THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XXIII
GOLDSBORO. N. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 24, 1950
Number 8
Taylor and Barfield
Pass Second Test
For Scholarship
Pat Taylor and Dillon Bar
field, seniors, both passed the
physical examination for NROTC
scholarships the first week of
March in Washington, D. C., and
are now awaiting confirmation
of their appointment as midship
men in the Navy under the Re
serve Officers training plan. The
boys will be notified by May 1
whether or not they have been
selected as a member of the plan.
Both Dillon and Pat had pre
viously passed an aptitude test
given in Raleigh along with Ash
ton Griffin and Jimmy Ellis in
order to go to Washington where
the Navy Department had facil
ities for examining the several
hundred applicants. Both Ash
ton and Jimmy were disquali
fied in the examination, Ashton
on account of asthma, and Jim
my because of color blindness.
Hi News Gets
Second Class
Press Rating
Your Hi News received a rat
ing of “second place” in the re
sults published by the Columbia
Scholastic Press Association of
Columbia University, New York,
according to word published at
the convention and later sent to
the adviser of the paper.
For the past several years the
paper’s standing has be?n one
time “first place” and then again
“second place”. Members of the
staff do not know yet where the
weaknesses of the paper were as
the rating sheet has not been re
ceived. Heretofore the severest
criticism has been of the typ
ography of the paper, and Mr. E.
L. Roberts, adviser, says he is of
the opinion that this is still the
paper’s weakness.
While having the paper pub
lished in commercial printing
plants, the journalism class is
naturally limited in its use of
varied headline types. The pa
per must use the type the print
ers have on hand, and ofttimes
this type is not of the style to
add to the attractiveness of the
paper.
It is hoped that with the pres
ent printing, connections the Hi
News may be able to work out
some arrangement so as to get
a wider variety of harmonizing
type faces for headlines, and, too,
there is a possibility that the pa
per may experiment with using
book paper instead of newsprint
for printing the paper.
Ratings for papers are “first
class’, “second class,” “third
class”, and “fourth class”; and
then there is a special honor rat
ing of “medalist”.
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Mr. Excell Markham, Jr., and Mr. Robert Birke, student teach
ers from the University of North Carolina, who will assume
temporary duties in the GHS science department. Mr. Mark
ham makes his home in Ayden, and Mr. Birke is from Winston-
Salem.
GHS Band Gets
Excellent Rating
In Music Festival
The band of Goldsboro High
School received one of the state’s
highest recognitions in the field
of music when it was awarded
the rating of excellent at a con
test held at Meredith College on
Wednesday.
The decision was made even
more emphatic when it was an
nounced that all three judges
voted to the Goldsboro musicians
this rating. Ratings that could
be obtained were Superior, Ex
cellent, Very Good, Good, Fair,
and Poor. .
Goldsboro was entered as a
third class band in the Meredith
contest. Bands were classed in
the event by the enrollment of
their school, thus GHS was in
the third class.
The band went on at two-thir
ty during the evening featuring
as their numbers, Mexican Ov
erture (two moods) and Guard
de Corps March.
The results of the glee club
ccntest held on Thursday were
Local Teacher
Named President
Vocational Group
Ashton Griffin Wins
Duke Regional Prize
ing held in Raleigh during the
CL.mesu ncm uxi xnuiouajr wcie Tpnrhprs’ Meeting
not available as the paper went Teachers Meeiing
to press.
“Trail of Tears” Set
For Tuesday Night
The Goldsboro . High . School
Goldmasquers will present the
premiere presentation of Dr.
Elizabeth Welch’s new play,
“Trail of Tears”, in the High
School auditorium, Tuesday eve
ning, March 28, with curtain
time at 8:15 o’clock.
The Goldmasquers will pre
sent “Trail of Tears” at the an
nual State Drama ,"festival an
Chapel'^Hill Saturday night, Apr.il'
1, along beside Asheville High
School who will present “Dearie
You Are' A Dreamer,”’ and Char
lotte High School, who will pre
sent “The Wonderful Hat”.
The North Carolina Vocation
al Association is aflfiliatod with
the American Vocational Asso
ciation and as president of the
N. S. unit, Mrs. Britt wiH head
thee N. C. delegates attending
the annual meeting of the Amer
ican Vocational Association in
Miami, Florida, in December
The cast for “Trail of Tears” u u ' +•
Mrs. Britt has been active in
will include: Karl Albert as ^vork of the N.C.V.A. since
Tsali, 'Bobby Darden as. Ridges, { she has been teaching in Golds-
Shirley Pate as Osuni, Kenneth [ boro and she served as vice-
Allen as Thomas, and Jimmy' president of the Association the
Shumate as Wasituna. The chor-1 past year.. She succeeds Mr.,H.
us includes: Jimmy Cavenaugh, | K. Collins,, Director of Voca-
Nancy Hamil, Martha Ann Rose, j tional Education in Durham Ci-
Charles Norwood, Nancy Bridges, j ty Schools.
.Martha Kornegay,^;;.jQy .Creech, I The Vocational Association is
.'tiil;ry Scott, Edward .3155:611. W.j made-up of teachers in .the .fields
D. Gurley, Veryle Trublood, Jane | of Vocational Home Economics,
Langston, Melrose Coward. Lu- • Agriculture, Distributive Educa-
cill'e Williamv, BobTjy Martin, [ tion, Diversified Occupations,
Karl Kassell, Richard Jones, Bill j Trades and Industries, Industrial
(Conlinued on back page) Arts, and Vocational Guidance.
Ashton Griffin, a senior in
GHS, was named Wednesday
as the winner of the $3,000 An
gler B. Duke regional prize.
The selection was made after
intensive examinations con
ducted by the Scholarship
Committee of Duke University.
In the finals March 17 and 18
at Duke, Ashton competed with
Bobby Bradshaw of Wilson,
Charlfes Bro^n of Henderson and
Karl Albert and Jimmy Ellis of
Goldsboro for the prize, one of
six that was awarded to North
Carolina high school senior boys.
Three of the prizes were award- \
ed to girls.
Ashton has been active in all
phases of school life throughout
his four years and is one of the
more popular members- of the
student body. He is a business
manager for the Goldmasquers
pnd during the past year he w’as
president of the North Carolina
Student Council Congress. His
work in the jdurnali'stic field has
consisted of positions on the
staff of the annual for three
years; serving as Editor-in-Chief
this year. He is a member of
the National Honor Society and
Quill and Scroll.
In community activities, Ash
ton has achieved the rank of Ea
gle in the Boy Scouts and'at the
present time is a member of the
Senior Scouts.
He is 17 years old and the son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Griffin,
Jr., of 709 Park Avenue.
ASHTON GRIFFIN
Dr. Ray Jordan
Speaks In Chapel
State Teachers Meet
Several teachers from the
Goldsboro school system attend
ed a state convention of the
North Carolina Educational As
sociation at Raleigh March 9, 10,
and 11.
Featured speakers at the con
vention were: Governor Kerr
Scott, Dr. Andy Holt, president
of the National Education Asso
ciation, and Dr. Robert Mont
gomery, professor of Economics
of the University of Texas.
“What shall it profit a man if
he gains the world and loses his
soUl,” was an important thought
brought out by Dr. Ray Jordan
in a recent S. A. devotional.
Dr. Jordan is a professor in
the department of religion at
Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
He is the author of 15 books on
religion.
A revival was held by Dr. Jor-
den during the wd( of March
12-17 ioi the GHS
He stated thi; should
ever r^ccept a ifS gyr ^lis be--
•havior merely l-cc'duse an older
generation used a particular
method or believed a certain
thing. Opinion should be one’s
own, not something dictated by
another. He explained that ev
ery class has a set of standards
by which it lives. The only prin
ciple ever .worthy of being ac
cepted by one is that which you
would be willing to have every
one in the world accept, one to
guide the people in all matters.
Karl Albert Presides
At State ^NHS’ Meet
Mrs. Clarinda Britt, Vocation
al Home Economics teacher of
G.H.S., was elected president of
the North Carolina Vocational
Association at the annual meet-
Karl Albert of Goldsboro, pre
sided at the 1950 State National
Honor Society Convention held
March 3 and 4 at Concord. Six
teen members of the Goldsboro
Chapter attended the meeting.
Peggy Britt, Florence Bowden,
Edward Mitchell, and K. D. Py-
att took part in a panel discus
sion on “The Four Cardinal Prin
ciples of the National Honor So
ciety.”
Bob Mitchell gave a devotion
al ^fter an informal dinner at
the Hotel Concord.
Others from Goldsboro attend
ing the convention were: Ruth
Forehand, Betty Barbee, Martha
Kornegay, Ann Butler, Peggy
Pittman, Callie McArthur, Jim
my ^humate. Jack Borden, Sara
Hunt, Elizabeth Smith, and Miss
Janie C. Ipock, advisor.
The Goldsboro Chapter of the
N.H.S. received second place
award for the scrapbook. Lenoir
Scrapbook Entered
The Goldmasquers’ scrapbooks
will be sent on Wednesday, the
29 th of March, to take their
place in the state Drama Contest
at Chapel Hill. The, third period
art class along with the guidance
of tlune Handley, Margie Rose,
Gail Griffin, and Rheta Bess
Wood have spent many hours on
the preparation of the scrap
books.
Scrapbook placed first.
At the closing session of the
convention Luther Barnhart of
Concord was elected as presi
dent of the 1951 State Conven
tion; Dick Gregory, of Rocky
Mount, vice president; and Jo
Nancy Caudle, Harding High
School, Charlotte, secretary. Sal*
isbury was chosen as the host
school for the 1951 convention.
Bob Mitchell
Is Finalist
For Scholarship
Bob Mitchell has been noti
fied that he will be one of- the
finalists in the contest for the
George B. Baker scholarship of
Davidson College and that he is
to report to Davidson March 31
and April 1 for the final selec
tion. .
At Davidson, 6ob will be one
of twenty-five boys from the
southern states who have applied
for the five prize^.
Bob came to Goldsboro in the
fall of' this schodl - year from
Kentucky, and has been out
standing in scholarship, dramat
ics, and is a member of the Na
tional Honor Society.