Page Eight HIGH LIFE Pehruary 6, 1942 by- Pageant Committee Meeting Postponed, Announces McNairy ‘■Uecausc of th(> nuniorous homo room iiiid schodulo chiuiKos in th(> sonior cluss. work on tlio iinnnal scmior page ant l).v va rions student commit toes will not iM'gin until some time lU'xt week,” Miss Dorotliy McXairy, faculty adviser for tlu‘ (>vont, announced last AVednes- day. “However." Miss McXairy continued, “tile s‘iiior l(>acliers liav(! not Ixam to- tall.v inactive', for tliey have suleniitted numerous suggestions and plans for the program." The pagf'ant. Miss McXairy also state'd, would probably center around a patriotic fln'iiu', which is naturally the c('nt('r of thought for all Americans in th(' leresent time. As usual, this annual senior event will he presented the night leefore commencement. “Heritage” (liven I.ast Year Last years’ leageant. entitled “Our iI(U’itag'.’’ starred Chaides Weill. Jane Sloan and James I’atton. Its plot een- terc'd around a story a district .judge told an immigrant family when the.v applied for citizensliii) pap('rs. Senior teaclu'rs helping to plan the pag'ant are I’iiul Frazier. ^liss (’ath- h'en I’ike. Miss Louise Smith. Miss Mary Flh'ii Llackmou. Mrs. Emma Sharpe Avery, Mrs. Hlanche Smith, IMiss Ida Uelle Moore, iliss Agues Miic- Donald. Miss Zena Kihler, IMiss Estelle Mitclu'll, .Miss (l('i-truh‘ Farlow and Miss IMcXair.v. Student comniitte*' chair men hav(' not yet h('('ii appointed. High Life Rated Third Best In State by University High Lif(', the (Jreenshoro high scliool hi-monlld.v i)ublication, received third place rating in the state high school lu'wspaper contest for 1940-41. announced E. li. Itaiddn. supervisor for the contests, last week. -|i“i Jl.'ho tln'e’n'ilte hig'i school pa,ier, (ln‘cu L'ujhtx, won lirst place wdth Bill 'ruruer and Jack Edwards as co-('ditors. V. M. Mulholland, principal, advised the staff. (’harles Markham holds the position of ('(liter and ;Miss Marguerite Herr as adviser if the sc'cond piace winner, lh(' Durham lli-h’ockct. G. (. Orchestra to Present First oi Annual Concerts I'mh'r tlu' direction of IMurk Hoffman, memher of the music de partment at Greensboro college, th(' cclh'ge orclu'stra will present the tirst of its two annual concerts Sunday, F('hruary 8, at 4 ]).m. in Odell Memorial auditorium. The program will feature the lirst movement of Bra Inn’s “First Sym phony" and the “Jupiter Symphony in C Ma.jor" (Mozart). 'I’lie cotk'ge orchestra, com])osed of coll('g(? students, faculty, and musicians from other local music circles, has presented spring con certs under Hoffman’s direction for the past eight years. Bookkeeping Classes To Get New Machines Since greater skill, efficiency, and experience will be gained by the students, H. E. Lyons, member of the commerce department, stated last Thursday that he hoped new machines would soon be obtained to help them in their work. “Pi ac- tice sets pertaining to the book keeping of regular companies will be begun by the advanced classes in a short time,” he added. The pupils in the accounting de partment are at present studying the various fields of proprietorship, pai’tnership and cooperation ac counting. Life oF I rene Kuhn, Star Newswriter, Related in ^Assigned to Adventure Probably one of the school librar.v’s best-liked autobiographies iu the group iJaced on the shelves this year is the acc(nmt of Ihe life of Irene Kuhn, as told iu her book, “Assigned To Adven- 8- 600 Students Enroll In Commerce Classes Six hundred students have registered for those suh.jects so newly important sinc(' tlu! war Ix'gaii of shorthand, typ ing, hookk('eping and other business cours('s to swell the roll of the commer cial departnx'nt to approximately half of the pupils attending Senhu' for the iK'w sem('st('r. I'eveah'd B. E, Lyons, head of tlu' depaix'ment, 'riiursday. With p('opl(( trained in the types of worlc needed to till government posi tions for defense, l.")4 are taking t.ype- writing this semester for the first time while 117 are in the advanced classes. M’ilh some So students takiiyg tirst year shorthand, there are onl,v in the ad vanced class, ail of wdiom are girls. ture.’’ 1 rene Kuhn has crisscrossed the world as a newspaper wannan through the most breathless decades of modern history, working foi' the Clticago Trib une in Paris, the China JTcftfs in Shang hai and the 9tar Bulletin of HonoliUu, as w('ll as- interviewing celebrities, re porting murder trials, writing for the movies and editing a woman’s maga zine. Daughter of Irish Stock She was Ixu'u to have things happen to iK'i'. This (laughter of trans]ilanted Irish stock, living in Xew York’s Green wich Milage, roamed the world from adolescence, a stormy petrel of the pr('ss. As a newspaperwoman, she lived and loved and suffered and laughed around the world. Here is a salty chronicle of a -(voman realist observing life in the great capi tals of the world, as well as the out- ports, and giving it to you in a story of moving and dramatic simplicity, as (•('freshing as rain in the desert. Susaime Wimbish Chosen Queen of Nay at G. (. Accounting Classes Small Tli' hookkec'ping classes are smaller even though the demand for people who can do this work is just as great. Only 81 p('oi)le are on the rolls of the lirst y('ir classes while only 10 are at pr('S('iit taking the most advanced course. 'I’lie E. B. 1. cla.ss which gives fh(! fundamentals of business math has only -.■) enrolled, and the, one semester courses of salesmanship and commer cial law have only JO and 15 respoc- (ively. Meetings of Council To Follow Suppers Southern Dairies Ice Cream KE CtEAki Serve the Ice Cream that for years has had the ac ceptance of Southern peo ple. Buy A Western Flyer Bicycle at THE WESTERN AUTO STORES and Save Gasoline & Rubber for NATIONAL DEFENSE Because many representatives and officers have full schedules this semester, with no study peri ods, the student council meetings will be held every two weeks alter school and will be followed by a light supper, announced Mrs. Es telle IjcGwin, faculty adviser lor the group, last Monday. “Although this arrangement will necessitate briefer, more concise agendas and harder work from the representatives, I think the plan will be successful, now that the students are using their own leisure time,” she concluded. IMemher.s cf the .senior class at GreenshorO' college recently elected Susamie 'Wimbish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. 'Wimbish of Ccun- try Club drive, to rule as (}ueen (;v('r the annual May day festivals, which will take place iu the spring. Susaune, IP.’IS graduate of Greens boro high school, was a prominent member of Blaymasters dramatic societ.v, and a close ro'lative of Mrs. Bobert lYildman formerly ) Miss r.cttie Wall', Blaymaster di rector. Susamie is an attractive mem ber of the younger college set and has participated in many other va rious college affairs. HELPS PREVENT From Developing rninsi w w & m0 W ... At the first sneeze, sniffle or sign of nasal irritation, put a few drops of 'Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril. Its quick action aids nature’s defenses U’lfirc; against colds. Follow - directions in folder. VA'iRO -NOL Kodaks and Supplies THE ART SHOP 118 W. Market St. -# See Our Line of Valentines The Most Attractive and Amusing Oil the Market WILLS BOOK & STATIONERY COMPANY No Plan for Your Future Is Complete Without Adequate Life Insurance, Properly Planned A Life Insurance Policy Is a Declaration of Economic Independence W. H. ANDREWS, JR. C.L.U. and Associates Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. Julian Price, President GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 54 Seniors Maintain Honor Roll Standing U. of N. C. to Sponsor Five Academic Tests For All High Schools Fifty four members of tthe .senior elass maintained 90 per cent or better (111 their scholastic activities during the past school month, according to the list of honor pupils released today h.v Brineipal A. 1’. Konth. SVinterling Heads List Heading the scroll for the third re port period was Ruth 'Winterling, who averaged 97.5 per cent on five major subjects during the six weeks period. Other high scores by members of the senior elass include tho.se captured by Martha Bearson with an average of 97 and Melvin Grabiowsky’s 90.6 rec ord. The regular roll follows: Room 27, iMelvin Grahlowsky and IMargaret Moore; room 200, Joan Holleyman, Earle Holliday, ATrginia Ilunter, Syl via Johnson and Jewel Hyatt; room 200, I’anl Miller, Kathleen Mangum, Arnold Marks, Sara McDonald, 'SVarren Vlilloway, Charles Mitchell and Martha .Vun Moore; room 300, Marie Reynolds (94). Room 301, Charles F(agleman and Melva Foster; room 302, Ruth Winter- ling (97.5) and Rachael AYhiteside; room “04. Jeannette Stephenson, Yir- ginia Stott’el, Charles Swaringen. Jack Tilley, Alice Trosper and Ann Vestal. Four in 3()5 Roor 305, Antoinette Anderson. Leila Atkinson, Evelyn Barnhart and Annie Laurie Beimett; room 300, Barbara Bend; room 311, Margaret Hoffman; room 313, IMary Crutchfield, Virginia C. Davis and Billy Donald (94) ; room 315, Alyiie Roseberry, Edgar Sikes, Bet ty Bouth, 0.scar Sapp and Mary Lou Sawyer; room 317, Ann Kewtoii, Bever ly Xigb, Helen Bappas, Dorothy I’ark- er, Bobert I’erry, Billie Jean Phipps and Joe Bowell. Five academic contests will be con ducted in the spring by the Xorth Car olina university division, announced E. R. Rankin, secretary, today. All accredited high schools In the state are invited to enter. On February 0, the fifth annual high school physics contest will be held, and on Pehruar.v 13 the eigtheenth annual Latin competition is scheduled. The seventeenth yearly Spanish contest ■null he (March (i: the seventeenth annual French contest. March 20; and the seventeenth annual mathematics con test, April 24. Notify Kaukiii at Early Date All schools entering the competition are asked to notify Mr. Rankin at the earliest possible date. The contests will be conducted under the super vision of superintendents, principals or teachers in the schools. Deadlines for entrance notitication in each test are as follows: physics, February 2; Latin, February 9; Spanish, March 2; French, (March 10; and mathematics, April 20. I’rofessors in the various depart ments of the university will grade the papers. The contest should be submit ted no later than follows: the physics pa per.s by February 11, the Latin papers by February 20, the Spanisb papers by March 12, the French papers by March 20, and the mathematics papers, by May 1. Scott Seed Go. Complete Assortment of Flower Seed 235 N. Greene Rhone 3-2554 Greensboro Coffee Shop A better place to eat 301 S. Greene St. ‘Ambulance in a Hurry’ Call Forbts 4 Murray PHONE 8165 ■?>- -» Dine Tonight at the 0. Henry Hotel The Best Place in Town (RUTCHFIELDTInL Drug Store “The Store of Personal Service’’ In O. Henry Hotel GREBXSBORO, N. 0. 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