‘The Mikado’ Booked For Two Performances
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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XXIV
GOLDSBORO, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1951
Number
Junior Class
Takes Honors
Student Night
The Junior Class walked away
with top honors at the annual
Stunt Night Saturday, receiving
75 of the possible 100 points.
Jesse Mitchell, a senior, and Peg
gy Nethercutt, a sophomore, were
crowned Queen and King in the
coronation, characterized by Irish
music and songs.
Stunt Night was sponsored by
the National Honor Society and the
money raised will go for the schol
arship awarded at graduation to
the most deserving person in the
society planning to attend college.
Juniors Add Points
The Junior Class won 25 points
and the front seats, which was
their privilege for selling the most
tickets, and 10 points for singing
their class and original song the
best. The remaining 40 points was
awarded for having the best stunt
which was in the form of a mins
trel. Bob Martin acted as interloc
utor with Charles Norwood and
David John Smith as end men. The
rest of the class was in the chorus
and sang several minstrel songs.
Six of the girls did the “Charles
ton.”
The Senior Class portrayed what
life would be like in G.H.S. in 2000
A.D. The females being the strong
er sex wore shorts and football
shoulder pads. The boys wore long
colored underwear. Their lessons
were shoveled to them and the tra
ditional tapping was carried out.
The Sophomore Class took the
crowd back to the old Vaudeville
days. They showed what goes on
during the act out front and then
the difficulties behind the scene.
Freshman Stunt
The Freshman Class had the
theme “A Man Ain’t Got A
Chance.” It showed the life of a
little boy from infancy to man
hood. each scene showing the wom
an having the “upper hand”.
The runners-up in the Queen and
King contest were Donnie Cobb,
Virginia Guthrey, Jimmy Frazier,
Nan Barnes, Karl Kassel, Emily
Warrick, Bud Ellis, and Barbara
Burton. The Irish theme was used,
with Billy Crawford singing “My
Wild Irish Rose”.
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Shown above are students who are leaving to
day for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Convention in New York. They are, left to right,
front row: Sara Thompson, Edith Long, Sallie Set
tle, Jane Langston, Jesse Ray Mitchell, E. L. Rob
erts, Hi News sponsor; second row, Martha Korne-
gay, Jerry Price, Margie Rose, Dawson Thompson,
Jessine Hart, Pat Marshall, Ann Smith, Bud Davis,
Bruce Humphries; third row, Harold Kadis, Jimmy
Knight, Bobby Bryan, Morris Gurley, Edward Biz-
zell, Nancy Bridgers, Frances Malpass, Knox Jen
kins and Robert Bedford. Absent when picture was
made were Emily Warrick, Hilda Westbrook, and
Ted Montague.
Hi News-Gohisca Staffs Three GHSStudents
Lea veT oday F or New York
Pianist
Es Final Artist
Bn Concert Series
Alec Templeton, famous blind
pianist-impressionist, will be pre
sented in the fourth and final con
cert of the 1950-51 series of the
Community Concerts on April 10.
The Columbia Concert Trio was
presented last Tuesday night as
the third in the series. It is in its
fourth successful year before the
public.
This trio is composed of three
musicians:
Pianist Richard Gregor, a native
of Washington, studied at the Phil
adelphia conservatory and the Juil-
liard Graduate School.
Violinist Adriana Broone, a New
Yorker, won the award of a Car
negie Hall debut .
Cellist Ardyth Walker, from Io
wa, also studied at the Juilliard
Graduate School.
The program was composed of
selections by the three-piece en
semble and solos by each member
of the group.
All aboard!
That will be the cry just a few
minutes after you have received
this issue of your Hi News.
The cry will be that of 27 high
school students as they mount a
Greyhound Bus for New York to
attend the annual convention of
the Columbia Scholastic Press As
sociation.
Students and their advisers will
leave this afternoon, and leave
New York on Saturday evening—
around 10 o’clock for their return
trip.
Two Groups On Trip
The groups representing the
Goldsboro Hi News and the Gohis-
ca, school annual, will be accom
panied by E. L. Roberts, adviser
to the Hi News, and Mrs. Rachel
Westbrook, mother of one of the
students.
Those attending the meeting are
Nan Barnes, Robert Bedford, Ed
ward Bizzell, Nancy Bridgers. Bob
by Bryan, Jack Burruss, Bud Da
vis, Morris Gurley, Jessine Hart,
Bruce Humphries, Knox Jenkins,
Harold Kadis, Martha Kornegay,
Jimmy Knight, Jane Langston, Ed
ith Long, Frances Malpass, Pat
Marshall, Jesse Ray Mitchell, Ted
Montague, Margie Rose, Sallie Set
tle, Ann Smith, Dawson Thompson,
Sara Thompson, Emily Warrick,
and Hilda Westbrook.
Stop On Times Sq^iare
The group will stop at the Wood-
stock Hotel, just one-half block off
Times Square. They will attend
sessions of the convention during
mornings and afternoons and spend
their evenings in seeing New York,
They will arrive one day ahead of
the opening of the convention so
as to rest and see a part of the ci
ty. On Saturday at noon they will
attend a luncheon at the Waldorf-
Astoria hotel and will leave for
home that evening.
Spanish Club Adds
Seven Members
The highlight of the latest Span
ish Club meeting on February 15
was the election of seven new
members, four seniors and three
juniors.
The Seniors were Lydia Alexan
der, Becky James, Melrose Cow
ard, and Gloria Howell with Shir
ley Hadden, Ruth Sullivan, and
Dorothy Morse being chosen from
the Juniors.
The club decided upon definite
type pins for the members who
wanted some symbol of their mem
bership in “Los Conquistadores.”
Robert Bedford was appointed
publicity chairman for the club.
Enter Competitions
For Scholarships
Three G.H.S. students were in
vited to attend the Angier B. Duke
Regional Scholarship Prizes finals
to be held at Duke University in
March.
The students competing for the
prizes were June Handley, Lillian
Haynes, Caleb Maddox, Jimmy Fra
zier, Martha Kornegay, Harold Ka
dis, and K. D. Pyatt. The latter
three were invited to attend the
finals.
The first step in the competition
was an I.Q. test given at G.H.S. Aft
er this all the G.H.S. students com
peting were invited to go to the
semi-finals which were held in
Rocky Mount for the boys and Wil
son for the girls. This consisted of
a series of interviews. The finals
will consist of a week-end of
events at Duke University.
The Scholarship is valued at $750
a year and is based on character,
personality, poise, appearance and
ability.
All the students continued in
the competition, the boys compet
ing against 12 other boys from this
region and the girls competing
against 18 other girls of this re
gion of whom five were picked,
but Jimmy Frazier, who was sick
the day of the semi-finals.
Six Seniors, Seven Juniors
Tapped By Honor Society
Thirteen students, six seniors
and seven juniors, were tapped in
to the Charles Brantley Aycock
Chapter of the National Honor So
ciety last Friday. This high honor
came to Veryl Trueblood, Bobby
Anderson, Sara Thompson. Edith
Long, Harold Kadis. John Parker,
Steve Dail, Billy Rouse, Mela Roy-
al, Everleene Brown, Nancy Par
ker, Shirley Hadden and Billy Gib
son.
Miss Janie Ipock administered
the oath which was followed by the
Lord’s Prayer.
Leadership was symbolized by
Sara Thompson, a head cheerlead
er; Bobby Anderson, naval officer;
Billy Gibson, Air Force; and Jim
my Frazier, an S.A. president.
Service was portrayed by Ron
ald Percise, football captain; Nan
cy Bridgers, a nurse; Edward Biz
zell, a doctor; and Bob Martin, a
priest.
William Ginn as a Scout, Guy
McKee, a choir boy, and Nancy
Parker as character portrayed
character.
Scholarship was symbolized by
Edith Long, reading an encyclope
dia; Shirley Hadden, a graduate;
Jimmy Cavenaugh, a chemist; and
Clinton Workman, holding a globe.
Montee Maddox, holding a N. H.
S. shield, portrayed “the light of
the world”. Sallie Settle sang, “I
Would Be True”, “This Is My
Task”, and “Open Mine Eyes”. The
benediction was pronounced by Mr.
Eugene Roberts.
Comic Opera
Will Be Shown
Saturday, Monday
(By Frank Mcinnis)
® Planning to follow up last year’s
smash hit, “H.M.S. Pinafore”, with
another Gilbert and Sullivan comic
opera, the Goldmasquers will pre
sent the world famous musical
classic, “The Mikado”, March 10
and 12 under the direction of Mr,
Andrew Griffith, whose proven
gift for handling melodious works
was so evident in last season’s “H.
M. S. Pinafore”.
“The Mikado” is perhaps the
most widely produced and appre
ciated of all Gilbert and Sullivan
comic operas. It has long been one
of the most effective bits of the
theatre and ever since its first pro
duction has been many a singer’s
stepping stone to fame. “The Mika
do” has been filmed in Technicol
or in England, is constantly being
presented by small operatic groups
on the Great White Way and very,
very few reported drama groups
across the nation have not pro
duced it at one time or another.
Setting Is Japan
The colorful, tuneful production
is set in Japan and concerns the
amusing affairs of the Japanese
people in their more fortunate
days.
The central role is that of Ko-oK,
which is being played by Louis
Hallow. Many of today’s most fa
mous entertainers have taken on.
the disguise of the diverting Ko-Ko
at one time or another and one of
Ko-Ko’s most famous portrayers is
none other than the screen actor
Alan Ladd.
Many in Cast
Others in the main cast include
the News Argus’ Lincoln Kan as
Poo-Bah, and George Johnson as
Pish-Tush. Frank Kannan is to be
seen as Nanki-Poo. Jerry Cuneo is
to appear as Yum-Yum. Clara Kan
nan will be seen as Pitti Sing and
Nellie Farfour is portraying the
role of Katashfiw. Audrey Garris
Will complete “the cast as Peep-
Bo.
The large, featured chorus will
include Paul Glisson, Ronald Per
cise, Jimmy Potter, Edward
Broughton, Alan Huey,-George Wil-
liams, Lora Wiggins, Donna Cog-
dell, Barbara Blackman, Susan Mc-
Lamb, Grace Alexander, Nancy
Combs, Peggy Hill, Bonnie Lou
Jones, Ruth Sullivan, Margaret
Long, Betsy Magill, Ellen McLaw-
horn, Joyce Cooper, Christine Hor
ton, Annie Ray Keel, Susan Camp
bell, Rheta Bess Wood, Francis
Nassif, Bobby Frederick, Terry
McGregor, Craven Malpass, George
Savage, Noah Wilson, Ira Monta
gue, and Billy Gibson.
The accompanist for the produc
tion is Kitty Brown and the Stu
dent Directors are Mary Ann
Greene and Nancetta Hudson.
Latin Club Plans
School Directory
The G.H.S. Latin Club voted to
have a student directory at their
meetinng of March 1.
The directory will contain the
name, address, an phone number
of all the students in school. They
will be sold in order that the Latin
Club may have money to sponsor
its projects.
After the business session, Ma
tilda Parker, vice president, pre
sented a play entitled “You Are
Tied to Latin”.
Senior Invitations
Are Being Ordered
The main purpose of the Senior
Class meeting on March 1 was to
discuss the ordering of their call
ing cards and graduation invita
tions. Orders are now being taken
through homerooms.
The other part of the meeting
consisted of electing a girl to rep
resent Goldsboro High School in
the Azalea festival at Wilmington
on March 30 and 31. Nan Barnes,
Arden Newbould, Mary Lou Raper
and Margie Rose were elected to
run in the finals.