Tenth Anniversary
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Time For Class
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VOLUME X, NUMBER 1
GOLDSBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 9, 1936
50 CENTS A YEAR
Ten Years See Enrollment
of GHS More Than DouLle
782 Register for 36-37 Term
In Contrast To Number
of 330 in 1926
BUILDING WHEN NEW HAD
SEVERAL UNUSED ROOMS
Every Possible Space Utilized For
Classrooms; Sophomore Class
Has Most Members
Having more than doubled its en
rollment during the past ten years
GHS had within her walls 782 stu
dents on September 28, 1936. The
enrollment for the year 1926-’27, ten
years ago, was 330,
When the present building was
first used in 1927 there were empty
classrooms. The townspeople won
dered at that time if all the rooms
would ever be used.
Classes are being held in places
unthought of as classrooms when
the building was designed. Mr.
Helms holds his Shop Physics class
under the lobby of the auditorium.
Miss Ezzell holds a commercial class
in the cafeteria. A partition has been
erected in the library to provide a
temporary classroom for Miss Langs
ton’s American History and Sociol
ogy and Economics classes.
The sop^mores have stolen from
the freshraen the honor of having the
largest class. The Sophs have 224
members. They are hard pressed by
the Freshmen,'who have 2iiO mem
bers. The Juniors drop 13 below
the Freshmen with 207 members.
The Seniors fall 87 below the Juniors
with 112 members.
The Senior Class has more than
doubled itself since 1926-’27. Fifty-
four Seniors graduated that year.
Seniors this year number 120. In
1933 the largest Senior Class in the
history of GHS graduated with 120
members.
The Freshman Class also shows a
large increase. The Freshman Class
has gained from 165 in 1926-’27 to
308 in 1934-’35, the largest in the
history of GHS. The enrollment of
this class has dropped to 220 this
year.
During the year 1935-’36 the total
enrollment was 779 with an average
daily attendance of 706. In the year
1926-’27 GHS had only 384 students
and an average daily attendance
of 330.
600 Students Fill
Various Activities
INDIVIDUALS GIVEN CHOICE
OF TWENTY-TWO HOBBIES
"Music Appreciation" Group Boasts
Highest Membership With Band
Running a Close Second
After a year of silence, in the way
of extra curricular work, GHS has
come back strong with 22 activities
of many varied topics olfered to the
students who wish to participate.
Approximately 600 students have
made their selection and will receive
an extra one-half unit.
In the list of groups Music Ap
preciation leads with 57 students and
Band running a close second with 55.
The others are as follows: Boy
Scouts and Glee Club, 40 each; Foot
ball and Insurance Bonds, 30 each;
Library Instruction, 28; Art, 27;
N. C. Club, Girl Scouting, and Arts
and Crafts, 25 each; Dramatics and
Vocation Guidance, 23 each; Dress
Designing, 217; Public Speaking,
Business Law and the Journalism
group, 20 each and Surveying, 10.
Our Leader
SUPT. RAY AltMSTRONfi
FIRST BANK OF SCHOOL
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Students in Bookkeeping I Will Get
Actual Training in Bank
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Goldsboro School
Entering New Era
INITIATIVE CHALLENGED
Mr. Armstrong Believes in Giving
Students Chance to Select
Own Courses
GHS Holds Fascination
For Miss A. Beasley
Having tried to leave GHS twice.
Miss Antoinette Beasley, American
history teacher, is back again teach
ing by her usual progressive methods.
Miss Beasley has combined his-
tory-English class of 32 seniors,
which is organized on the student
initiative basis. The class, two and
a half hours long, at the present is
functioning as a senate with Mary
Baddour presiding.
Since Miss Beasley left GHS last
Christmas, she has had several inter
esting experiences. In Philadelphia
she attended the National Demo
cratic Convention. In New Orleans
she had her fortune told in the
French Quarter.
Outside of her regular teaching
Miss Beasley will coach the triangu
lar debaters, and assisted by Mrs.
Middleton, Avill sponsor the Senior
Class.
A deposit has been made in the
first school bank, although the struc
ture for the bank has not yet been
completed.
The bank building will be located
in the southwest corner of Koom 14.
A space of 5 by 8 feet is being par
titioned by beaverboard at the bot
tom and lattice at the top.
This small concern handles all
school money and also that of the
organizations and students. The reg
ular i^rocedure of a bank will be car
ried out.
Mr. Davis^ who teaches bookkeep
ing, acts as general supervisor, and
signs all checks with the student
treasurers.
Ben Whitley, Floyd McDowell,
Willis Casey, Elvin Sholar, Billy
Sheperd, David Langston, Eliza
beth Bass, Lillian Pate, Hattie
Smith, Adell Beamon and Annie Bell
Moore are the students of Bookkeep
ing II who will take turns in acting
as cashiers, tellers and bookkeepers.
The Goldsboro School System, as
well as other schools of the nation, is
on the doorsteps of a new era—that
of developing initiative in every stu
dent, of helping him visualize for
himself a goal other than grades.
Such is the belief of Superintend-
C'Ul i. lllSXroiig, wlil/otUUiuTi
tliis past summer at Columbia Uni
versity and brought back to the
Goldsboro Schools a fine conception
of the newest theories.
Significant statements from a re
cent interview follow :
‘‘A student is happy only Avlien
he is working on something that
vitally interests him. Therefore we
are trying to give each student a
chance to choose his work.
“This year we are offering only a
light salad course on our menu. If
this is liked wo Avill offer a full meal
next year.
“We do not want to hinder the
progress of a student who can not
pass a subject which will be of no
use to him. The most significant pro
motion I ever nuide was sending a
fifth grade, over-age girl who could
not succeed in aritlimetic to the high
school, where she could take the home
economics course, something that she
could do successfully.”
DOWN the halls
Comments
Glances and
CONTEST : At the bonfire held
up town on the eve of the E.M.I.
game the rain tried to drown out the
cheering, but those gathered around
the fire cheered on and on and on.
The event ended with a march down
Center Street and back to the dying
embers.
MOVING PICTUEES: Students
of the Goldsboro Schools are enjoy
ing a series of fifteen historical
movies sent out by Yale University.
They have already seen “The Puri
tans” and “The Pilgrims.”
The proceeds of the candy sold at
the football games of Peoria, Illinois,
High School go to furnish interest
ing moving pictures.
AWARD: The most recent re
port sent to the staff by the Quill
and Scroll shows that the Hi News
has gripped more tightly its “Inter
national First Place Award,” miss
ing the superior rating by only 20
points.
PASTER: Coach Weil is such
a track enthusiast that he has kept
scrapbooks about. his trackmen for
several years. He’ll show you his
scrapbooks and tell you about his
good men, but we’ll just bet he’ll also
tell you he isn’t much of a “paster.”
ON THE OUTSIDE: Two Hi
News cameramen were waiting out
side/the “tin house” for the coaches,
Mr. Jeffrey and Mr. Johnson. The
first football practice was just over,
and the noise the boys made was
greater than hail an inch thick beat
ing on the tin sides of the house
could have made. It’s a great thing
—this football season. The boys
were talking a good deal and laugh
ing loudly, but to the two cameramen
it sounded as if they were spelling
in unison the word felloivship.
INTERRUPTION: A number
of girls Avere gathered in the cafe-
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Hi News Drive Will Extend
From Today Until Oct. 23
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GHS Politicians
Steal Spotlight
CLASSES DECIDE LEADERS
OCT. 20 BY POLL VOTING
Nominating Committee and Floor
Each to Name Candidates
For Officers
Tenth Anniversary Campaign
Planned To Be Largest
in GHS History
FIRST EDITION TO REACH
EVERY PERSON IN SCHOOL
Variety of Prizes To Be Awarded
Winning Class, Home Room
And Four Individuals
GHS politicians will attoni])t to
out-talk Big Jim Farley and John
Hamilton during tlie next ten days
as preparations are made for class
elections.
Students will go to the polls to
elect class officers on October 20 after
having registered on the 14th, 15th
and 16th. Preceding this on Monday
the 19th, campaign speeches will be
delivered by managers and candidates
during class meetings.
The first class meetings will be
held on Tuesday the 13th, at which
time nominating committees will
present their slates and nominations
from the fioor will be made. From
the floor nominations, one person will
be elected to run against the candi
date selected by the nominating com
mittee.
NEW TEACHERS ADDED
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Teaching Civics, Math, French,
Commerce, English, Music
And Athletics
GIIS faculty has eight new
teachers this year.
R. N. Jeffrey, math teacher, and
J. W. Johnson, civics teacher, who
graduated from State College, are
our new athletic directors. Miss
Tomlinson, cooking teacher, grad
uated from Salem College, while T.
J. Cooney learned French in l]mory-
Ilenry College and the University of
Tennessee.
D. M. Mahaffey studied industrial
arts at Clemson College, while Miss
Ezzell acquired short hand at Ca
tawba College. Miss Mowborn, Eng
lish teacher, graduated as an honor
student from Duke University. Mrs.
Lee, former teacher of music at I. O.
0. F. Jlonu;, will direct all music.
Aiming to surpass all prc'vious rec
ords set up by Hi News subscription
campaigns, the 193G-’37 staff opens
its drive for subscriptions today and
will last until October 23.
In the past Juniors and Seniors
have readily subscribed but the
sophomore and freshmen subscrip
tions have lagged. To overcome this
difficulty this issue of the Hi News
is being distributed to every member
of the student body and factulty.
As in previous years, group and
individual prizes will be awarded to
the winners in the campaign. To the
class having the highest per centage
in number of subscriptions Avill go
a banner in the class colors; to the
home room, sweater enibh'ms; and
to the four individuals ranking high
est, season tickets to all sports con
tests.
During the campaign a graph
showing the class standings will be
kept up to date by Cecil Riggs.
rhe tiouu! room newt> ropurters are
to have charge of the campaign in
their respective rooms.
James Heyward will have charge
of the drive and will be assisted by
Janies Manly and Hardy Ix'e
Thomi)Son.
To Publish Nine Issues
Aim of Paper Staff
After having faced the problem of
being allowed only two forty-minute
periods a week for work on the Hi
News in contrast to last year’s one-
and-a-half-hour period each day and
having weighed it carefully, the Hi
News staff has all intentions of pro
viding the GHS students with nine
issues during the 193G-’37 term.
The scarcity of time is explained
by the fact that the Hi News staff is
listed as an activity. The members
of the staff are fighting this handi
cap by increasing their usual out
side time put on the paper by more
than half and by extending their
circle or workers.
The Journalism I class of 30
sophomores sold most of the ads in
this issue and also wrote several fea
ture stories. Allen Andrews, post
graduate, contributed the post grad
uate news. Each home room has
elected a IIi News reporter whose
duty is to cover the doings of his
room.
Home Rooms Organize
During First Four Weeks
The first month of school was used
by the (JHS home rooms for organ
izing themselves.
Besides the offices of pri'sident, vice
presid(nit, secretary and treasurer,
the list of home room ollicers includes
a 111 News reporter and chairmen
of the following committ('t‘s: sonal,
attenchince, fire drill, standards, bul-
h^tin, lu^alth, courtesy, program, wel
fare, and activity.
Due to the limited space the names
of the ofHcers are withheld until the
u(!xt issue.
Mrs. Bullock Travels
In Foreign Countries
Usually a French teacher desires
above all else to visit France. Mrs,
Lewis Bullock, who taught French
in GIIS last year, had her great de
sire fulfilled.
Accompanied by her husband, she
S})ent June and July visiting France,
Italy and Switzerland. Jtaly Avas
the most interesting country visited
and liome the most interesting city,
Mrs. Bullock said, ,1’aris was very
beautiful but not quite up to her ex
pectations, and France was less pro
gressive than Italy.
Mr. and M'rs. liullock travelled
without a guide and had no trouble
nuiking thems('lves understood. IMiey
went over to France on the Georgia,
an English ship, and came back on
the Champlain, a French ship.
A boys’ Pej) Club has been organ
ized at the Shortridge High School
at Indianapolis, Indiana, to travel to
all the games and lead cheers.