HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME VII
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 22, 1926
NUMBER 3
CONSTRUCTION WILL
^ BEGIN ON NEW HIGH
I SCHOOL IN JANUARY
I Frederick Archer Talks On New
|i High Schools and Grammar
I Schools In Interview
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- 2 NEW JR. HIGH SCHOOLS
All Grammar Schools Will Be Remod
eled—A New Negro High School
Will be Built Also
“It is very probable that construc
tion on the new high school will be
under way by January, 1927,” Freder
ick Archer, superintendent of city
schools, stated in an interview Thurs
day, October 21. “This building, or
rather, group of buildings, will most
probably be located in the northwest
section of the city.”
The building program, made possi
ble by the decision of the Supreme
court, and providing for a fund total
ing more than two million dollars, will
include extensive remodeling of the
grammar schools, as well as the new
high school. A negro high school will
also be erected.
At present only one high school for
white students will be built, though
another may be constructed later. This
building will have a capacity of 1,200,
with adequate provision for athletics,
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ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
TEACHERS NEXT WEEK
A. T. Allen and Thomas R. Foust Will
Speak on State-wide Eight
Months School
MEETINGS TO BE HELD AT N.C.C.W.
The annual convention of the north
western district of the North Carolina
Educational Association will be held
in Greensboro Friday and Saturday,
October 29 and 30. Every division of
the district association will be in ses
sion at N. C. C.
Many notable educators will speak
at these meetings. A. T. Allen, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
and Thomas R. Foust, County Super
intendent of Schools, will discuss the
state wide eight months’ school. R.
W. Isley will also speak.
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ALL SEMESTERS ADOPT
IDEA OF STANDARD RING
Contract for Four Years Will be Signed
By Principal of High School
and Superintendent.
This year under the auspices of
Semester VI Greensboro High School
is undertaking to adopt a standard
ring. This has been attempted be
fore but has never been successful.
To date the plan has been adopted
unanimously by Semesters I, II, HI,
IV, V, and VI, but as yet no design
‘has been decided upon, nor has any
contract been signed. The Seniors
will not be allowed to vote on this as
they have already chosen their rings.
This plan is being carried forward
by a Standard Ring Committee com
posed of one member each from semes
ters I through V and three members
from Semester VI. This committee,
working with the administrative offi
cers of the school, will decide upon the
design of the ring. The contract for
four years will be signed by the prin
cipal and superintendent. The com
mittee is Avorking slowly and trying
to secure the best ring, the best de
sign, and the best price, from the best
company they can find.
The Department of Public Speaking
of Greensboro High School
presents
“THE TRYSTING PLACE
“A FAN AND TWO CANDLE
STICKS”
and
“THE FLORIST’S SHOP”
with an all star cast
At N. C. C. W. Auditorium
Thursday, October 28
8:00 o’clock
Music by ten-piece orchestra from
High School
PLAYS TO BE GIVEN
BY DRAMATICS CLUB
To be Staged at N. C. C. Audi
torium Thursday, October
28, At 8 o’clock
MISS BLISS NEW COACH
The pnblic speaking department, the
newest addition to the high school
curriculum, will present its first pro
gram in the form of a bill of three
one act plays at N. G. C. auditorium,
Thursday, October 28, at 8 o’clock.
The cast is composed of the members
of the classes in public speaking and
dramatics, both taught by Miss Marian
Bliss. While the majority are new at
the art of dramatics, a good perform
ance is looked forward to by those in
charge.
The members of the cast consider
themselves particularly fortunate in
the selection of plays of such high
calibre. All three stand high upon the
approved list of the National Drama
League. Although the plays have all
been written within the last two years,
they have been presented by many of
the big high schools and colleges of
the country.
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CLASS IN DRAMATICS TO
GIVE CHAPEL PROGRAM
Miss Bliss Will Present Her Class in
a Riley Program Three Days,
November 8-9-10
The class in Dramatics will present
three chapel programs on November
8, 9, 10 to the different assemblies of
these days, consisting of a sketch of
the life of the Hoosier poet, James
Whitcomb Riley, and readings from
his poems showing the different types.
The same program will be presented
each day with different persons taking
part.
The purpose of this program is to
give the students of the Dramatic class
an opportunity to appear before the
public and to provide good entertain
ment. From time to time similar
programs will be given throughout the
year as part of the work in Dramatics
and Public Speaking.
SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE
TO BE STAGED BY T
OPENS NOVEMBER 1
Purpose of Drive to Raise $150,-
000 to Complete Funds For
New Building
RANSOM LEADS CAMPAIGN
S. S. Ackley and J. Wilson Smith to
Assist E. A. Ransom—New Gym
nasium to be Headquarters
The Y. M. C. A. board has chosen
E. A. Ransom to have charge of the
campaign which is to be staged Novem
ber 1. The purpose of the drive is to
raise $150,000 which is needed to com
plete the funds for the new building.
The actual cost of the building will
be $400,000, and the other $250,000
will be covered by the sale of the prop
erty, and in other ways.
The board has been meeting daily,
mapping out the plans for the drive,
working on the preliminaries, and with
the initial gift subscriptions.
Mr. Ransom will have as his assist
ants S. S. Ackley, of the National Y.
M. C. A. Association at New York, and
J. Wilson Smith, State Secretary of
the A. M. C. A. The new gym of the
“Y” will be the headquarters of the
Campaign and a successful drive is
expected as there will be nothing else
of a similar nature to interfere.
N. C. C. TRAINING
SCHOOL EXPANDS
Seniors Majoring in Education Teach
Pupils From First Through
the Ninth Grades
BUILDING MODERN IN DETAILS
This year the training school of
N. C. C. has added to its coursed the-
first two years of high school.
Dr. A. P. Kephart, the principal, now
has things running smoothly. The
new building is practically completed,
being modern in every detail. Many
of the students who desired to attend
this school had to be turned away.
Seniors of N. C. C., majoring in
education, teach the pupils in grades
from one through the ninth. Numer
ous teachers make possible personal
attention at this school. The informal
manner in which the classes are con
ducted helps to develop initiative.
A student government is now oper
ating at the Training School.
C. W. PHILLIPS SPEAKS IN
CHAPEL ON “FAIR PLAY”
GIRLS’ COUNCIL HOLDS
FIRST MEETING OQT. 18
The members of the Girls’ Council
held their first meeting Monday, Octo-
berl8. Contrary to the way the mem
bers were elected last year, each
semester chose a representative. Jane
Harris was elected president last
spring. The following members rep
resent the various semesters.
Semester VIII, Ella Harrelson;
Semester VII, Catherine Wharton;
Semester VI, Ruth Lewis; Semester
V, Sadie Sharp; Semester IV; Doris
Hogan; Semester III, Rachel Lips
comb ; Semester II, Lucy Crocker;
Semester I, Lillian Hauck.
Musical Program Given by Girls’ and
Boys’ Glee Clubs—Latter Has
Twenty-One Members
Chapel program on September 12
and 13, was conducted by Mr. C. W.
Phillips. He said that football was to
train boys in a clean sport as hockey
is for girls. “We want to be clean
and above board in our sports. After
the next game we want to feel that
we have done our part by playing the
game fair and square,” said the prin
cipal.
The Girls’ and Boys’ Glee Clubs
sang several selections. The special
feature was the Boys’ Glee Club,
which has grown from nine members
last year to twenty-one this year.
They sang “Bright and Silvery Moon”
and also several jingles. The two
Glee Clubs also sang together.
Supreme Court Reverses
Decision of Judge Webb
TORCHLIGHT MEMBERS ’26.’27
Beverly Moore
Bernice Apple
Mary Lynn Carlson
Mary Elizabeth King
Mary Jane Wharton
Sarah Mendenhall
Phyllis Penn
Betty Brown
MISS LILY WALKER
SPEAKS IN CHAPEL
New Members of Torchlight So
ciety Initiated In Impres
sive Ceremony
B. MOORE GIVES TALK
Monday, September 18, the Torch
Light Society initiation ceremony was
held at Chapel Period.. Beverly Moore
and Phillis Penn, the only two mem
bers, conduted it. A short history of
the Torch Light Society was given by
Beverly Moore. After this Phyllis
Penn read the names of the six new
members who came to the front and
received their torches. The following
were initiated; Bernice Apple, Betty
Brown, Mary Lynn Carlson, Mary
Elizabeth King, Sarah Mendenhall,
and Mary Jane Wharton.
After the announcements Mr. Phil
lips introduced with much ceremony
the speaker for the day who turned
out to be Miss Walker. Her talk was
concerning the interesting facts of her
European trip.
WORLD WAR MEMORIAL
TO BE DEDICATED SOON
New Stadium Will be Scene of Major
Baseball Games—Some High School
Football Games There Also
The World War Memorial Stadium,
which is nearly completed, will be
formally dedicated November 11. The
Henry K. Burtner chapter of the
American Legion will have charge of
the exercises. The details and plans
are now being worked out by Leonard
White, commander of the Greensboro
post. Major A. L. Bulwinkle, repre
sentative of the ninth congressional
district, will probably make the prin
cipal address.
The stadium committee has planned
to have major baseball games and pos
sibly some track meets on the new
grounds this spring. A few high
school football games may be held there
this fall, although it is not thought
best to have any important contests
before spring.
This stadium is being built by the
local chapter of the American Legion
as a memorial to the Greensboro
World War dead.
CALIFORNIA BOY WINS
ORATORICAL CONTEST
Herbert Wenig of Hollywood, Cali
fornia, won the first international
oratorical contest held in Washington,
D. C., October 15. Boys from four
other countries competed, and speeches
were made in three languages.
The contest was sponsored by a com
mittee of American newspaper pub
lishers and the prize was a beautiful
silver loving cup. Wenig, the Ameri
can contestant, took as his subject
“The American Constitution.” The
other four entries were from England,
Canada, Mexico, and France.
UNANIMOUS VOTE
Nine Months’ School Term For
Greater Greensboro Is As
sured By Ruling
WILL LEVY 30-CENT TAX
School Building Program Will Start
Soon and Work Will be Pushed
Rapidly Forward
In an opinion handed down Wednes
day, October 20, the Supreme Court of
North Carolina completely reversed
every ruling of Judge Webb in the case
of Causey, Boren, and Watkins against
the county board of education in which
the plaintiff’s attempted to stop the
issuance of the two million, three hun
dred thousand dollar bond issue passed
by the voters last spring, and the levy
ing and collecting of the 30-cent tax to
provide a nine months school term, also
approved at the same election. The
order, written by Justice Adams, was
passed unanimously by the court.
The court held that everything done
by the city and county board of educa
tion in creating the Greater Greens
boro district and putting the county
wide plan into effect was valid. Also
the bonds were held to be legal, and
the county board of education may
now go ahead advertising and selling
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DEAN ISSUES COMPLETE
STUDENT COUNCIL LIST
Faculty Advisors and Members Have
Mapped Out Work of Council
For This Year
EXPECT VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR
A complete list of the Student Coun
cil Members was issued October 18
by Miss Fannie Starr Mitchell. The
work of the council has been mapped
out by the president and the faculty
advisors, and with the help of the
members they look forward to a very
successful year.
The following are Council Members:
President, Willard Watson; Semester
VIII, Glenn Hackney; Semester VII,
Mary Lynn Carlson; Semester VI,
Henry Biggs; Semester V, Macon
Crocker; Semester IV, Dillard Mc-^
Glamery; Semester III, Charles
Rives; Semester I, Walter Peterson;
Semester II, Earl Harlee; High Life
Staff, Betty Brown; Boys’ Athletic As
sociation, Bill Petree; Girls’ Adminis
trative Council, Lucy Crocker; Girls’
Athletic Association, Zaidee Smith.
MEETING OF COMMITTEE
ON SCHOLARSHIP HELD
Plans Made to Encourage Scholarship
by Giving Special Recognition to
Honor Students
The Scholarship Committee com
posed of Miss Tillett, chairman. Misses
Anderson, Bullard, Estelle Mitchell,
Sumner, and Miss Grogan, who has
charge of the stars, had a meeting
Tuesday, October 12. They planned to
encourage the students who almost
made the honor roll, and to write to
the parents of those who did make the
honor roll and urge them to keep up
their splendid record. The committee
discussed new members of the Torch
light Society and how much attention
should be paid to the four principles.
It was decided that if possible the
scholarship students should have social
affairs given them and that special ree-
ognition of the honor roll pupils should
be made in chapel.