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HIGH LIFE
Published I>i-Weelvly by the Staidents of
The Gkeenseoko High School
(freeusboro, N. C.
Founded l)y the Class of ’21
Charter
Member
March
1025
Entered as Second-Class Matter at tbe
l‘ost Oftiee, Greensboro, N. C.
IMitor-iii-Cltief Betty Brown
/> j/.s'/ac.s-.s' Mumujer . . . Dick Burroughs
/bs'.s't. Buh. Mfir. and GircvJatiou 31 (jr.
Ed Davant
. 1 xHOciate Editors
Beverly Moore Loins Brooks
Henry Biggs
Carlton IVilder
Idjnji't Editors
Ibiul IViinbisb Finley xVtkisson
Clyde Norcom IMargaret Britton
Alinnni Editor .... Frances IVilliains
E.ridianue Editor . . Hilary Lynn Carlson
Cartoonist Ed Turner
Ha/inor Editor ...... Graham Todd
Ti/i)ists
Baxter Bason Glenn Hackney
B(’l)0)-ters
John M. Brown Nell Thurman
Nancy Clements Helen Shuford
Mary E. King Jack Kleemeier
J. D. McNairy James Clements
Helen Miles
Faculty Adviser, Mrs. Mary S. .Cshford
COPIED CLIPPINGS
Some people have an idea that edu
cation spells success. How cheap suc
cess would be I But su(*cess, even in
college, de]iends and will be measured
l)y what one puts into it.—The Hornet,
Furman University, Greenville, S. C.
Flattery to a fool is like gas to a
balloon. It blows ’em right up.—iZVie
Central Bulletin, Central High School,
M'ashington, I). C.
People dldiir siorry about the high
cost of living when a long-tailed shirt
constituted the summer costume of a
boy.—Wdie Central Ballctin, Centr&l
High School, ’SVashington, D. C.
A certain amount of individuality is
found in each person, but some have
cultivated this trait while others let it
remain dormant.—The 'Scedle, Atlantic,
Iowa.
When there is a contest among high
school newspapers, the judges appear
to have difficulty in overlooking High
luFE. 'Where there is a contest among
high school magazines, Honiespan is
judged as either the leader or is so
close behind that the difference is neg
ligible.—The Daily Xeivs, Greensboro,
N. C.
" TIDBITS
A high school! Our kingdom for
a new high school.
We thought that fraternities
were for colleges. What’s the mat
ter will you, Asheville? Is a fra
ternity worth more to you than
sports, than dramatics and the
publications ?
The secret’s out! Miss Tillett
admitted following Rudolph Val
entino’s story of his life in the pa
per. Et tu, Brutef Surely you
aren’t a movie fan. too.
Rome is no longer an ancient
city. IMiss iMcAllister had her hair
bobbed there.
One of the senior English teach
ers '‘loathes” for anyone to look at
her out of the corner of an eye.
The other day a man in a car dared
to do it and nearly lost his life via
a hand grenade.
Mrs. Ashford, accept “our ex
tended hand.” We want you to
know just how glad we are to have
vou as our adviser; we’re looking
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forward to a splendid year.
Inahelle Graves Coleman
Six years ago Miss Inabelle
Graves Coleman became a member
of the Greensboro High School fac
ulty. Through every year of that
period—rather, we should say,
through every month, every week—
her influence was steadily, surely
at work, creating benefits for G. H.
S. whose future worth is yet im
measurable. As all who have in
any way come in contact with her
may testify, she is one of those un
usual beings whose creative forces
are never idle, who are bound to
achieve; the forceful expression of
their personality is irresistible. The
loss to G. H. S. occasioned by Miss
Coleman’s leaving is something
that cannot be measured adequate
ly at the present time. We can only
feel the loss in a vague way as yet;
tomorrow our intelligences will
grasp tlie full signicance of such a
parting, and we will regret anew.
In the formal annals of Greens
boro High School, Miss Coleman
will be remembered chiefly for her
work in the journalistic field and
in the French department. In fact,
she has been so closely bound up in
anything that G. H. S. has accom
plished in these fields, especially in
the former, that one cannot men
tion them without thinking imme
diately of her. Before Miss Cole
man there was no journalism at G.
H. S. She, with Mr. Edgar Woods,
was the originator of High Life ;
under, her leadership High Life
has won two national prizes and
three state prizes. Under her lead
ership High Life has passed
through the troublous, uncertain
years of an infant publication to
emerge a paper of the highest rank
among high school journals all over
the country. What an evolution,
what a development this has meant
may be observed by a brief glance
at the files of High Life of other
years in the publication room.
Bijt that is only the external
achievement of Miss Coleman’s
work here. Personally we believe
that external achievement after all
counts for very little in compari
son to the achievements that are
unsung, often unmentioned, and
sometimes unguessed; the friendly
explorations of personality, the up
ward reaching forces of human
contact, the altruistic self-expres
sion of an eager and powerful soul.
It is impossible to measure the ef
fect of such things, very diflicult
to realize them, but the heart which
can feel knows and understands.
The difficulty lies in grasping the
wide extent, the potency of these
forces which work beneath the cold,
methodical surface of life; time
usually clears away the clouds, but
if it should not, what matters ? The
good is there whether the world
sees or not; it can never be erased.
AVonder why Aliss Alartin and
Aliss Grogan deserted the rest of
the nicnic and the truck to ride to
Scales farm in a Buick roadster
belonging to a teacher,’ to be exact,
H. Gradv Miller?
Be merry if yon are wise-
Epiyranis.
-Martial
NOTE OF SYMPATHY
The High Life staff and the en
tire student body wish to extend
their sincerest sympathy to Miss
Blackmon for the death of her
father.
IN SYMPATHY
A shadow has fallen on the cus
tomary exuberant enthusiasm of
the opening days of school. A slight
shadow—it was hardly noticed by
many; but to show that shadow
was dark indeed, for they had
known the warmth of the small but
intense light which had flickered
out, and the loss was not one that
could be lightly passed over in a
moment. Death is always tragic—
the human heart accepts it as the
supreme tragedy of life—and the
death of a young child is doubly
tragic. We think of the unfulfilled
longings, ambitions, hopes; the se
rene flow of childhood impressions
broken into by an abrupt change—
the supreme sadness of parting.
Gray Archer passed away in his
twelfth year; but in such a life as
his there is nothing really incom
plete. He had lived out the short
stage of existence that was allotted
him to its fullest extent. He was
one of those unusual souls who
dwell only in the very purest
realms of thought and feeling.
Those who knew him, understood
him, loved him, speak of the beauty
of his character, the keen activity
of his imagination, his musical tal
ent which was of a very unusual
order; they speak with sincere love
of his thoughtfulness and kindness,
his devotion to his parents and sis
ter and friends, his brilliant artis
tic qualities. It seemed he left an
iyipression of sunniness, beauty,
and purity wherever he went.
'To those who have had the joy
of intimate association with such a
personality as this, death comes as
an immeasurable loss. And yet
perhaps the greatest consolation of
all is that the beautiful influence
created by such a personality can
never die, even when all conscious
memory of it had faded away;
beauty and good live and grow
eternally.'
Welcome Newcomers
This is the season of opportuni
ties ; and we value among the high
est privileges of the opening scho
lastic year the opportunity to re
new old friendships and make new
friends.
It is both a sad and a joyous
time. Many beloved counsellors
have gone; other friends have
moved or are away at iirep schools
and colleges; there is a sort of in
tangible vacancy about classroom
and campus where familiar faces
once joined us in our pleasure and
shared our toil. But all will not
change. Their going will bring us
to the proper appreciation of those
who will remain. The members of
the old faculty have found in the
hearts of the student body perma
nent friendship and trust. AVe re
joice in their return.
To you the new members of the
faculty, we offer the confidence and
the trust, which was theirs whose
positions you now hold. We know
you are the pick of the land be
cause Air. Archer has chosen you
from thousands of others from
coast to coast. It will be a privi
lege to work with you and call you
“friend.”
Do not doubt us. We will recog
nize no middle ground; we will ac
cept nothing less tlian friendship.
Amu are all a part of us. Then
please accept our extended hand.
Play the Game
It’s very easy to be disappointed
when we expect to see something
ahead that’s fine and wonderful
and then don’t see it. It’s so much
a part of us to be discouraged for
awhile, as most of us are feeling
now, back at school, and still no
new building in sight.
It is my wish this year that you
forget the bad conditions around
you, forget that our building is
poor, and that we have no place for
many of the new things we nad
hoped would at least be in sight,
and make the most of what we
have. If we only decide that these
material things shall not bother
us and just dig right down and
keep our minds and hearts right,
we will have a wonderful year.
Let’s think that perhaps we do
not deserve quite all we had looked
for and hoped for, and work all the
harder to show the world that we
do deserve something better in the
way of a school building, but at
the same time show that it isn’t a
handicap that will hold us back
but just one of the hard places we
are going to cross this year and
cross with colors fl^ung. I am
counting on the student body to
play the game against odds and 1
am satisfied*you will win. Don’t
stop working and hoping!
C. AA^. Phillips,
Prinripal.
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BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
The editorial board of High Life
believes that in offerin;? this special
colniim to its readers it can become
more closely and intimately connected
with the student body and patrons of
Greensboro High School. For ncany
years the student body has been hesi
tant in expressing itself individually
through the press,' leaving the task of
sell-assertion to a small grou]) directly
connected with the staff. This column
is calculated to eliminate this jiractice
and make the readers more nearly a
factor in the nplinilding of the school
through the press; it is meant to afford
a channel for individual ex])resslon.
0])en discaissions on to])ics of interest
are w(dconied. Contril)iitors are ad
vised to he brief and to the point. vis
assuring prom])t pnlffications. All
articles must be signed and iiv the
hands of the “Open (Jpinio)r' plifor not
later than 8 ;45 I’.iM. Friday .tfternoon
before the ])aper goes to ])reM to insure
])ul)lication in the next issue. '
Articles may he left at the Bnblica-
tion room, new building, in care of the
'‘Opeit’ Opinion’’ edit
A CLEAR STATE- ENT OF POLICY
Apnblic statement, plainly outlining
the position of the Greenslioro High
School Deha^'ug Club regarding the
pulilic speaking course now being offered
is ho^^li miely and necessary in order
that iriy possible misundertanding of
the facts surrounding the situation and
of the Club's attitude in the matter
.night lie immediately corrected.
The Debating Club fully endorses the
new course, and wishes it understood
that it takes pleasure in seeing the
plans take shape under the direction
of Miss Blist. The fact that the sched
ules could be so arranged that prac
tically all the club members could take
the extra course four days a week at
chapel period is an arrangement which
it believes mutually convenient.
However, it is generally known that
the Debating (dub is completely di.scon-
nected from any department ties; that
it is independent so long as it remains
within the bounds repi'csented by the
general jxilicy of the i)roi)erly consti-
tub'd authorities; that it chooses to
I'uroll or reject candidates for nuMuher-
shii) according to its own lixed stand
ards; and that, since it is both a lim
ited and sovereign organization, it
ofleis iio scholastic cri'dit to its mem
bers, nor wishes to do so.
A ith these facts in mind their at)i)li-
cation to the present situation logically
follows. The club's ])osition in this
matt('r is merely an outgrowth of a
long-standing policy. H wishes it un
derstood, therefore:
1. That in no way does the (‘xtra
■coin-se in ])ublic sjjeaking imi)air or
destroy the independence of the club
and its I'ight to free action as such.
2. That the said class in no wise con-
iiicts with the regular weekly club
'ueeting or piau'ents the imanhers from
attending same.
• 5. That attendanc(‘ uixm said course
is not constnuxl to automatically en
title one to memhershipin the Debating
(-lull, or to attend same without per
mission or invitation.
Bespectfully submitted in behalf of
the Greensboro High School Debating
(-'lull.
E. 1). Kuykexdall, Jr.,
President.
Louis V. Brooks,
Vice-President.
Hexry E. Biggs, Jr.,
Interested Member.