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From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME V
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., JANUARY 22, 1925
NUMBER 8
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JUNIORS ENTERTAIN SENIORS IN
DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS BANQUET
Joy and Song Rule the Hearts
of Departing Seniors.
EDWARDS MAKES GOOD TALK
Miss Killingsworth Gives “The Tam
ing of the Stude”—Colors
Red and Green.
One of the most successful affairs of
the fall term of high school was the
Junior-Senior banquet, given at the Wo
man’s club, December 18. This banquet
was the annual celebration held by the
sixth semester in honor of the eighth.
Claire Connor, president of the sixth se
mester, acted as toastmaster and con
ducted the program, which was arranged
in clever Shakespearean form.
The banquet hall was, in itself, an off
set to the spirit of the occasion. The
Christmas colors, red and green, were
most cheerily and effectively used on the
walls, ceiling, floor, fireplace, and also
on the table. Running cedar and holly,
as well as mistletoe, furnished part of
the color scheme, while the gaily fes
tooned rows of red crepe paper on the
ceiling carried out the other. Red can
dles in mahogany candlesticks were ar
ranged about on the long banquet table.
As soon as all the guests arrived, the
Juniors hailed the Seniors with a Song
of Welcome composed by Mary Lyon to
the tune of “Deck the Halls.”
On going to his place each found a lol-
lypop garbed in crepe paper and paste
board hat, representing a Senior in mor
tarboard and gown, as a favour. The
programs were made up to represent
diplomas. Between items on the pro
gram the high school orchestra furnished
music, rendering several beautiful selec
tions.
As a prologue Claire Connor welcomed
the Seniors in a short speech. Miss Dor
othy I,ea took the subject, “All’s Well
That Ends Well,” and discoursed in a
commendable manner upon it. Miss Mil
dred Michaux’s “A Comedy of Errors”
was cleverly delightful in taking up the
high school life of the speaker. The next
number was music. Between the vari
ous speeches a four-course dinner was
served.
Then Miss Margaret Thompson in her
“Measure for Measure” assured the fac
ulty that the Seniors appreciated them.
Miss Lillian Killingsworth, dean, begged
permission to change her subject from
the “Taming of the Shrew” to “Taming
of the Stude.” Her lovely speech was
really a heart-to-heart talk assuring the
students of the faith placed in them by
the teachers. Miss Margaret Hood was
assigned “The Two Gentlemen of Ve
rona,” and promptly made several com
plimentary remarks on the two highest
(Continued on page three)
EXAAIIXATIOX
SCHE151A.E
1st Period —Monday, January 26,
8:50 to 10:30.
2nd Period—Monday, 10:45-12:25.
7tli Period—Tuesday, January 27,
8:50-10:30.
8th Period—Tuesday, 10:45-12:25.
4th Period—Wednesday, January
28, 8:50-10:30.
5tli Period—MTOnesday, 10:45 to
12:25.
6th Period—Thursday, January 29,
8:50-10:30.
1st Period (Specials)-—Friday,
January 30, 8:30-10:30.
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JOHN LARKINS GIVES
ORATION IN CHAPEL
MANY NEW COURSES IN
MUSIC ARE ANNOUNCED
BY MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Messrs. Gildersleeve, Miller and Al
derman to Compose Music
Faculty.
WILL ORGANIZE BAND CLASS
Tlie High School is making progress
in many ways. For instance, a new
building is being erected at tlie back of
the old main one. Many new instru
ments have been bought for the orches
tra. So much interest has been taken
in music and so mucli accomplislied, espe
cially during the last year, that several
new courses in music will be off’ered at
tlie beginning of the semester. 'Hie
dean hopes that all parents and children
interested in these courses will study
them carefully and benefit from them.
These courses are as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Gildersleeve Explain and
Illustrate the History
of Jazz.
RARE ITALIAN SUNSET
DAZZLES STUDENT EYES
Strange Phenomenon Strikes the Old
School Last Tuesday.
“When it rains it pours” seems to be
true in every sense of the word during
the last few days. First it was the colds
or mild form of the flu, from which so
many of us suffered; and now it’s the
yellow sweaters that have changed the
common landscape of the high school
so greatly.
They came in Tuesday, the 13th.
Some of the owners call the color of
them gold, but to the common and un
skilled eye of most of us the color might
be said to be somewhat around the color
of fresh mustard or an Italian sunset.
1 hey are really very conspicuous, so
much so that a blind man though not
deaf could recognize them quite a few
miles off.
Among the first to get them were Bill
Scott, V. Hackney, John Ford, Frank
Goodwin, Mead Connelly and Fred Bur
roughs.
On Monday, January 5, the main build
ing made a good beginning for the New
Year by going to chapel in a very quiet
manner. Tlie program was divided into
three parts. Miss Killingsworth having
charge of the first. She made a short
talk in which she welcomed everyone
back to school, and asked that each one
forget the old year but face the new
with the determination to make it the
very best. She reminded everyone that
exams begin January 26.
The second part of the program was
given over to John I^arkin, the orator
of G. H. S., wlu) chose as his subject,
“The Victory of the Vanquished.”
Mr. and Mrs. Gildersleeve were in
charge of the third part. As Whiteman
and his jazz orchestra were coming to
Greensboro, the Gildersleeves came to
explain exactly what real jazz is. He
said that jazz was America’s only con
tribution to the field of music. The name
was taken from an old negro expres
sion, “jazz it up.” It was first intro
duced by the Dolly sisters on Broadway
and during the war it developed a great
deal.
Mrs. Gildersleeve then played a com
position of Mendelssohn’s in five distinct
ways; a melody, a hymn, as parlor mu
sic, jazz, and lastly, as it was originally
written.
Tliey urged that everyone go to hear
Whiteman's orchestra because there real
jazz would be heard, and it would he
educational as well as entertaining.
PARENT-TEACHERS GIVE
SUCCESSFUL CARD PARTY
Band School. Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday, 5th period; Tuesday and
Thursday, 4tli period. Required of all
having school-owned instruments. Open
to any otlier students wishing to learn
a wind instrument. Arrange time with
Mr. Miller. Credit—See Fundamentals
of Music, first term, below.
Fundamentals of Music—First Term,
4'uesday and Thursday, 5th period. To
lielp those wlio are playing in the orches
tra or studying any instrument in class
lessons or studying ])rivately outside of
school. A thorough training in rhythm
(time), key relationsliijxs—major and mi
nor, intervals, melody writing, and the
beginning of ear training through mel
odic dictation and harmony. Tonal Phrase
Books—Farnsworth & Kraft, study. %
credit for those doing satisfactory or
chestral or instrumental work, ki credit
for those doing no other music study.
Fundamentals of Hfnsic—Second Term,
Monday and Wediiesday, 5th period.
Continuation of first term work with
special attention in addition to wliat is
counterpoint, form and design in music,
how to listen to music and how to learn
to enjoy classical music. 'I'ext, “'Hie
Fundamentals of Music,” Gelirkens, and
“How to Study Music,” Farnsworth, as
collateral. Credit, same as first term.
(Continued on page three)
MEMBERS OF A. A. U. W.
ADDRESS THE STUDENTS
M iss Frances Womble, Says, “Don’t
Go to College Without a Defi
nite Purpose in View.”
NUMBER OF HONOR STUDENTS
IS INCREASED FROM 5 TO 96
Last Year Miss Nita Gressitt Started
Star System Instead of
Scholarship Shield.
Wednesday, January 14, the Parent-
Teachers Association gave a card party,
30-odd tables of rook and bridge being
engaged in by various members and their
friends. Fveryone had a good time.
Fach participant’s fee was 50 cents,
so that, all in all, more than $60 was
realized. This money is to be used to
help the graduates in June in the way
most needed.
The refreshments served were pimen
to and chicken sandwiches, salted pea
nuts, wafers, and tea. There were four
prizes awarded at the conclusion of the
games. A vase and a box of stationery
comprised the prizes for the bridge ta
bles. For rook, the prizes were a comb
and a potted plant.
The IIiGiT I.IF1-: editor who received
the list of honor roll students for the
month from Miss Tillett found it so
large that it would not look well in a
box. Another editor brought out a 1923
issue of High Iufe and pointed out an
article by Miss Gressitt introducing the
star system. The following is the arti
cle:
We go to school to improve our fac
ulties.
Our instructors are our faculties.
Therefore, we go to school to improve
our instructors.
Bob Stone is in the hospital. All his
friends will be sorry to hear that he has
succumbed to health’s enemv, illness.
“I am sure you are wondering what
has become of the scholarship shield.
The scholarship committee this session
has thought it best to inaugurate a sys
tem of personal awards rather than ses
sion room recognition, as that seems fair
er to all concerned, since those winning
the same honor will share alike regard
less of what room they are in, and none
will suffer from the indifference or mis
fortune of his classmates.
“So the shield has been relegated to
the discard and in place of it, attrac
tive little stars in bronze, silver or gold,
as the case may be, will be awarded each
pupil averaging as much as 90 on his
month’s work. The bronze star being
the monthly award, is replaced by a sil
ver star if worn as long as five months
without forfeiture. The silver star is
replaced by a gold star if worn without
forfeiture as long as a session. The pu
pil wearing a gold star throughout his
senior year will be awarded, upon gradu
ation, an emblem worthy of this honor.
(Continued on page three)
Members of the American Association
of Ihiiversity Women, from Nortli Car
olina College, took charge of tlie chapel
jirogram at the High School, January
28, and conducted an interesting series
of talks on the value of a Lhdversity
education. Miss Ftta S]flcr ])resided
at the meeting and introduced the sjieak-
ers, all of whom received tlie rajit atten
tion of tlie audience.
Miss Frances Womhle, of the Fnglish
department at North Carolina College,
took for the title of her address, “Why
Go to College?”
“Don’t go to college just because you
feel it is the thing to do,” she said, “or
do not go for social standing. Begin
thinking of your purpose for attending.
Fducation is an absolute necessity and
girls have more responsibility than their
mothers or grandmothers did.”
Her talk was followed by a discussion
of university entrance reipdrements giv
en by Miss Mary Petty, head of the
chemistry de])artment at the college.
Miss Petty gave a brief hut full descrip
tion of the old type of entrance exami
nation, in which each subject was treated
sejiarately, sometimes making a total of
as many as 13 entrance tests for a stu
dent to take, and the new style known as
“comprehensives.” As a rule no more
than four examinations are given in the
00111)1 rehensives hut these cover the en
tire field and are considered to be a more
efficient way in which to judge the abil
ity of an individual to cope with college
work.
Miss Petty reminded the high school
students of the fact that Greensboro is
one of the few ]flaces in the state where
the “conqirehensives” are given. It has
attained this distinction because it had
a sufficient number of students desiring
to take these examinations to bring them
here instead of to another city in the
state. Boys and girls from Charlotte,
Asheville and the surrounding cities come
to Greensboro for the )iur]iose of taking
“com))rehensives.”
(Continued on page three)
DEAN OF N. C. C. W.
ADDRESSES SESSION
OF GIRLS ASSEMBLY
Senior Girls Basketball Team Is Pre
sented With Class Cham
pionship Cup.
PERFECT G IR L IS DESCRIBED
SOCIOLOGY CLASS ATTENDS A
SESSION OF SUPERIOR COURT
Divorce Proceeding Heard and Criti
cized—Delegation Made Up
of 18 Students.
Miss Lillian Killingsworth’s sociology
class attended Guilford Siqierior court
recently to get an understanding of the
lirocesses of administration of justice.
It was the o]iening of a term of court
for the trial of criminal cases, presided
over by Judge A. M. Stack, of Monroe,
with Solicitor J. F. Spruill ))rosecuting
the cases. Two cases were aired while
the class was in the court room.
Fighteen students made up the force
of visitors. When De))uty Sheriff George
lame, the bailiff, announced the o)ien-
ing of court, some of the visitors could
not understand what he said, and some
of the girls gave the ojiinion that no one
should say things in court that those
present could not hear distinctly nor
understand.
Another matter of interest was the
sharp cross-examination of the witnesses
by lawyers. As a general thing every
case in court is closely contested, hard
fought, and the niceties of speech are
not observed. The lawyers fight ruth
lessly in order to win the freedom of
their clients and the solicitor fights just
as hard to convict those charged with
violations of the law.
Jlie class was in the court room for
two hours, during which the case of a
man who was tried on a charge of aban
doning his family in High Point was
being heard. This was especially inter
esting, as the class has been studying
marriage and divorce.
.January 9, at the girls' monthly as-
sembfi’, Mrs. Durand, Dean of Students
at N. G. C. W'., syioke to the girls on
“What a College Dean Fx))ects of Her
Girls.” Following the talk, the loving-
cu}) for the class basketball chanijiion-
shi)i was iiresented to Helen Forbis, Sen
ior team ca]flain.
Margaret McNairy conducted the de
votional exercises. She read the first
Psalm and led in the Lord's Prayer.
Miss Killingsworth iidroduced the
sjieaker, Mrs. Durand, as a dean whom
some of the girls would shortly know.
'I'he college dean then told the things
ex))ected of a girl in somewhat the form
of a cross-word jiuzzle. The initial let
ters of the words s])elled “college,” and
as the seven (jualities flowing from it:
charm, o))en-mindedness, law-abiding
s)iirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, generosity,
and earnestness.
Mrs. Durand described a charming girl
as one who is magnetic, lovable and lov
ing, sym))athetic, gracious, iiretty, tact
ful, cultured, and able to make every
body in her jiresence ha)))iy and at ease.
She exjilained that not a single one of
these ()ualities alone makes a girl charm
ing, but that a combination of them does.
The s)ieaker said that the o)ien-minded
girl is democratic in her friendshi))s, not
the least hit snobbish, and always ready
to listen to new theories. “Tell me whe
ther a girl has a law-abiding sjiirit and
what kind of loyalties she has, and I
will tell you what kind of girl she is,”
the dean added.
'Hie understander of girls insisted:
“We want girls with enthusiasm; not
exclamation ])oints, but the things they
are enthusiastic about down dee]i in their
hearts. No one is less wanted in college
than the girl who is blase, bored, and
cynical .about life.”
“The girl who has enthusiasm and
loyalty must be generous. We want the
girl who is as generous in jiraise as in
criticism, and who is generous in her
attitude toward her friends and instruc
tors,’' declared Mrs. Durand.
Her word, “earnest,” did not mean
“long-faced,” she said, 'riiis )ioem ended
the talk:
“T wouUl he true, for there are those,
who trust me;
I would he pure, for there are those who
care;
f would he strong, for there is much to
suff er;
1 would, he hrave, for there is much !()•
dare;
/ Would he friend to all.—the foe, the
friendless ;
I would he giving, to forget the gift;
(Continued on page three)
G. H. S. TO SEND MANY
TO TEACHERS’ MEETING
Mr. Archer, President of N. C. T. A.
Expected to Come.
To represent Greensboro High School
at the North Carolina Teachers’ Associ
ation at Raleigh, January 29 and 30, the
following delegates have been selected:
Mr. I>ee H. Fdwards, Miss Willie Hall
of the I.atin dejiartment. Miss I.,eslie of
the I>atin department, and Miss Rosa
Abbott of Sjiring Street Grammar School.
Miss Nellie Kate Dry of the science
department and Mr. F. V. Pultz of the
commercial de)iartment have been chosen
as alternates.
Mr. Fred Archer, president of the
North Carolina 'Teachers’ Association,
will be in Greensboro .lanuary 28 en
route to the convention. He has inter
esting )ilans for j;he meeting and exyiects
great results.
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