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GOLDSBORO HI NEWS
December 18, 1936
Goldsboro Hi lNl@ws
Published nine times a year by tlie Journalism
Students, Goldsboro, JST. C., High School
6ntebwati6n^
Volume X
Numher 3
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Ozello Woodward, ’37
Ansista.nt Editors Rosanna Barnes, ’37; Mary Baddour, ’37
Staff Writers Mary Sherman, ’37; Hazel Shaver, ’37; Dot
Parker, ’37; James Heyward, ’38; Harry Hollingsworth,
’38; Jim Manly, ’38; Clell Riggs, ’38; Ross Ward, ’38;
Hardy Lee Thompson, ’38; Ridley Whitaker, ’38.
Feature .Helen Mcye, '38; Bobbie Anne Sanborn, '38;
Nancy Pipkin, ’38.
Sports Editor Seymour Brown, ’37
Exchange Editor Nancy Pipkin, |38
Activities Editor James Crone, ’38
Alumni Editor Hazel Shaver, ’37
Staff Photographers....Hidley Whitaker, ’38; Seymour Brown, ’37
Staff Cartoonist - Angelina Casey, ’38
Staff Typist Hellon Ellis, ’37
Adviser Ida Gordner
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager George Ham, ’38
Circulation Manager Mary Sherman, ’37
Advertising Manager Edward Luke, '38
Assistant Advertising Manager Aileen Herring, ’38
Advertising Solicitors....M.emhers of Class of ’39—Addison Haw
ley, R. T. Cozart, Evelyn Colie, Ann Morgan, Billy McClure,
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Langston, Frances O’Steen, Juanita Hunt, Virginia Modlin,
Jack Smith, Gabe Holmes, and Dorothy Crow.
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Entered as second-class matter October 26, 1931, at the postoffic©
at Goldsboro, North Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1879
OUR CHAIRMAN
What Is
The Real Spirit?
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” —
Acts 20 :35.
When the Christmas season opens, our first thought
is in giving and receiving. That’s the spirit of Christ
mas. Long before the day arrives our closets are
filled with packages of gifts for friends and family.
But what is the real Spirit of Christmas? This
year, though not as much as last, there will be many
people around us who will not be able to give and
there will be little children who will not receive. And
the joy of Christmas will come when we have given
some useful gift to those who really need the necessi
ties of life and who do not have them. That’s the
real Spirit.
We Offer
A Suggestion
Why were the debate deadlines set so late? Whose
fault is it? Who is to blame?
The students were waiting for the faculty and the
faculty was waiting for the students to begin debat
ing. Some were in favor of it and others were not.
Maybe the larger group of students was hoping that
the faculty would forget it. Yet the teachers were
still waiting for student initiative and the students
were not used to giving it in this case, as debates have
been decided by the faculty heretofore.
Perhaps the students felt that formal debates were
too much trouble, work and worry for the benefits
derived, perhaps the faculty felt that way. However,
whether or not we would have debates waited until at
last the faculty committee of three teachers voted af
firmatively.
We do not ask why debates were delayed, but we
suggest that the students decide for themselves next
year and decide early.
The Changes
Prove Their Worth
Thirteen per cent of our student body making the
honor roll! What an excellent record for our school!
That goes to show what we really can do.
Harold Montague, ’40, with four l-\-’s made the
highest average in several years and an early bid on
the Weil prize for four years hence.
Learning to do by doing, the new theory of educa
tion, that has been applied in GHS classrooms this
year must be working. Then, too, the improvements
made possible by the supplement that was passed last
spring have helped the studying conditions a great deal.
Let’s keep on climbing up, students, and have still
more students on the honor roll next time.
Courtesy Goldsboro Herald
W. A. DEES
The chairman of the Goldsboro
Graded School Board is Mr. W. A.
Dees, local attorney and father of
Ann, ’35; William, ’37; and
Sarah, ’40.
Mr. Dees has been a member of
the school board since the retire
ment of Mr. George Dewey.
Fremont schools were the first
that Mr. Dees attended. Later he
went to Buie’s Creek Academy. In
1911 he graduated from the Uni
versity of J^orth Carolina where he
was a member of the Golden Pleece
and Phi Beta Kappa. He was pres
ident of his senior class which had
the most present at commencement
last sf)ring due to his efforts.
Where school affairs are concern
ed, Mr. Dees is greatly in favor of
student participation. He also ex
pressed the feeling that education
is the most essential enterprise in
any state.
Besides being chairman of the
school board, Mr. Dees has taught
school four years, worked in Scouts
and is a staunch Presbyterian. He
is chairman of the board of direc
tors of the Community Chest drive,
on the board of directors of the
Goldsboro Hospital and is on the
board of commissioners of the col
ored insane asylum.
Dear Editor;
I would like to say a word for a
Student Association in GIIS as I
am fairly familiar with such an
association and the functioning of
one.
I can see no disadvantages in a
Student Association and can see
great advantages in such an associ
ation. We will have an organized
student body which, in itself, is a
great advantage. We will increase
the “school spirit” greatly; we will
have more interest in student activ
ities which will be beneficial to each
and every one of us. There are other
advantages that I will gladly tell
you.
In order to have a student associ
ation there will have to be absolute
cooperation from each of us and in
order to have cooperation we must
be interested in this movement.
Let's Put It Over!
Sincerely,
William Dees, ’37.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
.School Spirit
Dear Editor:
School Spirit is nearly dead. The
spirit being shown in GHS now is
only a spark of the spirit shown in
former years. It only brightens now
and then when some group of inter
ested students creates a slight flame
which soon dies down. Let’s revive
school spirit; it can be done in some
what the same manner of building
a fire. Instead of working with the
ashes and partly burned wood, you
use fresh wood. So let’s not work
so much on the juniors and seniors
but on the freshmen and sophomores
and most of all on. the members of
the seventh grade. Arouse their in
terest by inviting them out, letting
them see what we are doing and by
showing our interest in them. I’m
sure that if this was done there
would be school spirit in GHS.
Students, I challenge each indi
vidual to see what you can do to
arouse the school spirit of GHS.
Sincerely,
Everett Proud, ’37.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Blackwell Robinson, ’33 and a
senior at Carolina, recently joined
the Phi Beta Kapp, a scholastically
honorary fraternity. It is also na
tional and accepts only those mak
ing a minimum average of 92,5,
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LEADERSHIP
aeSP0N5lBlLITlf6
Have You Been Out?
Sitting in a car outside GHS with
no lights on, rather late at night,
has possibilities of developing into
a minor indoor sport.
Don’t get me wrong. I was wait
ing for my mother to dismiss her
self from a P.-T.A, meeting.
One could never imagine the lit
erary gems which ooze from the
throats of middle-aged females after
they have made a thorough inspec
tion of dear old GHS, That is, un
less one hid himself in as obsolete
object as an automobile to listen.
The lobby doors are opening.
And down the steps they trod,
Three females enthusiastic
Who step lightly on the sod,
“—and I bought him one of those
high-neck collars.”
“Isn’t that a scream?”
“But he wasn’t used to wearing
one, and it nearly killed him.”
“Ho, ha, ha, ha, ha.”
Around the building’s corner,
Another bevy comes.
With heraldings like songbirds
And rumbling kettle drums.
“O-o-o-o, isn’t it cold out?”
Just two seconds after they had
left a warm enclosure, that’s what
got me. I wanted to stick my head
out the window and yell, “Yes, have
you. been out ?” But that would
have spoiled the fun. Then, too.
others started emoting.
“Feels like snow, doesn^t it?”
“Yes, I’ll say it does.”
Snow, my boots! It felt more like
a nice mess of rain. /
“—the basement, that’s what he
said it was.”
“Can you beat it? And he said
they even had to clean it up.”
Again I felt the urge to holler,
“Clean it up! lady? We had to dig
it out.” But they continued.
“Isn’t it cold tonight?”
Can you imagine? They spent
two hours trapsing around our
school and it’s the weather they talk
about.
But silence now.
Keep still my heart.
Four well worn ladies
Do make their start.
“It just goes to show you that you
never can tell.”
“Yes, it does. Things like that
can happen behind your very nose
and, you never know it.”
“It does pay to find out about
those things.”
What can happen? To think I’ll
never know. Could it be something
they saw here?
Ah, there you are, 0 Mother, dear.
What is your sage comment?
You think it grand, the teachers
sweet.,
I know you’re glad you went.
—^Allen Andrews, ’36, i
What Will It Do?
What will a student association do? This question
still remains in the minds of some students.
If we have a student association all student activi
ties as—debating, athletics, cheer meetings and enter
tainments—will be managed by student committees ap
pointed by students. All athletic games will be sched
uled and sale of tickets conducted by an athletic com
mittee. The pep meetings will be sponsored by stu
dents. Debate deadlines will be set by students. There
will be courtesy and cafeteria committees.
Heretofore, there has been uncertainty in our activ
ities. Scattered groups usually composed of the same
students have decided to have pep meetings or sell
athletic tickets. There has been no unity in our activ-
jtives organization. An association will tie these ends
and enable more students to participate in activities.
To each and every person,
Be he far or near,
We send our season's greeting
Merry Christmas and Happy
JSfew Year.
The Hi News Staff
Mrs. Lee—Journalist and Musician
“I would rather have band, glee club, or orchestra
practice than go to the movies,” said Mrs. Kathleen
Lee, director of music in GHS, during a recent inter
view.
Born in Garden City, Missouri, Mrs. Lee was reared
in a journalistic atmosphere. Her father was the editor
of a paper and her mother wrote editorials and po
litical articles. When Mrs. Lee was eight years old
she was writing “locals” and setting type. She could
not be kept out of the newspaper office and eventually
gathered experience in all phases of newspaper work.
Until several years ago Mrs. Lee wrote during her
spare time and has sold several articles and poems.
For a year she was assistant editor on a county seat
newspaper in Missouri.
Mrs. Lee has a fine musical background. Her father’s
family was both musical and literary, her father play
ing several instruments. In her mother’s family there
were one or two outstanding musicians, but as a family
they had more of a literary bent. Her maternal great
grandmother was a contributor to the Saturday Evening
Post in its first day; incidentally she sat up upon her
death bed to read the conclusion of a serial in the Post
and died peacefully a little while later.
Mrs. Lee started piano lessons at six. She was grad
uated in music from Mt. St. Joseph’s Academy in
Dubuque, Iowa, and did post-graduate work at Weltner
Conservatory in St. Louis and at the University of
Mississippi. Mrs. Lee has an M.M. degree in piano
and a B.M in violin and has studied pipe organ with
George Schuler and Adolph Stuterman. She has
studied all band instruments and written music but
has had none of it published.
Experienced professionally, Mrs. Lee belongs to the
American Federation of Musicians. She was supervisor
of music in the Water Valley, Mississippi, school, and
in Dalton, Georgia, and has taught in Charlotte and
nearby towns until last year, when she trained the
10 OF home concert class.
A brunette with big brown eyes and a delightful per
sonality, Mrs. Lee is liked by all her students. She is
interested in all GHS activities.