clnb at North ’ High School' . The object of the French of the North Wilkesboro School is to bring about i thorough understanding and speaking knowledge of the 'anguage and customs of French people. Some of the cipations of the Fr«ich Clnb , year during the activity ). which fail on the first, third fifth weeks of the six-week are the rendering of programSjby the French characters, a;» study of the industries, of cities and the agriculture of . country, the working of criMlb^^^ word puzzles in Frenc^ FreoA'^* dramatizations and chapel pro*'^ grams. Socially we have entertained at French teas, have had nameron^/; games and contests in which prMS; [ were offered and the club is no#' planning “An Evening in Paris’^ where the club members will in»r,_ personate and represent important^: characters of French history. Just let us have all the fun That’s in our reach; And when we’re done, We’ll let the teacher teach. NELL GILREATH. for Debate Our school debating team the triangular debate was com-j posed of Vincent Foster, Rose [waters, upholding affirmative,' The fol owing pupils entered th*:'Irene Foster and Zeiiiia nesliears. | try-out for the state tri-angular | alternates. Marie Elier debate-.: Lillian Linnej, Mjrtle Ada Beshears. I Yates, Tom Story. Marion Beach, ’I Neil Hartley. Sam Ogilvie and Lu- i The expression, "a gomi school busier cile Hartley. The last four named j attached to the ball team,” has were succe.ssful in making the been applied to many schools, contest. Library Work The students observed Good Book Week by giving a special program in the auditorium on the value of reading, and by donat ing books. In this way about sixty books were added to the li brary. A card charging 8.vstcm has been iastalled and has proven .succn.ssful. By using this system, the librarians find that it is much to keep check on books and fewer have been lost. This, in addition to other improve- been year Visitors been subordinated to school During the year we iiave had a i great many visitors. We greatly^ appreciate the number of parents! Flea.sanl boys entered who have from time to time come j tournament with only one to the school. During the early [year of experience in basketball, fall Dr. John Blair and Mr. W. F., of the team having played Creedle, of Raleigh, came. Mr. until 31- 32. Wo have proved Combs, assistant high school in- that a short period of intensive spector, and Mr. R. I). Beam, en-, practice i.s better than longer gineer for the .state board of periods. At no time have we had education, were visitors in Feb- more than 4 5 minutes practicemending, ruary. Prof. Chappel Wi son. of per day. and as most of our team A- S. T. C. Boone, was a pleasant was transported, this was during from the Gaylord Bro- visitor in March. Mi.ss Fan Cra- the noon hour. | thers. This work has been di- nor in December spoke at the! We ‘‘te proud of having won tected by Miss Beatrice Holbrook grade chapel. the boy's championship with so, “bt* ^'ts. Lena T. Billings. The little experience. Wo attribute it j student librarians, (Mara Hutch- Entertainments the good coaching and ''team i Kddm M'>es. Joyce Yale, During the year a numbev of spirit'' of the boys. ;Nora Gambill, and Savannah entertainments have been held in, record for the year is nine'^'‘mdy have been very efficient, the auditorium for the pleasure of p^t of eleven played. I The- magazine.^ and prapers the pupils and the patrons. In itovs Scliednie ; which come to the library this April 27—Graduating exercis- hich school Greensboro, and tta^es for the seventh grade. . nign scnooi, UIB . ’ oo rtav PTercisea S^mes supporters of the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J.j April Glass aay exercises ^ .. . . . C. story, pastor of the First and awarding of diplomas. Presbyterian church, of Marlon, j Roaring River Prof. T. E. Story, principal, j Prof. C. M. Cook announces has announced the following pro gram: May 5—Recital by music class of Mrs. R. E. Prevette. May 7—Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. .1. C. Story, of Marion. May 8—Class day exercises. May 9—Literary address by C. W. Phillips, Greensboro, and the following commencement pro gram for Roaring River high school: April 28 — Graduating class exercises. April 29—-Senior class "Beads On a String.” April 30—-Baccalaureate serm on by Rev, Avery Church. May 1—Literary address by Rev. C. A. Milner, dean of Giiil- but this can not be said of Mt. j including the accession Pleasant. Here ball playing has-^ocord. the Dewey decimal classl- ' fication, a card catalogue con taining an alphabetical list and shelf list, has helped to standard ize the organization of tlie libr-' awarding of diplomas. Millers Creek Prof. A. B. Hurt, Ashe coun-lford College, ty high school principal who led j “ the movement which resulted in Ronda high school’s closing the Nathans Creek community I fexercises will begin on the eve- biiilding a $20,000 school build- ning of May 3 with the presenta- Reeord of the Basketball Teams The basketball teams of Mil lers Creek High School have just ended an active season, one which has been highly successful if not entirely victorious. The girls team has played a total of nine games, while the boys have played twenty. In each of these teams have been ablai- to boast of a hardfighting, clean-playing group of players. The following sum mary show to some extent the record of the teams. The County Tournament: Both teams entered the county tourna ment and acquitted themselves play, well. There were eight double- header games sched.uled for this tournament, and all of them were played except one of the boys’ games. The scores of these games were as follows: Girls ary. More magazines have read by the students this than previously. The library was closed tor two weeks for the purpose of check- The Toronto method was used with materials iiig with a donation of only II,- 000 from the county, will be the big attraction at the Millers Creek high school commence ment. He will deliver the literary address on the closing night of the program. Rev. Eugene Olive, pastor of the First Baptist church, of this city, will preach the sermon. Prof. S. B. Smlthey. principal, announces his commencement program as follows: April 27—Program by ele- will “The tion of the high school play The elementary grades present their program, Rainbow’s End.” on May 4. Other programs as announced by Prof. Geo. H. Hill, principal, follows: Class Day exercises May 5. Senior class play, “A Little Clodhopper,” May 6. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. G. R. Stafford, of Jones- ville, on Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. May 7. An Experiment in Dietitics An interesting experiment ill' dietetics was recently carried on the North Wilkesboro Home Econ^ omics class. Two white rats were kept iiij separate cages. One was fed nj balanced diet, the other an''unb^^ anced diet. First rat: Diet—Olive oil, meal, milk, bread, green tables. Reaction: Gained weight steadi-’^ ly, condition healthy, fur smooth,*^ body well propwrtioned and diapo- sition good. Second rat: Diet—White rfce^/ bread and water. Reaction: At first the rat g;ain- I, ed weight. Then it did not shoir any gain and fially started to los ing weight- Its fur became rag ged, its body ill-proportioned, th^ is, enlarged stomach and diminiah- ing limbs. Its disposition became very bad. would try to bite when - handled. This tendency develop ed to such a degree the experiment • had to be stopped. This brought out very clearly to ! the children the importance of a balanced diet. Teacher; Miss .Wilhelmina DeLaney. M. Creek 20 M. Creek 14 M. Creek 9 ,M. Creek 10 M. Creek 16 M. Creek 12 M. Creek 2 M. Creek 12 Total games games lost, 6: nament, sixth. Mt. Pleasant 4 N. Wilkesboro 18 Mt. View 12 Wilkesboro 14 N. Wilkesboro 27 Mt. Pleasant 10 Mt. View 21 Wilkesboro 29 won, 2; total standing in toiir- January the Dramatic Club under j2 the dirwtion of Miss Stafford pre.. " sented a one-act play, “Barbara. On this same evening the mu-ic department under the direction of Mrs. Prevette furnished a very happy hour of vocal and instru mental music numbers. In early January, Mr. Lippin- cott, a magician, furnished a very y delightful afternoon program of Wilkesboro 14 Traphill 9 Mt. View 15 M. Creek 22 Wilkesboro 2 3 R. River 10 Traphill 9 •Mt. Pleasant 19 •Mt. Pleasant 17 .Mt. Pleasant I-"' Mt. Pleasant 27 Mt. Pleasant 22 ! Mt. Pleasant u' .Mt. Pleasant 21 1 Ml. Pleasant 19 j -Mt. Pleasant 15 | Mt. I’leasant 2 ! sextet was out-i Mt. Pleasant magic- 1 Tj ' biassed from the first, this being On February 1, Col. H. M. Clem-; year playing basket- mer gave iri the afternoon a very team had nev- instructive illustrated lecture on begn on g court until last fall. “Scenic Amerit'a. We lost nine games and won one On February 2.3. Mr_ Alex^der, ten played. The girls of Charlotte, f mushed a delight- sportsmanship and ful hour of enlertainment for ^ entire school with his trained dogs. Pal, Black Night and Susana. I Chauta^ua M Creek 20 The United Chautauqua present- R. River 24 ed a series of programs at the Wilkesboro 12 Wilkesboro school auditorium on Wilkesboro 29 October 29-31, and' November 1, Traphill 24 1932. The’ six programs presented Mt. View 7 were excellent and the personnel M. Creek 12 of the programs was of the high- R, River 7 est type. The play. “Smilin’^ Traphill 2 •Thru” was given on the s condiMt. View 21 night. The music rendered by. Brown-Manley on the second day i and by the Jugoslavs on the third day ioiie would have made a has been very active in the pre- chaotauqua worthwhile. year are as follows: 1. American Boy. 2. American Girl. American Magazine. Current History. Literary Digest. National Geographic. New Outlook. Popular Science. 9. Readers Digest. 10. Review of Reviews. 11. Hustler. 12. Wilkes Journal-Patriot. 1.3. Wilkes News. EDDIE MILES. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Scliedule Mt. Pleasant 4 Mt. Pleasant 5 Mt. Pleasant 4 Mt. Pleasant 13 Mt. Pleasant 3 I Mt. Pleasant 3 ! Mt. Pleasant 10 j Mt. Pleasant 11 I Mt. Pleasant 0 , .Mt. Pleasant 1 Athletics We students of Traphill High School wish to say that we surely enjoy our athletics. Our season was opened by many interesting ball games. Money was raised by a pie sup per, under the direction of Mr. C. P. Farmer and others. The citizens of the community took a great interest by buying cold drinks, ice-cream and pies. They never hesitate in helping us raise funds for athletic equipment. We Drama at Mt. Plea.sanf Mount Pleasant High School S a n, I sentation of plays since moving r^I^thweirclosed one of the best | to the new brick building. The X*otaiiqo8s ever given in WUkes-1 first year each class gave a play. ' ^ with a lecture,"Getting by I The home room teacher of each ' ToW Hoodoo.” ! srade acted> as director, has been coming to (Co»Ubb«* on page 2 this Sec.) The plays given were: Eighth Grade: (Continued on page 3 this Sec.) did not depend entirely on the citizens for aid. The students sold candy -to buy two new basket balls. Our basket ball season started with great Interest and much de termination. We are compelled to ‘say that we are ^roud of, our teams. Vfe are especially proud of our girls, who planned to bring the silver loving cup hon^e (Continued on pag^6 thi«: j^.) Schools Must Carry On (AN EDITORIAL) Much has been said and written on the depression since 1929, both of an optimistic and pessimistic nature. However, little good has been accomplished by these efforts. These are perilous times we are passing through. No one can deny it. The indecision, fear, and uncertainty becomes all the more serious since our leaders cannot agree and are more or less at a loss to tell us what is wrong. Many different theories have been formulated and expressed; many plans have been tried, in an effort to solve the complex problem confronting US' yet we still find ourselves in the economic wilderness- Probably ,we’ are waiting for a Moses to lead us into the glorious economic and social readjustment that inevitably must occur to restore prosperity and good times to O'Ur nation and the wor’d. The problem may be dis cussed from many different angles, but the one which interests us as teachers is the economic side as it affects us in our work. It is true the schools have taken their cut, but in this time of crisis, the schools may be forced to bear another cut. It'would appear to the more serious and sober-minded individuals that further reduc tion in teachers’ salaries would be a very short-sighted policy indeed, since inevitably this would drive the better type of teacher from the field. Much attention should be bestowed upon the men and women who are to teach the children. They are the ones who have the im portant work to perform, and if the instruction is fo be above the plane of mediocrity, we must maintain a relative’y high wage scale in order to attract and hold the. best brains in the profession. This is no tim? for a short-sighted policy, it is no time for economic retrench ment- If we are to be given anything, let it be “cheap bread and costly brains”—a plea which General Abram Garfield, twentieth presi dent of the United 'Staces. made in an address to the Atamni of Wil liams College in New York City, 1871. wh-n he was taking a stand to secure high-priced teachers for that institution. Yes. give ns teachers of the right type moral'y, with the proper educational and professional preparation, with the skill, tact, patience, perseverence, foresight and vision to carry on the great task brfqre them- Give ns teachers with character and the ability to stamp their impress v^n the young lives placed in their hands, for, the child is as the “yiel^ng clay in the pot ter’s hand," and after he has be'vi molded into > whatever form, he roust remain ever so. .It is a great and important work which teach ers must "perform and may pur legislators realize the necessity for vlding adequate foods to eanry on this work effective’y. ^ Qtiies may wait bi^ time ■wiatsYor ono one, and-if ^ childrieii sye.notto Boys Mt. Pleasant 19 Mt. View 18 N. Wilkesboro 21 Wilkesboro 20 ! N. Wilkesboro 27 | Mt. Pleasant 13 ' Wilkesboro 24 • won, *4; Total Standing in tour-' .M. Creek 13 M. Creek 16 M. Creek 32 M. Creek 28 M. Creek 18 M. Creek 22 M. Creek 26 Total games games lost, 3; nament, fifth. | While every one Interested would have been highly pleased to see the teams come out on | top they are nevertheless proud ; of the record that has been made.; Non-tournament Games Outside of the tournament the i girls played only one game, but ^ the boys played about a dozen.! Among those that were played j on this list were the three that | were played with a group of -Mil-1 lers Creek Alumni who are now j attending school at Boone. All of j these games went to Millers; Creek except the last which the | grads won by one point. Anoth er interesting series was that j played with the Cricket school. Out of three games, the local quint won two. Very early in the season the hoys went to Ronda, and. with part of their team on the injured list, they found them selves unable to withstand Hon da’s fast attack. In an interest ing game played at the armory, I the Wilkesboro All-stars proved I themselves too godd for the less j mature *and less experienced Mil- i lers Creek lads. \ Of particular interest to the Millers Creek fans were the two, games in- which the local quint i helped to break In two new' gymnasiums. Both Cove Creek and West Jefferson had just op ened their new gyms when they gave to Millers Creek the privi lege of trying the new floors. The West Jefferson game » was hard-fovght and Intensely Inter- Vocational Guidance The civics class of the North Wilkesboro High School is worit- ing on a project, "Earning a Liv ing” The project began with a study of why we must work and what ‘ we do when we work. This led up to a discussion of evolution of gen eral industry: a. Early methods of industry; 1. Everything produced in the homes. b. Beginning of specialization; 1. By giving all of one’s time to the study of one articb, a better article is produced with more speed. c. Organization of companies: 1. This led to the formation of companies and corporations and j specialization in industry. ^ After this discussion each pupil selected a vocation and studied it??l car'fully. The following outline was used- 1. Name of vocation. 2. Historic background- ■’*' 3. Importance of the occupation. 4. Statement of duties or tasks, (a) What are the main branches, departments, or types of work hi this occupation. 6. Condition of the work: (») Location, time, posture, speed. et& 6. Economic conditions of '’the activity; (a) Number em pay, etc.; (b) Preparation. 7. Qualifications. 8. Advantages and disadvant-'-^ ages. Teacher: Miss Wilhelmina DeLaney. % gradi'S interesting .;;j have made ■J to ignorance tmd all^ estlng thronghout. West Jeffer son won by tw»- polntsr Both teams Jpnrae)^ to Covri^^Jrael;. Off^page,! tikis See.) A Dutch Project This month the second are carrying on an Dutch project. They many free hand drawings as the outcome of their study of Holland. To arouse their interest in Ho!- land, we used pictures and souve- 2 nirs. The children were taught a ' Windmill poem in connection withi study of Holland. We read to’S them “The Dutch Twins” arid" "Ned and Nan in Holland ” The children made four drawings ,, which illustrated various phases of'ij life in Holland, namely, “A Dutch : Market,” “Holland in Winter,” “A Dutch Farm,” and “In the Coott-^ try.’' These drawings provide^ material for co-operative storik ' four or five sentencra. - Y The children were given seat work tests on their cot^^ hension and general knowledge of HoHand. ^ Throni^ this jpox^ect tha' dren were iMEpVided with tbs' ehlkV langa^ (Continood^on page 7 thhl^
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