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elstarIMark Smith- t.ligh School for Boys, Macon. Georgia Wednesday, April 20, 1966-~~--~~ -- :____'--=---~~~~~~---'-------"--___:___~~M a r k S m i t h B u l l d o g s F i d d l e A s L o c a l C r i t i c s B u r n

General AssemblyMa rk Sm it h s en t a r ep re se nt at iv e

to the General Assembly to act asa page boy on February 15. A"page" is a penon who runs er-rands for the various legislators.The page's primary duty is to car-ry messages exchanged betweenthe various legislators. The term"page" originated in the MiddleAges. "Page", then was 11boy whohad reached the age of seven, andwho left home to live with 11noble

Douglas will be studying Old- who would prepare him for he-vanced English with the guidance coming 11 knight,of profes~m' '< ; from colleges locatedin and Georgia The classesconsi st ing of open ~~bb

Coach Bobby Brown receives first place. trophy.

Douglas Smith MakesGovernor's Honors Program

Mr. Overby ceunsels Douglas Smith on Honors Program

Honors partie i-the entire eight

weeks in Wesleyan dormitories.The honor students will pa rtic ipatein recreational activities such asgol f and tennis .

Georgiastudents pursue advancedstudies in their chosen fields. Sincehe h.'1S demonstrated what he calls"0. of the English language,"

has elected to study Eng- ,.--------,Douglas was first recommended

by the school for the primary test-consisted of a general

and an Englishtest. WiLl a superior

on these he went on to

INSIDE TELSTARA boy namedBeyond. the Reach of TimeClob News . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . _Educational closeupEditorials ..... __ .

turity Test. After the tests werethen scored, Douglas was notifiedthat he had qualified .Icr the pro- Senate.g ram. !.... ..l

Mark Smith's Bulldogs shocked Middle GeorgIa sports fans by defeating three of Milcon's top bu ..bal l teams to capture the Lem Clark Tournament trown. Considered the "darkhorse" by Macon sports.writers, the Bulldogs promptly crushed all opponents, scoring 15 runs, while giving up only 5.

To the lIstonishment of local critics, Mark Smith breezed by Hughes 2.(1, slammed Lanier 7.0, andfinally turned back Willingham 6-5, to complete fh elr eeeqvest,

Wolverines Fall Kilgore and Churchwell horne. Randy Smith and Ralph AlligoodDonnie Wayne Churchwell hurled George Wood then drew a walk, slammed doubles, Don Meeks lend-

a no-hitter to lead Mark Smith to a as did Ricky Lowe. Thomas Ed- ed a single, and the Bulldogs made20 victory over the Dudley Hughes wards grounded to Mike Mayo at two errors to make the score 64Wolverines in the opening round third, but the throw to first was with two out. James Holland slap-uf the tournament. Churchwell wild, scoring Wood and sending ned a single which was knockedfated 22 batters, struck out 11, and Lowe to third. Barksdale singled down by shortstop Lowe, but Bosbygave up no walks, while the Bull- to right, scoring Lowe, and second McKenzie scored on the play. How-dog defense allowed Hughes just baseman Richardson slammed a ever, Jerry Barksdale caught Dar.ODe base-runner the entire game. nouble past first to score Edwards. rei Parker taking third and quicklySmith's runs came in the third Hall then completely blew up, wild threw him out, ending the game.inning, when Barksdale was safe pitching Barksdale home, and walk- Smith gained a 1-0 lead in theon an error. and advanced to see- ing Jones. first inning when Casey roues wasand when Richardson singled to Since the Bulldogs had batted safe on au error, and was driven inleft. A passed ball advanced the around, and now had two men on by Churchwell's single to center.runners, and both were driven in base, Coach Steiner of Lanier sens- The Rams scored a run in theby Casey Jones's single to center ed a sjaughter in the making. In third on Alligood's single and afield. order to avoid a worse rout, he call- triple to left by Meeks.Larry Thornton was the losing ed 011 pitcher Jim Bealle, who final- Three runs scored for the 'Dogs

pitcher, giving up four hits while Iy caused Kilgore to !1y out, end- in the bottom of the third on twostriking out three, and walking ing the onslaught. walks, a sacrifice fly, and twoJones was the winning pitcher, singles. Smith scored twice more

going the distance, and giving up in the fourth inning, as Richardson110 runs on eight . , while walk- and Jones lived on an error.three and

Wlllineham's mighty Hams, two-time Lem ctark cnaroptcos, werethe next to be knocked off by the Despite the howling of the eri-

of Smith had gone for seven score- rampaging and eager Bulldogs. tics, the Mark Smith Bulldogs haveless innings, the Bulldogs exploded. However, the Rams weren't about gained a truly great victory, andJones singled to left, Kilgore give up without fighting, and established themselves as a threatsingled to right, and then, after it was on a v.ery alert play by in l-AAA. How was it done?H~Jl took over the mound for La- catcher Jerry Barksdale in the last skill, desire, and a lot ofnier, Churchwell singled to center, inning that the victory was pre- We here at Mark Smithscoring Jones. After the next bat- served. Willingham trailed 6-1 every reason to be proud ofter grounded out, Hall wild pitched going into the 7th inning, but cur Bulldogs!

Turfier Attends

Congressman Flynt Delivers Speech.was one

representatives f romat least oneThis was part On March 7, 1966 the students said "Unquestionably, Sir Winston

a acquaint of Mark Smith were culled to as- Churchill was the outstanding Bri-students of government with the semhly for a rare honor. coo- ton of this century. It is possibleworkings of our General rtressman John J. Flynt of Griffm, that he was the outstanding leaderThe Georgia, who ts the Sixth District of the English speaking people.by representative to the U_ S. Con. More than that of any single per.

gress, was in Macon on a spacial son, his courage, his faith, and hisThe students had to furnish mission from Washington. indomitable will provided th-e lea-Lest year Mr. Flynt introduced a dership which led. the Unitedresolution in the House of Repre- States, Great Britain, and our otherA. M. Arter arriving, they were sentativss which authorized the allies to victory in World War II.

introduced to the members Df the publication of the book Sir Win- In war he demonstrated resolution.for whom sfon Churchill '_ Me~orial Ad- In victory he was magnanimous. Inwere allowed dresses and Tributes in the Con- peace he provided good wilL Nowat the CaPllo~ qross of the United States.. AI. in death he leaves behind -him a

tuure though several other bills were pro. people in England, in theposed by other Congressmen his States, and throughout thewas thf! one that was approved. world. In the minds and heartsof free men, he will be their pa.In making his presentat ion to the tron saint _ the patron saint ofMurk Smith, Congressman' Flynt freedom."

Congressman Flynt Presents Book


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Genius Of The FreeEnterprise SystClll

Communism proven that privare ini tiat ive, and private owner- canship of business, are essential to freeeconomic progress. If an individual terest Inor individuals own a commercial and by

will be more tton toone life. \Yc can

Jlefstar(Es tabli shed 1965)

PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OFMARK SMITH HIGH SCHOOL

Mlicon. Georgi . .RaMs: $1.50 IIIye.~; 25 cents I copy

Published six times a yearEDIT'ORS

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RAYMOND KELLEYMANAGING EDITOR TAV SPARKSASSOCIATE EDITOR BILLY BEASLEYNEWS scrroa JOEL KI\ '1GHTFEATURE EDITOR PAUL ROWLANDSPORTS EDITORS _ GENE 'WILLIAMS, DAN PETERSONEXCHANGE EDITOR . DOUGLAS SMITHBUSII\'ESS MANAGER _~ BILL BRANNEN

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTSRoberl McAlliste r, Randy Taylor , T~mmy Middlebrooks,

Michael Pierce, Wil liam Maddox, Carl Dohn, Jerry Kelly,Michael Kitchens, Steve Harrison and Michael Peterson.BUSINES$ STAFF

Robert Boyce, And)' Skalko, Ro-bert Long.TYPIST ROGER TURNERPHOTOGRAPHERS __ JACK EVANS. BENTON EVANS,

JIM MORGA.. .' l, BRUCE wmTAKERARTISTS ~ JOHN DAVID M.ULLINS, LYNN KITCHENSFACULTY ADVISOR G. LEWlS WRIGHT


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Wednesday, April 20, 1966 TELSTARP r o f i l e s I n L i t e r a t u r e BOOK REVIEW'A tom s in the F am i/y 'Atoms In the Family is the storyof Enrico Fermi's life . from hischildhood until a yea!" before hisdeath in 1954. The book was writtenby Laura Capon Fermi, Enrico'swife. The book gives an intimatelook into Bnrico Fermi's privateand professional life.Mrs. Fermi gives an excellent de-scription of Enrico's childhood andearly education. She gives a brief

history of Enrico's college careerand subsequent teaching. Detailedand most Interesting descriptionsof Fermi's most important expert-meats were given. One of the mostinteresting 01 these is concernedwith his experiments of bomb- Mr . Don Edwards Mr, Kemp Mabry

Albert Eln.t&ln Enrico Fermi ;~o~~n~eu~~I~cal clements with Most high school students in GUIdance Services for Bibb County.Albert Einstein was born on first director of the Kaiser WH- Mrs. Fermi gives a brief history Macon can readl~y r~oogruze Mr He lind his wife , Mrs Evelyn

March 14, 1879, at tum, Germany. helm Institute (If physics in Berlin. of Muasolint's rise to power In Italy, Don Edwlrd~, ~e ISGUidance Co~n. ~Rbry, a teacher here at Smith,~ ~~~;~'o~ aa~~~~e hecl~t:e~e: :h~~,r:: !a;se ~a~~s ~1~'iS~o~~~:~ ~;dJe~jl:h S'~it~~~~:.ntB:Ce:~~:ut~~~ ~:~~oior Willingham Senior High !Jv~r~t ~~:/a~~~~d:rin~a:~~Munich and Milan. German citizen. He WID; appninted Fermi was Jewish and her husband Mr. Edwards was born in Reck- High in Marietta, Georgia. Alter reoEtnstetn received his elementary professor at the University of Ber- real~ed his lack' of freedom, the ":ood, Tenn.essee~ but he went to cciving a degree In electrical en-

and secondary schooling in Munich. lin in 1914. Fermis fled to the U. S. after En. high school m Umontown, Alabama. giueering from Georgia Tech, heAt age 12 he taught himself Eucli- After 1905, Einstein worked to rico accepted the Nobel Prize for lIe received an A.B. Degree from went to. Mercer, where he wasdean geometry, and by the time he solve the problem of bringing the Physics. ~~ercer, and a ~a5ters of Eduea- given his A.B. degree. Georgiawas sixteen, he knew calculus, an,d theory of gravitation into harmony Mrs. Fermi tells 01 the problems trcn from Georgia .Southern. Pre- Southern Unlveraity awarded himmost classical physics. 'When he with his theory of relativity. In of adjusting to the American way sently h~. IS working fur a six his Masters of Education Degree.was fifteen, he moved to Switzer- this principle, he removed the of life utter their arrival. She also year certificate. Mr. Mabry has recently taken aland and became a Swiss citizen. earlier restnetcn of unacceterated recounts the secrecy of the war. ~r. Ed,wards spe?t two ye~~s as leave of absence from his job inHe entered the Federal Institute motion to state that all laws must time atomic research, and the a f,ust lieutenant m t~e MIlIlary order to work on his thesis in pre-of Technology in 1896. One of his allow ua preferred retorencc Sys. iriendships they made. She tells of Police Corps of the United States parat fcn for - a Ph. D. from F. S. U.teachers here was Hermann Min- tern. In order to reconcile this with the security precautions Enrico Army. He has taught students at During World 'Val' IT,Mr. Mabrykowsld, ' the mathomatlelan who the fact that the acceleration and had to undergo because of his not Dudley Hughes, .and has he~n a "toured" France and Austria as alater helped to give the theory of deceleration of non-uniform motion being an American citizen. She counsel~r at Lamer ,Tu~lor High. membe~ .o~the Signal Corps Rain-relativity it s geometric formula are clearly discermbfa to an eoser- ~ives a factual, interesting account Mr. Ed,,;ards ts married to the bow Division. He has done worktion. Einstein graduated in 1900. ver traveling in a jolting tr-ain, Ein- of Enrico's work on the first atomic fo::me.r MlSS Algy Carbon?ile .of on the Youth Agency; and he hasHis education was influenced main- stein developed a "thought axparf- pile, and his bewilderment about Ml:l_mI, Florl.da. He an.d his wJ~e taught Math and French, as wellIy by the works of Hermann ment" of a passenger in a closed what might occur in this previously h~ve two children, Blaine, who IS as being a counselor at WillinghamHelmholtz, Ludwig Boltzmann, elevator who notices that the Db. uncharted reaction. SIX and a balf years old, and Scott, High School.James Clark Maxwell, Heinrich jects around him have become Mrs. Fermi tells of their life aged two and half. Two of Mr. Mabry's hobbies areHertz, and Ernst Math, Mach's criti- weightless. 'l'his person can decide when they moved to Los Alamos, Mr. Edwards is a member of the ham radio and photography. He isque of the Newtonian concept of that either he is going out of the after Enrico's first nuclear pile had Board of Directors of the Mental II. member of Phi Delta Kappa andspace was to profoundly stimulate earth's gravitational field, or that gone critical, and work had to be Health Asaoclation, a' member of Kappa Delta Pi. He belongs to theEinstein's developmer:t of the the elevator is falling frcely and begun on the atomic bomb. She the Board of Directors of the,T. B. Bibb Education ASSOCiation, thegeneral theory of relativity. the objects ere stl lj , relative to the laughingly recalls the punted pee- Association, and a member of the Georgia Education Association, theAfter his graduation, Einstein elevator. The choice of the second ple who Hved in the small to w ' J I 1 ' i : Board o Deacons of the vtne- National ~u_cation Association,

taught high school for a while, and answer led to the unification' of surrounding Los Alamos, Mrs.Fp-rmt ville Presbyterian Church. and the Georgia AMOciation oflater became an examiner at the Newton's law of gravi ty and the tells how the nuclear scientists had Mr, Kemp Milbry is Director of School Counselors.Swiss Patent Office in Bern, stay- law of inertia, which gave an ex- mixed emotions about the mora-Iug at that job from 1902 until planation for the proportionality Iity of the bomb, but knew It was1909. These years were filled with between inertial mass and the necessary for quick victory in theintense work. In 1905, he published weight of a body. Even though the war on Japan.three important papers. Annals basic ideas of the theory were sim- She then tells how Enrico beganof Physks, the first one. was en pic, its mathematical furmulation to work with cyclotrons and otherapplication of Max Planch's quan- involved a radical departure from "atorn . smashers" when he return-tum theory to light, and led to the the classical theory of gravitation. ed to the University of Chicagolight . quantum hypothesis and and Euclidean geometry. The the- arter World War Il.photoelectric effect. The second ory was first published in 1916 in This book can be found in thepuper explained Brownian motiun, the Annals of Physics. The new school library.; ~ ~ ~ ; ~ n : !~:~~~~~~~V~~!~r~E~i; ~eo~~e eX:~.:~~~:iO:an:f p~~~=;;.~ad a fi~~;"b~d~i'~fC - ' n - , - nn,-'de-d'-y-u'-'ni-matter. The third paper, The Elec- orbit, the benning of light rays by ve~e., ~hat could ?c ~_csel"lbed~s. atrodynamil:s of Moving Bodies, con- the sun's gravitational field, and tattb. Ill' 0r;ce sald~ 'ThCbmos t:n-tained Einstein's special theory of the expansion of the universe. (!{lmpr~hens~b:t. thing !lhout'bl ~relativity. It stated: (1) The speed EinstcUl was awarded the Nobel world IS tha t : ' ~ ~omp~ed e_nSIZ. COlch Harrisonof light is constant to all ocser- Prize on November 10, 1922, for ! 1 e was area Y '~ e;es e ~~521O~' SPOTLIGHT TEACHERvers regardless of tnetr relative his photoelectric theory and work rsm; but he t~lrn:r .. ~wnt a f i 01 . __ ==__=;;;v,elodt)': (2) Measurement of length, in theoretical physics. ri~:i~e~:reetted cS~:"us~ o;r~~~lime, slmultli.l1~ty, and mass are While he was in the United States "to~ic bomb. and the atomic power Le Professeur Dans Lenot absolute; they depend on the in 1933 for a half-year appnintment . 1 t hI'relative velocity of the! observer. lit the Institute for Advanced race. HI~ as pu l~ tPll:Tane~ P . to blThis criticism of physical concepts' Stl.(dy ill Princeton New Jersey was to give an app~~ t r : / : ~ rOJeceur rlenta ebeing r~~,~iH~ ~ave, th~. th~OI{~its AdlJlf'Hitler._cam~. to' ~WCI' jn,G~r: ~~i~~:'t~~~~e~~\~CCjer~I~~.,Cl~n~p~~ POl' the Telstii tr 's 4th issue Coach Upon his return to the V. S.,~~~~:. ts toe~bta~n ~~IT~bl;o~llteo~:~ many, In. 1934, EJnst.e~n was. strip- 18, 1955. Marcell B. Harrison has been cho- Coach Harrison was employed as aE. i~ I d t .. th t ped of hi a German citfzenship and Enrico Fe.rmi was born in Ro~e, sen as the spotlight teacher. Coach teacher and coach in an Austin1M3em ~s e d ~hrecop:nl~~ I;' property. Einstein then accepted Italv on September 29, 1901. gnncc Harrison teaches Driver's Educa- Texas high school the o~c e an tee sp~ I~ 1 the directorship of the School of wa~ the youngest of three children. tion classes at Mark Smith and is After six years in Austin he at-ma~~:l~~a-ro~t. ~~:~:i~~~lt~'hO~ Mat.h:matics at the univcrs.i:~ifea His father, Alberto Fcr.mi, was a a coach for the eighth grade teams. tended the University of T~xas to~ s ace . time He then decided ~osllion he held ~he rest ~rIn .. z . railroad worker, and hIS mother, Coach Harrison is a native of do graduate work. He completedthai the mass and kinetic ener


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B a s e b a l l S e a s o n U n d e r w a yBULLDOGS SMASH DeSAt.ES into a triple play, which killedMark Smi~h 'prayed ,too much M'!;I:e~:~'S~;!~ two runs in the

for the C:~nah~s, as the Dogs erup- first inning, with Kilgore hitting ated f~r five big runs In the top of single and George Wood a double,the eighth to defeat Dc Sales 72. sending Kilgore to third. Church-~:n~.~~-al;:~~~~ts ~~~~C~\t~~~ :I~~: ~;~1i~;~0~na~~~ g o : ; c ~ : ~ ~ ~ ~and on t?e moun~, as h~ held De Hughes scored its first run in the~ale! i lO,Just two hit s, while sl?mm. fourth inning when Slaton singledmg a triple, a double, and a single. and moved to third when GriffinSmith took :1 on e run lead m the singled to right. Slaton scoredsecond inning, when Church.w.e]] when Horton caused an error, mak-

and ~ co l:cd 01 1 n sacrifice ing the score 2-l.Franklin Brown. 'l'he garne was tied i.1I the sixthCavaliers bed the game in frame when Jackson Jived on an

the third, on an error t.hat sent error, moved to third on a single,Micha to first, another error which and scored on Slaton's stnnle.advanced him to third. tend still a In the bottom cf the cio"hth withthird error _on which he s,col".ed. the score tied 22, Hugl:es beganMark Smith scored again In the their comeback. Mims reached firstfourth frame, as Kilgore Singled on an error. and Slaton tripled,and moved to second on an error. scoring Mtms. However, Mims fail.Churchwell then laced a double to cd to touch second and was thrown Mark Smith baseball " ' . mscore Kilgore. ,out leaving Slaton at third.The ~tlme .was again .tied m the Ricky Griffin walked, and Coach SjX~l with PIerre drawll~~ a \~alk, Brown sent Steve Strange in to rc- SpTlng Sportsa single by Conner, a Wild pitch, ueve Kilgore. Hughes then usedand l'ierce, scoring when Cowan a squeeze play, with Horton bunting B . A t M Swas out at fm;t. to score Slaton from third, ending egln ..~ine tnto the eight with the the game.score 22, the Rlllldog~ got busy. Mim~ went the distance for With s p r i n g and summer ap-Five runs came across on singles Hughes, giving up two runs on prol l .ching: Marl. Smith .is preparingby Kilgore, Lowe, and Barksdale, three hits, striking out four, and for Its Hrst season I II baseba ll,a triple by Harrelson, and two walking four. track, golf, and tennis.walks and ! In error. . '. Billy Kilgore took the loss, goin~ The bescbult team will be headedCl~illchv,el.l wt~~n~the dlstauce. 5 2/3 innings, boeing relieved by up Couches Bobb)' Brown, headfor Mark ~Jmth, .gl.Vmg t1P ~wa runs Harrelson in the fifth, but coming coach, and Ben Snipes, as.on ,t~o hIts, striking out rive and back in the sixth b~~ore being re- varsftv and he man panel, consisting of The coaches recommended bas- begin auuettes was discussed, aui! Facilities will also be available at Memorial Fjeld in South Macon..~~= :~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ d ~ ~ S ~ ~ : n ~ : r , ' : ~ ~~ ~ ' : s O l l ~ ~ ~ : ~ ~ l l ~ " ' i ; ; : : a ~ s~ ~~~e~sO:r~he;re~~~~.~d p~~a~nth;01:~n~ This is the field in which the Willingham Rams have always playedMinton Williams of Mark Smith, getting into shape and enjoying it boys to excel eenv in sports etten their home games,and with eo-moderators Harley Bo- at the same time. does them more narm than goo d .

Harne (Mem{)rial) 4 p.m,H om e (M em oria l) 4 p.m.Home (Poet Park) 4 p.m.

LEM CLARK "OURNAMENT

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Th G d bound as be gave hi' sermon on L'etud.ant Dans Lee ray Ladi juvenile dellnqueney.Ies 6. CARk DOHN jus discoveredthat when 11 good idea enters an Pro,cte O t b.One of the most beneficial pro- pr-inciple duties are to give aid empty head it's in solitary cOnfine-. . ur rlena egrams to our school is the Gray to anyone who is sick or injured ment. . Jrmbo Berg IS our 9th grade .Iag Gholson is our 8th gradeLadies. 1'hi5 group of ladies is at school, and to take the absentee 7: Certain members of the Mark spotlight student: Jimbo is the son spotlight student. The son {Ifcomposed of eighteen mothers of list and call the home of anyone Sllut,h student body became 5liht. of Mr. and M[~. J_ A. Berg, who live Dr. lind l\-lrs. J. L. Gholson, he re-l\-tark Smith students who vctun- who stayed home from school. This ly richer ertcr wc ,:""on the fmal at 963. Sumnut Avenue. sides at 871 Boulevard. Jag is ateer to work at the school for one is done to hold down on boys cut. Stratford-Mark Smith basketball He IS an active member of the life long resident o C lIIacon whoseday a month. They take a tremcn- ting school. If a boy is missing game. Stu~ent ~ouncil .her~ at Mark father, Dr. Gholson, is Superintsn,dous load off Mrs, Harrison because school with increasing regularity 8: A : certain stedent at Mark Smith. Jimbn maintains a 3 "A" dent of the Bibb County schooleverything thps do would have to the Gray Lady notraes the office" Smith IS 51) conceited that on his and 1 "B" overall average in his system.be done by her in addition to 'her anctez-e visiting teacher is asked last blrthda,Y h,e sent.a tele~ram of studies. He is also a working mcm- Jag attended Alexander ill ele-regular duties as school secretary. to make a call on the bov's family. congratulations to his mother. bcr of the Markseter staff. mentary school, where he madeThe Gray Lady program was Although most of the Gray He played '.'B" team basketball excellent marks. He 'has pla~'ed

started .in this area in 1962 at La. Ladies' work Is routine, everyone of Rays F rom for Mark Smith. He also plays 8th grade basketball for Marknler Junior HIgh. Thr.ough the co. them has had some sort of bizarre tennis on the "B" squad. Smith, and hopes someday to make~r~~~~~,~i~~fp:r~~th~~~~r~o~~ ~~~~. coo:: ~~y ~~~;~ ES~~a~~s h~~ 'The Lantern' sCl~~a~~ c~~~I~~i~:~e~~~l~~::s ~~ th~{~'a~:~t~ Lull program of ac ttvt-Education, and the Lanier Junior someone come up with a broken Lasseter Is really on the go. So N.E,O.T. Award earned in the ath tics, as well II.~ maintaining hisParent-Teachers Association, this arm. No sooner had she finished many interesting tblng,~ are hap. grade He came to Mark Smith 3 "A" and 1 "B" average, andpilot cluh was established. It with him than came a boy with a penlng. ;,ro,~ Al"""ander !IT :"'U~ an all doing all the other numerous thingsworked out 1'.0 well, and proved to broken leg. While Mrs, Dupree For the second time this year G average. He is thlnking about he enjoys.be such an asset to the. school that was on duty, Tommy Lee broke his we are having Student Council sm,?mer school to Iurthor his cdu- In the summer Jag works as amany other schools have adopted back while tumbling at P. E. Fin. elections. Running for President canon. "Junior" counselor at Cotton Har-the idea. ally. Mrs. Ridley had her hands are Terrie Becker and Pam K.elly~ lL1T SO' i U G rison's Camp. Here he indulgesEach Gray Lad~ ~tcnds a cOIll.me fnll on the .day the physical Iltncss Vickie .'l'rawick ~nd Jil: Cox are' '1 "S ~n such. sports as horse back rtd-on Gray Lady Training and It First test was grven. and a schoolwide competing for vtce-prestdent. For 109, awtmmmg, riflery, and other~!~(~~:~'~t:te~p~~~~,re~e;~: ",e~:,~:;ic ;~ b~:~i~~t. history have ~~ec:;:::y ~:~~eet\r~ut~~~~~a~:' THIS WEEK outdoor sports.!~i~~~l::,edto~~:r:;-a:~e.!;':~!b~;r. ~:r~~~:;~~les~:!~~~cst.ed so many ~~I~:~~:o~n~r~::'~a~~~v~~~ga~;! L Double 0 Soul-Jlmmv FIVM Brown Alumni~l~,r a~~~' :1~~~l1~~~e:~::1 ~~r:: : m:~s to t~~n~~~!~~ onco:~~; i~~~; ar~~~ '~ t: rf~~dv:: s:~es:n t~gteam- 2. Don~t Mess WUh ~!~Cheeks Inform Studen-ts; ; . ~ : : s~~i~!~~pyorth ;i~ri~i~C, o: l~~ ;~~~~~~r~~~;s i:~p~: :i! l\~i:~ld t~~~ ~~oe:~~~~~~ ;~~l r:cfa~l a~~r !~~~. An Honest Man -Mr. Wright Thc 11th grade was called (Jutrarely have a dull moment. Their dedicated group of ladies. we have a cheerleader clinic, where 4. Ballad of the Green ~ : : e ~ l - ; ;~ltho~ir ~::;c~,er:~d s!as;espr:~~~

~~~s t~e ~~~:~~~ad~:~k ~~~utt~~~: 5. Michelle - Miss Young sponsored by Brown University of19'66 1e~~ama students from Lasseter 6. I Fought the La~'iI :n McCord pr~:~~~n~~l:;~,e a Isl~~~' represen-

and Mark Smith will present the 7. Chug-a-lug chug-a-lug _ tative and an ahlmn,us, and .Jimplay "Our Town" by 'I'horntcn T : v Sparks Gorhan~, ~ho works with the boardWilder. Mu Eliott is in charge 8. Where the Action Is _ ~~I~:~tI8~1.on~f~:;~~: ~~:yz~ein~of this production. Calvin Palmer formation period which lasted 20The combined French I and TI 9. You Don't Know Like I Know minutes, and a question and answer

~~~~s~a;"i1l~~~:I: ::~~i~~o!~~v.~~~ 10. -EdwlIrd DlIrbv period, were given.committees formed for this. Marilu You've Been Che~in~r~~I~~ ,'The men le~t here to go to other!~~~~~~.~E~~:~~~:~~ :~r~h:x~i~!~ 11. Lightnin' S~rike5 - ~~!~e ~~;~:~r~~a~!a~~ ~~~!~~~about our first all French Fashion Preacher" Walker the visit was to maintain a goodShow. 12. Pin The Tail On l 'he Donkey_ geographical distribution of stu.We have a lovely student teach- Conrad Ma$'ev dents at the University. Mr. Gor.

er in the English Department, Miss 13. Turn! Turn! Tw:nr _ ham pointed out -that if a studentJoanne nrown. She attended Mil- Coach Harrison applied from Providence, and ano-23 ler and is now at Mercer stud}'ing 14 1ir. PItiful _ Benton Evans tner student from another state;::~~~~I~~:'i:n:c;::1!~h~s. We're all 15. Double Shot oe ~1y Daby's applied, tbe out-of-State student30 Many Juniors are waiting with Love - Chip Ridlev ~OC~~I' b~e a:~~Pt:a~d ~!t t~ ~i~fear the results of the College 16. Bang, Bang - Mr. Small tion was $3,000 a year, but thatBoard 'rests taken in March. They 17. Been A Long Time Leaving-c. there was: an abundance of schol-should arrive before the end of Dickie Waddell arships every year for bright stu-school. 18. We Gatta Get Out of this dents who arc worthy. EntranceOn that cheery note WI!- shall Place - Mr. Dunn', 5th Period exams on the SAT test have to be

Sign off. 19. Like A Rolling Stone _ in the 640 or 700 point class, butLasseter Randy Gurlev the University has been known to

The- National Merit Scholarship selor, Mr. Overby, is in charge. 1"""-'-------, 20. I Know A Place-Tommv Loe accept lower scores, Rabbi Gelf.Test wall given to eleventh grade Many of the students planning to 8acon$fit.ld Flower-Gift Shop 21 Keep On Running _ man added that the school hasstudents on Tuesday, March tat. take this test should know -the Track Men an excellent mathematics depart.~he t~st was a two-hnnr, thirty. dendllne for sending their appllca- Distinctive Designs by 22. ] Can't Help Myself _ ment. Another point that wasr tve-mtnute test of educational e t c . tion forms without penalty Is GEORGIANNE La .. Boland brought out was that out ot 5,000~~!O~~~~~!af~~~Tte~c;~~)~::~i~ .: A~r~o;t colleges offer their schcl- Macon, Ga. Phone: 7461010 23. Get Down With ~;;;Ia$ Smith ;~~d~net:e t:~~e~:~~d last year onlygram by Science Research Associ- arships through this program and~!~~~n~i ~ : ~ ~ ~~ : ~ ~ ~~~U~~ : f a ~ : ~ ~~ ;.i~o r;~~~n o~tut~cer;!~ ~u~~ :MOF~E~~O:~~~Oc~ARY Sawyer's Varieties-c-English Usage, Social Studies, dent could earn a scholarship that Westglto Shopplng Center 665 Baconsfield CenterReading, Natural Sciences Re:;lding, would pay his whole way through PAPER BACK BOOKS We speclaIlze in School SuppHesand Word Usage. Each o C these college. SCHOOL SUPPLIES _ And Hard to Find Booksfive subtests is separately timed ~-_- __ ~ = = = = = = = = = ~ = = = = = = = = : : :nd is designed tc measure what ' f ' 1a student can do with what he has BACONSFIELD~":'~:~,~~d the numb" o( tacte "w. ~!~BY~~RS~~:Dn HUCKABEE AUTO COMPANYAnother test coming up soon our business-" BUICK OPEL CADILLACta the Scholastic Aptitude Tcst Baconsfield Serving Middle Georgia Since 1918 R. 5, THORPE AND SONS

(college board). The school COWl ; . ., _ , ; : S ; ; ; h o ~ p : : : p ; ; ; l n : l ! g . : ; C : ; ; . :; : n t : : ; e r : : . .. . . . . . ! ' - - . . . . . . J '"---------4

Gray lady at work

1. GENE WILLIAMS discoveredhis hidden talents as a song leaderwhile on the Chemistry field trip.when everyone was singing along",1.th Gene.

2. BOB McDAVID was caughtreading nursery rhymes in gee-metry claas .3, TOM RICHARDSON has just

ann-ounced he will take over Mr.Dunn's algebra - trigonometryclass.4. BILLY BEASLEY had a badcase of InsomnIa and had to stay

awake and listen to a whole class J lmho Bergof ~rO~~~~yA~~E~~ekw A L K E R SPOTLIGHT STUDENT

Jas Gholson

1966 APRIL

Week17 18 19 20 21 2224 25 26 27 28 29JUNIORS UNDERTAKENATIONAL MERIT TEST

Better Clothingand Furnishing

For Men and BoysLADIES' BEAUTY SALON


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S T U D E N T S R E C E I V EA C H I E V E M E N T T E S TOn March 14Ul and l.'5th the

eighth and tenth graders took theCalifornia Mental Maturity Test.The purpose of the mental maturitytest was 10 offer a means or help-ing students make appropriateplans fo r the fu ture. Approximate-ly one. hundred and thirty eighthgraders and one hundred tenthgraders took the tests.The ninth and eleventh grade stu-

dents took achievement tests onTommy Boren ~:;.~~:rfi;~f:n~f 2~~~ ,~ ~ l ~ : ~ ~ ~~~ tABo y N'a m edT 0m m Y ~tt~~ac~~~~~~eE~~~ s~~~;:~~

Tommy Boren is the cheerful, Mark Smith, of which he is the knows haw he ranks with the othersmiling boy everyone knows around reporter. students. Apprnxtmatelv one: hun-Mark Smith. He is the son of Mr. In the summer Tommy plans to drerl. and thirty.nin.e ninth gradersand Mrs. J. O. Boren, who restce at take a few trips to see the coun- and one hundred and ten eleventh201 Brunswick Avenue try. He also plans to at:end sum- g-r.::tders took the test. ,~ew Teacher Ioins Raeull'"'Iomrny end his parents moved mer school to further nts plans ....t. J~" 'Jhere nine years age from Kentucky, for college. These test serve .a~ gmde lines . . . . .when he was In elementary sehoul. The Mark Smith student body is tor teacners "nri gUidance counsel- Mark Smith would Ilke to wet- soctattcn and the Mercer ChOIr. She11(' is an an "A" student, and main- proud to have Tummy as a mem- ors in pla~)jin!': a students futnr.c. ~OD1C,it.s . .n~~est addition to t~e ;.1ttendc~ ~l'cer.majori.w: in mathtams many outside activities. I'~ that mer, bovs in A Slt1dE~t.s I.Q. plays a part lit faculty, Ml~S Sanya Roberts. She IS and rmnormg In SOCIology. InHe is an active member of the her a~d hop.~" .' -. determining a college. and well- teaching two classes of second. year 1966 she graduated. with her .A.B.Markseter staf, on which he is our school Wl .l to raise themselves lion for a sbudent. It Js [o-r these algebra and two classes or eighth degree. ITer hobbies are bridge,"Actlvitv" editor. He also is a 1.0 the heights that 'Tommy has reasons that the test were given grade meth in room 305. ~inging. and reading.;;embe; lJ f the 4H Club here at reached. by our counselor, Mr. Overby. Miss RO.berb attended .tenkrns Twent.y.one year old .Miss. Ro~erts" D a y I n T h o lile O f ~ T e l e p h o n e B o o t h ~ i i : : ~ ~ ~ : : . ~ , ~ ~ ~ , ~ : . , F . : . : ~ t . ' f ~F : ~ ~ : ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~1 1 ,,/1 the neta Club, and , I memoer of .1 SIster who 1S eight years old. ne-Have you ever been c telephone Suddenly my door burst open [acent to me. OrealnMlally a re- t~e Future Teachers AS::iOCUttlOn. g rettably, Mi~ Roberts will proh-

booth? Oddly enough, I have. As aud a repulsive, over-sized man rr~shing breeze would stir from the Sne then went to Mercer for four o1b.IYnot be With us after t~e end .o~I think about il now it seems runny, stepped inside. He began his as- trees and shrubs ill bac~, {If me. years. where she was a. m ember o~ this term. We shal! certainly missbut humor was the farthest thing 5ault on me by s t i c k i r . g hls finger In n short while my eyelids began the Mercer Independent Coed As: her when she leaves,from my mind during that terrible In my eye several times before I getting heavy, and 1 realized theday. You would he Sllrpril;ed at realized what was happening. Af- sun was gently lulling me tc sleep.the things that I, as a dumb, de- tcr causing me .scv~re r: he fi.n. Suddenly shouting and tnlkingrcnsctcss telephone booth, had to ally. reached his part> .and .began broke out all around me. Startled,endure. talking. 1 was further ,.nno~:d by I opened mv eyes as a fifteen or

It all began when I lost my first his had odor and gr.arl'lmar, and 8ixl:een yea~ old girl entered mytooth. I placed my tooth under my nccaslonally ~ he omltte~ a clear, booth. I'm sure you can Imaginepillow that nIght and the good watery substan~e from his lllou:h. the feeling of being awakened byIairy took it and granted r:-e a 1 was v.ary relieved when he fill' a beautiful hfondc with blue eyes,wish. She told me that anything 1 Ished his call. Before he left, he fair cornplcxlon and a very curva-desired would be mine. Unbeliev- pulled open my mouth (~ettlrn CCO'iI~xteri.!JI wluch gras'p!


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Dr. Thigpen Speaks At Last Forum

Youth Crusade Noted Illu sion istSponsors Rally k Smi hTh, Middle Georgia Youth Cru- Vlslfs Mar Smii

~~~~elSP~:~:edBa~ti~~ut~h~:~~V:~ On Friday, March 18, Andre Kole dience to come an stage. RickySaturday and Sunday. was g~e3t ~peaker .a~our assembly. G~rley was promptly volunteeredMr. 1,,0113IS classified as one of Rtcky went on stage and helpedThe Saturday night rally began Amertca's leading magicians and Mr. Kole do a card trick with an

at 7:30 P. M. 'I'he guest speaker illusionists. He began his career invisible deck of cards. For hiswas professional magician and illus- as an illusionist at t . 1 . C age of thir- next trick, Mr. Kole began pickingtonlst Andre Kole who teen, and progressed rapidly. At coins {Jut of the air. He went outMark Smith times, Mr. Kcle has made up tobefore Mr. re- one hundred dollars a minute. He among the audience and took coins

as one of America's lead- is now devoting a major portion of from several students and teachers."0 c . . , and times has his time to making personal ep- For his last trick, Mr. Kole took a

dollars pearances with different organiza- light bulb and cord and cut thehis time is ~~~ lions and g~~~I~~leD~;;;;r!~S s ~ : cor-d, making the light go out.

making personal appear- cral feats, and also gives He used the darkened light toanCRSat American colleges and unl- his views on Christ and religion. symbolize his life before he ex.ver-sifies in conjunction ,with the Mr. Kole appeared at Mark Smith rertenced Christ. Mr. Knle said

Crusade lor Christ Inter- in conjunction with {he Youth Cru- his life seemed empty, and he feltfor Christ. which was held the that something was missing. Next,

he put the cord back together, andthe light brightened. 2'llr. Koleused this to svmbohze his new life.After experiencing Christ , he saidhis life was filled with purpose and

Coach Meeks at work

Coach Meeks AppointedAssistant To Principaladvisor should definItely

BIBB MUSIC CENTER

down on the disciplinary proh-cur principal, lems in our school. He has alreadyCagle. Meeks, who instituted a "clean up" program.

carne to Mark Smith from Lanier No one is allowed in the halls orSenior High, where he btol. rest rooms after the bell rings. Heogy, was backffetd on La also enlisted the help of several

and was head coach teachers and assigned themthe different rest rooms to stop

the smoking there.principal We are grateful t- o Coach MeeksMr. J. L. Ferguson. His main pur- f O J ' devoting his time and effort

pase is to handle disciplinary prob- to this task that he has undertakente-es sent to the office by our and we wish him success at thisteachers. His being the new dis- position.

317 Cotton Aven".Phone: SH 63232Guitllrs - AmpsBind In"rument.MwiclIl A~~e$lorills

R.palnLESSONS: Guitar, Electric au,.

Band Instruments

During theMark Smith

two months theBand has

Bulldog Band Keeps On The Movefor the band. The Musical Bull-dogs really outplayed themselves at

really been "on the move", contn. the festival. Their very inspiringbuting its talents and abilities performance won for them andamong many Varied programs Mark Smith a rating of excellent.throughout the district. Aside

Next, the Mark Smith Bulldogfor Band once again adapted itself to' : : = = = = = = = = ~ at the the school spirit present at a root-;" Ingleside C Bank The open- hall The band presented

which took on George a show at thebegan with Red game on March 11music. The at Henderson Stadium. It waslater found based on the launching -o f our ship.

leading a parade along the U,S. S.M~rk Smith. 'rhe showAvenue. The resnctttes included such antics as a vocal

with delicious refreshments number sang by the hand, and aof cherry tarts and milk furnished prncfsf on mop routine by the ship'sby the band. sailors. portrayed by the SolorcttesT!-.",Sixth District Music Festival, and Smithettes. At the cud or theheld on February 25th at Warner show, the raising of the Mark SmithRobins High School, proved to be Bulldog Flag brought a standing'- --' the highlight of the last six weeks ovation from the spectators.

DRlTGBSHURLINGTON PLAIA

Macon, Georgia


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Pa9~1_0 _ T E L S T A R Wednesday, April 20, 1966CLUB NEWS A _ 1 ' MARI( SMITH

LIBRARY CLUB HIY

The S}1ow BOBt program on Sat- had the audience participating inurday, February 19th. gave to its sungs at one point in the program.v.ery receptive audience an evening The evening was made complete byof unique entertainment The the SPEOBQSA, a chorus at aboutshow Included three different per- 40 reate adults who sang severalIorming group~., which, linked to- selections of "ntdtes" and covetgether, sent the listeners away under the dlreetlon of thestill singjn~ the anngs they had so~~:~:~dfav~~~~'~l~Ji~dd~,!~~an~i~~:: 'rne

and UUI' o wn Marksmen Glee ~e t ffllrnish;~lt ~~:i~I.llC~~~t~r~~ e~~r.oD . atso par- band also plans to prepare a spring

gram Ieatured the ShowbcatBarber f the profam. The Mas- concert, including a complete~~~or~~:rt:~~g:~~r ~~~ a~~~~ : : ; 5D M ; . : e ; t : ~ : ~ ~ ~ O ; ( ~ ~ ~~~;i~~:'ee~fu:~tll:~~ufl

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