June 9, 1938
GOLDSBORO HI NEWS
PAGE THREE
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Those Days Are Gone Forever"^—By George Ham
The scene opens at the home of
the James Reynolds in the year
J990. Since tonight is the night that
James Reynolds, Jr., is to graduated
from high school, the entire house
holds is astir. John Reynolds, the
grandfather, is seated in the large
armchair, entirely oblivious to the
surrounding commotion. Mary, the
mother, is rushing around loohing
for something.
Maey Reynolds (walking into the
room hurriedly) : Oh, my goodness!
Where is my hat ? Here it is nearly
7:30 and we are not ready yet!
James, Jr. ; Oh, Mom! Where is
my cap and gown? I left them at
the head of the stairs and someone
has misplaced them.
Mothek : Oh, nonsense! Will
you never learn to hang your things
up? They are in the closet in the
back room, (to Annette) Now,
Annette, remember not to smile at
your brother while he is on the stage.
You know how easily it is to make
him mad with your silly acting. I
do so want him to look reserved to
night. Now run up stairs and tell
your father to hurryl Now, father
(to grandfather), are you sure you
will be all right while we are gone?
I wish you could go with us. We
will be right back immediately after
the exercises, so don’t get worried.
Grandpa: Oh, run along, I’ll be
all right. (Groan.) But if it wasn’t
for this lumbago and cold, I’d be
right along with ye.
Father (enters) : All right,
Mary, I’m ready. Let’s go. (Pause
as they leave.) So long, Dad; we’ll
be right back. (Door slams.)
Grandpa : I was graduating once.
I’ll never forget that moment when
I walked down the aisle, grabbed
the sheepskin with one hand and
waved goodbye with the other
(cacM.es). (Pause.) You sure don’t
realize what a good time you used
to have until you get off by yourself
and think about it. !
Someone knocks.
John ; Come in.
Enters old man and lady.
John : Come in. Jack and Sarah,
(rising to meet them.)
Sarah : Now, sit back down, John.
We don’t want to cause you any
trouble with your lumbago. We
just thought we’d drop in to sit a
spell while your folks have gone off
to get Jim graduated. (They sit
down.)
John: I was just sittin’ here be
Jack: Well, I think it was pretty
tough when James Heyward and
James Crone got defeated in the
Gidden’s Cup semi-finals. They
were tAvo mighty fine speakers.
John: Isn’t it the truth? But
they had three more years to get
revenge in and so that little set-back
didn’t daunt them. Oh, yes, and
there was the school supplement
drive we staged with the other class
es. Because of the depression we
had along in 1932-33 our school term
was shortened, our teachers re
ceived p-reat pay cuts, our library
suffered badly, our classrooms were
crowded and, in general, we had just
the worst conditions possible for
turning out well-educated students.
But we students, realizing just what
such conditions were doing to our
future, and our parents, knowing
the imi)ortance of good education,
staged a drive for such a supple
ment for our school. The supple
ment was acquired through the levy
ing of a small property tax.
(Pause.) And then there was the
sophomore year. We start©'! out
strong by selecting officers. Now
let’s see. It sorta skips my mind
just who those officers were. Jack,
how about going over to the book
case and getting those bound
volumes of the Hi News. They’ll
give us the information we need if
anything will.
Jack: Sure thing. (He goes to the
bookcase and gets the volumes.)
John (after inspecting the
volumes) : Ah, here it is. George
Ham, president; Bobbie Anne San
born, vice president; Frances Cow
ard, secretary; James Crone, treas-
turer; and Evelyn O’Brien, cheer
leader.
James Crone and George Ham de
feated the Freshmen in the semi
finals of the Giddens’ Cup debate.
However, the Juniors, who were
competing in the finals for the first
time, in turn defeated them.
Jack (looking\ ut the volume) :
Our boys didn’t confine themselves
to scholarship. Why, I think we
had as good a set of athletes as any
other school in North Carolina. The
year I went out for baseball Thomas
Snypes and Speed Hollowell re
ceived letters. And then there were
the track and swimming teams. Dick
Daughtry and George Ham received
letters in track as runner and
manager respectively: Bob Dawson
received one in swimming and
pet, you may continue.
Sarah : While we were sopho
mores the school held its first school
fair. Almost every subject taught
at high school was represented at
the fair. The })urpose of the fair
was to give the parents an insight
into the work we Avere doing out at
high school. I surely believe it ac
complished its purpose.
John : Sarah, let’s see that ’36-’
’37 volume there. I think we can
find some very interesting material
there.
Ah, here are the officers we select
ed for our junior year. William
Thompson, president; Ted Burwell,
vice president; Jean Edgerton,
secretary; Harry Hollingsworth,
treasurer; Jimmie Weathers, cheer
leader. My, but we had a hard
working group of officers that year!
And with a big schedule consisting
of plays, socials, not to mention the
regular duties of a class, we surely
needed a wide-awake group of of
ficers. I wouldn’t be wrong in at
tributing a large part of our success
to the work of our officers.
Sarah : Sakes aiive, here’s a list
of those who participated in the
Christmas play the Juniors gave:
Ross Ward, James Heyw^ard, Ridley
Whitaker, Oscar Williams, Laura
Helms, Evelyn O’Brien, Harry Hol
lingsworth, Helen Moye, Claiborne
Pate, Genevieve Hodgin and Anne
Holmes.
Jack: Yes, (looking at the
papers) : James Crone debated with
James Heyward for his third time
as a participant in th^^Giddens’ de
bates. UnforfnnaK . we
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play fc
school. Congratulations to the
Seniors
Sanborn, Harriet Noell, .lean
Edgerton, George llam, and Edward
Luke.
John: That was the year the
Student Assocriation was in its in
fancy. We elected James Heyward
in the spring as president of the As
sociation to serve during the com
ing year. I'here Avere several others
of our class Avho held ofHces. James
Crone Avas vice president; Scottie
Dameron, corresponding secretary;
and Harry IIollingSAVorth, treas
urer.
Sarah : When Ave Avere seniors,
the following year, several members
of our class Avere chairmen of im
portant Association committees.
William Norris Avas chairman of the
Athletic Committee; Bobbie Anne
Sanborn, Activities Committee;
James Crone, Assembly Committee;
Betty Carrere, Lost and Found
Committee; Jane Smith, Cafeteria
Committee; Joe Pearson, Property
Committee.
John : Jack, you knoAv I’m not an
exponent of betting, but if you’ll
name our senior officers without re
ferring to the Hi News, I’ll make
you a present of a dollar bill.
Jack: Brother, start digging it
out! Ross Ward was president; Jim
Manly, vice president; Sarah Cox,
treasurer; Helen Moye, cheer
leader; and, ah, let’s see, (pause)
»h iim f Sarnh pinches him.)
re hurting.
VWWWVShHt? You mean to say
GOLDSBCyou?
You are hoirtin’—
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I
we were graduatin’. You know, you
and Jack and I were in the same
class.
..Sarah: Isn’t it the truth? I’ll
tills atj ti siuiKiaro luJ,
AAdiich to striA'e. ' ^
Section HI: To So])homore Shipt
nient 40 Ave donate a varnished foof
rule to be used as a walking stic]^
- - . - au, uui you went
to the health room a Aveek before
you found out it wasn’t a class.
Sarah: Now, Jackson H. Smith,
that’s enough out of you.
Jack : Yes, pet.
John: I’ll never forget the of-
\ficers we elected the first year. Now
there Avas Jabie Heyward, who was
elected ]>resident. Even though he
didn’t come up to the bag in your
pants, that boy could ever more
preside!
Sarah: And there was James
Crone, vice president; Jack Whar
ton, secretary; and George Ham,
treasurer. The cheer leaders Avere
Reese Bailey and Norene Johnson.
Jabie even decided that he didn’t
feel like waiting a couple of years
longer to exercise his executiA^e pow
ers, so he became vice president of
the Club Federation. That boy
Avas destined to go places and do
things before he finished those four
years.
Jack: Pet, may I put in a Avord?
Sarah : Yes, you may. But be sure
it is pertinent to the occasion, and
when I say pertinent I don’t mean
impertinent.
fore you came in, thinkin’ back when j Robert Thigpen and Claiborne Pate
in football.
Sarah (taking up a volume and
blowing the dust off it) : You should
take better care of these Hi News.
You know very well what a lot of
work and time it took to make them.
You should look at them more. The
very idea of letting dust collect on
the tops of such valuable books. We
had some pioneering journalists in
our class, llemember the Hi News,
Jr.? As good a little pa])er as ever
smelled of printer’s ink and put out
entirely on the resources of our
journalism class. Yes, sirree, we
were mighty proud of it. Not only
did Ave learn hoAV a j)aper Avas put
out, but we Avere able to make
enough on the advertising and cir
culation to j)ay for it. Here’s a list
of the staff. (Shuffles pages.) James
IleyAvard Avas editor, Ridley Whita
ker and Reese Bailey were associate
editors, Ross Ward was sports editor,
and Helen Moye and Nancy Pipkin
were feature editors. Harry Hol-
lingsAvorth Avas circulation manager;
Ed Luke, advertising manager;
George Ham, business manager; and
Jack Wharton, Club Editor.
Jack: I hate to interrupt you,
pet, but Ave progressed along art
and drama as Avell as journalism.
Homer Ball Avas attracting a good
deal of attention Avith his pictures of
Will Rogers and of ‘‘The Torn Hat.”
Also in the ‘‘Birds’ Christmas
Carol” Frances Coward gained
recognition as Eily and James Hey-
for AV(
seen o . *
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was ours. 5
was enough talt!Wi?i"-rntiT^ "(jlass for
two Junior Plays. I remember Jabie
Heyward as Paul Hollis, taking the
leading part; and there Avere Scottie
Dameron, Mary Louise Schweikert,
Harriet Noel, Frances CoAvard,
Hary Lee Thomj)son, James Crone,
Anni Staps, Betty Carrere, Helen
Moye and Jack Wharton.
John: George Ham was chief
marshal in our junior year, Avasn’t
he?
Sarah : Yes, he Avas, and here is
a list of the assistant marshals:
James Ifeyw'ard, Margaret Peacock,
Bobbie Anne Sanborn, James Crone,
Ross Ward, Jean Edgerton, Anni
Staps, Ruby Whitley, Sarah Cox,
Tilley Horton and Nancy Pi])kin.
Jack : Don’t let us forget about
the Junior-Senior Rece])tion! That
was an affair I’ll not forget; and
I’ve been forgetting things for Avell
nigh seventy years noAV. A mere
passing thought of the occasion
brings back happy memories. James
Crone led the big-eaters, who saAV
to it that all platters Avere empty
and the waitresses not Avanting for
requests for seconds. In addition
to the swell entertainment provided
by the program committee, Ave had
a fine time dancing.
John: In sporrs Ave Avere tops.
Outstanding juniors in track Avere
Dick Daughtry, Percy Thig])on,
Eddie Mansoiir, Joe Pearson, and
Jim Manly. In SAvimming there
were Robert Dawson, Jimmie
Weathers; in baseball, Claibourne
Pate and Hardy Lee Thompson; in
tennis, James Crone and James
Heyward.
Sarah : The staff allowed its
junior members to put out the Hi
News all by themselves. Those
juniors Avho supervised the editing
of the paper Avere Ridley Whitaker,
Nancy Pi})kin, Ross Ward, Helen
Moye, Harry IIollingsAvorth, James
Crone, James IleyAvard, Mary
(K)
Specia
;on Avas the secretary.
Avard as Don. (J^ause.) Very Avell, Louise SchAveikert, Bobbie Anne
p.y.) Thank you.
I : r 'jjit I need to
get that hat at Emerson’s.
John: You certainly surprised
me. Your memory’s not so bad
after all. (Pause.) Or Sarah’s either.
(Laughs.) (Pause.) That senior
year tAvo of our members were voted
the most rei)resentative students at
GITS: Helen Moye and James Hey
ward. Both deserved it. They had
been very activ(! in school work.
Ja(Mv: Speaking of active stu
dents, we had sev(‘ral class members
selected to the NMS on a basis of
scholarship, service, character, and
leadershij). They were Jean Kdger-
ton, James Heyward, James Crone,
Jack Wharton, Ross Ward, Jane
Smith, William 'Phompson, (ieorge
Ham, Hobbi(^ Anne Sanborn, Helen
Moye.
Sarah: Don’t let’s forget the
Hobo (^onveii'tion which we spon
sored. Everyone bad an excellent
time seeing its fan dancers and grave
diggers. And, to top things off, Ave
cleared a nice little sum of money.
Another social event of our senior
year was the Senior Han(iuet. All
the girls came dressed in their eve
ning gowns and the boys in their
Sunday suits. In addition to hav
ing a fine time, Ave w'ere able to get
acquainted with all those seniors Avith
Avhom Ave had been associating, but
lu'ver really kneAV.
John: We had several seniors on
the Hi Neavs Staft’. They Avere
Helen Moye, Avho was editor; Nancy
Pipkin, associate editor; Harry
Hollingsworth, managing editor;
Bobbie Anne Sanborn, feature
editor; Ross Ward, sports editor;
Jean Edgerton, alumni editor;
Angeline Casey and Tilly Horton,
staff artists; Marjorie W(‘.stray, staff
typist; Ed Luke, business manager.
Sarah : W(> had nearly all of tlu;
athletic captains tlu* senior year.
Speed Hollowell was the captain of
the football team; Jim Manly, and
Dick Daughtery, track team ; .1 immie
Weathers, swimming team; (iorman
Lawrence, basketball team,
Ja('k: Onr football team emerged
victorious at the end of the season
with ten victories and no defeats.
We did not have a chance at the
state crown since Ave were not in
a conference.
John: You can’t talk of sports
and leave our swimming team out.
Why they Avon the state champion
ship both our junior and senior
years! Our SAvirnmers were some of
the best in the south.
Sarah : In music the boys’ quartet
was outstanding. Tavo of the mem
bers Avere seniors. Let’s see, they
Avere James Harris and Jack
Wharton.
John : During our Senior year the
school held Open House to replace
the School Fairs of previous years.
For about three days Ave gave
parents the liberty of the building
and shoAved them the Avork Ave had
been doing in the classrooms. Also
we gave a program on the last night
of the Open House j)resenting out
standing chapel programs of the
year.
I believe that was the year we
had an addition to our building.
That building addition surely
lightened the crowded conditions of
our classrooms. Why, before it Avas
built, we had classes in the audi
torium, the lunch room, ■‘i*"
room, and even the baseu.
.Ia(’k : And 'PlIEN we graduated !
We Avaved good-bye to the friends
we’d made these four years, and left;
some to go to college and some to
work.
Sarah: Oh, dear, (looking at the
clock). Here it is almost 0:30, Avay
past Jack’s bed time. We must be
going.
Ja(’K (leai'ing) : And to think we
us(‘d to go to }>arties and come in
at the wee hours of the morning.
Sarah: Wdl, good-bye, John.
We’ve (injoyed it.
John: (Joodbye. (\)ine again.
(Pause.) Y(!s, sir, those Avert* the
good old days. I’ll never forget that
night of graduation. lioy, we st^t
a precedent and gave a play ou
Democracy. L(‘t’s se(‘ now'. Who
rec(‘ived thos(i i>rizes that 'tl'
given? I'hen! was a Weil prize, the
Royall essay prize, the American
History prize. Who got those! prizes?
(Joodness sak(‘s, the Hi News doesn’t
carry it. My memory must be going
had, i’ll think about it for a couj)le
of days. Maybe it’ll come back.
(Enter Mother, Father. So7i.)
Motfier: How did you get along
whihi we were gone?
John: Oh, some of my school
chums dropped in and we had a
little chat.
Mother: Well, .lames 'vas
gra(luat(‘d. And now he insists ou
going to tlu' ConnnencenuMit danci'.
We never thought of such a thing
in my day.
CJrandi’a: Yeah.
Mother: What was that?
(Jrandpa: Oh, nothing! Just my
cough coming on again.
Father: Let’s go to bed, Fatlun-;
you need all tlui rest possihh' in your
condition.
(Jrandi'a: Very Avell.
Leave as curtain closes.