R,'cfrd H. Thornton Libran
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FOR A BIGGER, UETTER OXFORD
VOL. I.
OXFORD, N. C, MA - CH 3. 1922
NO. 16
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
For the convenience of .hose of my
readers whose time is limited, I will
state the moral of m iiseourse at
once. It is: Don't take the other fel
low's pencil without telling him about
it. My text is from Mr. Livengood's
speech: "Don't take the other fellow'
pencil when he is not looki.ig, but say
to him, 'Give me a pencil."' This is
a very simple thing to do. Neglected,
it becomes a small fire th.', not being
fought, grows into a roariiig furnace,
beyond all control. If you take an
ordinary pencil from one fellow the
next man may walk off vith your
fountain pen. It's the s.1 me thing,
only more of it. Yet we smile and
say nothing when we see . boy take
another boy's pencil without the
knowledge of the owner. " et, should
the article be a fountain pen or some
thing more valuable, we would throw
up our hands in holy horror. The one
is only the natural outgrovth of the
other. In order to protect ourselves
we must check it in its sm.' ll begin
ning. We can only do thi )y creat
ing the right spirit among our fel
lows and we can best crtate tho
right spirit by making ourset.es serve
as good examples.
Ivey Allln, Jr.
DEBATORS, SELECTED
On Friday afternoon four repre
sentatives from each society staged
a preliminary to select four speak
er to take part in th j 'i mrigular De
bate on -March 24.,vTh contestants
'Win Chiu' t")nr-' Wl I' Vrp.l. I
..alhan Wolf, w Jvt
Roun-
tree and Ivey Allen.'
.lt"& were
k. - m
Mrs. Furman, Mr. BruurmittT and Mr
Upchurch.
a-
After careful consideration of the
arguments advanced, the judges de
cided that Kdwin Shaw, Dora Wolf,
Herbert Rountree and Freddie Brum
mitt should represent Oxford High
School in the state contest. These
speakers will have to do a great deal
of work and deserve our hearty co
operation. The very least we can do is to show
them by our support that we appre
ciate their services. This will go a
long way towards winning the debate.
We want to send our debaters to
Chapel Hill this year, so let's all sup
port this team as we do the football
and basketball players.
Kipling said the female of the spe
cies is more deadly than the male.
A recent opinion is that the female
is the more lively of the species.
Ivey Allen, Jr.
MOTHER GOOSE'S BIRTHDAY
Oxford has long since learned to
expect something good when Mrs.
Booth presents an entertainment. The
performance on Monday evening was
no exception to the rule. "Mother
Goose's Birthday" was very happily
celebrated in song and verse. The
children were exceptionally well-trained.
There were no tedious waits be
tween, scenes. In short, the perfor
mance was eminently successful. Mrs.
Booth deserves the warm thanks of
the school and the community for her
efforts to raise money to buy a vic
trola. A. G. B.
A BIG TIME
Sheppard Booth, John Stedman and
Elftot Cooper, U. N. C. class 1912, are
planning to have a jolly re-union
this week-end.
SLEET DOES CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE
This morning, Thursday, all 0-
ford is a crystal paradise. The small
est tree, the lowest bush is arrayed
with a robe of scintillating, shimmer
ing, dancing diamonds, that catches,
reflects and sends a ripple with each
intermittent ray of the sun.
This sudden descent of riches has
proven too much for some of the recip
ients. Accustomed to nothing but an
unpretentious robe of leaves and flow
ers they have given way under tiv.!
sudden descent of crystal finery. Bro
ken and torn they lie nothing but
splintered wrecks of what were once
sturdy oaks and magnificent maples.
Telephone, telegraph and light
wires are down; brought to earth by
the apparently harmless drops of
sleet, that swiftly grow into hugf
blocks of ice, the weather man's dia
monds. ADVANTAGES OF THE SMUTTY
STORY
It advertises a man's ignorance.
! It displays a lack of sense of pro
; priety.
j It indicates an undesirable state of
inner character.
! It reveals the nature of the fibre of
i the soul.
It shows that the man's better self
is not in control.
It illustrates sordidness of soul
when unrestrained.
It means meagerness of resources
nf fntorijt inmont
idee of humor. -. -Jy'.. r 'fiSsjffat jV 'tft-tc r "; -wrr- "
. It b. the poorest, sol , , ' fnm.U j
. . .
it reveais a nssure in cnaracter,
which, when widened, cracks.
It suggests the possibility of great
er defilement.
It proves a disappointment to every
right-thinking friend.
It stultifies the testimony of other
good friends.
It soils the inner life of every
hearer.
It hangs pictures in the chambers
of imagination.
It provokes men who prefer purity
in word as well as deed.
It disgusts men who dwell on the
wholesome side of life.
It nauseates men who are fightimr
for right and hate dirt.
It makes no friends, but loses
many.
It sounds the note of possible per
sonal unworthiness.
It accomplishes nothing more sure
ly than one's own undoing.
It convinces none that you are a
good man to do business with.
It dishonors parents, and wife, and
children, and friends, and land, and
country, and business, and
Technician.
God.
CAROLYN BOOTH GETS GOOD RE
PORT V C r? W cVinw;
that Carolyn Booth has made an av- ! n Purity and Praces d comb'ne
erage of 85 on her w6rk for the first j The character possessing thems d
semester. Now we understand that ; vine.
when a freshman at N. C. C. W. av- j But if a choice of these should be
erages 75, there is cause for congrat- , required,
ulation. Yes, on the whole, we are ; Bright purity is more to be desired.
proud of Carolyn!
The school has very generously en
dowed Prof. Barnhart with the title
of Doctor. We haven't inquired wheth
er it is "of Divinity" or of the First
Aid Station.
BASKETBALL
Last Tuesday night the Methodist
Junior Baraca Class played the Bap-
ist Junior Baraca Class at basket-
- ill, the Methodists winning by a
re of 22 to 15. The game was very
exciting and the outcome was doubt
"u! until the final whistle. At the
d of the first half, the score was
11 to 5 in favor of the Methodists
ut in the second half they increase! beautiful virgin forests of that won
their points to 22. Those starring derful Iain!, Utopia, I was suddenly
..'or the Baptists were T. Royster with covered by a deluge of black, sticky
.lis effective passing and F. Perkins
vith his excellent field goals. Tho.e
showing good form for the Methodists
were V. Hunt and B. Wilson, who
together made most of the Methodist.-'
noints.
The lineup was as follows:
Baptists
Tigr.or
L sry
Walters
Perkins
Methodists
Hunt
Smith
Wilson
Mitchell
Floyd
1. forward
. forward
center
1. guard
r. guard
oyster
Substitutes Baptists: Parham for
Usry. Referee: Livengood. Time:
20 minutes.
Reported by I. Jackson
GIRLS' BASKETBALL
You. who have never seen a girls'
bnsketball game, have missed "sump-
in',
You can bet your last plugged
nickel that when a crowd of the
",.vniic vn env" iriuol intf. Oftlnn. It
,s bound to be good. '
wi.hn ; J
t. i. z . ,,n o
ttgood; but, some, j un na turally .na -
...uu i-.i nn-
nn me uaiuiu uiitku
You'll pardon the informality, if I
whisper in your ear that it is gohu
to be a humming bird, also a peach o, j wUh the faathers which had
a game. As a matter-of-fact several ! t j my pitchHX)Vcre( dothes. I
peaches will take part in the fracas, j hm, gome of th(J propcnsities of a
"Tiny" Scott, of the college five, bird. So acting upon the presump
informs her friends that she intends tjon j i0fran to flap my arms like a
to "sit on" Eugenia Currin.' "Tiny" jr,). rlo my surprise I rose from tho
goes farther and says that she will not t.arth and soared into the air just a
only sit on her but will completely tne Doar bit a plug from the heel of
squash her if she even as much as niy phoe. A few minutes later I land
looks like she wanted to throw a goal. t,(i at the camp of my friends, who
To all of which the "Snickle Fritz"
replies, "Yes, she will in a piga
eye." In spite of all this apparent hostil- i
ity there has been a .fine spirit mani-
fested between the two teams. The
girls will play a game that can reflect
nothing but credit on both institu
tions; and bring nothing but com
mendation for their teams.
The patronage of the public is ear
nestly solicited. Conie, show thr
youjig ladies that you are willing to
support them (as a basketball tea-.
of course), lhe price ot acinussio.i
is school children, 15 cents, adult 3
only 25 cents. Game called promptly
at 7:45.
CHARMS
For outward graces satisfy the eye;
And such attainments form no stable
goal.
But purity attracts the passer-by
And helps to satisfy his thirsting
soul.
Herbert Rountree
AN ADVENTURE IN UTOPIA
After hearing some extracts from a
narrative of the extraordinary adven-
tures of one Baron Munchausen, I
decided to test my inventive capaci
ties in a somewhat similar fashion.
So straightway I sat me down and
this is the creation that flowed from
my pen:
As I was strolling through the
pitch. I looked up to see the source
and discovered that it came from r
huge pine under which I was stand
ing. I hastened immediately to get
out from under the tree, but not be
fore I was covered with the pitch
from head to foot. As I stepped back
I heard a rushing noise behind me,
and looking back I saw a huge wild
bear rushing at me at an alarming
rate of speed. I took my gun and
stepped back to take aim, unknow
ingly bending my gun against a tree.
I took i'.im and without noticing the
plight of my gun fired at the ap
proaching boar.
The next instant I was almost
drowned by a cloud of feathers. The
hoar stopped astounded and, looking
UP I ww a huge bird, almost feath-
'rItss. falling to the earth. By the
time I had extricated myself from
the feathers the boar was devouring
the bird with a relish that showed
IIIIU Willi a
that i0tl was 8carce 5n his Part of
the country. Seeing him thus engaged
I took it as an opportunity to escape,
J n. r - . ,
' C, .- ... -.
J erHinir
a small clearing I noticed that I seem
vorv much lio-hter than usual and
. . tjnnchod th. roum.
. , ,
were very surprised to hear my ad
venture and still more surprised at
my method of escape.
A few days later we killed the
boar, which was the largest ever kill-
ed in the country, and on one of his
teeth was found the heel of my shoe.
Frank Slaughter
AS A CHILD
When Reginald Smith was in his
grades, he didn't wash his face, he
didn't mind, he didn't do anything that
nice little boys do.
Once he stole a watermelon from
the corner grocery. The neighbors
prophesied that he would become a
professional crook.
Once he stole some apples from Ez
ra Wright. Ezra predicted that he
would die in the penitentiary.
Once h- ran away. His grandmo
ther said that he would be a hobo.
But when he became a man: .
He washed his face, he combed his
hair, he minded, for he was married,
and he did everything that nice men
do he was a preacher.
Irvine Jackson
Corrinne: "Edgar what makes your
upper lip so dirty?"
Ed Reece: (angrily) "Why, that's
my mustache!"