THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XXll
Thursday, April 21, 1949, Goldsboro, N. C.
Number 9
The Swan Planned
For The Senior Class
“The Swan,” by Ferene Molnor f
is to be the senior class play.
The play will be presented on
the 6th and 7t^ of May.
Karl Albert is to play the part
of Dr. Nicholas Age. Others in
the cast are: George, Harold Ka
dis: Arsene, George Langston;
Princess, Beatrice, LaNelle Ed
wards; Alexander, Patsy Don
nell; Father Hyacinth, Kenneth
Allen; Symphorsia, Anna Lee
Pennington; Price Albert, Lewis
Bryan; Colonel Wunderlick, Bill
Elliott; Count Lutzon, Dick Gris
wold; Ceaser, Thurston Garris;
Maid, Anne Lee; Prince Maria
Domini cia, Berrette Daughtry;
Countess Erdly, Louise Lewis;
Finst Lackey, Jimmy Purser;
Second Lackey, Kenneth Ful-
ghum; First Hussar, Jack Rose;
First Lady-in-waiting, Annette Ed-
gerton; Second Lady-in-waiting,
Audrey Garris.
Mr. Clifton Britton will direct
the play and Miss Nancy McCaul
ey will assist with the dances.
Boh Bale Is
GHS Speaker
Albert Elected
State N.H.S.
President
Karl Albert, GHS junior, is the
„ , ^ . Ti- 1. president of the North Carolina
Students of Hyh National Honor Society. He was
School were privileged to hear
Bob Bale, who was conducting a
course on personal development
in the city, speak to them Friday,
April 1.
After being introduced by Troy
Pate, S. A. President, he gave the
three essentials for speaking.
That is, use your leeth, tongue,
and lips for correct pronunciation.
Using the following students
aji examples, he emphasized the
necessity of voice projection.
They were Mary Alice Rose,
Shirley Wiggins, Jake Mitchell
and Betty Jean Culbieth, from
the freshman class and Bobby
Klutz from the senior class. He
saved the last three minutes for
questions fro mthe floor.
elected at the recent state con
ference in Lenoir.
Thirteen delegates from here
attended. They were; Ashton
Griffin, Karl Albert, Dana James
Gulley, Patsy Donnell,
Parks, Peggy Ann Britt, Troy
Pate. Victor Herring.. Shirley
Haynes, Bill Winslow. P^ggy Ann
West, Ed Mitchell, and Betty Den
mark. Miss Janie C. Ipock, ad
viser, accompanied the group.
Bill Winslow is the past vice-
Career Day
Draws Several
Visitors Here
Career Day, an annual event,
starting last year, was observed
Wednesday, March 30th at
G.H.S.
Purpose of career day is to ac
quaint every student with the dif
ferent vocations for a life’s work.
Troy Pate, president of the Stu
dent Association, opened the
day’s program, extending a wel
come to all outside visitors to
this event.
The mixed glee club of Golds
boro High School, under the di
rection of Mr. John Thompson,
sang two musical selections.
Speaking in' place of Mrs.
Fred Harrell, Patsy Donnell and
Florence Bowden, G.H.S. stu
dents, spoke on “What Golds
boro has to offer.”
Immediately following that,
Mr. Roy Armstrong, from the
University of North Carolina,
stressed in his speech, “The Im
portance of College.”
Following the talk by Mr. Arm
strong, the Harmony Four, com
posed of Jack Borden, Skippy
Culloty, Bobby Frederick, and
Jimmy Shumate, entertained the
group by singing “Golden Slip
pers,” and “Coney Island Baby.”
The topic of Dr. J. K. Long’s
speech was, “Who should Go To
College?” Dr. Long is from
Eastern Carolina Teachers' Col
lege.
I'he Goldsboro High SJchool
Ethel closed the morning session.
After a brief recess, the Fresh
man and Sophomore classes re
turned to The auditorium to hear
a speech “Marriage and Family
Relations”, by Mr. Lester Pearl.
During this assembly, the Jun
iors and Seniors had lunch p>er-
lod. Following this assembly, the
Goldsboro High Furnishes
Two State DE Officers
Orchestra Plays
For VFW Group
Johnny Thompson and his or
chestra have a contract with the
Veterans of Foreign Wars to play
for a dance each Saturday night
at Seymour Johnson Field.
The orchestra played for the
V. W. opening March 27, witn
a one half hour broadcast
over WGBR that night.
They played recently at a
dance for the Moose Lodge. They
will play in LaGrange after
Easter.
High SchoJ Band
Plays At Festival
To the tune of the St. Louis
Blues the Goldsboro High
school band marched in the an
nual azalea festival parade in
Wilmington, April 2.
The two mile long parade was
a great display of floats, bands,
marching units, clowns, and
other groups. ITiere was an es
timated 100,000 spectators. Oth
er bands in the parade were
Raleign, Whiteville, E. M. I., the
American Legion band, Elizabeth
City, Wilmington High, Wil
mington Junior band, State
College, the Shrine Club band,
and the Eighty Second Airborne
Division band.
This parade Is held each year
to celebrate the opening of the
many beautiful azalea gardens.
Tfie band will participate in
the annual Farmer’s Daj^ Parade
in Tarboro, May 11.
They played for the opening
of the Wells store and will play
for a Women’s club convention
iu the near future.
president. -The other officers of ; juniors and Seniors attended an
the convention were Bill P«ctor, I assembly of the same nature
Rocky Mount, president; Judy!
Hall, Charlotte, secretary; and'
Mary Lib Smith, Lenoir, treas- j
urei’. I
The opening session, on April;
8, consisted of the tapping of'
new members into the Lenoir
chapter of the NHS. A regular
business meeting followed im
mediately. That afternoon, the
Lenoir High Masquers present
ed “Let’s Make Up,” by Ester
Olson; Mr. E. McCall, chairman
of the Board of School Directors
of Lenoir High School, spoke;
and the outstanding Lenoir High
School Band gave a concert.
Open forum discussions were
held ylso. An informal dinner
concluded the day’s activities.
iThe closing session Saturday
morning was highlighted by the naHon^“of“‘FriTst'
olect.on of oMioers. H was an-; ’
nounced that the conference
would meet in Concoixi next
year.
Last year, Goldsboro High
School was host to the conven
tion.
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N. C. Symphony
Proves Popular
Goldsboro provided the largest
attendance of any city in the
state of comparable sile for the
recent performance of the
North Carolina Symphony Or
chestra, under the direction of
Benjamin Swalin. This is the
fourth annual tour of the group
Soloist was Miss Nelle Burt
Wright, pianist.
The program consisted of:
Hungarian March from “Dam-
by Berlioz;
I, Opus 39
Scouts Visit
State College
The Scouts of troop 17, under
the leadership of Phil Schornfeld,
went recently to State College to
get certain badges on swimming.
Five boys got swimming merit
badges and three got their first
class rank in swimming. The oth
ers were learning to swim.
Those that attended were Sam
Gettsinger, Bih Porterfield W. B.
Grumpier, Clydt Brown, Jimmy
Pageant, Bill Denmark. Harry
Thornton and Paul Powell from
William St. school; Pete Evans
and Pat Howell from St. Marys
school ,and Sonny Jarmon from
GHS.
Tom Price Serves
As DE Delegate
Tom Price will be one of the
National delegates from North
Carolina to the third annual na
tional meetings of the D. E.
Clubs. This convention will be
held in Topeka, Kansas, April
25-27.
Tom has been asked to give the
report of activities of the clubs
of North Carolina at this meet
ing. North Carolina plans to run
for a national office.
(“Spring”); Claire De Lune, by
Debussy; and Roumanian Rhap
sody No. I.
Miss Wright’s selection was
Concerto No. II for • the Piano
and Orchestra, Opus 22, by Saint-
Saens.
Several encores were given to
an appreciative audience.
A children’s concert was given
for the grammar- grade students
in the afternoon.
Sophomores Plan
Tuscarora Visit
Camp Tuscarora will be the
scene of the Sophomore social
which is to be held May 6.
The social will be in the form
of a picnic-wiener roast with danc
ing and swimming.
Students will leave for the
Goldsboro, for the past three camp at 3:30 o’clock and return
yeai's has been fortunate to have
one of the North Carolina na
tional delegates. Each year the
Goldsboro national delegate has
been elected to a national office,
Frank Gates, as national secre
tary in ’47 and Charles Acker as
natior^l vice pi'esident in ’48.
at 9:00. The camp mess hall will
be used for dancing after the
wiener roast.
Expences will be paid by con
tributions from each student in
the amount of thirty-five cents,
Transportation will be furnish
ed by cars and the school bus.
Seniors Visit
E. C. College
Members of the Senioi class
visited East Carolina Teachers
College in Greenville on Thurs
day, April 14. The purpose of
the trip was to better acqif^int
high school seniors with a col
lege in action.
The usual classwork and other
activities of the college were in
operation and several special
features were prepared for the
information and entertainment
of the seniors.
The program consisted of the
following: A band concert, mu
sic by tiie college choir, a one-
act play “Sparkin,” a baseball
game -E. sC. T. C. vs. Elon Col
lege, open house in the various
departments, a motion picture
and a tea dance. A barbecue
lunch was furni.shed for fifty
cents.
♦ Billy Mozingo and Mary Car-^*
ol Joyner were elected State D.
E. Club officers at the' state
meeting held in Greensbor«
April 8 and 9.
Billy was named to serve as
Associate State President .while
Mary Carol was elected as
state secretary. (A senior is
elected for president to finish
the school year. A junior iti
elected to take over the next
year. Billy is a Junior.;
Attending the state conven
tion fr(?i|^ t»oIdsboro were: Bob*'
by Bell, Billy Adams, Gene
Anderson, Billy Mozingo, Jean
McL.awhorn and Mary Carol
Joyner. One unofficial delegate
was Veronica Bradshaw. Miss
Frances Bayne, coordinator, al
so attended the meeting.
Goldsboro, because it has the
largest DE program in the
state, had six official delegates.
The Goldsboro club was asked
to have charge of the first
luncheon on Friday, April 8. Bil
ly Mozingo was toast-master
for the occasion.
The girls roomed in dormi-;
tories on the campus at Wo
man’s College, and the boys
stayed in tourist homes near
the campus.
There were approximately 2!50
people attending the meeting.
The sessions were well planned,
consisting of committee reports
and discussion groups
GHS Students See
Joan Of Arc Here
The students of Goldsl>oro High
School saw the movie, “Joan of
Arc,” at the Paramount theater,
nine o'clock Tuesday morning,
April 12. The tickets were pur
chased at school at a reduced
rate and the students were ex
cused from classes until twelve
o’clock.
The money was collected in the
English classes. The students
were given special privileges to
attend the movie because it per
tains to studies in English and
history classes.
SPONSORS MOVIK
The D. E. students of G.H.S.
will sponsor a movie for the
student body Thursday, April 21
at 10:30 a.m. to raise money to
send a delegate to the national
D. E. meeting. The name oi the
picture is not kaowu.
Spanish Club
Holds A Party
A Spanish party was given aA
Camille Farfour’s home Friday
night April 8th. The party (Es-
panol fiesta) was given by t!ie
second year Spanish students i«
honor of the first year students.
The climax of the party can\e
when each person had a chanc*
to break the pinato, whieh
filled with candy.
Alvin Joyner was in charge oC
the program.
The boys wore loud shirts ami
pants, and the girls dressed ’m.
brightly colored dresses, skii'tK
aivd bouses.
Student Councfl
Draws Delegates
Three delegates Jimmy Ellis,
Peggy, Malpass and Lillian
Haynes with Miss Elizabeth
Grant, faculty advisor went aa
delegates from G. H. S. to the
Eastern District Meeting of the
North Carolina Student Council
Congress in Wilmington, Api*!
the first and second.
The students attended sessions
in the New Hanover High School
and also attended the parade oi
the Azalea Festival. The height
of the trip was a wiener roast
at Wright«viU« Be«eh.