Senior Supplement
Goldsboro Hi News
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
VOL XIII. No. 9 GOLDSBORO, N. C, JUNE ii, 1940 50 CENTS A YEAR
HIGHEST HEIGHTS ATTAINED BY CLASS OF '40
BY GRACE ALEXANDER
CHAPTER ONE
“They came, they saw, they conquered.”
“Unknown enthusiasm and spirit has
burst forth from ranks heretofore almost un
heard-of.”
In this way the Hi News acclaimed the
220 members of the Class of ’40 after they
had worked more, achieved more, and talked
more in a mere one-half year than any fore
going green class.
They elected Horace Potter, president; Ike
Manly, vice president; Martha Best, secretary;
Harold Montague, treasurer; and Shirley
Pearsall, cheerleader, and, pledging their sup
port to the Hi News campaign, scored their
first goal by trouncing the sophs and better
ing all previous eighth grade subscription
records.
The Giddens debating cup, having been
won four times by both the Sophomore and
Senior Classes and once by the Junior Class,
was looked at but never touched by fresh
men. Not so with this class. It was out to
break all records, to gain what others had
let pass by. The debaters, Martha Best and
Bill Cobb, coached by the class sponsor, Mrs.
Marcellus McBride (she was Miss Sarah
Chaffin then), not only came out of the pre
liminary against Carolyn Langston and Er
nest Glisson, sophomores, with flying colors
but even out-battled the junior representa
tives, James Heyward and James Crone, to
w'in the coveted trophy! The freshmen sup
ported the negative side of both queries:
“Resolved: That GHS should initiate a stu
dent activity fee” in the preliminary contest
and “Resolved: That North Carolina should
furnish free textbooks for all school children”
in the final controversy.
Perhaps the most significant experience of
the Class of ’40 while in GHS was the or
ganization of the Student Association, and
let it be said they played no minor part in
this. When the temporary Council was form
ed, the freshmen were well represented by Ike
Manly, Bill Nufer, Martha Best, Helen Cox,
Toni Lupton, and Virginia Lee. The great
problem facing this Council, drawing up a
constitution, was assigned to a committee
among whose members were Toni and Ike.
Chase Johnson and Ray Rouse helped make
arrangements for the election of SA officers
to serve the remainder of the ’36-’37 year by
serving on the nominating committee and
board of elections, respectively. After new
officers were elected, members of the first
regular student Council in GHS were cho
sen, the freshmen being Toni Lupton, Kala
Rosenthal, Martha Best, Ike Manly, Virginia
Lee, Bill Nufer, and Victor Hess.
Our GHS
"We Go Forward; Yea We Do,
And The Cause tB Due to You. '
Neither was the musical side of the school
without their support. These seventeen girls
were members of the Glee Club during their
initial stay in GHS: Jean Arment, Marina
Andrews, Evelyn Best, Carrie Helen Best,
Mary Ann Bordeaux, Virginia Byrum, Lou
ise Byrum, Louise Culbreth, Jackie Campen,
Leah Daughtry, Annie Deans, Jean Den
mark, Marie Davis, Carolyn Evans, Ruth
Herring, Louise McDowell, and Doris Ward.
The band welcomed Tom Parker and Billy
Smith, trumpeters, Gertrude Sanford and
Charles Magill, clarinetists, and Mack Wor
rell, drummer, among its number four years
ago.
When the call was heard for sports’ par
ticipants, the freshmen did not fail to res
pond. The six first-year boys reporting for
track practice were Horace Potter, Raeford
Carter, Charlie Boyette, Noah Bass, Edward
Hollingsworth, and Bill Kemp. Cliff Spruill,
Bill Nufer, and James Kennedy were can
didates for the swimming team 'and Bill
and James gained letters.
It was unusual for a freshman to make the
varsity football team, but Horace Potter was
a letterman after that first year’s service.
Fate Sasser, Billy Hollowell, Floyd Morse,
Arthur Boykin, John Schmidlapp, Roland
Edwards, David McClenny, Ray Rouse, War
ren Hood, Victor Hess, and John Grant were
probably encouraged by Horace’s example,
as they reported for football practice in the
spring. The one freshman candidate for base
ball in 1937 was James Kennedy.
While taking a large part in the political,
musical, and sports life of the school, the
members of this energetic class were not
absent from scholastic or social limelight. A
large number of freshmen made the honor
roll continuously, and Harold Montague
topped the whole school with an average of
97.5 during one quarter. Eight girls and five
boys took part in the floor show at the Ju
nior-Senior Banquet in the spring. Ann Dan
iels was elected Miss GHS at a dance-frolic
sponsored by three school groups. Those
dancing at the Junior-Senior were: Eleanor
Smith, Ann Daniels, Carolyn Evans, Rena
Graham, Sara Jeffreys, Chase Johnson, Har
riet Kelly, Mildred Lee, Sonny Boney, Ike
Manly, Harold Montague, Bill Cobb, and
Faison Thomson.
On April 23, 1937, the Aycock episode
in the North Carolina Educational Pageant
was presented at Duke Stadium in Durham.
Sonny Boney, Sarah Dees, Sara Jeffreys,
Chase Johnson, Mildred Lee, Charles Ma
gill, Ike Manly, Marina Andrews, Shirley
Pearsall, Cliff Spruill, Doris Davis, Bill Cobb,
and Cora Jane MacMillan took part in this
presentation.
Another act by members of the Class of
’40 which shall long be remembered and
stand as a memorial to them was the or
ganization of a Latin museum. Having made
money in diverse ways, the students taking
Latin I bought a number of ancient Roman
relics and placed them in a cabinet in the
Latin room. They continued this project
during their second year of high school life.
Near the close of their first year in GHS,
the time came to elect SA officers for the
following year. Horace Potter served on the
board of elections that controlled this vote,
and Rena Graham was a member of the
nominating committee. Kala Rosenthal be
came SA recording secretary at this period
of her career. Having gained this last morsel
of distinction, the Class of ’40 retired for
the summer.
CHAPTER TWO
After a hilarious vacation, the Class of
’40 returned to their books and the varying
round of school activities with renewed vim,
vigor, and vitality.
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