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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
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Volume XXI
Goldsboro, N. C., Friday April 16, 1948.
Number 6
GHS Musicians
Compete For
District Honors
The Goldsboro High School Mu
sic Department participated in the
annual district music festival in
Raleiffh recently. The band, girls
glee club, and mixed chorus all
performed and received the follow
ing rating: band, a “four”; girls
glee club, a “three”; mixed chorus,
a “two.” Libby Lou Stuart, piano
soloist, received a “two.”
The festival was held on the
campus of Meredith College. The
first day consisted of instrumental
performances. The band played
“Au Pays Lorraine” by Balay,
“Normal” by Bennet, and “Nation
al Emblem” by Bagley. “Two
Fart Invention No. 9” by Bach and
“Clog Dance” by Hanson were pre
sented by Libby Lou Stuart.
The girls glee club sang “Ghost
Pipes” by Skelton and “Come to
Me” by Beethoven; the mixed
chorus, “Blessed Redeemer” • by
Bach and “It’s Me, Oh Lord” by
Cain, in the choral groups which
were held on the last day.
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Sbphomores Have
Their Big Social
Showboat, the sophomore social,
was held in the William Street
gymnasium on April 10.
The gym was decorated with
lavender and white ribbons, also
with pines which lined the edge
of the walls. The dance floor was
roped off to resemble a ship’s deck.
At the door the girls were pre
sented corsages and the boys, sail
or hats. The refreshments were
served at small tables. The re
freshments consisted of cup cakes
decorated with lavender anchors,
sandwiches, punch, pickles, and
olives.
After refreshments were served,
a floor show was presented with
members of the high school and
citizens of Goldsboro participating.
Above is part of the company for “First Lady,” to b e presented at the New York State Teachers College.
Seated, left to right; Marilyn Tolochko, Erline Griffin, Barbara Hood, Ruth Edgerton, Josephine Jack
son, Mary Olive Grady, Patsy Donnell, and Dorothy Lahr. Standing, Charles Crone, Richard Jones, Vic
tor Herring, Donald Pike, Carl Casey. Ed Strickland, Davis Byrd, Joe Bazemore, Bill Elliott, Tommie
Crocker, Betty Denmark, and Mary Bumgarner.
Goldmasquers Take Play
To New York April 24th
Career Day
Is Observed
Career Day was observed in
Goldsboro High School on April 20.
The purpose of this day was to
acquaint the students with the
various occupations they might
v^ish to know about.
Citizens of Goldsboro and mem
bers of different colleges spoke to
the students and told them about
their occupations and schools.
These are a list of the occupa
tions : Accountant, Advertising
Manager, Chemical Engineer, Civil
Engineer, Electrical Engineer,
Mechanical Engineer, Teacher,
Librarian, Machinist, Auto Me
chanic, Welder, Civil Service,
Doctor, Farmer, Photographer,
Draftsman, Coach, Director of
Phy. Ed., Religious Worker, In
dustrial Worker, Pharmacist, So
cial Worker, Office Worker, Diet
itian, Journalist, Salesman, Nurse,
Dentist, Radio, Veterinarian, Com
mercial Artist, Musician, Beauty
Culture, Lawyer, Technician,
Landscaping, Interior Decorator,
Air Hostess, Branches of Service,
Psychiatry, Plumbing, Personnel
Work, Insurance, Homemaking,
Mortician, and State Patrolman.
For Next Year
Dana James Gulley has been
named chief marshal for the year
1948-49. Ruby Forehand is assist
ant chief.
Selected to serve with them
were Joyce Bagley, Lewis Bryan,
Bennette Daughtry, Patsy Donnell,
Annette Edgerton, La Nelle Ed
wards, Marion Goodwin, Shirley
Haynes, Victor Herring, Betty
Hollowell, Mary Grey Hollowell,
David Johnson, Carolyn Loftin,
Lorraine Newsome, Jewel Parker,
Mike Pate, Troy Pate, Jimmy Pur
ser, Rebert Southerland, Peggy
Ann West, Alice Wiggins, Kenneth
Wiggins, and Billy Winslow.
These students were selected on
a scholastic basis, and the twenty-
five ranking highest in the class
selected as marshals.
Announcement of the marshals
came from class adviser, Miss
Janie Ipock, during Junior Week.
Students Send
Aid To Germans
A box containing clothing, school
supplies such as pencils, paper,
notebooks, ink, sports equipment
and other articles is headed toward
our adopted school in Germany.
These articles were collected at
an assembly at which time each
student brought some article to be
sent. This assembly was only the
beginning of the drive which is
being carried out in the homerooms
in cooperation with SA council.
This box is not expected to reach
Germany before our school closes
as it takes eight or nine weeks for
such a box to arrive there. Plans
to secure money to buy supplies for
the school are being made. William
Street School is also collecting
and sending boxes to Germany.
“First Lady,” the Goldmasquers'
play to be presented at the New
York State Teachers College on
Saturday, April 24, had its first
showing in Goldsboro on Monday
night, April 19, and was presented
again on Tuesday, April 20.
The play is a satire on Washing
ton politics and is written by
George S. Kaufman and Katherine
Dayton. Lucy Chase Wayne has
presidential ambitions for her hus
band, Stephen Wayne, now Secre
tary of State, while her worst ene^
my, Irene Hibbard, is sponsoring
a young senator from the West. To
draw attention from the western
senator, Lucy starts a boom for
Irene’s aging Supreme Court Jus
tice husband. The boom gets out
of hand, however, and it takes all
of- Lucy’s political strategy to de
feat the Supreme Court Justice
and promote her husband’s nomi
nation.
The cast includes some of the
Goldmasquers' outstanding play
ers. Ruth Edgerton, who made her
debut in “Cinderella” and has since
been seen in the prize winning play
at Chapel Hill “The Flute and the
Vine,” and in “The Land Is Bright,”
returns to the stage to play the
part of Lucy Chase Wayne. Steph
en Wayne is played by Carl Casey,
who has appeared in two prize
winning plays at Chapel Hill,
“Gold Is Where You Don’t Find
It” and “The Flute and the Vine,”
and in “Heaven Can Walt,” “The
Lady Who Came to Stay,” “The
Shepherd’s Song,” and “The Land
Is Bright.” Carl has also partici
pated in a number of radio shows,
including the Dixie FM network
presentation of “Tell Tale Heart,”
“Three Strikes You’re Out,” and
“The Test.”
Experienced Players
Mary Olive Grady returns to the
stage after her excellent perform
ance in “The Land Is Bright” to
play the part of Irene Hibbard. She
has also been seen in the plays
“Cinderella,” “Janie,” “Bethlehem
Road,” “Our Town,” and “The
Shepherd’s Song,” and has taken
part in several radio programs,
“Legend of Dust,” “The Key,” and
“The Test,” which were presented
First Class
(See Goldmasquers on
Rating of the HI NEWS by
the National Scholastic Press
Association is FIRST CLASS,
Excellent, according to the
rating sKeet received the day
the paper went to press.
This rating is that received
for the past two or three years
by this association, but, as
indicated below, the paper was
rated second class by the Co
lumbia Scholastic Association
system of rating.
Even though the National Scho
lastic Press Association gave the
First Class rating to the paper, it
did stress the fact that the gossip
in the paper detracted from its
quality; and the rating sheet also
called attention to the fact that
many of the headlines in the paper
were too short for the column
space.
The Goldsboro HI NEWS re
ceived a rating of “two” frohi the
Columbia Scholastic Press Asso
ciation.
This poor showing for the paper
was due to the fact that the paper
has been “top heavy,” so to speak,
with gossip. The critic who wrote
the paper of the ratings said that
the tone lowered what would other
wise rate as a “very creditable
paper which would easily make
first place.” The tone of the paper,
according to this critic, was very
poor, and the suggestion was made
that the paper look to the elimi
nation of the “girl-—boy” gossip.
Newspapers, 301 to 750 pupils
classification: First place rating
to Green Lights, Greenville High
School; and second place ratings
in the same class to the four fol
lowing papers: Goldsboro Hi News,
Goldsboro High School; Loud
Speaker, Elizabeth City High
School; Facts and Fun, Thomas-
ville High School; and tVie Red and
Will Appear
In Who’s Who
Thirteen seniors from GHS have
been chosen to appear in the 1948
edition of “Who’s Who In Ameri
can High Schools.”
They were selected on the basis
of scholarship and service to the
community and the school.
The names of the following with
their biographical sketches will be
printed in the 1948 volume: Janie
Bartlettfe, Davis Byrd, Polly Ed
gerton, Erline Griffin, Lillian
Overman, Jane Parker, Donald
Pike, Anna Frank Strosnider, John
Thompson, Marilyn Tolochko, Mary
Ann Ward, Mimi Weil.
No more than ten per cent of a
class may be chosen.
Nature Club
Is Organized
5> White, Hendersonville High School.
The Goldsboro High School Out
door Society has been organized
under the direction of Miss Geral
dine Jones and in connection with
the biology department.
The society is divided into three
parts, a bird division, flower divi
sion, and a garden club, with a
slate of officers over the whole
society and another slate of of
ficers over each individual group.
The officers of the entire society
are Elton Warrick, president; Ed
Vinson, vice president; Robert
Smith, secretary and treasurer;
Bobby Frederick, program chair
man; Merle Best, civic chairman;
Gene Roberts, publicity chairman.
Officers for the bird division are
Bud Wallace, president; Paul Pitt
man, vice president; Jack Borden,
secretary and treasurer. The gar
den and flower divisions have not
yet elected officers.
Father Schultz
Speaks In GHS
“The purpose of life” was the
topic chosen by Father John
Schultz of the Catholic University,
Washington, D. C., who spoke at a
recent SA assembly.
He said that every high school
student wants to be a success.
Anything is a success if it accom
plishes the thing for which it was
made. A man is a success if he
acts as he was made to act—as a
rational creature.
Father Schultz said that a man
of character controls his life by
reason. A man with no character
controls his life by feeling. Those
who act by reason have intelligence
and integrity, and are free men.
The speaker stated that because
we will probably fight Russia, we
niust develop men and women of
real character. Only one thing
will save this nation from commun
ism, and that is a nation of peo
ple who will not pay attention to
feeling, but will act by reason.
Father Lawrence Newman of St.
Mary’s Catholic Church introduced
the speaker.
Polly Edgerton, vice president
of the SA, was in charge of the
assembly.