Cats Claw (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1964 Page: 3 of 6
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..Feb ru ar y. 14 Av JL9 64
Noars yQ.& chanc £, girls
by Katrina Horany
A calendar year is only
365 days long, and so we
have to add an extra day
every four years to cor-.,
rect the difference in time
between the calendar year
and the solar year. (A so-
lar year is the length of
time required for the earth
to circle the sun complete-
ly.) This fourth year is
called leap year,.and the
extra day is February 29.
Adding an extra day
every four, years makes the
calendar year 11 minutes,
ll; seconds too long. There-
fore, leap 3^ear is omitted
in the century years, 1700,
1600, and 1900, which had
only 365 days. The year
2000 will 'contain 366 days,
however. Thus the differ-
ence between calendar and
solar years will vary only
one day over a period of
several thousand years.
This year, 1961;, is
"Leap Year." According to
tradition, this is supposed
to be the time when girls
do the proposing. So girls
you'd better get your man.
Also, people who were
born on February 29 have a
birthday only every four
years. That way they can
say they're younger than
everyone else and not be
lying.
Speaking of February,
one of the greatest events
in this month is Valentine' s
Day—celebrated on Febru-
ary ll; as a festival of ro-
mance and affection.
Valentine's Day is not
a business of bank holiday,
Schools and business re-
main open as usual. But,
during the weeks before,
merchants sell valentines
and decorations for .Valen-
tine's Day . parties and
dances. School children
decorate their, classrooms
with b r i g h t red paper
hearts. On Valentine' s
Day, women and girls re-
c eive gifts, candy, or
flowers from their favor-
ite "valentines."
.In the U.S., Valentine's
Day became popular in the
1800*s at the time of the
Civil.War. Many valentines
of that period were hand
painted. They usually
showed a fat cupid whose
Archer City. Texas
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NINETEEN STUDENTS j A WsICQ
[Two Students
TOOK MAIN AND
SCIENCE tests
Tuesday,‘February Id
nineteen students of
A.C.H.S.took th e
Mathematics and Science
tests that are distri-
buted to many schools
over the nation.
Mr. Gardiner gave
the tests which took
about 3i hours includ-
ing breaks after parts
of the tests. Mr.'Har-
ville and Mr. Gardinef
chose the nineteen stu-
dents who were to take
the tes-ts from those
who shows interest in
these two fields*
The results of the
Mathematics and Science
'tests will be sent to
different col 1 e g es
throughout the state.
The students whose
scores are exception-
ally high will be able
to attend a summer
class. Colleges will
notify the a tudent s
whom they want to
attend these special
classes.
arrows pierced a heart.
Some of the elaborate cards
cost as much as $10 apiece.
Yes, Valentine's Day is
a wonderful occasion--and
if you have a sweetheart,
send her a valentine this
year.
jMR. PERKINS SPEAKS
Sto high school
Friday, February 7*
Mr. Ralph E. Perkins,
Field Representative
for Hardin-Simmons
University spoke to
the members of Archer
City High School.
He stressed the im-
portance now more than
ever before of a col-
lege education. He
also said that the
colleges would help a
student who had applied
himself while in high
school, to go to col-
lege with scholarships
or helping him to find
a job.
Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity, a co-educa-
The student body
welcomes two new stu-
dents to A.C.H.S.
Linda Ward, a sen-
ior, came to Archer
City from Freer, Texas.
She enjoys reading and
her hobby is sewing.
At Freer, Linda was a
member of the Dramatics
club and was in the Pep
Squad for two years.
She was the "Queen of
Cow^Girls" of the Freer
Youth Center.
Barbara Metcalf,
from Boise City, Okla-
homa, is a freshman in
A.C.H.S. She had been
the freshman reporter
of the school paper in
Boise City and also
played on the basket-
ball team. Barbara is
in F.H.A. and Press
Club ’ this year. She
is studying with the
beginner's band so
that she can join the
high school band next
year. Barbara's hobby
is also sewing.
A.C.H.S. hopes they
will enjoy being a part
of the student body.
W/tU' v';^
j i"
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tional liberal arts
school, located in
Abilene, was founded
by the Sweetwater Bap-
tist Association as
Abilene Baptist Col-
lege, in 1891. The
purpose of this univer-
sity is to provide, in
a Christian environ-
ment, thorough train-
ing in the fields of
the arts and sciences
to qualified young men
an'd women.
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Cats Claw (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1964, newspaper, February 14, 1964; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth836364/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.