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HIGH LIFE
Remember the Crosses
On Armistice Day
November 11
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
All-American, N. S. P. A.-Internalional Honor Rating, Quill and Scroll
VOLUME xvn
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., NOVEMBER 8. 1940
NUIVmER 5
School Store to Sell
Postcards Featuring
Popular Activities
Purple ’Winds, Band, Choir,
High Life Staif, Council
To Have Representation
Featuring pictures of the Senior high
school Purple Whirlwinds, student
council, glee club. High Life staff,
and the hand, postcards will be sold in
the school store soon, possibl.? before
the Christmas holidays, announced
Stanley Johnson, faculty adviser for
the supply shop, this morning.
Many Articles Sold in Store
Following the scheme of selling small
pins and patriotic school skull-caps,
the idea of placing postcards with
pictures of familiar Greensboro high
school scenes and faces in the lime
light originated under the new student
management of Bobby Perry.
Hoping to interest students in sup
porting their school store, Mr. John
son expressed the desire of the stu
dent council and the faculty members
to promote better and fuller under
standing of the supply shop’s plans
and policies by campaigning.
Johnson Explains Object
Explaining that the object of pub
licizing the store was to point out to
the students the profit of purchasing
schola.stic necessities from their own
establishment, Mr. Johnson approved
of an extensive campaign.
“Campaigns are successful around
Senior high school because the stu
dents are more interested in local af
fairs than before,” concluded the ad-
vi.ser. “Selling school postcards is the
first step in proving that the students’
store sells as good, and as interesting,
if not better, materials and incidentals
than any other .similar organization.”
Pike, Strickland Average
97.8^ in Attendance Check
For the second month of the school
year. Miss Pike’s and Miss Strickland’s
rooms w'ere tied in first place for high
attendance with 97.8 per cent. Second
place went to room 202, Miss Walker,
with 97.7. Other rooms having 97 per
cent or over were rooms 7, Miss I-Iarbi-
son, with 97.4: room 306, Mrs. Avery,
with 97.2; and room 315, Miss Jloore,
with 97.1.
95 or Above
Those rooms having 95 per cent or
over are room 2, Miss Caldwell, 96.8;
307, Miss Wall. 96.8; 25, Miss McDon
ald. 96.6; 317, Miss Mitchell, 96.4; 206,
Miss McNairy, 96.3; 302, Miss Smith,
96.2: 313, Miss Blackmon. 96.1; 21, Mr.
Thomas, 96.1; 12. Miss Bradley, 96: 9,
Miss Lee, 96; 14. Mrs. LeGwin, 95.5;
104, Mr. Deason, 95.4; 300. Miss Mims,
95.1; 16, Mrs. Blackburn. 95.1; 10, Mrs.
Betts, 95: 201, Mr. Kichards, 95; 27,
Mrs. Alton. 95.
Social Standards Day
Schedule Announced
8:45- 9:
9:10-10
10:00-11;
11:00-11;
11:10-12;
ing.
12:10-12;
12:55- 1
1:10- 1
2:00- 2:
2:15- 3;
00—Home Boom.
00—Assembly.
00—First Group Meeting.
10—^Recess.
10—Second Gi-oup Meet-
55—First Lunch Period.
10—Special Guest Lunch.
:55—Second Lunch Period.
05—Home Room.
15—Open Forum.
Scholastic Magazine
Announces Awards
Prizes to Be Given in 3
Divisions of Seventeenth
Annual National Contest
Awards in throe separate divisions
mark the announcement of the seven
teenth annual competition for high
scliool students sponsored by Scholas
tic Magattine. Prizes will be given for
outstanding work in creative wanting,
art, and music.
Ill the literary division of this year’;
contest work may be entered under the
following classifications: essay, short
story, historical article, one-act play,
radio play, an article on some current
event, and autobiographical sketch.
Social Standards Day Committee
Completes Plans ^o^ Con^erence
Social Standards Committee at Work
15 Classifications in Art
Entries in the art division will be
submitted under two separate groups
work of students receiving five hours
or less of art instruction per weeh
and work of students receiving more
tlian five hours of instruction. Classi
fications for entries are as follows:
oil painting, water color painting; ink
drawing in four colors; spatter inks;
pencil drawing; lettering; lithograph,
wood cut. etcliing, and dry point
prints; linoleum block prints; fabric
designs; costume designs; advertising
art; scultpure and ceramics; metal
crafts; industrial design ; and mechani
cal drawing.
The music division includes the eom-
po.«ition for voice, piano, choiais, and
solo instruments.
All entries for the competion must
be mailed to the Scholastic Magagiuc,
contest division, before March 25, 1941.
Debaling Club Holds First
Night Meeting of Season
■ “Compulsory Military Training” was
the choice for discussion at the first
meeting held this year by the Debating
club, on October 24, in the Public li
brary at 7:30 o’clock. The winuing af
firmative team was comixtsed of I’aul
idiller and Hazel Swinson, while the
negative consisted of Noil Beard and
Billy Halladay. The judges, Marjorie
Burns, Jane Eller, and Doris Os
borne, were unanimous in their deci
sion.
Stapleton, Della Trotter
Capture Top Play Roles
Kiser, Thornton,
Nowell, Taylor, Sellars,
In Supporting Cast
“Starring in the leading roles of
‘Spring Fever,’ Playmaster's annual
fall production, will be Baxter Staple-
ton as Howard Brant, an ambitions
senior at Brookfield college, and Della
Mae Trotter as Anne Purcell, his heart-
interest,” announced Miss Lottie Wall,
y director of the dramatics club, this
morning.
Eleanor Dare Taylor will portray
Lou Herron, a journalism major, Rich
ard Kiser wall take the part of Ed
Burns, a devotee of chemistry, and
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Walker, Blackmon to Go
To Honor Society Meeting
Representing Senior high .school at
the annual birthday meeting of Delta
Kappa Gamma, national honor society
for leachors, will be Misses Lily Wal
ker and Mary Ellen Blackmon, only
members of this group at Greensboro
liigh. Tile meeting will be held tomor
row at Duke university, Durham.
Miller Sjieaks to Teachers
Paul Miller represented the Social
Standards committee when he talked to
the meeting of the Greensboro Senior
hiah school faculty, November 6, in
the school library at 3:45 o'clock.
As the great day draws nearer, the committee is ‘M)usy as a hee
outlining programs. Above several members are caught in action—
Pan! Miller, Ella Mae Norman, Nancy Cowherd, and Phil Griffin.
— (Staff photo by Purnell Kennedy.)
Local Art Department
Completes Projects
Recognition came to; the G. IT. S. art
department last week when three sep
arate organizations of the city re-
(jnested student cooperation in decorat
ing their establishments or advertising
llieir wares, according to an announce
ment from Miss Henri Etta Lee. com
mercial art dei)artment head, yester
day.
Draft Board Orders Designs
First recpiest came from McDaniel
Lewis, chairman of the local selective
service I)oard, for a number of patriotic
design.s featuring such American as the
flag. T'ncle Sam. and Liberty for use
in the three draft ofiices of the city.
Wills Book Store also asked for a
large scale map of the nations for a
window display and several sketches of
iMother Goose characters for National
Rook week.
Tlie final order came from Mrs.
Christine Price Florence, vocational su
pervisor at Senior high, for posters' ad
vertising the work of her department.
Elsie Anne Lewis, Faye Sprinkler, and
Janice AVilliams have been as.signcd to
complete this last project.
Thomas' History 6 Class
Elects Armstrong, Hodgin
F. E. Thomas’ first period history 6
class in a recent election named Sarah
Power Armsti’ong, president, Bill Hod-
gin, vice-president; Frances Winslow,
secr*tar.v-treasurer: Miriam Young,
chairman of program committee, and
Oscar Petree. chairman of social com
mittee.
Appointed to serve on the program
committee wore Ruby Meacham and
John Arinfield, while assisting Petree
will be Garland Wolfe. Stuart Kuyken
dall. and Harold Brown.
Mrs. Blanche Smith to Speak
To Richmond Junior High
Having accepted an invitation to
speak bri(‘fiy on Homecoming day, Fri
day. Novemi)er 29, at Binford Junior
liigli school in Richmond, Virginia,
Mrs. Blanche Smith plans to leave
Tlmrsday afternoon for the capital of
the Old Dominion.
Mrs. Smith as a former teacher at
Binford has l>oen invited to represent
this group. According to arrangements,
she will spend the week-end in Rich
mond and return to Greensboro Sun
day.
Girl Scouts Weary
‘But It Was Fun!*
Returning footsore and weary, Sen
ior high’s Girl scout troop 20 was
lamenting yesterday over the woes of
Iiikiiig and bnigging about tramping
12 miles to Guilford battleground and
back, all in the same breath. Those
girls, feeling they didn’t get enough
exercise climbing the various steps
around tlie ctiinpus, decided to don
comfortable clotlies, forget all about
sK-hool, and commune with Mother Na
ture for a few hours on Tuesday, No
vember 5. One scout, massaging her
sore feet proclaimed, “We got awfully
tired—bnit sure was fun!”
Shop Classes Learn
Skillful Use of Hands
Learning to work .skillfully with
their liands as well as their heads is
the aim of Mr. Glenn Deason’s shop
students, who are now constructing
useful articles from wood in their
classes.
Although each of the four shop
periods is only an liour long, many
of flio boys liave already completed
projects. Most of these are of the
usual nature, end tables, magazine
racks, and study or card tables. These
wore made from either walnut or ma
hogany, (he most popular types of
wood with the group.
One of the more ambitious jobs is
being undertaken by Horace Finch,
who is making a 12-foot, waterproof
.«nrf board of mahogany, ’riiore are,
many other things just as interesting,
lu)wever, and students are invited by
Mr. D('ason to visit the shop and see
them.
Biology Students Discover
New Facts About Weiners
After a journey to the city abattoir
to study parasitic worms last Mon
day. members of Mrs. Nellie Black
burn’s second period biology class de
clared (liat of all the interesting things
they had learned, the information re
ceived about w(‘inors iniprcssod them
most.
Dr. W. L. Cooley, city meat in
spector, conducted the class through
tlie abattoir. He told the class that
over 90 per cent of the woiners most
peoTile eat are infested by trichina
eggs. Cooley declared, “You will avoid
these worms by buying a better grade
of Weiners.”
Hardre, Yache, Long
Goodson, Smith, Ford
To Lecture to Groups
Large Number Participate
As Student Chairmen;
Forum in Afternoon
Working bard on polishing the sched
ule, securing the be.st speakers, and se
lecting .student group leaders, the So
cial Standards committee has spent a
busy fortnight completing preparations
for the groat day on Monday, Noveni-
l)er 18 when the ninth annual Social
Standiirds day will be celebrated at
Senior liigb school.
Selection of the group chairmen and
schedule arrangements have been com
pleted, but the entire list of lecturers
has not yet been secured, according to
Billy Brinkley, general chairman of the
conference.
Dr. Frank Graham Porter, president
of the Greater University of North
Carolina, will deliver tlio keynote on
the conference theme of “Freedom
With Re.sponsibility” as noted in the
last edition of High Lifk.
SpeaJiers .\iinnino(Hl
“We liavo attempted to secure out
standing speakers for all mootings and
we hojfe the students will enjoy them,”
commented iliss Sarah Lesley, and
Cafideen Pike, faculty advisers, in pre
senting the list of speakers.
Rene Ilardre, French instructor at
Woman's college, has consented to
spf'ak to the foreign affairs group,
which was one of the largest divisions
last year. Mrs. Douglas TA)ng, Dean
Mary Swank, and Miss Betsy Ford
of the Y. AV. C. A. are schedulwl to
talk to the three groups on girl’s prob-
lein.-j. Conversation, topic for a new
group fills yeai’, will have as guest
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School Paper to Enter
Christmas Seal Contest
The North Carolina Tuberculosis
association, incorporated, has in
vited Greensboro high school, along
will! oflier .schools in the state, to
pariicijiate in Christmas Seal Sale
imbliiity program sponsored by (he
National Tuberculosis association
and (he Oolnmliia Scholastic Pre.ss
association, announced Frank W.
AVebster, managing director, in a
letter to Principal A. P. Routh,
(his week.
Although no prizes will be
award(‘d, the National Tuberculosis
association will give !i certificate
of lionor to till jiapers whose con
tributions, eith(*r editorials, news
stories, or feature stories, are
deemed by the jndg(‘s to be original,
to be accnrtite, to have an intelli
gent grasp of the subject, and to
show an apiireciation of the role
the school can jilay in the preven
tion of tulx'rcnlosis.
English 7 Glass Tested
On ‘Information Please’
“Iiiforniation Plojise” was tlie type
of test staged in Mi.ss Lottie AVall’s
English 7 cltis.ses Tlmrsday, October 31,
wli(*n Miss A’irginia Conrad, student
teacher, impersonated Clifton Eadi-
niJin, nmster of certmionies on that
I)rogram.
Students subniitt(‘d qnesllons on
John Milton’s works. Paradise Lost,
L'Allegro. and H Penscroso, wliich
they have just finished studying. Each
(lucry mi.ssed cost the mistaken per
son Ji forfeit.