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volume XVII
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N, C„ APRIL 4, 1I41
NUMBER 42
Dance Sponsors
ALEXANDER, SHOLAR, YOUNG,
PAGE, SPONSORS FOR DANCE
Senior Band Ready
To Enter Competition
At Annuat Festivat
Approximately SO Senior high stu
dents will appear with the Greensboro
high school band when it participates
in the animal state music contest sched
uled for April 17-20 at ‘Woman’s col
lege.
Because it received a class A first
place ratin.g in 1940’s music convention,
the band was not required to attend
the district eliminations held during
the week of March 23.
Hazelman to Direct Band
The in‘“trumental group, under the
direction of Herbert Hazelman, of the
high school faculty, will play, April
18, and will give the required composi
tion, Second Sumpliony by Borodin,
and as it.s own selection, Haydn Woods
King Orry Rhapsodi/.
Ensembles to Enter
As another feature of the festival
the following ensembles, who won first
places in the district contest and thus
became eligible for the festival, are
preparing to compete on April 17:
French horn quartet composed of Wal
ter Howerton, Alvin Waynick, and
Floyd Stout; clarinet quartet with
Bayard ‘Whitehurst, Jack Watson, Eu
gene Kichardson, and Earle Holliday.
Also the trombones played by Marshall
Britain, Clyde St. Sing, Bradley
Willis, and Walter Dykes.
Judging Bands
Judges for the band entries, an
nounced Monday by Mr. Hazelman, in
clude Glenn Bainum of Xorthwestern
university and John Ileney of Stetson
university in Deland, Florida.
As the choral division of the state
music contest 'was held in Winston-
Salem. March 22, Raymond Brietz an
nounced today that the only singers to
participate in the contest in Greens
boro will be 40 boys and girls wdio
will sing in a chorus of 500 voices
April 18 and 10.
Annual Easter Holidays
April 11-14 Inclusive
Holidays for observance of
Easter will, as usual, last for four
days, according to a recent an
nouncement by Ben L. Smith, su
perintendent of city schools.
As Easter Sunday this year is
April 13, students will have Ainil
11 through 14, good Friday and
Easter Monday, with the regular
Saturday and Sunday, free from
school.
Schools, therefore, will close
Thursday afternoon, April 15, at
the regular time.
Local Speech Victors
To Go To Wake Forest
N. C. Occupation Students
Begin Annual Convention
To acquaint themselves further with
the manner in which diversified occu
pation students co-ordinate their work
and studies, the North Carolina Co
operative training clubs held their first
annual convention at Wilmington, Fri
day, March 28.
q’he program, which lasted two days,
featured such unusual convention items
as visits to students at work in their
regular .iobs, a special R.O.T.C. review
for the delegates’ benefit, and a tour
of Wilmington’s most interesting sights,
the final event of the meeting.
Representing Greensboro, three occu-
l)ational students, D. F. Harris, Clif
ford Adams, and Frances Stallings, ac
companied by Dabney Doty, vocational
instructor, attended the conference.
In preparation for the third an
nual high school speech tournament
to he held at Wake Forest college on
April 23, 24, 25, members of the speech
class will compete in an elimination
contest here, April 7, 8, 9.
The winner in each of the latter
grouixs will go to Wake Forest with
the Greensboro high school debating
team to compete with contestants from
thirty other high schools there.
Greensboro Team Debates
Each debating team will have a
chance to debate six times in the tour
nament. Ratings and criticisms will
he given all groups, and the winners
will he awarded a cup. The ten most
outstanding individual debaters will re
ceive certificates of honor and the
school reporting the largest number
of practice debates will obtain a cup.
Local Contestants Named
The following students will enter
the local contest:
Oration: Martie McDemian, Frances
Hodgiii, Beverly Langston, Bruce Boa-
man, Nancy Cowherd.
Declamation; Frank Walser, Evelyn
Glass, 'Perpsie Kypriss, Aleta ' Over-
street, Faye Sprinkle, Violet Oaneega.
Impromptu: .John Lowdermilk, Her-
iiert Ilattuway, I’aul Miller, and Doug
lass Hunt.
After-Dinner Speaking: Mell Alex
ander. Rose Holderfiehl, Charles Iluf*
fines, Erls Johnson, Albert Myrick, and
Cliarles Eager.
Gala Affair At Armory to Be Informal;
Weill, Halladay to Superintend Floor;
Governing Rules to Be Announced Later
Baxter, Page, Dunstan
Win French Honors
Brinkley Is Runner-Up;
Result to Be Announced
After Triangular Debates
By entering a team of two i)erfect
papers and one with only twm errors.
Senior high school language depart
ment hopes to win recognition as a
result of the seventeenth annual state
French contest held last week, with
Dianne Page, Rachel Baxter, and Au
relia Dunstan competing for honors.
The local runner-up, Bill Brinkley, also
turned in a roiwrt w’ith a high score.
Winners Aniiouncel Later
Judges from the romance language
school of the University of North Caro
lina, sponsors for the event, \nu11 an
nounce final results “sometime in
April, probably after the triangular de
bates at Wake Forest,” Miss Estelle
Mitchell, head of the French depart
ment, declared last week. The test,
given in Greensboro, March 17, and
sent to Chapel Hill March 27, con
sisted of vocabulary w'ork, verb forms,
reading, and comiwsition.
"I^ast year,” Miss Mitchell concluded,
•‘Harriet Sink '40 won top honors in
the state, while our team as a whole
also gained cov^^t^d laurels.”
Inner Writing Committee
Revises Senior Pageant
After the senior pageant writ
ing committee submitted the first
draft of the play last week, l\Iiss
Ann ITarbison, adviser to the writ
ers, checked it and gave it to an
inner writing group. This circle,
composed of Gene Thornton, chair
man, Aurelia Dunstan, Rachael
Whiteside, and Douglass Hunt,
then ])egan revision of the docu
ment.
Student council members, in pre
paring for the coming Senior high
.school dime dance, have selected the
.iunior and senior sponsors of the af
fair. Mell Alexander and Martha
Sholar will act as sponsors from the
junior class, while Dianne Page and
Miriam Young will represent the senior
group.
The dance, which is under the aus
pices of the Co-Recreational depart
ment of Greensboro, is scheduled to
take place at the armory, April 18, and
will last from 8:30 to 11:45.
Garber in Charge of Social Affair
Jean Garber, chairman of the gen
eral committee, has as her assistants,
Joe McBane, Martha Sholar, and
Dianne Page.
Bill Ilalluday and Charlie Weill, co-
chairmen of the floor committee to
see that the dance runs smoothly, have
as assistants, Betty Jo Ferrell, Mar-
gaix't AVelker and Jewell Hyatt.
IMaiis for the soft drinks to be sold
are taking shape under the direction
of Bill Brinkley, chairman, and Bev
erly lleitinan, Herbert Hattaway, and
Joan Ilolleyman, members of the re
freshment committee.
Chai)eron Cominitteo Gets UiMler Way
The chaperon group, headed by A)in
'riiornton, with Billy Donald, Rachel
Baxter, Neil Beard, and Evelyn Rayle
assisting, is making arrangements for
chaperons, while Eleanor White and
Douglass Hunt have received appoint
ments to serve on the door committee
with its co-chairmen, Boh IVrry and
Delia Atkinson.
Garber Explains Purimse of Dance,
Jean Garber, general manager of Ihe
social affair, stated that the purpose
of the dance was to "break tlie ice
at Greensboro high school and to fur
nish fun for the students, all of whom
are invited to attend this informal af
fair.
Pearson Business Manager
Of Guilford Paper Sfaff
After defeating Million Rolls, Paul
Pciirson, alumnus of ’39, was elected
business manager of the Guilford col-
P. B. Comer Visits School,
Gives Talk on Army Life
Six Schools Accept Bid
To Attend Play Day
Shown above are the sponsors for tb^'
student council dance to be held April
18. Mell Alexander, junior class rep
resentative: Miriam (Creamy) Young,
selected at large from the senior cia.ss;
Martha Sholar, junior member from
council; and Dianne Page, senior mem
ber from council. (Photo of Dianne
Page by Flynt).
Help Offerel Poultry Group
To fit young potential fowl-raisers
for life work in that field, Watson
Feed company, makers of Wafeo Divi
dend feeds, will finance several poultry-
men over IG years of age by furnishing
100 baby chicks and all necessary food.
Six schools, High Point, Curry,
Burlington, Lexington, Durham, and
Salisbury, accepted the invitation ex
tended them by the Play Day com
mittee, to send 20 or more girls to
participate in Play Day events here
at Senior high April 25, according to
an announcement made by Miss Doris
Hutchinson, adviser, this week.
q'he representatives, together with
those of Greensboro high school, will
contest in various activities such as
softball, horseshoes, volley ball, tennis,
badminton, archery, and ping pong.
"Yes, I’m hack for a visit to my
Alma IMater,” said P. B. Comer, 1938
graduate of Senior high school, when
interviewed hy High Life’s reporter,
the occasion of the recruit’s return
to Greensboro from Fort Jackson, South
Carolina, foi\ a short furlough, JIarch
20.
‘While at G. II. S., I took chemistry
under Mr. Tom Jenrette, and later a
year of iC at Guilford college,” he said,
“and this course brought me later divi
dends. I left college and joined the
army, but before I hadi spent many tir
ing hours of regular drilling, my col
onel, (’lyde C. Johnston, discovered my
experience and put me to work in the
medical laboratory
sionel officer.”
“I had a steam-heated room of my
own,” declared Comer, “and a compar
atively easy job of making analyses
and experiments and treating minor
injuries.
I was certainly glad of the
(Continued on Page Seven)
Girl Reserves Celebrate
Birthday, April 20-26
To Start a week of celebration of
their GGth birthday, the Girl Reserves of
all Greensboro schools, white and Negro,
will present a vesper service Sunday
evening, April 20, at Lindley element
ary school’s outdoor theatre. Reverend
Kenneth Goodson will speak on this
occasion, and Mrs. S. K. Isler of Cen
tral junior high school will direct the
music.
lege newspaper. “The Gnilfordian.” lie
succeeds Armstead Estes, ’37 graduate
of Greensboro high school.
In spite of the fact that he has been
out of high school, wbiwe he was edi
tor of High Life and a Torchlight mem-
iter, for only two years. Pearson belongs
to the junior class.
He has been elected master council
lor of the local Demolay, for two
terms: he is also muster conm-illor of
the (’arolina Demolay assx;iation,
which embraces two states.
The former Greensboro high student,
who is majoring in chemistry at Guil
ford, played football in his freshman
year.
Mrs. Thomas Replaces
Mrs. Burton on Board
History Glasses Writing
To Students Overseas
Mrs. Graham ’rhomas will fill the
vacancy on the school lioard created
by the resignation of Mrs. C. O. Bur
ton, according to an announcement by
Supt. Ben L. Smith.
Mrs. Burton served on the school
board for approximately two years.
Mrs. Thomas will complete her iin-
expired term.
As a class project. Miss Mary Ellen
Blackman’s history students are plan
ning to correspond with students over-
.seas. Having obtained a list of names
of students living in all jiarts of the
world, Miss Blackman is distributing
tbe names and addres.ses to tliose wish
ing to write.
Among the nationalities represented
are Cireat Britain, France, Scotland,
Ireland, Wales, Italy, the I*hilipplnes,
Hawaii, and a group of countries in
Africa.