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GOLDSBORO HI NEWS
May 8, 1931
GOLDSBORO HI NEWS
Published by the Goldsboro High School
Faculty Adviser, Miss Gordner
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Cobb
Associate Editor Aaron Ep&tein
Humor and Feature Editor, John A. Stanley
Girls' Sport Editor Katherine Liles
Girls’ Sport Reporter Sonora Bland
Boys’ Sport Editor Ralph Giddens
Boys’ Sport Reporter Ernest Bustler
Exchange Editor Helen Ellinwood
News Editor Isabel Baddour
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Business Manager John H. Pike
Asst. Business Manager Emmett Spicer
Circulation Manager Pete Heyward
REPORTERS
Senior Reporters—Lucy LeRoy, Emma H.
Baker
Junior Reporters—Marion Weil, Florence
Brooks, Florence Baker
Sophomore Reporters—Blackwell Robin
son, Barbara Best, Frances Kass,
Nannie J. Robinson
Freshman Reporters—Byron Green, Bar
bara Cuthrell, Norwood Teague
Typists—Bertie Smith, Edna Farrior, Berta
Hines, Sarah Lee Bes-t.
^ EDITORIALS ^
Debaters, We Congratulate
You
We all had a rather queer,
restless, and uneasy feeling from
Thursday, April 16, until Sat
urday, 18, but why did we?
Surely we expected Marion Weil
and Ezra Griffin, our negative
debaters, to do nothing else but
win the Aycock Memorial Cup
but a queer feeling was there any-
wa}'—until we heard! And just
to think we have it to keep! And
now we rank with the only other
high schools to have permanent
possession of an Aycock Debat
ing Cup—Wilson and Durham.
We are all proud of our de
baters and want them to feel that
we really appreciate what they
have done for the Goldsboro
High School, even though every
one in the school has not told
them so.
Pete Heyward and Blackwell
Robinson, our affirmative de
baters, are to be congratulated
also. They reached the semi
finals, and we know that the team
?that defeated them certainly
must have been a good one.
Miss Beasley, our debating
coach, certainly deserves a great
deal of credit for the victorious
team she has coached.
However, Goldsboro High
School will not rest upon her
laurels. There is room for yet
another Aycock Cup.
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Hats off to Bobbie and Eliza
beth! They’re helping to main
tain the reputation of G. H. S.
Why not send a band and an or
chestra to the music meet next
3>'ear.? The band w^ouldn’t have
to be a large one because Green
ville’s fifteen piece band and or
chestra defeated Burlington’s
sixty-three piece orchestra this
year. There are the facts for
you! Consider them. Why
shouldn’t G. H. S. make history
in music as well as in debating
and athletics?
Refuse the Sponge
Sponges, sponges, everywhere.
You know that it is so—
But no sponges would be here.
If you would answer ^‘no.”
You know him. A sponge is
a student too lazy to do his own
worli. He borrows the work of
others.
There is no way of escaping
this fellow. No matter where, or
how, you go, you will find him.
You are entreated “just this
once” to lend him your French
sentences, your geometry exer
cises, or your history questions.
This unwise student thinks he is
putting one over on the teacher,
but this is not the case. The one
to suffer is the student.
Refuse the sponge. He is not
only cheating himself but he is
cheating you also, in taking the
credit for which you have labored
so hard. If every one would re
fuse the sponge he would become
an extinct species.
Competition
There seems to be a competi
tive contest between the sparrows
and the students in chapel as to
who can make the more noise.
The ’ sparrows are always twit
tering about, worrying the
people on the stage, but }^et we
students are always talking or,
in general, worrying those
around us. This is very impolite
both to the speakers on the stage
and to those around us. So
students, let us stop making dis
turbances and not give the
sparrows so much competition.
In Regard to the Fountains
Why does every one want to
chew his gum during school
hours? In every class in school
3"ou see a few students cheA\ang
gum. These students go to the
water fountains to get rid of their
gum. The next student that
comes along does not w^ant to
drink from such a fountain.
Let’s try to keep the drinking
fountains as clean as possible be
cause everybody has to use them.
A Kleptomaniac?
Sh-sh-sh-hh, folks, don’t move
an inch! There’s a burglar in
school! The whole geometry
class each period is aghast at the
thought. A thief in our midst!
What a terrible situation, even
though thrilling! What can we
do ? Guards have been stationed.
All such valuables have been un
der lock and key, and still—Miss
Ipock’s compass strings disap
pear regularly. Can it be that
we have such a creature as a
kleptomaniac among us?
Puzzling
What is this, a dump heap?
No! Surely it cannot be, and
yet—what excuse could anything
have for looking this way?
There! I’ve got it! It’s only
the study hall floor. Of course,
stupid of me not to think of that
before, wasn’t it?
RAMBLIN’ ROUN’
Wyatt Exum’s Ford has all
modern conveniences. Steam
heat in the front, refrigeration in
the back, radio (static) in the
engine, a substitute for moon
light and roses, and shower
baths, both hot and cold.
Speaking of conveniences you
ought to see our auditorium.
Yes sir, it serves as hunting
grounds, tennis court, torture
chamber, dance hall, boxing ring,
gridiron, baseball diamond, gym,
lunchroom, bird-house, band-
room, assembly hall,^ and, last but
not least, refrigerator.
Mr. Bullock: Do you believe
in a hereafter?
Student: Yes, sir.
Mr. Bullock: Well, sit over
here, hereafter.
One reason why I am out for
girls’ baseball is to get track
practice.
No kidding, we’re going to
have a good team. Come out and
give the little girls a hand.
I asked Grace Pelt if she liked
traffic jams. She said that she
had never eaten any. Oooh!
Hairpins must be good sailors
to ride some of these permanent
waves.
Judging by some of these
spring “love affairs” freshmen
and sophomores will be wearing
junior rings.
I see where we are going to
study the “Diet of Worms” in
history. I’ve heard of dieting
on lettuce but never on worms.
Pretty tough on the eighteen-
day dieter.
All who want a day off say
“Aye.”
“7^
I was looking in the Bruin and
saw that a girl called her fellow
Pilgrim, because every time he
called he made a little progress.
Here lies the bones of
Jason, the Bold,
’Cause ole lady Medea
Got him told.
George Heyward: Mr. Bul
lock, what will make me grow?
Mr. Bullock: Yeast might
make you rise a little.
LOCAL HI STUDENTS WIN
HONORS IN MUSIC CONTEST
{Continued from page one)
points, Asheville won first place
in the A conference, scoring T9
points; Lenoir led the B confer
ence, scoring 55 points; Bragg-
town led the C conference.
For class A orchestras,
Greensboro won first place. For
class A bands, Charlotte and
Lenoir tied for first place. For
class B orchestras, Greenville
and Roanoke Rapids tied. Shel
by won first place in Class B
bands. In the C conference Old
Town won both orchestra and*
band honors.
AN OPEN FORUM
Dear Editor:
Various students have ex
pressed themselves in favor of
certain changes around school.
I have a proposal which I hope
the whole student body will sup
port.
Let’s change the present fif
teen minute period of idleness
into a devotional period. That’s
the way to start the day right.
I would suggest repeating the
Lord’s Prayer in unison and the
reading of some verse from the
Bible by the teacher or student.
Think this over and give us
your opinion.
John Dortch Lewis.
GLEANED FROM
THE EXCHANGES
Dear Editor:
Has our school spirit fallen
down? It certainly seems so.
We surely showed lack of en
thusiasm over our debaters, I
must say. Surely.we have more
school spirit than to wait four
whole days after the debates to
give our debaters a chance to see
just how much we really appre
ciate their efforts for us. I think
that it showed very little en
thusiasm, if any. We should have
greeted them at the earliest
chance possible and given them
a hearty cheer. But no, we must
wait four days. Let’s pep up
and show more school spirit, for
I am sure it isn’t all gone, only
lying dormant for a chance to
sprout and grow. Why not give
it a chance?
/
Sincerely,
Helen Thigpen.
Dear Editor:
I think something should be
done about students losing books,
etc. Everything seems to be
taking legs and walking off. You
often see students walking
around with sour faces, searching
for possessions which seem to
have evaporated. A student who
is old enough to be in high school
should certainly have a sense of
honor which prevents his taking
things that do not belong to him
or her as the case may be. This
condition should exist in no
school and ’tis certain that some
thing should be done to relieve
the situation.
By the way, who “borrowed”
my Literature and Life book?
Sincerely,
Virginia Crow.
The High Point School gave
a radio program in their audi
torium which the listeners not
only heard, but also saw, “thanks
to the advancement of tele
vision.
Dear Editor :
We have been having an
activity period every day all the
three years I have been coming
to G. H. S. Each year it has
become less active, now it has
ceased being active. I suggest
that it be livened up; it may be
used as a period to build up the
athletics of the school, or even
better, be devoted to clubs. If
it is used for either of these,
everybody should be required to
take part. The spirit of the
school gets lower each' year.
Tli^se are only two of the many
ways in which the school spirit
can be built up. Unless some-
Be a live wire and you won’t
be stepped on.—Hi-Rocket.
Dramatic students in Durham
are writing their own plays.
Many budding playwrights will
be discovered in this way.
A number of southern schools
have entered their “hi-paper” in
the second annual newspaper
contest. The winning school re
ceives a loving cup and the editor
a $300 scholarship to Emory
University—one of the sponsors
of the contest.
“East Wind’s Spell”—play
given and written by Winston-
Salem students—^has won first
place in the state contest for
original high school plays. This
is the second year they have won.
The players received a plaque
as their reward, which they plan
to present to the library as they
did last year.
The Pine Whispers—^V^^in-
ston-Salem—^won second place
in the Columbia National Press
Association contest for Class A
school newspapers.
A girl’s golf^ team—believed to
be the first high school girls’
team in the state is in the making j
in Burlington Hi.
The Durham High School,
represented by Margaret Ed
wards, was winner of the annual
state-wide Latin Contest.
MISS GORDNER’S ENGLISH
CLASSES GET OUT PAPER
{Continued from page one)
Mai'3^ Elizabeth Kelly, Fred
Smith, Richard Cox, Sarah Lee
Best, Louise Farfour, Paul Best.
Newspaper work for the term
1931-1932 will be carried on in
a regularly organized class of
journalism.
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thing is done about this period?
the name of it should certainly
be changed.
With hopes of a change in the
near future, I remain,
Yours truh
McA.rn Best.