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i^olume IV; Number 3
Goldsboro, N. C., December 19, 1930
30 cents a year
:^aron Epstein
Wins First Prize
. »fational Contest Held By “Looseleaf
CiarreKt Topics”
Aaron Epstein, a member of one of
he senior history classes, has won a
srize in the "weekly contest held by the
(Looseleaf Current Topics,” a national
Jiews leaflet.
; Each week there is a question of
Rational interest to be answered in
jhis leaflet, and the person submit-
ling the best answer receives a prize
i>f two dollars, Aaron answered the
question, “What is the most important
ientence in the Constitution of the
[Jnited State?”, by saying, “The first
‘.mendment.” This sentence gives the
leople the freedom of religion, press,
;peech, and the right to assemble
leaceably.
, The entire school is proud of Aaron.
The “Current Topics” is a national
hews bulletin for high schools, and is
Widely read in every state. This is
the first year that the senior classes
have subscribed to this particular
pamphlet, and Miss Beasley says that
it is entirely satisfactory.
I Not only did Aaron win the prize,
put he had his essay published in the
[‘Current Topics” for the week De
cember 8-12. This is the first time
this year that the answer has been
printed. Usually the name of the win
ner is simply -mentioned,
i Aaron’s answer to the question is
quoted:
“From the beginning of time there
has been a* continual struggle between
governoi’s and governed over rights,
jfreedom, and personal liberty. Just as
ihe old kingdom of Egypt was batter-
pd dov;n, so America was formed—for
bghts, 'freedom, and personal liberty.
[There is little doubt that the Consti-
jtution of the United States is one of
the -greatest documents in the history
of the world, but without the First
Amendment I believe the result of the
141 years of government would not
have been such a series of triumphant
victories over obstacles.
“The nature of man will not allow
{perfection, and there would have been
many to take advantage of the ab-
fence of rights provided for in this
amendment. Had a i^ational religion
been established, no end of trouble
would have been caused, for the
searching after the spiritual is one
of the strongest emotions of the hu
man heart. Had press and speech
teen muzzled, the opinions of the citi-
i^ens would be a smoldering fire wait-
|ing to burst into flame. Instead, our
! opinions are now threshed out in the
(open and settled. Had the people
/been deprived of the freedom of peti-
ition, there would be a condition of
! unrest and mieasiness between elec-
.! lions instead of the comparative calm
jet our United States of America.”
ARTCRAFT CLUB ORGANIZED
An artcraft club has been organized
this year, with Mrs. Hartshorn as the
deader. The club meets every Thurs-
^ay aftei’noon at the home of one of
the members. Mrs. Hartshorn and
*ihe members have interesting and
lively discussions of useful gifts and
■'•vays to make them. Many beautiful
Sind useful presents have been made.
The last meeting was held with Evelyn
i^aly and the girls axe looking forward
to their next meeting with Pricilla
Hartshorn.' Light refreshments are
Served at each meeting—this, of course,
is an added attraction. After Christ
inas the. meetings will' be held twice
month. All who are interested in
the artcraft club are invited to become
iHembers.
The present members are: Sallie
^*arker, Virginia Peacock, Edna Mae
Woodard, Priscilla Hartshorn, Myrtle
McCoy, Frances Massey and Evelyn
Daly.
The officers are: president—Frances
Massey; secretary and treasurer—
Evelyn Daly.
NOVEMBER REPORTS ARE
DECIDEDLY BETTER
The November reports were better
jthan the October reports. Although
pour were dropped from the' h nor
jroll, five w;ere added. Those five had
'tried hard. Besides, there were thirty-
jfive students who lac)ced only one
iSrade makng the honor roll. Even
jtho there were 150 subject and 121 stu-
(Jicnt failures, this was a decrease from
:^00 subject and 148 student failures
October and 232 subject- and 157
student failures of September. •
. I>id you know that we have - two
hundred honor roll studei'^ts in G. H.
S'? We don’t.
Graduates 1930 Stand
Out On State - wide
Senior Examinations
G. H. S. Ranks FavoraJjly With
Larger Schools
The graduates of the Goldsboro High
School of the class of 1930 have left
behind a record that sets them apart
as having achieved much along schol
astic lines. This is shown by the
standing of this class on the state
wide senior examination, the results
of which, have recently been published.
This examination is given each year
to all of the seniors of the state. It
measures achievement in all subjects
commonly taught in high school, and
furnishes each teacher and school an
excellent comparison of the achieve
ment of students of various teachers
and schools, as well as that of the
average of the state'. The examina
tion covers: reading, English, mathe
matics, science, history, Latin, French,
home economics and study habits.
The examination was taken by 14,100
seniors in North Carolina high schools
in the spring of 1930. The average
composite score for the state, was 70.1.
That for the Goldsboro High School
seniors was 85.0. Their score in each
subject measured was above the state
average in that subject. This fact
was particularly gratifying to the
teachers, for these results indicate the
type of work that is being done in the
classroom. And the fact that the score
of 85.0 compares favorably wfth the
larger schools of the state is one of
v.’hich Goldsboro High School should
be proud.
THE NAMELESS CLl^B
Will someone kindly inform us what
was going on in the cafeteria Monday
at activity period? Was it business
or did these fourteen girls and Miss
/.tkins decide to eat a second lunch?
It was business, although some of
the members might be presented as
good argument for the eating theory.
In that case how in the world would
you account for Helen Edelman? It
is a new club with its name, as yet,
unchosen. It has two. primary pur
poses—to help anybody- dc anything
v/hich needs to be done around school
and to develop each of the fourteen
girls into capable leaders of school, ac
tivities.
A few of the problem.s which
one club has set for itself are: to help
increase gate receipts for the spring
basketball games; to make a study
of correct parliamentary procedure
and practice carrying it out; to help
the janitor keep the halls clean; to
help take care of the .school building;
and to have plenty of fun doing it.
Before Christmas they plan to collect
old clothes to be contributed to the
Welfare Committee. The officers are:
president, Becky Edgerton; vice-presi
dent, Sonora ^Bland; secretary and
treasurer, Marion Weil. The members
are: Marion Weil, Becky Edgerton,
Sonora Bland, Nancy Bridgers, Mary
Margaret Lynch, Rachel Edgerton,
Curry Gclr?en, Helen Edelm^an, Vir-
g>,inia Crow, Florence Brooks, Ester
Brown, Viola Ward, Susan Rawlings,
Lillian Gordon. Teachers or organ-
ieations, call on them if you need them
for they are ready with plenty of pep
and ‘a smile.
PHYSICS CLASS GIVES
EXCELLENT PROGRAM
Cold feats were demonstrated by the
physics class in their annual chapel
program on Thursday, December 11.
Meat, eggs, mercury, rubber tubes,
and what-nots were frozen stiff by the
solid carbon-dioxide that sprayed
around the tank to everybody’s amuse
ment. Then an iron rod carrying a
temperature of negative 120 degrees F
took ice out of fire — not so hot.
The program was extremely interest
ing and not mystifying, as each stu
dent explained his experiment. Lack
of space prevents more fully describing
one of the most appreciated programs
cf the year.
MRS. MIDDLETON
WELCOMED BACK
The students of Mrs. Middleton’s
Latin classes were delighted when she-
was able to return to school after hav
ing been ill for several days at her
home in the Carolina apartrhents.
During her absence the Latin students
i'fent her a basket of fruit as a slight
token of their'esteem. Miss Virginia
Cone had charge of the Latin classes
until Mrs. Middleton returried.
TO MR. WILSON
In appreciation of his interest and
help in getting out the last issue
of Hi News, the staff dedicates this
issue to Mr. Wilson.
MR. GREENE DISCUSSES
UNEMPLOYMENT
The Commercial Club had quite an
Interesting meeting on Wednesday,
December, the third. '3^Ir. Greene, one
of the sponsors of the club, gave a
very interesting talk on, “How Var
ious Nations Are Handling the Unem
ployment Problem.”
He stated that the Italians, led by
Mussolini, have reduced the wages of
all of their people making $3,000 thirty-
five percent; those making from $2,000
to $3,000 twenyty-five percent; and
those making below $2,000 twelve per
cent.
Mr. Greene said that Russia is also
attempting to progress during these
hard times. Stalin says at the rate at
which they are now going, in one and
one-half years they will be producing
more grain than any other country.
Russia is having a harder time than
most nations, however, because of their
scarcity of butter, eggs, bread, and
iTieat. Mr. Greene explained that
ninety—nine of the business firms, in.
Russia were owned and operated by
the government, or on trust. The
reason for this is that the people are
not at all well educated. He also said
that Russia had been on the decline
lor many years, but that if the coun
try had leadership it would be one of
the greatest nations of the w rid.
In America, Mr. Greene continued,
there are at present three million peo
ple out of employment. One of the
reasons for this is that our country
does not have enough system in car
rying on big businesses. Atlanta has
been meeting the problem of feeding
her unemployed in the following man
ner: Different large companies of the
cir.y donate to a central cafeteria and
a person can get a meal for two cents.
•‘LABORATORY NEWS ” CONTAINS
INTERESTING MATERIAL
' The second issue of “Laboratory
News,” published December 3, is even
more interesting than the first. Be
sides giving a plan for helping each
member equip his laboratory, direc
tions for performing three experiments
oealing with electricity arc given.
The leading editorial, “Science and
and the Science Club,” bv Ed. Den-
r.iark, the president of the Science
Cinb, so well expresses the club’s in
terest in science that we are quoting
it on the editorial page of this issue.
HEAR, YE! HEAR, YE!
• George" Starr, would “say it with
ilowers.”
HONOR ROLL
The following made all one’s on
their November reports:
Aaron Epstein, Ezra Griifin,
Ernest Eutsler, Helen Smith,
Gladys Bryan, William Houston,
Hilda S{)ence, Lillian Gordon, Nora
Lancaster, Blackwell Robinson, Pete
Heyward, Nan Jane Robertson,
Roger Williahis, Thelma Ginn, Lil
lian Edgerton, Emmett Spicer, and
Dorr-ihy Langston.
Juniors Win 2nd
Interelass Debate
This Team to Debate Sophamores
For Giddens’ Cup
The Juniors won the Junior-Senior
debate, which was held in the lib
rary at activity period, Thursday, De
cember 18. Those on the winning
side were Florence Brooks, Arthur
Allred, and Marion Weil, who upheld
the negative side of the debate, Lucy
LeRoy, Mary Alice Dewey, and Helen
Ellenwood constituted the affirmative
team. The query for debate was:
“Resolved: That for the best inter
ests of the American high school, in
tramural athletics should replace in
terscholastic athletics.”
The winners of this debate will
Compete with the sophomores, who
won the Freshman-Sophomore debate
for the championship of the en
tire school. The Giddens’ Cup goes
each year to the school champions to
be held until they are losers.
The winners of the Freshman-So
phomore debate, Pete Heyward and
I’lackwell Robinson acted as' chair
man and secretary, respectively-. Nan
Jane Robinson was time-keeper.
The judtfes. Miss Roark, Mrs. Spic
er, and Mr. Bullock decided in fa
vor of the negative by a two to one
vote.
G. H. S. IS TO HAVE AN
ORCHESTRA
Mr. Harvel is organizing an orches-
i-.va which had its first meeting Mon
day, December 8. It is to meet every
Monday at activity period .and fifth
period. If these plans materialize G.
H. S. will have an orchestra of which
it will be proud.
The members are: Cornets—Brog-
den Spence and Carl McBride; clari
nets—Durward Pate and Thurman
Merritt; saxaphones — Ruby Jarrell,
John Henry Pike, and Russel Spence;
horn, E flat—Linwood Blackburn;
banjo—Louise Davis; drum — Allen
Vinson; Trombone — Joe Crawford:
baritone — John Hawley; basses—Ed
Bland and Harvey Smith; violins—Ger-
old Grant, Bernard Hallman, Beth
Carraway, William Robert Smith,
Barbara Cuthrell, Martha Ivey, and
Ruth Jarrell; and piano — Katherine
Mitcham.
The senior class of 1931 - has the
extreme pleasure of announcing the
elaborate preparation of a heart-
throbbing, side-splitting, tragedy-com-
edy to be- presented for the entertain
ment of the honorable student body of
the Goldsboro High School.. Mavbe
y;Hi won’t be entertained so much but
the play will be given just the same
:r’s a senior privilege).
Under the direction of Miss Kor-
riegay, those, selected for parts will
give the third and fifth acts of “Cy
rano de Bergerac.” The story takes
place before vanishing cream had bean
invented, and Cyrano • has an over
sized nose. On the face of things Mon
sieur de Bergarac received a bad
“break,” because all that shines isn’t
R'old—not even a nose.
The story is really interesting and
iinusual as is shown by the fact that
io is one of Miss Kornegay’s favorites.
In the near future, the following will
dramatize the two ac^s:
Elizabeth Smith .Roxane
Aaron Epstein .. Cyrano de Bergerac
Billy Brown f Christian
Ed Denmark Le Bret
Edward McDowell Duke
Lucy Le Roy Mother Margaret
Louise Davis , Sister Martha
Helen Taylor Sister Claire
GLEE CLUBS WORKING HARD
The Glee Clubs under the leadership
of Miss Brockwell have been organized.
The goal which they are striving for
is Greensboro; therefore much work
.'s having to be done, and the mem
bers are responding with much eager
ness. The boys have their meetings
on Mondays and Wednesdays and the
girls on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A
few of the girls of the Glee Club went
over to the grammar school and helped
nith .the Christmas cantata given by
the two higher sixth and seventh
grades.
The officers" of the girls’ Glee Club
are: president, Kathex’ine Liles; vice-
president, Peggy Pate; secretary, Agnes
Cramen; treasurer, Dorothy Liles; and
librarian, Lillian Mooring.
Science Club Members
Perform Experiments
The Science Club held its regular
monthly meeting in the science labora
tory, December 3, with its president,
Edward Denmark, presiding. The
program consisted of five electrical ex
periments performed by club members.
The first experiment was done by
Kenneth Daniels. His apparatus con
sisted of a transformer, a Ford spark
coil, electric light bulb, and a light
socket. Attaching the apparatus, he
turned on the current which caused
brilliant violet flashes of .light in the
bulb. This showed what violet rays
look like.
The second experiment, conducted
by Charles Webster, was to show how
a spark could be made to climb 'yVire^
Due to the inefficiency of the appa-
latus, the spark did not climb as high
as it should'. He explained that the
heat generated by the electricity lift
ed the sparks along the wire.
An experiment, demonstrating what
happens in an autbmobile cylinder was
eiven by Warren LeRoy. Taking a can
with wires attached in it so that sparks
V70uld be made, he grayed gasoline
in it. When he turned on the elec
tricity, a small explosion occurred and
blew off the lid of the can.
The fourth experiment was another
electrical one. Hubert Osteen showed
that a flame will carry electricity. He
took a beard with two nails in it
reveral inches apart. Attaching wires
^rom the spafe-coir, he placed the
flame so that it would connect the
iwo nails. He turned on the current
and the flame helped make a com
plete circuit.