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Barks Os The Bulldogs
A Paper Dedicated to the Promotion o f a Better High School for Henderson
VOL. 2 HENDERSON. .V C. APRIL is. lftti SO. 20
The or Hr la 1 organ of the Senior Claes
•J Hefwierson Hijn School. A paper
de<fc cared to the promotion of a better
h:gh school lor Henderson.
EDITORIAL STAFF
EdltaTKn-ehlef Nick Chavasae
As.c'iant editor ... Elizabeth Pnlstoo
Sp.ir:s Toni Powell
Society Katherine Faulkner
Jokes Frieda Hayes
riijs news Mildred Poythress
Alumnae news Margaret Bunn
Miscellaneous
Elizab- ih Singleton Olive Hight
Sponsor Mlsu Maxine Taylor
WE I.OhK A FRIEND
W»s the Hen.or clans, feel thot we
have Indeed tost a friend by the death
of Professor J T Alderman We ;
hava had his yrnnddaug'hter aa a !
friend and cl r.smate during our !
eleven years in school. (
When we ftr-t started our school
career, he was our example and 1
fnnde We remember how as a re- i
waid for a good reading lesson, we 1
hail the privilege of reading for him ]
N< hing delighted us more than his I
kind wood and -mile of praise
Every year at commencement we
watched while he gave diplomas to the J
graduates. And since we have been j
in high school we have looked forward 1
t> that time when he would place in j
our hands the leward of our four |
ymrs of work and study 1 . And now that 1
time is near, we realize that we will j
receive our diplomas without Mi j
Alderman* smile of conprat ulation
r.nd this realization gives the occa- j
e'on for us an air of incompleteness
But he would not have us sad. He j
would have us look forward to the
brightest and best that life hold* for
li< beyond the gate of graduation.
• DEMOCRAT*. WOMEN. AND
PROHIBITION
It seems that tin* sex that was large
ly Instrumental in puffing the ltMh '
amendment In our constitution, will
be equally instrumental in taking said .
cmendment out of It Since the days
of Adam and Eve woman has consid
ered it one of her rikost sacred rights ,
to change her nmd when and where j
she planned Sometimes the results i
of rhis flexibility of opinions and
viewpoint have been bod and some- i
times they have been good and some- l
times they hav? been Jus* exasperat
ing. i »
We hope that ad the above will lead
to. If not explain, the fact that, at the
Jefferson Doy luncheon rally of the
nation s leading Democrats, the only
perron who mentioned prohibition was
a woman Representative Mary F
Noctan of New Jersey Representanve i
Norton made quite a siab at prohi
bition urging the abandonment of j
the prohibition bureau; and saying '
that the noble experiment" had cost
the American people T370.iV10.000 for i
enforcement alone, not counting the j
r* venue “which couM be had from a ,
.legalized tax on beers and wines; |
while the coot in murders, suicides, j
I
crime, els, cannot be estimated."
We wonder what conclusions we
i
ought to draw from this. Are wo
men going wet. or Is it just that New
Jersey is wet. or it th« country as a ;
whole turning wet. or are the men just
good enough politicians to leave the
settlement of the delicate question up
to the women? At any rate we can
»ay that ir won * be long now before
at least »ome of the questions will be
anrwered
A MATTER OF JUDGMENT
Do all Seniors realize what a big
step they are taking when they grad
uate from high school? Up until the
time one graduates from high school
one's hie is a simple thing. From the
tme we were mere infants until now
our life has been more or lei»s jHa li
ned and scheduled for its. From biitti
Until the time we were five years old
our life was practically lived for us.
Thai was a stage of bliss due to inno
cence and grand ignorance. When
we reached the age of five or six we
bad the prospect of seven years of
grammar grade work before us. Each
year after five saw an amazing in
tar trials and problem*. After that
came four years of high school educa
tion probably th« harden, moot trying
and yet in many ways the most en
joyable period of our yet young life.
Now. the time har. nearly come when
we can look back over those three
periods of our l'fe and sigh with re
lief. relied that we have successfully
pased through the problems and trials
bo far; and yet with regret. regret
that we are losing the simple plea
sures of childhood and youth.
Looking backward is all right but
1* doesn't get us anywhere. We must
-STEVENSON 8
Gloom Chaser
Every Wednesday
TEN CENTS
TO KVEKVBOnV M
Bewails Reform
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Sailing for Europe, Sinclair Lew!*,
19;; i Nobel prize winner for litera
ture, bemoaned the fact that his
old pal, Henry L. Mencken, re
cently married, is’a changed man.
“Mencken has sworn off drinking
and is in bed every night at njne,’’
said Mr. Lewis shaking his head j
sadly.
I
now look forward and decide, rather 1
hun >ee. wha 'the future holds for;
us. For it i a matter of decision. ea- ;
pecia-lly if we believe in Emmerson's j
•lootline of seif-: elia nee.
Up until no\. ioQ»i of our important
decisions have been mode for us Even
now there are some of us who will
probably still have decisions made for
us, but the most of us will have to de
cide for ourselves. And those deci
sions mean a lot. Upon them
Ivanga the future man or woman.
Should we go to eolloge or should
we not? If we don't go what shall
we do. and If we do go, what shall we
;skeJ A
Theyare the immediate problems and
-ftor their solution come other prob
lems of life. Can we meet them all
fairly and decide for the best and the |
*.igbt in every' case? This is a ques- j
lion we should all ask ourselves.
AN APPRO! RIATE SUBJECT I
The Senior Engl sh Class Is now j
studying a very appropriate subject. !
they are studying Emmerson’s "Se-llf-
Fteiiance." Seniors should have now
come to the Pk» ce where self-reliance
means a lot to them, rom now or
quite a few of us are going to have
to rely on ourselves.
It takes a man to believe that he
can make a success of anything he
rttempts. and thus meeit and admit
failure, and yet go right on believing
as he did before. Borne people say
that it takes a fool to do that, but a
fool never admit* failure, and the wise
man does recognize it.
If we fail once is that a reason w:
-die 11 fail again? No, as long as w<
liave self-r-eliance we will always see
our way clear. It is when we give up
and quit that clouds gather.
FREEDOM OF AN ICEMAN
An Oklahoma b.-eman gives the
country something to think about. By
deciding to become an Iceman he has
brought up an issue which may be of
decisive Importance in the economic
;,i ogre** of the United Stqtes.
A grie) k <jfrthe case is this:
thill man decided to become a>
iceman, he was told that he couldn’t
-since a State law made the ice busi
ness a public utility and he would
lave to obtain a state permit. Aft*
long fight, the Supreme Court of
•he L'nited States has ruled that he
has an inalienable right to he an ice
man.
The two opposing sides give reasons
or their stand. Justice Brandies or
| prewes the opinion of the minority in
! the decision by advancing a bold doc-
I trine favoring control of the compec
rition by the State and picture*! the
preoent crisis as “worse than war."
He <*ays that thrre is strong doubt as
to whether it is economically wise or
morally right, that men should be per
mitted to add to the producing faoili
;ies of an industry which is already
suffering from overcapacity. The
i majority opinion as expressed by
Justice Southerlard says that the con-
I trol under discussion does n ot protect
| against monopoly, but tends to foster
it. The aim is r.ot to encourage com
petition. hut to prevent it, not to regu
late the buoinssp, but to proelude per
sons from engaging in it.
What Is the meaning of this? Dots
the stand of Braddies herald a turn
ing point In the American govern
ment and that or.e man can put aside
th« constitution to express his own
philosophy? Doea it mean that from
new on there will be a stronger fight
between stata and private ownership?
Which stand Is right?
HENDERSON, (N. C.,) DAILY DISPATCH, MONDAY, APRIL IS, 1932
CAMPI’M MIRROR
This week cst rthoughts turn first
to a tall, slender. Monde girl who is
a member of the Senior Class. She
is very attractive, neat; and fond of
wearing sport clothes. She is hum
orous and friendly and is liked by all
the students and teachers; particu
larly the math teacher. Her affairs
with the opposite sex are somewhat
tangled, therefore wo don’t know any
thing definite &).out them Yet we
know that these will turn out all right,
because she usually comes out on the
tap of everything that she undertakes.
To ngike it clearer think of one of
the mral members who was a very
petty usher at the Senior Play.
Also there is a medium-sized girl
with dark, wavy hair and brown eyes
in the mirror this week. She is al
ways nicely drestsad; wearing spoil
clothes moat of the time. Not only is
-he nne of the most popular girls of
the Class of ‘32. but she is one of the
honor students, being considered one
of the best Science pupils. She is one
who does her best when she has some
task to perform Playing flie part of
Mrs. Jenkins in the Senior Play as
she did. she took the eye of every
one. There is no need to men* ion
her love affairs, because everyone
knows that her heart lies in Oxford.
SPORTS |
DOUBLE-PLAY
Double-play: Smith to Jones to
Brown. Such a sentence you may see
every day in any paper which carries
news. The double-play is
one of the most common of rare
th.ngs about a baseball game but there
are always two or more made in every
game of professional ball and thus its
thrill is often overlooked. A team
must be a good cne to be able to com
plete double plays consistently. Os
course there have ‘pecn successful
teams which have gone through many
games without making a single double
play. But it. is a known fact lhat one
v. ay in which you can judge the cal
ibre of an infield is by the number of
double-plays and t*he ease in which
they are mode.
It is taken for granted that any
professional team can and does make
a double and sometimes triple plays
For an infield to make two pu>louts o n
one batted ball there must be almost
perfect timing and of course the other
essentials are speed, skill, accuracy
etc. The perfect timing requires
long hours of constant practice.
Ever since Henderson high school
has had a baseball teem one of the
hardest things for that team to do
has been to complete a double-play.
All amateur teams have the same dif
ficulty because they are not suffi
cient ly trained in the necessary essen
tials of the game and thus the coach
has to direct practice in fielding, hit-
Lrg. etc . and the infield does not get
the time to practice for that perfect
timing.
Bill Hight Cittiborne Inscoe and
Edwards partcipaied in a double kill
ing In a recent game with Bethel Hill
All of these men make up part of our
rookie infield am! they have thus far
handled themselves well and give pro
mise of a great future next year. You
know of course of the now famous
double-play which these same men
pulled in a recent game!
THE THREE MONKS
We see oil—We hear *ll—Wc tell all
The (£)rimp& of the freshman class
seem to be getting together more now
than ever before, the little girl is in
home room three as are two of her ad
mirers, she has brown hair and goes
wish a toll girl who lives on Garnett
St., and also is in home room three
and has brown hair, her nick name
i* i?) and they are both weH kupwn
and liked by everyone in grades eight
and nine. Last Sunday night four
h»ys came to sec her and she was so
busy that she had to call her gtrl friend
to come and help her out. One of
the boys Ls real smell to be a fresh
man In high school has brown hair
acts funny and lives on Young Ave.,
as do two of the other boys, one who
wears glasses and has a sister in the
sophomore class and another who is
a junior. He is in home room one and
the other Young Ave.. resident is also
small <but smart), has light hair and
is in home room three, as is a red
haired sheik who is president, of his
home room and Was captain of the
room three basketball team. He lives
on Parham street and is about the
right size for a freshman. All of the
sheiks are boy scouts. The main girl
in this story used to bo interested in a
boy from Franklinlon but it seems
that stork in the old home town has
gone up for the young crowd.
(Note: TYie above was handed to
the Three Monks the latter part of
last week and htey have copied it word
for word for you because they want
you lo draw your own conclusions
from the original).
JUNIOR SENIOR BANQUET
The Juniors delightfully entertain
ed the Seniors and Faculty at a ban
quet given Friday evening, April IS.
at 7:80 o’clock. Invitations were sent
to the seniors in the form of an an
nouncement of the "Junior Racket,”
opening to be held that evening, thus
the seniors knew not what to expect.
SiamLng in the doorway of the
Country dub a rectangle of tables
could be seen placed from one aide of
the rectangle made by the tables
were two small tables. Lighted
congles down the center of the tables
gave a soft and pleasant light. Sweet
peas and other spring flowers wore
artistically arranged along the tables,
mo&king one realize that spring was
here and that the night was a true
‘‘MANY THANKS, MY LITTLE MISS!”
■P5* appro
- JsKfr ymmmSm
I'rc.-iui lit Hoov-r receives the lirst
iiutiil/ poppy in Washington from
Betty Joan Christian of Bentoa
spring night- Other flowers were
placed about the room in appropriate
spots. Jack O’Lartterns were used to
dim the lights on the ceiling and give
them an orange yellow glow.
The program carried on throughout
the evening was made up of first, a
dance of the waiters.■ given by the
waitresses selected from the sopho
more class. There were twelve girls
dressed in black and white costumes
with white aprons to give the appear
ance of real waitresses. The waitre».:e''
were Misses Ekzabeth McCormic; Sue
Kelly, Penelope Watkins. Frances
Burton, Chariot*e Wester, Sally Higtht,
Dorothy Dorsey. Fannie Smith, Emma
BurcheAte. and Helen Whitmore. Next
toast w*s given to the seniors by
Bobby Green, capable toastmaster of
the evening. George Harrison, the
senior prenlde-nt, restpenddi tto It>e
toast. Not tong after this response
music was heard from the piano play
ed by Marjorie Gerger, and Miss Bar
nes, a member of the Clark Street
Why Love Is Listed
As Di sense of Spring
By LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.
THERE IS NO use in arguing that
love Is not a form of sickness. Os
course It lx The symptoms are ano
rexia, dyspnoea, tachycardia, exoph-
thalmos. wasting,
and cerebral dis
orientation. You
will find those
word* In any
medical diction
ary. They are
well known to be
signs of disease
And when you
put them all to
gether if that
doesn't make a
dlse as e. what
does, for heaven * j
sake?
If you haven't
a medical die*
tlonnry handy,
anoi < - 'a means
Wm ■* riM^B
, i»r. Clendening
of appetite, dyspnoeta means the
breath comes In short gasps, tachy
cardia means the heart pounds rapid
ly and heavily, exophthalmos means
staring eyes fixed on vacancy, and
cerebral disorientation means a total
lack of appreciation of the realities of
life —a disregard of the meaning of
rent, of the cost of food, clothes and
baby carnages
While the disease doee not occur
exclusively tn the spring, its severest
ravages are observed at that time. It
Is then that It is most likely to strike
down the flower of the land—the
young, the strong, the beautiful.
The cause of the at'fi ctie* differs
In different cases,» As a rule the
cause Is a mystery to ths outsider
but seen)* to be perfectly plain to
the victim. The germ theory of lts
origin lias had to be discarded.
The most plausible theory of the
cause Is that the disease Is due to a
rhemlrol chansre—that the brain en-
Martial Law in Chile
r' ■ W'“” !
M
- Sfca -
(’resident Mon taro %
Following the sudden and dra
stic resignation of the Chilean
cabinet as the climajc in a na
tional financial climax, Juan Este
ban Montero, above, president of
Chile, declared martial law
throughout the republic for a pe
riod of CO days. The decision was
the outcome of the discovery of a
new plot aiming to overthrow tha
president coincident with a run
,*? the Central bank in Santiago
Harbor, Mich. She is being helfl
j by Darolri D. DeCoe, commander
I of th* Veterans of Foreign Wars.
school faculty, tapped out to the cen
to of the room where she entertained
u.th a very singular tap dance. She
was die*vsed in overalls and carried a
Llg .straw hal on her back.
The applause proved to her the en
joyment she gave to all. John Sus
tare having been introduced after- this,
gave a toast to the faculty, to wtiich
Mr. Cobb responded. The student*
were ihen overjoyed to see Miss Lily
Kyle, math teacher l n the high school,
tome to the center to give a reading,
“Hew It Happened.” She is well
known for her reading ability. At
this time Evelyn Garrett presented,
in behalf of the Juniors, to Mtee
Emma Rose Bryant, the Junior Spon
sor, a lovely bracelet. Edwin Watkins
followed this with the presentation of
a gft to George Harrison, Senior
president through respect and love of
him and the seniors. A small fooU
ball. Mias Barnes came back again.
This time with Mias Betsy Cooper,
and together they presented “Lo Pa-
tfrely dissolves and becomes gaseous
and permeatea all the tissue* of the
body.
White no age Is exsmpt tt Is moat
likely to affl ct ths young. But when
it fastens Itself upon an Individual
over forty. He severest Torms of the
disease may be studied. The victim
sits with a fatuous smile while hr*
children, grandchildren, business as
sociates arid lifelong friends, argue
with him by the hour.
As to sex. It is notabVe that women
have s natural immunity and the
disease seldom affects one of them in
the aggravated or pernicious variety.
The latest psychological theory of
the nature of love is that advanced
hy the current hot shot among the
psychologists. Robert Briffault. He
saya that it Is a reversed nutritional
urge. Just like the appetite for food,
except tho victim wants not to eat,
but to be eaten. He points as proof
to the female spider who tn the act
of love eats the male spider. So that
peruliar look on the face of the young
man next door Is just a yearning to
'be made Into a fricassee or a pousse
case. These modern psychologists
say the darndest things
The disease ordinarily does not
yield to padiative measures of treat
men. Persuasion Is simply a waste
jof time. The only permanent cur*
! known Is marriage. Os course, thal
i is like saying to a person with in
digestion. “The only tiling Is for you
to (to under the knife.” It Is drastic,
but it ls Anal. Permanent cures have
also been reported by having the vie
i tim play three rubber* >o('t»rbdris with
1 1 the object of his deriflpri<?Mjfr'e Jjv*
1 light, fadei during 1 she first rtiW>eg|
i flickers during fire second, and goes
i out during the third.
Tax Listing Notice
The Tax List Takers have been appointed by the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners and are now progressing with the work of list
ing Real and Personal property throughout the county. You are
urged to attend to this very important matter during the month of
APRIL.
The law does not excuse ignorance or neglect, therefore you are
cautioned to do your duty and avoid penalties which are set for>?
in the laws of North Carolina.
To avoid having to wait, I suggest that you give immediate atten
tion to this notice by listing now.
G. W. Adams
Tax Supervisor,
Vance County, N. C.
toma” a Spanish dance. Mine Barnes
as the boy, and MBs Cooper as the
girl. The singing of “Alms Mater”
concluded the program presented dur
ing the banquet. At the and of the
banquet the tables were removed and
the errehextra fmm Wake Forest then
took up the entertainment. Dancing
was enpoyed r*y ail; the leap year idea
was bain gvaitA.-*! nit.
*l%m mer.u, prepared and served by
the Parent-T<*acher Amorist ton. was
as follows:
FT,; * Cocktail j
Mo rsch.no
R-'rt PricUen With Dressing
Tiny New Potatoes in Butter Sauce
RSce and Garden Peas
Celery, OUves, Pick ton
Hot Biscuits
Frozen Alligator Pear Salad
French Drearing
Ir Cream aid Cakes
Coffee.
SOTI F T Y
Katherine Faulkner, Editor
CHAPEL PROGRAM
The Sophomores and Freshmen at
i ended oho pel Tuesday morning to
hear Mr. Ems «u* address of the
year. Mr. Elks chose as his subject
the parable of the loaves and fiahes.
He expounded tne parable more from
the standpoint of Christs generosity
than as a miracle. He showed how
the spirit of generosily had been
lurnded down through the ages a beau
tiful illustration of how the knights
of old dlstjlhuited gold to the rabble at
tournaments. The npxt picture he
presented to us was concerning a
miser who loved his gold so that he
wished to take it with him when he
passed on. A kind friend told him
that if he took the money with him
i' would probably melt as the climate
is so hot. Many other beautiful il
lustrations were mad« of God’s great
and generous gifts to us all, of every
thing that ls worth while. Forceably
reminding us that we are too prone to
hoard our gifts and talents which
should be used for the good of man
kind, he closed with a prayer.
CHAPEL PROGRAM
On Friday morning, the Juniors and
the Sophomores were entertained by
the students from Miss Kyle’s home
room. Francis Marlin read the Scrip
ture and led in the Lord’s Prayer. The
first number was a poem. “Wet Weath
er Talk.” by Jnmes Whitcomb Riley,
it. was recited by Edna Goodrich.
Immediately after this number, a
chorus, composed of William Green
Edna Goodrich, Brummitt,
Dorsey Tillotaon. Erakine Clements
Netile Hicks, Dorothy Thompson and
G. W. Knott sang “Singing In the
Rain.” The chorus wore raincoats
and galoshes. The third number
was a skit, “hrec Degrees in Life.”
The degrees represented were: age
ten. W. C. Stainbeck and Edna Hob
good; age twenty, Evelyn Burgess and
Flton Holmes; age thirty. Lenard
Eason and Margaret Davis. The final
number was a fashion show, featur
ing styles for each hour of the day.
The pianist, Marie Capps, played se
lections fitting each type. The an
nouncer of the models was Dorothy
Thompson, who iniroduced each one
by an originnl verse written by Miss
Kyle. The models were Althea Perry.
Pauline Pope, Lucy King. Edna Good
rich. Louise Rideout, and Edith Evans.
RECITATION-DECLAMATION
CONTEST
On Thursday night, April 14. the
preliminaries of the Recitation-Decla
mation Content were held at Central
school. The girls competing were
Virginia Rogers. Nancy Parham, Mar
garet Hannon. Juanita Heater, Ruth
Finch. Catherine Nekon and Penetope
WoPkloa. AH of the recitationa were
well rendered, but since only five
could be accepted, the judges decided
that Ruth Finch and Catherine Nelson
should be eliminated. We want to
congratulate these two girls for their
efforts and tell them to try again
There were not enough boys to call for
a .preliminary, hc t he. <u>rppetition for
thd be the same.
The bovs’afp Irf-i'Hert Crawford. James
Mills, Blden Dupriert, and Richard
Norval, TOe final conte-g is to be
on Friday night, April 22.
The judges Thursday n gj.t
Mlaa Dorier from Zeb Vance, m
Joyner from Middleburg. and
Mead era from Dabney-all of thf m
JSVflrti teachers in the high schocl
each price.
A TREAT FOR THE DENIORA
Seniors, there is a treat in atoi-p
for you. As th« time draws near for
the graduation exerciser, everything
myoleriQUs that goes on. we think
concerns us. But this time we are
going to have ar. unusual treat, ad
the Seniors received invitation* tttt*
morning with the following stanza
written on It:
“Nqw come, ye merry seniors,
Come with us away.
We'll leave our book* and papers
FV>r a happy holiday.
l
On the twenty-fust of April—
A Thursday that is, you know -
At five o'clock we’ll meet you
And a jaunting w f will go.
At Henderson Hi we’ll gree^^ou.
AH ready for fun and play.
Our cares we'll leave behind us
A'nd then tire fields away!”
—Faculty.
Aren’t you all thrilled and excited'*
We think Lhat we have the sweeter,
and mos-t generous faculty of any
school we know. Faculty, we appre
ciate it ‘JjuM lots.”
GI.EE CLUB WINK IN CONTEST
The Glee Club spent the day in Ra
leigh Friday to enter the annual
“Music In The Schools” contest. Thu
high school Is rated a ”B” School.
This means that the enrollment is be
tween two hundred and five hundred
therefore ,ehe has not had a competitor
before. This year, however. Smith
field entered the contest. Henderson,
in the opinion of the judges, sang bet
ter than Smith field did and thus won
the right lo enter the state elimina
tion contest to be hekl in Greensboro
on April 29. Class C School, those
below the hundred enrollment also
competed. In this group Louisburg
Girl’s Glee Club won the right to go
to Greensboro. This section of the
rix county district certainly carried
off the honors.
The following parents furnished
cars and the club wiehes to express Hr.
thanks to them- Mrs. J. F. Mil’
Mrs. A1 Wester; Mrs. J. N. Pittman
Mrs. H. M. Leckie; Mrs. C. C. Shaw
and Rev. R. A. Whitten.
Jafsie Tries Again
!
'
Dr. John F. Condon, famous
“Jafsie” of the Lindberjrh kidnap
ing case who previously got in
touch with the baby-stealers and
paid over $50,000 ransom, is shown
with the identical bag in which he
carried the money as he boarded a
train to keep what was reported to
be another rendezvous with the
kidnapers. Despite the abductors’
failure to return the baby, Dr.
Condon is confident that nis ef
fort* will hear fruit.