Tne Goldsboro High School News
Yol. 2.
“With All Thy Gettings, Get Understanding.’
GC)LDSI30R0, N. C., FKIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929.
No. 4.
OUTLAW, POVVELI. and McLEAN
ARE IIUANGULAR DEBATERS
Alice Deans and Eleanor
Bizzell Tie for Fourth
Place on Team, and
Judges Will Hear |
Them Again. I
Debates will |
be Held j
Aprils I
Edward Outlaw, Alexander McLean,
and Dan Powell will represent G. H. I
S. In the Triangular Debates that will
bo held April 5. Eleanor Bizeil and
Alice Deans tied for the fourth place
on the team, and were asked to speak
before the judges again Tuesday, Feb
ruary 12.
There was more interest taken in
debating this year than any previous
ones; in preceding years only? four cr
five students have entered the try-outs,
but this year there were eight candi
dates for the team. Each candidate,
or speaker, had 3 to 5 minutes at his
disposal, and each one proved one
issue of the question: “Resolved, that
the U. S. should join the World Court.”
All the speakers were good and the
judges, Misses Vick, Ipock, and Beasly
make the decisions with difficulty.
The annual Triangular Debates are
conducted by the Extension Depart
ment of the University of North Caro,
lina.
Our last year’s team made up of
Ezra Griffin, Mary Langston, Dan
Powell and Eleanor Bizzell make a
great bid toward championship honors
by brushing aside all opposition and
going to Chapel Hill in the finals.
Both affirmative and negative teams
won honorable mention, although
neither brought home the Aycock Cup.
As usual, Goldsboro is in the trian
gle with her old rivals, Kinston and
Wilson, and each will debate on neu
tral territory. Goldsboro’s affirmative
will meet Wilson’s negative in Kin
ston; our negative will meet Kinston’s
affirmative in Wilson. iGoldsboro stu
dents will hear Wilson’s affirmative
and Kinston’s negative. All debates
will be held at the Chapel period of
the three schools.
BOY’S CONFERENCE
WILL BE HELD FEB.
15, COMMUNITY
BUILDING
DR. GAINES, PRESIDENT OF WAKE
FOREST COLLEGE, WILL BE |
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER; I
BANQUET TO FOLLOW
SATURDAY NIGHT
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Re-examinaitons will be given on
February 25. All seniors who have
failed one or more subjects will be
allowed to take re-examinations re.
gardless of the grades made. Stu
dents who are not seniors have to
make an average of 60 to be allowed
to 'take the re-examinations. The
exams will be given during school
hours.
TRACK IS W[L80N’8 SPORT;
COACHED HI TEAM IN S. G
New Principal in Interview with Reporter Stated That
Few Changes Would Be Made in Spring Term.
MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
PLEASES STUi>E*, iS
An event of interest to the older
boys of Goldsboro High School will te
the Tenth Annual Older Doys Confer-j
ence for Eastern North Carolina. I
The Conference opens Friday after-j
noon, February 15, and the closing
session will be Sunday noon. There
will be fipproximately 400 boys present
most of them will arrive Friday. The
Memorial Community Building will be
Conference Headquarters and there all
sessions will be held.
The theme of the Conference will
be: “In Quest of Life’s Meaning.” In
cluded in the program will be short
talks by noted boy leaders such as
Dr. Gaines, president of Wake Forest
College, Mr. Ray Armstrong, superin
tendent of the city schools, and J. Wil
son Smith, State Y. M. C. A. Secretary.
Talks by the boys themselves and
group discussions of the problems con.
fronting the boys of today will also be
features. The banquet Saturday night
at the Hotel Goldsboro will, be looked
forward to by those attending the Con
ference with much anticipation. I
There are no expenses attached to
the Conference except a registration
fee of two dollars which will pay the
expenses of the Conference banquet.
All boys of lt> years and over are in
vited to register for the conference.
Ezra Griffin, Room 20, and Alexander
McLean, Room 18, are In charge of reg.
istration and information.
EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL
ARE BEING OBSERVED
BIOLOGY CLASS IS CONDUCTING
AN INTERESTING EXPERI
MENT ON TWO MICE, TIPSY
AND TOPSY,
The students of the biology class
are conducting an interesting experi
ment on two white mice. For the ua^-t
two weeks “Topsy” has been pul ou
a balanced diet, and “Tipsy” ! e* n
fed alcoholic food. The ])urpo;3e >.f this
experiment is to impress upon the
minds of the students the harmful ef
fect of alcohol.
At first “Tipsy” strongly disap
proved of whiskey in his food, but now
he eats it quite readily. In fact Dan,
the janitor, says that he often hears
him criyng for it before the students
arrive to feed him his unwholesome
breakfast.
As yet, there has been no mark'ed
difference in the two mice, except that
“Tipsy” looks rather drousy after h's
meals. The first day he was given
only twelve drops of liquor on his food,
but the amount has been increased
several drops each day. Perhaps the
change will be more noticeable after
“Tipsy” has been drinking steadily
for a month or more.
One of the students asked Miss Col
son, the teacher, if she supposed that
"Tipsy” would see great cats and rat
traps with teeth, when he has delirium
tremens.
T.Tpp PJJ'P
acjtb strangely
MISS ROARK FEARS PEDRO HAS
LOST HIS mind; other FISH
CRY FOR SICK BROTHER.
Pedro, one of Miss Roark’s gold fish,
went crazy the other day. Me was
one of the quartette of gold fish in
the library. Really he was MIfs
Roark’s pet, mainly because he had
■'’’■’fays been sick and I’lnnv
Libjarian first noticed his illne^
he was swimming over and over as
if he were drunk, and it i^-ightened
her because she just knew he had lost
his mind.
The other three fish seem to l e
grieving over their sickly brother and
are seen each morning crying. This
is evident because of the increase of
water in the bowl. The fish is said
to have been sent down to Miss Col
son’s l)iology class to be operated rn.
Interest Shown In Spelling
Miss Perry’s lOB class have spelling
matches during activity period. They
have chosen two sides, with Lois Cas-
teen, the leader of the Greens, and
Elizabeth Hood, the leader of the
WTiites. The sides are about evenly
matched, but Ralph Johnson and iVTil-
dred Edmund son seem to be the best
spellers. Words that they have al
ready spelled this year are given out,
this helps them out on their exams.
There are anout sixteen Seniors
who will have to take re-examinations.
At the present it looks as if the grad
uating class of ’29 will be small.
Miss Kornegay’s first year French
clf'spes have made such headway in
French that second year books have
been ordered so the pupils will have
Fomething to do.
The library is not to be used snell-
■nsr period, short recess, or the activity
period.
Archie le'aoe, Lucy Leroy
ana Worth Baluwin Soar
Play is Presented by
DramaJc Club.
COACHED BY MiSS PERRY
“A Marriage Proposal,” a play by
Anton TchekofC, was presented in
Chapel by the Dramatic Club, Feb. 13,
The characters were Worth Baldwin
as Stepan Stepanovitch Tschubukov, a
. u \ i.ercy as Natalia olepu-
anovna, his daughter, and Archie I’a'.e
as Ivan Vassiliyitch Lomov, a neigh
bor. This play was coached by Miss
Celia Perry, and announced by Evelyn
Baddour.
Worth was excellent as an old Rus
sian farmer. He entered leaning heav.
ily on a walking cane and bra'iiig his
rheumatic hip with his other liand. ITe
had hardly taken his seat, when Archie
entered bedecked in Tuxedo and spats.
After greeting each other, Archie told
Worth that he had come to make a
request. As he talked he grew excited,
and finally had to have a drink of
water to quiet him down. After Worth
had about come to the conclusion that
he wanted to borrow some money,
Archie finally stamnpered out the fact
that he wanted -o' marry Worth's
daughter.
Much relieved Worth gave him per
mission, congratulated him, and went
out to fetch his daughter. When sho
entered, dressed in a long gingham
dress, Archie began to have palpita
tion of the heart, but calming himself
he began the little talk preceding the
iproposal. He started by telling her
that their families had been friends
for years, and that he had money and
property.
'11 lis'ing his ])roperty, he menlionod
the meadow between their farms. It
seems that there had been a misunder.
standing as to the ownership of that
particular property for several genera
tions so immediately they began to
dispute over that. Worth came In rnd
joined sides with Lncy In the argu
ment, and finally ordered Archie out
of the house.
When Tvucy found out that Archii
had come back to ask for her hand in
marriage, sh^ grew hysterical; and
had her father go out and call him
back. When he entered, she was so
hapiiy that she tried to give him the
meadow. He said that she couldn’t
give him something that was already
his,—so the argument started anew.
Finally, I ucy, who wanted him to
propose, stopped it. Thoyi began talk
ing about bird-dogs. Archie said that
he had the best one in the community,
nnd Lucy, who had several fine dogs,
naturally disputed this statement. He
nrvrvsed her dog of having a short
lower jaw, so the argument began
anew. The old man came in and join
ed again, and Archie accused him of
having an uncle who was hung for
horse thieving. “That’s all right,”
said the old man, “all your people were
insane, and so are you.”
The strain was too much for Archie,
who was subject to palpitation of Ihe
heart, and fluttering of the eyelids,
so he fainted. Pandemonium reined.
The old man ran around like a chicken
with his head off; and Lucy was cry
ing over Archie, when he came to.
Archie then remembered his intend
ed mission, and proposed. Of course
she accepted.
STARTLING ROBBERY
TAKES PLACE IN
CAFETERIA ON
FEBRUARY 4.
BOXES CAKES, CAN OF CORN,
AND PEACHES ARE OUT-
STANDING THINGS TAKEN.
The cafeteria of the G. H. S. was rob
bed on February 4. The theft was of no
great importance as very few of the
supplies were taken, but the mystery
as to how the thieves effected an en
trance is more serious.
As Mrs. Spii'er was going auout her
daily business of preparing lunch for
t';e ‘■livi hiaulied,” she w.'s suddenly i
startled by a cry from the store room.'
On investigating, Mrs. Si:i er b; Im d
three plates piled high wilh pork and
beans; for desert the iiiM i.d i ; i;, ! d
a box of cakes and some peanut butter
parlies. Besides eating this heavy
meal they took a 3-])ound can of corn,
some peaches, and each took a H-pornd
box of “Milkeens.”
It seems tliat Houdiui hivnseif \\
thei'' in peison, for Ihf' big y 'h' h- k
had not been ioiu*hed '^nd Ihe vis'.Jn, s
W(M-e ! ; -d from the in i(bv 'I’bi ('
were no tracks and the uiidn’-;- t *
tors loft no calling cards whatso;' rr.
When Dan was asked ‘‘or a
soluMon as to how the oroo's OU' ro \
ho said he bel'eved that those snoo's
he and Mr. Case dug un b'st year 1 ;ul
become hungry nnd gone through the
keyhole. He did not, however, evnlain
how they could have departed through
the keyhole with their loot.
G. H. S. MOITRNS LOSS
OF JOSH HERRING
JOSH, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF
THE FRESHMAN CLASS, WAS
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY
HIS FATHER AND DIED
JANUARY 24.
Josh Herring, member of the fresh-
mai class of G. H. S., was fatally
wounded by his father, W. A. Tl'efring,
on Wednesday night, .Fanuary 23,
.Tosh was shot through the abdomen
while attempting to enter his home on
N. Carolina street through the sitting
room window. Ho died in the Spliior
Ranitorinm at 7:30 Ihe following n'ght-
It seems that .Tosh, with his molh-
er’s permission, had loft home early
on Wednesday night to visit friends.
He was detained in some way and did
not reach home until after twelve.
Not wishing to awaken the family, he
started in the front window of the
sitting room,
Mr. Herring, thinking that his son
W'as asleep in the next rcom, reached
for his gun, Avhen aroused by noises
at the window. The door between Mr.
Heri'ing’s room and the sitting room
was open, and on seeing the form of
a person crawling through the win
dow, Mr. Herring fired. His son fell
to the floor unconscious,
Mr. Slarr, one of the near neighbors,
on hearing the shot, rushed over, and
he and the grief-stricken father rushed
the boy to Spicer’s S'anitorium. It was
found that his intestines were punc
tured in three places, and he died at
7:30 the following night.
Josh had many friends among the
students, and was liked by all. He
was interested in sports, especially
boxing, and often took i^art in the fistic
encounters which Yiave been taking
place at recess. In fact, he was a con
tender for the light weight champion
ship. His parents and relatives have
the deepest sympathy of the entire
student body.
Mr. Wilson, the new Principal at
I Goldsboro Hi, is an enthusiastic ath
letic advocate. In fact, he has foached
j several basketball, football, and track
I teams previous to his arrival in GoldSL
boro, and in several instances had car
ried his teams to the finals. Mr. Wil
son said that one of the best things
for a track man was to watch a col
lege or professional track meet. "Any
thing I can do to promote the interest
of athletics in G. H. S. I will do glad
ly,” said Mr. Wilson.
When asked if he advocated any
new plans for G. H. S. Mr. Wilson
said, “I don’t think that the school Is
in need of any radical changes, and If
it were I would hesitate to suggest
them at this time.”
Mr. Wilson says he hopes his first
impression of the student body will
be a lasting one, for to quote him^
“They seem to have plenty of spirit.’*
Before u^rriving In Goldsboro Mr.
Wilson received a copy of this pape
and was pleased and also favorably in:
pressed. He stated that he was wi
ling to co-operate with the new stal
in any way possible.
MTTnTT TTi'srcTTF.iyrENT
on at H^CESSES
POLO, BOXING, AND OTHER NEW
SPORTS ARE MADE POSSIBLE
BY NEW EQUIPMENT.
What's ha])pening on the yards at
recess? There are many activities to
l)uild up iho body as well as to give
good recreation Mr. Bullo.ck and i'lr
Omer Jiave little trouble In keepln-j
things going lirst rate.
Primarily with the boys comes bo.vlng
which has been Introduced since scho.^1
re-convened atfer the Clnistmas holi
days. The object of this is not to
days. The obj))ect of this Is not to
teach the boys lo got out and slug ivt
each other, but to teach them some
thing about the manly art. Thla
sport affords pleasure not only to the
tw'o boxing but to the students wbo
are looking on.
With tho gills, foot polo, is ti;©
vogue. Tlioy choose sides of six iia-
ually and then a referee. Tho objoi t
of the game is to knock the ball
through two uprights with woodo)»
mallets, and Ihereby score one point.
'S'ince the sides work in relays, nearly
all the girls have a chance to paiticl-
pate.
Basketball, football, and baseball,
come noxi, and the boys have the (ioin_
inating rights in these three sports-
Of course, as the season Is now ripe
for basketball tliis sport gets a big
rush, es]>ecially among the suuillnr
boys. Tho boys interested in basoba'.t
organized themselves ui) into teams
and each recess a “Little VVorld'a
Series” is played.
Then comes" football. This is n:)t
played in tho regular manner. Tho
rule is that when you touch a man he
Is down there: this eliminates the dan
ger of accidents which would likely
result of they tackled.
Last but not least Is the acting bar„
This has also been added since tha
holidays, and the boys are fast becom
ing circus iierformers.
SENIOR CLASS HAS ELECTIONT.
William Privett, Billie Simmons and
Jos Parker were elected prophet, hl'^-
torian, and testator, respectively, at a
meeting of the P'enlor doss Thursday^
January 24, at acllvlty ])erlod. The
(lass reel was not elect'd at this meet,
ing: the election of this offlcr befnj?
deferred until a senior whose talentK
le->n toward noetry can be dlscnverecT.
Alexander M'eT/ean, class President^
presided over the meeting.