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THE GOLDSBORO HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1927
The
Goldsboro High School News
rul)lislie(l twice each luontli hy the
Senior Class
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Editorial Staff;
Iticliard I’arker Editor-in-Chief
Eercha Entsler Associate Editor
Alahel (iordon >ews Editor
Charlie Siininons Athletic Editor
Carl T&ylor Jok** Editor
Alargri^ Aloye Alumni Editor
Hntb Bllinwaod Junior Editor
Alary IPSjikin Sophomore Editor
Esth6£> :.ee Cox Ereshman Editor
Business Staff:
Derick Hartshorn.. Business Manager
Lucy Best, Henry Moore, Blain Stevens
Assistant Business Alanairers
Marjirie Herrimr 1-ouise Waters
Bookkeeitiiiff and Typewriting
n'C’t only disturb their teachers but
often get themselves in trouble. One
student can disturb the whoie study
haii.
Keep busy, that’s the way to keep
out of troubie. Why can’t the idie
students co-operate wdth the busy
students? They can. Why can’t we
have quiet study halls? We can.
We Need Spelling Lessons
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vertisers of (Joldshoro that The
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ed this i>ublicatlon as being one
that the merchants here might well
support.
AVe therefore, offer our adver
tising space for sale. At present,
sixty iidditionai inches are needed,
and wiili reasonable rates for same,
we oS?ei' jite eolwiiius of oi;r paper
as an a. t.rtising medium.
Is spelling needed in high school?
In a spelling test of only 25 words
given to the high students recently,
cnly one person out of the entire
student body made a perfect score.
Why do we discontinue this subject
when we enter high school? We study
history in grammar sch' ol, and then
the same thing again in high schiOl.
Isn’t the abilty to spell correctly just
as imp'O-rtant as a knowledge of some
historical facts?
This subject could be worked into
any schedule very easily. If a little
i f the time spent upon another sub
ject were spent upcji this one, it
would benefit us just as much. And,
in our later life, besides giving us a
more complete education, it would
save us many trips to the dictionary,
and perhaps many embarrassing mo
ments. Its influence would be felt
all the rest of our lives.
WE DO HAVE SPIRIT
In our last issue, we published an
article saying that Goldsboro High
did net have any school spirit. Who
said that? We are glad to say, “You
are mistaken.”
If students can rally to everything
as they rallied to Book Week, the
“spirit” will become so dense and
chick that it will force the top off the
building and spread itself throughout
the city.
We ransacked our In mes for books,
we cajoled our parents for dollars,
and we asked our neighbors to give
us bocks.
Through the efforts of the hard-
W'( rking freshmen the goal of 500
books has been reached. Not bad,
when you think that there are only
400 students in high school.
And yet, someone said we didn’t
have any school spirit.
We Appreciate These
A Book Talk
Editorial
Why Criticize?
Everyone is inclined to criticize the
girls. They do not know what to wear,
•how to act, 'iand they just overdo
everything. But boys are perfect little
angels. They never deserve any criti
cism at all.
Tap, tap, tap. There comes a girl;
you can tell by the sound of those
high heels. Here she comes around
■the corner. Her hair is cut in the
latest style, and it is all frizzled up
around her head, and a “spit-curl”
i,s plastered here and there. She has
her face painted to perfection, but it
can take still more, and her little
cupid bow isn’t quite red enough. She
takes out her little vanity and comp
and inspects her appearance before
she enters the next classroom.
Thump, thump, thump. That
sounds like a hoy. He has something
to say to everyone he meets. His
hair has been greased with something
that has slicked it back. He has on
a little colored wcolen sweater and
long bell-bottom trousers. He takes
out a little Cfmb and sees that every
stray hair is put back in place. The
cuts a wicked step of the Charleston
as he enters the room just as the last
bell is ringing.
We have traced both frem their
lockers to their rooms, but we have
found nothing wrong about either of
them. They just have their little
petty ways that cannot be helped.
Why not investigate our own wrongs
before we try to criticize the opposite
sex?
I am a book just arrived at the
Goldsbi ro High School Library. A’ears
ago I had been a Christmas gift. Af
ter being read by all the family I was
carried to the attic and put at the
bottom of a big box with a few com
panions. It seemed as if I were out
of the world. My day had passed and
now I was forgotten—hut not for al
ways. One day two beys came up
stairs and pulled me out of my hiding
place.
“Why here is ‘The Three Muske
teers,’ one of the boys said when he
saw me. “I surely did enjoy reading
this book and I know other people
will like it. I shall take it to the
school library.”
Hearing this I grew pale for I
know how some people treat library
books. They do not he^ Itate a minute
to turn a corner down or decorate the
pa.ges with pencil marks. Turning
dfW'ii pages is just like bending a
finger back until it breaks, while
pencil marks cut the pages awfully.
I remember one time when I was left
face down on the table for .hours while
Mary was helping her mother. Oh,
how my back did hurt! I was lame
for weeks. One of my companions
was left out in the rain once. The
poor thing was the most bedraggled
object you have ever seen when he
was brought in. The red dye had
run off the back all over the pages
and he was never fit to read again.
Don't think by this that I do not
want anyone to read me. I do. That
is my mission here, and I love to be
read by careful, neat people. Shall I
enjoy my life in the library or will
it be torture? It all depends on you,
G. H. S.
STUDENT OPINIONS
Girls Are PleiHliiig for an Outdoor
Basketball Court and the Boys
Are Eager for a Hiking Club
(The Goldsboro- News)
We have before us volume 1, niim
ber 1 of The Goldsboro High School
News, issued by members of t 6
senior class of the high school under
the supervision of Miss Annette
Beasley. Brim full of readable news
items, the paper is a credit to the
young journalists and tc- the in
structor. There’s a whale of a lot
work went into the first edition, any
newspaperman can tell at a glance.^
If the paper continues the ^ high
grade of excellence established in ito
■opening number, and there is e\er>
reason to believe that this will be the
case, it should come to Alt
portant place in the life of the
Goldsboro High School. The enio
ment cT the school, the size of Golds
boro and the comparative rating the
Goldsboro school system with other
school systems in this part of the state
justifies the effort and w-: rk which
Miss Beasley and the class of seniors
are expending in publishing the paper.
Ycur first issue is a good one, folks,
and we know that you have the satis
faction cf enjoying handiwork well
done.
Columbia Teacher
Likes French Class
How About a Hiking Club?
To the Editor of The G. H. S. News,
Dear Sir:
One of the most impertant additions
that could be made at the high schoc-l
is a girls’ outdoor basketball court.
The fact that we haven’t had a per
manent court has hindered us from
entering the championship for several
years. The only c( urt we have to
practice 'Cn is the one at the Memorial
Community Building. AVe get this
court only one hour every afternoon.
The freshmen use half an hour of
this time for their practicing, thus
leaving the first team only one half
an hour each afternoon in which to
practice shooting goals, tc- go through
formations, and to play. Practically
all of the first team have fourth pe
riod for lunch and if we had a court,
we could practice shooting goals. We
could have games between different
classes during this period. We could
also have at least two- hours each
afternoon in which to practice.
AVe wonder if something cannot be
done about this.
Very truly yours,
BOBBIE MUSGRAVE.
Armistice Day
Why Not Study?
AVhat is the -study hall for anyhow?
Different students use it tor different
purposes. There are some who take
it as a time for recreation. So they
try to misbehave and talk as much as
possible. Others take it as a time for
primpin.g and day dreaming. These
two types mentioned are classed as
idle.
But there are some who know the
real value of studying during their
free periods. For these students study-
halls should be kept quiet. Just as to
the business man cr woman work
comes before pleasure, so these stu
dents’ less-c-ns comes before pleasure.
They realize that if they study their
lessons in schcol they can enjoy their
afternoons and evenings.
There are some who- cannot get all
their lessons in school, but every little
Nine years ago at 11 c-’clock. No
vember 11. 1918, all guns stopped
firing in France, bringing to an end
the greatest war in history.
So often have we heard these facts
that G-n Armistice Day we hardly stop
to think what it really means. That
it was literally the signing of a pardon
to thousands of our fathers, brothers
and friends who would have been
condemned to death in this -war; that
it was the recognition that democracy
■ft'as the victor in a war in which, as
Woodrow AA'ilscn said, “Civilization it
self seemed to be in the balance.”
AVe Need a Basketball Court
To the Editor of the G. H. S. News,
Dear Sir:
There has been some talk going
around the school to the effect that a
hiking club was to be c-rganized. This
talking, which is all that has been
done, cannot alc-ne start the organiza
tion. What we need most is action.
Several clubs have already been
organized and prowed very success
ful, but none of these promote or
encourage outdoor life for the student
body as a whole.
A hiking club would be beneficial
in more ways than one. Hiking is
considered one of the best exercises
for physical development. Hiking
through the w'oods or in the country
would bring us closer to nature and
shc-w us the real enjoyment ‘of an
outdoor life.
I feel sure if some teacher would
sponsor this club a number of students
would join.
Yours truly,
WILLIAM CUDDINGTON.
(The Goldsboro New's)
Goldsboro Earthquakes, we salute
you. Young men and young w- men
of the Goldsboro High School, ymu
have a team of which you should be
pre ud, and you are a student body of
whom the city is proud.
The Earthquakes knocked the li.ghts
out of their ancient rivals, the Rocky
Mount Railroaders yesterday after
noon. and the Earthq.uakes did it
because “every bl-c-omin’ soul” was
fighting wdth an unwavering deter-
mlnatlc-n to win. And after all it is
the team which wdns and not one
player or two players.
Coach Bullock and every man who
w^ears an Earthquake uniform are to be
commended and cc-mpllmented upon
the showing made thus far in the
season. They are due the credit.
Still, ho-wever, we believe that the
victory over the Railroaders and the
great showing made against Durham
is in part a reflection of a new and
finer spirit which seems to pervade
the high school tfil^Tear. - From this
distance it has seemed to us that both
teachers and pupils have been drawn
together in a oneness of purpose
which makes for the highest accom
plishment in anything which the school
undertakes. We hope and believe that
this will be Increasingly the case as
the school year progresss.
“One of the best recitations I have
ever observed was in a French class
in the Goldsboro High Scho-cl,” was
the -observation of Dr. Marie Wood
ring, professor of Latin at G-o-lumbia
University, New York City. This re
mark was made before a group at
the district teachers’ meeting in Ra
leigh last week.
Dr. Woodring, with Dr. J. Henry
Highsmith, visited the high school.
She had time to 'Observe just one class
and chose to hear a French recitation.
She was high in her praise of Miss
Kornegay and her pupils and our
bulletin boards attracted her favor
able attention. “Excellent work is be
ing done in that scho-c-1,” was another
of her comments.
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Alexander McLean, 10-A student,
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United States entered the war 50,000 ^ chosen vice-president and secretary,
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young men of our country were killed
and it appals us to think of the large
number more that would have been
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spite of this fearful loss, again we
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Mr. D. A. Weaver, of the faculty, -will
sponsor the club this year.
The club has some interesting plans
for the year’s work. The purpose of
the club 's as follows; To create,
maintain, and extend throughout the
school an ' community high standards
of Christi n character. The objectives
of the d -h are popularly stated in
the folio mg slogan: “Clean Living,
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