ALABAMA SCHOOL JOURNAL Y

February, 19x25 -No. 6 ALABAMA SCHOOL JOURNAL IS

B I R M I N G H A M ' S H I G H S C H O O L S

Following the bond election of last May, in which the people of Birming­ham voted $3,500,000 for their public schools, plans of the Phillips and Wood­lawn high schools have been revised, the contracts let and work started on the new additions. Architects have also been selected and plans are nearing com­pletion for the new addition of the Ens­ley High School. Messrs. Wm. B. Itt-ner and D. O. Whilldin are the associ­ated architects for the Phillips and Ens­ley high schools and Messrs. Wm. B. Ittner and H. B. Wheelock are associate architects for the Woodlawn High School.

Phillips High School This school, which serves the central

ection of the city (nearly 50 per cent f the entire city), is now housed in the 'rst unit and in the old Paul Hayne tilding on the southside. The total en-llment at present is 2 705, about double lat in 1910-11. Contract was let for e new addition on September 19th and irk begun on September 29th, 1924. The contracts let for this addition aount to $408,587, which do not in-

WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM

elude equipment or architect's fees, which are estimated to cost $69,414 and $20,665, respectively. The completed building will acommodate 3000 pupils, or at present the pupils from both the first unit of Phillips High and from the Paul Hayne section.

The new addition will contain the fol­lowing rooms: 22 classrooms, 2 study rooms and 2 large study halls, biology laboratory, 2 general science rooms, typewriting room and commercial rooms, art room, 2 mechanical drawing rooms, music and lecture room, 4 music prac­tice and 2 auditorium practice rooms, auto and sheet metal, machine, print, electric, forge and moulding shops, prep­aration and lumber storage, turning and pattern shop, and woodworking shops and locker and wash rooms, boys' gym­nasium, lunch room and kitchen, arm­ory, 2 student activity rooms, boys' locker room, 2 girls' locker rooms, and 4 instructors' rooms.

The following changes will be made in the present building: One classroom will become a general science room, two classrooms will become physics science

rooms, a physics laboratory will become chemistry science room, and the two students activities rooms will become class rooms.

Woodlawn High School This school serves the entire eastern

section of the city and has an enrollment at present of 1278. The school was opened in the second semester of the school year 1921-22 with an enrollment of 938 pupils. The present unit of the building has a capacity of 901. The contract was let for the erection of the new unit on September 19th and work was begun on October 6th.

The contracts let for the Woodlawn High School addition amount to $383,-007.75 not including equipment or archi­tect's fees, which will cost about $72,288 and $922, respectively. The completed building will accommodate 1800 pupils.

The new addition will contain the fol­lowing rooms: 21 classrooms, 3 study rooms, lecture room, sewing room, fitting room, chemistry laboratory and lecture room, 2 general science rooms, mechar' cal drawing room, freehand drawing f art room, auto-mechanics, print

i and wood turning shops, 3 shop ,ge rooms and 2 locker and wash

ns, auditorium, stage and balcony, nnasium with folding doors to sep-

ate from stage and to divide into 2 ,mall gymnasiums, lunch room and

kitchen, 3 girls' locker rooms, 3 boys' locker rooms, 2 girls' shower and dress­ing rooms, boys' shower room, boys' rest room, girls' rest room, 3 girls' toilets, 3 boys' toilets, 2 teachers' rooms, janitor's room, kitchen helper's room, waiting room and clinic, 3 store rooms, boiler room, coal storage room and fan rooms.

The following changes will be made in the present building on ground floor: The study rooms in central section will become classrooms and bookkeeping room; 2 classrooms will become book­keeping room; typewriting room will be-:ome stenography room; bookkeeping oom will become typewriting room; on rst floor: 2 classrooms will become 2 udy rooms; science laboratory will he­me physics laboratory; on second or: physics laboratory will be used for eral science and the ladies' rest room become teachers' room, and mechan-drawing rooms will become rooms ibrarian and conference.

Ensley High School This school serves the entire western

section of the city: Ensley, Wylam, Pratt City, Fairview, Central Park, Ens­ley Highlands, Shadyside and Owenton. It has a present enrollment of 1429 as compared with 246 in 1910-11. The present building was erected in 1910. The new unit construction which will soon be started will increase the capaci­ty of the present building to 1800 when completed. It will be of fire-resistive construction, 3-story brick, stone and concrete. \

The new addition as proposed will contain the following rooms, 19 class­rooms, 4 study rooms, 4 science rooms, shorthand room, bookkeeping room, freehand drawing room, mechanical drawing room,- music room, auditorium and stage enlarged, R. O. T. C. armory, 3 woodworking shops, print shop, auto-mechanics shop, electrical shop, 2 gym­nasiums, cooking room, kitchen, 2 in­structors' rooms, rest room, 5 store rooms, 2 locker and shower rooms, jani­tor's room, boiler and coal storage room.

The following changes are proposed in the present building: The classroom at left of entrance to be used for clinic; vocational drawing room to be used for sewing room; the small dressing room,

Lmechanical drawing room, classroom,

JOHN HERBERT PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM

armory, machine shop and boiler room in central section to become the lunch room and kitchen; the lunch room to become 3 classrooms, girls' toilets and rest room; woodshop and turning shop to become sewing, fitting and small din­ing room; 2 classrooms on second floor at front of building to become 2 study rooms; 3 classrooms on third floor to become 2 physics and biology labora­tories and science lecture room; chem­istry room becomes physics laboratory; 2 typewriting rooms become 2 book­keeping rooms.

Negro Industrial High School This school was first organized in

1899 in one room of the Cameron School

on the southside with an enrollment of 18 pupils. It became a four-year high school in September, 1902. In 1910 it was moved to the Lane Auditorium on Eighth Avenue. The enrollment in 1910-11 was 201. Courses in cooking, sewing and manual training were added at this time. In 1915 it moved to the site at 8th Avenue and 9th Street, where additions were made to the existing church building, 2 story building and 14 cottages in 1919 and 1922. The maximum enrollment of 1302 was reached in 1923-24.

The first unit of new Industrial High School just completed and opened in September, 1924, was made possible by

ENSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM

WOODLAWN HIGH STADIUM WILL SEAT 4,200 AND CONTAIN CLASSROOMS, OTHER FEATURES

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Views of the Woodlawn High School Stadium to be erected on a site adjoining'the school, '("he fflans were approved by the Board of Education at a recent meeting and construction will begin shortly, it was said. The design and drawings were made by Vernon J . Douglas, supervisor of manual arts in the public schools, assisted by students of Woodlawn High mechanical drawing department. Sketches show the stadium as it wil l appear from the high school side, and from, the football field. It wil l have a seating capacity of 4,200, and will be 345 feet in length, and two stories high. It wil l contain eight class rooms, a small auditorium, R. O. T . C. armory, and shower bath and locker rooms for the football teams. These will be situated' at each end of the stadium. The building will be erected under the supervision of D. E. Mc­Kinley, business manager for the Board of Education, according to present plans. The stadium was made possible by the agreement of Erskine Ramsay, president of the Board of Education, to match dollar for dollar the amount raised by people of Woodlawn, and the board offered to match this double sum. In this way $50,000 is available.

WOODLAWN STADIUM TO BE DEDICATED NOV. 30

Game Wi th Phi l l ips Will Open New Play ing Fie ld

The first football s a m e to be played in the Woodlawn High school stadium, will be between Woodlawn and Phill ips No. 30. T h e game originally was sched­uled for Legion field.

A dedication program to be held jus t before the game is be­ing worked out by Principal N. B. Hendr ix . Ersk ine Ramsay, presi­dent of the board of educat ion and donor of the s tadium, Will be honored .

The eight classrooms built in t he s tadium are now completed a n d classes will move in Monday.

The Woodawn s tadium cam­paign was begun in 1927 under the leadership of W. M. Kelly, head of. the history depar tment and faculty athlet ic sponsor. A cit izens ' committee headed by Dr. J . H. Collins raised $12,500 from benefit en te r t a inment s and gifts and Mr. Ramsay contr ibuted $25,-000. The board of education con­t r ibuted the remainder .

W6odlawn High school boys graded and sodded the ground under the leadership of Vernon Douglass, supervisor of manua l t ra in ing in the city schools.

The stadium has a seat ing ca­pacity of 4,300.

WOODLAWN STADIUM^

\ //-7-J7 3& Football Contest With Phillips Will Be

Feature Of School's Formal Program Woodlawn High School's a th le t ic s tadium will be dedicated Nov.

30 wi th the Woodlawn and Phil l ips High School football game and other exercises, Principal N. B. Hendr ix announced Thursday .

The Phillips - Woodlawn contest was scheduled for the Municipal Stadium. The Birmingham Park and Recreation Board consented to can­cellation. • Dedication exercises will begin a t 2 p.m. A program is now being worked out by Hendrix. The game will be­gin a t 2:30.

The stadium is virtually completed. Although the Woodlawn-Phill ips game will be the first contest on the field, the space under the grandstand, which has been arranged for class­rooms, will be occupied In advance of the same. It Is hoped to move the classes which have been occupying temporary quar ters into the new rooms Monday.

The stadium is the idea of W. M. "Red" Kelly, athletic director, who broached the plan in 1927. In 1928, after considerable discussion In Woodlawn, a citizens' committee was formed with Dr. J. A. Collins chair­man. Through this committee $12.-500 was raised from Woodlawn citi­zens for the stadium. A like amount was given by the City Board of Edu­cation and Erskine Ramsay donated $25,000, making the cost of the sta-

lum, exclusive of the grounds, $50,-00. . W

$25

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TO BEDEDICATED Football Game, Addresses By

Jones, Ramsay And Pageant

Will Be The Features

Students of Woodlawn High School and Birmingham public, school offi­cials will be joined by members of the City Commission and citizens of the community a t the dedication of Woodlawn High School Stadium, the first stadium constructed in con­nection with a city school. Exercises are to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the school auditorium.

A football game between Phillips and Woodlawn High Schools will follow. Students of Phillips High and C. J. Going, principal of the school, will participate- in the dedication exercises. Jus t preceding the game Phillips High will present two flags for the s tandards a t the stadium. These will be raised while the Phil­lips and Woodlawn bands play "The Star Spangled Banner."

Principal To Preside N. B. Hendrix, principal of Wood­

lawn High, will preside a t the dedi­cation exercises, and the Rev. Frank MacDonald, pastor of the Woodlawn Baptist Church, will ask the invoca­tion. Dr. J. A. Collins, chairman of the citizens committee which raised part of the stadium fund, will rep­resent the community. Mrs. E. P. Triplett, president of the school's Parent -Teacher Association, and Mrs. G. C. Ellis, chairman of the associa­tion's stadium committee, will speak on behalf of the organization.

Erskine Ramsay, president of the Birmingham Board of Education, whose gift of $25,000 initiated the stadium movement, is on the pro­gram, as is Commission President Jones. Dr. C. B. Glenn, superintend­ent of city schools, will present Dr. C. A. Brown, associate superintend­ent, and J. C. Going, principal of Phillips High.

Pageant To Close Exercises The exercises will close with a

pageant by students and alumni of the high school, depicting the history and development of the stadium. Fol­lowing this, the assembly will ad­journ to the stadium, where Capt. Cooper, of Phillips High School team, will present the two flags on behalf of his team.

The stadium provides classroom facilities as well as an athletic field. Rooms under the seats have been arranged for classrooms, which are already in use. This has materially relieved the congestion tha t existed at the school, Mr. Hendrix said.

Plan Token Of Appreciation A token of appreciation for the

work of N. B. Hendrix, principal of the Woodlawn High School, and of i ts faculty for obtaining the stadium will be erected by tho school Pa r ­ent-Teacher Association. A resolu­tion adopted by the association to this effect was approved a t a meet­ing of the Board of Education Fr i ­day.

Text Of Resolution The resolution reads as follows:

"In recognition of the meri t of erect­ing the first high school stadium of i ts kind in the South; in realization of the enormous task placed upon the principal of our school; in apprecia­tion of his tireless efforts, the care­ful supervision, and of the sincere in­terest in our community shown by him and bis teachers, he is resolved tha t the Board of Education grant us the privilege of placing an ap­propriate token of appreciation with­in the school grounds to the honor of Mr. Hendrix and the faculty tha t we may further the spirit of loyalty and love we feel toward the principal and faculty of the school."

The resolutions were signed by/ Mrs. G. C. Ellis, Mrs. W. D. Bishor/' Mrs. E. P. Tri t let t and. Mrs. P . tf* McGlathery. '

Newjp, DEC ^ 3 ,

T h e Schoolrooms WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL

A beauty contest is being spon­sored at, Woodlawn High School by the staff of the Woodlog, high school year book. Each club has been in­vited to choose a. representative in the contest. The entire student body will vote on the candidates to deter­mine the winner.

Club representatives have been named as follows: Spanish, Alic.3 Hazelgrove; Vestalian, Elizabeth Hor ton; Althean, Alice Milsteud; Lee, Virginia McKenzie: Home Eco­nomics, J immie D. Pog-je: Girl Re­serves, Louise Liles; Hi-Y, Ann Gra­ham; Science Club, Imogene Martin; French Club, lone Knight.

Four scenes from .Dickens' "Christ­mas Carol" were presented by the .Vlthean Club In the school audi to­rium Friday afternoon. Special mu­sic was furnished by pupils of Miss Claud Dowling.

The cast was composed of Winston Sillimon, a s Scrooge; Bob Bennett, Scrooge's nephew; Marvin Bene-field, Cratchit ; James Mackle, Christmas spirit; Myrna Reeves, Sue; Edgar Tucker, Sam; Tom Garner, Peter ; Margaret Sipley, Mrs. Cra tch­it; James Nunnally, Tiny Tim; Oc-tavia Sadler, Belinda; Elnora Gam-

mage, Scrooge's niece, and ' Archie Freeman, a messenger.

An inter- lub oratorical contest win be held in the school auditorium Jan. 3. Representat ives of the clubs which will compete include the fol­lowing: Althean, Eloise McLaurine and Elnora Gammage; Athenian. Dorothy DeArman; Vestalian, Marga- j ret B. Taylor and Martha Parsons ; Woodrow Wilson, James Pelham and Floyd Meshad; Senior Girl Reserves, Doris Session and Dorothv McGlath-ery; Blue Triangle. Wilburta Kerr and Mary Allison Busby; Science. Dorothy Caverno and Roger Fletch­er; Hi-Y. Joe Luckie and Bob King; History, Tom Garner and Alfred Biv ins; Home Economics, Evelyn Sud-deth and Edi th Massey; Patrician, J. V. S tuar t and Wilma Clupper; Spanish, Alice Hazelgrove; Lee, Malcolm McRea- and Holcomb Gam-bill.

MARTIN Pupils of Martin School expe­

rienced a real thrill Fr iday afternoon when Big Chief Red Fox, of the Sioux tribe of Indians, spoke in the school auditorium. The big chief was bedecked in the war ragalia, reminis­cent of the pioneer days.

WOODLAWN STUDENTS ISSUE ANNUAL AGAIN

Yearbook Is Printed For First Time

Jn Three Years r Pt^dt "The Woodlog," yearbook of

Woodlawn High School, was to come from the press today, for the first issue in three years.

Billie Belle Smith leads the beauty section as queen with Julia Mae Stacey and Sarah Hoover as maids.

Dan Murmane is editor-in-chief of the book, dedicated to M; P. Gray, faculty advisor of publica­tions.

Woodlawn Honor Students Act As Marshals And Make Success Of Preventing Disorder

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The most important factor in s tudent government at Woodlawn High School is the marshal force. The work of She marshals is preventive and *is designed to keep order in the lunchroom, halls and locker rooms. Shown above are the three officers of the group, Qaynelle Summe' , , f t . s tudent council representat ive; Owen Keith, head marshal , and Vir secretary.

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•; of the highest honors that s bestowed upon a student ;ii

Woodlawn High School is to be .selected as a member of the mar­shal force, a part of the executive department of the student govern­ment.

Marshals are elected from session room and are selected from students of good reputation who are passing in not less than three ma­jor subjects. The officers include a head marshal, a secretary, a coun­cil representative and a captain tor each period. Miss Elizabeth Stead-ham serves as faculty adviser.

The work of the marshals is aimed at preventing disorder, ra ther than stopping it. Eight marshals are a s ­signed to each floor of the school building for each period. Their duty is to keep the halls clear, to pre­vent running, loitering in the lava­tories, a t fountains and in the locker rooms; that smoking is not done in the building, the stadium or on the grounds; that gambling and profane language are prohibited and that halls are kept clean.

A second group has charge of the lunchroom, where they help t o . p r e -

, serve order by preventing scuffling, running, leaving trays, or any other act of discourtesy.

A marshal has an excellent op­portunity to develop leadership and to make himself known to his fel­low students. The majority of the National Honor Society members have served a s marshals, N. B. Hen-drlx, principal, explained.

ffinWARDED FOR WOODLAWN High School Wins Ramsay

Cup For Year The Erskine Ramsay cup for

sportsmanship in city•Wgh. « h o £ for 1931-32 was awarded t p W o o a -lawn high school at graduation ex-

on the athletic fields, in the rootin, sections and on the school ground, said Hill Ferguson, member of tn judging committee, who award* the cup. Other members of the committee were Dr. Henry M. Ed­monds and George Fertig.

e e ^ l f a X ^ a l l d S s V l r s S n e S W Present of the city board of education.

Wednesday is graduation day a t Fnslev high school where 138 stu dents w m g e t their diplomas^ At^8 P ' m ' & f a ^ d r e s f a fnW thems"udent :

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S a I ^ t f s t e e r H e r ^ ^ S c a X e 0 H o r t o n , H e s s a ? i i s t , will read t h e e ass essay, "Book W » c » a Amy Elizabeth Thomas will. -peak bn "The Science of Success^ JM raine^ Tingle will sing a solo, The

At' class day exercises, 10 a.m. At ciass u<xy c i ingman

the address to the sen™-

pianist, and Dora A l i c e ' - ^ ' w h ist did their stunts. And tne nigi school orchestra rounded off the urogram at both ends.

At Phillips' final prjg.'am Tnurs-

exercises at Industrial^high school.

185 GRADUATE AT WOODLAWN HIGH

Lofty Purpose And Firm Resolve Are Urged By

^ ^labaugh In Talk

"Let some high purpose fill your hear ts and some firm resolve your Stful," graduates of Wocdlawn High School were urged in an address by Sam Clabaugh at graduation exer-., cises Tuesday night. One hundred eighty-five seniors, the largest num­ber in the history of the school, were awarded diplomas by Dr. C. B. Glenn, superintendent of Birmingham schools.

Woodlawn High pupils and faculty together with all Birmingham schools, were complimented by Erskine Ram­say, president of the Board of Edu­cation. Work being done at local schools is not surpassed in any city of the country, Mr. Ramsay said.

In reporting- on financial condi­tions, he announced that the schools had operated within their budget this . year, leaving substantially the same amount of surplus as last year.

Unless the one and one-half mills j tax is revot.ed by citizens of Kir- j niingham it will expire in geptembe', 1S34, making it impossible for t IT - ; schools to operate for a full-lengt term, Mr. Ramsay said.

The president of the board com/ plimented the teaching and adminis trat ive staff of (he public schools. Referring to economies, he said t h a t , surveys of expenditures had been made and the work of teachers who had resigned taken over by other members of the staff. He praised the teachers for assuming these added duties under present conditions. ,,

In line with economy plans, no expenditures have been made for school buildings except in a few cases where additions were necessary. | Mr. Ramsay said. In view of the , cheapness of construction work and | the aid it would furnish for the un­employed, it would be good if the | building program could continue, lie said Suggestion that funds be bor- , rowed from R. F. C. for this build- j ing work would be carefully consid- ; ered, he said.

Making a plea for the students to lake stock of themselves rather than depend entirely upon advloe from others, Mr. Clabaugh in his address urged upon the seniors the signifi­cance of their graduation.

Turning to the world into which they are entering, he referred to tns slump of the last four years, addinj that it had become a platitude that the depression was not without its compensations. Declaring that the depression "has given us a clearer vision of the things of t rue worth, the speaker added that the graduates who, he said, would have to face sub­sequent slumps in their lives, will be better prepared to deal with them for having c o W in contact with a de­pression early in life.

Choice of a calling need not en­gage their immediate attention, the speaker told the graduates, saying that many factors, some of which they do not, control, would enter into the final decision.

He warned graduates that a col­lege education may be an aid or a handicap and that the lack of such an education would stand in the same r 6 H e "complimented the Birmingham public schools, saying that their de­velopment was a tr ibute to . two men, John Herbert Phillips and Charles B.

° Noble B. Hendrix, principal of Woodlawn High, was »« < * " * • " the pogram. The Rev jlfc M ; . L w trip, pastor of Avondale Methodist Church, gave the invocation and ben­ediction The orchestra. led by George E. Bacon, played several num­bers. A chorus ensemble Bang, led by John A. Light, and with M i * Claude Dowling as ar.coml-u.us . A clarinet quartet, composed of Ha t t« Bragg, Jack Olvera, Ten ^ r g a s o n , and Rae Allen, played. Dr. C. A. Brown, associate superintendent of city schools, presented the B^adu ales to Dr. Glenn for awarding of diplomas.

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Carpe Diem

Published by the Students of Woodlawn High School

SCHOOL COLORS

Gold and White

V O L X V (Woodlawn) B I R M I N G H A M , ALABAMA, F E B R U A R Y 11, 1938 No. 9

A D A Y IN T H E L I B R A R Y

By Annie Ruth Venable The R. D. Jackson Chapter of the

United Daughters of the Confed­eracy presented the library with $25 which helped pay for the following books: Biography: Adams The Liv­ing Jefferson, Keller's Midstream, McAdoo's The Woodrow Wilsons, and Nicolay's Andrew Jackson. Fic­tion: Crane's Red Badge of Courage,

Downey's Bugles Blow No More, Glasgow's Voice of the People, Gor­don's None Shall Look Back, and Johnston's The Long Roll. Litera­ture: Hudson's Humor of the Old Deep South. History: Hesseltine's A History of the South.

Three of the preceeding books are 1937 editions. An interesting feature of the library will be the new book­shelf named for Annie B. Broyles, a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Bugles Blow No More is a story about Richmond, captiol of the Con­federacy, goal of the Union Armies, and storm center of the war. For four years the waves of war lapped the doorsteps of the people of Rich­mond. Mr . Downey, author of this book, is a realist. He particularly emphasizes the Civil W a r with the fighting and waiting of people so near the front that even the sounds of battle were still in their ears, when the first casualty lists were posted.

This story covers four years of the war. It begins with Session Night and ends with Appomattox. No one book will ever tell the whole story of the war between the North and

because they will never convey a pic­ture of the emotion of the human strength and weakness of the little things that illuminate the past far more than records of battles won or lost. For these we shall always have to turn to the honest historical novel­ist who instills into his imaginary characters the spirit that inspired the men and women of the past. That is

what Mr . Downey has done.

"H e who did well in war just earns the right to begin doing well in peace."—Robert Browning

Band To Broadcast

Yale H. Ellis has recently an­nounced that a fifty piece band will broadcast from the stage of Phillips High School next Friday, February 18, at 8:15.

The program' which will include such favorites as Humoresque, "Poem", "Washington Post March" and "Mardi Gras," will come over the Birmingham News-Age Herald Station, W . S. G. N . It is one of a series of school programs.

First Semester Students Number 260 Here

G I B S O N LEADS, B A R R E T T S E C O N D , I N G R A D U A T E S

E N R O L L E D

This semester the school welcomes 260 freshmen to its halls. There are about sixteen more boys than girls. Gibson school leads with 41 gradu­ates and Barrett is second with 38. Other schools sending graduates to Woodlawn are: Avondale 34, Cun­ningham, 22; Gate City 10; Kennedy, 3 1 ; Minnie Holman 18; Robinson, 29; and Woodlawn Grammar, 37. The total number sent this semester was an increase over the number sent last semester.

T A T L E R S T A F F C O M P L E T E D

George F. Olvera, recently elected Editor-in-Chief of the Tatler, an­nounces the following staff for the spring term.

S T A F F Asso. Editors Varnell Moor,

Eugene Nunnally Sports Editors Wilson Mauk,

Ruble Thomas Society Editors Claudia Mann,

Helen Vance Feature Editors Marian Riddle, Student Government Editor....Julian

Bishop Humor Editor Virginia Farris Alumni-Club Editor....Sarah White Exchange Editor Katheryn

Abercrombie Reporters Jane Allen

Fritz Hartlein, Wallace John­son, Alex Lacey, Gordon Lewis, Bonnie Minyard, Sam Turner, Kenneth McCartney.

Typist Willyce Davis The staff is composed of members

of the Journalism Class.

LINES and BYLINES by EUGENE NUNNALLY

Ushers Elect Etheridge, Whiteside, Sewell,

Bishop To Lead

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. . . This year as in the past, we shall devote this column to current oddities and "Beliepe It or Nots" as we find them in the[daily news. Edi­torially speaking, we are interested in your opinion of what we write and would sincerely value any comments you care to make. If you wish to make a contribution of any kind, either favorable or adverse, address it to this column and drop it in the Tatler Box. We'd appreciate it.

A D V I C E T O T H E C A N D I D A T E S

Members of the Ushers Club on Wednesday, February 1, selected officers for the coming semester. Foster Etheridge was selected as Head Usher. Assisting him are Heustis Whiteside, associate, Toxey Sewell, assistant, and Julian Bishop, secretary. M r Harrison sponsors the club. New members are to be voted on at the next meeting. ^ T ^ j n | h j g j £ i j g * d a i i i < g '

MISFITS Circus Attraction — Mrs. K--S-

j took her four yea:1, old, 2 headed nephew to see Santa* Claus today.

New York Daily Mirrow Maybe this one's right — One

third of the population are dissatis­fied. Their souls jtre filled with desperation in their fight against the high cost of loving. . .

Utica (N. Y.) Daily Press ...A'le lait—A famofs recipe calls for soaking the child|cn in milk for an hour if over two? pounds— the milk is later used for t |e cream sauce.

Bronx (N. YiHome News Capable Defense h For Public

sale, Mr. Morgrtthau /offered $250,000,000 worth of* years 2 .5% bonds . . . His def J|se will be in­sanity, i i j .

Jamestown (N. Y.)§Lvening Post

semester under the leadership of Elmer Rhodes as Head Usher. T w o dances and a steak fry were given. Ushering for various plays at the Temple Theater, Death Takes a Holiday in the school auditorium, various vodvilles, and for gradua­tion exercises were enjoyed by mem­bers. More of these same activities are in store during the coming semester.

Habits 5f not resisted soon be­comes necessity.—St. Augustine.

* * * Guilt cannot keep its own secret;

suicide is confession.—Webster.

Foothold Within Walls of Nanking;

Furious Battle Continues; But

Amendment to Send it back to Com­

mittee Loses Only 206,197. Lynchburg (Fa.) News

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O N E S T R I K E — A N D OUT?

An Indiana auto accessory factory president had the right idea when his 60 employees staged a sit-down strike. "Boys, you might as well be comfortable here" he told the strik­ers, and had three cases of brandy

sent in. When the brandy was al­most finished, he brought in 16 young

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Here's Good Luck and Our Sym­pathy to the candidates for spring term elections!

For you have now risen from the common plane of an Average Stu­dent to that highly honored (?) state of a candidate. You are a Guy with a Cause. Your head is lifted high and you try to speak to every­body.

For the last week friends have been working funny and noble meanings from your name to plaster brazenly on posters for the halls. Nice people wish you luck with pro­found enthusiam. Others pat your weary back but their tones say boring-ly that they wouldn't bother with be­ing a candidate themselves. More nice people give you dirty looks and whisper menacingly—"He's got the Bighead. Wouldn' t even lend me his notebook one day—"

So we thought this group of noble misunderstood students should have a little advice. Of course that is all you have been given for the last week, but-I-pught-to-know candi­dates of past elections really have some tips.

"Knee-braces!" says a past candi-' date very profoundly and with a wise look of experience. The knees of the most experienced speaker will give way to shake a little while a candidate lists his virtues.

"Wear a size smaller hat, look humble and interested at every per­son," offer others w-ho have com

my pro­spective candidate, that no person can come out without being accused of the disease of "Big-headedness."

Don't let your speaker list curly locks or your sweet little smile as a virtue. Bright remarks about those curls, they say, will plague you from then on.

The wise advice of I-ought-to-know people might induce some of the less fearful students to run from an office instead of for an office. Just remember to bear it through, don't give away too many cigars, and we'll consider being a cabinet member.

See you on the ballot!

Southern, Howard Professors Speak In

School Auditorium

; ADVENTURING WITH GIBE FIBBINGS i

Hello everybody, this is Gibe Fib-bings, your headline hunter, hunting for the headline in your life. Real true adventure taken from the lives of you and you and you!

Up and down and all around in the corridors, in the corners and just in front of the person, in front of you, lurk adventures. W h y even among the Tatler staff, those true adventure seekers, adventures happen. (And occasionally they get found out, Ha Ha ) . And now to expose the ex-posers in Adventure number eight!

It is the sixth period. In a tiny cubby hold of a room tucked away in a corner of the third floor, of ficially and affectionately dubbed "Tatler Office" sits a fair young maiden, known as the Tatler typist. Before her sits the typewriter on a desk, before her is the door leading to the hall and freedom after her weary work is done. Behind her is the half opened window, a goodly piece from the ground and a perilous way of escape, if by any means and for any reason she might have to re­

sort to that. She types steadily for a few minutes, sometimes wrinkling up her delicate little nose in disgust at some article particularly long and tiresome, sometimes giving a delicious little girlish giggle over another, short and funny. Pushing back her gold­en-brown curls with a capable little white hand, she stops to rest for a moment then resumes her work, the picture of youthful innocence and sweetness. Could anyone have a grudge against such a lovable young thing? Could anyone be so cruel as to frighten her by some low trick? N o ! I repeat vehemently " N o ! " No one with a heart could do such a thing.

Oh, but wait! Up the hall in the direction of the office comes a young man, handsome to the degree of beauty, with curly brown hair and a keen dark face in which twinkle and sparkle a pair of dark laughing eyes. Known to most of the girls in school and loved (by one especially). He swaggers in the aforesaid direc­tion. Coming in front of the door he

spies the keyhole. He stops and thinks,

then quick as a flash he stoops, a

click is heard and he saunters gayly

away. That mischievous wolf in the

clothing of a sheep, the unsuspected

high official of the Tatler Staff! The

sixth period passes. Comes the seventh

period. Now is the time for the girl

to arise, discover her plight and arouse

someone to her rescue with shrieks

and screams. But the girl sits there—

and sits there—and sits there! The

time is passing rapidly. She must do

something at once or this will be no

adventure! And still she sits and

types. It is almost time for the bell.

It is time for the bell. The bell rings!

And again in the direction of the

Tatler comes the afore mentioned

youth. But this time he unlocks the

door, steps inside and stands waiting

to receive the thanks of the fair

maiden for her rescue. But behold his

crestfallen attitude, when he discovers

that she has just finishing, almost as

crestfallen as your disappointed Fib­

bing.

The importance of radical think­ing and orginality was pointed out Wednesday, February 3, by Professor R. S. Poor, professor of geology at Birmingham-Southern College, in a speech made before the regular Wed­nesday group.

Profesor Poor, a geologist of note, began his talk by correcting the defi­nition of radical as held by many. Explaining that the word radical was derived from the Latin word for root, Professor Poor said that a rad­ical was simply a person who got to the root of things.

The speaker pointed out also that since most of the professions today were overcrowded, there was a need of persons who could create, with their own imagination and originality jobs for themselves.

Dr . P. P. Burns, Dean and Head of the English Department of How­ard College was speaker at the Thurs­day auditorium period, February 3. Before Dr. Burns began this talk, he. asked the students several questions concerning the present problems con­fronting the Birmingham schools. The main substance of his speech was based on the Greek hero, Ulysses. In closing, Dr. Burns read the last stanza of the poem "Ulysses," by Tennyson—" . . . to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

Both programs were opened with a scripture reading by Margaret

S^ranuare student. The

scripture reading was followed by the singing of the hymn, "Holy,

Holy," lead by Mr. Light and Miss Dowling.

Talladegans Pay Visit To Journalism Class

The Tat ler Staff was recently visi­ted by M r . W . J. McLure, principal

of Talladega High School, and five students. They are planning a school newspaper at their school and were interested in seeing a Journalism class at work. M r . Bowie explained the different column heads and the meth­od of balancing the pages. He also told of class organization, reportorial and editorial work. Issues of the Tatler were given to each of the visi­tors, for their inspection. Later, sev­eral of the staff members were intro­duced along with an explanation of their various columns. After visit­ing the Tatler staff, the visitors were

shown points of interest around the school.

Son Of Former Grad Attends Woodlawn

As far as it is known, Roland Car-reker, Jr., first semester student, is the first child of a Woodlawn grad­uate to attend this school.

Roland's mother, who was for­mally Miss Aileen Wilder, gradu­ated in 1924 in the second gradu­ating class from Woodlawn. She was married in June of that year. At Woodlawn she was a charter mem­ber of the Vestalian.

Roland, Jr . , comes to Woodlawn with an outstanding record from Barrett and had the highest average on the Standard Achievement test. He received three double promotions in grammar school which account for his early entrance in Woodlawn.

WOODLAWN HIGH ANNUALH

Alex Lacy Editor Of School

Publication Winning

Second /3>Tu —

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UNIVERSITY, Ala—"The Mohi-an," yearbook of Murphy High School, Mobile, has for the fourth consecutive year been judged the best printed annual of any city high

^ _ school in the state, according to an-j nouncement from A. Phillips Bee-

COj | don, head of the department of jour­nalism and adviser of the division

. of high school publications of the University of Alabama extension di­vision, sponsors of the contest.

"Golden Memories" of Decatur High School again was awarded first place for annuals printed by schools in small cities and towns. It received the same rating in last year's contest. "The Hi-Lights Re-

O view" of Sheffield High School won top-ranking among yearbooks that were mimeographed or litho-

-< graphed-typewritten. Prof. Beedon pointed out in his

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three of the first-place annuals were edited by girls.

Second place among city-printed yearbooks was won by "The Wood-log," issued by the Woodlawn High School, Birmingham. "The Black Warrior" of Tuscaloosa High School came in second among small city and town printed yearbooks, and "The Westonian," West Blocton High School annual, was awarded second place among the duplicated and lithographed books.

The Murphy High annual was ed­ited by Helen Duggar. Business manager of the publication was Bobby Norton, and Roy Wilkie was the faculty adviser.

Marjorie Wilder edited Decatur^ prize winner. Billy Duncan was business manager and Miss Ailee>n Pope, faculty adviser.

Editor of the Sheffield annual was Jean Ettman. The business man­ager was E. B. McCord. Miss Mary Hughes and Miss Myrna Reeves served as advisers for the work.

Officials of the runner-up year­books were:

"The Woodlog"—Alex Lacy, ed­itor; Max Gilmer, business manager; M. P. Gray, faculty adviser.

"The Black Warrior"—Mary El len Phifer, editor; J. D. Robertson, business manager; Miss Rubye Gul ley. faculty adviser.

"The Westonian"—George E. Dai ley. editor; Charles Stewart, busi ness manager;. Miss Libby Jeanne Israel, faculty adviser.

Loving cups will he-^iven for the first-pl^&atrrraals and plagues are to be awarded runner-up'yearbooks

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THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT A SOLDIER—More than 2.000 R. O. T. C. cadets from Birmingham high schools participated Fri­day night In the annual R. O. T. C. drill contests with Woodlawn High taking major honors These views show the military review and colorful attendant events.

1: Judges were made up or regular army officers. In the tirat row, left to right, are Capt. J. D: Rosenbergcr. Jr., Col. R. M. O'Day, Maj. Victor Lee, Lieut. H. F. Reid, Jr.. and Lieut. Tony Giorlando. In the back row, left to right, are Lieut. E. L. Sykes, Lieut. W. E. Griffith, Lieut. R. L. Hamlett, Lieut. Graham Kirkpatrick and Lieut. R. L. Lawley.

2. Here are the regimental commanders of the schools. Left to right, Col. Douglas Davis, Lieut. Col. James Outlaw, Lieut. Col. Bernard Estes and Lieut. Adj. J. D. Fergueson,

3. Here are three of the several sponsors al the military review. The girls are, left to right, Norma Jo Esslinger, Woodlawn; Ruth Sellers, Ensley. and Barbara Lowells. Phillips. Back row are Lieut. Col. Bernard Esles, Col. Douglas Davis and Maj. LeRoy Jackson, all of the regimental staff.

4. Lieut. Col. Douglas Davis, Ensley High School, is shown receiv­ing the William Randolph Hearst Trophy given to the small bore rifle team composed of boys from all high schools.

5. Lieut. Col. O'Day is shown here pinning the medal on Pvt. James Smith, Phillips High School, who was named best private.

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Woodlawn R. O. T. C. Walks Off With Annual Drill Honors

High School 'Soldiers' Of City Highly Praised For Efficiency And Knowledge Of Maneuvers

Marching with the precision of Uncle Sam's finest and displaying an above-thc-average knowledge of drill formations, execution a n d technique, Woodlawn High School stepped away from the remainder of the field in the annual high school R. O. T. C. drill contests Fri­day night at Legion Field and won high honors in a walk.

Companies of straight - backed young would-be soldiers marched smartly by the reviewing stand, went through the intricacies of closed and open order drill, cales-thenics and other military maneu­vers to make the high school com­petition one of the most heated in recent years.

Woodlawn was accorded another honor when Sergt. O. L. McDaniels won the Bromberg Cup and the Birmingham Reserve Officers Asso­ciation Flag for the best individual performance. Pvt. Herman Reed. Woodlawn, won the medal for the best exhibition in the manual of arms. Pvt. Jirrimie McKenzie. Phil­lips High School, was second in this contest.

It was noticeable from the out­set that this was no ordinary drill contest. The youths exhibited a keen knowledge of the drill maneu­vers and their "esprit de corps" was excellent. From the reviewing stand, when the whole regimen! passed in review, the spectator would have thought a composite group from V. M. I., The Citadel and West Point was passing in re­view.

Regular army officers in the judging group were high in their praise of the manner in which the Officers of the various companies executed their orders and the man­ner in which under officers carried out orders. Snappy orders and 5nappy execution indicated many

an trow wi ten d & tllk*g •••-••.' . lice in closed and open order drill.

First Lieut. Ernest Nabors, Ensley High School, was selected to receive the medal for outstanding work among officers. Corp. Milton Pan­ne]!, also of Ensley, received the Gen. Gorgas Post No. 1. American Legion, Medal for the outstanding non - commissioned officer. _ P v t . James Smith. Phillips, was named best among the privates.

Could the great Stonewall Jack­son have seen the boys as they went through their paces he. no doubt, would have considered them great material for his famed "foot cavalry." which made sensational marches during the Civil War.

Judges for the event were Lieut. Col. R. M, O'Day, Mai. Victor Lee, Maj. R. C. Hamlette, Capt. ,!. D. Ro­senbergcr. Jr., Staff Sergt. John Pcrmc, Sergt. C. E. Villemarettc and First Lieut. E. L. Sykes and Second Lieut. R. L Lawley, U. S. Army Air Corps.

Col. D. H. Prizer was in charge of the drill, assisted by Lieut. W. E. Griffith.

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Woodlawn High Honors Alumni In Armed Forces SERVICE FLAG

IS PRESENTED Emblem Given As Tribute!

To 500 Former Pupils

In Armed Service

Honoring the 500 or more former students of Woodlawn High School I who are now in the armed -service of their country, the auxiliary com­mittee of the Woodlawn Student, Council yesterday presented a large service flag to the school. Miss Flemma Snidow. teacher of mathe­matics, is the sponsor of the com­mittee.

In a tribute to the "boys.. wherever they are," Albert Stephens promised them that the members of the student body would be true in the part tha t they are to play in national defense. Henry Pov,-ell. student body president, presented the flag to Principal Noble B. Hen-drix, who accep' the mime of the school.

"Do your work well while you are in school, for that is the best way for you to prepare yourself to be of service when it comes your time." was the advice contained in most of the telegrams and letters which; Mr. Hendrix read from former stu dents who are with the forces. Mes-sages were read from the following: George W. Jones. Ted Bailey. John A. Steeger, Cassius Thomas. Joe Haley, Julian Whitehead. Charles Hurst. Walter Courson. Henry j Whitehead. Harold Sudduth. E. Joe Drinkard, Judson Bass and Tony Sazera.

The flag: contains one gold star in honor of Lawrence Attison. the only known casualty so far anion g the alumni of the school. Jimmy Cherry sounded taps as the name was called.

Others taking part in the cere­mony were: The boys and girls glee clubs, the band. Kathryn Knighton. Porter Landrum. Betty *rm<„. T -R rjflvis. Louis Hardin.

—Staff Fhoto. Shown above is the service flag presented yesterday to Woodlawn High School by a committee

of the Student Council in honor of the 500 or more former students who are known to be with the fighting forces. Standing by the flag are, left to right: Cadet Capt. Sid Gunter who advanced the flag; Principal Noble B. Hendrix who accepted the presentation in the name of the school,^nd Hen­ry Powell, president of the student body, who made the presentation.

Miller. J. B. Davis. Louis and Norman Moon. Ted Bailey served as chairman. •

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Woodlawn High Pays Tribute To Former Students Now In War

Flag Representing 500 Serving Country Is Presented School At Impressive Ceremony

tying in* order A "500 flag" of blue stars and one gold star stands on the Wood-

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lawn High School auditorium plat- j urged by Kathryn Knighton. Por-form in tribute to former students now in service of their country.

Presented Thursday morning at special assembly exercises, the service flag, which is flanked by an American flag and a school flag, is the gift of the auxiliary com­mittee of the school council.

Honor guests at the program were mothers and fathers of the 500 former Woodlawn boys, repre­sented in the stars of the new flag.

Opening the impressive cere­mony was a list of duties for "sol­diers at home," presented in brief talks by white-clad council mem­bers.

ter Landrum, Jr., advised students to work for physical fitness to en­able them to defend their Ameri­can privileges.

"We must all save for victory, not only stamps and bonds but scrap materials needed to make war implements," was the duty em­phasized by Betty Miller. J . B. Davis asked Woodlawn boys and girls to "learn to serve in every way."

Louise Hard in . pledged h i g h school students "to take care of the things we have," and Norman Moon told the audience, "you and I are part of a great army. Are we the soldiers we expect the boys in uniform to be?"

A program of patriotic songs was presented by the Girls Glee Club, the Warblers Club and the Woodlawn Band, and "A Song For American Soldiers" was recited by Albert Stephens.

R. O. T. C. heads who presented the flag to Principal Noble Hen­drix were Cadet Capt. Sidney Gun-ter, Cadet Lt. Col. Charles Tucker and Cadet Maj. William Nail.

Student Body President Henry Powell made the presentation speech, and Principal Hendrix ac­cepted the flag in behalf of Wood­lawn boys in service.

One gold star in the service flag honors the memory of Lawrence Attison, killed this Spring in a bomber accident in Texas.

Telegrams of appreciation for the frag were read by Principal Hen­drix from the following Woodlawn graduates, now in United States fighting forces: Judson Bass. Tony Sazera. Claud Slaughter, Ellie Mc-Kain, Charlie Hurst, Walter Cour-son, Henry Whitehead, Ted Bailey, George Jones, Horace McDaniel, Harold Sudderth, Cassius Thomas, Joe Drinkard, Jack Steeger, Julian

500 BLUE STARS AND ONE IN GOLD—In im­pressive auditorium ceremonies Thursday, Wood­lawn High School students of 1942 honored 500 former students of the school who are now on United States war fronts. A service flag, six feet by eight feet and bearing the number "500," formed in blue stars, and one gold star, was presented to

Principal Noble Hendrix by members of the Stu­dent Auxiliary Council shown above. Auxiliary Council members, sponsored by Miss Flemma Sni­dow, are shown with the flag above. Left to right are Porter Landrum, Jr., Kathryn Knighton, Nor­man Moon, Betty Miller, Louise Hardin, J. B. Davis and Cadet Capt. Sidney Gunter, of the Woodlawn R. O. T. C.

Whitehead, Joe Haley and Gordon McBain.

In addition to the 500, at least one former Woodlawn instructor is serving in the army. Maj. John J. Martin, former head of the school's science department, served

j through the long battle on Bataan ! in the Phillipines. Nothing has been heard concerning him since

1 the surrender of Corregidor. Sponsors of the student council

program were Miss Norma Dickey and Miss Flemma Snidow, Wood­lawn teachers.

T H E B I R M I N G H A M P O S T Al l Other Departmen

Flying Fundamentals Stressed Jn New Courses

Typical of the thousands of high school boys in the United States who are this year studying the fundamentals of aviation in preparation for the war needs and the prophesied air age after the war are the boys shown above who are taking the course at Woodlawn High School. E. D. Tim-mons, the teacher, directs their attention to draw­ings on the blackboard tha t illustrate features

—Staff Photo. in the structure of the planes. The miniature plane seen on the table is an endurance contest model made by Bill Fritsch, a member of the class.

Other members of the class include: Tom English, Jack Martin, Willis Allison, Dean Coates, Oscar Jolley, Joe McCormic, Ray Copley, Frank Deerman. Dan Hendon, H. D. Willoughby, and

High Schoolers Prepare For New 'Aviation Age9

. /o-3-yz. I t is t h e old ru le of " supp ly a n d d e m a n d , " or r a t h e r " d e m a n d

a n d supply ," t h a t is respons ib le for t h e n e w course t h a t h a s b e e n a d e d to t h e cu r r i cu l a of t h o u s a n d s of h i g h schools , colleges, t r a d e schools, a n d t r a i n i n g cen t e r s t h i s yea r .

The . rea l i t ies of t h e w a r h a v e shown forcefully t h e va lue a n d the future prominence of the air-

' plane. With such a demand in sight, the schools, charged with the re ­sponsibility of building for the fu­ture, sensed the situation and re ­arranged subjects and courses to make room for aviation. Now, slow­ly, surely, gathering strength with every passing day, a great potential army of airmen, who will be able to build, service, or pilot planes, is in the making.

But the public has been so accus­tomed to seeing student aviators around an airport tha t many per­sons may wonder just what this massive army of air-conscious stu­dents can learn in a classroom and without an airplane. It, therefore, may be interesting to look in on one of the classes and thumb through one of the textbooks.

Only Seniors Eligible In the Birmingham high schools,

the students who are permitted to take the course are selected from the senior class. They must meet certain physical requirements and must have had, or aer now be tak­ing physics, along with other of the sciencees. T h e arrangement , at present, allows for only one year of the training; but the textbook used is sufficient for two years, the teachers say. There is a posibility that future classes may start in the junior year, it is said.

The course opens with a chapter on the history of aircraft with par­ticular attention to designs so that the pupils are taught to recognize the many kinds of planes from any direction. Tha t goes for enemy planes as well as friendly ones.

A large section of the book is giv­en to the human factors in flight. The regulations of the Civil Aero­nautics Administration, the certifi­cation of pilots and planes, and the limitations of the human body in flying are discussed.

Construction Studied Under the title of aerodynamics,

the course takes up the more purely scientific matters dealing with fly­ing.

The section given to aircraft en­gines is divided into two par ts : Con­struction and general principles, and cooling and lubricating systems. As in all of the chapters, the authors of the book do not claim that all is known about airplane engines; but it is their desire that future airmen know the successes and failures tha t have brought the industry thus far.

More than 200 pages of the text­book are given over to meteorology, dealing with weather, how weather forecasts are made and distributed, and what the efficient airmen does about weather hazards.

Then the pupils must study a sec­tion on communications involving the international Morse Code, the semaphore, and the principles of the radio. In these, he must know how to send and receive messages. ,

Navigation Stressed The last section of the book has

to do with the navigation. The stu­dents must know how to read charts and the instrument board in rela­tion to contact with still and moving objects on the land.

'Since we do not have real planes for practice work, there is no in­tention on our part of turning out pilots," said E. D. Timmons. teacher of the course at Woodlawn High School; "but we are quite sure that we are going to turn out boys who will be well on their way toward get­ting their wings. If there should be some in the classes who do not. go in the aviation field, they will have received scientific training tha t will be of value to them in other fields."

The courses are given in all of the white high schools in Birmingham, the Parker Negro High School, and in the Paul Hayne night school.

Woodlawn Students Finance Five jeeps * Buying Bonds, Stamps

They financed five jeeps out at Woodlawn High School Tuesday.

And this is how it came about. Tuesday, nearest banking day to

the anniversary of Pear l . Harbor, was designated by Woodlawn stu­dents as their "Jeep Day." They set a goal of $1,000, which the Army told them would buy one jeep.

When the returns from Tuesday's all-school purchase of War Bonds and .Stamps were counted, it was found that Woodlawn had con­tributed, not one, but five jeeps to Uncle Sam's Army.

Total sale of Bonds and Stamps was $4,452.65, which is more than $6,000 maturity value. Approxi­mately 2,000' Woodlawn' students had bought ' an 'average of $2 in War Stamps each. f*

Sessfcjp Room-103, Mrs. ; Florence Tomlinsbn, teacher, led the school with their total of $1,246.

Woodlawn students believe their one-day sale set a new record in city schools for War Bond and Stamp purchases. Mrs. Mansfield Jones is in charge of banking and War Stamp purchases at Wood­lawn. j .

Portrait of Dean Hendrix Presented Woodlawn High

• A por t r a i t of Dean of S tuden t s Noble Hendr ix , for seventeen years principal of the Woodlawn High School, was pre ­sented to the High School and unveiled with f i t t ing ceremonies on the a f te rnoon of F e b r u a r y 15. The p o r t r a i t was pre ­sented to t he school by Mr. Donald Comer, noted industr ia l is t of Birming­ham, the gift being made in recogni t ion of Dean Hendr ix ' s ou t s tand ing service in Bi rmingham educat ion. The po r t r a i t was pa in ted by A. L Bai rns fa ther , dis­t inguished Bi rmingham ar t is t , who painted the mura l s in the lobby of Dos-t e r Hall . Mr. Comer was ill in a hospi tal a t the t ime and the p resen ta t ion was made by Mrs. Ed P a r r a r , P res iden t of the P.T.A. Dean Hendr ix was p resen t for the exercises as were member s of the Board of Educa t ion and super in ten­den ts of county school systems. , /%

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Hauled Down For Its Last Time

^ ^ H ^ ^ H Pholo For the last time the "old" flag is ceremoniously lowered at Woodlawn High School. Today a new

flag, gift of the Kelly Ingram Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary, is flying a t the school. Bugler for the ceremony is First Lieut. Joe Hargrove, while Pvt. Malcolm Miller, left, and Col. Ed Akers (right) lower the flag for the last time. The honor guard is: Left to right, Jack McAlister, C. L. Odom, Billy Jarvis. Woodlawn is the only school in Birmingham that has the formal raising and lowering of the colors every day.

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Noble Hendrix To Assume Bama Post; Ralph Martin To Be Woodlawn Principal

INSUIP'STAX M M ASKED

PROF. HENDRIX PROF. MARTIN

Prof. Noble Hendrix, principal of Woodlawn High School, is to resign as Woodlawn's head to accept the post of dean of students a t Ihe University of Alabama, a new position, Dr. Raymond S. Paty, the university's president, told The Birmingham Post over long-distance telephone this morning, confirming rumors current throughout the state.

Prof. Ralph Martin, now principal of Kennedy School, will succeed to the principalship a t Woodlawn, according to Dr. L. Frazer Banks, city school superintendent.

Prof. Hendrix will assume the newly-created deanship to "co­ordinate student life'' through co-operation with the dean of men and with the dean of women a t 'Bama, Dr. Paty explained, as an "overhead" official for students. He is famous as a tactful leader of youth.

Prof. Hendrix has been prominent for years in education, civic and political fields. Woodlawn has prospered^ and grown steadily during his

(See Hend; administration, and in athletics. He is a former president of the

Birmingham Teachers' Assn. . and was an unsuccessful candidate for the State Senate against Sen. James Simpson a year ago.

The selection of Professor Hen­drix is considered by his hundreds of friends to be a significant recog­nition of his ability and talents, calling him to a much bigger field.

OOP LeaClGP UTte rS | He has a fine record as an educator and as an administrator.

The promotion of Professor Mar­tin to Woodlawn is another big ad­vance of wide significance, educa­tor's here observe. In a quiet man­ner, letting his work speak for it­self, he has gained fame year after year as a competent teacher and handler of students, a fine execu­tive, discharging his duties so thoroughly that his hosts of friends often referred to him as an educa-'tor "much too big for his job," a fact shown by his jump from Ken­nedy's principalship to tha t at Woodlawn.

Prof. Martin is a product of the Birmingham school system—having graduated from Central High School forerunner of Phillips High School. He received his A.B. degree a t How­ard College and his M.A. degree at Peabody College, Nashville.

Since 1917 he has been teaching in Birmingham schools, first as

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Since 1926 he has been principal hof Kennedy School. From 1936 to 1940, he was principal of both Ken­nedy and Curry Schools, and, since 1940, he has been principal of both Kennedy and Gate City Schools.

PAGEANT SHOWS LIFE OF SCHOOL

Commemorating the 25th anni­versary Of Woodlawn High School, a playlet in pageant form was pre­sented last night by students in a program sponsored by the Wood­lawn High School P.-T. A.

The pageant told the story of the development of the school in 1922 with 700 students, 25 teahcers, and | Dr. O. C. Carmichael as first prin-cinal, to its present scope of activ­ities, with students taking the parts of past principals and board members.

Students taking part in the pag­eant which was entitled, "Building a School, Woodlawn High School— 1922-1947," were Jeanette Gore, Martha Ann Griffin. Jesse Blanken-ship, Ramona Hatcher, Don Camp­bell, Gus Prosch, Roy Howard, Maurice Ausley, Betty Parker, John Holstun, Sam Shannon, Byron Waites, Julius Jones, G e o r g e Charles.

Joy Estey, Dorothy Metzler, Mary Nell Willis, Kathryn Ridgell, Betty Jean Liner, Betty Jo Taylor, Kath­ryn Werner, Carolyn Baker, Elea­nor Chigolm, Peggy Israel, Jean-nine Roberts, Carolyn Norton, Vir­ginia McDonald, Josephine Bal-done, Joe Barnard, Donald Jones, Robert Laney, Betty Jane Evans, Jo Ethel Nelson, Joe Bordenca, Jim Barfield, Murray Alley, Robert Youngblood, and members of the Woodlawn Hrgh School Choir and Warblers Club.

Special guest for the occasion was Noble Hendrix, member of the University of Alabama faculty, and former principal of Woodlawn High School for 17 years.

SCHOOL RAISES MEMORIAL FUND

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A fund for a memorial to former Woodlawn High School boys who die in the service of their country in this war will be presented to the school at exercises Wednesday.

A check for approx:mately $300 will bfe handed by William Johns, president of the student body, to Ralph Martin, principal. The fund, which was started by the senior class last Spring, received its latest addition in proceeds from the Gold and White Follies, presented on Nov. 4. Other gifts will be added to this nucleus of the fund which will eventually be used to purchase "a suitable "memorial, to be placed on the campus," Mr. Martin said.

The memorial committee includes Mr. Martin, Miss Verne Bradley, art supervisor; Miss Jessica Farnham, art teacher; Miss Annie Louise Moon, sponsor of Student Council; Mrs. E. L. Farrar, president of Parent-Teacher Assn.; Miss Eliza­beth Steadham, Miss Elizabeth Chapman and Miss Flemma Snidow. faculty members; the presidents of the classes, of the council and of the Pen and Ink Club. ..

Blue ribbons were presented today to 26 Woodlawn High students who won first prizes for work submitted in the exhibition at the Alabama State Fair. Thirty students received red ribbons for second prizes, at exercises in the auditorium. Mr. Martin said the pupils were award­ed nearly one-thira of the 82 blue ribbons received by all the Birming-, ham high schools combined, and two-fifths of total 75 red ribbons to the high schools.

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CHOOL BLAST INJURES THREE

Can Of Sodium Explodes In

Classroom At Wood­

lawn High

Students of chemistry 6 fflass at Woodlawn High School -know how it feels to be "bombed."

At 11 a. m. today a quart, can ol sodium exploded with terrific con­cussion, sending fragments ot the

! metal can all over the room and j injuring two students and the teacher, burning them around Hie

j.face and arms. Joyce .tones, daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. .!. M."Jones, 7325 Third-av, s. and Fred Slaughter, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Slaughter, 6011 First-av, n, were <fent home to be treated by their family doctors. Mis. Floi'inc Trigg, 2041 21st-av, s. teacher of the class, was binned slightly.

The explosion, heard all over the building, was caused when the kero­sene oil covering the sodium; evaporated through a small leak in the can. When the students opened the ran, it permitted con­tact with oxygen in the air.

Mrs. Trigg's foresight in ordering students tinder tables and desk? prevented other injuries from flying fragments, which tore plaster from the walls.

J. E. Helms Leaves *-&% Woodlawn High For

University Of Texas All of Woodlawn - - the High j

School in particular—has heard the . news that Mr. J. E. Helms, beloved' BBtOn Helms has been at Woodlawn High for the past twelve years; and all who have known him have loved him, and cherished him as a dear friend and teacher. He is going to the University of Texas, where he will teach college- history and con­tinue his work for a Ph.D.

Mr. Helms (James E.) was born In Mississippi, and is a graduate of Moorehead High School and Mis-

j sisslppi College. He has done grad­uate work at Duke and at the Uni­versity of Texas. During his un­dergraduate days, he served as cir­culation manager and associate manager of the Mississippi Colleg­ian, student publication of his col­lege. He was a member of a lit­erary society, debating team, was an oratorical contestant, and a mem­ber of the championship cross-coun­try team of 1935. He graduated from college In three years, and was elected secretary-treasurer of the student body during his last year at Mississippi.

Mr. Helms has done extensive travelling in and out of the United States. Since coming to Woodlawn, he has travelled over thirty thou­sand miles. His trips have included Chicago. Miami, Mexico City, Cuba, and many others.

From the beginning of his teach­ing at Woodlawn, Mr. Helms has shown intense interest and enthu­siasm in the students and their work. His influence has been felt In the excellent pep meetings and ithletic programs he has conducted. He is sponsor of the Athletic com­mittee of the council, and super­vises the selection and training of ;he cheerleaders. Recently he be-?an a scrapbook that win include ill athletic activities of Woodlawn students since the year the school began. He has devoted many hours of faithful outside work on the book, and with the help of the Athletic committees of several semesters he has completed it to a point that he intends to leave it up to date. '

For hobbies, Mr. Helms lists ten­nis, travelling, and church work. He Is" an active member of the Woodlawn Baptist Church, where he has served as manager of the Board of Deacons and Superintend­ent of the Sunday School. He has been director of the Young Peo­ple's work and has taught classes for a number of years.

In 1936 the graduating class of Woodlawn High voted to dedicate the Woodlog: to him. They gave as their reason—"Because he has a genuine interest in the activities of the school and gives of his time in sponsoring them; because he has an appreciation of pupil problems, hopes, and disappointments; and because he has a growing, life-touching knowledge that makes him a good teacher." May every Wood-'.awner join the student body of Woodlawn High in agreeing with the above statement, and add along with it our sincere thanks for the

servie/ he has given. The «* of luck to a gren mart!

Northington Vets Entertained By East Lake Legion

Convalescent patients at North­ington General Hospital in Tusca­loosa were entertained December 10, when the Walter E. Bare Post No. 43, American Legion, took a party of players to the Tuscaloosf institution.

The "actors" were transported ' Tuscaloosa overland with membe of the Legion furnishing the nee sary cars and OPA the extra g? line.

Cigarettes were distributed t' patients while the stage was ' set In the auditorium for thf ning's program.

Highlight of the evening w amateur magic act staged b Holman. the youngster wh< such a tremendous ovation similar act performed bef Woodlawn Business and C sociation dinner, held rec the Methodist Church au The young prestedigator, -Is destined to replace tr Blackstone upon his from the profession.

In addition to the ma Holman the following pr enjoyed:

Mrs. Sam Nation oper gram with a song, ace the piano by Earl Hel by Miss Dickie Bell wit Ian number, accompf Olga R. Dinken on f

Earl Gasset gave, Train," a very comic also entertained wit) solos.

Herbert Pierce res "Question of Po; "Nigger Baby" w Carolyn Elderidge • at the piano. Don "Dark Eyes" on "Hungarian Dam

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Feeding Children Is Career

IS IT GOOD?—Mrs. Sadie Lykes, dietitian at Woodlawn High School, tastes a cobbler pie in the school lunchroom to be sure it is just right before serving it to the students. (Staff photo by William Preston)

day and the children drink 900 half-pints and 200 pints of milk daily."

Mrs. Lykes, who lives at 829 North 50th Street, relaxes after the day's work by crocheting, her only hobby.

She was born at Cardiff, South Wales, and came to the United States with her parents when she was 2 years old. She has lived in Birmingham more than 50 years.

Active in church work, she is a charter member- of the West Woodlawn Baptist Church, joining when the church was organized 41 years ago.

Mrs. Lykes was left a widow 30 years ago with four small children. A son, three daughters and six grandchildren live here.

Working 26 years at one job does

not seem unusual to Mrs. Lykes. She was never a person to make changes.

"I have lived in the same house 36 years," she said. "And I have two maids at the lunchroom who have been with me 24 years. They

BY CLARA BURLESON Feeding hungry boys and girls

has been a career for Mrs. Sadie Lykes, dietitian at Woodlawn High School.

She has been dietitian at the high school lunchroom since the school was established 26 years ago, and was dietitian at Camp Winnataska 15 years.

She reluctantly gave up her work at Camp Winnataska four years ago, but declares she plans to stay at Woodlawn "as long as I have the strength."

"Working with boys and girls keeps me young," she said.

"It has been a wonderful ex­perience working with all these young people. Wherever I go I meet former Woodlawn student and Winnataska campers who remem­ber me.

"In stores and on the street I

hear people call 'Hello, there, Mother Lykes,' and I turn to see one of my former boys or girls."

Mrs. Lykes said she had seen many a mischievous, unpromising boy become a leading citizen and many a plain little girl grow into a charming, beautiful woman.

"Frequently when I am in a busi­ness establishment an important-looking • executive comes forward and says, 'Mother Lykes you may not remember me, but I graduated from Woodlawn High School many years ago and I remember those good lunches you used to serve. '"

Mrs. Lykes now supervises the preparation of between 1,770 and 1,800 lunches each school day. Fa-j vorite foods with the children are Spanish rice, Italian spaghetti, meat sandwiches and pies—"always pies."

"We serve a crate of lettuce each \

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WoodlawnTo Remember Donald Moore 237 Will Graduate In Commencement Exercises

May 30; 7 Veterans, 5 Married Girls Are In Class Woodlawn High School has not forgotten its star track ath­

lete, Donald Moore, who was killed in a traffic accident on April 15.

Donald will be graduated posthumously in special services a t commencement exercises a t 8 p.m. May 30 in the school audi­

torium. Scheduled to receive their diplo- Milner, Dorothy McCutchen, Mari

mas are 237 students, one of whom i y n Miller, Kathryn Rldgell and C. is george Irons, the only students w. Drake. with a straight "A" average during Woodlawn High's 1949 graduating his four years of high school.

George holds honors. He was adjudged the "Outstand>

ing Statesman" of the YMCA Youth Legislature i n Montgomery April 24 to 26. Woodlawn H i g h School Principal R a l p h Martin said that during t h e cornmence-m e n t program, the name of Don­ald Moore will be reaxl a n d h i s diploma displayed in front of the graduates.

The boy's parents Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Moore, of 3925 Fourth-ave, s, will obtain the diploma after the sxercises.

Other Banking Scholars In addition to the splendid schol­

astic record by young Irons, 11 students achieved "A-minus" grades throughout high school; Peggy Israel, Joanna Hahamis, Lily Bowie, Lillian Cardwell, Ann Kay Wil­liams, Jimmy Bellenger, Nancy

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class is the second largest in the school's history. The first class— the school was opened in February, 1922—number 31, and was the smallest.

The largest graduating class, 246 members, was the May, 1941, group

This year's class includes seven veterans: Earl Clarence Morritt, James C. Carter, George Dewey Lee Jr., Alfred M. Horsley, William C. Rutledge, James Betha and Joe Smith.

Get Scholarships Pupils who have received schol­

arships include Murray Alley and Connie Laumer, for debate, Univer­sity of Alabama; Howard Betha, football player, University of Louis-ville and Beverly Fant and Betty Pittman, Howard College,

Fifty per cent of this year's class have definite ideas as to the jobs they'll take after graduation. A small percentage will go on to col­lege.

Although there are no married senior boy students at Woodlawn, five girls are married.

Their maiden names are Jose­phine Sommers, Jewel Kilpatrick, Sheila Shaw, Laura Raton and Betty Baggett.

Principal Martin, who came to, the school in 1943, said special ac ' complishments'of the students this year include winning of the Uni­versity of Alabama debating tourn­ament.

Another is that the Boys' Choir and the Girls' Choir each won the state championship title in com­petition at the University.

Tops In Band The school also was judged here

as having the best band in the city. And Kathleen O'Connor's feature article on "Jefferson Coun­ty Anti-Tuberculosis" in the school publication, "The Tatler," won a

TH

MR. WOODLAWN — George Iron, president of many school organizations and winner of several scholastic honors, is the only one of Woodlawn't 238 graduating seniors to finish high school with a straight "A" report.

school press project. When anyone mentions t h e

Woodlawn senior class of 1949. he or she inevitably thinks of George Irons.

George's latest conquest was to receive an Exchange Club cup award last Wednesday at the school.

Last week, he was in Rochester, N. Y.., as one of 22 finalists from 11 states in the sixth annual na­t i o n w i d e competition for five Bausch & Lomfo Scinece scholar­ships at the University of Roches­ter.

Announcement of the five win­ners will be made early in June.

The following are more or Irons' achievements: session room presi­dent, president of the national hon­or society last Fall, president of the student body this Spring, chair­man of the student court last year and this year, president of the French Club last Spring, president of the Promoters of Goodwill and Understanding, associate editor of the school's newspaper, "The Tat­ler," treasurer of the Hi-Y Ushers Club, member of the Euclidean Mathatics Honor Society, t h e Woodlawn Band Society and pres­ident of the Junior Citizen Club.

Father Is Professor He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. G.

V. Irons, of 8143 Division-av. Dr. Irons is the head of the history department at Howard College. He plans to go to medical school at Vanderbilt or Tulane University following graduation from Howard.

Observers said he was "real skill­ful" at the Spring session of the YMCA Youth Legislature in Mont­gomery. George submitted a pro­posed bill on Workmen's Compen­

sation, a bill which would be broad­er in scope for occupational dis­eases than the present bill.

Democracy Theme Principal Martin said the com­

mencement theme this year is "De­mocracy." He said a mock trial will be staged to see if the seniors are ready to take their place in the world.

A member of the board of edu­cation will present diplomas.

Senior class officers for 1949 are: Johnny Freeman, president; Rich­ard Gilliland, vice president; Kath­ryn Ridgell, secretary; Kenneth Howell, treasurer; Lily Jean Bowie and Dorothy McCutchen, speakers; Doris Bohannon, soloist; Dixie Xan, pianist; Richard Rogers and Jill Farmer, artists; Jean Bunt, his­torian; Mary Lou McClendon, pre­senter, and Annette Holland, prop­het.

Among famous people who were graduated from Wodlawn High are Gail Patrick, Hollywood movie star, and Irene Jordan Metropoli­tan Opera star.

Judge Throws Out Beery Paternity Suit

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Woodlawn National Honor Society Will Celebrate 25th Anniversary

I t was in 1924 tha t the National Honor Society ' a t Wood­lawn High School received its charter and since tha t time 850 of its members have been graduated.

Those 850 NHS alumnae are invited to attend a recepti6n which is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their organization's

1 — founding. The date is April 16 and

Mrs Malain Is 'the party sa3ne- wiU te the gym" Party Hortess To Mrs. Osborne

Mrs. Harold J. Osborne of Mem­phis, Tenn. who has been the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.

nasiurn at Woodlawn High. Lillian Cardwell is National Hon­

or Society president and other of­ficers are Lena Wells, vice presi­dent; Jerry Parks, corresponding secretary; Kathryn Ridgell, record­ing secretary; John Ed Ramsay, treasurer, and Jean Bunt, Tatler representative.

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School Board Lets j Woodlawn Gym Job

Birmingham Board of Eduaction yesterday accepted a bid of $90,600 for expansion of gymnasium facilities at Woodlawn High School.

Contract went to R. L. Pledger. The project calls for floor extension to the

education classroom, locker and gym. a physical

Easier shower rooms and restrooms. : The total estimated cost is $100.000—S35.000 more than the state allocation. n^^^^^^^^m

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000 and S60.000. Dr. T. M. Kes . Bowden. „. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^, _!! 3 - "Faster Sep-'

director of research, told the T', board. M a r c j n '

Besides additions to the gym Sun<-' to provide physical education lp classes for boys. 460 permanent balcony seats and 570 folding t downstairs bleachers are expected ( to push total seating to between j1

1200 and 1300. The board selected Feb. 16 for

a hearing asked by Hoke Kelly of 1500 30th-st, n. Kelly requested that Phillips Head Coach Ernest L. Tucker and Asst. Coach Brax­ton Nail be removed because of failure to win enough football games.

Then Wrighl told the board

BY RONALD WEATHERS News sports writer

A physical education plant simi­lar to those at West End and Ram­say High Schools will be erected at Woodlawn High School in the not too distant future. That was the hope of officials at Woodlawn and the Board of Education today as they awaited the final okeh from Washington.

Right now, steel—or the lack of it—is the principal thing that is holding up the project. An okeh for allotment of the steel by the Federal Security Agency in Wash­ington would mean that construc­tion of the plant could begin as soon as possible after July 1. That was the word from Dr. T. M. Keg-ley, of the Board of Education.

Only last week, the board got telephonic assurance from Wash­ington t h a t the steel probably would be released the third quar­ter of this year. In order to meet requirements for

obtaining the steel, the board had to agree to two things: (1) To use fabricated trusses that will make for a flat arched roof and (2) not to erect any permanent seats until after the duration of the present emergency. The latter specifica­tion was asked in order to make the gymnasium primarily of class­room nature instead of a place for entertainment.

CHANGE IN DESIGN of the roof was okehed by the board last Fri­day, thus clearing the way toward meeting demands of the Federal Security Agency.

The plant, to cost between $175,-000 and $200,000, is to be located where the Woodlawn Elementary School lunchroom now stands. Thus it would be adjacent to the present varsity football dressing room. The gym would house a basketball court, dressing rooms, conference rooms and coaches' offices.

Provisions are included in t h e plans for extension, that probably to be a girls' gymnasium in future years.

Realizing the need for expansion at Woodlawn, an application for steel was submitted last Fall, but turned down.

Currently, the boys' and girls' gym is located at the rear of the school auditorium. Partitioning of the space, the size of a small basketball court, means cramped quarters for both boys' and girls' classes. Things are further crowded when

the musical or speech department stages a production, requiring part of the gym space for rehearsal and actual presentation.

When that happens, physical edu­cation instructors can only pray for favorable weather so that classes can go outside, or operate in con­fined quarters.

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School Board OK's Additions At Woodlawn

Plans for music and shop ad­ditions at Woodlawn High School were approved by the Birming­ham Board of Education yester­day.

Board members also authorized Schools S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Dr. Frazer Banks to advertise for bids for the additions.

In other business the board re­ported a burglary loss in schools of $873.54 from Jan. 1 to May 13 of this year.

Recommended a change in the district boundaries of West End Ramsay and Jones Valley High Schools.

However, Dr. Banks said, it has been the policy of the board to grant transfers to those students whose parents request it. He also said students now attending West End High School may go on next year, but due to crowded condi­tions no student will be accepted next year who lives outside of the West End school district.

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In Feud With Ensley—

Woodlawn Student Beaten. Near Death

Dr. he informed Kelly that he "could not in good conscience recommend ihe removal of any teacher for not winning football games."

The board asked one of its

high

members. Robert C. Arthur, to cheek with the Park and Recrea­tion Board about a contract on Ihe use of Lesion Field by schools. ^ ^ ^ _

Dr. Wright said that although he had read of the contract in the newspaper, he received no communication from the Park Board.

Dr. Wright said he had sev­eral objections concerning the terms of the contract as reported in the paper, particularly setting a S350 minimum charge per game and granting power lo postpone games tn the Park Board.

BY MARTIN WALDRON A 16-year-old high school stu­

dent was near death yesterday, the victim of what police said was a fight between Ensley and Wood­lawn high school students.

The youth. John Robert Bond, 5016 Eighth-ter„ s, was struck in the head early Sunday in a fight in front of a Central Park drive-in restaurant, Detective Cecil Golden said.

D o c t o r s at Jefferson-Hillman Hospital said Bond had a fractured skull.

Golden said the Sunday morning fight was the continuation of a feud which has been going on for several weeks between students from Woodlawn High and Ensley High. • 1

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The feud flared after a baseball game between Woodlawn and Ens­ley last Friday.

Real Brawl Planned Detective Golden said a "real

brawl, with knives, guns and base­ball bats" is planned for this Fri­day night. He said several students told him of the projected brawl, and that he and other authorities are working to stop it.

Golden conferred with Circuit Solicitor Emmett Perry, af ormer juvenile court judge, yesterday about the matter. Perry agreed to meet with school principals and try to put a stop to the fights.

Several other students were in­jured during the past week-end but did not require hospitalization, young Bond being the only person hurt seriously.

Bond is a student at Alabama School of Trades, but formerly at-

PI tended Woodlawn. Detective Golden gave this ver-

j sion of Bond's being injured: Bond and four Woodlawn stu-

I dents went to the Central Park ! drive-in about midnight Saturday to get sandwiches. One student, dressed in pajamas, did not get out.

Faces 'Flying Wedge' Bond came from the drive-in to

ask if the pajama-clad student wanted something to drink with his sandwich. When the youth turned from the automobile, he faced a group of boys lined up "in a flying wedge." \

IN H O S P I T A L — J o h n Robert Bond.

One of the crowd asked Bond if he were from Woodlawn.

He replied that he was; the youths began to beat him.

Golden said Bond had marks on his head which appeared to have "been made by brass knuckles.

He said the group of boys who attacked Bond denied hitting him with anything but their fists, but

Golden said he did not believe any of them had fists hard enough to dent a man's skull.

On Friday night, also, students had a run-in on the First-av Viaduct.

Golden said a group of Ensley boys in an automobile ran a truck-load of Woodlawn boys into the curb on the viaduct. ,

"A fight followed," said Golden. "Three Ensley boys were beaten."

Golden said the week-end fights seemed to have stemmed from an incident in the Ensley-Woodlawn baseball game last Friday.

The Woodlawn catcher was in­jured in a collision with the Ensley catcher and had to have nine stitches taken in his mouth.

Woodlawn s c h o o l authorities said that the Ensley catcher hit the Woodlawn catcher in the mouth with the catcher's mask. Wood­lawn won the game.

Woodlawn Principal Ralph Mar­tin said he did not think the trouble started from the baseball game.

"I asked the boys' advisors about it," he said. "And they said it def­initely did not, that the trouble started a long time ago."

Principal Martin said he had talked with Solicitor Perry and was ready to co-operate in any way.

Principal Martin suggested that stiff Police Court fines for anyone who participates in the fights might

[stop them.

STRIKE UP THE BAND— I t 's not just football that's in the air these days, and proof is th«se photos taken yesterday at Woodlawn High where 90 instruments were being polished up and 90 boys and girls of assorted sizes and shapes were being fitted (?) into 90 uniforms, also of assorted sizes and shapes. In the photo at the left, Bandmaster Gerald A. Smith does his best to help Clarinetist Wayne Tucker, 14, f ind a uniform that will f i t , while in the background Ernestine Newby, another clarinetist, who already has found one her size, enjoys her friend's discomfiture. At the right, pint-sized Pat Herrod does her best to give the oversized bass horn'that "spit and polish" look. Later she announced she guessed she'd stick ra the flute she tootled last year.

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Omissions by French class make song seem more torrid

They say that C'est is ci bon—The Gaelic "Jul iets" being given "French leave" by Bob Murray, 16, of 5336 Fifth-av, s, (left to right) are: Bebe Harris, 14, of 7821 Fifth-av, n; Lyndall Head, 15, of 4342 74th-pl, n, and Gayle Mart in, 15, of 331 85th-st, n. They are members of Woodlawn High School's "Le Cercle Francois." (News photo by Leo Willette.)

BY LEO WILLETTE "Band Appreciation Night" willlBand Director Sam Gagliano has [everyone's taste in the hour-and-News staff writer begin at 8 p.m. at the high school J promised a musical menu suiting'a-hali-plus concert.

If anything, they've only making folks a little more curious about it.

The "they" in this case are knowing-grin members of Wood­lawn High School's French club.

The "it is by Kitt—down-to-Eartha Kitt's Frenchy record of "C'est Ci Bon."

In the middle of the torrid-sounding disc there are references to we-don't-know-what .". . All in French.

It seemed natural that at the annual banquet of "Les Cercle Francais," that's the club at Woodlawn, a Gaelic iron-curtain might be raised on the musical mysteriousness.

But they ain't talking. "Well, it means 'It's so good'."

volunteered one of the banquet-ting youngsters Friday night at a downtown cafeteria.

That, everyone knows. It's the suspiciously juicy-sounding sec­tion of the song their non-French speaking cousins can't dope out

During a presentation of skits and French numbers, one of the young ladies in the club even sang the number.

Joy Hearn, 15-year-old dauga-ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hearn of Roebuck sang, all right, but again, she wasn't talking. This much she did admit:

"I left part of it out. After all, the head of the department was there." • I

Woodlawn's French teacher, Miss Eva Godbey was reluctant to discuss the matter. "We've learned the song to sing in class," she admitted. i

What about the . . ah . . ah , . mixed-up part?

"Oh, that's slang, "Miss God-; bel dispatched. "We don't doj that." I

So the mystery, as far as "Le Cercle Francais" is concerned, remains.

This much isn't a secret: One of the high schoolers be­

came slightly sick-to-stomach fol­lowing the banquet.

And guess on what . . . She swears—of all things—it

was the French bread.

By Summer, or not by Summer—That is the question r e g a r d i n g Homewood's swimming pool and recreation center. City officials expressed hope that the pool, foreground, would be ready for a July or

August dip. One possible holdup may be installing the filtering plant, which will be located in the recreation building. The steel framework of the recreation center , is shown in the background.

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Woodlawn High addition by Fall—Shown is the two-story, $282 000 bond and shoo bu.ldmg, an addition to Woodlawn High School. The delta-shaped building wi I be ready for operation by September, school officials say. In addition to accomcdatina

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look" when they move into their new $283,000 addition when school opens Wednesday.

The addition which is a triangular-shaped brick building will be used for the first time this Fall.

It contains two shop rooms, band room, mechanical drawing depart­ment, girl's music room, orchestra room, six small music-practice rooms, six classrooms, restrooms and a small conference room

The new building is

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the main high school building and the gymnasium.

It is a two-story brick structure with a completely modern design.

It has central heating and will between be lighted entirely with floure-

scent lamps. There will be a covered passage­

way between the new addition and the main part of the high school.

Just about everywhere you look in the city there's some kind of school construction going on.

And it's no wonder because City Board of Education is in the midst of a giant building program with $1,700,000 already commit­ted.

Contractors are at work on 11 school additions.

All of the funds which will pay for these buildings will come out of the $10,500,000 bond issue voted by the people of Birmingham last Fall.

Dr. T. M. Kegley, research di­rector for the city's schools, also announced that bids for two more school construction jobs will be advertised Sept. 29.

"Our building program is moving along nicely," Dr. Keg­ley said. "However, we've been held up somewhat in several places by a recent strike by plasterers and cement finishers.

The other sad news which the research director had to report was that none of the school con­struction, which comes out of bond issue money, will be ready for occupancy when the city schools commence classes Sept. 1.

"We're hoping that some of jthem will be ready at various times throughout the year," Keg­ley said.

Kegley added architects are now preparing drawings for six more school "jobs," and that at present they were in the blue­print stage.

Of the 11 schools where construc­tion is now in progress Kegley figured that they would provide 82 new classrooms, seven new lunchrooms, one new auditorium, I five new combination auditorium-I gymnasiums, four new shops and office space at two schools.

j^kcVfr - S<? Us Thursday, January 26, 1956 E A S T E N D N E W S PAGE NINE

Woodlawn Growing Pains Made Necessary Erection Of Kennedy School (Sixth in a series of articles

giving the history and growth of public schools of the Fast-c m area.)

By Steve Mitchell Kennedy School originated be­

fore Woodlawn became a part of ] the City of Birmingham. In the j late 1880's, Woodlawn, a town on its own, set up a board of edu- ; cation and erected Woodlawn Elementary School. By 1903 the j area was having growing pains and the Board of Education, headed by R. A. Clayton, felt t h a t a new school was a neces­sity.

A heated controversy arose concerning the location of an additional school and for more than a year the board was un­able to reach a decision. Finally the board divided equally an $11,000 appropriation and erect­ed two new schools. One was Kennedy, located at its present site, 120 N. 63rd St., and the other was Gibson.

Named For Alderman Kennedy, built in 1904, was

named in honor of an alderman

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of Woodlawn who favored hav­ing the school built at its pres­ent site. He was R. H. Kennedy. A. C.' Burns supervised the plan­ning and construction of the or­iginal building, which was of white sand brick. The first unit had seven rooms with one long hall. For several years after Kennedy was built, it was de­pendent upon Woodlawn Ele­mentary for domestic science and manual t raining classes.

The Board of Education of Bir­mingham enlarged the school in 1915 in order to relieve , over­crowded conditions. A four-room cottage was built to house the primary grades, Lunchroom service was brought to the school at t ha t time also. One year la­ter the first class graduated at Kennedy with 30 receiving di­plomas. W. M. Tehan was the only boy in the first graduating class.

Full Curriculum School growth was evident in

1923 when Kennedy inaugurated a full curriculum for an eight-year course of study and later in the same year became a platoon school. Further expansion came in 1925 when the first unit of the present brick building was constructed. Three years later a second unit was added to com­plete ,the school very much as it is today. In t ha t year, 1928, the original sand brick building par-_ tially burned. It had previously

been condemned and after the fire it was torn down to give the school its present play­ground. The school site contains 2.95 acres.

Modern School Today Kennedy has 13 class­

rooms in the main buijding and uses the annex and the audi­torium for classrooms. Their lunchroom is in the annex also and is one of the most pressing things on their improvement list. Fifteen regular and four par t -time teachers are in charge of an enrollment of 500. A recent addition to Kennedy was a mod­ern gym completed in January of 1953.

The band and glee club are two special activity groups of which the school is very proud. Having about 30 members, Ken­nedy's band combines with a like group from Holman and Gibson form the Woodlawn Cadet Band They participate in programs at the three schools and take par i in the Christmas Music Festival held each year at the City Au­ditorium. The band is under the direction of Mrs. Gerald Smith.

The Glee Club is directed by Miss Margaret Ann O'Neill. The school has both a Boys' and Girls' Glee Club which combine to present special programs. Their combined number is about 60.

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Kennedy School PTA is proud of its membership figures this year. They have 526 members which gives a high percentage of membership. Mrs. William A. Roberson is president, of the PTA, with Mrs. G. E. Marks serv­ing as membership chairman.

In the past the Parent -Teach­er Assn. has purchased books for the school library, placed equip­ment on the playgrounds, helped in the-school 's visual aid pro­gram and worked in every way possible to promote the school.

This year they have alloted a portion of their budget to books for the library, books for the primary grades, magazines for the library, Summer reading club, colored filmstrips, first-aid supplies, and their largest fund is $300 set aside for the play­ground.

Kennedy School, located a t 125 N. 63rd St.

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KENNEDY SCHOOL BAND—Directed by Mrs. Gerald Smith, the Kennedy band is a par t of the Woodlawn Cadet Band along twith Holman and Gibson. Members of the band are, first row. left to r ight : Douglas Pate, Charles Lynn, Ronnie Watkins, James Arrington, Eddie Vande-hurg, Pat Davis, Buddy Wood; second row: Mar tha Daley, Eddie Rawlinson, J immy Headley,

Harold Holly, J immy Newsome, Raymond Rayfield, Guy Lytle; director; J immy Jackson, John Word, Johnny Tubb, Jackie Ray

Wilson, Michael Wood, Jeanelie Fowler, Sue Butler, Carlos Gonzalez, Larry Wyatt and J immy Lou Sparks. (East End News p] oto.)

Richard Crews, Richard Lanej third row: Mrs. Gerald Smith

iave returned rip. to Biloxi.

from a fishing

Clyde Franklin, Mr. and-Mrs . U'thur Franklin at tended the uneral-of their uncle in Clari­on Wednesday.

Kennedy Principal is Former Teacher Having taught li terature, 11- |'

brary, various home rooms, writ­ing, and serving as head teacher for a number of years, Miss Vera Anderson became principal, of Kennedy School in 1942.

She was born in Prattville and received her secondary schooling there. After graduating from Troy State Normal School, she taught four years in Troy. Miss Anderson then went to the Uni­versity of Alabama and received her B.S. degree after one year of study..

Her teaching career continued in Birmingham where,. s,he l^as been since. While teaching at Kennedy she continued her ed-ucation by at tending the Uni­versity during the Summer months and has been awarded ; her master 's degree.

Miss Anderson is a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma, an educational honorary. She is a member of the Southside. Bap­tist Church and has her resi-denqe in the Altamont Apart- j ments.

Miss Vera Anderson

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Strangers in town last Wednes­day must have thought we were crazy—with all the streamers and banners and people milling about.

The occasion was the retirement of Tiny Fields—our oldest, big­gest and most genial cop. He's patrolled Main Street since the early 20's. Most of the school kids he once helped cross the highway now have children of their own for him to watch over.

When he set out for his last day in uniform, every one of our 40 parking meters had a gift for him . tied to it—some of them too big to wrap, like the TV set.

From where I sit, everyone was glad to see Tiny have his "day." He sure deserved it. Not that there aren't other citizens in town who deserve a little extra recog­nition, too. Take Andy, who rang the Green Garden Inn. By Volun­tarily co-operating with that Self-Regulation Program the Brewing Industry sponsors, Andy's given us a meeting-and-eating place (hat the whole (own can take pride, in . . . always orderly, polished-up and attractive.

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Once In The Woods, Woodlawn School Now Surrounded By Business By Steve Mitchell

The present Woodlawn busi­ness district was in most par t residential when the first pub­lic school in the Woodlawn area was organized. To the nor th of t h e little community lay a sparsely populated swampy sec­tion. Woods extended to the south.

Exact date of the organization of the first school is uncertain but 1872 is the approximate time. I t was erected south of the railroad tracks in t h e vicin­ity of the Woodlawn apar tments , formerly Woodlawn hospital.

About 20 years later, again the date is uncertain, the first unit of t h e present Woodlawn El­ementary School was built.

This first two-story unit con­ta ined eight rooms. Because of its central location, the school grew rapidly until in 1905 the Woodlawn Board of Education decided it was too crowded and something had to be done. The City Council appropriated $12,000 to build a new school. The pop-

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ulation was thickest along First Ave., North to the east a n d west; thus the problem a s to where the school should be located. Neither faction would yield so the City Council divided the ap­propriation equally and built both Kennedy and Gibson.

"Woodlawn Central"

After the two new schools were added to the Woodlawn school system, the original school was popularly called Woodlawn Cen­tral . I t was operated as both an elementary a n d h igh school. Kennedy and Gibson were de­pendent on it for the higher classes and also certain special classes. Woodlawn School con­tinued to serve as a high school through 1909. Woodlawn became a par t of Greater Birmingham in 1910 and s tudents were then required to attend high school a t "Old Central," which is now Phillips.

Although Woodlawn became entirely an" 'elementary sthool, t h e growing community made further expansion necessary. A three-story addition containing six rooms, was built.

The area continued to grow and in 1922 Woodlawn High School was built in Woodlawn Park. A new high school did no t relieve enrollment conditions for the elementary school, however. I n 1927, even with Kennedy and Gibson in existence, t h e Wood­lawn school h a d an enrollment of over 700 in a building de-:_iZ2£d to accommodate 400. Classes were being held in out­side cottages and every other available spot.

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The following year the Board of Education made provisions to erect Minnie Holman School. Holman gave small relief to Woodlawn's enrollment problem a t first. Holman was built "back in the woods" at t h a t t ime and s tar ted with a small enrollment. Woodlawn lost only about 100 students to the school during the first year.

Woodlawn's business district was gradually enlarging, thus pushing the residential sections back. As the years passed this caused a slow drop in the Wood­lawn school enrollment. Attend­ance figures now s tand at about 375.

A new stage is the latest im­provement in the school's facil­ities. This was added in 1954.

A special class was placed a t the school in 1951. Known as a sight-saving class, it is for chil­dren anywhere in the county who have unusually bad eye­sight, yet are not blind. The Lions Club partially sponsors the class and has bought equipment for t h e children.

Woodlawn Elementary School principal is W. R. Hall, who has served in the position since 1925. Head teacher is Miss Nancy Luke.

. PTA Active

Mrs. H. A. Bass heads the very a c t i v e Woodlawn Elementary PTA. Their big project is im­proving t h e school playground with t h e help of the Board of Education.

They have recently bought new chairs for the auditorium and presented the school library with a new set of encyclopedias.

The group has as its aim to promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, church and community.

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W. R. Hall is principal for both Woodlawn Elementary and Hol­man Schools. He has been serv­ing the Woodlawn school since 1925 and Holman since 1934.

Mr. Hall was born in Tennes^ see but came to Birmingham where he received primary and high school training. He grad­uated from "Old Central."

He spent two years studying at Auburn before World War I necessitated a two-year tour of duty with the armed forces. After being discharged in the Spring of 1919, he went back to A. P. I. and finished his course of study to be awarded a B.S. degree in engineering in 1920. Three years of laboratory work for the Alabama By-Products Corp. followed.

Mr. Hall got his first teaching experience in 1923 a t Phillips High, where he had a class in mechanical drawing. He said he took the teaching job to get away from night work. He did not intend to stay but found tha t he liked the teaching pro­fession much better t h a n he first thought. He taught a t Phillips until he became princi­pal of Woodlawn Elementary School in 1925.

In the Summer of 1926 he took j education courses a t Birming­ham-Southern and in 1929 re­ceived an M.A. degree at Pea-body. He has since taken ed­ucation courses a t the University of Alabama.

He has been active in the Teachers' Association and has at tended several of their state and one national convention. Last year he was president of the Birmingham Teachers ' Assn. He has served as treasurer for the group for 12 years.

Mr. Hall is a member of the Woodlawn Lions Club and is an

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These programs are to be tele­vised each Friday at 2 p.m. on Channel 10 and 7. This is a new experiment in TV programs in the form of an informal decorat­ed course. The course is to be taught by James Hatcher, direc­tor of Town and Gown and con­nected with University Center; Joseph Langston, director of the Jefferson County Public Library and assistant director of the Birmingham Public Library, and Mrs. True Robinson, assistant professor a t Howard College and instructor at the University Cen­ter.

Mrs. Robert Temple will be m a s t e r of ceremonies; Mrs. James Sizemore and Mrs. Evelyn Walker are floor managers.

This week the program will feature Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Crawford. Mr. Crawford will ex­plain the origin and history of the Ballad and will sing several numbers.

Mrs. True Robinson will give the origin of the Victorian house in England.

Miss Betty Lindstrom will be modeling costumes from time to time during the program. Tech­nical work at the station for the

program is being done entirely by high school boys.

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Watson have purchased their home at 525 Chestnut St. Mr. Watson is par t owner of the Custom Up­holstering Co.

Mr. • and Mrs. William Louis Schatz have' purchased their home ^t 7328 Paris Ave., where they are now residing. Mr. Schatz is employed by the Pure Oil Co. as a truck driver.

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Largest White School In City, Woodlawn High Rates With State 9s Woodlawn Principal Ralph Martin

(This is the 12th of a series if stories on the schools of the Eastern area.)

By Steve Mitchell The first high school classes in

Woodlawn were taught in the present elementary school up through 1909 when Woodlawn became a pa r t of Birmingham. I n 1910 students were required to go to "Old Central" for their h igh school education.

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There were 700 students in semesters 1 through 6 to enroll in the first classes in January of 1922. The building, a three-story structure, contained 19 classrooms, a library, and an of­fice. Located in a sort of wooded section known as Woodlawn Park, the grounds contained six and three-quarters acres.

Being an ideal location for a high school, Woodlawn was fast to grow. By 1925 enrollment was up to 1391 and a second unit was added to the building. I t con­tained a lunchroom, shops, and three floors of classrooms. Their first lunchroom had been in a

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The building contains approxi­mately 97 classrooms, s h o p«; music room, lunchroom, audi­torium, front offices, and girls' and boys' advisors' offices.

Four of the teachers on Wood­lawn's faculty have been there since the school opened. Former students who are now on the faculty include: M i s s Leona Elizabeth Skelton, Mrs. Sara C. Bowie, Mrs. Ouida B. Kinzey, Miss Kate Malone, Mrs. Bonnie S. Fuino, Mrs. Velma A. Hill, Mrs. Mary Y. Haon, Mrs. George L. Gammon and Mrs. Elsie N . J Campbell.

Five Principals Five principals have served

Woodlawn during its 34-year his­tory. Dr. O. C. Carmichael, presi­dent of the University of Ala­bama, heads the list. He was principal for one semester im­mediately after the school open­ed. F. A. Gallup followed Dr. Carmichael and served for one year. Chester G. Bandman was principal from 1923 through, 1926. Noble B. Hendrix was prin­cipal of Woodlawn for 17 years from 1926 to 1943, after which he became dean of men at the Uni­versity. Their present principal, Ralph Martin, succeeded Mr. Hendrix, having served as pr in­cipal of Eastern area schools since 1926.

enter the-school each Fall. Stu­dents there have a t one time or other won top honors in almost every field of endeavor open to high school students. In sports, they are always among the top teams in the city and win the

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Has Served Area Schools 30 Years Ralph Martin, fifth principal

to serve a t Wodlawn High, began his duties there in September of 1943. He was acting principal of both Kennedy and Gate City Schools prior to t ha t time.

Mr. Mart in began his teaching career a t old Paul Haynes, in­structing in mechanical draw­ing, history, and shop. He was boys' advisor and taught seven classes each day.

In 1926 he became principal of Kennedy Schol. During his 18 years at Kennedy he acted for a time as principal of Curry and later Gate City.

A graduate of "Old Central" High School, Mr. Mart in received an A.B. degree from Howard and an M.A. degree from Peabody Colege.

Mr. Mart in has received sev­eral honors while at Woodlawn. One of these is a portrai t of himself, which was presented by

the PTA. Another honor was bestowed by the graduating class of 1951. They gave him the first ring of the model the class had chosen. He has also had the school annual , the Woodlog, dedicated to him.

He at tends the First Method­ist Church and is a Mason, a t ­tending Woodlawn's Blue Lodge No. 525. His favorite hobby is f sh ing as anyone visiting his of­fice would realize from first glance a t the nice trophy on the wall behind his desk.

Mr. Mart in was born at Mt. Zion, Ga., and came to Birming­ham in 1905. While at Kennedy School he married Lucile H g -gins, a teacher there. She also is a graduate of Howard College and according to Mr. Martin,

Entire Faculty Belongs To PTA

The PTA at Woodlawn HlKh has accomplished something this year which high schools seldom do. They have all of the fac­ulty a t Woodlawn as members of the PTA.

Their total membership n u m ­bers 1450 with Mrs. John E. Bell heading the group as president.

Projects this year include im­proving the school grounds by pouring slag and put t ing up markers to aid in solving the school's parking problem. An annua l project is to sponsor a book exchange for the students. They have also purchased small supplies for various rooms such as pencil sharpeners and first aid supplies.

Last year the PTA presented a portrai t of Mr. Mart in to the school. I t hangs in the outer offices wi th other portrai ts of principals.

Mrs. Claude Hearn has been elected to serve as president of the PTA this coming year. She and the other officers were installed a t their last meeting.

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Miss Jessica Farnham/* Retired Art Teacher, Dies

Miss Jessica Famham, 73, for­mer head of the art department at Woodlawn High School, died yeiterday at a hospital here.

Miss Farnham was a retired art teacher and painter. She was born in New Rochelle, N. Y. and educated at Milwaukee, Wis Downes College, the Lycee Mo-Here in Paris, The Art Institute of Chicago and Howard College.

She was supervisor of art at a high school in Rochester, Minn, and also assistant super­visor of art at schools in Colo­rado Springs and Portland, Ore.

While she was head head of the art department at Woodlawn High School here, exhibits of her watercolor work were displayed at Auburn, Talladega High School, Ramsay High School, Phillips High School, Woodlawn High and the Montgomery Mu-suem of Art.

Miss Farnham was a member of the Art Institute Alumni of the Southeastern Art Assn., the Southern States Art League, The Watercolor Society and the Bir­mingham Teachers Federation.

The daughter of Dr. Alden Radford Farnham and Mary E. Farnham, she was a communi­cant of The Church of the A d ­vent here. ' Survivors include one sister,

Mrs. Frank Hunro of Marble-head, Miss., two nieces and sev­eral great nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 4:30 this afternoon at Johns-Ridout's! Chapel with the Rev. John C. Turner officiating.

Burial will be at Citronelle, Ala.

Robert Armstrong, Sterrett. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. to­

morrow at Mount Comfort Ceme­tery in Alexandria.

School Board Hears Pleas From Woodlawn

Overcrowding Detailed; Allocations Under Proposed Bond Issue Studied

BY LARRY MOBBS //"^3 The Birmingham Board of Education yesterday re-examined

allocations under its proposed $15 million bond issue and heard a lO-maa committee urge aid for "grossly overcrowded" Woodlawn High School.

Bond figures were compiled for C. E. Armstrong, city comptrol-who is preparing a report ler,

for the City Commission on the j ment. Dr. L. Frazer Banks, su-issue. Even with the Commission p e r i n t e n d e n t of schools, approval, the bond issue would stressed ''auditoriums and gyms

are not for extra-curricular ac­tivities. Primarily they serve as class teaching areas."

require g. city election. Estimates indicate 150 class­

rooms are needed to replace un­desirable facilities.Ill classrooms' to relieve overcrowding and an-j T h e i s s u e c a U g f o r 2 6 l u n c h . other 186 rooms required for im- r o o m c o n s t n i c t ions, 31 building mediate growth.

Some 13 school auditoriums stand to be either remodeled or constructed and 23 gymnasi­ums would get the same treat-

site purchases and 23 cases of building renovation. These sug­gestions total $13,725,000.

A $500,000 Contingency fund would meet rising building costs and emergencies. To consolidate business offices now spread out in three downtown buildings, a $650,000 school office structure is called for. A $125,000 warehouse addition brings the final figure to $15 million.

The school board continues to! emphasize this figure reflects! only definite needs of the school system to meet a yearly 2300 p u p i l increase in enrollment. Fr6m 1945 to 1956 there has been; a 17,000 increase in students.

By 1962 an extra half million I dollars would have to be found for teacher salaries for in­struction of the rapidly ex­panding classrooms. The issue does not call for any funds for salaries.

Present at yesterday's session to point out needs at Woodlawn High was a committee headed by Mrs. Claude t Hearn, the PTA president. She said "there has been no major renovation or con­struction at Woodlawn since 1945. Because it's so crowded the school is running on emer­gency session periods. Classes have been cut from 45 minutes to 40 minutes to give instruction to all students. They even have to use the auditorium for a study hall."

The group presented a list of 23. items sought to bring Wood­lawn 'up to standards."

"Woodlawn is in the fastest [ growing area in town," con-I tinued Mrs. Hearn. "You ought

to be around in the morning when 2600 people all converge on the building at one time. This one high school is fed by children from 13 elementary schools. Another high school is desperately needed."

A 1953 bond issue included construction of a second east­ern section high school. Of­ficials' hope to be able to ac­cept bids for it "around the first of December."

The current proposal lists more money for building of the new secondary school. Combined al­locations of the two issues would provide for a new million dollar high school in the eastern sec­tion.

INDIAN'S PORTRAIT HANGS AT WOODIJAWN . . . "Fading Glories" in school library

Bought in 1922— 4"/^/^.

Woodlawn High site of old Indian painting "Fading Glories," an oil

portrait of an Indian chief, has been displayed at Woodlawn High School since its purchase for $2500 in 1922.

The painting was bought from the artist, Nicholas R. Brewer, who reduced the price from $5000 to enable students and friends of the school to buy it.

WOMAN'S CLUB of Bir­mingham, then called t h e Woman's Club of Woodlawn,

started the ball rolling by giv­ing $200 toward the purchase. Other citizens joined in and the students themselves raised money for the painting.

In i923, Joseph T. Vaughan, now principal at Bush School, went to Santa Barbara, Calif., where he saw an Indian who reminded him of the chief in the painting. He wrote back at the time that the Indian identified himself as the In­dian in the picture. He gave his name as Chief Young Tur­key of Turtle, Vaughan said.

A—TWENTY-TWO

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lawn High School s t u d e n t body is an all-A student, a two-year letterman in track, a live-foot f o u r - i n c h , 16-year-old senior.

He is Charlie Hayes. CHARLIE'S DAD is Atty.

H. C. H a y e s , and his Mom

teaches sophomore English at Shades Valley High School.

Winner of practically every scholastic honor at Woodlawn (National Junior H o n o r So­ciety, National Honor Society in Sixth semester and Math and Speech honor societies) Freshman and Harvard Book

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A w a r d s, he is also an im-portant member of the school's track team.

HE PLACED 12th in t h e stair in cross country, ran on s p r i n t relay team, ran half mile placing third in the city competition and was a mem­ber of the Woodlawn t e a m placing third in the city and fifth in the Dixie Prep Relays.

This terrific teen is inter­ested in the w o r k of his church, South Avondale Bap­tist, serving as president of his Sunday School Class and

being a past president of his training union.

Earlier in the. Summer he attended Boys State and pre­sently is enrolled in the typ­ing class for beginners at Wheeler Business College.

HIS AMBITION is to re­ceive an appointment to either the Naval Academy or West Point. . . . And to always do God's will in everything.

Listening to pop music is his hobby.

The Hayes family, including Mrs. Hayes' mother, lives at 3933 Fourth-av, s.

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Wood/awn's science department gets national awards, new recognition

™ m , t in sen- ert W. Youngblood, head of These are all elective "T+ ;<, Wnrth railing

Science departments, in gen­eral, are smarting under na­tion-wide criticism, but Wood­lawn High's has just been pat­ted on the back.

The sponsors of an honorary science award program have praiised Woodlawn for having "unusual qualities not com­monly found in most seconda­ry schools."

The sponsors, Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. of Rochester, N. Y., made this statement in a letter to Principal Ralph Mar­tin. Woodlawn was named one of 44 schools that have placed two or more finalists in the annual s c i e n c e scholarship competition sponsored by the company.

SIX THOUSAND SCHOOLS compete in the program which has been in force 14 years. Woodlawn finalists .have been Betty Ann Johnsey, 1945; Al­fred H e n r y Randall, 1945; Charles Aubrey Preskitt Jr., 1948, and George Vernon Irons Jr., 1949.

The next awards are sched­uled to be given at Woodlawn Jan. 15-16, according to Rob­

ert W. Youngblood, head of the school's science depart­ment.

Principal Martin was asked by the company to give his "success formula" for publica­tion in its "The Education Fo­cus" and in a booklet on the

'science award and scholarship program.

The Birmingham's Teachers' Assn. publication, BTA Bulle­tin, said the most important aspect of the praise for Wood­lawn "is not the fact that it happened but rather the cause or reason back of the reality."

YOUNGBLOOD said, "We have some good science teach­ers, and we get some good pu­pils who have good parents to encourage them."

More than 71 per cent—1729 out of 2426--of the Woodlawn pupils are enrolled in science courses, he said. Only gener­al science is required a n d there are classes taking that subject.

There are 24 classes taking biology, 12 in chemistry, six in physics and three in ad­vanced science f o r seniors.

. 15-16, according to HOP- v«»«.c« -

These are all elective courses. "It is worth calling attention

to these conditions," the BTA Bulletin said, "first, the stu­dents like and elect science courses; second, standards for passing are high; third, strict discipline is maintained in the science classes, and fourth, the head of the department is on the go furnishing his teachers needed aids."

"WE DO NOT BELIEVE there is any dearth of talent, in the American boy or girl for science, provided the courses are well taught and the stu­dents are challenged," the Bul­letin said.

Youngblood said, "It is diffi­cult to get enough' teachers and classroom space for the pupils who want the elective science."

He expressed the view that the federal government should subsidize scholarships for sci­entists. He said many wonder­ful students in his own ds-parment are interested in sci­ence and have the ability, but do not have t h e financial means to go to college.

WOODLAWN'S BEST ALL-AROUND SENIOR . . . Jimmie Frank Sudderth, would-be doc

Terrific teen— &•&*&*>-£i

He's best senior at Woodlawn Hi

Both the senior class and the student body at Wood­lawn High School have honored 17-year-old Jimmie Frank Sudderth.

The senior class chose him "best all-around senior," ond the student body elected him as their president. He started his term of office Friday.

Jimmie will be remembered by readers of the sports page as a valuable member, a tackle, that is of his school's football team. In addition to being a member of the Letter Club, he belongs to the Ushers, trie Student Council and Junior Achievement.

Science is his favorite subject. He serves as president .of the Boys' Adviser's office and was a delegate to Boys State.

This terrific teen's ambition is to be a physician, with pedia­trics as his specialty.

He hopes to take his college work at Vanderbilt. Jimmie is skilled enough as an auto mechanic to be em-

' ployed in the Body Shop of White Dairy in the Summer. This is the way he lists his hobbies: Playing football, cook­

ing steaks, baking apple pies and eating, working on cars and collecting rare U. S. coins.

The only child of the Frank E. Sudderths of 8044 Third-av, s, he is active in the youth organizations of the East Lake Meth* odist Church. LORINE ALEXANDER • • • §

Woodlawn 'Woocllog

Gets XB' 'torfcWiP? „ . . , , . ro «7 A i foatiirp editor: Sandy Woodlawn High's 1958 Wood

log, school yearbook, has been awarded the merit score of "B", meaning "good to very good." by the National School Yearbook Assn. of Columbia, Missouri.

This rating puts the book generally in the upper half of yearbooks judged bjr this national organization.

Special commendations were made for art designs, identifi­cation of students, coverage in the awards and honors section, and for general organization of The Woodlog.

Co-editors of the winning entry were Carole Bell and Ida Ray Cooley; other heads on the staff included: Jimmy Rawls, artist; Jackie Rogers, assistant editor; Judy Carlisle,

feature editor; Sandy Straub and Patsy Bolle, ad managers; and Glenn Jett, photographer.

Returning for key jobs on this year's annual are Jackie Rogers, co-editor; Glenn Jett, photographer; and Patsy Bolle, art editor. . Faculty adviser is Miss Mil­dred B a r n a r d , while Mrs. Harry Register serves as fea­ture adviser.

Going To Meeting Dennis E. Conniff Jr., edu'

tional director at First r

Church, will attend a *" Press conference Friday and f will discus" multi-v--' Bib1

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Woodlawn Proclaims Brown Memorial Week

Members of the student body and faculty at Woodlawn High School have issued a proclama­tion setting this week as Clar­ence Eugene Brown Memorial Week in honor of the school's boys' advisor, who died recently.

The proclamation stated: "in memory of Clarence Eu­

gene Brown, we, the faculty and students of Woodlawn High School, wish to dedicate this week to the memory of the late Clarence Eugene Brown, our be­loved Boys' Advisor, who passed away Sunday, Dec. 14.

"WHEREAS, he was a God­fearing and God-loving man who lived his life in a manner that God would have wanted him to live it . . . He was a man with a keen insight into human na­ture, one who could see the good in each of us . . . He has

devoted some 25 years of his life to working directly w i t h youth in the Birmingham School System . . . [lis presence will be deeply missed by all of us who have associated with him . . . We feel that we have been blessed in having him with us as long as we have.

'Be it resolved that this week (of Dec. 15) be dedicated not as one of mourning but one in which each of us in his own way will dedicate his life to the prin­ciples for which we know Clar­ence Brown stood . . .'*

The proclamation was signed by Bill Irons, president of the Woodlawn Student Body and Ralph Martin, faculty repre­sentative.

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' severely beaten with hall bat Three Woodlawn High School

fcoys told'police Friday that they iN^ere severly beaten with a "flat­

tened" baseball bat during a V> Jri-W Fraternity initiation.

rvN Detectives M. A. Jones C. B. Golden said four other days were filso beaten during the initiation but had not been located,

TWO OF THE YOUTHS, Dennis Hopkins, 16, of 7132 Fouth-ct, n, and Leroy Tucker, 16, of 7129 Di-vision-av, were treated Friday night at East End Memorial Hos­pital for severe bruises o£ the but­tocks.

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students were arrested yesterday in connection with a brutal Tri-W Fraternity initiation in which sev­en boys suffered severe bruises from beatings.

Seven other Tri-W members were arrested Saturday in con­nection with the beatings. They are charged with assault and bat­tery with a weapon.

Jailed yesterday was Jack P. Rich, 16, Of Box 231, Rt. 9. He was released on $100 bond. Two 15-year-old boys were placed In Juvenille Home. The students were arrested af­

ter seven youths told police they were severely beaten on the but­tocks with a paddle made from a planed-down baseball bat during a Thursday night initiation.

Six fraternity members did not participate in the initiation, po­lice said.

The students will be tried at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Recorder's Court by Judge Charles Brown

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may require skin grafts. Bruises on both boys, they said, pene­trated the skin about half an inch. The boys said they believed one

students was injured more se­verely than they. "He was bleed­ing awful," said one.

POLICE WERE NOTIFIED yesterday of the Thursday night beatings after one of the students, who was not identified, went to an East Lake doctor for treatment.

Principal Ralph Martin said the social fraternity was not recog­nized or sponsored by the school or Board of Educaiton.

The three students described their "initiation paddle" as a baseball bat that had been planed off on the sides, leaving about one inch of t hickness. One boy told officers he had an

inflamed boil on the area where the club members struck him.

"This is one of the worst beat­ings I've seen." said Detective Golden. "You can't call this play­ing."

THE TRI-W MEMBERS beat them on three occasions during the initiation, the students re­lated.

First, they were taken to a gro­cery store parking lot in Wood­lawn, then to Avondale Park and to an area in Huffman.

After they were beaten, they said, they were forced to eat fried grasshoppers, drink vile-tasting medicine and received a dousing of motor oil and syrup. Hopkins and Tucker said they

spent the night together after the iniation and had to sleep on their stomachs.

THEY WERE UNABLE to go to school the next morning, they said, but didn't tell their parents. They went to a friend's home and went back to bed.

They went home and told their parents that afternoon after it be­came unbearable to sit down.

A parent waiting at the hos­pital commented: "I've known for four years these things were going on." Officers said it had not been de

trmined how many students be longed to the Tri-W Fraternity, but added that "there are less than 20 members."

All members will be picked up for questioning, they declared.

. WOODLAWN DE STUDENTS EARN WHILE THEY LEARN

. Gloria Hodges mokes "Sale" to Classmate Katherine Watkins as store Man­ager Mike Diccicco and Student Fred Harp watch

With cooperation of merchants—

Three high schools offer siuden distributive education courses

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BY DANE HARRIS News staff writer

Birmingham m e r c h a n t s are finding a ready answer to their need for enthusiastic and capable sales people through the distribut-tive education program being of­fered in three Birmingham high schools. And the students are find­ing satisfying careers as well as financial help.

The students work part-time un­til they complete their high school training and are then ready to go to work full-time as trained, highly qualified personnel.

"Careers in Retailing Week," which will be observed this week, is designed to locus at­tention on this program and what it is doing.

students from Woodlawn. Phillip ley who are en­rolled in the (V: educa­tion curriculum, will carry u'fi ' tivities throughout the week hon­oring their merchanl employers' and EelliKg other Sitti the program.

CAREERS in Retailing Week was initiated by Woodlawn PfW-cipal Ralph Martin and DE co­ordinator Mrs. Jeanette Meadows.

And the Woodlawn DE depart­ment will sponsor most of the ac­tivities during the week.

There will be programs at meet­ings of Woodlawn Chamber of Commerce, East Lake C of C, Roe­buck merchants, Crestwood Civic Club, Woodlawn High PTA, Wood­lawn High Teachers Meetings and there will be open house at the Woodlawn DE cottage Monday night.

Students from all three schools will place placards in (he win­dows of participating merchants as a tribute to these businesses. Herbert Hinz is the coordinator at Phillips and Louis Ebersole is coordinator at Ensley High. Mrs. Meadows explained thai

students who express interest in retailing are given aptitude tests in sales, management and related phases before being admitted to the program. They also must have completed the first two years of high school prior to beginning this trainii

WHILE IN THIS PROGRAM, they attend regular classroom in­struction four periods each day. Two of these periods are con­cerned with regular academic courses such as English. The last two periods are devoted to sub­jects related to the phase in which the student is most interested. DE includes everything from whole­sale and retail selling to adver­tising.

At the end of the fourth period, the student goes to his place of employment and works for the re­mainder of the day.

Mrs. Meadows explained that students hold regular positions for which they receive regular wages. The amount they receive depends upon their experience and proficiency. She said salaries range from as

little as $25 pei week to as much , as -SW) and even-, more in some un-j if* 5*insta)

Mrs. Meadows said merchants in the eastern section feel this program is providing them with well qualified employes which are an indispensable part of any busi­ness.

A big selling point for the pro­gram, she said, is that a high percentage of the students remain in their field, making it a per­manent career after graduation.

ANOTHER REASON the DE program is proving to be such a success, apparently, is the dili­gence with which the coordinators administer it.

Mrs. Meadows said coordinators not only help students obtain jobs. teach them related courses and counsel them in which courses to take, then maintain close liaison with the students' employers to make sure the job as well as the students' work are : ci

Woodlawn High Wilt On Record (Lona

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Woodlawn record . .

High is going on the long-playing,

high fidelity type. Preserving the highlights of

the school year, the 60-minute record will be sold to students as something of a "talking year­book."

It will include such items as parts of the annual minstrel, stunt nights, choir concerts, plays and the Birmingham Christmas Music Festival; cam­paign speeches of newly-elected officers, and important football games.

Only two other schools in the nation are known to have suc­cessfully launched a record pro­ject such as this, according to Eleanor Long, chairman of the record committee for the student government, which is sponsoring the project. One of these schools is in Tallahassee, Fla., and the

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other in Illinois. "The record ought to mean a

lot to each student interested in the activities of Woodlawn . . . memories can be re-lived years from now," she explains.

Sales for eighth semester stu­dents will begin this semester, with other students purchasing the album in the Spring.

The $1000 profit, which Elea­nor estimates the sale of records to net, will be used for school projects.

A contest to find a name for the album will be held soon, with the winner receiving a free album.

Andy Davenport, talented art student and winner of several art awards, is designing the cover for the album. The music department's tape recorder will be used to tape events for the record.

Woodlawn students to participate in nationwide survey

Woodlawn High School students will participate in a 22-city, na­tionwide survey of aptitudes, abili­ties, interests and activities of high school students next March

Theh Birmingham Board of Education approved the school's participation Friday following a request from Dr. Paul R. Givens, chairman of the psychology department of Birmingham-Southern College aand regional coordinator for the survey, dubbed "Project Talent."

ing various sizes and types of ing various sizes aand types of schools will participate in the two-day survey.

It is sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh.

THAT'S FOR THE RECORD! — Preserving the. highlights of Woodlawn High's school year on a long- j playing, high fidelity record, which wil l be sold to students as a " ta lk ing yearbook," are (left to right), Eleanor Long, chairman of the record committee; An- ! thony Bedsole, president of the Student Body, and . Linda Waldrop, student.

TWICE A WINNER — Andy Davenport, regional winner of a Hallmark Honor Prize in this year's National Scholastic Art Awards competition, holds a plaque citing him winner of the same prize in 1959 when he was a junior at Woodlawn.

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For Honors Forty-five students at Wood­

lawn High have been tapped for membership in the National Honor Society.

Among new members is one junior. Linda Caudle.

Seniors lapped are: .lames Bed-sole. Jean Bush, Patsy Colley, Don Harper. Joe Hartline, Barbara Hosey, Judy Steeley, Nancy Tuck-

Bill Bozeman, Andy Davenport, Artie Manes. Raymond . lleaton.

^\Charles Jones, David Long, Jimmy „„ - Martin, Doug Nunneiley, Fred ™X4 Richardson. Jack Hohling, Don

A , Seay, J a m e s Simmons. Pope \ Thrash. Wheeler Vice, E m i l y

Blair, Catherine Bryant. Dottie Bryant, Peggy Cobb, Janice Dan-

Jeral Dean Faulkner, Barbara y. Jeanne Gregory, Betty Hall,

Martha James, Sue McCreless, Pat Ohnich, Joan Pace, Snellen Pitts, Janice Robertson, Barbara Roddam, Wanda Sheppard.

Nelda Williams. Barbara Wil­liamson, Joan Wolfe, Arden Wood and Angeline Yeager.

Clifford Williams is presidenl o the National Honor Society, while Miss Virgil S. Lamb is sponsoi and chairman of the committee.

oodlawn Taps Top MathStudents

The Euclidean Matli Honor Society at Woodlawn High has tapped new members.

Newly elected from the fifth semester are Richard Crew, Barbara Hemphill. P a m e l a Leek, Quitman Liner,' Mary Jo Mummert, Millie Simms, Bar­bara Phillips, Bill Stewart, John Wells. Horace Wiggs, Sandra Wilson,'Margaret Winnett, Anne Cowden and Tommy Ingram.

Those from the sixth semester are Katie Ann Holt and Kath­leen Marshall.

New members from the eighth semester are David Fegenbush and Fred Richardson.

To be elegible for member­ship in the Euclidean Society, a student must be enrolled in Ihe math department for five semesters, be a person of high character, have excellent grades and have been of some service to the department. .

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Senior Wins Art Award ,

An abstract painting by a Wood-iwn High School senior took the

Hallmark Honor Prize for this region at the National Scholastic: Art Awards competition in New! York.

The p a i n t i n g , "Abstract int White with Red," by Andy Daven­port, 17, 927 39th-st, n, received one of 34 prizes awarded regional winners throughout the country.

The prize, considered a major art award in the annual teen-age exhibition, carries a $100 cash purchase from Hallmark.

Entered By Teacher Andy's painting was entered in

the national competition by Mrs. Lula Bell Black, Woodlawn art teacher, after Judges here nomi­nated it at the regional exhibition sponsored by Loveman's earlier this year.

It will be shown through May 13 at Scholastic Magazine's 33rd annual National High School Art Exhibition in New York.

Davenport also received honor­able mention for an entry in the oils division.

He and Julie Holaday, Tusca­loosa High School, were presented art scholarships to the University of Alabama, as was Patti Swaf-ford, Woodlawn High, to the At­lanta Art Institute, Atlanta, Ga.

Other Area Winners Other award winners from Bir­

mingham- i>nd their schools are Roger Brasher. 13, m e d a I i s I, transparent water color; and Bert Meyer, 14. medalist, opaque wa­ter color, of Avondale School. EI-liene Franks, 16. and Sandra Mur-reli, 15, medalists, prints: Linda Sheppard, 15, medalist, pottery, and Hazel Jo Smithco, 15, hon­orable mention, textile design, from Banks High: Wayne Beck, 16, medalist, colored chalk: Jo-Ann Cornelius, 15, m e d a l i s t , opaque water color: Jan Johnson, 14, honorable mention, transpar­ent water color: and Geneal Muckleroy, 14, medalist, opaque water color; all from Ramsay High.

Bernice Savio, 15, medalist, opaque water color, from West End High; Sandra Willis, 14, hon­orable mention, general design, from Ullman High; Tommy Gun-ter, 18, medalist, pottery and hon­orable mention, collage and pot­tery, Edith Ledbetter, 14, honor­able mention, oils, Mary Ann Long, 13, medalist, transparent water color: Helen Mullen, 14 honorable mention, oils; Kay Stan­ton. 16, Strathmore Award ($50), collage; and Jenine Wilson, 14, medalist, linoleum block print, all of Woodlawn High.

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THIS IS OUR LIFE—Fred Miloit (left) and Elea­nor Long, record yearbook committee chairmen, hold 0 copy of their product soon to be presented to Wood­lawn's student body. Between them is Andy Daven­port, award-winning student artist, who designed the record jacket. - ^ ^ f ^ Q ^

Woodlawn High Makes First Record Yearbook

BY JOE PALMER Alabama's first recorded year­

book is scheduled for delivery thi* week.

Woodlawn High's student coun-

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cil is winding up year-long re­cording sessions hoping it starts a new trend that will add scope to high school annuals.

Beginning last Fall, all events characteristic of student life at the school were carefully re­corded, so their most important moments could later be edited for inclusion on long-play record of the year's activities.

Excerpts Of Events In proper sequence on hi-fi-

delity disc, entitled "Highlights in Sound," are excerpts of foot­ball games, stunt night, Fall play, Christmas music by Wood­lawn's choir, band review, min­strel show, and selections from the glee club, Choraliers and Cavaliers.

The record will not compete in any way with Woodlawn's regular annual, a Council repre­sentative emphasized.

"We simply believe hearing actual sounds from events we enjoyed will help keep our sen­ior year fresh in our memories," explained Eleanor Long, who originated the idea.

Record Narrator Fred M i I i o t, outstanding

speech student, narrates the records sequences.

He and a professional techni­cian edited the recordings. *

"It was rougher getting our tape ready to cut the master record than anything," he com­mented.

The yearbook is the Student Council's major money making project this year.

Already 500 copies have been sold at $3 each.

With your neighbors—

Woodlawn steps up stadium drive BY LOU ISAACSON

News staff writer Woodlawn Chamber of Com-

nerce today announced its Sum-ler program, which will include epped up efforts to get a new

high school stadium for the east- for the proposed stadium Meanwhile, a local industrialist ern section of the city.

Several months ago the Cham­ber appointed a special committee to work with the Eastern Com­munity Council in securing a site

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WHS grads shine in engineering Nine 1960 graduates of Wood­

lawn High School make up al­most 10 per cent of Auburn Uni­versity's top 100 pre-engineering students for last year.

Auburn officials have credited this enviable record to Birming­ham high school's stress on high academic standards.

The nine students, winners oi other academic honors and ac­tive in campus activities are: JAMES BEDSOLE, son of Mr.

and Mrs. C. T. Bedsole, 690 72nd St., South.

JOSEPH CARROLL, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Carroll, II St.. North.

THOMAS CLEMENTS, son of Mr. and Mrs. David R. Clements, 7206 Fourth Ave., South.

ROGERT K. FALKNER,,son of Mr. and Mrs. K. M .Falkner, 4239 Ninth Ave., South.

RAYMON HEATON, son of Mr. and Mrs. J H. Heaton Jr., 9243 Brookhurst Drive.

DANIEL J. HUNT, son. of Mrs. G. T. Pinson and the late John Alvin Hunt. His mother lives at 8210 Division Ave.

SYDNEY KEEL, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Keel, 820 59th St., South.

SAMUEL RIVERS, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Rivers, 1006 Ca-haba St., North.

DON SEAY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Seay, 663 Camp Drive.

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offered to lease property to the city in the East Birmingham vi­cinity.

The stadium is now t e r m e d a necessity because of the r a p i d growth of t h e Eastern section of the city. A new field of play ISAACSON in this section would also relieve the load at Legion Field.

Charles B. Hudson, Chamber president, said the organization will also seek:

1. Disposition of 57th-st between First-av, n, and First-av, s. This stretch is now being used by the Alabama Power Co., Birmingham Transit and the Woodlawn Fire Dept. Chamber wants it opened to the public to help solve a traffic problem.

2. Widening of First-av, s, be tween 56th and 58th-sts. A por­tion of the road has been widened in front of a service station. This however, has increased the exist­ing traffic hazard. Chamber mem­bers say they are still waiting for Commissioner J. T. Wag­goner's department to do some thing.

3. Paving of at least two more n t

alleys in the Woodlawn shopping area. Both are now being used as main arteries for shoppers.

4. Request that the city cut back several corners to allow vehicles to make safe turns without running into oncoming traffic, and causing traffic de­lays. Hudson said that because of a

Bible school at the Woodlawn Methodist Church, the regular1

meetings will be transferred to the banquet room of the Wood­lawn fraternal hall.

'Cool waters,' thanks

to Homewood Lions WHEN YOU HOMEWOO7

dents pass through Shade Park and stop for a water, remember the

Thirteen member Homewood Lions C I linn ked for the f They spent one

digging a 330 for 330 feet of 2-in-donated, so tl could be pre

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9 Woodlawn Grads Rank High In AU Pre-Engineering

M. Rivers of 1006 Cahaba-Woodlawn High graduates rep-.'Mrs. S resented nearly 10 per cent of Au- s ^ n-burn University's top 100 pre-en-, . ^ w a s 5 liln'ar-v helper ses-

. , . ' , , [sion room oiiicer, member of the ineenng students during the past J u n i o i . a n d N a t i o l l a l H o n o r S o c i e .

year. I According to Auburn officials, j Woodlawn pupils credit this envi­able record to the Birmingham high school's stress on high aca-

jdemic standards. j Among the scholastic elite are James Bedsole, Joseph Carroll,

j Thomas Clements, Robert K. i Falkner, Raymon Heaton, Daniel J. Hunt, Sydney Keel, Samuel [Rivers and Don Seay. j All are 1960 Woodlawn gradu­ates. i Bedsole, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Bedsole. lives at 6!)0 72nd-st, s. A member of the Woodlawn varsity football squad, he also

ties and the Ushers Club. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Seay, live at 663 Camp-dr.

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participated in track and was a ol marshal. National Honor Society'jn m v member, Euclidean (math honor society) and Usher Club member.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D, Carroll of 1013 52nd-st, n, Joseph Carroll was also an Usher Club member and a Euclidean. He held various session room offices and was active in the French Club, Aviation Club and Apollo (music club).

A National Honor Society mem­ber, Clements also participated in the Euclideans, Warblers and Ministrel while at Woodlawn. He lis the son of Mr. and Mrs. David |R. Clements, 7206 Fourth-av, s. j Falkner, enrolled in a college preparatory course at Woodlawn, jwas a member of the National Honor Society, Euclideans and Tennis Club. His parents are Mr.l and Mrs. K. M. Falkner, 4239; Ninth-ay, s.

A former member of the Wood­lawn band, Heaton lives at 9243 Brookhurst-dr with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Heaton Jr. He was also a marshal, session room officer and member of the Junior and National Honor Socie­ties, Science Club and Euclideans.

Recipient of an Avondale Mills scholarship, Hunt is the son of Mrs. G. T. Pinson and the late John Alvin Hunt. A resident of 8210 Division-av, he was a mar­shal, Euclidean and Junior and National Honor Society member.

Keel, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Keel, served as session room president while pursuing a college preparatory course at Woodlawn. He resides at 820 59th-st, s.

Another college preparatory stu­dent at Woodlawn, Samuel Rivers, was also active in the Tennis Club. His parents are Mr. and

WASHINGTON (AP) -scientist Ralph E. Lapp the opinion Sunday tha' nuclear tests alread ceeded the "safe ar fallout danger.

Interviewed on program, Lapp according to ' up over 10 ' I don't knr

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in BILL NtJNNELLEY Post-Herald Sports Writer John Blane has coached bas­

ketball al Woodlawn High School for more than 36 years.

W^'s had a lot of good teams, and a lew that weren't SO good.

Four brought state cham­pionships to Woodlawn.

Blane has seen good players, fine teams, exciting games, great: moments.

Ask him to tell of the great­est, and he'll say without hesitation!

"It's always great to win." If any game stands out in

the veteran coach's memory, though, it's a contest his Jun­ior Colonels played in the 1943 state tournament.

Woodlawn and Clanton had made it to the finals of the 1H42 Slate meet with predomi­nantly young teams.

And Clanton had downed the I Colonels to win the State cham­

pionship. The starters on the '43 team

—Leon Cochran, Buiord Tuck­er. Gene Palmer. Jack Barry and Harry Gilmer—remem­bered the loss that stamped

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them second best in the State the year before. So did John Blane.

They were eager for revenge.

Both teams made it back to Tuscaloosa for the '43 meet.

The brackets paired the win­ner of Woodlawn's first game and Clanton's first test in a second round affair.

Woodlawn won its game. So did Clanton, and Wood­

lawn rejoiced. "We were really after them,"

Blane said. "We were all thinking about

the loss the year before. They still had three or four boys who had helped beat us in '42."

So it was a fired-up Colonel five that tool; the Foster Auditorium floor on a late-Winter afternoon 18 years ago.

An hour later, revenge was theirs.

Woodlawn had won. 42-16.. "We went on to win the State

championship," Blane con­tinued, "We beat- Selma, I think', in the finals.

"But the game that gave me the most satisfaction was the one with Clanton."

And it still is, he added.

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HONORED—New members of the Junior National Honor Society at Wood­lawn High School are {from left, front), Tennie Davis, Carolyn Harris, Janet Con-boy; second row, Michele Dohne, Jacquelynn Jones, Elizabeth Joiner; third row, Martha Best, Donald Parker, Bobby Hoi ley and Jane Cook. Not pictured are Pat Wentzell, Don Kirby and Glynda Peeples. ./&*# &-£-£-£#

13 Woodlawn Students In Honor Society Thirteen Woodlawn High School

students today are proudly wear­ing the badge of the Junior Na­tional Honor Society.

The 13 were named to the or­ganization in a special auditorium program at the school.

They are: Martha Best, daugh­ter of Mrs. Evie Best, 5312 Fifth-av, s; Janet Conboy, 203 Lake-st, Trussville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Conboy; Donald Par­ker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer E. Parker, 513 Anne Laura-dr; Tennie Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Davis, 213 67th-pl, n;

Glynda Peeples, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Peeples, 5025 Eighth-ct, s; Pat Wentzell, 148 Rose-dr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 0. G. Wentzell; Don Kirby, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joe L. Kirby, 5600 Eigth-st, s; Jane Cook, 604 45th-st, s, daughter of Mrs. J. M. Cook; Elizabeth Joiner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Joiner, 531 61st-st, s; Jacquelynn Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. Jones, 820 47th-pl, n; Bobby Holley, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Holley, 717 Martinwood-rd; Caro­lyn Harris, 4932 Seventh-av, s;

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Harris; and Michele Dohne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dohne, 8128 Seventh-av, n.

To be eligible for membership, students must be in their third, fourth, or fifth semester. Third semester students must have all "A's", fourth semesters are al lowed one "B", and those in the fifth may have a maximum of two "B's". All must show out­standing qualities of leadership, honesty, and service. Final selec­tion is made by the faculty.

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ienc,e - .«,- . - 5 Randy Hill a senior at^Vbod

lawn High School, has won a Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award Medal.

Randy, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hill, 5912 Crestwood-cir. is a member of the Euclidean Hon­or Society, Junior National Hon­or Society, National Honor So­ciety, anil the Ushers Club of Woodlawn

The Bausch & Lomb Award is presented to high school seniors througtitoul the nation who have shown outstanding work in science fields. Recipients of the award may compete nationally for an all-expense paid trip to New York and one of the three scholarships to the University of Rochester totaling $21,000.

At Woodlawn High-

Addition To Gym Is Almost Ready

KY JAMES BENNETT I freshmen and a total enrollment Completion of a $100,000 addition of some 300 over last year."

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to the Woodlawn High men's gym is ex- • . pected this week, Principal Ralph Martin said last night.

"W o r k m e n | from the R. L. ;

P l e d g e r Con­struction Co. are putting finishing touches on the structure and in­stalling plumb­ing and electrical systems," he added.

Martin, principal of the East-side high school since 1943, re­ported that the new gymnasium annex represented the first addi­tion to the school since music and shop rooms were constructed about eight years ago.

"An estimated 2600 students are expected to enroll at Woodlawn in September," he said, emphasizing that the figure would probably set an all time record for the school. "We are expecting more than 700

School | Martin announced that the new unit would include offices, shower rooms, two restrooms, an instruc­tion area and locker sections for boys' physical education classes.

"Thic addition has made room for gymnasium seating expansion and will add about 8.00 more seals for spectators during basketball games and other attractions," he (said. The Woodlawn principal ad­ded that total seating capacity now would approximate 1300.

Funds for construction of the ad­dition were drawn from Birming­ham Board of Education accounts and from local donations collected during the "W-Day" game. The event was sponsored last March jointly by Ihe Woodlawn Chamber of Commerce, Woodlawn Lions Club and Crestwood Civic Club.

Construction of the new $100,000 facility in the rear of Woodlawn High School was started in the Spring of this, year in order to complete the project by the Sep­tember school term.

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Kecord < ecora enrollment of 2,600 expected at Woodlawn High

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BY DON BROWN News staff writer

Woodlawn High School will be especially dress-up this fall to greet the greatest enrollment in Its history.

A sparkling addition to the gymnasium is finished. . . . property of the old grammar school is being cleared for park­ing . , . and every desk is be­ing refinished.

; Principal Ralph Martin pre­dicts practically every detail will be in order Sept. 4, when a predicted 2,600 students re­port, for registration.

A student body of that stee should make Woodlawn second largest high school in the stats —next only to Murphy of Mo­bile.

ALREADY, at the stately school at 5620 First Ave., North, young men and women are gladly rushing into autumn.

Coach Johnny Howell is work-the Woodlawn Colonels

twice a day, looking nbead to a rough season that begins Sept. 14 against Lee High at Mont­gomery. '

On the prettier side, both cheer! and majorettes are limbering up daily.

Registration for any new stu­dents other than those coming from elementary schools will he handled Aug. 30-31 at school, by the boys' and girls' advisors.

Full registration, Sept. 4, will begin with a faculty meeting at 8 a.m., Martin said. Regular returning students will start signing up at 10 a.m.

Freshmen from elementary schools will register beginning at 1:30 p.m.

MARTIN SAID he expects about 750 freshmen and will have II new teachers..

About 200 instructors and stu­dents alike will be able to park in a new lot near the school, where old Woodlawn elementary stood, The school recently was torn down by the Birmingham Board of Education.

The gym addition—inspected Monday — will bring Wood­lawn's seating capacity to about 1,300. It features new dressing rooms, "skull prac­

tice room," coaches' offices, restrooms, showers and storage areas.

"For the first time, we've got adequate facilities for physi­cal education," Martin said.

Also for Ihe first time in years, Woodlawn's desks will he shined and sanded like new. Faculty member George Gam­mon and several students have been working on them, and the

cost Is being paid by mnney raised by the student council.

SUPPLEMENTS to the school handbook will be passed out to all students when school opens. It will include thpse highlights of the fall semester:

September: 14, Lee at Mont­gomery; 21, Ensley here: 25, first PTA meeting; 28, at Gads­den.

October: 4, Ramsay here; 12, Tuscaloosa: 17,- deadline for qualifying for student of­fices 19, West Ends 25, Bes-smrmr here; 31, senior elec­tions. November: 1, senior elec­

tions, 2, Phillips; 8-9, Fall play; 11-17, American E d u c a t i o n W e e k ; 14-15, c a m p a i g n speeches; 15, Banks; 16, stu-dpnt elections; 22-23, Thanks­giving holidays.

December: 7-8, Birmingham schools' music festival; 22, Christmas holidays begin.

Deca" here, will compfte in window display contest.

Joe Stanley, who will co%uct devotionals during two days of he conference, will enter a work

manual in competition. Lonnie Martin and Earl Creel

are candidates for office. George Coop is entered in an advertising contest, and Wayne Griffin will put a manual into competition. . Sherry McDowell, "Miss Deca"

of Woodlawn and state parliamen­tarian, is entered in the sales demonstration contest, and Bar­bara Frederick, alternate "Miss Deca" is candidate for state sec­retary.

Next month, after the state con­ference, members of the Wood­lawn Chapter will visit eastern area civic clubs to tell about the Distributive Education program during "Deca A p p r e c i a t i o n Week."

DECA CONTE$TANTS - - Sherry McDowell and Joey Kelly of Woodlawn High School will compete against distributive education chapter members from over the state at a convention in Montgomery.

9 Students Compete For DECA Honor Nine Woodlawn High School dis-

tributive education chapter mem­bers will compete for state honors at a statewide conference in Montgomery this week-end.

Competitions have been sched­uled in a variety of fields of spe­cial interest to the students who are learning about the business world through part-time jobs while they attend high school.

Chapter President Joey Kelly, named "Mr. Deca" here, will enter a business manual and job interview program in the state contest.

David Swope, alternate "Mr.

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RECEIVES TOP JIATING— School paper superior

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e Woodlawn "High ived the rating of

division at the c-,K. in the Class A newspaper Alabama High School Press Association Journalism Clinic at the University of Alabama recently. Miss Leona Skelton (left) is faculty sponsor of the paper, and Patricia Kelly, a Woodlawn Junior, is editor.

DECA SURVEY—Sandra Eddins (left), of the Woodlawn High School Distributive Education Chap­ter, is shown working on a study of customers' shop­ping habits in the eastern section of Birmingham. San­dra, president of the group, will enter a state contest along with her companions, Judy McCarley, club secre­tary, and Fay Dunn, club histrian. M .

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Three Woodlawn High School Distributive Education students will enter into state-wide compe­tition during the April state DECA conference.

Sandra Eddins, president of the Woodlawn group, is present­ly taking a survey of shopping habits in the eastern area as her project to be entered in the contest.

Sandra will be at the Eastwood Mall with a group of D. E. students, whom she trained to work with her next Thursday.

Also, Friday, March 6. Sandra and her survey team will be at the Roebuck Shopping Center questioning customers.

Sandra will ask such ques­tions as: "Did you find what you wanted in the store? Are you satisfied with your pur

chase? Why did you pick this store? Do you prefer shopping downtown Birmingham or do you prefer the shopping cen­ters?" and others.

The results of Sandra's survey 'will be compared with results of surveys in a three-state area during the convention.

Judy McCarley, secretary for the Woodlawn group and the state chapter, won the sales [demonstration contest and will sell her wares, "hosiery" to customers at the state conven­tion in Mobile in April.

Fay Dunn, club historian, will enter her local contest winning merchandise information man­ual, "Lingerie" in the state con­test. Fay is also preparing the chapter of the year report and the student of the year report for the April convention.

u Woodlawn Distinction

A National Academy ot Sciences report shows that more graduates of Woodlawn High School have earned doctoral degrees since 1957 than graduates of any other high school in Alabama.

This, as Principal Ralph Martin noted in a letter to Birmingham School Supt. .Theo Wright, speaks well not only to the quality of stu­dents at Woodlawn and, by reflection, the good influence of their parents, but also is a testament to the quality of instruction at the high school.

The News congratulates Principal Martin and the Woodlawn faculty. The careers of their former students lend their teaching effort true dis­tinction.

KENNY MORGAN . . . In his memory

ir st Morgan opny goes

to Woodlawn It'll be awards day for

^Woodlawn High School's 1964 city championship football team at the school Wednesday.

And perhaps the most prized item to be presented will be the first Kenny Morgan Me­morial Trophy, emblematic of football supremacy in Bir­mingham. Fred Sington, donor of the trophy, said that the award would be made annual­ly in memory of the late city schools athlete director who died last February.

Morgan coached at Wood­lawn for 14 years before tak­ing over as city schools AD in 1959.

Colonel coach Johnny How­ell also will award letters, and medalions for participation in the Crippled Children's Clinic game also will be awarded.

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Band Club Starts Fund For Uniforms A total of $10,000 must be

scraped up for 102 new band uniforms at Woodlawn High School.

Heading the drive is the Band * Booster Club that started the

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I campaign three weeks ago, rac-jing $3000 to date. The club will offer business firms membership in Band Boosters for a minimum of $25, for which the merchant receives a plaque naming him ' a supporter of Woodlawn's band. '( Family membership costs $5.

With 60 members raising mon­ey, the club has gotten a good response, especially from par-ents. Finance Chairman Earnest C. Moody, 6804 Second-av, s,-. asks donors to make checks pay- >A able to the Woodlawn High \ School Band Booster Club.

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Contract let for project at Woodlawn A $15,125 contract has been

awarded LeMan's Construction Co. by the Birmingham Board of Education for rehabilitation of Woodlawn High School foot­ball stands.

The contract includes sand blasting and renewing, where necessary, structural steel; sand­blasting and preserving the sur­face deck; replacing sidewalks and painting.

Woodlawn has held classes in rooms under the stands sev­eral years, despite deteriorat­ing conditions.

Board Business Manager Er­nest Graham said today he hoped to step up work on the school's baseball field, with drier weather approaching. This area adjoins the football field.

The school board previously awarded a $2,217 contract to Al­lied Chain Link Fence Co. for a chain link fence and backstop for the new baseball diamond.

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she went to ton in Hi-Y Council Martha Dawkins likes to

play the piano. She also likes to paint the house, clean gutters, and even climb trees.

"I guess," she said, "it sounds silly, but I love high places."

Maybe that's why she was elected national Hi-Y Council secretary when she went to Chicago last year as a North­east YMCA, representative from Woodlawn High.

"I think I got elected by the way I say 'yall, '" said Martha. "None of the other Tri-Hi-Y delegates knew much about saying 'yall' with a Southern accent when they got to Chicago, but they were all saying 'yall' when they left."

AN HONOR student at Woodlawn, Martha says she plans to do lots of swimming this summer at the Northeast YMCA Branch pool in Roe­buck.

In addition to being able to play a piano, Martha is school chaplain at Woodlawn, and has been chosen along with Don Corley, as the senior "most likely to succeed."

She likes people and her church, serving as area citi­zenship chairman for young people in the North Alabama Methodist Conference.

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert) O. Dawkins, of 5505 Sixth !Ave. South.

While she says she ISkes every school subject., but an a different way, she wouldn'tlput physics or math down asjher favorites.

She plans to attend the University of Alabama (and hopes to become a pediatri­cian.

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A total of over much oi been nominated cepted nominations.

Their records as lo. answers to questionna, especially by seconding . will be studied closely by judges. •—Some of the judges will serve

Woodlawn Principal Is Giving Up Position

BY LAWRENCE FALK Woodlawn High School Principal Ralph Martin announced to

his student body yesterday that he was resigning from the po­sition he had held for 22 years so that 'a new captain" could make better use of the 'modern techniques and devices" of edu­cation which the school will be using in the future.

"I have given this matter much thought, study and even hours of prayer." Martin said,[ : '— "God has given me my answer;Prisoned, fined or have our rev-in clear thoughts that are un­derstandable to me—to be truth­ful and honest to your stu­dents, to your superiors and to yourself: resign your position and continue to love, work for and trust in God."

Technically, Mr. Martin said he was retiring. But in order to retire, he said he would have

enue cut off." He said that "we are caught

in a giant web by a sly and crafty spider, and if we cannot teach the youth about God and lead them to Him when they do not know Him, then the spider will gobble up what he chooses."

"My first duty is to step aside," he said, "in stepping

to resign. He will hold his postaside I hope that our proud ship at Woodlawn until the end of the:under a new captain may avoid school year t n e r e e^ s an<* s n o a ' s through the

"I will no longer be with you in person." Martin told the stu­dents, "but my heart will always be with you at Wood­lawn High School."

He gave as some of the rea­sons for his resignation a di­rective for four-year physical education which would block students from taking other minor subects without taking up their only study hall, and the state requirement of only one #ear of science and one of math for high school students to graduate.

He also made reference to the Federal Compliance forms by saying that the "state and local; boards and local officials are! being forced to comply" with Federal dictates or "be im-.

use of modern techniques and devices."

He said that he hoped "that

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Former i will meet with t, the annual break ling's and at the lum. by The Post-Herald.

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you will give your new leader the same respect and love that you have shown for me."

Martin has been connected with the Birmingham School System since he attended the second grade.

He taught at the Paul Hayne School from February 1917 un­til September of 1926. At that time, he became principal of Kennedy School.

At one time during his career, Mr. Martin was principal of Kennedy and Curry Schools at the same time.

In 1943, when he became Woodlawn principal, he was principal of both Kennedy and Gate City schools.

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DE STUDENTS OF WOODLAWN — Kathy Kull-mon -and James Dale Farlow have been chosen Wood-

\ lown Distributive Education Students of the Year. Kathy will represent DECA members at Woodlawn High School at the State Leadership Conference in Montgomery Apri l 26 to 28.

Woodlawn Names Top DE Students Woodlawn High School's two most outstanding Distributive

Education Students of the Year are Kathy Kullman and James Dale Farlow.

Miss Kullman will represent Woodlawn in the State Leader­ship Conference in Montgomery April 26-28 and in May at the National Conference in Chicago." ~

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Both students were chosen on the. basis of participation in DECA Club work, largest num­ber « I points achieved through the..program, excelling in aca­demic work and on their co-op job.

Miss Kullman received recog­nition for her job.as reporter for two years for the DE pro­gram at Wodlawn. She has been for active in other school programs and has earned Honor Roll status.

Farlow, also on the honor roll, is a two-year DECA member. He was assistant treasurer last j n"g year and vice president this etj ye$r. He has been employed in twe shoe company chains and is scheduled to 'take a full-time job as assistant manager after graduation in May.

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WOODLAWN NIGHT—The principal of Wood­lawn High School, Ralph Mart in, and seniors who have excelled in academic achievement at Woodlawn were honored at a banquet at the Holland House last night. Martin was presented a plaque for 22 years of service to the school. Shown (from left), are Mart in, Cheryl Reid, a straight " A " student in history, and Frank J. Hammett, president of Woodlawn Lions Club.

Retiring Woodlawn Principal Is Honored

BY BILL GUYTON Twelve thousand students have received diplomas at Wood­

lawn High School during the 22 years Ralph Martin has been principal there.

Mr. Martin, who is retiring from his job in May, was pre­sented a plaque in recognition of his service to Woodlawn, at the Woodlawn Senior Scholastic Banquet at the Holland House safety patrol ever organized in last night. Birmingham during the nine

The seniors who were being years he taught at Paul Hayne honored at the banquet for School. scholastic achievement will be the last senior class to receive diplomas while Martin is prin­cipal.

The May 30 graduation exer­cises will have a double mean­ing to Mr. and Mrs. Martin. That date will mark his retire­ment after 48 years as princi­pal and teacher in the education system of Jefferson County. It will also be Mr. and Mrs. Mar­tin's wedding anniversary.

His wife was a teacher at Kennedy Elementary School, where he was principal before their marriage 34 years ago.

Recalling the days when he was a student at Cunningham Elementary School. Martin said.

After receiving a masters degree from George Peabody College at Nashville, Tenn., he served as principal for three Jefferson County elementary schools before becoming prin­cipal of Woodlawn.

The senior class that will be graduated from Woodlawn in May will be the largest class ever to be graduated from the school.

When the last diploma is giv­en out, Martin said he and his wife would start a "second honeymoon."

Seniors who have excelled academically at Woodlawn were presented medals.

Those who received medals "I rode the old trolley cars, that: fo r achievement in six depart -were open on both ends, t o ; m e n t s w e r e : Charles Brooks. school every day

He drove up to the old Paul Hayne High School in a 1914 Ford the day he started his first teaching job.

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Dusty Wharton, English; James Calvin Stewart, Mary Sue Let-low, mathematics; Sandra Shook. French; Linda Akulick, Spanish; John Scott, Cheryl Reid, history; Michael Haley, Reina White, science; Timothy Bice, Faye Trimble, business education.

The banquet was sponsored by the Woodlawn Lions Club.

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BY HOWELL RAINES After 22 years, Ralph Martin

finally earned his diploma at Woodlawn High School.

Graduating seniors surprised the retiring principal yesterday with a diploma for himself and Mrs. Martin for "having com­pleted 22 years of faithful serv­ice." . Mr. Martin pulled the first

surprise, calling his wife to the speakers stand to present the last diploma in ihe exercise io

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Class President William Pee pies. The certificate was the Stnsth "since we came to Woodlawn 22 years ago," Mar­tin said.

Martin was beaming proudly at his wife when Peeples and class Vice President Rober! W. Lee stepped forward and draped them in graduation gowns and placed mortar boards on their heads.

Peeples presented the di­ploma. "And we are deeply honored," he said, "to have you graduate with our class."

Applause Begins The applause began. Several

seniors, then the whole class stood, and the audience follow­ed.

Ralph Martin stood for a long moment with his arm around his wife. As the clapping began to sputter, he said quietly. "You may be seated," Earlier in the ceremony, he had played the part of both principal and Superintendent, in the absence of a board of education mem­ber. He had read and answered the charge to issue diplomas, acting out the part of the superintendent, and ad-libbing with remarks like "they're a pretty good class," and "I think they'll do all right."

But he was serious now. "Words cannot express our

gratitude," he began. "This diploma means more to

me than any other diploma I've ever received, even if it did take me 22 years," and the people he had made laugh many

times, laughed with him on this day of joy and sadness.

Yesterday, graduation day at Woodlawn, was Ralph and Louise Martin's 54th wedding anniversary, and their last day at a job that both had adminis tered with talent and affection

This is not goodbye, he told them, "for those who believe and trust in God shall surety meet again."

And as every graduation at Woodlawn had opened for the last 22 years, so Ralph Marlin closed this, his final one, with a prayer.

The seniors sang the school song.

And Ralph Martin could go home then. His last official act of 22 years at Woodlwan was over.

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BY WALTON LOWRY News staff writer

From sports hero to woman missionary doctor, Woodlawn High has inducted 25 outstand­ing graduates into its newly established Hall of Fame.

Among those named to the honor roll were Principal James Tarrant.

A former Woodlawn and How­ard College football star, Tar­rant shares the sports spotlight with Harry Gilmer, Holt Rast and Billy Bancroft, present boys advisor at the school.

Gilmer, now coach of the professional football Detroit Lions, was a bright passing star at Alabama in the 1940s. Rast a state representative . h s t u d e n t b o d s h e

from Jefferson County, was a ; d * s a m e h o n o r w h i l e brilliant defensive end on Ala-'6 - — bama's Cotton Bowl champions of 1942.

everyone's mind, many will recall Col. Rodwell Calhoun Jr., a World War II hero, with the U. S. Air Force. Col. Calhoun, a former Birm­

ingham News employe, and son of former News Production Manager Rod Calhoun, is still in the Air Force, serving as wing commander, and stationed in Michigan. Col. Calhoun was decorated many times by our government and also by France.

ONE OF THE most famous names in Woodlawn High histo­ry is Gail Patrick Jackson, actress, and producer of the Perry Mason TV series, she'll be remembered by many as Margaret Fitzpatrick, first girl ever to be president of Wood

DR. CARL BORDENCA was one of the first government physicists to work in Oak Ridge atomic development. He is now research scientist for the Glidd-en Co., Jacksonville, Fla.

Dr. Davici Napier is professor of Religion, Yale University, and Dr. Frank Trucks, Birming­ham, is the school physician.

Gloria Root Savoldi is the author of children's books published by Harper and Co. and Brad Wood is with "Voice Of America," U. S. State

widely known physician and Dr. Robert Youngblood Jr. is a thoracic surgeon, Wilson, N. C.

A PLAQUE bearing the 25 names was presented to Princi­pal Tarrant during the Wood­lawn High assembly period Wednesday.

Making the presentation was Joe Allen Cook, student body president, and Becky Parham, chairman, Hall Of Fame Com­mittee.

The 25 selected were made by a student and faculty committee, headed by Mrs. Frances McDonald. The idea for the Woodlawn

High Hall Of Fame came about recently when a survey reveal­ed that the school boasted more PhDs than any other city school.

BILLY BANCROFT starred in baseball and football at Wood­lawn and Howard College. He also coached the 19-16 Howard football team which tied Ala­bama.

He's probably best remember­ed, however, as the man who got the base hit which gave the Birmingham BARONS A 1-0 sion over Dizzy Dean and Hous­ton in the 1931 Dixie series.

Billy's son, William H. Ban­croft Jr., also was honored. He is consulting physicist for the Heart Research Division of the Veteran's Administra­tion Hospital here, and profes­sor at the Medical College, University of Alabama. Two sisters—Dr. Martha Jor­

dan Gilliland and Mrs. Irene Jordan Coplin—-made (he honor roll.

DR. GILLILAND has served as medical missionary in Africa and is presently serving at Mayo Clinic.

And her sister, Irene, has won international acclaim for her unusual voice range — lyric to mezzo-collatura soprano—with the Metropolitan Opera.

With Viet Nam and war on

attending Howard College Joe King, TV and radio an­

nouncer, is the "Voice of Col­gate" on national TV in New York. He was active in speech circles at Woodlawn and winner of several oratorical contests as a high schooler.

Miss Nina Miglionico, Birm­ingham's only woman council member, and former national president of the Business and P r o f e s s i o n a l Women, is among the active politicians. Others include Councilman

Don Hawkins, State Sen. Foster Etheredge, and former Bir mingham Mayor Arthur J. Hanes.

DR. ALEX McCUTCHEN presently serves as secretary of the World Council of Churches and makes his home in Nash ville. Until forced to evacuate in 1961 by hostilities, he served as a Presbyterian missionary in the Belgian Congo for 15 years.

J-oe David Brown, author of "Stars In My Crown," now resides in California.

Joe Blane Jr., in the Diplo­matic Corps, is now political officer, American Embassy, Yaounde' Cameroun. Dr. Stewart Bell, professor at!

Mt. Holyoke College, is author of three French books.

$ < & lawn Pupil Wins Contest

• A Woodlawn High School sophomore won first place in the Administrative Management Society's annual mathematics contest.

Jinger Crouch, taught at Wood-laWn by Miss Lucille Burton,' was awarded a $50 U. S. Savings Bond for a perfect score.

Second place winner, receiv­ing a $25 bond, was John Carroll junior William (Bill) Ashmore. Bill is taught by Sister Dominica.

The contest, held March 12 at Massey College, was entered by 59 students from 10 Jefferson County high schools. Winners were recognized at a banquet last night at the Bankhead Hotel.

Finalists in the competition were Tracy Howell and Carolyn Roberson, West End; Sam J. Chiarella, Minor; Eddie Shouse, Phillips; Robert Jasper, Jones Valley; and Cheryl Hughes, Woodlawn.

Proficiency certificates are to be presented in high school programs to Don Aspray, Ann Daniel, Virgie Florence, Jane Patterson, and David Scar-brough, West End; Linda and Steve Kyzer, Libby McAlister and Doris Schwaigen, Wood­lawn; Barbara Burkett, Mor­timer Jordan; Martin Fuller, Jones Valley; Johnnie Glass­cock, Phillips; Coyette Boykin, Carolyn Hereford, Janice Per­kins and David Slovensky, Minor.

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Navy in three sports in a single year — football, basket* ball and baseball.

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SENIOR SPEECH CONTEST WINNERS RECEIVE THEIR AWARDS . . . From left, Dr. Phillips, Hammond, Wheat, Rainer, Miss Dick

ONE TIME IT PAID OFF FOR THEM TO OPEN THEIR MOUTHS . . . From left, Zeigler, Fineberg, McDaniel, Dr. Dunn and Miss Salet

Woodlawn senior takes top 'Youth Views News' honors

BY FRANK BRUER News staff writer

A Woodlawn High School sen­ior Friday nighl talked her way to top honors in The Birming­ham News "Youth Views the News" sppprh contest.

Judges named Miss Marie Dirk, daughter of the Rev. Mrs. Floyd w. Dick, 8223 Eighth Ave. South, top winner of the nine senior high district finalists in a contest held at Birmingham-Southern College.

She received a full year's tuition scholarship to the Uni­versity of Alabama and a $500 check. Earlier in the day, Keith

Fineberg of Mountain Brook Junior High School, took the top $300 cash award in the junior division finals held in The Birmingham News Building. The 14-year-old youth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Fineberg, 3769 River Ridge Circle.

Other winners in the senior division and their awards were:

SECOND, MARBUBY Rainer of Albert G. Parrish High School, Selma, $250 and a ons-year scholarship; third. Terry Wheat of Pickens County High School, Reform, $100 and a one-year scholarship; fourth, Steve Hammond of Decatur High School, $50 and a one-year scholarship.

The three other junior divi­sion winners were:

Second, Susan Salet, of Apple­by Junior High School at Flo rence, $200; third, Mike McDan iel of Bibb County High School Centerville, $100; fourth, Alan Zeigler, Sylacauga High School, $50.

"Since 1946, the Commu­nists have enslaved 7,000 peo­ple every hour of every day," Miss Dick said. She said they have heen highly successful in Europe, dominate SO per cent of Asia and have made in­roads in this hemisphere. "Today, they are exploiting

our own freedom and warping our judicial system in Ame rica," she said.

The first place winner said communism always uses a three-pronged plan of getting the majority of the population's support, creating internal di sturbances and military action.

Second place winner Mar-bury Rainer from Selma warned Russia still is the most serious threat to the Initpd Stales. He said the Communists' main target is the youth of this country. "The young people are the angry ones, the ones who demand change." He attacked U. S. Supreme

Court rulings on the Communist Party.

"Doesn't it seem strange we are helping protect the agents of foreign powers who have sworn to destroy us?" he pon dered.

Wheat, the third place winner, said the four aims of the Communists are to instill in the non-Communist mind the think­ing of the party, to form pressure groups, to meet as many people as possible so the party line can be insinuated and to stop man's ambition to want to continue to better himself

HE CLAIMED moral, spiritu­al and cultural education are the main defenses against com­munism.

Hammond discussed the dif­ferences between Plato's Utopi­an communism and that of Karl Marx. He said both misjudged human nature by disregarding the individual person.

"Both used humans as you and I use pawns in a chess game and did not give a freedom of choice," he said.

Miss Dick, the elated first place senior division winner, said she will enter the Uni­versity of Alabama this sum­mer. She will major in speech and minor in political science. She admitted she didn't have

to do any acting in her delivery Friday night.

"I am very interested in combating communism." the brown-eyed, brown-haired win ner said. "Sometimes I get pretty worked up on it."

Receiving $25 awards and a one-year s c h o 1 a r s hip were Harry Brown Jr., Sylacauga High School; Ernestine Traf-ford, Montgomery County High School of Ramer; Claudia Kar-rick, Fairhope High School; David Herndon, Emma Sansom High School at Gadsden and Martha Sue Williams, Houston County High School, Columbia.

Carlisle Park School at Gunters-ville, and Barbara Griffin, Troy Junior High School,

Basic subject for Ihe cnnlcst was "Communism and its Threat to the Free World.'*

Dr. Howard M. Phillips, presi­dent of Birmingham-Southern College, who presided at the senior contest, termed the spee­ches "a truly superb demonstra­tion. With our fate in the hands of these young people, I feel I can relax."

Judges for the senior cont­est were Dr. T. Earle John­son, head of the Department of Speech, University of Ala­bama; James F. Vickery, debate coach in the Depart­ment of Speech, Auburn Uni­versity, and Jack Haley, head of the Department of Speech, B i r m i n gham-Southern Col­lege. Dr. G. Virgil Nunn. superin­

tendent of Fairfield City Schools, presided at the junior division contest. Judges there were Dr. Laura F. Wright, head of the Department of Speech, Alabama College at Montevallo; Dr. G. Allan Yeomans, head of the Department of Speech, Sam­ford University, and Dr. John H. Sloan, professor in the Department of Speech, Uni­versity of Alabama.

THE CONTEST was the 44th annual one sponsored by The Birmingham News. It was di­rected by Mrs. Thelma P. Young of The News.

"THEY DREW the Cane Cur­tain around Cuba in only three years," she said.

The movement is strongly underway in this country now, Miss Dick said.

"They are creating internal disturbances, infiltrating the Negro struggle for civil rights, creating riots on school cam­puses and they are using the freedoms granted by the Bill of Rights to destroy all the free­doms in America."

IN THE JUNIOR division, $25 cash awards went to Barbara Manry, Flomaton High School Tom Freeman, Houston County High, Columbia; Jane Alice Seale, Akron High; Bill Moss.

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Today there's $322.76 in the Steve Maples Fund at Wood­lawn High School.

And all students and friends of Woodlawn High are busy this Thanksgiving week trying to make things a little bright­er for Steve and his family, the J. S. Maples, of 711 39th St. South.

A Woodlawn senior, John Stephen Maples, was critical­ly wounded about a month ago in a home accident.

THE BULLET from a .38 calibre pistol, which was thought to be unloaded, struck him in the neck. He is para­lyzed from his arm pits down and is now in the Spain Rehabilitation Center.

Active in the youth choir at South A v o n d a l e Baptist Church, Steve was in the Cavalier's Club for two years and was a member of the Warbler's Club at the time of his accident. He was also a fart time employe at a grocery

store on Clairmont Avenue. Woodlawn Student Council

President Greg Kelley and Vice President Gail Anderson are spearheading the drive to raise funds to help Steve.

"We plan to work up a number of promotions to help Steve just as we did for Diane Heath, a senior who suffered severe burns," said Kelley.

WHILE KELLEY says the $322.76 was raised in about two days of activity, he says donations are needed from as many people as possible.

Steve Maples will be hospi-lalized for many months. He will never be able fo run and play like he once did but it is hoped he can regain use of his arms and hands.

Kelley says Steve needs all ihe help he can get. So if you feel you can spare a little for Steve this Thankgiving, mail the donation to:

The Steve Maples Fund, Woodlawn High School. The fund drive will run through Dec. 15.

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The Birmingham Charter chapter of American Business Vomen's Association has giv-m a grant to Miss-Ann ngram, a first quarter Junior n the School of Education at he University of Tennessee at fnoxville.

The grant to Miss Ingram, a graduate of Woodlawn High School here, is issued by the N a t i o n a l Stephen Button Memorial Educational Fund. Miss Ingram has previously been on a full tuition scholar­ship from the Birmingham Charter chapter.

The national ABWA fund was established in 1952 and makes grants and loans to deserving women upon recom­mendation by a local chapter.

Miss Ingram has done addi­tional work with retarded children and plans work this Summer with children at a special camp.

The award was made in c o n n e c t i o n with ABWA Natioanl Scholarship Month.

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GRANT PRESENTATION — Ann Ingram, above left, receives a ful l tuition grant from Mrs. Wil l iam Myers, president of the Birmingham Charter chapter, American Business Women's Assn. The grant was se­cured through the Natural ABWA's Stephen Bufton Memorial Educational Fund.

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Heath has been tapped the outstanding freshman of the year 1965-66 by the National Honor Society at Woadjawn High Jjchool. The award is given to a student who has displayed scholarship, character and willingness to serve to be­come a leader. The son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Heath of 5416 Sixth Court South, is president of the Nation­al Junior Honor Society, was voted the school's sophomore favorite and is a member of the varsity football and track teams.

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President Mickey Murray, left. Cashier Janie Ziegler and Vice President Don Corley are banking on Woodlawn students to make their Junior Achievement program "interest" everybody. The banking project, sponsored by Birmingham Trust National.

.Bank, j s designed to teach students the advantages of systematic saving? As a result, 570 students at Woodlawn earned $390 in interest lor the six-month period ending April 1. The freshmen, according to officials, are the best bankers at Woodlawn.

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week. Not from a flagstaff — from

the flowerbeds. A Student Council commit­

tee of five, headed by David Olive, has helped to plan, plant and pamper the bed of 1,000 golden and white daffo-dils.

PART OF A long-range landscape program assumed by the Student Council, the daffodils add color to the scene dominated by 13 Yo-shino cherry trees.

"These are the same varie­ty as the famous cherry trees in Washington," according to Mrs. Ross Peoples, Student Council adviser.

S h r u b b e r y around the school, in spots selected by a landscape artist, helps to beautify the high school.

"They have maintained it, pulled up the weeds, and waited anxiously. for the daffodils to bloom in the school colors of gold and white," said Mrs. Peoples.

"The students are proud of the job," she added.

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S WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL'S CLASS OF '27 "REMEMBERS WHEN" From left: Johnston, Brown, Miss Slaughter

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Class finally holds party, 40 years late

BY CHARLES RICHARDSON News staff writer

Forty years late but good C o l o n e l s yet, Woodlawn's graduating seniors of 1927 held their class party Satur­day night.

Gathering older and wiser from as far away as Utah, they put aside the accumulat­ed cares of four decades to share once again their sunny high school days of the late '20s.

And if recognition of chang­ed classmates came hard at times, the memories of those classroom loyalties came easy.

For some reason, says class vice president and party-or­ganizer Maurine Slaughter of Birmingham, they never g°t around to a class party back in '27. So Saturday night at Cascade Plunge some 54 of the 164 class members, along with wives and husbands and even grandchildren, made up for the neglect.

OVER COFFEE and soft drinks at first and over steak still later, they renewed old friendships and reminisced about teachers, sports and hi jinks.

Surprisingly, a great many of those who showed up for the reunion or sent word they were missing it with a griev­ing heart did so from homes still close by.

But others, like Francis Johnston, had to span almost 2,000 miles to get here.

Johnston, of Ogden, Utah, is a conductor with Union Pacif­ic Railroad, and his loyalty drew a big round of applause from his old classmates at Saturday night's dinner.

ALTHOUGH SHAPES, hair­lines and even attitudes were noticeably altered, the grads found much still in common. They all swapped stories of favorite teachers and hard subjects.

Some even remembered a bad grade here and there. But the 11 teachers who taught them and were still around Saturday to show up were all forgiven.

Miss Slaughter, in the real estate business here, explain­ed that the gathering was designed from the start to be informal. Chatting as emcee, in lieu of a promise not to speak, was class member Thomas E. Huey Jr., now a Birmingham circuit judge.

Originated a year ago, the party plan resulted in direct contact with 107 members of the class. Thirty-six could not be traced. And 21 members, their names framed in black and flanked by a bowl of daisies, were listed as deceas­ed.

AS PART OF the program, they re-dedicated their 1927 school annual, which was dedicated to then-teacher Gre­gory Brown.

Brown, still hale and hearty in retirement here, was on hand for the dinner.

Their first reunion was

staged 40 years to the day. Diplomas were awarded to the group — one of three high school graduation exercises here that day — on the afternoon of June 3, 1927.

And, just like graduation day, up front came class vocalist Walter Passmore and class pianist Elizabeth Scheu-ing Rogers. So they sang the old school song — led once again by Passmore and Mrs.

Rogers just as on that spring day so long ago:

"Hail, dear old Woodlawn High,

"Noble and strong. "To thee with loyal hearts, "We raise our song . . ." Their voices were still

strong, just like the good old younger days. And if the candlelight in the dim ball room reflected a tear or two no one minded.

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Early Woodlawn students at reunion

BY FRANCES SPOTSWOOD News staff writer

Woodlawn High School has come a long way since its doors opened to "the Starters" in January, 1922, but many of those first students were fond­ly recalling Saturday how it used to be.

Memories of the old shotgun house which served as a lunchroom and the split clas­ses, held morning and night, were shared by former school­mates who joined in the fourth annual reunion of Woodlawn High Starters.

Unofficial greeter for the gathering at Roebuck Commu­nity Center was Azelle Morris, who sparked the idea several years ago of getting some of the first Woodlawn students together.

"I had the idea," grinned Morris, "and I mentioned it to a few people."

He wave at Bill and Sam-mie Bancroft and said, "Those two helped get the whole thing started."

The Bancrofts were among the first students at Woodlawn High. Mrs. Bancroft was Clau-die Mae Hoover then, but usu­ally was called by her nickname, "Sammie." They graduated together from high school, went on to the same college and got married. Eventually they returned to Woodlawn where Bancroft is boy's advisor.

"It's a very different now," said Bancroft. There was nothing but a small classroom building and the old lunchroom when he was a stu­dent.

Morris emphasized that he was a Woodlawn High starter but not a graduate. "A lot of us had to drop out and go to work because those were hard times," he said.

The starter of the Woodlawn High Starters is proud of be­ing one even if he didn't fin­ish. Morris is even prouder that his four children are Woodlawn High School grads.

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Murphy High School of Mobile claimed sweepstakes awards with "The Murphy High Times" newspaper and "The Mohian" yearbook.

The awards are made annu­ally at the University of Alabama Journalism Clinic, sponsored by the University with the assistance of the Alabama Association of Jour­nalism Directors, the Ala­bama High School Press Assn., and the Alabama Press Assn.

Other Jefferson County schools winning awards were John Carroll High, Hueytown High, W. A. Berry High, Banks High and Fairfield

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paper at Woodlawn High ScjiooJ took ""first place lii competition among Class A papers at the University of Alabama last weekend.

Placed in Class A because1 it has a circulation of 1,000 or more, the newspaper was judged for content, quality of reporting, typography and imagination.

Murphy High of Mobile re­ceived the sweepstakes award for its newspaper, "The Mur­phy High Times," and its yearbook, "The Mohian."

Other awards went to John Carroll, Hueyfown, Berry, Banks and Fairfield.

The awards were made at the university's annual clinic for high school journalists.

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A call has gone out for all Woodlawn High School star­ters (those who were enrolled in the new school between Jan. 27 and May 31, 1922) to attend a reunion Saturday, Nov. 25.

The Colonel reunion will start at 6 p.m. with a dinner to follow at 6:30 in the lunchroom.

Chairman Azelle Morris emphasized that the reunion is not just for the first gradu­ates at the School but all who were in attendance at any time in the first year at the newly opened school

"Starters" can make reser­vations by mail to either Mr. Morris or Bill Bancroft, now boys adviser at Woodlawn. Mr. Morris' telephones are

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George L. Gammon, Leona Skelton, Pollie G. Wells, Eli­zabeth S. Rogers, Sara C. Bowie and Elsie C. Campbell.

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lawn are mighty proud of this beautificatlon award which hangs in the principal's office. It tells the world that Woodlawn, to date is the only school to win such an award from the city's commercial division. The award was in recognition of a beautificatlon program at the school.

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Vice President Sue Gilbert look over the school's new flag. Sue designed the flag, which will help to promote the "new look" both inside and out at WHS. Sue made bold use of the school colors, green and gold, with large stripes. Whether it's flags, football, scholarship or school spirit, students at WHS say you can't beat Woodlawn.

Linain Jtiyan dies on Okinawa Sgt. 1. C. William ' Henry

Ryan, 44, who was an ROTC. instructor at WoodlawfTHigh" ScRool "eight years, has died on Okinawa.

The word didn't reach Birmingham until just before his military funeral in Or­lando, Fla., Tuesday.

First reports were that Ryan drowned when he fell into water during a parachute jump. However, those who

Mrs. Joan Ryan of Orlando; • four daughters, Linda Ryan, Cynthia Ryan, Sandra Ryan and Rebecca Ryan; his par­ents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ryan of Booneville; and two sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Byram of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Wanda Hoffman of Ft. Benning, Ga.

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knew him well say that was highly unlikely because of his skill as a master parachutist. They believe he may have suffered a heart attack during the jump.

SGT. RYAN was at Wood­lawn until 1963. Many cadets and others who worked with him called him "Daddy" Ryan because of his interest in them and the good advice he gave.

They didn't call him "Daddy" in ranks, of course.

Sgt. Ryan was born in Booneville, Miss. He served with the famed 82nd Airborne Division, a spearhead of the Normandy invasion, during World War II.

He spent 10 years in the Special Forces before his as­signment to the Birmingham ROTC program. During his stay at Woodlawn, he coached the Woodlawn rifle team to several state titles.

Survivors include his wife,

Woodlawn High winners Bob Scott, left, and Linda Holt really "spoke out for Wood­

lawn" riming; the (Mvitan oratorical nroa^ eliminations at Trussville City Hall. *Scolt captured first place in the boys' division and Linda took second place in the girls' division. Both are standouts in Paul Caudle's speech classes at Wood­

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WANT A WOODLAWN SLAVE GIRL? . . . From left, Williamson, Miss Aurandt, Miss Adamson

Woodlawn tasses face auction block

\ - Everybod's talking about Twirp Week at Wood-\ lawn! What's Twirp Week? It's a week of spring fun

- April 29-May 3— when all those pretty girls are <& . ^auctioned off as slaves for the boys.

J* 5 The king of Twirp Week — Lamar Williamson — jwhas just scores of lovely slaves, like Jenesse Aurandt

* y^fcnd Nancy Adamson, ready for the auction block. Twirp Week at Woodlawn, in addition to being a lot

A^. of fun, helps to raise money for the Student Council. jSj FOR A GIRL TO be auctioned off, she will have to

be caught without a "Twirp Ticket," which costs her 10 cents.

On Monday, April 29, the slaves will be auctioned off. For a whole week, they must do their masters' bidding, like carrying books and doing small .chores.

Girls caught without a "Twirp Ticket" will be hailed into Twirp Court on Friday, May 3, at Woodlawn Stadium and be sentenced to do some ridiculous chore, like ride a tricycle or some such stunt.

Tuesday of Twirp Week will be the day of silence. Anyone caught talking in the halls will be fined and all the proceeds will go to the Vietnam Gift Committee.

Woodlawn, of course, is one of the Eastern schools sponsoring the Big Red One in Vietnam.

New officers of Woodlawn's Student Council will be installed on Thursday of Twirp Week and on Friday, the old Student Council, headed by Steve Doctorchik will sing it swan song.

Naturally, some of those Woodlawn sheiks have always gotten so excited at having a pretty slave for a

:week that they want to keep them on and on, but who wouldn't?

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^ "ROMANS" ON THE GO—IT'S NATIONAL LATIN WEEK

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j SHADES OF BEN HUR! THERE'S \A CHARIOT RACE IN WOODLAWN

BY MARY PATE, News staff writer It might have escaped your attention until now, but this is

National Latin Week. J! And just in case you're wondering why a dead language rates a nationwide observance, rest assured that Latin in Birmingham is very much alive.

At Woodlawn High School the first year Latin classes have •been racing ahead with plans to bring the week to a lively <climax.

Today, at activities period on the track at the school, the Latin students staged a real live Roman chariot race, in ^chariots they've made themselves.

Just as Rome wasn't built in a day, neither were these chariots. They've been a semester-long, after school project for the students. Materials used have been various—but mostly have consisted of plywood, cardboard and bicycle wheels.

To lend a further note of authenticity, drivers will be garbed in Roman togas, also self-made. Some of the togas look suspiciously like sheets, but they do have authentic Roman draping.

This is the second time around wearing for many of the togas since many of the students making the chariots also attended the Junior Classical League meeting in Albertville a few weeks ago. Highlight of this meet was a Roman banquet with the participants authentically garbed.

Woodlawner wins Optimist trophy -u.. , w „!«„.„ n„H n JtlOO U. S. Savings Bond in tl Kerry McDonald, with trophy, won first place and a $100 U. S. Savings Bond in the Crest-

wood Optimist oratorical contest. Other contestants, from left, James K. Smith (Phillips), John Laskow (Ramsay), Dean Paulin (Phillips), Larry David Duncan (Woodlawn) and Fred Ansley (Ramsay) won $25 U. S. Savings Bonds. Smith placed second and Laskow was third. The orators spoke on: "The Golden Opportunities Of Youth." *

After 43 years on the job, Loach Blane stores whistle

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BY JAMES CHISUM News staff wrtler

John Blane intends to see the leaves turn brown in Maine next fall.

A devotee of automobile trips, he's never seen the sight

"BEFORE, school was al­ways going on then and I couldn't make it," he explain­ed.

For 43 years, Coach Blane — to identify him as almost everyone now does — has turned up in the fall at Woodlawn High School.

But not this year. He's retiring.

The coach is one of approx­imately 500 Alabama teachers who are saying, "No more lessons, no more books, no more children's dirty looks" this spring.

THEY JOIN about 5,500 who have already retired, accord­ing to Auburn Bottoms, assist­ant director of the state teacher retirement system.

Teachers pay 4 per cent of their total salary into the fund each year, and a state appro­priation is added to it.

Retired teachers are guar­anteed a retirement salary of $6 per month for every year they served, up to 25 years— or a formula with such fac­tors as average salary during the past 10 years is used, if it provides a greater amount.

COACH BLANE wants out now.

"I want to get out before some kid comes up and says: 'Gee, Coach Blane, you taught my grandfather," he said, adding that he's run across dozens or perhaps hundreds of sons of former pupils.

Robert Arthur, now chair­man of the Birmingham Board of Education, was a football star for Coach Blane In 1928. Mrs. Era Hyche, now secretary to Supt. Raymond Christian, is another former pupil.

The coach came to Wood-alwn in 1925, and never had another job. For the past few years he's taught basketball, but in 1925 h$ was the school's total coaching staff.

HE'S PROUDEST of four track teams that took the state championship and four basketball teams that did the same.

"I don't know how regular classroom teachers measure i

what they've done," he said, "but coaches always have seasons they can point to with pride- or view with alarm."

After such extensive experi­ence, Coach Blane's opinion is that intelligence makes the

difference between a winning or a losing team.

"YOU AREN'T going to have a good team with a bunch of stupid players," he declared with considerable conviction.

So what's he going to do now?

"Just as little as my wife will let me get away with," he said with a grin, predicting she'd make a good foreman of a chain gang.

One thing for sure, he added. No fishing.

"I wouldn't walk out that door to catch a stupid whale," he said.

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THERE'S THE BOOT—These four Woodlawn High School students check the globe for the familiar boot shape of Italy, and the exciting citTis they'll be visiting beginning next week. Shown are (from left), Charlene Mathis, Jimmy Barrett, Johnny Holcomb, and Denise Barry.

Art History Will Come Alive For Four Students

BY JUANITA WEEKLEY It's one thing to view work

of The Masters in museums — and quite another 1o comb their haunts and homelands.

Next week a group of Wood­lawn High School art students will take to the skies to do just this: make art history come alive in its original set­ting.

The students: Denise Barry, Charlene Mathis, Jimmy Bar­rett and Johnny Holcomb, will be bound for the University for Foreigners in the little mountain town of Perugia, Italy, where they will spend five weeks studying Italian history and art. Accompany­ing the foursome will be Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes Watkins, both of whom have strong artistic leanings. Mrs. Wat-kins taught art in Florida prior lo moving to Birming­ham, and Mr. Watkins is a recent graduate of Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Fla.

While in Perugia, the four Birmingham students and

their counterparl {.'roup from Bradenton, Fla., will have classwork in conversation;*! Italian and art history, plus will venture off on week-end excursions to Naples, Pom­peii, the Adriatic Sea, Venice and to the world's oldest republic of San Marino.

Arrangements for the trip were made by the American Institute for Foreign Study. In planning such trips, the insti­tute strives to give American students insight into life and customs of the. countries visit­ed. For example, the Birming­ham and Bradenton entourage will take part in the Cortona Beef Steak Festival parade, banquet and folkfest. Too, they will be swept up in the famous Palio in Siena, a folk festival which has been in existence since the Middle Ages.

The students will spend three days in Paris prior to taking a train for Florence to explore its art treasures. From Florence, they go to

Perugia, to learn about Itali­an art and artists from native professors.

Parents of the Birming-hamians are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barry, Mr. and Mrs. James Mathis, Mr. and Mrs. James Barrett and Mr. and Mrs. Veto Holcomb.

IVMIR emorial hono wn High veterans

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Through their efforts a muddy courtyard on the school grounds is being trans­formed into a small garden dedicated to the memory of Woodlawn High School gradu­ates who have given their lives in patriotic service of their country.

Already flagstone Walks crisscross the area and a sundial is in its center. A bed of holly bushes lines the wall of the school on one side of the courtyard and grass is growing in the four triangles formed by the walks.

Two trees will be planted in the open ends of the courtyard and a concrete bench will be placed in e'ach triangle.

Even a small garden takes an amazing amount of Money and the young people have accepted checks from the Womans Club of Birmingham, Woodlawn Central, Just-a-Mere and Crestwood Garden Clubs.

Mrs. Lela Brewer has given one concrete bench in memo­ry of her son, Robert Rice Brewer who was a member of the class of 1938.

On their 'own the students have raised money for the garden at their annu?l stunt night, with an extra perfor­mance of the Warbler's show and by voluntary contribu­tions.

When they learned that a $200 cash prize was offered to the school having the highest attendance at a crime preven­tion seminar, the student council, headed by Jim Rober-son went into action rounding up their classmates to go. They came home with the $200.

The PTA, impressed with what the students were doing, volunteered to furnish main­tenance of the garden and other planting the students have done on the grounds. Headed by Mrs. Beccher

Olive, who also serves as adult sponsor for the student beautification committeei, the maintenance committer in­cludes Mrs. Jack H. Marsh, Mrs. John^Jordan, Mrs. Jim Dalton, Mrs. J. P. Scott, Mrs. W. N. Rowell, Mrs. Joe Kirby, Mrs. Vent Speaker, Mrs. Frank Manville, Mrs. S. G. Nesbitt, Mrs. B. G .Carroll, Mrs. James Pratt, Mrs. Hershel Norris, Mrs. Henry A. VlTild-smith, and Mrs. James M. Calloway Jr.

Mrs. Ross Peeples Jr. serves as faculty advisor to the student council and Janet Okin is chairman of the student beautification commit­tee.

E. E. Moree, principal at Woodlawn High School, ex­pressed his pride in the work his students are doing.

"In this day of draft card burnings, it is reassuring and inspiring to see hundreds of young people engaged in a project such as the memorial garden," he said.

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monies today will dedicate a memorial garden on the cam­pus to the memory of alumni who have given their lives in three wars.

The dedication speaker at the 10 a.m. ceremonies will be Gen. Henry Graham, Wood­lawn alumnus and comman­der of the Alabama Nationa. 1 Guard's 30th Armored Divi­sion.

Students thought up the memorial garden idea last year, and student council of­ficers turned the first spade of sil then, according to faculty sponsor Mrs. Rebecca Pee­ples.

"The Memorial Garden has been a continuing project throughout this year," Mrs. Peeples said.

The students sought to hon­or the alumni who have lost their lives in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

All the dead are listed in a scrapbook in Woodlawn's li­brary, Mrs. Peeples said, and plaques in the garden enumer­ate the three wars since the school's beginning.

The $2,000 for the garden was raised by voluntary contributions of students and by performances of the War­blers — the school's male chorus that will sing at the ceremony today, she said.

The Parent-Teachers' Asso­ciation at Woodlawn and garden clubs throughout the city also contributed, accord­ing to Mrs. Peeples.

"The students are thrilled about the accomplishment," she said.

"They have the mood for the garden and catch the significance of it."

Mrs. Peeples said the effort has resulted in a pride in the school.

The memorial garden is actually the last step in a four-year student project to beautify the school grounds.

The garden is not especially large. But plenty of shade and several benches make it a good spot for students to meet.

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BY THELMA YOUNG, News staff writer When Woodlawn High School opened in 1922, 700 students

enrolled but in size, it is now the leading high school in the Birmingham system, with 1,954 students in grades 9 through 12. However, although enrollment has been as high in this school as 2,600 in 1963, it is now slowly decreasing, due mainly to a changing population. Dr. O. C. Carmichael, widely known educator, was Woodlawn's first principal.

When Dr. Carmichael left, T. A. Gallup became principal, and the first graduating class of 31 received diplomas, along with graduates of Phillips and Ensley High Schools, all in the Phillips auditorium.

FROM 1923 to 1926, C. G. Bandman was principal of Woodlawn, and it was during this time that the school received its charter for the National Honor Society. Bandman, now retired and living in Philadelphia, was succeeded by Noble Hendrix, and while he was principal, Woodlaw High, through its graduates in college, twice achieved the highest rating by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges.

Ralph Martin came to head Woodlawn in 1943, and during his tenure, the boys' gymnasium and the music building were added. Also, after enrollment had reached its peak, and the building had become very crowded, the new Banks High School was opened in East Lake. This gave Woodlawn some relief.

In 1964 Woodlawn High received the report that since 1957, it had led ail high schools in the state in the number of graduates holding PhD degrees.

After 22 years at Woodlawn, Ralph Martin retired in 1965, and was succeeded by John R. Tarrant, but when the new Huffman High, was opened the following year, Tarrant went to head that school. Then E. E. Moree came to Woodlawn as principal in 1967, as the school's seventh, Moree, a native of Missouri, came to the Birm­ingham system from St. Clair County. He has the AB degree from Howard College (now Samford University), and MA from the University of Ala­bama. Moree was first a teacher at South East Lake Elementary for four years, then was boys' adviser at Banks High and principal of Robinson Elementary.

Eighteen teachers and staff members at Woodlawn High are graduates of this school. They are Mrs. Kathy

: Long, Miss Leona Skelton, • Bill Bancroft Mrs. Sara

Bowie, Mrs. Polly Wells, Mrs. Bess Jones, Mrs. Velma Hill, Mrs. Jean Kirby, Mrs. Jua­nita Jones, Mrs. Frances McDonald, Miss Janice Wilkerson, Tandy Geralds, Mrs. Bonnie Fuino, Miss Kate Malone, Mrs. Mary Haon, Joe Turner, Miss Marilla Morgan and Mrs. Elsie Campbell.

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ed building bid OK'd BY JLILLIAN FOSCUE VANN

Members of the Bir­mingham Board of Education Tuesday approved a bid of $186,700 by J. F. Holley Construction Co. to build a girlis? physical education build-ing at Woodlawn High School."

Tfi£ construction cost, added to an architect's fee of $13,100. equipment for $11,000. and contingencies estimated at $3,-200, made a total estimated cosijapproved of $214,000.

Tlie school board authorized preliminary plans to be pre­pared for seven projects by thejfollowing architects: com­pleting Banks High, Warren, Knight and Davis; a playito-tium at Oliver School, Henry Sprjbtt Long; classrooms at Price, Wilmot C. Douglas and Associates; additional facili-tie|" at Spaulding, Albie Ree­v e ^ Smith; complete gym­nasium and add classrooms at Rajfisay High, Warren, Knight

Davis; add two parking &S with waterproof deck to ^administration building of -1 Birmingham school sys­

tem Thurston Sumner, and en^lrge the lunchroom and

kitchen at Lincoln, Allen Bart-lett.

Board member Clyde S. Kirby asked that the board hold up authorization to pre­pare preliminary plans on these projects, saying there are other schools that needed work — Tuggle, Robinson, Scott, J a c k s o n and Pratt Schools.

New modern school He asked the board to con­

sider building a completely-new, modern school at Spauld­ing for the people of South­west Birmingham. "We are doing it out East," he said.

Other board members ar­gued that the Birmingham school system does not have money to abandon the present Spaulding school plant, but can only appropriate enough to enlarge the school with ade­quate facilities for the stu­dents expected to attend from a new housing project in the area.

It was agreed that architect Albie Reeves Smith would meet with board members be­fore he began work on prelim­inary plans for an addition at

Spaulding to be instructed as to the style of architecture and facilities desired. Dr. Henry Sparks, assistant super­intendent, said school person­nel will inspect the other schools listed by Kirby to de­termine needed repairs and improvements.

Working drawings for the Barrett School lunchroom ad­dition were approved and sent on to the State Department of Education for approval before the project is advertised for bids.

Offer accepted The school board accepted

an offer of $59,000, the ap­praised value for Butler Ele­mentary, closed at the end of the 1969-70 school year and no longer needed under the uni­tary school plan.

The board also approved r e n t i n g Thomas School property, 3420 Second-av, n, to the Vocational Division of the Alabama State Department of Education for 1971 at $1,000 a month.

The school will be used as a skill center with all costs for upkeep, utilities and repairs to

be paid by the center except building insurance and main­tenance.

The school board also ap­proved a bid of $3,587.95 by Hewlett-Packard Co., Atlanta, for a counter and converter required for the Educational Television Studio. The city's ETV studio has been bor­rowing a counter and con­verter from Jefferson County because it must use this equipment to make required regular checks on transmitter frequency for the Federal

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For the second time in a week the Birmingham Board of Education has been stopped by court order from suspend­ing a student charged with a

crime unrelated to school acti­vities.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge William C. Barber issu­ed the injunction against the school board, Birmingham Schools Supt. Raymond Chris­tian and Woodlawn High School Principal E. E. Moree to end the suspension of student James W. Armstrong Jr.

IN THE ORDER Judge Bar­ber said, "The court issues this edict based upon the elemental premise . . . that any person is presumed inno­cent of any criminal act until his guilt has been proved."

The petition for injunction was filed Tuesday by attorney Massey Relfe on behalf of the Woodlawn High student and his father, J. W. Armstrong Sr.

The suit said young Arm­strong was arrested March 24 and charged with selling nar­cotics (not on Woodlawn High premises); that he was sus­pended on March 27 for 10 days and later suspended in­definitely pending disposition of the criminal charge.

Judge Barber last week enjoined the Birmingham School Board, Dr. Christian and Banks High Principal S. W. Ingram in a similar case involving the suspension of Banks student William David Wells.

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reinstated by judge Circuit Judge William C.

Barber ordered a Woodlawn High School student, who had been suspended from school following his arrest on a narcotics charge, returned to class "until his case has been adjudicated in court."

In ordering the suspension of James W. Armstrong Jr. lifted until his case has been settled, Judge Barber explain­ed it is a basic element of the judicial system that any per­son is presumed innocent until his guilt has been proved in court.

Therefore, he said, young Armstrong should be entitled to return to his studies until the case against him is completed.

The youth was arrested March 24 on a charge of selling narcotics, but the charge did not involve the school.

Attorney Massey Relfe, who represented the boy and his father, J. W. Armstrong, said in his petition that the boy was first suspended on March 27 for 10 days, then was suspended indefinitely pend­ing disposition of the criminal charge.

This was the second time in about a week that Judge Barber has intervened in be­half of a student who was suspended from school follow-ng his arrest on a drug 'harge.

The other case involved William David Wells, a student at Banks High School, who was suspended pending outcome of the charge against him.

Legal & Public Notices

NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPLICATION FOR THEATRE

PERMITS An application has been made unde;

Ordinance No. 71-27, as amended, by [' R. C. Cobb, to the Chief of Police of City of Birmingham for the issuance t permit or permits to operate a theatre theatres in the City as follows:

Village East I vil lage East Shopping Center Village East II Village East Shopping Center

Notice is hereby given that a hearing is hereby set at 10:00 • Monday, April 24, 1972, in Room ' Hall, 710 North 20th Street, B i r r Alabama, to consider any evidence offered to the consid-said application.

JACK A. WAR Deputy Chief, Acting Chief r Citv of Birmir

Post-Herald, Apri l 14, 1972.

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Sportsmanship was recognized Thursday by the Bi rmingham Civi tan Club as Richard Ellicott, club president, presented the Bob Arthur Civi tan sport­smanship t rophy to Miss Frieda Hill (center) chair­

man of the sportsmanship commit tee, and Karen E l rod , h e a d c h e e r l e a d e r at W o o d l a w n H i g h Schol,

Woodlawn High wins Civitan trophy By Leonard Chamblee

Staff Writer Woodlawn High School was awarded

the second annual Civitan Bob Arthur Sportsmanship Trophy at the Birming­ham Civitan Club weekly luncheon meeting Thursday.

Richard Ellicott, club president, presented the trophy to Frieda Hill, chairman of the sportsmanship com­

mittee and a cheerleader, and Karen Elrod, head cheerleader.

Looking on were Gil Wesley, football team captain, and Tandy Gerelds, coach.

Richard Bradshaw, chairman of the club committee planning the award, said the award recipient is chosen on the basis of a total effort by players, coaches, school officials and specta­tors.

The Metropolitan High School Foot­ball Officials Association chooses the recipient from the 14 high schools in the Birmingham school sytem.

Wesley, speaking after the award was presented, said it is impossible to have good sportsmanship without God and Jesus Christ. Gerelds said it is important for players and other stu­dents as well as the fans to understand that there are some things more impor­tant even than winning the game. Even­tually, he said, winning will come if sportsmanship is practiced.

Bill Harris, city schools athletic director, told of one case where a game went into overtime in an area where school officials were concerned about potential trouble developing. He had the public address announcer remind

spectators that the schools were being judged for the award and immediately there was a change in attitude.

Harris also took the opportunity to tell of the growth of schoolboy athletics, and sports among girls also, in the past few years in Birmingham.

Bob Arthur, for whom the trophy was named, served as chairman of the Bir­mingham Board of Education for many years before his death.

Woodlawn officers protest story

We, the Student Government offi­cers, speaking on behalf of the student body, request a retraction of the recent article naming Woodlawn as the second worst school in the city concerning vio­lence. It was based on what we feel was an inadequate survey taken last spring, prior to which a gun was fired toward a high school principal. This incident probably affected the response of the teachers to the survey. Since the article appeared, we questioned our teachers as to how threatened or unsafe they felt. Their reaction related a sense of securi­ty.

Woodlawn has a tradition of being outstanding in every aspect of school activities. We have excelled in athlet­ics, participated in the state student councils, served as president of United Student Councils of Alabama. Another example on December 4: We were the recipient of the Sportsmanship Trophy as pictured in your Friday edition. All of the 13 city high schools competed for this award.

Last year, when the survey was made, we received the Americanism Trophy for being the most outstanding school in Birmingham. We feel it is grossly unfair to be catagorized as one of the worst trouble spots in the city when we are outstanding enough to win awards of this caliber, survey or no sur­vey Woodlawn is Nol 1 in everything.

GIL WESLEY NANETTE WARDY

KATHY YATES DEBBIE STEPHENS

JOANNA ALLISON RHOIDV.HAINS

RANDALL H.RICH Student Government Officers, Woodlawn High School

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Woodlawn High adds MAR 3 1977

three to Hall oi b ame BY GERALDINE MOORE

fy "Y\ News staff writer Three people were inducted into

Woodlawn High School's Hall of Fame during ceremonies Wednesday.

They were Ronald Weathers, Bir­mingham News sports writer; Vince Gibson, coach at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., and Dr. Joel Hosea, a professor at Princeton Univer­sity.

In order to qualify for the honor, a person must be a graduate of Woodlawn who has been away from the school at least 10 years and whose service in his field of work has received national attention.

Gibson and Hosea were unable to re­ceive their awards in person. Weathers, who has had three sons graduate from Woodlawn High, and whose wife is a former assistant librarian there, said in accepting his plaque, "It is a real honor to be recognized in this manner in my own hometown."

NOTING THAT he has benefited much in life from having had good par­ents, good friends and associates, Weathers advised "those who aspire to make it to the top," to try to keep them­selves surrounded with "good" people. "It helps a lot," he said.

State Sen. George McMillan Jr., who spoke at the occasion, chose for a topic, "The Need for New and Creative Lead­ership in These United States."

McMillan said there is an unfortu­nate tendency among people today to accept mediocre leadership, and then to get contemptuous when things don't go as they should.

He said most people who are really well qualified to serve, shnn politics. "They do it because they feel that they lack political expertise, they have jobs that don't allow enough time for politi­cal involvement and they don't like the prevailing idea that politicians have to be people who are willing to be 'used/ especially by special interest groups," McMillan noted.

Suggesting that good constituents produce good leaders, McMillan said,

"If we are to move forward in Ala­bama, the South and the nation, we are going to have to be ever mindful that government will remain strong only to the extent that we are committed to putting in office people who can and will think for themselves, and people who will put society's welfare first."

HE APPEALED to the young people in the audience to use their talents to become capable leaders, to mobilize support for society's goals and to show the way in using present institutions or reshaping them in order to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of people.

"You will provide the leadership of the next several decades, and you have a chance to make things for the country in general a lot better," he said.

Anita Bryant's job not in danger, citrus group says

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Anita Bryant's $100,000-a-year job promoting Florida orange juice is not jeopardized by her rift with the gay-rights com­munity in Miami, say state citrus offi­cials.

"It's quite obvious we have no right to control her private life," says Dan Richardson of Vero Beach, chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission. The state agency, however, has not taken an official position on the matter, he said.

Miss Bryant sent to the Dade County Commission Tuesday petitions with 60,-000 names protesting a county law prohibiting discrimination against homosexuals in employment and hous­ing.

Officials say it takes signatures of 10,000 registered voters for a referen­dum on the issue. The county clerk has 10 days to certify the signatures.

She contends the law provides for an unhealthy atmosphere in which to raise children.

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No riff-raffs allowed to playgames at Woodlawn

^ H Photo by Dennis Holt g Hodge, Robertson, Robinson, Dunn, Ford, and Scott have credentials to play basketball

By John Cargile

Sports Staff It might rival New York City play­

grounds, or any pickup basketball game in the ghetto.

At Woodlawn High School gym, in the eastern section of Birmingham, Wednesday night basketball for high school, college, and pro athletes is as commonplace as O.J. Simpson running through an airport, or Pete Rose slid­ing on his belly into second.

"It 's a real bonanza," says Andy Young, who along with Ronnie Ryan, opens the gym or, Prayer Meeting nights for athletes who have basketball credentials.

There is no room for riff-raffs (those who think they can play basketball, or those who once could, but now. can't).

About 60, mostly black athletes, showed up last night for pickup games that started about 6, and lasted until nearly 10. There is one game after another. The team that scores 24 points first gets to stay on the floor and de­fend their winnings.

You wouldn't call Theodore Roose­velt Dunn III. a riff-raff. Dunn carries

the credentials of being a guard for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association.

Dunn is there, by way of West End High, and the University of Alabama.

And, how about Harold Robertson's credentials? He was the second leading scorer in the nation, just behind Free­man Williams of Portland State.

Robertson is there, by way of Hayes High School and Lincoln University.

He is a junior at Lincoln now, and led the NCAA Division II with a 34.7 points per game average. His team reached the semifinals for the national championship.

"See the kid in yellow," points Young. "He is just a freshman in high school at Woodlawn. He doesn't know all those players out there. He just knows how to play basketball."

And, so he does. His name is Michael Hodge.

The program, which started last year, and runs during the summer, at­tracts many basketball players from the city. I t ' s a melting pot. It also brings in basketball coaches, too.

"I come here to see the high school kids," says Murray Arnold, who just

recently was hired as an assistant coach at Mississippi State. Arnold has coached successfully at Birmingham-Southern for a number of years before taking the job in Starkville. "I enjoy just coming to watch them play."

Gene Bartow. Lee Hunt, and Larry Finch from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, pay frequent visits. So does CM. Newton, Wimp Sanderson, John Bostick, and Wendell Hudson from the University of Alabama.

Recently, Central Missouri's coach visited, liked two players and signed them to a grant-in-aid. They were Woodlawn's Roy Pearson and Michael Gholson.

"It's a bonanza if coaches only knew we were here," Young said.

"We do it mainly for the high school kids." Ryan said. " I t gives them a chance to play against good competi­tion."

"There is a lot of talent here," says Robertson, who went virtually unno­ticed when he prepped at Hayes. "The only way to develop talent is to play against somebody that is better than you."

LARRY VANCE

Student wins ard science aw

A Woodlawn youth has been awarded a National Science Foundation faculty fellowship to study for his doctorate in me­chanical engineering at the Uni­versity of Texas

Ollie Larry Vance son of Mr, and Mrs. 0. V. Vance of 5404 Seventh Ave., South, will enter the university in Sep­tember.

VANCE, a gradaute of Wood-

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EXCHANGE CUP W I N ­NER—Diane Etheredge of Woodlawn High.

Birni for gradu.

Pre-cor. include:

ENSLEY: school auditorii are Larry Den Tom Rogers, vice-, tha Ingle, secretary

Social activites inc. Banquet at 7 p.m. tot Thomas Jefferson; Sen. 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. IV picnic, noon Wednesday, Ja at the Warrior River.

GLENN: Class Day will be 9:45 a.m. tomorrow in the schoo.

* Woodlawn Scholars \? Share Top Awards

JASr chairmai cratic Ext set a meeti Jan. 25 in Bi.

The chairm. Roy Mayhall, he called the range for this cratic primary e! fix qualifications of and voters and fix tl and time of payment fying fees. A Jefferson-Jackson Da

a-plate will be held on tht of the meeting. U. S. ^ George Smathers of Florida w keynote the affair.

Capturing the coveted Exchange Club Scholarship Cup during yes­

terday's awards presentations at Woodlawn High was Diane Ether-edge, 18, a senior.

Julian Bynum received the Bausch-Lomb Science Award for eighth semester students, while Billie Fuller and Reugene Gunn tiedjor the honor among seventh semester students.

Michale Braswell won the French Award, and Jean Bush was named winner of the Speech Award.

Service point letters were given to the following eighth semester students for outstanding scholar­ship, leadership and service Clif­ford Williams, Patricia Barnett, Diane Etheredge and Joan Shoults.

Diane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Etneredge of 4628 Ninth-ter, n, plans to attend Birmingham-Southern College, where she will

-lawn High School, received his Bachelor of Sicence and Master of Sicence degrees at Auburn University. He was on the Dean's list six times.

The youth is married to the former Carol Hobbs of Crest-wood. They have two children Michael, 7, and Peggy, 4.

Vance's father is a Birming ham city detective. _

major in sociology or education. Her many activities which quali­

fied Diane for the Exchange Club Cup include visiting children at the Mercy Home, where she plays with and reads for the children . . . in addition to cutting their hair.

An "A" average student, she is a member of the National Honor Society and winner of the "Out­standing Senior" award by th<-Optimist Clubs of Birmingham ^

Julian, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Bynum of 620 Brunson-av,

He is president of the Senior Class and Ushers Club, treasurer of the National Honor Society chaplin of the Science Club, past vice president of the Junior honor Society and representative to Boys' State.

Billie, daughter of Mrs. Rathe rine Brock Fuller of 1520 Milner cres, has been vice president and secretary of the Dramatic Club president of the Library Club and a member of Tri-Hi-Y, Marshals, National Honor Society, Junior Honor Society, Eucledian Math Honor Society, Masque and Gavel, Omicron Delta, Debate Team, annual staff, Caroliers, Apollo Club and Senior Who's. Who.

Reugene, son of Reuben R. Gunn of 9604 Red Lane-dr, Huffman, has been a laboratory assistant for three years and a member of trie Audio Visual Committee, Fu­ture Teachers of America, Utopia Science Club arid Apollo Club.

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GRADUATION PATTERNS—The white collars of these Woodlawn co-eds form a striking pattern against black gowns and mortar boards as the young ladies nervously await their diplomas. Woodlawn a n d other Birmingham high schools graduated almost 2000 seniors in ceremonies across the city yesterday. (Staff photo by Joe Chapman.), •

Challenges O Cited By St

Traditional American free­doms and 'the challenges of an automated age served as main topics for graduation speakers in city high schools yesterday afternoon.

In exercises at eight high schools, 1987 seniors received diplomas, while top students and class officers handled speaking chores.

Here is the breakdown on pro grams at each of the schools:

ENSLEY Wayne Dickerson, president

of the graduating senior class of Ensley High School, addressed w his class of some 340 students a t j r e a c n our goals the school's gymnasium yester-1

'The space age, automation, domestic, and world affairs make the times in which we shall live the most exacting, trying and rewarding in human history."

cnarlotte Hill, in a speech entitled, "The Time to Start is Now," co - ordinated the students' past education with future experiences.

'Although we have completed our studies," she said, "we must not think we have reached the peak of our ability.

We must realize that our lessons have just begun. We must profit by every day's experience and always strive to

she said.

"Our generation must under­stand that for a democratic society to work, we must con­sider its actions and reactions to freedoms.

"If we allow complacency or the plain 'I don't care' attitude to dominate our use of these privileges given to us by our forefathers, we are allowing it to be destroyed," she said.

Stewart outlined the five free­doms and the responsibilities each carries — the freedoms of petition, a s s e m b l y , press, speech and religion.

"We will be citizens of tomor­row," he concluded, "these free­doms have been given to us, but they have been accompanied by responsibilities. If we accept

ble today as I years ago. Tb (promises to eac is willing to j j apply them to I said the orator

She added, " spiritual minds become aware i good citizen. Wi tion to build a We do this bj privilege to vo responsibility ii and by helpii justice wherevf arise.

"A Mature topic of a con by Bobby Rob< the class of 31

Said Robert mind is main] careful, planr seeks to leai seeking and pr< ly."

Roberts, who and Mrs. Robe Gardendale, s person is happ

He offered mature happir accept illusic about ourselve you want to d life's work"; 3 4. "Be willing thing we get "Give of our s>

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the Communis not, we are Bryan, presid High School's yesterday at school audita

Bryan, one speakers sele commenceme of the "spre; Communism" States today.

"In order preserve our Christian and ty, it is dedicated and all of us," he,,

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Williamson — make a cer-

person go P O O F !

Donna West — Make the windows

a, and uie subject

6 n t now, there's . Her favorite sub-

.nistry and math. Her ^chers are Coach Bill Bur-

u Miss Renetta Walton. She ..gly dislikes fakey people, and

people who talk and talk, but don't know all the facts."

Eva's philisophy on life is a good one — "Peace, love, truth, freedom and equality—Happiness."

She plans to attend Tuskegee In­stitute, but explains that it is only a tenative plan. Wherever she goes to college, though, she will major in math. She doesn't forsee marriage in her plans for now. She would like to go to college and perhaps discover an important new chemical that would help the world.

All in all, Eva is a well-rounded individual, who is known and liked at Woodlawn because of her friendli­ness and interest in other people. Good Luck Eva, in all your future plans!

MATCHBOX J U S T L I T

Hal Bearden — Shelia Patterson Trinu Rice — Jeff Harbison Janice Loggins — Mike Mitchell Cathy Drennen — Ronnie Williams Joy Seales — David Webb Sharon Sorrell — Charlie Boone

B U R N I N G B R I G H T L Y Billie Hill — Radford Patty Terri Harrison — Bmce Hill Brenda Vaughn — Allen Langston Ronnie Battles — Jessica Gilliam Brad Sharpe — Beverly Davis Laurie Orr — Bobby Weathers Connie Dempsey — Lee Waters Lloyd Alford — Jane Richmond Fudgie Wallace — Patty Neill Lynn Ray — Tony Davis Yvonne Agnew — Eddie O r r Brenda Hawkins — Larry Kelly Charles FJlis — Debbie Hardin Bill Prickett — Jane Schmick (again)

B U R N T O U T Joyce Covington — Julian Dow Gayle Freeman — George Hallman Marvin Sullivan — Debbie Weston David Gifford — Courtney Kelley Shelley Boyer — J. M. Waites Sue DeVasure — Mike Cowart Gayle Haynes — Thomas Hill Cindy Burnham — Cope Graves

N E V E R L I T Pam Edwards — Mike Patterson Robbie Mannville — Johnny Harris Mike Watson — Teresa Patterson Rita Long — Jeff Burkett J U L I A N DOW??? Sally Bookout — Greg Mayo Jim Stubbs — Judy Penn Joe Watson — Joyce Covington Donna Wells — Russell Vest

long way since j f a m m a r School days.

. age 18, he is a member of na t ional Honor Society, Eucli­

dean Honor Society, and the Ushers Club.

Jerry has two older brothers. He attends Woodlawn Methodist Church.

Under favorites, Jerry lists eco­nomics, Mrs. Bonnie Fuino, food, Led Zepplin. Grand Funk, the late Jimi Hendrix, open-minded people, pur­ple, and sleeping. (He just loves to sleep!)

Jerry's star sign is Aquarius, which means he has his eyes set on a high goal. Although undecided as yet on a career, he does hope to attend the University of Florida.

The people Jerry most admires are definitely not the prejudiced, plastic egotistical type. T o the con­trary, they are the late President Kennedy, John Lennon, Raquel Welch, and the greatest man that ever lived, Jesus Christ.

Jerry's philosophy on life sums up his character, "Do whatever you like, as long as no one else is hurt ."

Woodlawn Plays Host to South

American Visitors Recently Woodlawn played host to

a member of South America students who were visiting the United States on their summer (It 's summer down there) vacation. T h e primary aim of the visit was to study our customs and home-life. They accomplished this by staying with several students for the two weeks they were here. They were brought here as part of the People to People program, an organi­zation founded during Eisenhower's presidency to promote friendship and understanding between the people of North and South America.

The Tatler was fortunate enough to interview Stella Onieva Juan Crosa, and Stella Kennedy, all of L'Sunerion, Paraguay.

Stella Onieva, 19, is a student of Philosophy at the University in Para­guay. She comes from a family of nine: three brothers, three sisters, her­self, her mother and father. When asked about her first impression of the United States she said, " I like it very much, but it's very cold."

Juan (Jose Yggros) Crosa, 20, is a student of Economics. He also comes from a family of nine, with three brothers and three sisters. His first impression of the U.S. is that it is a "Great Nation." He stated also that he liked the American girls "very much."

Stella Kennedy, 19, is a student of Psychology. She has only one brother who, she tells us, was left on their doorstep when he was about four or five days old. She also liked America very much, but says the American girls are "very, very shy."

in my car shatter - proof!

Carey Martin — Marry Tammy!

David McCallie, Jerry Foster and David Sullivan — (the Band drum­mers) Make more paper to mess up the Majorettes' yard.

Janice Loggins — Make straight A's in Miss Ford's room.

Donna O'Barr — Why, come back to Woodlawn, of course!

Chuck Dacarrdi — Disappear from the school.

Joy Seales — Put a hex on a cer­tain person.

Donna Manning — I 'd turn Joe Montalto into a frog.

Danny Gilley — Try to pass Eco­nomics.

Roy Ledbetter — Turn Connie Dickenson into a frog.

Doris Mayer — Get out of school.

Anne Carr — I don't know!

Steve Loggins — Turn my sister in­to a Mike Mitchell lovin' frog.

Barbara Renda — Bring Steve to Woodlawn!

Pete Holley — Be the first person to graduate from Law School at the age of 19.

Beverly Prisbus — Go to Connec­ticut!

John Neel — Change this stinkin' world!

Brad Sharpe — Get a Corvette.

Beverly Davis — Have wings to fly to Colorado.

Steve Dill — Go to Mars.

Miss Armstrong — Become healthy, wealthy and wise.

During this interview it was brought out that in Paraguay several American television shows are broad­cast. The favorites were Bewitched, Bonanza, and the Fugitive. Their fa­vorite (translated) American movie is "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid."

When they arrived in Florida they saw "Love Story" and they all liked it. Stella Onieva's favorite American songs are, "I t ' s Impossible" by Perry Como and "Knock Three Times" by Dawn. They also like the Three Stooges. Their favorite American foods are hamburgers, french fries, milk shakes, vanilla ice cream, and fried chicken.

When asked about the fads that were " in" in Paraguay now, they said (after we were able to communicate) that they wear the same kind of clothes we do (in fact, they buy American clothes in Paraguay) but the boys aren't allowed to wear their hair as long as we do. " In Paraguay," explained Juan, "the police cut your hair if it gets too long."

Before coming to the U.S. the stu­dents thought of Americans as "snob­by and materialistic." (translation). They said that now they were im­pressed by the way people went out of their way to be friendly.

This visit proved it is better to make friends than to make war.

Charles Ellis'

and Mike Fondren Hello, Dolly — Beverly Davis at

Stunt Night T \ O n the Beach — 1st week in June Getting Straight — Mr. Bancroft

and Mrs. Franks' office Snow White — Until air pollution,

that is Under the Yum-Yum Tree — At the

senior picnic. Paint Your Wagon •

"new" car A Patch of Blue — Something seldom

seen Dirty Dozen — Tatler Staff Kelly's Heroes — People Kelly

Fowler most admires Your Cheat 'n Heart — Leta Naff Fancy Pants — New gymnastic suits A Few Dollars More — What we all

need Woodstock — Avondale Park I Love My . . . Wife — Jimmy Jones Sergeant Jack Show — R.O.T.C. Land of the Giants — Basketball

Team War Wagon — Driver's Ed. class Valley of the Dolls — Y.W.C.A. Out-of-Towners — Transfer students Music Man — Mr. Ronchetti Airport — A favorite night place Good Morning and Goodbye — Delta

Epsilon's parties Easy Rider — Ian Ross Midnight Cowboy — Mike Manville Family Affair — Bafraca family Diary of a Mad Housewife—Jan

Vines D O U B L E F E A T U R E : Gone With

the Wind and T h e Graduate — The Senior Class (hopefully)

Night Gallery — Friday night at Altamont Medical Center — Mrs. Frank's

office M Aristocats — Mr. Parrish Fantastic Voyage — George Hall-

man, Steve Tarrant , and John Harris

The Cross and the Switchblade — Jim Posey and Paul Bertella

This Is Your Life — Woodlawn's yearly flunkees

Young Lawyers — Student Council Wild Kingdom — Boys' gym Bold Ones — Those who are brave

walking the hall without and O.K. The Psychiatrist — Mr. Lea Rawhide — What guys have after

seeing Mr. Bancroft Interns — Biology classes Love, American Style — Matchbox Dark Shadows — What you wish

there were more of on Friday nights

Girls, Girls, Girls — Girls' gym Double Trouble — Beverly and Bar­

bara Prisbus The Last Day — May 31st An Affair to Remember — Bill Hin-

son and Jeannie Holcombe To Kill a Mockingbird — R O T C

Rifle team U p the Down Staircase — Freshmen Romeo and Juliet — Skipper Nesbitt

and Becky Fadely A Farewell to Arms — Getting out

of the army Trail of the Hunter — Mr. Thornton

and his gun A Fist Full of Dollars — Tanya

Underwood State Fair — A good place to spend

vour money 101 Dalmations — S P O T - U L A T I O N

HISTORY - (Con't. from page 1)

The first pupils were 8th grade graduates of eastern section grammar schools and those from Central High (now Phillips) through semester 5 who lived in this section. Since the ones in the 6th through 8th semester were allowed to choose, this gave Woodlawn no graduating class until June, 1923, when 31 were graduated.

The first clubs formed were Liter­ary Societies, the Althean and Ves­talian for girls and Lanier and Phil­lips for boys. Out of these clubs grew what we know as student government. A group of students got together to establish a Boosters Club to "boost everything in school": scholarship, school spirit, athletics, good order, and everything that would help their school get started. Mr. Carmichael thought it was a wonderful idea and appointed a committee of boys and a teacher to work out a plan to use students to help their school develop healthily. The session room presidents formed the Council and Marshals were elected to patrol the halls. Art students began making armbands for the leaders to wear. In December of 1923, Bill Bancroft was named stu­dent body president. In the fall of 1929 Maurice Bishop won president in the first student election.

In 1923 Julia Gustin wrote the Creed of Woodlawn in her English class.

In November, 1923, Woodlawn was accepted as a member of the South­ern Association of High Schools and Colleges.

The Tatler is Born The first newspaper published at

Woodlawn was the Vestalian. It was published by the Vestalian Literary Club. Hetty Hardin was Editor-in-chief. The paper was such a huge success that the need for a monthly paper became evident. A staff was selected with Miss Anna Daugherty as sponsor. And, so the Tatler was born, named after the Tatler pub­lished by Richard Steels in 1709. His paper contained current happenings, editorials, coming events, and coffee­house gossip. The Woodlawn students patterned their paper after this one. Today we still follow many of the traditions set in 1923.

At the end of the year, the class of '23 published the first annual. It was called the Tatler and dedicated to Miss Sarah F. Ordway, head of the English Department. It was strictly a senior publication, it had a paper back and was printed in the printing shop. The first Woodlog was not publised until 1929.

In the first spring (1922) football practice was begun. In the 1922-23 season Woodlawn became the "Jun­ior Colonels" in honor of the famous Centre College "Praying Colonels" because our first coach was Mr. Bill James of Centre College. In 1923 he was succeeded by "Robin" Hood. The first captain was "Potts" Levy.

Bill Bancroft, captain in 1923, was considered the powerhouse of the city. We still cherish the tradition of prayer before games, taken from the Centre College Colonels.

Woodlawn in state competitibli-^ various other schools all over tb state in Tuscaloosa.

Sportsmanship Cup Woodlawn has always been proud

of its sportsmanship record, winning the Ramsay Sportsmanship Cup in '27, '28, '29, '32, '34, '35, and '40. In 1929, the cup was given in the fall instead of at Commencement. The students of Woodlawn were called to the auditorium for an unexpected and unscheduled meeting. Mr. Noble Hendrix, the principal, presented Dean Meade of Birmingham-South­ern. This is the speech Dean Meade gave: "I have come here today to tell you that the Committee has de­cided that you must kiss the Sports­manship Cup goodbye (silence in the auditorium, except for a few disap­pointed murmurs). For two years you have held the Cup, but the time has come when you must kiss the Cup good-bye (still silence). You have made an outstanding record in Sportsmanship, but the Committee has decided that Woodlawn must kiss the Cup good-bye . . . because it is leaving to go to the jewelers to be engraved for the third consecutive year . . . Woodlawn High School." At this a roar went up from the audi­ence.

The first few years at WHS were hard and noisy. Only the front of the building was completed. The first years of classes were spent with the confusion of hammering and sawing in the background. The construction workers were building the auditorium and lunchroom that everyone yearned for. October 14, 1924, is the day to be remembered — the first program in the new auditorium was presented. For the first time the Woodlawn Hymn and the Gold and White (wit-ten by Mr. Chester Bandman, the third principal) were sung.

The lunchroom in the main build­ing was welcome after the crowded cottage that had been used. The building was now completed as plan­ned and the extension on the sides had new classrooms and room enough temporarily. But not for long. Mid­term of 1923-24 brought "double ses­sions." It was at this time that the idea of a stadium (with classrooms under it came into existence.

Honor Society Organized On April 8, 1924, a charter for the

National Honor Society was granted. On April 21st eleven students were notified of election: Mable Turnip-seed, who became president; Grace Montgomery, Adele Pharo, Martha Staton, Agravene Meshad, Bernice Eady, Edith Southard, Christine Saunders, Margaret Boyer, William Snell, and Seay Wildsmith. Mr. Bandman said about the students: "They had the distinction not only of being the first, but of having won the honor without consciously striv­ing for it."

After this, many other honor so­cieties began to form. In 1926 Omi-cron Delta Speech Honor Society was established for outstanding speech students. Masque and Gavel

men The oil..

Underwood, j . Patricia Mayton, Sr., Milam, Sr.; and Treasu. Couch, Jr.

On the team are — Seniors: Che. Henderson, Anne Carr, and Donna Martin. Juniors are Kathi Sorey, Pat Vinson, Denise Hall, and Brooke Flickenger. Sophomores are Candi Allen, Sandy Williams, Lynn Rob-bins, Jan Musso, Lyndsey Ryan, Peg­gy Wayman, and Laurie Smith. Freshman are Angie Cannon, Janie Pennington, and Christy Hendrix.

The gymnastic team is proud of their blue leotards which were ac­quired this year, and every Thursday, the members of the team wear special blue and gold pantsuits.

The sponsor of the team is Miss Peggy Harrison. The girls are dedi­cated to their work and practice gym­nastics seventh period every day, as

Tht man, t> with an mtb out. "It's hard of fun!" they say.

This year the Gym. will present Freshman Auu May, on the 18th. This is just their activities. During the year, . compete against other teams in ai. area. Each girls does her optional routine on various pieces of gym­nastics equipment. Awards are given to the first three outstanding gym­nasts.

Good Luck to the Girl's Gymnas­tics Team, this year and in the future.

was formed in 1940 to recognize "'Speech in Use."

In 1926 the Euclidean Honor So­ciety was formed by students excel­ling in mathematics. Its members are "helpers" to those who have diffi­culty in math.

In 1933, the Olympic Honor So­ciety for girls who were leaders in physical education was organized.

In all, there have been nine Honor Societies at Woodlawn. The Band Honor Society, organized in 1937, is one of the most exacting. The newest honor societies at Woodlawn are the National Junior Honor Society, Latin Honor Society, and Quill and Scroll Honor Society.

In 1926, the Southern Association of High Schools and Colleges named Woodlawn the outstanding school for its size in the South in scholastic standings.

In 1929, the constitution of Wood­lawn was adopted. Also in that year the Ushers Club was organized by Mr. Pat Harrison. In 1930 student elections were held for the first time for the Council members and marshal force.

In 1929 came the completion of another WHS dream — the dedica­tion of the stadium. On Thanksgiving Day a pageant was given in the audi­torium and a football game was played in the stadium between WHS and Phillips, our arch rival. WHS staged an upset by tying Phillips, 6-6. WHS won the State Championship in the stadium in '36, '38, '40 and were state champs in '42 and '43.

In 1928-29, the Gold and White Handbook came into being, publish­ed by the Omicron Delta Honor So­ciety. It was financed first from the Dramatics funds but later the Pen and Ink Club put on the "Gold and White Follies" (which, incidentally, later came to be known as Stunt Night) to pay for publication. The purpose of the Gold and White has always been to preserve the history and ideals of Woodlawn High School and serve as a guide to new students.

The Music Department has consist­ently been an active part in the his­tory of Woodlawn High School. Since the beginning of Woodlawn there have always been a Boys' and a Girls' Glee Club. The first Operetta put on by the Glee Clubs was Lass of Lime-wick Town, and presented at Phil­lips. The Apollo Club was formed by the Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs to work together on the Operetta that was presented in the spring of every year. This was eventually changed to the Spring Concert and the band be­came a part of the Apollo Club.

The WHS Marching Band The Band has always been a source

of great pride at Woodlawn, at foot­ball games, pep rallies, concerts and parades. It has, on several occasions, represented our school at city and state band competition. The band was formed in 1923 by students from grammar schools who had taken band music and students from other schools who had been in the band. The first band director was Mr. Yale Ellis, who was succeeded by Mr. Gerald Smith. Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mr. A. V. Ronchetti under whose di­rection the band is still superior.

When Mr. Ronchetti first came to Woodlawn in 1964 the band had no uniforms. They were wearing gold coats, hats, and "cheap, white pants that can be bought for two dollars." In his second year he saw to it that the band had an "authentic" uniform. The third year he was here the band bought $10,000 worth of band instru­ments.

The Warblers' Premiers Out of the Boys' Glee Club grew

one of the most well known clubs of Woodlawn (later destined to be one of the most famous and most sought after groups in Birmingham), the Warblers' Club. At first it was just a group of boys taking glee club who wanted to promote music apprecia­tion and help in the production of special events at Woodlawn. It wasn't

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TS Brownie's Crumble The Colonels gained a big win over

Jones Valley to the tune of a 45 to 32 win. Sharp free-throw shooting won the game for the Colonels as they hit 77%, 20 of 26, to the Brownies 54% (on 6 of 11).

Duncan paced the B-team with 15 points, Willoughby backed him up with 12, Powers scored 8, Overstreet 4, Alexander and Cantrell had 3 each.

Season Ends The B-team finished out its season

with a win, but their record fell short of winning at 9 and 12. The Colonels defeated Hayes 38-36 in a close win.

Duncan scored 12 points to lead Woodlawn and finished the season averaging 9.5 points a game. Cantrell (11.3) had 9 points, Powers (6.6) failed to score, and Overstreet (6.2) had 3. Byron Willoughby (3.9) scored 1, Michael Johnson had 4, for a 3.1 average, and Alexander scored 2, for a 2.0 average. Mosely's 7 points gave him a n 8 point average for his two games. Copus, who failed to score, had a 1.5 season average.

HISTORY - (Con't. from page 4)

until 1933, the year of the first Min­strel, that the club began to show forms of what we know today. It was this year that the "dreaded machine" came into being. (For those of you who don't know what the machine is, it is the Warblers secret initiation in-o the club.) The first sponsor was tr. John Light, who was succeeded

Mr. Amos Hudson. Two years er the job of Warblers' sponsor fell the shoulders of Mr. Joe Turner— irmer Warbler.

q interveiw with Mr. Turner re->.d much about the Warblers

Mr. Turner tells us that the and showmanship of the Club known throughout the city and is destiny would have it). The rs have performed at such is Junior Mis Alabama Pag-iss Alabama Pageants, The litan Opera, and once the

appeared at a benefit with xlfrey. Mr. Turner said that • spirit and brotherhood of at made the club as special

the Dramatic Club pre-hool auditorium with its deer. Until that time the nake yourself heard in

was to . . . make your-

celebrated our 25th '. auditorium with a Myrna Reeves, en-School."

brary always been a value. It con-if Annual and

to our begin-

Cavaliers Hit Sour Note

Woodlawn's B-team won its third in a row when they knocked off the Carroll Cavaliers, 44 to 34. This brought the Baby Colonels season record to 7 and 10. David Cantrell again led Woodlawn with 20 points, Duncan scored 7, Johnson had 4, and Powers, Alexander and Overstreet scored 3 a piece. Willoughby had 2, Copus 1, and Arnold 1.

John Carroll Jinxed The Frosh played another strong

ball game February 9, when they knocked off John Carroll 47 to 37. The Colonels led throughout the game and Coach Mosely emptied the bench early.

Steve Mosely led Woodlawn's at­tack with 13 points, Kenny Williams had 6; Harris scored 5; Woodard, Robbins, Manuel and Dale all scored 4; Voltz had 3; Ricks, 2; and Herlong and Baker, 1 each.

Revenged on Ensley Woodlawn's B-team played one of

their strongest games of the season as they knocked off rough Ensley, 42 to 37. The Colonels had fallen previ­ously to Ensley by 17 points, but came back this time and led the en­tire contest.

Overstreet led Woodlawn with 16 points, Duncan tossed in 8, Cantrell and Powers scored 6 each, Wil­loughby had 4, and Alexander 2.

rung. Although the early Tatlers were destroyed by painters using them for brush cleaners, there is a file of old Tatlers dating back as far as 1923. There are also newspaper clippings, magazines in abundance, and books of all kinds: novels, poetry, historic, bi­ographies, science, etc. Recently acquired is a Micro-Film machine to use for reference, with a comprehen­sive file of microfilm for student use. As you can see, we have something for everyone.

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From the years 1930 to the pres­

ent date, we have won titles too nu­

merous to mention. A few are 1932

Basketball Championship; 1936-37

city and state football championship,

and district and state basketball

championship; 1953 Negative Debate

team, state championship and a one

year scholarship at the University.

There were many other awards won

by Woodlawn and by her students.

Mr. Ralph Martin Principal

In 1943 Mr. Ralph Martin suc­

ceeded Mr. Hendrix as principal. As

much as Mr. Hendrix's leaving was

regretted, we were lucky to have

secured as fine a man as Mr. Martin.

For twenty-two years Mr. Martin

was principal of Woodlawn. During

those years many important things

were happening. In 1953 the boys'

gym was completed. In 1954 the

Music-Shop building was completed.

In 1962 we received new, and much

needed, lunchroom equipment. In

1963 the site of old Woodlawn Gram­

mar School was paved to be used as

extra parking space—also desperately

needed. A fence was put up to en­

close our football and Softball field.

In 1963 the inside of the buildings

were painted. In 1964 we received

word that since 1954, Woodlawn

High School had led the high schools

in the state in the number of gradu­

ates holding Ph.D. degrees.

The beginning of the 1965-66 year

gave us a new principal, Mr. John

Tarrant, a former student. Under his

administration an asphalt tract sur­

rounding the football field was com­

pleted and the Math and English de­

partments received new labs.

Mr. E. E. Moree Principal

In 1966 Mr. E. E. Moree suc­ceeded Mr. Tarrant to become Wood­lawn's seventh principal. Under his leadership many things have been ac­complished. In '67 the school was completely renovated—inside and out. All school courses which had formerly received minor credit now receive major credit. In 1968 our basketball team, under the coaching of Mr. Bill McNair, won district championship. In 1968 the "Colonels" football team. Mr. Bill Burgess coach, won the citv championship and the clinic game. We finished the year with a }0-l record. Added to the faculty was a Counseling Department, with a coun­selor for each grade level, including a boys' and a girls' advisor.

The year 1970 shows us many changes and many new needs. More space is one need. Lack of parking space is evident. The Board of Edu­cation has provided for a girls' gym but the actual work didn't start until spring of '71. By the fall of 1971, Woodlawn will have a new girls' gymnasium.

Mid-term brought the loss of a friend as well as a teacher. Our head football coach, Bill Burgess, an­nounced that he was leaving to take another position at another high school. It is also known that Bill Ban­croft, our boys' advisor, plans to make this his last year at Woodlawn. Wood­lawn will not only be losing a fine boys' advisor but also a "loyal Colo­nel."

Back to The Present Well, that was our journey through

time. Although we covered a lot of

ground and a long period of time, we

have only scratched the surface as far

as the history goes. There is much

more to tell but time and space for­

bids it.

I wish to give the usual thanks to

people and publications who have

made this article possible: Miss Kath­

erine Robbins and the library staff;

Mrs. Bernice Day; Mr. Joe Turner;

Mrs. Doris Simmons. Mrs. Rebecca

Peeples, Miss Leona Skelton, Mr. E.

E. Moree, and Mr. A. V. Ronchetti.

Sources of information were The

Gold and White Handbook; back

issues of the Tatler; and The History

of Woodlawn High School 1922-1954

by Miss Sarah F. Ordway. Without

the help of these, this story could not

have been possible.

®R3[L,™mDD©; UTTLE

Shock It To Me

Life is a daily teacher, an instruc­tor of endless shock. We are forced to learn about lies and crime and | injustice and hunger and hatred and war. Newspapers, magazines, radio and television programs make sure/ that we learn these

Does that mean the good things ir life do not exist?

Of course not. Man's hopes remain and we learn-• For every cheat, thousands ar/

honest. • For every bully, thousands

kind. • For every coward, thousands

heroes. • For every enemy, thousands

friends. • For every tear, there are t

sands of smiles. The list can continue on ai

and on. What, then, must we learn? Only that there is much

world that is rotten; yet, the much more that is good.

And if evil seems to don-times, it is not a permanent c For evil must eventually re fore man's faith in himself fellow human beings.

That is man's dream, m That is the lesson life

every day.

^Jerie U Now's the time to learn

to earn tomorrow. Make your mistakes a

for bigger stakes. Do your good deed v

for each tomorrov Take each doubt w

its counterpart. A person cannot ;

his fate tomorrr Plan each drearr

of worth . . . / Today, too, wa

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"Yes. N "Yes.

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