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VOLUME X, NUMBER 5
GOLDSBORO, N. C., FEBRUARY 26, 1937
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STUDENTS ADOPT CONS
Junior Play Cast
and Committees
Beginning Work
"LIFE BEGINS AT SIXTEEN"
TO BE PRESENTED APRIL 9
Most Representafive Girl
James Heyward, Mary L. Schweikert
and Scottie Dameron Take
Leading Roles
Ijife Begins at Sixteen, a tliree-act
comedy of youth, written by Hilda
Manning, has been selected for the
annual Junior Play, to be presented
April 9.
After a week of try-outs, a tempo
rary cast was chosen. The follow
ing are in the order in which they
speak :
Paul Hollis, imaginative boy of 16
—James Heyward.
Hilda, a Swedish maid—Anni
Staps.
Mrs. Jessie Hollis, mother of
Paul—-Olivia Cox.
Harry Hollis, Paul’s father—
Jack Wharton.
Frannie Hollis, Paul’s twin sis
ter—Scottie Dameron.
Marjorie Hollis, their oldest sis
ter—Mary L. Schweikert.
Crandal Smythe, a young man of
means—Ross Ward.
George Gordon, a young man with
out means—Ridley Whitaker.
Snookie Hollis, nine yeai's old
and going strong—Betty Oarrere.
^'heo Arbu('k1e—James Orone.
Pidgie Miller—Frances Coward.
Fattie Zi’^mer -* .Hardy Lee
Thompson.- ' i '
Daisie Jenkins—Harriet jSToell.
Boots Bennett—Bobbie Anne San
born.
Elsie Taggert—Jean Edgerton.
The dancers in the ballroom scene
are James Kannan, ISTancy Pipkin,
William Thompson, Louise Sineath,
Jimmy Weathers, Margery Westray,
Troy Hooks, Sarah Cox, Harry Hol
lingsworth and Elizabeth Smith.
Committees
The committees which have been
appointed are: the poster—^iVngeline
Casey and Homer Ball; stage—
Frank Wynn, Claiborne Pate,
Charles Edgerton and Joe Pearson;
ticket—Earl Hollowell and JSTorene
(Please turn to page six)
Students Confer
High Recognition
On Two Seniors
Ozello Woodward (above) senior,
has taken part in the following ac
tivities: Editor Hi ^^ews 4; sports
editor 8; Most Representative 3;
basketball 1, 2, 3; Junior Play;
assistant chief marshal 3, 4; chief
fair marshal 3; class president 1;
class treasurer 2; class cheer leader
4; Glee Club 2; president home
room 4. She has won the following
superlatives : Best all-around 1, 3, 4;
most popular 1, 2, 3, 4; most per
sonality 1, 2; best looking 3, 4;
best speaker 2; most congenial 2;
most courteous 1.
GHS Receives Benefit
of Junior Open Forum
FIVE ENTER FINALS
Ozello Woodward and William Dees
Victorious After Nomination by
Upperclassmen
GUILD ENTERS PLAY
IN STATE CONTEST
The Student Guild has chosen
Cloey, a one-act play by Loretta
Carol Bailey, to enter in the state
wide Dramatic Contest to be held in
Chapel Hill, March 24-27. The con
test is sponsored by the Carolina
Dramatic Association. Cloey will
be entered through the Junior Com
munity Group.
The cast consists of:
Gloey, a woman of thirty—Irene
Mitcham; Mrs. Mottsinger, the aunt
of Cloey—Dot Parker; Joseph
Hall, a worthless poet—Allen
Andrews; Gracie, a girl of 14 from
the neighboring boarding house—
Margaret Powell.
Cloey is a sinister comedy laid in
^^G-ermantown” of Old Salem,
Winston-Salem, E”. C., around
1910. It is a true story of retribu
tion as told to Loretta Carol Bailey
by Cloey. The character, Cloey, is
still living in Winston-Salem, and
her home represented in the play is
yet standing.
Miss Helen Dortch is directing
the play with Robert Bartholomew
as assistant director.
To encourage the students in the
seven counties now holding Public
Foi-ums to think more about Avorld
problems, a series of High School
Junior Forums are nearing organ
ization under the leardership of Mr.
elohn Barclay, forum director.
After the a])parent success of the
discussions with the adult forum
speakers, the possibility for a seven
County High School Junior Forum
was seen. Goldsboro is one of the
ten schools in the seven counties
to receive this benefit. Already
through the adult forum the students
have heard Mr. John Barclay, Dr.
Howard Y. Williams and Miss
Elsie Larson.
The national requirements for a
High School Junior Forum are:
(1) That the attendance be volun-
tary, that is, a choice bo made be-
twecni the forum and some other
(Please turn to page six)
By a clear majority Ozello Wood
ward and William Dees were elected
the most representative boy and girl
in GHS in a school-wide vote Febru
ary 18.
Thirteen boys and seventeen girls
were nominated by the junior and
senior English classes to run and
after eliminations William Dees,
James Heyward, Nancy Pipkin,
Ozello Woodward and Rosanna
Barnes became candidates for the
final election. Qualities required to
run in the contest were service to
the school, leadership, character, and
not being a repeater.
Service
This is the second consecutive
year that Ozello has been given this
honor. At present she is editor-
in-chief of Tip: Hi ]^ews and she
has been on the stalf three years.
Her participation in activities be
gan in her freshman year when she
was j)resident of her class and since
thiit time she has i.»'on an out,stand
ing leader in the school.
William has been the president of
the temporary council which drew
lip the constitution of the Student
Association. In athletics he has
been outstanding as a trackster. This
year he is co-captain of the track
team and has been on the team for
three years.
Most Represe
f^tle workout for the Indoor
Frai^lin Spencer, Coach
* terrace are Walker
^tith and Charles Boy-
McDonald. Notice our
League Begun
.eading GHS Bowlers
Jley Cats” bowling league
recently organized by the
. ' enthusiasts of GHS in or-
William Dees (ab more interest might be
whose activities dii in the new sport. The
school career incliuh^^^^'^J^^ foni' teams,
temporary Student Musketeers, ‘‘Strik-
CIul, 1, 2; track 2, ”
’ \embers of each team are:
ot track team 4; .juUiJf t iu>
marshal 3, 4; class treasurer 3;
treasurer home looni 4. lie Avon the
following siitiarlatives : ' Best all-
around 4; most popular 1, 2, 3, 4;
best looking 1, 2, 3, 4; best dancer
1, 2, 3; best dressed 2; best line 2;
most personality 1, 2; most sophisti
cated 2; best natiired 2.
Triangular Debating
Limited to Seniors
Since Miss Beasley, the coach,
will not have time outside of her
classes to train the debaters, onlj
seniors in her double-period class
can participate in triangular de
bates this year.
Irene Mitcham, Rosanna Barnes,
Marshall McDowell and Dorothy
Parker, members of this class, have
volunteered to represent GHS in the
triangular debate with Kinston and
Wilmington.
In the double period class World
Problems are being studied. These
four debaters have chosen the prob
lem Public Ownership versus Pri
vate Ownership, which serves as a
foundation for the query. Resolved:
That all electric utilities should be
governmentally owned and oper
ated.
April 2, the date set for the de
bates, will mark the first time GHS
has debated with Wilmington.
Seniors to Sponsor
Cinema-T ravelogue
Increosed Enrollment
Demands More Room
Motion Picture
Essays Shoy^
Under a lu on
Arts, the Eng on
are catching t‘as-
sive education, an
creative writiuslie
tiative studeiiuld
-'ork together.ber
tomorrow
ern Indoor Gai.f Miss her
in the warm Tin nol.'ru •
GHS will compett."'^
r • • . ate
tie division running ,
tary
yard dash, TO-yar .j^ and
jump, 1000-yard .e capi-
mile relay. sted on
Tough eompetiti't
in state but also froi^.^^^
is expected. Among the,^y
ers from out of stattthe
Prep School of I^ewar . .
High of Atlanta, Ga
shall High of Richmona, ^
berry Forest of Orange,
McKinley Tech of Wash in
The GHS track team
plating running wide t^
they have' planned
meets for their 19l»7
those are the
Technicolor and Dramatization
Feature Unusual Program on
Holy Land
to
Jernmlem and the East, a cinema-
travelogue made by Ste])hen A.
Haboush, will be presented to the
school and public on April 20 and
will be sponsored by the Senior
Class.
The picture, showing Haboush’s
trip to Palestine and Galilee, will bo
shown in technicolor.
Along with the picture Haboush
and his troupe will present a drama
tization of The Lost Coin.
There will be a matinee and night
showing of the production. Admis
sion for the matinee will be fifteen
and forty cents. At night the prices
will be twenty-five and forty-five
cents.
With a present enrollnu'nt of 803
and looking forward to an enroll
ment of not less than 910 next year,
GIIS must have two more manual
training rooms, two science hib-
oratories and four regular class
rooms to teach eff('ctively its stu
dents. These needs an* r(‘Cogniz(Kl
by the UK'nibers of tlu' school, tlu
School Hoard, a fVdi'ral insj)e(!toi
and the Southern Assotnation of
Secondary Schools.
Since the lunv building was en
tered in January 1927, th(> (uiroll-
meut has doubled. During the first
seven years it Incrc'ased 203 and dur
ing tlie last three years has made a
l(‘a]) of 180.
Conditions
^ The ])resent unfavorable con
ditions include classes in the library,
the librarian teaching a class, Home
Economics laboratory used as
science classroom, Chcunistry lab
oratory used one ])eriod as an Eng
lish room, pack room in powisr house
used for classroom, physics lab with
out windows or doors under lobby
of auditorium, manual training
classes over-crowded, two classes of
Building and Trades being held at
William Street School, the study
hall room planned for a visual ed-1
ucation room used for classroom,'
part of cafeteria partitioned off foi
classes.
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Tv/r 1 sen-
’ Dute Int;ussions
17; Wayne Couv
i.i.’iliiS' I n, ™ im-
luciiii.y auvfsor. -»r _
C 0 1 e e n McCleeny, chairman,
Nancy Pipkin, Reese Bailey, Billy
McClure and Chase Johnson make
up the nominating committee. Miss
Cone is adviser.
A committee is being formed to
plan class programs wdiicli will make
the students realize more fully the
significanci^ of their Association.
I he students convt'ued four times
before they accepted the coustitu-
iiun.
TENOR AND WIFE GIVE
PROGRAM IN ASSEMBLY
We Honor the Temporary Student Council...
. . . because its memhers have completed work which will greatly injlii-
ence the school^ for many years to come. They have framed a constitu
tion for the^ Student Association and have given smuggest ions for home
')oorn organization which they helieve to he the hasis of complete school
unity.
of the Council, ivhich ivas advised hy Miss Beasley, are:
\\ illmm Dees, chairman, liosa^ina Barnes, secretary, Marshall McDowell,
L^cil Willis, Dons lyele, Charles Layton, Margaret Peacoch, Scottie
Dameron, Lrnest (Jhsson, Ruth Hinson, Olivia Ferguson, Glenn Rey
nolds, Ike Manly, Bill Nufer, Virginia Lee, A.ntoineite lAijyton, Martha
Best, Helen Cox. Because they attended the High Point Congress, James
Zealy, Annie L. Howell, Irene Mitcham, Mary E. Backley and Carolyn
Smith are jnemhers without voting power.
(liovanni S|)erandeo, tenor, and
his acconi|)auist wife presented one
ot the most (‘njoyabh^ assembly [>ro-
grams of the year, Feb., 18,'when
he told his life story and sang
Italian, English and Spanish songs.
Mr. Sperandeo, a (h'vout (Miris-
tian, came to Anu'rica from Sicily
ut tlui age ot 15 and three' years
later was in a railroad accident
which cost him his left arm and
right hand. Mr. Sperandc'o has
ov(‘rconui this handicaj) through th(‘
use ot a (h'vice worn on his right
W'rist. Its ns(> was shown when he
brushed his hair, put on his hat,
held a cup in four ways and pre
tended to play croqnc't.
Though beginning school in the
fourth grad(- at the age of 18, Mr.
Sp('randeo has gone through high
School and two universities, receiv
ing B.A. and M.A. degrees. He has
taught music, been in concerts and
witli his wite is now touring Amer
ica, stopping in schools to give tlunr
show.
GHS Will Present Episode
in Progress of Education
Over 100 GHS students will have
the opportunity to be in the North
Carolina Public Education (V'uten-
iiial celebration to be held in Dui--
hani in April. Mr. Armstrong has
accepted the invitation from the
state committee for GHS students
to present the Charles B. Aycock
episode in the dramatization of
‘‘Progress in Education in North
Carolina.”
Three speaking parts an^ open to
dunior and Senior boys and back
ground parts for 100 students. After
b(‘ing presented in Duke stadium
there is a possibility of a sound pic
ture being made of the pageant.
Misses Helen Dortch and Mar
garet Kornegay will aid Miss Edith
Russ(‘ll in coadiing the (‘j)isod(‘.
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