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VOL. I.
OXFORD, N. C, FE JRUARY 24, 1922
NO. 15
VIEWPOINT
"It all depends," we often are told,
"what your point of view is." This
comes up in every debatable question,
and every question has more than one
side, or else it would not be debatable.
Too bad, isn't it, that we cannot
think of work as play? What energy
and enthusiasm we would put into
our work and how comparatively
slight would be our fatigue at the
close of the day. Have you ever
watched a small child at play cut
ting paper dolls or rolling a huge
snow-ball that required every ounce
of its physical ability? For the child,
these efforts necessitated as much
mental concentration and as great an
expenditure of muscular force as most
of us give to our daily work. Yet
he was playing. "It's all in the way
we look at life, it's all in the way we
view things," some one has said. Act
ing on this saying, if we could get
away from the idea that our duties
at home, school or in the office are
drudgery, simply because they are a
necessity, how much more initiative
and enthusiasm we would bring to
our daily tasks.
We admit then that good and bad
are mixed up in us. And we never
saw the mathematician yet whose sta
tistical ability could prove, Kuclid-ean-like,
that there are more bad
people and bad tendencies in the world
than there are good people and good
tendencies. And the fact is that since
we are merely human people and not
angels, ."bad and good are mixed up
fn it. .Dersor1 !'"' vs. T. rvf re u.
firoWoni is to encourage the good
tendencies and discourage the bad
ones.
Bessie Faulkner
MRS. RAY HAS PARTY
Mrs. C. I). Ray was hostess to a
small but delightful party on Tues
day afternoon. Two tables were ar
ranged for rook. At the end of a:i
hour's brisk playing, delicious grape
fruit cocktails were served.
Ernestine Parham
BAILEY HEROES
For a good many moons Mr. Barn
hart has been threatening to turn in
the fire alarm. Wednesday he did it.
Considering the fact that we have
had practically no practice in drill,
things went off fairly well. After
everybody was safely out of the
building, as the teachers thought,
somebody descried a frantic-looking
figure hanging out of an upstairs
window. "All the coats and hats are
safe," chirped a weak voice, "I threw
'em out the back window. Say, where
ix that fire anyway?"
And amid the delighted yelps of
the lookers on. Hero Bailey Currin
descended to take his place with the
proletariat.
A USEFUL HABIT
"I don't see how you stand it,"
said Mrs. Youngbride to her older
married friend. "It would simply break
my heart to have my husband prop up
the newspaper at the breakfast table
every morning." -
"Oh, I don't know," said the other.
"You see, it keeps the grapefruit
from spattering as far as it might
otherwise."
Eva Allen Williams spent the week
end in Durham.
Mrs. B. E. Parham and Ernestine
Parham spent Wednesday in Durham.
NERVE
I knew I would mwet her some time
today. It was impossible to avoid
it. Surely I would not lose my nerve
this time. I had a regular speech to
say to her. At least I had prepared
it as I would a speech. I had it a"i
doped what I would say to her. I
knew it by heart from beginning t-j
end. Conversation would surely !
easy now. First I would ask, "Have
you seen the latest Mary Pickford
picture?" and then "Don't you
think?"
Hut just then I heard footsteps. I
looked up and lo, and behold, it was
"she," blue eyes, blond hair, and al!"
The hall was empty of all human life
at the time save for us two. She was
coming toward me; thus it becr.me
inevitable that we should meet face
to face. As the distance between u
diminished, I began to see for the
hundredth time that she was much
prettier today than ever before.
Just now her gaze was turned to oi!
side of the hall. I did not see the
boy in the class-room door at her
left, for it is the plain unadulterated
truth that when I realized how pret
ty she really was, my heart began t
do handsprings and other acrobatic
stunts that would quickly send an ol
der person for the doctor. My com
plexion changed. I knew that I was
breaking out in fiery patches. I
gasped for breath and felt weak u
round the gills.
i. i i :r..i !,.,.,
ssnourewneuici ,wau ..u. whn everythrnsf was tjuiet, the men
suffused everything and the hflrd't weird -flop-flop? which seem
A.1.I lui nc J ..wfifc(?;lu : to'come 'from the diri-etion ot tne
had not seen irto yet and I began to J (metetYS' The .lave " were badly
prepare for the moment when our eyes friirhu.m.d . sorm? ovtn prayw, aloU(1.
would meet. I tried to look sarcastic nnav lhm, well-armed white men
and indifferent, and then when her , out t( cpm.u.ry to investj.
soft eyeslids slowly lifted I had a flas.i on,y t( fin(, that an inquisitivo
of inspiration: I opened my mouth mv, p(,ked his head and wings
p'c.d three fingers across the chasm .,irourh tht, paU, am, cou(, m.ith..r
and pretended to yawn. ivtreat nor "forward march." The
For a second the ln-autiful bhi" next morning the fresh horses were
spark in her eyes plowed bright ael hitched to the wagons and the jour
soft; gentle darts shot me throng1! ney was resumed.
and through. Finally m?n and wagons reached
Then her gaze left me and she con- Oxford. The tobacco was sold, sup-
tinued on her way, while my own feel plifs, such as flour, sugar, coffee, and
automatically carried me on mine, clothing, were lought and the home-
My breath returned, but my heart still ward trip begun after three days
acted strangely. spent in Granville's capital city. Be-
t'i i .... i ..i. cause of the better conditions of the
1 ioonvu uucit Him umiv .-
follow her; but a deathlike shyness
stopped me lest she should catch me
in the act. It was awful. I had its
usual lost my nerve before even pass
ing the time of day with her.
In a moment more she was gone!
And. yet the hall lid not seem quite
empty. There was something warm
and fragrant about it and my soul
was tremulous for she had done her
work but too well.
Jack Brinklky
iR. .1DDLET0N MAKES FIN
TALK
Rev. C. A. Upchurch certainly
merits the warm thanks of the
school for bringing Mr. Middleton
over to address us at assembly. Mr.
Middleton who is a man of command
ing personality talked on Program
P.nihlhig for Lift. He showed how
every worth-while thing in life ro
lates, itself to the home, the school, :
the church, and the state. In Ian- ,
guage remarkable for its clearness
and vigor he pointed out that we ,
can best serve these four great in- j
stitution by living up to the finest
there Is in us awl being loyal to our j
God. ' . i
IIARKETING TOBACCO IN OXFORD
SIXTY-SIX YEARS AGO
In IKoG my great-grandfather and
his brothers lived in the extreme
.-ju.h.vestern part of Person county.
The nearest tobacco market was Ox
f rd. All that fall the slaves were
I u.-y preparing the tobacco crop for
nu.iket. Because of the distance to
t!ie market (about thirty miles) they
bad prepared a big lot so as to make
the trip worth while. A week before
t!u-ie were to start, they sent four
laves with sixteen horses halfway
t Oxford, so they would be rested to
tike the place of the tired men and
horses when they arrived with the
wagons.
Finally everything was in readi
ness for beginning the journey. Even
with four horses attached to each
v. t. fion, it was hard to pull through
Lite heavy mud. Sometimes when the
iutMs balked the animals would be
,ni itched from one wagon and all
g!U Mt.uhed to the other. When the
i'rst wagon was safely through, men
a d horses returned for the second
agon. On the Wst days and over
:he best stretches of road, they were
able to make only four miles. When
"cathei a:.d roads were bad, two and
ie-half miles was the maximum.
When night came on, the men erected
i tent and built a campfire over
.hich the slaves prepared the food.
On the fifth night, they arrived at
Id Trinity church where the fresh
horses were waiting. After supper
.....
roads which had dried out consid
erably the little company made excel
lent progress and reached home four
days before they were expected. Or
dinarily the trip to market and back
required a month.
Rosa Dickerson
SENIOR CLASS ELECTS MARSHALS
On Tuesday afternoon at a callc.l
meeting, the senior class chose the
follow ing marshals : Thomas Royster.
chief (unanimous choice of the class) ;
Bailey Currin, Tincy Mitchell, Henry
Phipps, Annie Lou Williams, Martha
Cannady, Eugenia Currin, and Lillian
Walters. The following class officers
were also elected:
Historian, Margaret Davis; Testa
tor, Corinne Cannady; Statistician
Edwin Shaw; Poet, Herbert Rountrce;
Prophet, Annie Cray Burroughs.
STUDENTS FRIENDSHIP FUND
A committee of five young ladies
from Oxford College visited the High
School some days ago in the interest
of the Student Friendship Fund for
the relief of destitute students in
Europe. During the past few dayj
the students at high school have made
voluntary contributions of $.17.70 t.i
this worthy cau e.
SELECTS OFFICERS
The Junior Baraca Class of the
Methodist church held their regular
monthly meeting Monday night.
The meeting was called to order
by the President, Will Mitchell. Plans
for a basketball team antl games were
discussed and other business taken
up.
As it was time for the election of
officers the following were elected:
President, Herbert Rountrce; Vice
President, Tincey Mitchell; Secre
tary Jack Cannady; Treasurer, Will
Mitchell; Reporter, I. Jackson, and
Manager of "Stores," Joe Floyd.
After all business had been trans
acted the class adjourned.
Then refreshments were served on
t!ie "grab antl get" plan. They were
delicious to those who got any.
I. Jackson, Reporter
! JUNIOR PHILATHEAS TO GIVE
PARTY
The Junior Philathea class of the
M. E. church met Tuesday evening,
j February 21, 1922, in the Lyon Me
morial Building. The meeting was
called to order by the president. A
scripture lesson was read after which
an account of Washington's life was
read by Mattie May Lyon. Miss
Martha Parker Brinkley having visi
ted the home of Washington, gave an
excellent description of the place.
The memtars then decided to give a
benefit rook party Friday evening,
February 24, 1922, at the homt of R-
-vs. uuinMi. jilt J'luixritf, iruui
phh4 'THq 'tickets Wjtf . W n 'al
Thtirsrlayand Friday.'
Mattie May Lyon, Reporter
ATHLETICS
mii in: ami (;om win i
I.OSKS
Last Saturday Coach Livengood
carried his leather tossers to Chapel
Hill and canie back with the short end
of a 37 to 8 count. The score, how
ever, does not tell the story of the
contest. In the passing end of the
game Chapel Hill warriors were bad
ly outclassed by our Wildcats. It
was only through their phenomenal
shooting that they were enabled to pile
up their heavy score.
The Oxford boys put up a good,
clean, snappy, game and with a lit
tle better luck would have beaten
Co ich Morrison's quintet.
Encugh cf defeat, let us turn the
page!
On Wednesday the team navigated
the twelve miles to Henderson and
car.ie home with the well known slicod
breakfast strip. The final result of
the melee was Oxford 20, Henderson
1.1. Our well-loved neighbors playe 1
u good game; but were completely
bewildered by the passing and floor
; work of the Oxford boys. Every man
on the team played an exceptionally
good panic. Captain Smith and Mit
chell were all over 'the Henderson
boys, and Royster, Perkins and Wal
ters kept the crWd on their feet
' with their shooting. Then just to
prove we had more like them, Floyd
and Meadows went into the game and
i kept up the pood work.
j High hopes are entertained for
i next year's team. All of the boys will
j be back but two; and with their added
' experience should be one of the strong
' est teams in the state.