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VOL. I.
OXFORD, N. C.,;DFXEMBER 2, 1921
NO. 4
CAPTAIN WINSTON TAYLOR HAS
HIS SAY
Speaking for Coach Livingood's
"Wildcats," I want to say that the
team was greatly disappointed when
news came that Chapel Hill had can
celed Saturday's game. We were
"rearing" for one more chance to
show the citizens of Oxford how much
we appreciate the generous and faith
ful support they have given us finan
cially and morally. No team ever had
a finer school nor a finer town to
fight for. That's the truth. Next
year we hope to bring home "the ba
con" in the shape of the state cham
pionship. We know that we can count
on you to back us up.
Despite the fact that hard luck
camped on our trail this season, this
has been the best football year in the
history of the school. We have scor
ed a total of 65 points. Of the 48
points scored against us during the
season, 31 were made in the first
game before we had been whipped
into shape. That promises fairly
well for future success, doesn't it?
Of course we are going to have to
count on losing three of our best men,
Ernest Mitchell, Ivy Allen, and Sid
ney Taylor, but we are training some
more fellows to take their places. All
in all, our prospects look pretty good
for next year.
Now a word about the physical di
rector who has taught us to "bite
'em hard" but always to play fair.
The school board calls him "Mr. Liv
ingood." We call him "Bill," and .we
always add "He's the stuff." Bill is
just one of the boys when he comes
out on the field to play. He puts
"punch" and "pep" into his game and
he inspires us to do the same. All of
us want to make good for old Q. H.
S. and "Bill" leads the gang.
Respectfully submitted,
Winston Taylor
A VISIT FROM ALASKA
Did you know that cabbages weigh
thirty pounds in Alaska? And that
the biggest baseball game of the Alas
kan season begins at midnight and
sometimes lasts until three in the
morning? Honest now, did you?
Well, neither did we until we heard
that remarkable man and preacher,
Archbishop Fred Drane, who, in an
all too brief visit to'our school told
us about the fascinating 'land of the
mid-night sun" where he has lived
for the past seven years. With all
due respect to our text books, we
learned more about the arctic coun
try from Archbishop Drane in twen
ty minutes than we have gleaned from
our geography books in several week)
of more or less patient digging.
No wonder they want to keep
Archbishop Drane in Alaska. Why,
he is a regular fellow. He has the
friendliest grin in the world and the
trick of making folks like him the
first shot out of the box. Young I
looking, too, although he admits to
being a classmate of our eminently
dignified and highly respected fellow
townsman, Mr. Gus Graham.
HONORING MRS. GLASGOW
Mrs. R. M. Kay was hostess to a
very smart party Tuesday afternoon
honoring Mrs. A. L. Glasgow. Mrs.
Glasgow compliments Oxford by
choosing it for her home during the
fall months. Her many friends are
always sorry to lose her when she
accompanies her husband to Kentucky
for the late winter and early spring.
DE. HAYS LEADS THE WAY
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When a man like Dr. Hays say
jic- la iuuu ui us, we uil. ill must, piuuu
of ourselves. Fellow stuaents an) ""ited by one of our most thought
citizens of Oxford, we invite you tai ful and learned readers. It brings
read the following letter. It speak)! ; UP an interesting point in English
for itself and for its generous grammar; one upon which authori
thor in far more telling languagi' ties differ. Study it carefully, pull
than we can command. All together (,own your grammars, and look it
fellows, make it a big one nine rah! UP- Aftr yu have formed an opin
for Dr. Hays! We'll say he know i ion. Pass it on to us. We will be
what good citizenship means! pleased to publish it.
The Editors Some years ago the following gram
Oteen, N. C, Nov. 19, 1921 i matical "Mary Ann" was proposed,
Mr. Edwin Shaw, not as a bore, but as a real study in
Editor-in-Chief The Tattler, English, involving as it does, sound
Oxford, N. C. j detective work in the grammar.
My Dear Edwin: . In Gray.g KUgu , a Country
Congratulations. Your paper , araveyard is the famous line: "And
ine xauier, is not only a credit
to you, and to your entire staff, but
to the school and to the town. I
will go further; it is a credit to the
State.
It was very kind in you to send me
a copy, and I have asked Mrs. Dela
croix to pay you fifty cents for my
subscription. But I want to do more
than this to show my appreciation of
j 8Uch a Ed thing. I
j I especially like the signed "articled
! written by the students. It occurs t
me that ten dollars offered in prizvJ
for such articles might help the cause:!1
say five dollars for the best article,!
three for the second best and one j
dollar each for the third and founh ,
best
You would have to appoint a com
mittee to pass upon such articles.
This, however, is just a suggestion.
The point is that I want to contri
bute ten dollars to the success of the
paper, and if there is any other way
in which it can be used to better ad-
vantage, it will be satisfactory to me dies, and dolls of every price and de
to have you do so. scription will be offered for sale.
T will ho crlaH to send vou short ar- Don't miss this chance to get lovely
tides from time to time.
Wishing "The Tattler," with its
Addison, Swift and Steele, a long and
successful career, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Benj. K. Hays
CANDIDA GIVEN BEFORE LARGE
AUDIENCE
Candida, generally accepted as one"
of George Bernard Shaw's best pro
ductions, was presented by the
Shakespeare Playhouse, of New York,
to a large and appreciative audience
last Wednesday evening. This play,
given at" the new High School audi
torium, was a little late in starting
because the electrical fixtures had to
be arranged. The play was fully ap
preciated by all lovers of fine drama.
Out of the two hundred dollars door
receipts the Athletic Association re
ceived about fifty-one dollars toward
the much-needed warm showers.
The Shakesneare Plavhouse was
so well pleased with the results of
Candida, that they decided to stay ov
er another day and present Ibsen's.
A Doll's House. Although the town
as a whole did not turn out to see
this play it was an excellent perfor
mance. The Shakespeare Playhouse is
thinking of returning to Oxford next
spring. Let's all do our best to get
them back.
J. W.
r
Miss Ida Jackson, of Stovall, spent
the week-end wit'h Miss Mary Landis.
AIR OR STILLNESS
WHICH DID GRAY MEAN TO BE
THE SUBJECT OF HIS FA
MOUS SENTENCE?
The following article has been sub-
, a; the air soemn stillness holds."
Point out the subject of this sentence.
Is it "Air" or "Stillness?" One hun
dred prominent persons: authors,
scholars, and literati, were asked by
letter to give their opinion. Thirty
nine declared in favour of one of the
words, and twenty-nine in favour of
the other word. Twelve could not
decide. Gray would know, if alive,
but his address is doubtful. Examine
the sentence carefully, recall what
you have forgotten, the world is free,
and grammars are a plenty. If
there is sufficient interest, a few re-
plies from the puzzled great ones will
be published in due time,
Clericus
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METHODIST LADIES TO HAVE
BAZAAR
Tuesday, December tJ, has been set
as the date for the bazaar to be held
by the ladies of the Methodist Church
in the Lyon Memorial Building. Fan
cy work of all kinds, delectable can-
Christmas things at a moderate price.
PARTY FOR MISS FLORA
Miss Virginia Flora, the charming
house guest of Mrs. W. H. Hunt, was
the honoree at a bridge party given
by Mrs. J. C. Dairson Monday after-
noon. Quite a number of parties
have bwn piannei in Miss Flora's
honor.
WELL, ARE WET
Folks, are we appreciative?
"For what?" you ask.
Answer: Our great advantages.
Your parents and mine probably
got their elementary schooling in .n
one-room, one-teacher country school.
You and I are getting ours in an
up-to-the-minute building at th
hands of efficient teachers as the state
affords. Your father and mine
trudged over several nfiles of rough
road in good weather and bad.
You and I travel over a few
blocks of well-paved street or
make the journey to school in a com
fortable, weather-tight truck. Your
parents and mine very likely spent
the long hours of the school day or.
back-breaking benches. Yb'u and I
have scientifically constructed desks.
Folks, are we appreciative?
Madison Usry
Mrs. C. W. Bryan, Mrs. R. R. Her
ring, Linwood Bryan. d Miss Ber
nice Usry motored to Lynchburg to
spend Thanksgiving with Miss Ruth
Bryan who is a student at Randolph-Macon.
WORLD HOPES FOR PEACE
The hopes of the entire world are
centered on the Disarmament Confer
ence. Everyday the hopefulness of
those who long for a lasting, world
wide peace increases. President
Harding warned the American people
not to expect impossibilities from this
conference, but believing that we are
entitled to expect some substantial
benefits from this conference, our
hopes still center on it.
The reaction from the World War
has been a bitter disappointment thus
far. The people of the United Statts,
or at least the majority of them, were
only reconciled to engage in the
World War, in the hope and belief
that it would end war. Possibly there
was not much reason for that belief,
but it had a tremendous effect just
the same.
The second hope and belief that
animates the majority of the people,
was that immediately following the
world war, there would be a return
of world-wide prosperity. It was
argued, with some plausibility, that
the war having caused great waste,
there would naturally be a tremen
dous demand to replace these wasted
articles, and the United States hav
ing the greatest resources from
which to supply these demands, would
profit more than any other nation.
American people have been disap
pointed in both of these hopes. The
Paris peace conference was dominat
ed by the same selfish old world ma
terialism that has ruled peace con-
venting war, it seems to have brought
up many things, which will cause
bloodshed unless the situation quick
ly changes. Instead of disarming,
the nations have gone on preparing
greater armaments than ever before
and scientists have devised new and
more, horrible methods of slaughter.
With these discouraging reports
of past failure in view, is it not nat
ural that we should expect some ben
efit and new ideas from the Disarma
ment Conference, now in session at
Washington, D. C?
Bessie Faulkner
GOOD CITIZENSHIP
Our best type of citizenship is
found in the individual who has a rev
erence, for his home town and always
boosts it, who has a proper regard
for his state and its institutions; who
has the highest regard for principle,
who merits the respect of law-loving
and law-abiding people; who loves
his country's flag, and over and above
! all recognizes the God of nations, and
: believes in the doctrine that, "Right
eousness exalteth a nation, but sin
is a reproach to any people."
Bessie Faulkner
I IVEY ALLEN ENTERTAINS FOOT
i BALL TEAM
I Coach Livingood and the 'Varsity
football team announce that Ivey
Allen is "the stuff." It seems that
Ivey, assisted by his mother and sis
ter, gave one of the jolliest parties
of the season when he entertained
the famous "Wildcats" Saturday
S night. Each member of the team was
arromnanied bv his best girl, of
course. At the close of two hours
of fun, delicious "eats" were served.
Mrs. B. L. Reynolds, of Raleigh, i
visiting Mrs. C. A. Upchurch.
Mrs. George Catlett, of Raleigh,
is the guest of Miss Frances Mitchell.