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VOL. i.
OXFORD, N. C MAY 12, 1922
NO. 2.1
MB. AND MRS. WILLIS HERE
Two of the best loved people who IN EXPRESSION
ever lived in Oxford were Mr. and Miss Daisy Cooper has just finish
Mrs. Willis who came back for a short ed her work in expression at St.
visit recently. During their stay in Mary's and has been awarded a cer
town, Mr. and Mrs. Willis made Dr. tificate. Her program included the
White's home their headquarters, but presentation of a one-act play. The
they lived chiefly "on the wing." Ox- Raleigh papers were very compli-
ford is always glad to see these good
people.
GUS LAND IS OUT-JEFFREYS BOB
Congressman R. M. Jeffreys, Jr.,
of Virginia, North Carolina, and oth
er parallel points shed the sunshine
of his presence in our midst recently.
Mr. Jeffreys was, as usual, accom
pained by his entire retinue which in
cluded a valet de necktie, a valet d.
pants, and a valet de shoes.
We understand that Gus Landis
looked upon the glorious Bob with the
eye of envy. At any rate, one after
noon about six, he 'phoned home to
this effect: "Tell 'em to hitch up tho
pony and send half a dozen darkies
down here. Say that Caesar Claudius
Augustus is ready to be transported
home." t
WILL HICKS GETS EXCELLENT
REPORT
It is encouraging to get a really
good report from a former student.
The reports for April have just come
in and Will Hicks has one of the
best among them. In two subjects,
sacred studies and plane geometry,
Will has attained the rather unuxual
mark of 1fw uf. .. HI rem I nvfr
age for the month is 84. Not half
bad, Will, old thing!
WILL HICKS WINS FIRST PLACE
IN ATHLETIC CONTEST
In the annual field day events at
Woodberry Forest last week Will
Hicks, a former O. II. S. man, won
first place for the juniors in the
broad jump, the distance covered be
ing 18 ft. 11 in. In the high jump
Will won second place, making a to
tal of six points won for his side.
Hicks also won first place in the
"bread and molasses" race. This
event merits a full description: Long
rolls of bread soaked in molasses were
suspended from the cross bars of
the football goals. Nice sweet, goo-ey,
sticky molasses streamed from each
roll. All contestants were required to
strip to the waist and arrange them
selves in a line twenty yards away.
At a given signal, the men dashed to
the rolls, ate one, ran to the judges
stand, and whistled. Hands could not
be used in maneuvering the rolls. Will
says that steady practice in the mat
ter of taking nourishment of a solid
character was a great help to him in
pulling off first prize, a handsome five i
pound cake.
MISS AGNES CANNADY GIVES
RECITAL
Mr. Wade R. Brown
Dean of the School of Music
presents
Miss Agnes Lucile Cannady, pianist
in graduating recital
Saturday, May the thirteenth
North Carolina College for Women
Greensboro, N. C.
4 p. m.
ADVERTISEMENT
Will the individual who separated
me from my fountain pen cap please
come back and get the pen, too, as
one is no good without the other?
Joe Renn
i MISS DAISY COOPER GRADUATES
mentary in their comments upon her
work which is, of course, quite pleas
ing to her friends in Oxford.
.
AN INTEBRUPTED DISSEBTATION
ON THE NOBLE COW
Oh noble cow!
Thou graceful, modest, blushing hunk
of meat
I wonder how
Thy disposition came to be so sweet,
i gaze into those fair, contented,
dreamy orbs of thine
O leave a kiss
Within the trough and I'll not ask for
wine.
Dear creature, thou
Art fair as a noonday sky.
Without thee
Soda fountains would go dry.
A score of folk
Will tread thy tender skin;
Thy horns and hoofs
Will make glue, nice and thin.
Thou art a most
Obliging help! oh my!
A tree! a tree!
I've worn my red necktie.
Herbert Rountree, Jr.
OXFORD HIGH IS PROUD OF BILL
wiiwi niium limit! himseii"" in . S5"rt.. 'U,.-
the minority and still has the spunk , hr back and tail all ready aid r.nx
to stand up in meetjng right by him- for a scrap. Another cat wn
self and speak the truth as he sees pasting on the porch. He was mind
it, we say he has earned the right ln& his own business and paying no
to be called a man. attention to the gray cat. It wa
A few weeks ago, the high schools another case of hunting trouble,
of North Carolina sent boys to Dur- Be careful; to be careful means to
ham and Chapel Hill to compete for j look ahead, to see what possible haim
distinction in athletics. Most of the J can come; to think, and to keep your
schools abided by the rules of the ' eyes open. Most accidents happen be
game, but there were a few who cause fellows take too many chance-s.
through ignorance, or carelessness, or , (The cats are about to have a fight.
a desire to win at any cont, used fel- Hope it's gonna be good. I do hope j
lows who had no business in an ama- the old fussy gray cat gets his ear j
teur contest, fellows whose proper chawed. I'll watch and see.)
rating was professional or semi-pro- , I think about the most pleasing '
fessional. A great many people knew ' thing a fellow can have is a good
or suspected this condition was true, temper. Maybe that is because my '
but nobody seemed to care to be the own is a bit ragged at the edges,
man who should enter a protest. Well, (There, dowgone it, the cook just
Coach Livengood had the spunk to came along and spoiled it. Oh Gosh!
do just that thing and we're proud of they were just gonna start some
him. It wasn't pleasant but he did it. thing). Save your temper for times
His honesty and courage are going to when it's needed, and don't waste it
do a great deal to raise the moral on trifles.
tone of athletics in North Carolina.
After the publicity Livengood has
forced upon the offenders this year,
it isn't likely that there will be a next
time. We repeat we are proud of
gjjjj
MRS. FRED BYNUM HONOR
GUEST
On last Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Fred Bynum of Rockingham, a sis
ter of Mrs. Beverly Royster, Jr.,
whose charming house guest she was
for several days last week, was the j
guest of honor at a very smart bridge
with Miss Dorothy Royster as hostess,
Receiving with Miss Royster were
her mother, Mrs. B. S. Royster, Sr., ;
and her sisters, Mesdames Jack Cur-
rin and Beverly Royster, Jr. Bowls
of fragrant roses and baskets of
sweet peas in rainbow effect made
exceptionally pretty decorations. By
an interesting coincidence, Mrs. Bev-!
erly, Jr., drew her guest as partner
at head table and held her position j
' throughout the game. A dainty salad
course followed by an ice and coffee
was served.
SIDNEY CURRIN GREATLY
IMPROVED
Sidney Currin, who was the victim
of a nasty accident with a tractor
iast Week, is much improved. It look-
ed at first as if Sidney might lose
his foot. There seem no grounds foi
apprehension on that score now, how-
' ever- Curri" is a miRty fine you-.g
fellow who Iras more friends than he
knows what to do with. Everybody
is rejoicing with him that his hard
luck turned out to be no worse.
ARE YOU A TROUBLE HUNTER
Are you in trouble? Then listen!
Nobody ever slipped on a banana peel i
unless he stepped on one. That's the
secret of getting into trouble. Every-
, day you hear about somebody getting
into trouble, and you wonder how it
happened. It happened because he
hung around where trouble was. In
' other words, he just hunted troable.
There are folks who can't see a bai.R
na peel without trying to see if they
nan step on it without falling. If
' you don't want to hit your head on
' the sidewalk and see stars give the
banana peel a wide berth.
I've been watching a gray cat out
on- the porch. She's been having a
, peach of a time in the sunshine.
Just rolling over and looking as
happy a can be. Kijr'it in the i.iiddfe
. 1 V
Jack Brinkley
OXFORD BEATS LOUISBURG
With a score of 9 to 3 our "Wild
cat" nine, last Saturday triumphed
over Louisburg highs at Louisburg,
the game being the best that our
"cats" have scratched out this season.
Every man played a stellar game with
Walters batting 1000 and Easton
fielding an excellent game, yielding
four hits to the Louisburg pitcher's
seventeen. '
Oxford drew blood in the first in-
...ng and hit cDii?itently through-
out the game, not scoring more than !
two runs in any one inning. Louis- j
burg earned only one run, the other
two coming in on errors. Cooper for
Louisburg pitched a good game for
an inning or two, but had tough
going later.
R. H. E.
Oxford 9 17 5
Louisburg 3 4 4
Batteries: Royster, Floyd; Cooper.
COMES
UM .iL KK.T TO III: TAUi:i l
IIIKH SCHOOL AIDITOHHM
The Shakespea-e Contest which is
scheduled for Friday evening, May
19, will be staged in the high school
auditorium. Much interest has been
manifested in the contest this year,
more pupils registered for roles than
could be trained by those in charge.
In case you would like to refresh
your memory a little before Friday
evening, here is the program:
1. As You Like It Act III, Scene 2
and 4
Rosalind Annie Lou Williams
Celia Eugenia Currin
Orlando Thomas Royster
2. Julius Caexar Antony's funeral
oration
Edward Horner or Nathan Wolf
3. Taming of the Shrew
Katharine Annie Gray Burroughs
Petruchio Herbert Rountree
4. Macbeth
Lady Macbeth Beth Cannady
Macbeth James Webb
( 5. Romeo and Juliet Balcony scene
I Juliet Julia Brent Hicks
i Romeo Jack Brinkley
G.Richard Act I, Scene 2
Anne Dora Wolf
' Richard Edwin Shaw
7. (a) Merchant of Venice Casket
j scene
Portia Lillian Walters
Nerissa Elizabeth Bragg
) Tri il scene
PortTaElizabethHall
Nerissa Elizabeth Bragg
Shy lock Ned Baker
Bassanio James Webb
Antonio Will Millis
Gratiano Ben Medford
Salerio Clarence Burch
Duke Jack Usry
The friends and patrons
school are cordially invited
present. No admission.
of the
to be
j MTfELLL ELECTS OFFICERS
i At its weekly meeting last Friday,
j the McNeill Litorary Society elected
' the following officers:
President, Martha Cannady; Vice
i President, Tincey Mitchell; Secretary,
Madison Usry; Treasurer, Will
Mitchell; Censor, Frances Horner.
The committee was instructed to
let the contract for the erection of a
pair of handsome gate posts, at the
entrance to the High School grounds.
The gate posts will be of brick to
match the school building and will be
lighted with hundred watt bulbs.
This is one thing that has been
I needed sorely and the McNeill's are
to be congratulated for their excellent
gift to 0. H. S.
0.
HENRY SOCIETY ELECTS
OFFICERS
At the last meeting of the O. Henry
Literary Society, the following officers
for next year were elected:
Thomas Roystsr, President;
Jack
Usry, Vice-President; William Hunt,
Treasurer; Bessie Dean, Secretary;
Frank Smith, Censor,
The society song committee submit-
ted a song composed by Mrs. H. O
Furman and it was unanimously ac
cepted by the society.
Frances Jackson: "Sam, you don't
know how bad I do want your curly
hair."
Sam Carrington: "Sure you can
have it and there's a bargain that goes
with it."
SHAKESPEARE CONTEST
NEXT WEEK
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