Scholastic Drama Festival Comes To GHS For Second
By Leah Lloyd Rigshee
The second Eastern Carolina
Dramatics Festival, sponsored by
the Goldmasquers of Goldsboro
High School, is now in session. It
opened yesterday, March 27, and
closes tomorrow, March 29.
The festival, which was held for
the first time in Goldsboro last
year, has seven sessions. Ten
high schools, three of which have
two dramatic organizations, and
two colleges will be represented in
the festival.
The Goldmasquers, who have
won titles for themselves such as
“the South’s outstanding theatre
for youth,” “the dramatic capitol
of Eastern Carolina, and “pio
neers in radio education in North
Carolina,” are seeking to make
this cultural occasion one of the
most outstanding, not only in the
state, but also in the nation. In
order to bring this about, they
wish to make it an annual event.
The progress that has been made
places the Eastern Carolina Dra
matics Festival high among recog
nized state dramatic organizations.
Delegates attending the festi
val are from: Little Theatre, New
Bern; The Cue and Curtain Clyb,
Carr High School, Durham; The
Chi Pi Players, Eastern Carolina
Teachers’ College, Greenville;
and the Masque and Gavel Club,
High Point High School, High
Point.
Guests are also expected from
Chapel Hill and Wilmington where
New Hanover High School is run
ning special buses for the occa
sion.
The public is urged to attend
the festival, not only to back the
Goldmasquers, but for enjoyable
entertainment on a high level. It
is the aim of the festival as well
as dramatic arts in North Carolina
to be entertaining and educational
The festival program :s as fol
lows:
FIRST SESSION
Thursday afternoon, March 27—
3:00-3:15 — “Young America” —
Goldmasquers Radio Workshop;
3:15-3:45—“Death of the Swan”
—Fremont High School; 3:45-4:15
—“Mind Set”—Rocky Mount High
School.
SECOND SESSION
Thursday evening, March 27:
8:00-8:30—“Land’s End”—Golds
boro High chool; 8:30-9:00—“The
Voyage of the Ark”—Rocky Mount
High School; 9:00-9:30—“The
Happy Journey”—Greenville High
School
f-
THIED SESSION
Friday rnorning, March 28: 10:-
00-12:00—“LitUe Red Riding
Hood”—Goldmasquers.
‘ FOURTH SESSION
Friday afternoon, March 28:2:-
30-3:00—“The Maker of Dreams”
—New Hanover High School, Wil
mington; 3:00-3:30—“Peace, It’s
Wonderful”—Needham Br.oughton
High School, Raleigh: 3:00-4:00
—“The Finger of God”—Goldmas
quers Radio Workshop.
Season
FIFTH SESSION
Friday evening, March 28: 8:00-
8:30—“Sugar and Spice”—Need
ham Broughton High School. Ral
eigh; 8:30-9:00—“Antic Spring”
—Charles L. Coon High School,
Wilson; 9:00-9:30 — “The Flute-
and the Vine”—Goldsboro High
School.
Immediately following the last
production there will be a get-ac
quainted reception in the school
cafeteria.
SIXTH SESSION
Saturday afternoon, March 29:
12:30-3:00—^An Original Play—
Durham High School; 3:00-3:30—
“Skin Deep”—Gardner’s High
School, Wilson; 3:30-4:00 —
“Grandpa Pulls the String” —
Grainger High School, Kinston;
6:30-8:00—Radio Dinner.
SEVENTH SESSION
Saturday evening, March 29:
8:30-9:00—Broadcast over Tobac
co Network, — Communication
Center, University of North Car
olina; “The Ghost of Benjamin
Sweet” — Goldmasquers Radio
Workshop—Meredith College, Ral
eigh.
Members of the Goldmasquers
will be backstage ready to help
in any way possible during the
festival.
BACKSTAGE CREWS
Those working on backstage
management are: first session-
traffic manager, Joyce Best and
Peggy Ann Robbins; assistant
manager, David Johnson; make
up adviser, Elwbod Reaves and
Lou York; backstage reception
(office), Ida Lewis Langston;
Second session—traffic manager,
Clara Kannon and Martha Neely;
assistant manager, Alvin Joyner;
make-up adviser, Mamie Ruth
Savage and Virginia Keen; back
stage reception (office), Mary
Ann Ward;
Third session—traffic manager,
Peggy Ann West and Betty Lou
Paschall; assistant manager, Ash
ton Griffin; make-up adviser,
Goldmasquers staff; backstage re
ception (office), D. J. Rose;
Fouth session — traffic mana
ger, Clara Kannon and Martha
Neely; assistant manager, Alvin
Joyner; make-up adviser, Maroi®
Ruth Savage and "Virginia Kee\i;
backstage reception (office), Ida
Lewis Langston;
Fifth session—traffic manager,
Joyce Best and Peggy Ann Rob
bins; assistant manager, David
Johnson; make-up adviser, El-
wood Reaves and Lou York; back
stage reception (office), D. J.
Rose;
Sixth session—traffic manager,
Peggy Ann West and Betty Lou
Paschall; assistant manager, Ash
ton Griffin; make-up adviser, Ma
mie Ruth Savage and Virginia
Keen; backstage reception (of
fice), Mary Ann Ward;
Seventh session — backstage
manager, Ashton Griffin and Al
vin Joyner; assistant manager,
David Johnson; make-up advisei;,
— See FESTIVAL, Page 5 —
Senior Play
Nets $600.00
In Showing
The senior class of Goldsboro
High School in collaboration with
the Goldmasquers presented the
play “Seventh Heaven” by Austin
Strong Friday night March 7.
The auditorium was filled to
capacity for the performance. Ap
proximately $600.00 was taken in.
Following the performance a re
ception was held in the dramatic’s
room for parents of seniors at
which refreshments were served.
Biology Class
Hears Visitor
One hundred and seventy Biol
ogy students heard Major A. E. A.
Hudson talk on tropical diseases
recently.
He told about his work during
the war and showed some pictures
taken by the army forces. He was
also heard by Miss Geraldine
Jones’ third period class on the
same day.
It has been planned for him to
return sometime in April and talk
again.
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XX
Goldsboro, N. C., March 28,1947
Number 6
Local Goldmasquers Give
Six Plays At Festival
Herbert Howell
Is Speech Race
Representative
Herbert Howell, president of th^
student Association in GHS, com
peted in the district division of the
American' Legio^i Oratorical Con
test on March 20, having won in
the county division of the contest.
He was defeated by Bruce Pate,
Wheat Swamp High School, Lenoir
County.
Howell, who had won over the
other GHS contestants, competed
with Dan Fagg, of Mount OUve,
for the county honors. He spoke
on “The Constitution—A Living
Document.’’ His cxiempoiiincous
talk was oh Article I of the Bill
of Rights.
Fagg spoke on “Checks and
Balances—Our Basic Governmen
tal Principles” and his extempora
neous talk was on Article VIII of
the Bill of Rights.
Mr. Hugh Waldrop, chairman
of the county American Legion
Oratorical Contest, presented a
$25 war bond to Herbert Howell
after explaining how the judges
voted.
He presided over the contest.
Judges were Herbert Hulse, Rev.
James MsChesney, and Wylie Par
ker.
Lunchroom
Changes Plan
Serving Meals
A change in the system of GHS
lunches went in effect recently.
The change was necessary be
cause the cafeteria has been stead
ily losing money the whole school
year.
The government furnished a to
tal of $4,232.34 for lunches from
September through February 28.
On February 28 this help from the
government was cut off and the
cafeteria had to be operated at a
great loss. At the present time the
lunchroom is $721.14 in debt.
Beginning on March 17, the new
system went into practice. A
choice of foods is now offered,
and each student may select the
quantity he . wishes, making the
total cost higher.
Miss Weil Gives
Library Books
Miss Gertrude Weil recently
gave a number of books to the
Goldsboro High School Library.
Included in the donation were:
An eight volume set of “Constitu
tional History of the United
States,” by Von Holst; a two vol-
— See BOOKS,' Page 6 —
Pictured above is Mr.‘Clifton
bri.toii, director of dvan^atics
and radio broadcasting in Golds
boro high school for the past
several years. Since coming to
Goldsboro he has built one of
the outstanding departments in
the southeast and has won hon
or after honor.
GHS Drama
Director Sets
Fine Record
An ever helpful friend of GHS
students, and liked by all who
have ever worked with him, is
Clifton J. Britton, director of the
dramatic’s dept.
Mr. “B,” as he is called by
admiring students, has had ample
training for the big job he holds.
He attended the Plymouth Dra
ma School, Plymouth, Mass., Dale
Carnegie School and received a
Sarah Harris scholarship, traveled! cast are:
The Goldmasquers of Goldsb.oro
High School will present six pro
ductions in the Eastern Caroliaa
Dramatic festival which is being
held here Thursday, March 27,
through Saturday, March 29.
Mr. Clifton Britton, director has
directed the Senior Goldmasquers
production “The Flute and The
Vine,” which was written by
Weldon Stone. The cast is com
posed of: Dan Bernstein, Lem
Scragg; Jimmy Ellis, Lew; Cath
erine Robinson, Spring; Elizabeth
Garris, Summer; Virginia McFar
land, Autumn; Ruth Edgerton,
Winter; Wallace Allen, Paul Bun-
yan; Charles Askew, Johnny
Inkslinger; and Carl Casey, Big
Sw^ede.
Working on the technical staff
are: Margie Perry, student direc
tor; Joe Bazemore, stage manager;
Gordon Davis, Miller Eason, and
Leonard Pope, lighting crew; Ruth
Shaver and iiivelyn’Barbee, prop
erties; Adolph Pate, sound techni
cian; Vera Lee Gainey, costume
designer: Jack Hauser, set design
er; George Farfour, David Ander
son, Kenneth Waters and Isaac
Braxton, setting executed; El-
wood Reaves, Lou York, Virginia
Ken, and Mamie Ruth Savage,
make-up artists.
“The Finger of God,’’ written by
Percival Wilde, was also directed ,
by Mr. Britton. Members of the
cast are: Daron Ward, Strickland;
Hubert Howell, Benson; Judy
Adams, A Girl.
The technical staff is composed
of; Gerty Blow, student director;
Geoi*ge Farfour, stage manager;
Gaynelle Sauls and Eleanor
Brown, properties; Bobby Hill,
sound technician; Elwood Reaves,
Virginia Keen; and Lou York,
makeup; Gordon Davis and Jane
Brown, lighting; Billy Thompson,
George Farfour, and Clifton Noble,
setting. This is a Goldmasquers
Radio Workshop production which
will be presented on the stage.
Miss Sarah Alexander, Junior
Goldmasquers director, directed
“Land’s End.” Included in the
Betty Denmark, A Wo-
Honesty Is
Stressed In
Program
Honesty Week helti two weeks
ago, was begun in Goldsboro High
School by the circulati-:^; of ques
tionnaires to each homeroom.
This was done on the first day
of Honesty Week. On ihe second
day programs were given in the
homerooms and on vr"' ::hird day
they were given to > other
homeroom. On the ,*'^^'' th day
“The Finger of God’*^^ one-act
play by Percival Wildu was given
to the entire studeni, body. Judy
Adams, Herbert Howell, and Dar
on Ward enacted the play. Pan
elled discussions were held on the
fourth and fifth days by the four
classes. Honesty Week was under
the supervision of iUiss Janie
Ipock.
Some of the most important
questions were: “Do. .. ,/u believe
an honesty campaign ■" net-ded in
do you consider disl-*^-^ (whid
have you seen comm
many people in your^^n
have you seen? Whic )• have you
committed?”
The examples were: (1) copy
ing homework, getting help on
~ See HONESTY, Page 6 —
ich
How
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“Flute and Vine” Cast
Pictured above are the mem-!
bers of the cast of one of the j
contest plays to be given here;
during the Drama Festival this|
week. From left to right the
■members of the cast are: Ruth
! Edgerton, Virginia McFarland,
Charlie Acker, Elizabeth Garris,
Carl Casey, Catherine Robin
son, Jimmy Ellis, and Wallace
Allen.
GHS Musicians Are
Heard In Program
— See BRITTON, Page 6 —
i
— See DRAMA, Page 6 ■
Seniors Of GHS ^Hold
Senior Week Recently
Senior Week, a week during
which GHS Seniors have special
privileges and advertise the Senior
play, was observed March 3-7. -
The program on Monday of
that week was to advertise the
play and read the proclamation.
F.. W. Stanley read the procla
mation which stated that the
Freshmen should dress as sophis
ticates on Tuesday, the Sopho
mores to dress as children on
Wednesday, and Juniors to dress
with stocking caps and dark
clothes (no word to describe it)
on Thursday.
On Friday afternoon several
skits from the play were given
and the Seniors paraded uptown.
The play, Friday night, was the
climax of the week’s activities.
A reception was given for the Se
niors and their parents in Room,
16 after the play. The color
scheme was carried out in green
and white, Senior class colors.
The people taking part in the
program Monday were Ruth Cau
dill, Edwina Hallman, Sarah Jane
Pate, -Susan Smith, Martha Wins
low, Hazel Fields, Marilyn John
son, Carolyn Lassiter, Peggy
Pierce, Carlton Frederick, John
Duke, Boz Andrews, Chesley
Price, Catherine Robinson, Pinky
Gainey, Gaynelle Sauls, Virginia
McFarland, Kitzi Bridgers, Jane
Brown, Margie Pate, F. W. Stan
ley, Lew Langston, Leonard Ful-
ghum, Jayne Grant, Durwood
Stafford, Jackie Barfield, Charlie
Wiggs, Gertie Blow, Herbert
Howell, Liba Kornegay, Claudine
Lewis, Margie Perry, Clip Noble,
and Carl Casey.
. Shown above is Miss Sara Al
exander who came to Goldsboro
this year as assistant in the de
partment of dramatic arts. She
is directing “Little Red Riding
Hood” and “Land’s End”, two
of the Festival plays. She hails
from Clinton in Sampson coun
ty.
The Goldsboro High School Mu
sic Department presented the
Girls' Glee Club, a mix€(J chorus,
and the band in a conjjert here
recently.
The mixed chorus sang “God
Ever Glorious” by L. W'off, “Oh
Peaceful Habitation,” “Lord is My
Shephefd” by Noble Cain, £^id
“Go Down Moses”—spiritual.
The Girls’ Glee Club sang
“Summer Time” by Gershwin,
“Roses in Picardy” by Wood,
“Lord’s Prayer” by Malotte, “Lost
Chord” by Sullivan, “Now the
Day is Over” by Barnby, “The
Heavens Resound” by Beethoven,
“Out of the Night” by Luvass,
“Clouds”*by Charles.
,The Band played “Activity,”
“Project,” “Mutual,” “Normal,”
“Military Escort’' by Bennett,
“Hearts of Oak” by McCaughety,
“Chalma,” “The Little Grey
Church,” “Zenith” by . Bennett,
“Silver Talisman” by Delamter,
and “Ambition.”
Edwina Hallman, pianist for the
Glee Club, gave a piano solo.
To conclude the ;concert, the
Glee Club and Band gave “The
Children’s Prayfer” by Humper
dinck.
Alexander Aids
In Dramatics
At Goldsboro
An ever smiling countenance
marks Miss Sarah Newland Alex
ander, Goldsboro High School’s
new assistant dramatic’s director
who hails from Clinton, North
Carolina. ,
Her dramatics career began at
Greensboro College where she
participated in numerous plays,
the most outstanding of which
— See ALEXANDER, Page 6 —
The Easter holidays will be
on Good Friday, April 4.
School will be out Thursday
at 3:30 and resume on Tues
day, April 8.
High School
er
King^ Qm
NamedHere
LaNelle Edwards, sophomore,
and Carlton Fredericks, senior,
were crowned queen and king of
Goldsboro high school Friday,
March 14, in an assembly program
presented in the form of a corona
tion ceremony.
Eunice Bizzell suggested the idea
in an S. A. ciuncil as an effort
to raise money for the student as
sociation treasury. Votes were
sold at one cent each. The final
amount raised was $120, approxi
mately.
The program was written by F.
W. Stanley and Herbert Howell.
Those participating in the pro
gram were: John Duke and Jack
Hauser, jesters; Jimmy Ellis and
Paul Pittman, pages; Karl Albert
and Bobby Darden, crown bear
ers; Daron Ward and John Renn,
attendants; Billy Winslow and
Dick Griswold, guards.
The council of dukes, barons,
and counts was composed of: Ned
Champion, Chubby Bridgers, Paul
Edmundson, Robert Andrews, and
William Smith Howell.
Concert Soprano Gives
ProgramFor Community
Miss Nan Merriman, mezzo so
prano, pleased a large audience in
the third of a series of concerts
held in the Goldsboro High
School auditorium, Fridaji, March
14, under sponsorship of the
Community Concert Association.
Miss Merriman presented the
following program in five groups:
Group 1, “Where’er You Walk”
(from “Semele”) Handel; “Voi
Che Sapite” (from “The Marriage
of Figaro”), Bizet.
Group 2, “Mandoline,” DeBus-
sy; “Si mes vers auaient des ailes,”
Hahn; “Le temps des lilas,”
Chausson; “Carnaval,” Fourdrain.
Group 3, “Recitative and Ga
votte” (from “Mignon”), Thomas;
Group 4 “Down by the River
side” (English), Richard Manning;
“B” For Barney (Belfast Street
Song), Herbert Hughes; “Danny
Boy” (Londonderry air) Weather
ly; “Mere, mettex le chien cuire’
(Provence Bourguignon) Maurice
Emmanuel.... “Estrellita” (Mexi
can) Manuel Ponce; “Ev’ry Time I
Feel De Spirit” (Negro) Fischer.
Group 5: “Come To Me In My
Dreams;” Frank Bridgs; “We Dai
ses,” Samuel Barber, “Do Not Go,
My Love,” Hagemann; “Miranda,”
Hagemann. ’ The program was
concluded with two songs from
the cycle “I Hate Music, Berne-
stein—I Hate Music and a Big In
dian.
In return for her well behaved
audience she sang two encores,
“Look Edwin” and “Ave Maria.”
Ralph Linsley was at the piano.