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Vol. 2.
Thy Getting^, Get Understanding.’
gOLDSBOEO, N. C., MCmi^Y, NOVE^ER 5, 1.928.
News
DRAMATIC CLUB
IS MOST POPULAR
ChampionsMp Play “The
Valiant,” Being Worked
by Club
The most popular club in school, the
Dramatic Club, began its regular sea
son’s work Tuesday, October 3, with j
a successful meeting although thore
were over 135 present.
Miss Margaret Kornegay, the 3p-in-
sor of the club says that there will
necessarily be some eliminations. To
be a member of the club one must be
talented in characterization (X must
be interested in helping with i^e staga
acquirement; such as, make-u|, electri.
cal fixtures, costumes, etc.
Last year’s Dramatic ells' elected
officers for this year; thfefore no
time was lost in getting toV^ork. The
officers are as follows; Altfinder Mc
Lean, president; Worth Bslwin, vice-
president; Mary Borden.treasurer;
and Elizabeth Smith, secrary.
Work is well under wayowards ].re
senting a play in chapel The play,
“The Valiant,” was seleed by Miss
Kornegay at the reque of several
students who saw it lastenr at Chap
el Hill. It was the chaj)ionship plav
presented by Charlott^igainst “The
Violin Maker of Crema” from Wii- j
|.expenditures, and the profit. (If there
is any), Louise Waters, who was grad-
^uated from High School last year, ie
an assistant to Mrs. Spicer.
The school authorities and Mrs. Spi
cer want all the students who wish to
bring their lunch to school to eat it in
the cafeteria.
I RICAEDO WINS RACE
I ■ ^—•
Biology Being Tanght in G-.
H. S. for First Time
Proves Exciting
IMAGINE IT! ALL FOR A
QUARTER
N*) 1.
son.
“The purpose of the -’amatic Club”,
says Miss Kornegay, ^ not to train
the members to becon actors and ac
tresses, but to train tTa to speak cor
rectly, stand correctl'Use proper ges
tures, Jn presenting clings”, rwhicb
she says is a part one’s personal
ity), “and to study ^d plays.”
query FORtaRATE
BEING ONSIDEBED
World Coiir''^t*TObIem WO!
Xn Ail Frctbi’ity Olairo
. ^ **■ p n fyt fj,} X)^ t -
toTition tl| yeai' ' '
I
“Resolved, tt the United States
should join thVorld Court.” This
is the question It is being consider
ed by the cerl committee of the
High School Dting Union of North
Carolina as a bable subject for the
1929 State hijff'.hool debating con
test. This infiiation was disclosed
in a: letter fr R. R. Rnnkin,
tary of Nort-arolina High Schoo]
Debating Un, to Miss Christine
Vick, debati coach iji the fligh
School.
Since the stion as to whether the
United Stat^hould enter the World
Court has '1 the public attention
for a num' of years, the debater?
will have ’-rouble in finding mate
rial on thiUery.
Last yeae Goldsboro High School
debiiters \\second ]>lace in both tnr
affirmatived negative sides in the
finals of tS'tate-wide debating con
test that ’held at Chiipel Hill. Th;
affirmativtis upheld by Mary Lang
ston and’i Powell; while Eleanor
Bizzell aijzra, frriffin supported the
negative . Since graduation claim,
ed only * member, Mary Langston,
of last yi debating team, the High
School’s ice of winning the Aycock
Memoriap is very bright.
I Ricardo and Shakespeare, wifh
j apologies to Shakespeare, were lined
I up for a race in Miss Colson’s biology
.laboratory. Shakespeare was the pron-
j erty of Son Henderson, and Frank
I Hicks was the proud owner of Ricardo.
, Both grasshoppers were released at
I the same time, and sensing freedom
j each gave a mighty hop. Ricardo won,
j Miss Colson’s class was studying in
i' sects, and to make it more interesting
the students collected live grasshop
pers for observation. When they re
turned to class, Miss Colson was a
little behind, so Son suggested a race
jfor their favorite grasshoppers. Each
I was placed on a desk and simulta-
! neously released. Frank’s won by near-
I ly two yards, but Son contended that
it wasn’t fair because Prank’s had
wings, while his has to rely solely on
his legs.
Biology is being taught this year for
the first time in the Goldsboro High
School. In the laboratory is a com
plete new set of equipment, and it is
a lucky group of students, who are
taking this subject under Miss Colson.
EXPLOSTOK PRISHT- '■
ENS BEN OAMPEN
Tn Hast.e to Hear World Se
ries Ben’s Experiment
Nearly Proves Fatal
THE STUDENTS OF G. H. S.
WILL NOT HAVE THE EX
CUSE THIS YEAR “THAT THE
S'UBSCRIPTION PRICE IS TOO
HIGH TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE
G. H. S. NEWS.”
the CIRCULATION STAFF
HAS figured, that IF 475
STUDENTS WILL SUBSCRIBE
TO THE PAPER, THE SUB
SCRIPTION RATE WILL BE
ONLY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
FOR THE YEAR. THIS WILL
give every STUDENT A
CHANCE TO SUBSCRIBE TO
the PAPER.
the OBJECT OF THE PA
PER IS NOT TO MAKE MON
EY, BUT TO PLACE THE PA
PER IN THE HOME OF EVERY
high school STUDENT, SO
AS TO LET THE HOME
FOLKS KNOW JUST WHAT IS
really going on in THE
G. H. S.
THE paper THIS YEAR
SHOULD BE AND WILL BE
THE BEST PAPER THAT HAS
ever been put OUT BY
the STUDENTS OF G. H. S.,
BECAUSE THERE IS A CLASS
IN JOURNALISM.
high prepares for
SELF-GOVERNMENT
Miss Sherwood, Chairman
of Faculty Committee,
Says, “Students Are Al
ready Participating in
School Management
HAMILTON RESIGNS
AS HI PRINCIPAL
Will Begin Work for Ph. de
gree at Peabody College
Nashville, Tenn.
BEST-FONVILLE IS
NEW LOCAL FIRM
Two G.H.S. Youths go Into
Rummage Business and
Make Large Sums.
with his hand over his left eye. IIo
was in the chemistry “lab” trying'an
experiment labeled “Caution” when the
explosion occurred. Upon examining
himself, Ben found that he was :ioTie
the worse for his experiment.
Ben was hurrying through with his
experiment so he could go down to the
auditorium to “listen in” on the sec
ond game of the World Series. The
experiment, which almost caused dis
astrous results, required that a metalic
capsule be filled with sodium and
thrust downwards into an inverted
test tube filled with water. Ben start
ed to follow instructions, but when the
capsule was half way down, a bit of
the sodium came out, and the result
was an explosion.
It may be of interest to the readers
to know that the other, students took
their time.
' Five ieigb Women Visi^
-"inch Room
I
The Lunch Room was visited in the
past week by a committee of five ladies
of the Parent Teacher’s Association of
the Murphy S’chool in Raleigh. They
commented on the quality, the quan
tity and price of the delicious -nid
wholesome food that was sold'to the
students in the cafeteria, and seemed
pleased with the way the Lunch Room
was managed.
The management of the Cafeteria
has been taken over by the school,
and .Mrs. Spicer,' the former manager,
is working on a salary. She reports
to Mr. Armstrong the purcharses.
LIBRARY PAGES
ELM'^OFPICERS
FORTY STUDENTS PLAN TO GIVE
ONE PERIOD EVERY DAY TO
SERVICE AND APPEARANCE OF
THE LIBRARY.
Let’s come back Thursday,” said
(Nigger) Paul Best to Jack Fonville.
“Suits me” was the reply, “I have-
not spent but $5.00 so far, and I have
plenty leit for another day.”
j Tl'if5 wnq piirt rf ,T ivr\
t/ve of Th(^: iNtv>s at .Mio
fair Tuopjiay. Jlaviiig heard tin's and
remembering that lie had seen the boys
on every ride, in every side show, and
at all times having their mouths, pock
ets, and hands full of candy, peanuts,
hot dogs, and everytbing else eatable
that was sold at tbe fair, the reporter
determined to find out how the boys
could spend so much money and still
have so much left for another day.
Upon approaching and asking them
where they obtained such riches, be
was quickly given this answer: “By
the use of BRAINS and BUSIXESS
ABfUTY.” After having made fur
ther investigation be discovered that
the boys had cleaned up the closets of
their respective homes the Saturday
before the fair, and had a very succes'^-
ful rummage sale which carried ihe
name of Best and Fonville. According
to the boys, the profits were around
$12.00 which was being used in the
useful manner described above.
Miss STierwood, chairman of the
faculty committee for introducing Stu
dent Self Government into Goldsboro
High School, and her helpers. Miss
Vick and Miss Atkins, have begun
their work in earnest.
Sudent participation Is being tried
now, and so far has proved successful.
The students are formed Into commit
tees to take charge where they are
needed.
The members of the assembly sqnad
are, Mary Hall Smith, Sara Derr, Mer-
rette Moore and Alexander McLean.
These students see that the auditorium
is made attractive with flowers and is
properly ventilated. They meet all
visitors coming to the school to speak
to the students, and make these visi
tors seem as much at home as possible.
Those taking charge of the halls dur
ing lunch periods are, Elizabeth Smith
and Leslie Parfour. These students
stay in the halls and see that there is
quiet so that classes maj^ be carried on
without disturbance.
In each homo room and class room
Miss Sherwood hopes to organize a
committee to check the daily attend-
anse, see that the room is properly
ventilated and that the room is kept
in order, paper picked up off the floor
and the shades adjusted.
Nothing definite has been deci'hMl
about the study halls, although i,ho
school has some honor study hails.
These are run by the students oi-d
have proved successful.
SPE.L.LTTif!. TS Wnw
TATTfiIT7 TH G. «
The library pages met, IMonday. Ort.
16, for the purpose of electing officer?.
The following were elected to serve for
a period of three months: Tenny«
Thornton, president: Sadie Rhodes,
vice-president; Dorothy Aldred, treaf-
urer; Sara Derr, secretary; Irene
Bryan, typist.
About forty students were present
at tbis meeting, and more have put in
applications. Miss Roark, who was
very much pleased with the interest
being shown by the students, said “We
want to make our library home-like.’’
These pages plan to give one of the'r
vacant periods each day helping in the
library. They will keep the magazines
and books in order, the paper off the
flor, chairs straight, and help at the
desk when Miss Roark is busy. Miss
Roark expects to start her library
course soon.
DEAMAT.TC CLUB TO
PRESENT NEW PLAY
NEWBERN PILAND WILL PLAY
lead IN “THE VALIANT”; MARY
BORDEN HAS ONLY FEMALE
ROLE
The \ aliant , a one act play th:it
won first place in the Dranutic Con
test last year will be presented in
about two weeks by the DrinKiUo
Club. Miss Margaret Kornegay. spon.
sor of the Club, after several trv outs
has chosen the following cast: The
Valiant, Newborn Piland; Warden,
Alexander McLean;Father Daly, Ralph
G-iddens; Miss Paris, Mary Borden;
Jailer, Paul Mazingo.
The student body is looking forward
eagerly to the day when the play
will be given. I^ast year the Club
presented, “Riders to the Sea”, which
was greatly enjoyed by the students.
‘S'tudents who saw “The Valiant” at
Chapel Hill last year during the dra
matic conference pronounce it a won-
(lerful play.
able Tm'n’:’ov3ment in
.'5’>ellin,o' in Themes and
Test Papers
High school students have returned
to a grammar school subject ^his year,
and spelling, a badly needed subject.
Is required of every puj)!] in high
school.
For some years the teachers and
princi))als have been tr,\'iing to devise
a way that s))el]ing might bo tau.‘;U't
successfully. It was a j)i'oblom since
high schools and colIoTes do not give
a unit for this subject.
A^Vliile 1V1 r. T. T. Hamilton was studv.
ing at Columbia University this sum-
niei he found out how other schools
were teaching spelling, so he adoi)ted
Iheir idan.
1'rom S: 4.^ to 9:00 on Mond;iy
mornings all students spell twenty-five
new words. If a student misses a word
on Monday, he has to drill on it Tues-
jday, Wednesday and Thursday morn
ings; while the student who makes a
hundred has a study period. On Fri
day all students have to spell all
words again to see if there is any im
provement over Monday’s record.
The suelling list is compiled by the
j English teachers from words misspell-
led most frequently.
Since this plan has been followed
the teachers have noted a consideral'le
impi ovement in spelling, in themes,
and test papers.
Mr. Hamilton has resigned.
This fact was announced to the stu.
dent body on October 9, in chapel by
Superintendent Ray Armstrong. Mr.
Hamilton made this change to take up
his graduate work at Peabody Teach
ers College in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mr. Hamilton received an unusual
opportunity from PeabodjT while he
was visiting the school this summer.
After he completes his winter and
spring terms at Peabody, he will re
turn to Columbia summer school to get
his Master’s degree. While he Is la
Peabody he will study for the higher
degree of doctor of philosophy.
During the time Mr. Hamilton has
been principal of Goldsboro High, he
has done everything possible to make
G. H. S. the best school in the state.
“If the students in high school would
work as hard on their studies as Mr.
Hamilton has worked on his duties,
I’m sure not a student would fail his
work.” said Mr. Armstrong In his an
nouncement. The real school spirit
has been greatly increased, and every
thing has been run as a well organ
ized system.
Mr. Hamilton spent much of the first
five weeks of school manning the activ-
itie*?, .'tnd mnVirifr n]nns for the rest of
the school year. H'e leaves all his work
comnlete and well-organized.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton left S'atu^
day, October l.-^, so Mr. Hamilton couKl
begin work Tuesday. October 16.
HiaH AIMS SET FOR
ass.em:^y pe.i^iobs
Mn.riy •T’r
‘Have
Ars Co-operat
ing.
Charles and Wyatt Enjoy
Antos at Pair
Bamb! And there went On.a'ies
TSdgerton bumping into Wyatt EA'um
on the automobiles at the fair, Tues
day. These automobiles were one of
the many rides found at the fair this
year. They are run by electricity and
when the current is turned on you pull
the handleback and fhere j'ou go—not
knowing where. Charles and Wya'*
spent most of their money there. To
show how much Charles enjoyed it,
listen to this: “I bought seven tickets
at one time.”
Miss Neilio Cobb and her faculty
committee for the Wednesday morning
assembly periods havo already given
the students a number of interesting
programs, a.nd havo planned many
others.
This assembly jieriod is divhiod into
two ])arts. Tlie firsl is devotional aiul
consists of Bible reading, jn-ayer, and
a hymn or a Patriotic song. The lat
ter |)art is given over to the program
of the day.
From lime to time tb.ero will he
speakers from the outside, but lor tho
most part tho nro.grams will bo gtveu
I by the students. So fur forty.flvc stu-
j dents havo np])oared in the a.^soinbly
programs.
Some of I lie aim^* of tho asse.mblyi
committeo are;
To develop school unity and spirit.
To create a desire for higher (ypea
jof iirograms.
To develop proper audience attitude
aiul conduct.
To .give inspirational guidance.
Holidays such as Thnnksgiving,
Christmas, and Washington’s birihdny,
etc., will bo observed.
In carrAinp: out those plans a num
ber of speakers have been secured.
Mis« ’\T;iry Paison DeVane talked
about forestr.v. The Rov. W. O. Cone
tailed about the (ya and its structure.
During Fire Prevention week, Col. Ed
gar IT. Bain tall'od about tbe itrevcn-
tion oF flre=?. Mis« Nf'lUe Cobb’s class
I of freshmen gave a Kipling iirogram,
I which %vas one of the most enjoyable
that hag been presented, Mr. Arm
strong talked on the subject, “Success”,
and the best way it can be achieved.
In addition to these informing talks
many musical selections have been
given. Among those giving selections
were. Mrs. Will Spicer, F. C. Crow,
Jr., and Misses Annie C. Davis, Ethel
Moore, and liouise Ward.
G.H.S. has “flying colors” now. Have’
you bou,ght your pennant?