THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XX.
Goldsboro, North Carolina, Feb. 28,1947
Number 5
GHS Students Do Not Like Teaching
Only Eight
Seniors Like
Teaching
Only eight people out of one
hundred and tVo GHS Seniors
who recently filled out question-
aires said that they were inter
ested in the teaching profession.
Four were vaguely interested;
that is, they said they would*
teach if their other plans did not
work out, and ninety said that
they were positively not interest
ed.
The reasons this last group gave
for their answer were: the pay is
too low, the work too uninterest
ing, more interested in another
field, just aren’t interested in
teaching.
Forty out of 102 have decided
what college they will attend; 16
will attend college but have no
definite school in mind; six will
attend business school; 3 will en
ter nursing school; and 37 will
work next year and don’t plan to
take further school training.
The seniors have chosen a wide
range of colleges. Those they
named are: State 5, St. Mary’s 5,
Guilford 4, Wake Forest 4, Wo
man’s College of U. N. C. 4, Car
olina 3, Citadel 2, Duke 2, East
Carolina Teacher’s College 2,
Greensboro College 1, William and
Mary 1, Georgia Tech 1, Brenau 1,
Veterans’ College — Goldsboro 1,
Holmes Bible College 1, Californ
ia State 1, Philadelphia Museum
of A"t ], Queen’s Col’ege 1.
Eighty-seven of the 102 have
definitely decided on their occu
pation and 15 are undecided.
Occupations chosen are: office
work 19, salesrnanship 8, teaching
6, business 5, mechanic 5, social
work 5, nurse 4, interior decora
tion 4, agriculture 4, engineer 4,
radio 2, religious education 2, pro
fessional athletics 2, clothes de
signing 2, journalist 2, piano tun
ing, 1, Advertising designing 1,
printing 1, make-up 1, laboratory
technician 1, psychiatric assistant
1, vocational home economics 1,
doctor 1, embalmer 1, aviation 1,
projectionist 1.
Besides the activities mentioned
above which GHS seniors will
take part in, three of the girls
plan to be married and one boy
plans to do “just as near nothing
as possible.”
Cast of “Seventh Heaven”
Front row, left to right: Mar
tha Winslow, Claudine Lewis,
Polly Edgerton, Marjorie Pate,
Curtis Lancaster.
Second row, Charles Ellis,
Robert Andrews, Daron Ward,
Hubert Howell.
B^ck row: William Smith
Howell, Donald Pike, Jerry San
ford, Ned Champion, F. W.
Stanley.
Seniors To Show
“Seventh Heaven”
Three GHS
Students
Are Elected
“Seventh Heaven,” the senior
play, is to be presented during the
first week in March.
The story centers around Diane
(Polly Edgerton), a converter of
stolen goods. Chico (William
Smith Howell) is a sewer dlean-
er. He calls himself a free-think
er and he has grown so accus
tomed to believing himself.a re
markable man that he becomes
one. He rescues Diane from an
evil sister, Nana (Margie Pate).
He takes pity upon the girl and
proclaims her his wife to save her
from being arrested by the Ser
geant of the Police (Curtis Lan
caster). This is set in a train of
events which elevate Chico,
Diane, Boul (F. W. Stanley), a
rascally taxi driver, Arlette
(Claudine Lewis), a barm^d, ev
eryone with whom Chico comes
in contact.
Other members of the cast are:
the Sewer Rat (Donald Pike)"^
Maximillian Gobin (Daron Ward),
Recan (Paul Savage), Brissac
(Jerry Sanford), Blonde (Ned
Champion), Pere Chevillon (Her
bert Howell), Uncle Georges
(Robert Andrews), Aunt Valen
tine (Martha Onslow), Lamp-
lighter (Charles Ellis).
The senior tlass is presenting
this play in collaboration with the
Goldmasquers.
King, Queen
ToBeChosen
For Students
Balloting in the contest to name
u Kiiig and Queen of GHS closed
this week. The purpose of the
contest was to raise money for
the SA,
Results of the contest came too
late for this issue of the Hi News.
The King and Queen will be
given certain privileges such as
going first in the lunch line and
other similar privileges, usually
only given to Seniors.
The nominees from the fresh
man class were: Martha Ann
Rose, G. F. Seymour, and Elton
Warrick.
Sophomer class: La Nelle Ed
wards, Bobby McLamb, and Billy
Winslow.
Junior class: Miller Eason, Er-
line Griffin, and Bill Taylor.
Senior Class: Ruth Caudill,
Carlton Frederic, and Margie
Perry.
The price to vote was one cent,
and a person could vote as many
times as he wanted, provided he
paid one cent each time.
Three Goldsboro High School
students were elected officers of
the Wayne County Future Home
makers of America rally held
several days ago at Rosewood
High School.
Those elected from Goldsboro
are: Gilda Vann, secretary; Bes
sie Culbreth, historian and Libby
Lou Stewart, pianist. Other of
ficers elected to. serve with these
are: Jennette Thompson, Rose
wood, president; Doris Casey, Mt.
Olive, vice president;.Olza Woot
en, Nahunta, treasurer; Eline Ca
sey, Mt. Olive; song leader; Sara
Smith, Pikeville, reporter; and
Joyce Swinson parliamentarian.
The program was given in the
form of skits by students from
Mt. Olive, New Hope, Pikeville,
and Grantham. A social hour was
given by the hostess school, the
Home Economics Cottage, carry
ing out the Valentine motif.
There were aj^l'proximately one
hundred and twenty delegates at
tending, with twenty from Golds
boro.
The next county meeting will
be held at Grantham with the
Goldsboro Club furnishing the
program.
97 GHS Students Make
3rd Quarter Honor Roll
A total of 97 GHS students
made the honor roll for the sec
ond quarter.
Freshman led the list with 38,
sophomores came second with 23,
juniors third with 21, and seniors
numbered 15.
The' students are:. Freshmen:
Karl Albert, Barbara Jean An
derson, Gene Anderson, Dillon
Barfield, Jane Bostic, Florence
Bowden, Peggy Ann Britt, Anne
Butler, Ann Cuddington, Walter
Culbreth, Ruth Daughtry, Nancy
Downs, Jimmy Ellis,, Minnie Ruth
Forehand, Owen Gine, Carl Ray
Grantham, Ashton Griffin, W. D.
Gurley, Doris Ann Hall, Carlie
Hinnant, Ann Hood, Sarah Huntj
Frank Lane, Ed Mitchell, Jean
Mitchell, Doris Page, Geraldine
Pate, Peggy Pittman, Paul Pitt
man, Worth Potter, Gene Roberts,
Alyene Rollins, G. F. Seymour,
Hugh Shine, Jrmmy Shumate,
Adaline Vann, Gene Wiggs, and
Joyce Williams.
Sophomores: Joyce Bagley,
Mary Bumgardner, Dorothy
Crawford, Bennette Daughtry,
Jean Daughtry, Patsy Donnell, La
Nelle Edwards, Robert Fleming,
Ruby Forehand, Dana James Gul
ley, Shirley Hanes, Betty Hol-
lowell, Mary Grey Hollowell,
Alice King, Louise Lewis, Carolyn
Loftin, Lorraine Newsome, Ethel
Parks, Troy Pate, Joyce Radford,
Peggy Ann West, Alice Wiggins,
and Billy Winslow.
Juniors; Charles Acker, Janie
Bartlette, Eunice Bizzell, Chris
tine Byrd, Davis Byrd, Polly Ed
gerton, Ruth Edgerton, Francis
Fulghum, Mary Olive Grady, Er-
line Griffin, Barbara Hood, Bil
ly Howell, Lillian Overman, Jane
Parker, Donald Pike, Anna Frank
Strosnider, John Thompson, Mari
lyn Tolochko, ^Fred Tyndall, Mary
Ann Ward, and Mimi Weil.
Seniors: Gertie Blow, Joyce
Boykin, Ruth Caudill, Frank
Gates, Edwina Hallman, Connie
Johnson, Liba Kornegay, Bett Mc-
Lawhon, Mildred Pittman, Eva
Mae Sauls, Gaynelle Sauls, Susan
Smith, Shirley White, Jean Wig
gins, and Martha Winslow.
Fourteen
Juniors Like
Teaching
Out of 122 Junior in GHS, 14
said they wen) interested in the
teaching profession, 2 were vague
ly interested, a'ld 106 were not in
terested.
Most of the last group thought
the salary was too low.
Forty-two ol the 122 have de
cided on the college they will at
tend, 33 will attend college but
are undecided about which one,
9 will go to business school, 2
will enter nursing school, 36 won’t
take further education.
Colleges chosen by the Juniors
are: State 10, Carolina 7, Wom
an’s College U. N. C. 3, Meredith
3, Wake Forest 2, St. Mary’s 2,
Sweet Briar 2, Salem 1, V. M. I. 1,
Duke 1, Tulane 1, Louisburg 1,
Greensboro College 1, Penn Hall 1,
William and Mary 1, Traphagen 1,
Salvation Army Training College
1, Guilford 1.
Out of the 122, 98 have chosen
an occupation and 24 are unde
cided. Those mentioned are: of
fice work, enfeiaeering, teaching,
nursing, medicine, salesmanship,
radio mechanics, interior decora
tion, photography, architect,
clothes designer, beautician, phys
ical education instructor, scout
work (girl), music, band instruc
tor, radio broadcasting, archaeo
logist, adverf^’jig, professional
baseball, commercial art, highway
patroliiiari, diitiCviu' ox
education, writing, officer in Sal
vation Army, radio designer,
journalist, lumber business, win
dow decoration, horse training,
professional swimming, car dealei^
agricultural field, model, kinder
garten work, commercial aviation,
store ownership.
Standard
Invitations
Adopted
A standard invitation for the
graduating classes of G.H.S. has
been selected by a special com
mittee, composed of a representa
tive from each of the senior home
rooms and the presidents of eacjj
of the four classes.
The committee decided on an
invitation on whose cover an out
lined etching of the building will
appear. The etched design was
selected from two types.
Members of the class of “’47”
will be the first to use the new in
vitation. The standard invitation,
which is of the announcement
type, 'was selected so that each
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Jaycees Make
Two Gifts
To High School
The Goldsboro Junior Cham
ber of Commerce recently
presented to Goldsboro High
School two valuable gifts.
One was $300. for new band
uniforms and the other was
stage lights, properties and
furniture used in Jaycee Fol
lies of 1946, presented to the
Goldmasquers.
Ed Howel of the Jaycees
presented these gifts to Ken
neth Fulghum, representative
of the band, and Robert An
drews, president of the Gold
masquers.
Mr. Roy Russell, band in
structor, thanked the Jaycees
in behalf of the school.
Senior Class
Plans For A
Supplement
The senior class held their
monthly class meeting February
13 to decide important issues con
cerning the senioi^play and grad
uation.
The following teachers were
named as adivsqrs to committees;
Miss Elizabeth Grant, Senior
Week; Mr. W. Barden, ornaments
for the stage; Mr. Morris Jeffrey,
advertisement; Miss Frances
Bayne, reception; Miss Billie
Bryan, tickets.
A motion was made and car
ried that the class accept the offer
made by Theo Davis Sons to pub
lish the supplement at a cost of
$132 for the first 100 copies and
$7.00 for each additional hundred.
The class also voted to accept the
offer of Wooten and Moulton of
Chapel Hill to make glossy prints
for the supplement at a price of
15 cents. The pictures will be tak
en in gowns without caps.
Student chairman for the fol
lowing committees were announc
ed: Baccalaureate Sermon, Con
nie ^Johnson; Senior Day, Gertie
Blow; Commencement program,
Robert Andrews.
Deadlines for invitations March
1; diploma fee of $2.05, March 1;
caps and gowns, $1.00, May 1;
were announced.
Another motion that was carried
was to purchase a small radio.
Valentine Ball
Held by YPO
Quill and Scroll
Bottom row, left to right:! Top row: Susan Smith, Con-
Nance Potts, Marilyn Tolochko, nie Johnson, Martha Winslow,
Leah Lloyd Rigsbee. | Margie Perry, F.-W. Stanley.
Eight Students
Are Named To
Quill and Scroll
Festival To
Be Held Here
In March
A Valentine Dance, sponsored
by the Young Peoples Organiza
tion, was held in the gym of the
Community Building Friday night,
February 14.
Bob Richardson and his Senti
mentalists, a 12-piece orchestra,
furnished music.
The gymnasium was decorated
in red and white, the colors rep
resenting St. Valentine’s Day.
The floor show consisted of tap
numbers by members of Mrs.
Belle Hinnant's dancing class, vo
cal selections, and piano numbers.
George Ball of WGBR acted as
master of ceremonies.
Ticket stubs were given out at
the door and during the evening
a drawing was held and prizes
were given away.
The Eastern Carolina Drama
Festival will be held in Golds
boro on March 27, 28, 29.
Over seventy schools have been
invited to attend the festival, but
it is not yet known how many will
come.
Morning, afternoon, and evening
sessions will be held during the
three-day festival. On the last
night radio programs will be pre
sented.
This year the festival will be
conducted ,a bit differently thag
in previous yeai-s. Judges will
attend it and decide which plays
are eligible for Chapel Hill,
rather than have them all go.
A committee has been selected
to work on a program for the
festival. Although all the material
to be in the program is not yet
known, it will include picturfs,
write-ups and ads.
The committee is composed of:
Davis Byrd and Marilyn Tolochko,
co-chairman; Judy Adams, Janie
Bartlett, Kitzi Bridgers, Eleanor
Brown, Jane Brown, Patsy Don
nell, Ruth Edgerton, Charles Ellis,
Ashton Griffin, Erline Griffin,
Barbara Hood, “Bo” Kannon,
“Liba” Kornegay, “Lew” Lang
ston, Lillian Overman, Jane Park
er, Ethel Parks, Anna Frank
Strosnider, and Mimi Weil.
American Legion Holds
Oratorical Contest Here
The American Legion is spon
soring its tenth annual oratorical
contest this spring.
In GHS it was required that
every student enter the contest.
The subject ig the United States
Constitution. From the seventeen
topics concerning the Constitu
tion, each student chose one to
write a theme on. The topics
were: An American Citizen’s
Rights and Responsibilities Under
the Constitution; The Sovereignty
of the People—Then and Now;
Checks and Balances—Our Basic
Governmental Principles; History
of the American Constitution; The
American Bill of Rights; The
Framing Fathers; the Constitution
in a Changing World; The Consti
tution in Our Every-Day Life;
Our Presidents and the Constitu
tion; Influence of the Constitu
tion on the New Citizens of Our
Republic—A Barrier Against Tyr-
rany; The Constitution—Guardi
an of the People’s Rights; In De
fense of Our Constitution; The
Constitution—Temple of Liberty;
Our Living Constitution; The
Privileges and Responsibilities of
An American Citizen; The Rights
We Defend.
The winners of each high school
contest will compete in a county-
wide contest to be held between
March 10 and 15 in the county
seat high school auditorium unless
some other place is designated by
the county chairman.
The county winners will com
pete in a disttifct contest held be
tween March 17 and 22, at some
central place in each of the 20
Legion districts of the state.
There will be five division con
tests for the winners of ttie 20
districts on March 25, 26, 27, 28,
and 29.
Each contest will be judged by
not less than three nor more than
five disinterested judges, select
ed by the person in charge of that
contest.
Judges shall render their deci
sion without conferring and shall
grade: (1) Poise and personality,
25 points; 18 on prepared speech
and 7 on extemporaneous; (3) Ac-
suracy and effectiveness, 50
points; 25 on prepared speech and
15 on extemporaneous; (3) Power
to thrill, quicken, and compel, 25
points; 18 on prepared speech and
7 on extemporaneous.
The oration shall be composed
of two parts: (1) A prepared
speech of not less than 10 or more
than 12 minutes. (2) An extem-
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Eight students have been rec
ommended for membership into
the. Quill and Scroll, an interna
tional honor society for high
school journalists, according to an
nouncement of Mr. E. L. Roberts,
teacher of journalism and advisor
to the Hi News staff.
The students are: Connie John
son, Margie Perry, Nance Potts,
Leah Lloyd Rigsbee, Susan Smith,
F. W. Stanley, Marilyn Tolochko,
and Martha Winslow.
Qualifications for membership
into the society are: (1) Candi
dates may be elected from the
Newspaper, Yearbook, Magazine
or Handbook Staffs; (2) They
must be of junior or senior clas
sification, or post-graduate; (3)
They must be in the upper third
of their class in general scholastic
standing at the time of their
election; (4) They must have
done superior work in writing,
ey!iting, tSr busiiitfas iTiS.aa4^ruekt;
(5) They must be recommended
by the adviser; (6) They must be
approved by the Executive Sec
retary of the Society.
Mr. Roberts stated that the
scholarship requirement' eliminat
ed some who otherwise might
have' been recommended to mem
bership.
Brotherhood
Program
Held Here
In observance of National Bro
therhood Week. Father Hyland,
representing the Catholic Denomi
nation, Rev. Leon Russell, the
Protestant churches, and Rabbi J.
G. Tolochko, the Jewish faith,
spoke at an S. A. Devotion on the
importance of people learning to
live with their fellowmen, with
out prejudice and hatred in their
hearts. The meeting was Febru
ary 19, in the school auditorium.
Mr. Seymour Brown, before in
troducing the speakers, explained
the meaning of National Brother
hood Week. The organization
was begun in 1928 to bring to
gether, in a better fellowship and
understanding, different religious
denominatibns in the world.
The speaker’s talks all center
ed around the presence of hatred
and prejudice in the world. In his
speech, Father Hyland stated,
“Hate is condemned, not only by
the laws of God, but also by the
laws of nature.” Many interest!^
points were brought out by all
three speakers.
At the beginning of the program
Eloise Baulkcum sang, “Ave Ma
ria, accompanied at the piano by
Audrey Garris.
The Glee Club, at the close of
the program gave two selections
directed by Mr. Roy Russel, in
structor of music.
These meetings were held
throughout North Carolina, with
prominent Jewish, Protestant and
Catholic laymen and clergymen
speaking over the radio as well
as at schools and colleges.