^January 14, 19.2"/
HIGH LIFE
INTERESm BOOKS
OF HCTION ADDED TO
LIBRARY TIS MONTH
-♦
Mrs. Robert Orr Wants Chil
dren to Know of Good Books
in Library
thirty-five new ones
“What is News?” by Gerald Johnson,
“My Memories of Eighty Years,” by
Depew Among Non-fiction.
Each month a number of new books
are added to the High School library,
and the number of books for the month
of January reaches :i total of .‘lo. This
number is the largest added this school
year. Most of the hooks listed are
iiction. “I want all the children in
school to know the number of good
hooks we have,” said Mrs. Robert Orr,
ihirarian.
The following is a list of the books
added for this month ;
Porgy, by Du I>ose Heyward; I’or-
trait of a Man M"ith Red Hair,' by Hugh
AValpole; Farmer John, by Hugh Wal
pole; Hearts of Hickory, by John
Moore; Winnowed MTsdom, by Stephen
Jieacock; A l\Ian For the i\^es, by Irv
ing Baeheller; High Moon, by Crosbie
Garstin; Mr. and Mrs. Haddock
Abroad, by Donald Stewart; Perfect
Behavior, by Donad Stewart; A Parody
Outline of History, by Donald Stewart;
The Black Hunter, by James Oliver
Curwood; Petey Simmons at Swash, by
George Fitch; x\t Good Old Swash, by
George Fitch; Adventure Isle, by
tiebfge England; The Spenders, by
Harry Wilson; Caravan, by John Gals
worthy; The Forsyte Saga, by John
Galsworthy; Ma Pettigill, by Harry
Wilson; Wild West, by Bertrand Sin
clair; The Sporting Spinster, by Har
old McGrath; Saint Michael’s Gold, by
II. Bedford-Johnes; Black and Blue, by
O. R. Cohen; Thp Red Confessor, by
Nathan Gallizier; Treasure, Albert Ter-
hune; The Silver Forest, by Ben Wil
liams ; The Red Ledger, by Frank
Packard; A Manifest Destiny, by Ar
thur Smith; The World’s Best Humor
ous Anecdotes, by Lawson; The Lion’s
Skin, by Rafael Sabatini; The Conti
nental Dragon, by R. N, Stephens;
What Is News? by Gerold Johnson; My
Memories of Eighty Years, by C. M.
Depey; The Story of Man’s Work, by
Hayward and Johnson; Grail-Makers
of the Middle Border, by Garland ; Four
Sport-Fiction Books, by harles Van
Tnon.
GYM CLASSES ENTERTAIN
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Nine Boys Perform Interesting Stunts
Under Supervision of Frank Baron,
Physical Director
typing students RECEIVE PINS
Nine boys from the gym classes of
Caldwell and Mclver Schools enter
tained the students of G.H.S. at chapel
period Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes
day, January 10, 11 and 12. They
dived over the horse, turned flips and
cartwheels, and performed many other
interesting and diftlcult stunts. The
first feature on the program was a box
ing bout by Winford Marsh and Bill
Perdue from Mclver. The stunts were
under the direction of Frank Baron,
physical director.
At the beginning of the program, Mr.
N- P. Routh read a passage from
Proverbs, after which everybody joined
in the Lord’s Prayer.
Mr. C. W. Phillips awarded the pins
U'on by the typing students, and read
fhe names of those who earned certifl-
-‘ates.
Important to Seniors
It is important that seniors get in
their college applications at once.
Those who are interested, see Miss Lot
tie Morgan, and she will give all de
sired information.
Page Three
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF P. T. A. HAS MEETING
The executive committee of the Par
ent-Teacher Association of Greensboro
High School met January 5 to plan the
next regular meeting of the P. T. A.
Phey decided to hold a welfare meet
ing February 20, and exi)ect much in
terest to be shown by the memhers of
the association in this subject. Mrs.
P>. C. Sterne will speak on “Child Wel
fare.'’
OSCAR J. COFFIN OF
U. N. C. MAKES TALK
Group of North Carolina News
paper Men Meet at
Chapel Hill
VISITORS ARE PROMINENT
A selected group of North Carolina
newspaper men met at Chapel Hill Jan
uary 5, for the opening of the third an
nual newsi)aper institute. Prominent
out-of-state speakcws spoke at this meet
ing. Oscar J. Coffin, head of the de
partment of journalism at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, made an inter
esting talk.
Among the speakers were Ida Clyde
Clarke, formerly associate editor of Pic
torial Review; Dr. Edgar W. Knight,
of the University, and C. M. Meredith,
vice-president of the National Editorial
Association.
New Calendar
A new calendar, called Fascist, has
been decreed for Italy by Mussolini.
The calendar dates from October 28,
1022, when the Black Shirts began their
march on Rome. The present date is
year V. Hereafter all official docu
ments will have two dates, the modern
calendar and the Fascist date.
Large Bell
The eighth largest bell in the world
was made in England, weighs seventeen
and one-quarter tons and can be heard
miles away when conditions are favor
able. It is the heaviest bell in the
western hemisphere. The bell was re
cently hoisted 300 feet to the roof of
WannamM^er’s department store in
Philadelphia.
One Hundredth Christmas
All through trains on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad had a special Christ
mas celebration in honor of the one-
hundredth Christmas observed by the
railroad since its organization.
110 Story Building
The Larkin Tower Building of 110
stories is soon to be erected in the
Times Square district of New York
City. It will cost $18,000,000 and is ex
pected to bring in rental yearly of about
.$3,000,000.
New Emperor
I’l'iuce Regent Hirohito of .Japan is
to take over imperial rank following
the death of his father, Emperor Yo-
shihito Haru-no-Muja. lie will not be
crowned until 1928 because the period
of mourning in the Imperial household
lasts one year after the death of the
emperor.
Flyers Begin Pan American Tour
Five amphibian army planes left
Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, on
December 21, for a South American
tour of more than 18,500 miles. Sev
enty-two cities in thirty-three states are
to be visited by the fleet, carrying a
message of good will and friendliness.
The fleet plans to return in May.
We come into this world all naked and
bare;
We go through this world full of trouble
and care;
We go out of this world we know not
where—■
But if we’re thoroughbreds here, well
be thoroughbreds there.
DAILY NEWS PRAISES
RECENT EDITION OF
a H. S. PUBLICATION
Greensboro Issue of Homespun
Is Written Up in Columns
of Editorial Page
Students Adopt Christos
Pavlides From Near East
WORK OF STAFF PRAISED
‘It is Done Without Pretense and With
out Bombast and Expresses Greens
boro So Well,” Praise of Editor.
The last issue of Homespun, which
was called the Greensboro number, has
caused a great deal of favorable com
ment.
In the Da ill) ISiews of January 10,
there is an editorial, a half a column
in length, wdiich praises highly the
work of the staff in getting out an issue
wdiich “expresses Greeiishoro'’ so well.
“It is done wdthout pretense and with
out bomhast,” according to the edi
torial, “but if w'e read right it is done
with something of a feeling of finesse
and a keen effort to catch liold of some
thing w’orth possessing. Certainly it is
simple and genuine and true.”
The editorial reviews the issue, com
ments on some of the articles, and
quotes from them. It ends: “To reveal
such personal flavor is an achieve
ment for any group of editors.”
JANUARY GRADUATION PLANS
January 23; 8 p. m.. Dr. L. D.
Thompson will deliver the Bacca
laureate Sermon at West Market
Street Church.
January 25, 1 p. m., the Rotary
Club will entertain at a luncheon.
January 27. 8 p. m.. Class Day
exercises at Odell Memorial build
ing.
January 28, 8 p. m.. Commence
ment exercises at Odell Memorial,
speaker to be annoTuiced later.
11 YEARS OF AGE
Now in Zappeion Orphanage.
Neither of His Parents
Is Living
LETTER FROM J. M. SCOTT
Miss Fannie Starr Mitchell is Notified
Through North Carolina Division,
Near East Relief
GREENSBORO TEACHERS.
MEET AT G. H. S. JAN. 8
“As Long as a Person Is Living He
Is Learning,” Mr. Archer Told
Teachers
COBLE CELEBRATES
SEVENTEENTH YEAR
Jack’s Geometry Class Gives
Him a Chocolate Cake and
Sings “Happy Birthday”
PLANS TO BE PRESIDENT
HE QUOTES LATE DR. ELLOIT
A general meeting of the Greensboro
teachers wais held in the high school
auditorium Saturday morning, January
8, at 9 o’clock. Frederick Archer, su
perintendent of schools, presided over
the meeting. He began his talk by
saying: “At the beginning of the new'
year w'e should think over w'hat w^e
hope to accomplish and are w'orking
tow'ard.”
In discussing the new' building pro
gram, Mr. Archer said a comfortable
building w'as all that w'as neccessary
according to the old-fashioned ideas.
’Then he said, “Now% w'e have a better
conception of the child and twmnty-flve
or fiifty acres are not too much for
school grounds.
“Education is a coincident w'ith life.
xVs long as a person is living he is
learning. Life is made up of more than
text book material.”
In conclusion, Mr. Archer quoted
from an article by Dr. Elliot, president
emeritus of Harvard University, in
w'hich he said: “We should cultivate
a spirit of sportsmanship and courtesy.
We should cultivate the habit of read
ing good books. Find the thing that
you like to do best. Be that, and do
that. Do just as much of your owm
thinking as you are able to do. Don’t
follow' the crow'd.”
One of the most important events of
the school year w'as ' celebrated Jan
uary 5. As it W'as so near after the
Christmas, vacation, a holiday w'as not
given to the school at large, but a fitting
celebration w'as held in 106 at the
fourth period during Miss Grogan’s
geometry class. This important event
W'as Jack Coble’s birthday.
Mr. Coble has made a very enviable
record in high school and has gained
for himself the titles “Sheik,” “Prince
of Wales,” “The Heart-Breaker,” and
others equally distinguished. He prides
himself that he has gained such re-
now'ii at the tender age of seventeen.
“What w'ill I be called w'hen I get old?”
he asks, but no one has been able to
answ'er bis question.
The sixteen members of Mr. Coble’s
geometry class presented him wdth a
huge chocolate cake and danced around
him, singing “Happy Birthday,” as he
posed at the front of the room with
the cake in his hands. Mr. Coble ex-
pi'essed himself as being very much
pleased w'itb the bumble homage paid
him. “I shall remember, w'ben I am
President, the friends w'ho loved me at
dear old G. H. S.”
DRAMATICS CLASS GIVES
PLAY “DUST OF THE ROAD”
I'he following letter w'as received by
Miss Fannie Starr Mitchell, dean, from
the Near East Relief, North Carolina
division, December 31 :
“Dear Miss Mitchell:
In addition to the official receipt
which has already been mailed you, I
w'ish to thank you personally for this
nice contribution by your pupils, to the
little children of the Near East.
“In view' of the fact that this check
lacks only $14.25 of paying for the spon
soring of one child for one year, I am
assigning to you the follow'ing little
or])han boy, for w'hose support’and edu
cation your $100.00 w'ill be used:
“Christo Paylides—OS-6134—now' in
the Zappeion Orphanage.
“You W'ill be furnished a report twice
a year regarding his progress in school,
vocational training, etc.
“When you have raised the balance of
$14.25—which wall complete a one-year
sponsorship, w'e shall be pleasetl to give
you credit for this amount.
“Thanking you for your interest and
co-operation, and trusting that the
pupils of your school w'ill derive a great
blessing from having had a part in this
great w'ork, I am,
“Very sincerely yours,
“John M. Scott, State Treasurer.”
Christos'Pavlides W'as borii in Akhtir-
ka, Russia, and is about 11 years old.
Christos’ father died at home. His
mother died of starvation. Christos
came from RiLssia and at first entered
Halki Orphanage. Later he w'as trans
ferred to Prinkipo and then to Athens.
Presented in Chapel December 20 With
out Scenery or Costumes—Impres
sion From Well Given Lines
“Y” HOLDS OPEN HOUSE
FOR FRIENDS, PATRONS
In order that the friends and pa
trons of the Y. M. C. A. might get an
idea of the kind of w'ork the organiza
tion is doing for the city, the “Y” held
open house Monday, January 10, from
3 to 9 P. M.
The mothers of the Hi-Y members
along W'ith the executives assisted the
visitors in making tours through the
building.
Mr. E. I). Yost, general secretai'j' of
the Y. M. C. A., says that the new' build
ing is one of the best in the south. “The
equipment far SLirpasses that of any
other ‘Y’ in the state. The daily appli
cations for membership and all indica
tions point to a successful year for
the ‘Y.’ ”
B. Moore Has Operation
During the Christmas holidays Bev
erly Moore underwent an operation for
appendicitis at Long’s hospital. How
ever, Beverly is back at school now'.
J. HARRIS GIVES INTRODUCTION
“Dust of the Road,” a one-act play,
W'as ])resented in chapel December 20
and 21. The i)lay w'as w'orked up in
the Dramatics class. It w'as very un
usual, no scenery or costumes being
used. The impression left on the audi
ence W'as due entirely to the excellent
acting and w'ell given lines.
Jane Harris gave a splendid intro
duction presenting the theme of the
play.
The cast of characters:
Tramp—^Herbert Jones!
The Old Man—LeGrand Johnson.
Peter—Ed Stainback.
Prudence—Anuie Peebles Richard
son.
Jane Harris took the part of ITm-
dence on Wednesday, January 21.
FOUR NEW STUDENTS
ENROLLED AT G. H. S.
There are four iiew' students regis
tered at G. H. S. this year. Howmrd
Taylor a freshman, comes from Roan
oke apids. Ralph McCaniston, also a
freshman comes from Pinnacle High
School, and Catherine Couch, a junior,
is from Bessemer high.
Richard Fluharty Ill
Richard Fluharty is out of school
W'ith appendicitis.
Mclver
The Parent-Teacher Association of
Mclver School met Friday, January 7,
at 3 o’clock. Six two-minute talks wmre
given on various activities of the school.
The grammar school basketball games
W'hich W'ill lead up to the chamiYion-
ship games are now' being played.
Five loving cups w'ere aw'arded to Mc
lver School for w'inuing the champion
ship battle-hall contest. All four
grammar schools took part in this sport
and tw'o Saturdays w'ere given for the
games. In the first game Mclver won
over Training School and Caldw'ell was
defeated by Aycock. q’he next game
W'as played hetw'een the wdnners, and
again IMcIver w'On.
These games w'ere played in Meyer’s
store and tlie cups w'ere given by this
store. This game wall be played every
year and Mclver w'ill keep the cups
until some other school w'ius them.
Battle-ball is a new' sport to the
s(*hools and the coach reports that it
has been a great success because the
boys show'ed such great interest. It is
played on a table by six boys on each
team. It is a very popular sport in the
northern schools.
Caldwell
Thursday, January 6, the monthly
Parent-Teacher Association of Caldwell
school met in the school auditorium.
Mr. E. T. McSw'ain, the principal, spoke
on the subject of “Thrift.”
The Caldw'ell girls defeated Aycock
girls in gym-ball January 4, the score
being 4-3.