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Class of 1944!
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Greetings,
Class of 1944!
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XIII, Number 7
Goldsboro, N. C., May 17, 1940
Fifty Cents Per Year
SA Selects Andrews For President On Third Ballot
As Association Prepares To Enter Its Fifth Year
New SA Officers
New SA officers as pictured above arc: First Row, Left to Right: Lessie Mallard, vice-
president; David Andrews, president; Margaret Scott, corresponding secretary; second row
Uertha Shaver, recording secretary; and Henry Stenhouse, treasurer.
Sub-Freshman Day Revived
To Orient Class of *44
Approximately 200 students from all
the seventh grade homerooms are guests
ot CJHS today during the “Incoming
Freshmen Day,” which is being held
lor the first time in two years.
The “sub-freshmen” have been in
vited in order that they may become
ac(]uainted with GHS before they enter
next year. Besides visiting different
types of classrooms in order to get a
rounded knowledge of high school life,
they will attend assembly and then eat
lunch in tlic cai’eteria.
Toni Lupton, chairman, Kala Rosen
thal, Betsy Modlin, Effie Ruth Max
well, Ned Hart and Miss Bell, Miss
Newell and Miss Spencer, advisers, con
stitute the program committee, which
has charge of the proceedings.
Students helping the program com
mittee guide the boys and girls are:
Carrie Helen Best, Charlie Liles, Ray
J^ouse, Susan Mooring, Kirby Hart,
Hilda Longest, Bob Kemp, Virginia
Jernegan, Linwood Harrell, Oscar Love
lace, Elizabeth Stanley, and Martha
Blue Purser.
Miss Judd, Miss Barclay, Miss Pearce,
Mrs. Hawley, Miss Hendricks, and
Miss LeRoy are the seventh grade
tcachers.
Honor Roll
Nine Senior Committees
)ing Graduation Plans
Shapi
Plans for the senior picnic, baccalau
reate sermon. Class Night, and Com
mencement are rapidly being formed.
The picnic will be held May 31, at
Tuscarora, Arthur Boykin, chairman of
the social committee reported. Chair
men of the four groups working with
Arthur’s committee to arrange for the
picnic are: Elizabeth Spruill, food; Hor
ace Potter, drinks and transportation;
Sarah Dees, entertainment; and Cliff
Spruill, time, place, properties.
The Reverend Mr. J. H. Marion,
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church,
Durham, will preach the baccalaureate
sermon on June 9.
The prophecy, history, and last will
and testament of the Class of ’40 have
been written by Helen Cox, Grace Alex
ander, and Chase Johnson, respectively,
and are now being dramatized for Class
Night.
Four songs to be used on Class Night
and Commencement Night were chosen
by the seniors at their last class meet
ing. Carrie Helen Best is chairman of
the music committee.
T h e Commencement Committee,
headed by Kala Rosenthal, is working
on a pageant dramatizing Humanity’s
plea in a war-torn world to be pre
sented on graduation night, June 11.
I he number of students on the third
quarter honor roll dropped from forty-
six last quarter to thirty-one. The Jun
iors led with thirteen. The Sophomores,
Seniors, and Freshmen followed, re
spectively.
The students making the honor roll
were:
Seniors: Harold Montague, Shirley
Pearsall, Toni Lupton, and Chase
Johnson.
Juniors: Lillian Jenkins, Marie Belk,
Kirby Hart, Edwin Lee, Ellen Lee
Lovelace, Hortense Liles, Buddy Crone,
George Stenhouse, Lessie Pratte Mal
lard, Mary Hicks, and Bertua Sl'.aver.
Sophomores: James Crow, Ruth
Weil, and Effie Ruth Maxwell.
Freshmen: Elizab;ith Hardison, EHz-
abeth Stanley, Betty Weil, Pat Stanley,
Hilda Liles, Virginia Kelly, Margaret
Holt, Jean Branch, and James Whitley.
GHS Graduates In College
Get Above Average Grades
Grades made by (tHS graduates in
collegc in their freshman year have
im[)roved greatly over a period of ten
years, according to the following statis
tics, which have been compiled by
Principal J. W. Gaddy.
The report, given by Mr. Gaddy at
the last P.I'S.A. meeting, disclosed that
only 5.22 per cent of the 1939 grad
uates failed in the first college term,
while 21.6 per cent of the 1929 grad
uates failed in their first term.
Of last year’s graduates the 38 who
have gone to college have taken a total
of 230 student courses during their first
term. The various colleges which the
38 are attending have reported the fol
lowing grades to the office: 21 A’s; 69
B’s; 80 C’s; 41 D’s; 7 E’s; and 13 F’s,
or (ailing.
In 1929 there were 51 graduates, of
which 25 went to college; in 1939 there
were 153 graduates, of which only 38
entered college.
Glee Club Gives Program
The fourth period Glee Club, under
the direction of Mr. P. C. Holt, sang
several numbers in assembly May 3.
Members of the club on the program
were: Doris Forehand, Miriam Sholar.
Susan Mooring, Ann Wilson, Annie
Barwick, Hilda Smith, Ercell Allen,
Vera York, Jean Branch, and Lucille
Wynne, sopranos; Josephine Aycock,
Martha Rosenthal, Hilda Barbee, Ear-
line Culbreth, and Frances Braxton,
altos; and Dorothy Loftin, pianist.
Penelope Lassiter, Doris Turner,
Marjorie James, and Lucille Muse are
members of the Club who were not
present.
Of 545 Students Registering^ 448
Voted In First Primary; 396 In Sec
ond; and 399 In Third Primary.
Following a week of back-slapping,
wild promises, campaign songs and
poems, and hot soap box speeches, Da
vid Andrews was elected in a neces
sary third primary May 7, to lead the
SA in its fifth consecutive year.
The vice-president, Lessie Mallard,
and the recording secretary, Bertha
Shaver, were the only candidates elected
in the first primary on May 3. Mar
garet Scott was automatically elected
corresponding secretary when her only
o])ponent, Carolyn Collier, withdrew
her name. Heriry Stenhouse was elected
treasurer in the secomd primary.
THREE PRIMARIES NECESSARY
For the first time three primaries
were necessary to secure the simple
majority required by the SA Constitu
tion.
On Friday, May 3, there were six
candidates on the ballot for president:
CJeorge Stenhouse, Kirby Hart, David
Andrews, Walter Hicks, Earl Layton,
and 13ob Mooring. David with 139 bal
lots, George and Kirby tying with 94,
led the diree other nominees and were
entered in the second primary.
Lessie Mallard with 242 votes de
feated the three other candidates for
vice-president—Marie Belk, John Rob
erts, and James Crow—by a decided
majority.
Bertha Shaver’s 247 votes surpassed
the 20^ ca.'t ior 1 ^ J'i>kips for rc
! cording secretary. Fi,enry Stenhouse led
the candidates for ;trcasu,cr with 7\2
votes. Tom Dameron with 123 votes
defeated Tommy Edgerton’s 112 votes
and was put on the ballot for a second
primary with Henry.
In the second primary on Monday,
May 6, Kirby Hart with 107 votes
was thrown out of the race for presi
dent. (Jeorge Stenhouse with 113 votes
and David Andrews with 276 ballots
were put on a ballot for a third pri
mary. I he ballots cast for Henry Sten-
housc in the second primary gave him
a decided majority over Tom Dam-
eron’s votes.
In the third primary May 7, David
Andrews, with 224 ballots, defeated
(Jeorge Stenhouse’s 175 votes and be
came the SA president for 1940-41,
WARD SYSTEM USED
On April 29-30, registration days,
545 of the 836 students enrolled regis
tered. A new method of registering
and voting by wards was experimented
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Inaugural Ball
The third and last social o£ the
year will be held Friday, May 24, at
8:00 o’clock in the William Street
Gym, taking the form of an Inau
gural Ball, featuring the new Stu
dent Association officers throughout
the evening.
A special attraction will be a pro
gram presented by the “Students of
Swing” orchestra.
Punch and cookies will be served.
The social committee is composed
of Noah Bass, chairman; Sonny
Boney, Paul Garrison, “Chubby”
Hallow, Hilda Longest and Ann
Daniels with Miss Sanborn as ad
viser.
Students Secure Walk
After Two Years’ Efforts
A semi-circular cement walk in front
oi GHS was completed on May 3, but
very few people realize that student
initiative was responsible for the School
Board’s decision to have the work done
and that students actually laid the
walk.
It all begin way back in the fall of
’38 when one homeroom complained
to the SA Council of the various Httle
swimming pools out in front of the
building whenever it rained. The Coun
cil became concerned and sent Grace
Hollingsworth as a committee of one
ot Mr. Burt Johnson, our former prin
cipal, to see what could be done about
this unsightly condition.
Through his suggestion, a commit
tee of 50 students, officially named the
Circle Pavement Committee, was ap
pointed to appear before the City Man
ager and tlic Boiird cf Aldermen tr
request that the city pave the drive,
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American Legion To Award
Senior Citizenship Medal
I’he Wayne Post No, 11 of the Amer
ican Ixgion is awarding a medal and
certilicatc to a member of the Senior
Class who lx;st represents the qualities
ot honor, courage, scholarship, leader
ship, and character, which, if cultivated,
will result in better citizenship.
I he medal has been ordered and it
will be awarded at a later date which
will be set by Mr. Gaddy. Students
will be nominatetl and voted on by
members of the Senior Class.
'Phis award, which is a part of the
American Legions’ Americanism Pro
gram, will become an annual affair, as
reported by Legionaire W. F. Nufer,
May Court Featured
In Gala J unior-Senior
Around 250 (JHS Juniors and Sen
iors danccd and revelled in the festive
atmosphere of a May Queen’s Court
into which the William Street Gym had
been transformed for the occasion of
the annual Junior-Senior prom on Fri
day night. May 10.
In the May Court, John Grant, Sen
ior Class president, and his date, Dor-
ene Brown, were crowned king and
queen. They were seated on a white
throne with the court on both sides.
Tom Dameron, president of the Junior
Class, crowned John king and then
John crowned Dorene queen. The
queen was dressed in white and the
girls in the court in yellow, pink, and
hght blue, and the king and the boys
in dark blue coats and white trousers.
T he court was entertained by several
dances, including the Maypole. Mary
Mitcham and Margaret Dumas gave an
interpretive toe dance of “Narcissus.”
Some freshmen and sophomore girls
gave dances which had been taught
them by Miss Langston. Susan Lupton
accompanied.
The court was made up of the Junior
and Senior class officers and their dates
or escorts: Prince Nufer with Tom
Dameron, Junior president; Jean Startt
with (leorge Stenhouse, Junior vice-
president; Mildred Lee, Senior vice-
president, with Sonny Boney; Bertha
Shaver, Junior secretary, with Harry
Ward; Lessie Mallard with Norris Sut
ton, Junior treasurer; Sarah Glisson,
Senior treasurer, with Tommy Etlger-
ton; Betty Michaux, Junior cheerleader,
with John Holmes; Hilda lx)ngest with
'lommy Bland, Junijr cheerleader;
Rena ('iraham with Ike Manly, Senior
cheerleader; anti Lillian Jenkins, Junior
historian, with Graves Lc'^’is. These ,
also composed the receiving line.
ARTISTIC DECORATIONS
I he ratters of the gym were covered
with a canopy of white made from
crepe paper strips and arrangetl in de
signs. A rectangle of approximately 350
balloons hanging from the rafters and
through the canopy was formed around
a revolving semi-circular chandelier
hanging trom the ceiling and studdeil
with reflectors. Colored lights were
spotted on this. On the sides the while
strips were made into lattice work for
huge crepe [xiper I’lowers in lavender,
pink, blue, and yellow with balloon
ccnters.
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DOWN THE HALL ^ CEMENTS ^
A Capella Choir: The A Capella
('hoir, a group of high school boys
and girls selected from the Winterville,
Snow Hill, and Ayden symphonic
choruses, sang in assembly, under the
direction of Mr. Lewis Bullock May 7.
The program, broadcast over WGBR
from the auditorium, was a part of the
one they are using on their Northern
Concert I’our.
Grade A Cafeteria: Representatives
of the State Board of Health inspected
GHS for cleanliness and sanitation,
April 16. The cafeteria, supervised by
Mrs. Eleanor Yelverton, was rated 96,
Radio Program: “Fiesta for Juanita,”
was presented by Miss Spencer’s dra
matics class at the radio station May 3
during the third period. Cast of the
play was: Helen Boyette, Charles Boy
ette, Martha Best, Billy Stafford, and
Harry Knight. Sam Bass announced
the program.
Alligator: Bob Powell, Bob Kemp,
Dickie Weatherly, Dick Borden and
Miss Taylor have stuffed an alligator
which Eliza Cox gave to the Biology
Department. It is on display in Room 3.
Peonies: The peonies, which were
plantetl on the west campus last fall
by Miss Taylor’s first period biology
class in memory of Frances E. Willard,
are now in bloom. The WCTU of
Goldsboro gave the plants.
Senior Supplement: The last issue of
the Hi News will feature a senior sup
plement, including records of the sen
iors, the last will and testament, the
prophecy, the history, and pictures of
158 seniors.
Lost: I wo reference books from the
library: 1940 World Almanac and Vol
ume 18 of the Encyclopedia Americana.
Can you help return them.?
Hi News Delegates Attend
Scholastic Press Institute
Sonny lioney, editor; Hilda Longest
and Peggy Ballard, official delegates;
Harold Montague, unofl;icial, anil Miss
vSanborn, ailviser, attended the North
(.arolina Scholastic Press Institute in
C'.hapel 1 lill on May 3-4.
'I’hc deleptes divided into groups at
the convention and attenilcxl sessions on
news, teature, business, sports, editor
ials, and society, led by prominent
newspaper men aiul women of the
State. 1 wo general sessions were held
at which plans for next year were
made and new officers were elected.
Members ot the University journal
ism ilepartment gave in private dis
cussions criticisms and suggestions for
improvement to the papers from the
various high schools participating. >
The plans made by the delegates
tend to niake the NCSPI of value to
the 33 member schools throughout the
year. I his will be done by having a
centralized office which will send out
plans, ideas, and information valuable
for the various school papers.
Approximately 90 students attended
the convention.