THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
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Volume XXII
Goldsboro, N. C. Friday, January 21, 1949
Number 5
Varsity Club Urges Pupils Obey Rules
New Clocks
Purchased
For School
Eight new clocks have been
recently purchased for the school
by Superintendent Ray Arm
strong.
Also a new master clock for
the office is being installed.
The old clocks have not been
working for some time. The
master clock in the principal’s of
fice has been there since 1927,
when the school was built. It
runs by battery. The new master
clock runs by electricity and has
a spring which keeps it run
ning when the current is off.
The small clocks will cut off
when the curi'ent is off but catch
up later when the current comes
on.
It has been decided that a part
Ot the small clocks will be in
stalled in the following rooms:
library, auditorium, cafeteria,
work shop, and typing room.
At present it is undecided
Where the other clocks will go.
Happy Bill Cope
Delights Pupils
In Recent Show
G. H. S. Students were enter
tained by “Happy Bill" Cape, a
talented musician, recently.
He played first on the accor-
dian and the student body joined
with him in singing “You Call
Everybody Darling”.
Students sang other popular
songs and he played some of his
own arrangements. He sang a
very interesting composition
which was called “Molotov Pol'
ka” and then played other
marches whe he also compos^.
Also he played on the banjo.
He played adn sang a very in
teresting ballard that he called
•‘Piedmont Grand Opera”. He
gave some very interesting ini-
personations which he used in
his songs and between “acts”.
Principal C. W. Twiford asked
fcim to play “You Are My Sun
shine” and the students joined in
Singing.
He then moved to the piano
where he was equally talented.
Here he imitated a young music
scholar. He concluded Viis oto-
gram with some real “boogie
woogie”.
FHA Will Have
Dance Saturday
Members of the Futui'e Home
makers of America Club of OHS
will hold an appi^iation dance
January 22th at the William
Street School. This is to be giv
en in honor of the departments
who contribtued towards the suc-
eess of the recent District II
Rally hald in this school.
All members of departments
who had an active part in the
work of the rally have received
fcivitations to the party.
Refreshments will be made by
the third year Home Ec. Stu
dents.
Homeroom Has
Two Auctions
Miss Ina Mixon’s homeroom
has held two auctions in recent
weeks.
Bill Wooten and Jimmy Mc
Daniel were the auctioneers.
A total of $6.41 was received
from tiie first sale and given to
tlie empty stocking fund at
Christmas, and from the second
sale a total of $2.32 was real-
led for the class’ ti-easury.
Members of the cast of “The Willow and I” are (left to right): Peggy Ann Britt, Ruth Fore
hand, Lucille Williams, Ashton Griffin, Kenneth Aileir, Jimmy Ellis, David John Smith, Eddie
Mitciiell, and Karl Albert. Judy Adams and Peggy Hawkins were absent when the picture was
taken.
The Junior Class Plans Play,
“ Willow And I” Soon
Tlie Junior Class will present
“The Willow and I” under the di
rection of Miss Sarah Alexander,
February 11 and 12, in the
Goldsboro High School auditor
ium.
This play will also mark the
sixth anniversary of the Gold-
masquers.
The cast will include, Judy
Adams as Marsha Sutro, Lucille
Williams as Bessie Sutro, Skippy
Allen as Theodore Sutro, Peggy
Ann Britt as Aunt Millie, Ashton
Griffin as Robin Todd and Kirk
land Todd, David John Smith as
Duke Todd; Karl Albert as Dr.
Truber, Eddie Mitchell as Dr.
Oliver, Ruth Forehand as Mabel,
Peggy Hawkins as Tinny, and
Jimmy Ellis as Bailey.
“The Willow and I” is a story
of the Sotuh in the early 1900's.
Marsha Sutro, oldest daughter of
Theodore Sutro, meets and falls
in love with Robin Todd, a young
doctor who comes to the town to
begin his practice. Bessie, the
younger sister, also loves Robin,
and claims she won’t live with
out him and on Marsha’s and
Robin’s wedding day, attempts
to kill herself. The shot startles
Marsha int^ 40 years of silence.
Another shock brings Marsha’s
mind back and the play to a sur
prising climax.
Essay Topic Is
Assigned Pupils
"The Responsibility of the
United Stales in World Affairs”
is the topic on which essays will
be writen b yall G. H. S. stu
dents.
English students Will compete
for fii:st place in this contest.
Work began on January 17th.
At the end of the givei> time
to be announced eliminations will
be held among the separate
classes to select finalists.
From class finalists the winner
will be chosen to represent
Goldsboro High SchooL
Dancers
Mata, Hari
Seen At GHS
The comedy Dance team, Mata
and Hari, was pi'esented as- the
second of the Community Con
cert series in the Goldsboro High
School auditorium a few days
ago.
They were European artists
before coming to America to ap
pear in Broadway productions.
ITiis was the first concert of this
kind to be pt^esented in the Com
munity Concert series in Golds
boro.
Their program included: “The
Hindu Fahir Show,” “Guest
Night at La Tropicana”, “Penny
Arcade”, “Pas De Deux”, “In
the Circus”, “Sports News Reel”,
“Modern Art”, “Can’t Get Ripe
on the Vine Blues”, and “Car
negie Hall.”
The concert was attended by a
packed house.
First Talent
Show Planned
G. H. S.’s first talent show this
year will be held in the near fu
ture.
The local chapter of 'The Na
tional Honor Society will sponsor
the talent show to get funds to
send the official delegates to the
Sttae National Honor Sociey
meeting at Lenoir in the spring.
Last year the National Honor
Society sponsored a talent show
which was a great success.
Ann Johnson Is
Class Historian
Ann Johnson has been named
historian of the Sophomore class
to serve until members of the
class graduate in 1951.
She won out over a field of
five (Candidates. Others in the
running were Bill Wooten, June
Handley, Callie McArthur and
Carolyn Malpass.
High SchooVs Need
For Gymnasium Noted
Members of the Goldsboro
Lions Club have interested them
selves in trying to secure a gym
nasium for Goldsboro High
School.
At a recent meeting the club
discussed the handicap of the
school for lack of a gymnasium,
and the yappointed a committee
to see what are the prospects for
such a building to sei*ve the need
of the large and growing stu
dent body.
The club was interested in
learning if such a building could
be erected from the money se
cured from a bond issue voted
many months ago.
In addition to the efforts of the
Lions Club the News-Argus re
cently carried an editorial on the
need's for a gymnasium, and the
paper stated that some of the
smaler schools in this area have
put forth the effort to secure
gymnasiums and expressed, the
ho^e that something could be
done to relieve the situation in
Goldsboro.
At pix>sent the high school has
to use the William Street gym
nasium, which is considered in
adequate to mee the needs of
this school; and even if it were
big enough, it is pointed out it
is located too far off the groimds
of the high school t« be of real
service.
*Glub Takes
Initiative
In Molding
Conduct
Boys of the Goldsboro Higli
School student body, paced by
the members of the Varsity Club,
have adopted/* a new and unique
system — certainly so far as the
local school is concerned, for the
improvement of conduct of boys
in the school.
Although conduct in general is
included in the plans of mem
bers of the -Varsity Club, smok
ing and ungentlemanly language,
were the two things that came in
for special stress.
After other systems of hand
ling the smoking and bad * lan
guage problems had proved rath
er ineffective, the Varsity mem
bers decided to take the initia
tive; so last week they called a
meeting of the boys of the school,
and Cotton Kluttz, president o£
the Varsity Clu,lebd
the Varsity Club, led a discussion
of the various infractions of
rules which reflect on the student
body.
Following the full discussion
of the various problems — with
smoking and the use of imnronor
language being stressed as the
most serious — President Kluttz
announced that the members of
the Varsity Club had decided to
expel any of its members caught
in violation of the rules stressed,
and that members of tlie Club
would use their influence to se«
that other members of the stu
dent body stopped the two most
offensive of the rather prevalent
habits among students.
Members of the Club agreed
that in addition to the expulsioM
of members, they would go be
yond their own members and no
tify the individual . personalljr
when he is first found in viola
tion of the rules against smokinif
or using improper language m
the building or on the grounds;
for the second offense they will
take the boy before the Varsity
Club and talk with him there in
order to try and get his co-oper
ation in the matter of keeping
the rules and upholding the high
standards of the school; fi.r the
third offense the fellow found
breaking these rules will be
taken to the principal by tim
Varsity members.
Beyond these measures the
club will use what influence it
can to better conditions; and
Kluttz stated that he hop^ the
situation would improve and
that smoking and the use of ob
jectionable language would be
stopped without any student’s
having to be taken to tJie prin
cipal’s office.
In addition to the action by the
Varsity Club, non members ex
pressed their approval of the
idea, and Bill Wooten, a sopho
more football player but not a
member of the Club, gave an
outstanding speech on student
co-operation with students and
faculty for the betterment of
student life. Although the stu
dents — all boys of the Student
Association — did not take a for
mal vote on going along with tJie
Varsity Club, the concensus of
the meeting was that the desire
for co-operation was practically
100 per cent.
The Varsity Club is made up
of members of the athletic
teams and manager who receive
invitations to become members,
and membership in the Club is
considered a distinct honor
among the boys of the schooL
The Club has 37 odd members,
and in addition to its authority
to expel its own members, it can.
See Varsity Club On Page 3