Page Six
HIGH LIFE
■jpril 18, 1042
Gene Thornton Wins
School Song Contest;
Bennett Rates Second
Calvin McAdoo Ranks Third;
Students Choose Favorites
Ry Casting Secret Rallots
“Sitico Ills cnlry received the largest
iininlxT of voles in llie school song con
test, (}eii(‘ Thoi-ntoii’s nnitilter, “To
Live and Learn and Give,” will he the
otileial school song of Senior high,” re-
v(‘a]ol .I‘weU Hyatt, eliairman of the
song contest, today.
Iteniiett
Anni(‘ Laurie Bennett, author of .song
nunilx'r two. rated second place in the
event. wliil(‘ Calvin IMcAdoo ])laced
third. Both students are nienibers of
the music deiiarlment and active par
ticipants in vocal activities.
Has Shown 1’aletit
Tliornlon. tii-sl. ])lac(‘ winiKU*, though
not a nieml)('r of tin* musical group, i.s
hnown for his jKK'lry, much of which
aijjiears in tin* columns of High Lifi*.
“Tin* contest i'*sult(‘d in a W'ide in
terest for good music,” .Towel ex
plained. “and tin* nn*mhers of the
comnii((e* f(‘(‘l that tin* contest has
brought S(*nior high a r(‘al .school song,”
sin* concliuh'd.
Pedagogue Garden Show
Displays Students Projects
Week’s Screwy Doin’s
Rush the Bucket Brigade
Soliloquy Suits Sleeper
TVhen well-lcnown .sleepyhead, .T. li.
Bateman, drifted off into peaceful
slumi)or one. fine spring morning, just
after he’d memorized Hamlet’s sugges
tive .soliloquy, die, to sleep, per
chance to dr(‘am!” he didn’t su.spect,
“Ay, there’s tlm rub,” to be .so close
boliind.
After he’d been snoring for five min
utes, Pal Herman Cone draped over
the sleeper’s necic a placard reading
“1)0 not disturb.” The belt rang; no
one told the sleeper. Bateman awoke
from his snooze just in time to run
to his second period class.
Flow Atmut It?
After watcdiing innumerable .speak
ers fumble embarrassedly for the open
ing in the auditorium curtains, one
bright little fellow’ reportedly queried,
“Why don’t they put a t;ib on the edge
of th(> curtain .so they can tell where
to go inV” Not a bad idea, that.
(’uiud’s l{eau\
Becau.se tiiey had undertaken to
“sophisticate” a naive junior male
Iriend, two supposediy dignified senior
girls (names withheld by reipiest) de
cided to rib both the boy and their
favorite instructor. 'I'hey painted two
red cupid’s bows,—lip prints to you—
on the un.su.speetiiig creature, bedaubed
themselves in the same brilliant colors,
and pranced into the classroom.
P.S.—Hid they get fooled?—nobody
laughed.
Doubtless the most absent - minded
screwball of the week was an uniden
tified junior, who, in doing woodwork
in the .shop, tossed an unlighted match
over his shoulder without regard as to
its landing place.
Almost immediately a long spurt of
flame shot up from a nearby table;
the amateur tire brigade soon discov
ered lliat the litie fellow had dropped
the fire-stick into an open bottle of
furniture iiolisli—thus causing instan
taneous combustion.
Slighliy Addled?
ifaybe it was just for a laugh, but—
when queried on an English test, “Did
the king like Hamlet in the beginning
of tlie play?” .Tane Sloan piped up with,
“Do you answer that with yes or no?”
More nutty girls! Ye Paragrapher,
annoyed bj’ strange sounds next door
while composing thi.s, sought out the
cause of the disturbance: An amateur
girls’ quart(*t harmonizing loudly on
“You Are Jly Sunshine” in — of all
places—the maid’s closet!
M’Ik'Ii (Ik* Pedagogue gard'n club
liolds its flower show tomorrow in
flu* home economics room, tlu* Nature
study class M-ill 'Xbibit wild flowers,
whicli (be students have Im'cu collect
ing. mountiiig, and pressing for the
l)a.s(. two weeks. A group of natur-
alisli(; .•iri-augements will also lx* on
displa.\'.
Oilier Nature Study Projects
Last fall Hie Naturi* study group
jilauli'd Englisli daisu's and oriental
poppies. lial(*iy tiower beds have been
made at tin* south side of main build
ing. 'I’lu* garden makers have n'quest-
ed tin* s(ud(‘uts to cooperate in caring
for lh(‘m.
’I'ln* most recent projects of the
Naturi* lovers featured the planting
of zinnias and marigolds in two cold
frames in Hu* Botanical garden. Later
tlu*y will 1)(* traiisplanti'd to a larger
garden.
♦
Dramatics Club Plans
Party at Country Park
“Preparations for a Pbiymaslers’
parl.\’, tli(' first soeinl this season, and
an informal alTair. are well nnder-
Wiiy.” annonnei'd El(*anor Dare 'raylor.
eluh pri'sidi'iif, after the last meeting.
'ITu* group \-o|(‘d to have tin* party at
the eoimtr.v {)ark. Friday, May !).
.V eoiumitlee composi'd of Pranees
T\ iuslow, Ehiiiie Milh'r. Baelu'l Baxter,
and Eva .Ml(>u 'I'ravis. will arrangt*
anuiseim*nls and plan the nu'nu in the
form of a weiaer roast. Dancing and
.swimming will he two features of the
evening.
T'lu* eluh also di'clded to invit
stage crew nu*mbers as guests,
Studenis Design Placards
For College Day Delegates
In preparation for college dtty, April
i-Y), iiiemh(‘rs of Mis.s Henri Etta Tree’s
Jirt classes luivo made wooden plac
ards and copper pins to indicate the
various eolU'ges wlio will send dele-
git tes.
T'he phieards *onsist of it wooden
background cut in the .shape of the
sliile of North ('arolinji, with tlie
naiiK's of Hu* colleges represent'd in-
serilx'd on it iiu'litl piece near the bot
tom. Piiiiited on each placiird is an
Anu'riean Hag and one of tlie stiite
wliere (lie iiidivhlual college is located.
'1 iiose who made tin* pins iind plac-
anls w(*re Horace Finch, Friiiik Ker-
nodle. (rciie (lottschalk. Loo Boueche,
.riinmy WiLson. Donald Garrett. Bud
.Tolinson, T'rt'd I'nli), Woodrow TVil-
moth, .lack .Fiirvis, TVarren 'Thomas,
Jlarviii Purvis. Will Roberts. .Tames
Patton. Walliice Fulton, Alliort M.v-
riek. ,T. L. Mateer. Irnni Stritrkhiml,
Earle Chapman. J. B. l.ovin. Walter
Spencer, Ralpli Hodgiii, H. E. Roberts, I
and 'Tluul Craven.
. I
Kennedy, Eller Made
April .Tunior Clubsters
Chairman Gives Rules
To Govern Dime Dance
III (his week’s eoimeil i-eport, Jean
(Jarber, diairniaii of the student
dance, has announced the following
rules for students to observe after
they pay their dimes tonight at the
.\rmoi‘y:
1. Boys must wear coats and ties.
2. No one wii! be allowed to
come in after 9:80 (exce|)t band
members).
2. Once anyone has gone out, he
cannot come in again.
4. No smoking will lie allowed.
.\s the successful future of the
dance depends u|)oti the observance
of these rules, the committee asks
full cooperation from the entire
student liody.
Five Pupils to Enter
Alliance French Test
Competing against pupils from ap
proximately 15 nearby county and city
higli schools, five students, Dianne
Page, Rachel Baxter, Aurelia Dunstan,
Bill Brinkley, and Douglass Hunt, will
represent Greensboro in the ninth an
nual Alliance French contest, May 10,
disclosed Miss Estelle Mitchell, head
of the French department, last week.
Silver Cup Grand Prize
The examination will inclue written
and oral exercises on verb forms, dic
tation, general questions, vocabulary,
and composition. Members of the local
Alliance Francaise, judges for the test,
will present a silver cup May 12 to
the toji-ranking school team, and metal
phKiue.s to the two liighest-scoring in
dividuals in both rural and tow’n acad
emies.
Hopes to Win
“Having already won the contest
once, last year, Senior liigh hopes to
receive that grand prize again in 1941
and 1942, that it may keep the silver
cup permanently,” Miss Mitchell dis-
cTo.sed,
Richards Receives Honor
In Business Department
'National Directory of Business Edu
cation,” the who’s who in the business
world, has invited William A. Rich-
arcl.s, campus supervisor of business
education, to submit a biographical
sketch.
Witli other qualifications, Richards
is something of an author, as he writes
a monthly column in the “Modern Busi
ness Education World” entitled, “In
Other Magazines.” He has also writ
ten a handbook on district education
and a typing instruction book, which
will be copyrightecl this year.
To ri'iu-eseiit Senior high a.t tlie
Roliiry and I‘rof(*ssioniiI and Biisiiios.*)
Woman’s clnl).> for the month of April.
Priiu-iiml A. P. Rontli nanu*d Solomon
Ivenned.v. junior Rotariaii. and .Jane
Eller, .imiior ln].-in*ss woman.
Ivennedy is sports editor of High
Lili* and .ram* i.s si'cretary of semes
ter S.
(he
Senior liomerc'ouis voted for super
latives ot (lieir elass. ’Tliursda.v, .Vpril
10. 'I'hese will lie aimouneed at ei
nieuceiuent.
You alu aijs get the best
for less at KKESS
Johnson Com.
Buck .lohnson. the Coal Man
Cor. I.ee and .laekson Sts.
Phone 2-0571
Douglass Iluai spoke ti
to y(‘st(>rla.v on Hu* snlijei
rouueil ('leel ion problems.
home room
■t of student
Girl Reserves Entertain
At Local Masonic Eloine
Members of the Be Worthwhile Girl
Reserves presented a program of en-
fi'rtainment for the Jiasonic home.
'Tuesday. April S.
The iirogram iucluded a dance num-
h(‘r by Eva Bowies, two ri'adings by
Aleta Ovi'i’street and her younger
tu'otlu'r. Sydne.v. Doroth.v Baughn gave
a piano solo, and Dorn and Daphne
Lewis sang a duet. Candy and French
cookies W(*re served.
Peggy Shaffer Winner
In Elks Essay Contest
After writing a 30(i-woifl essay
oil “What I'nole Sam Means to
Me” and submitting it in the Elks
essay contest, Peggy Shaffer, stu
dent of Miss Sara Mims’ English
class and a member of Journalism
1, was the second place winner and
received a prize of $7.50. Beside
the essay, Peggy described a poster
which displayed the fourteen sym-
bols of American life.
Automobile Accessories
and Radio Supplies
Advance Stores
520 S. Elm St.
Thacker's, Inc.
A Good Place to Eat
108 W. Market St.
You Can Always Depend
on Quality at
C. G. Fordham’s
3U S. Khn 5432
Editor a La Harlem
or
Some of Hitler’s Work?
Disgustedly and In desperation the
weary High Life reporter, sans
for a deadline, called her editor, Elea
nor Dare Taylor, at phone 7420
After several moments of persistent
ringing, a hnsky female voice answered
cheerily, “Good evening.”
The reporter, recognizing the voice
as one employed by Eleanor in her
lighter moments, and feeling not too
light-hearted and gay, retorted, “Well
what are 5-011—the spirit of good wilD"
At the other party’s uproarious
laughter, the reporter became quite i,.
ritated at the deias'—and the "new”
voice:
■Well, change that voice! You sound
mad.” (still more laughter).
Well, it isn’t funny. I've got to
have a deadline for ...”
“A deadline? You got a breadline!”
replied the other half of this dialogue.
This was the last straw! By now
the poor reporter was completely un-
nerved. She began pleading in a qua
vering voice:
“Please, now, Eleanor ...”
“Eleanor? Eleanor who?’’
“Why, Eleanor Roosevelt, of course,”
sarcastically asserted the news-gath
erer.
‘Eleanor?” the “editor” was bewil-
dered, “Eleanor Roosevelt? You must
he Hitler’s sister!” .
There was a slight gurgle at the other
end of the line, which puzzled the sup
posed “editor.”’
She finally, after a 30-second pause,
asserted: “Honest, you got the wrong
number. This is Mrs. Taylor. I thought
you was somebody else and yon thought
I was.”
“Since when did Miss Taylor become
Mrs. Taylor?” The reporter had reached
the end of this rope, as had the other
party.
“Thist is Mrs. Taylor at 7320 ...”
The news-hound then sighed:
“O. K., sister, you win. Let me know
when you’ve calmed down.”
After hanging up, the reporter be
came curious and flipped through the
telephone book. It was an Ethiopian
in the deadline! • There it was: Tay
lor. Wesley F., 1105 Gorrell street,
320.
Easter holidays have necessitated
the postponing of the marble tourna
ment at Greensboro high school from
April 11 to April 17.
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