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Good-bye, Mr. Archer! HIGH LIFE Good Luck to You! From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry VOLUME IX GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 28, 1928 NUMBER 2 PLANS FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETED BY N. Y. ARCHITECTS School Board Prefers Group Plan of Five Buildings to Single Structure TORCHLIGHT SOCIETY ELECTS NEW OFFICERS The Torchlight Society held its first meeting of the year Tuesday, Si'iitoniber 25, in room 101. to BE BEST IN THE STATE Buildings Are to Be Ready for Occu pancy by September If Work Is Begun by December The board of education of the Greater Greensboro scliool district has readied !in agreement as to the iilans of the new central high school iilant. The proposed five buildings will be erected on the Scales property at a cost of .$850,000. Detailed phuis are now being completed by the architects, according to an announcement made Monday, September 10. by the building committee of the board. The board decided, after long con sideration, upon the group plan of buildings instead of a singie structure. It was indicated Monday that definite action would be taken very soon in order to have the buildings ready for occupancy as soon as possible. The contractors for the large build ing program are Angle-Blackford com pany. The contractors have informed the school board that if actual work can be begun before December 1 that the buildings can be occupied by Sep tember, 1S>20. The new school has long been looked forward to, and is now about to be a reality. When completed it will be one of. if not the best, high school buildings in the south. Now since tlW plans have actually begun they have been running very smoothly. Architects from Columbia T’liiversity have come down to help perfect the plans. Th(‘y decldCHl to meet alternate ly ‘vory two weeks on Tuesday at chapel period. This will alternate with the Girls' Council. !Miss Mitchell presided over the meeting. Mary Daily Williams was elected liresident ami (piite an argument was hehl as to whether there woulfl be a vice-president. It was decided that it was unnecessary. Kathei'im* Nowell was elected secretary and treasurer for the year. 'I'lie honorary society plans to do many interesting and worth while projects during the coming seme.s- ter It was also discussed that the pupils eligible for this organi zation be selected by the old mem bers. Between now and the next meeting the members of the Torchlight Society will look up the past record of the eligible candidates. The upper fourth of the two senior semesters can make the club. PUBLICATION STAFFS HAVE ANNUAL DRIVE FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS Session Room Teachers Respon sible for Subseriptions in Their Rooms This Year INSTALLMENT PLAN USED MISS NELLIE K. DRY STARTS FIELD STUDY Course Includes the Personal Observation of All Plant and Animal Life IS NEW COURSE AT G. H. S. PARENT TEACHERS HOLD FIRST MEETING OF YEAR Plans for Securing New Members and Encouraging Athletic Events Are Discussed Di* tl^ ondaf. The first P. T. A. meeting for year 1928 wdll be held next Mond; October 2, This meeting will be an informal supper at 7 o'clock in the school cafeteria. Teachers will in this manner come to know the parents. Members of the exeputive committee planed this entertainment at a meet ing held September 2l^ at the home of Mrs. S. O. Lindeman, president. Meet ings for the entire year will-be held at 8 o’clock evei’.v first Tuesday of the month. The November meeting will be postponed to a biter' date due to the election on that date. Plans were discussed’ and practically completed for securing more members. The P. T. A. is taking every possible step to ehcourage athletic events and are backing the students by attending all games. Another undertaking for the year will be the sponsoring of special speakers. These are all men of note and some have already been scheduled. Phillips Plaits Meeting C. W. Phillips will preside over the first teachers’ meeting on Saturday, September 29. This meeting will be the first one to be held since school started. Mr. Phillips has planned many interesting features for the program. “To understand nature is to gain one of the greatest resources of life.” This is the endeavor of the field study course at G. 11. S. under the direction of Miss Nellie K. Dry, high school science teacher. This course is entirely new at Cen tral High, and if the experiment is a success, will be a permanent course which includes reference work and field trips. There are IG students now enrolled, and they are allowed to carry on individual projects. Full credit is given for this course wiiicli is held only at the sixth period. The study of nature includes per sonal observation of all plant and ani mal life, their habits and surroundings. The ultimate aim of the cour.se, accord ing to Miss Dry, is to cultivate the power of acute observation ami to build up within an understanding of nature lore. Members of the class are now getting acquainted with the various trees of North Carolina. Before this phase of work has been completed they will have collected leaves, fruit, and baVk of 25 native trees. "I'his coiu’se will aid scouts in pass ing off merit badge work. Miss Mary Ellen Blackman’s Session Room Is First to Report 100 Per Cent Subscribers >Since September 11 the publication staffs have bi^en in the midst of the annual subscription campaign. Instead of the staff members managing the drive, each session room teacher was responsible for her room. By this plan the students could sub scribe and make full paj-ment or use the installment plan. The latter plan sfauned to work in several junior rooms. The total number of students subscribing is 500, while the teachers, alumni, and interested citizens of Greensboro makes a sum total of 400 subscriptions. Miss Mary Ellen Blackmon's session room 102 was the first to report 100 per cent. Two students failed to sub scribe, but seven outside subscribers were secured, thus making a total of 48. The three other senior rooms, 107, lOG. and 105 reporttxl a majority num ber of students as subscribers. The junior class responded partially, while the lower classmen had a still lower percentage. Today ends, this special drive, but students who enter late, or others who desire to subscribe, may still do so. Tliey will receive all the other issues of the paper and magazine published this year. Former Superintendent MU. F. A. AIKTIEU “COOL KNIGHTS,” COMEDY, IS GIVEN Henry K. Burtner Post of the American Legion Sponsors Play at National Theatre CHORUS OF TWENTY-ONE DICK DOUGLAS RETURNS WEDNESDAY FROM TRIP Each Scout Bagged Lion in Africa . While Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson G.H.S. STUDENT COUNCIL MEETS SEPTEMBER 26 The student coimcil met on Wednes day, September 2G, 1928, for the first meeting of the year. Charles Rives, the president, presided at this meeting. The representatives from the different semesters were elected last year. Katherine Lambe was recently chosen a representative from the Girls’ Council. Mr. Phillips will appoint the other some time in the near future. TWO OTHER SCOUTS ALSO RETURN Robert Dick Douglas. June graduate of G. ri. S.. landed in New York Tues day, September 18, on the liner, Ue de France, after having spent six weeks of adventure in the heart of Africa. Young Douglas, with his two com panions, say that their greatest thrill was experienced while hunting lions. Each scout bagged a lion in East .Africa while the guests of Mr. and Airs. Martin Johnson. They brought with them the lion skins and also the skin of a gazelle, better known as an antelope, a gift for the scout executive, James E. West. The scoLits, Robert D. Douglas, of this city: David R. Martin. Jr., of Austin, Minn.; Douglas L. Oliver, of Atlanta, Ga., were entertained by vari ous high officials while in France. The scouts are being detained in New York at the country home of George Palmer Putnam, to perfect their diary account to be published in October. These boys were selected for the trip in a general competition among the Boy Scouts of America. Douglas is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Douglas, of Fisher Park Circle. While in high school, Dick, as he was called, proved himself worthy of dis tinction by being voted the best all round student in the senior class. “Cool Knights,*’ a musical comedy, and reputed to be one of the best musi cal shows in many years was pre sented Friday night. September 21, at the National Theatre. The Henry K. Burtner post of the American Legion sponsored the play. The comedy dealt with American college life, and Charles Lipscomb, G. II. S. alumnus, and Anue Bishop were the stars, supported by Ralph Hodgkin, Hoyt Boone, Frank Warner, Hellene lludnell and a bevy of chorus girls. G. II. S. music talent was a special feature. Twenty-one high school girls were in the chorus work. Practically all of these girls were In the 1928 Purple and Gold Revue. Those in the chorus work were: Gladys Young. Martha Abercrombie, Ruth Barton, Virginia Miller, Claire Ilartsook, Louise Thacker. Dixon Thacker, Lillian Hauck, Trudy Carver, Alice Grubbs, Margaret McLean. Mary Thomas, Mamie Leak Parson. Katherine Williams, Jacque line Alderman, Meredith Watt, Alice Ilayues, Helen Haynes, Polly Moore, Margayet Smathers, and Jane Crabtree. ARCHER RESIGNS AS SUPERINTENDENT TO COMPLETE DEGREE C. W. Phillips, Principal of G. H. S., Will Serve Tempo rarily in This Office SCHOOL CALENDAR MADE F. A. Archer Has Acted as Superinten dent of Greensboro City Schools for Eleven Years Frederick Archer, for 11 years super intendent of Greensboro City Schools, has resigned in order to complete his doctor's degree at Columbia Univer sity. Ills resignation becomes effective on October 1, and C. W. Phillips, G. II. S. principal, was appointed by the board of education in July to serve in that capacity temporarily. The school calendar for the year has been made and Mr. Archer’s policy, which has been inaugurated for this year, will be closely followed by Mr. Phillips. School authorities are hope ful that the retiring superintendent will return next September. Wherever his going is talked among school folks, they will not receive a final no. The hardest work of the school year has already been accomplished. Mr. Archer worked all summer long on pre paring the new buildings and remodel ing the old ones. Since graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1904, Mr. Archer has served in four different city schools. From 1904-0G he had charge of all the city schools at Windsor, N. C. The following year he was employed as an English teacher in Winston-Salem High School. For the next six years Mr. Archer was principal of the Wilson High School. Following his stay there, he was superintendent of schools at Selma. From there he came to Greens boro, and from 1917 until this year he served in the capacity of superintend ent of city schools. He received his A.B. degree at U. N. C. and in 1924 completed work for his M.A. degree at Columbia Uni versity. Now he expects to complete Ills doctor’s degree by next September. SEMESTER SEVEN HOLDS FIRST MEETING OF YEAR NEW STUDENTS OF G. H. S. GO TO CHAPEL SEPT. 13 Charles Rives Explains Traffic Rules and Workings of Stu dent Council The freshmen and new students of G. H. S. met in chapel Thursday, Sep tember 13, for the first time. Mr. C. W. Phillips welcomed the pupils. He then introduced Charles Rives, student council president, who explained traffic rules and other phases of the student council. Elizabeth Boyst.-‘ 'a’csident of Girls’ Council, was introduced. She ex plained the Girls’ Council and “Big Sister’” organization. Clyde Norcom, managing editor ))f High Life, told the students High Life and Homespun plans for the year. Rachel Lipscomb, chief cheer leader, talked about athletic life. In that way the outstanding activi ties of the high school were brought before these students. Carmen Patterson and Katherine Lambe Discuss Plans for “Reflector” Semester 7 held its first meeting of the year Thursday, September 20, in 103. The newly elected president, Er- vine Stone, was compelled to resign as he has been promoted to semester 8. The vice-president, Carl Jones, pre sided. A nominating committee composed of Carmen Patterson, chairman, Louis Brooks, and Kate Harrison, was ap pointed to nominate a new president. The next meeting was scheduled for Monday, September 24, at which the president will be elected. Carmen Patterson was chosen to represent this semester on the Student Council. Katherine Lambe was elected to represent the girls on the Girls’ Council. Plans for the Reflector were dis cussed, and the possibility of doing away with it was brought up. Very little discussion was carried on; but this idea is generally bitterly opposed. The meeting then adjourned. iki
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