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VOLUME V, NUMBER 1 ’ Goldsboro, N. C., October 23, 1931 45 CENTS A YEAR
SCHOOL SHOWING FINE SPIRIT
IN SPITE OF REDUCED FUNDS
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ALL CLASS OFFICERS ELECTED;
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT IS USED
SAYS SUPT. ARMSTRONG
All Operating Items in School
Budget Cut by State Board;
Coal Most Drastically Cut
From $3,500 to $1,900
^‘The schools are now in the most
critical condition ever, from the
financial standpoint/’ said super
intendent Ray Armstrong, in a
recent interview. ‘^This year we
will have to do without many things
that we have had in the number of
years past.”
The conditions in the Goldsboro
Public Schools are exactly similar
to those in a family whose income
has been reduced from ten to twenty
per cent. Unlike the family though,
the schools will be somewhat handi
capped by not being able to shift
appropriations from one item to
another. That means that a definite
maximum limit is fixed for each
item, and during the year the school
board will be more or less unable to
change these estimates.
For instance, the maximum for
coal has been set by the state board
of equalization at $1,980', where the
average for the last four years has
been almost $3,500. The coal has
been purchased at a saving of
twenty per cent. This will leave a
deficit of about $800.
“We are positive that we can
make a further saving in fuel,”
stated Mr. Armstrong, ‘‘but are
distinctly pessimistic when we think
of having to make an additional
saving of twenty per cent. We
doji’t, b.elifiy„e. it can.^be, di)ne.” .
The suggestion now is that it is
much better to be cool in October
than 'Cold in January. Every effort
will be made to protect the health
of the children. That is the first
consideration. The same story could
be told for every operating item in
the budget.
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NEW TEACHERS ADDED
TO SCHOOL FACULTY
Miss Lucy Martin Currie and Miss
Virginia Cone Are New
Teachers
While other schools are having
to decrease the number of teachers,
G. H. S. has two additional ones,
Miss Lucy Martin Currie and Miss
Virginia Cone.
Miss Currie, who lives at David
son College, was graduated from
Salem ‘ College in Winston-Salem,
last spring. She teaches one class
of Latin I and three classes of Eng-
lish I. Sports, especially girls, is
Miss ^ Currie’s hobby. All outside
activities interest her.
^y^^rie says she is very
favorably impressed with the school
and thinks it has about the finest
bunch of boys and girls she has ever
seen.
Our otheii new teacher ig Miss
Virginia Cone. She lives in Golds
boro and has substituted in school
before, so quite a few of us know
her.
Miss Cone was graduated from
Voucher College in Baltimore,
She has taught at Saint
Mary s in Raleigh, in Baltimore,
and in Honolulu.
Her subject is junior English.
All outside activitieg interest her
Miss Cone says she thinks the at
titude of the students unusually
good.
NICARAGUA TOPIC OF
TALK BY MRS. BUTLER
It Is a Country of Frequent Earth
quakes, Intense Heat and
Beautiful Gardens .
Mrs. Rena Butler, one of the most
interesting speakers this school has
ever been privileged to hear, spoke
on ISTicaragua and its people at a
recent assembly.
Mrs. Butler formerly taught in
the Goldsboro schools. When news
of her approaching marriage and
immediate departure for South
America filtered out, it was such an
event that the school children asked
for a holiday. The superintendent
said anyone who brought a request
from home would be dismissed. The
school en masse brought excuses.
South America seemed so far off
and dreadful that all the merchants
of Goldsboro went to the train and
bade her farewell, forever it seemed.
The late Mr. Butler was a physi
cian and the Butlers encountered
many dreadful diseases, including
yellow fever and the bubonic plague.
This was before the discoveries of
Reed, and in one town of 3,000 six
hundred died of yellow fever. The
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REPORTS TO BE ISSUED
EVERY SIX WEEKS
Those Failing Any Subject to Get
Notice at End of Four Weeks
Reports are to be given out every
six weeks this year. Those who are
failing any subject will be given
a report of this delinquency at the
end of four weeks, so as to have
time to improve these grades before
the regular reports.
Students who are given these re
ports of delinquency are to take
them home, have them signed, and
return them to their home room
teacher, who files them in the office
with the permanent record of the
student.
LIBRARY COURSE WILL
BENEFIT FRESHMEN
Miss Roark Helps Freshmen to
Use Material Found in High
School Library
Miss Roark for the past few days
has been conducting a very interest
ing library course in the auditorium
for the freshmen. This course helps
freshmen to use the material found
in the library. The course was
divided into seven parts.
At the first meeting Miss Roark
discussed the library regulations and
the classification and location of
books and magazines.
At the second meeting she showed
how to take care of a book and how
to find information about it. The
process of opening a new book was
carefully explained; then each stu
dent repeated the operation.
Then she told them where to find
the title page, table of contents,
index, maps, and bibliography.
The use of the dictionary was dis
cussed at the third meeting. She
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CONTEST
Would you like to liaTe a jbound
volume of all nine issues of the
Goldsboro Hi News? Of course
you would. For particulars see
page 5.
JOURNALISM STAFF
EDITS PUBLICATION
Twenty-six Upperclassmen to
Issue “Bigger and Better
Paper Than Ever”
This year’s journalistic staff con
sists of twenty-six enthusiastic,
selected upperclassmen. The staff
has many plans for “a bigger and
better paper than ever.” A class
period has been assigned with Miss
Gordner as instructor. Journalism
will be regarded as a regular unit
of work.
The first semester will be spent
in learning to write news articles
and in becoming familiar with the
different phases of newspaper work.
The second semester will be given
to editing the newspaper and to
such creative writing as plays,
pageants, poetry, and essays.
The business department has been
elected and is carrying on its work
with vim, and meritorious results.
The editorial staff has not as
yet been elected, but will be elected
after the first issue of the paper.
The election of the editorial staff
has been postponed because the class
has not had the opportunity to
know who is best suited for the
various positions.
SUBSCRIPTION GOAL
NOT QUITE REACHED
315 Subscriptions Secured in Ten
Days; 480 Is Set as Goal
The Hi JSTews subscription cam
paign, starting at assembly Septem
ber 28, and continuing through
October 2, had 480 subscribers as
its goal.
As an added incentive, Mr. Wilson
offered half holiday to the school if
80 per cent of the total enrollinent
subscribed by Friday.
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes
day rolled by with only 93 sub
scriptions. Every body felt blue.
But Thursday and Friday brought
forth a new story. On Thursday
came 76 subscriptions, and on Fri
day 146, making a total of 315.
During the pep meeting in Fri
day’s assembly, Mr. Wilson an
nounced that since the staff and its
co-workers had worked so hard, and
that since over 50 students were
going to the Durham game, the
school would be dismissed at 12 :30.
Since then subscriptions have con
tinued to come in.
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
PLANNED FOR BAND
Thirty-five Members Report Reg
ularly to Mr. Harvel; to
Give Concerts
With thirty-five members report
ing regularly to band practice each
week, Mr. Harvel believes that 1931-
32 will be a very successful year.
The band members and the in
struments they play are: ^ Basses—
Louis Marriner and Harvey Smith;
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G. H. S. BAND GIVES
PROGRAM IN CHAPEL
Band Plays Thirteen Marches
and One Waltz; Dorothy Hooks
Accompanied by Virginia
Crow, Sings
A thoroughly entertaining pro
gram was given in chapel on Thurs
day, October 16, by Mr. Harvell and
the band. The program consisted of
a number of marches and a waltz,
together with two vocal numbers by
Dorothy Hooks.
The band, one of the most active
organizations in G. H. S., has during
the past several years under the
direction of Mr. Harvel attained
recognition in other parts of the
state as well as in Goldsboro.
It has been requested to play at
the State-Catholic University foot
ball game on October 23. This is
the first time State has ever asked
a high school band to play at one
of its games.
James Brown was in charge of
the program, which was as follows :
“Service;” “Washington Post
March;” “College Boy;” “Iowa
Band Law;” “U. S. Field Artillery
March;” “Show Boy;” “Rifle
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COMMITTEE OUTLINES
ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS
Chapel Programs to be Made
More Interesting by This
New Committee
In order that chapel programs
for the school year 1931-32 may be
more interesting and worth while,
a Program Committee, composed of
Mrs. Middleton, Miss Sherwood,
Miss Kornegay and Mr. Greene, has
been appointed by Mr. Wilson.
This Committee has already spon
sored an entertaining musical and
an interesting talk on Nicaragua
given at recent assemblies. It is
planning many more interesting pro
grams.
MR. GREENE OFFERS
OFFICE PRACTICE
Twenty-four in Class, Including
Four Post-Graduates; Half
Credit to be Given
Office Practice, taught by Mr.
Greene, is one of the new courses
this year. There are twenty-four,
including four post-graduates, in
this class which meets at the second
period. One-half unit credit is given
for this course.
So far they have studied the use
of the phone and alphabetizing;
now they are beginning to study the
assortment of mail as it is done
in business offices.
This course will teach the student
actual office practice. It gives prac
tice that would not be gained from
regular commercial courses.
Last year’s Commercial Club gave
Mr. Green the idea that the work
should have course value instead
of club value.
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GREAT INTEREST SHOWN
Seniors Elect Helen Smith Presi
dent; Juniors, Edgar Pearson;
Sophomores, Bushnell An
drews; Freshmen, An
nie Coward
Choosing Helen Smith as their
president, the seniors, along with
the other classes, elected their class
officers, using the Australian ballot
system in the election, Friday,
October the ninth.
The results were:
Seniors: President, Htelen
Smith; vice president, Arthur All-
red ; secretary, Lillian Gordon;
treasurer, Brogden Spence; cheer
leaders, Katherine Liles and Wyatt
Exum.
Juniors: President, Edgar Pear
son; vice president, George Starr;
secretary, Katherine Brendle;
treasurer, Roy Liles; cheer leader,
Louise Moye.
Sophomores; President, Bushnell
Andrews; vice president, Susan
Southerland; secretary, Thelma
Ginn; treasurer, Barbara Cuthrell;
cheer leader, Frances Massey.
Freshmen: President, Annie
Elizabeth Coward; vice president,
Norwood Middleton; secretary,
Katherine Kalmer; treasurer, Rosa
Willis; cheer leader, Sallie B.
Privett.
The Australian ballot system was
used, at the suggestion of Mr. Wil
son, to accustom the students to
the method used in the state and
national elections. in previous
years other methods have been used.
^ Spirited campaign speeches were
given for the various candidates at
the meetings of each class. Several
amusing comments added greatly to
the enjoyment of those present. In
boosting a cheer leader, someone
said:
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MUSICAL PROGRAM
IS GIVEN IN CHAPEL
Misses Stroud and Felton En
thusiastically Received
An exceedingly interesting pro
gram was given in chi^d Thurs-
day, October 11, by Misses Marie
Felton and Lillian Stroud.
Miss Stroud is a former graduate
of G. II. S. and also a graduate of
C. C. W. school of music. She
has taken advanced work in Boston
Conservatory of Music and is quite
talented.
Miss Felton attended Ohio
Wesleyan University and did ad
vanced work at Peabody Conserva
tory of Music at Baltimore. She
has a most charming voice.
The first group of songs consisted
of two modern numbers sung in
Italian; “Stornellatrice” by Ottorino
Respighi and “Conzonetta” by
Loewe.
The second group given in Eng
lish included “Lullaby” by Cyril
Scott and “Trees” by Rasbach.
After Miss Stroud had rendered a
piano solo. Miss Felton sang several
numbers from recent musical shows
accompanied by Miss Stroud. These
included; “Who” from “Sunny;”
“One Alone” from “Desert Song”;
“Where have you been?” from “I^ew
Yorkers”; “Dancing in the Dark”
from “Band Wagon.”
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