The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

"Was YOUR name drawn! Wels
vo,, one of the eighty-eight?
Such questions as these ouzzee
through the student body al
through Thursday and Friday an
o. the drawing Of lots in thu
MINIS gymnasium which elimln'
ated eighty-eight students who eH
pressed the desire to attend the
State game by signing up.
Since the game is to be playee
between our own hometown team
the wildcats, and the Whirlles,
the Greensboro high school team
and because it is to be the decld-
ing factor for the state champion
ship, and because it's to be play,
ed right here in our own NHHs
gymnasium, and then too this
game marks the end of the sea-
son. quite naturally there was q
scramble for tickets! And, as ex'
pected, more scrambled than re
ceived!
AS the gymnasium seats only l.
f64. it was found necessary te
split the tickets proportionally in
order to permit a fair dlstrlbu'
tion between the students and the
public.
Hours passed and the student
committee, after long delibera'
ton, decided on drawing lots te
give the 800 students who request
ed the 1872 tickets an equal chance
to obtain the coveted tickets.
Thus is explained the situation.
So Thursday during the sixth
lunch period in the gymnasium
Nick, the tiny %janitor at MINIS,
pulled out from the basket the
names of the Lightweight unfor-
tunate students who would have
to be placed on a waiting list fol
tickets, handed the fated slips o.
paper to j. c. Price and me, who
sorrowful1y called out the names
over the loudspeaker while each
and every person standing around
us held his breath.
I sho' was mighty afraid I'd be
pronouncing my own John Henry
every time one Of those slips was
handed to me! But Lady Luck
stuck by me for once!!
These eighty = eight students
names are placed on the list and
will be the first to receive tickets
should any of the three-hundred
sent to the Greensboro high school
be returned. Copies of this list
have been placed on the bulletin
boards throughout the school.
Well, I'll keep my fingers cross
ed for you people who are hoping
so hard for some tickets!!
By the way, y'au. Those Of you
who were absent from school Fri
day and are entitled to a basket
ball ticket, better hustle by the
legislature Room, 121, to pick up
Our ticket; "cause you only have
until 1880 Monday morning. At
that time the reserve will be lift
ed on all the tickets not claimed.
So don't come around too late to
pick up that ticket you want SO
bad And if you change your mind
about going to the game, let the
people sitting in the Legislature
Room waiting for you know about
it right away
One Of the other talks Of the
school concerns basketball - the
Duke Durham tournament which
comes about this coming weei
end, March IA, Is. in Durham a
the new Duke gymnasium. Thi:
Southern High School Invitationa
Basketball tournament appears t.
be drawing a large number O.
MINIS student up to Durham to
see our team play in the games
The tournament begins Friday
morning with four games and con.
tinues through Saturday nigh.
when the championship and con.
ISOLATION games will be played.
The weekend promises to be fur
for lots Of us because recent wore
from up around Durham anc
Greensboro lets on that the snow
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS