Pa^e Four
“HIGir^ LIFE, OCTOBER 14th, 1921
DICTATOR STANDS GUARD
IN MAIN HALL OF G. H. S.
Tile one wlio dietates to ns tlie most is
Mr; Landis, the man who stands in the hall,
with hands over his face. One might think
that he is bashful, but he isn't, lie talks
to us more often than any other member
of the faculty.
Mr. Landis is very faithful. He is al
ways on the job. Mr. Phillips catclies us
loafing sometimes but try tliougli he may
he can’t catch Mr. Landis loafing. If you
come over at midnight you will find him
on tile job. He is so faithful that he has
his food sent to him from the N’orth Caro
lina Public Service (’omjjany, and eats it
right there in the hall.
He is also very kind to us. AVhen we got
tired of studying history he sends us to an
Erglisli class. The Simiors praised liini
when he does this but they don’t praise him
half as mucli then as the freshmen do when
he tells them to leave their Latin class and
go to the cafeteria.
Next time you come around to our scliool
come in and shak(‘ hands with Mr. Landis
and see if lie won't P> 2 with you.
Our new clock is quite an addition to our
school. For many years we have needed a
correct lime piece: at least one ihoiT ‘ef
ficient than the janitor’s watch. This
clock is is run by electricity and is quite
efficient. No more short periods now—^for
this clock rings exactly on the dot and if
it doesn’t then Mr. Landis is right there
working on it.
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING NO'W IN SIGHT
With almost eiglit hundred boys ami
girls crowded into G. H. S. this year, there
is hardly standing room for all of them.
The burning question of the day is when
will the money appropriated last year be
used to build a larger and jnore modern
high school?
Mr. Archer asserts that fdthough the high
school is very crenvded l!ie gia'atest pres
sure is felt in the primary grades. Chil
dren are entering so rapidly that it is ab
solutely essential tiiat relief be found at
once. In one room of the grammar grades
there were about a hundred pupils when
scliool began. The school autliorities real
ize that although a high school education is
tremendously important it is much more
important that all boys and girls be given
the fundamentals taught in the grades.
Therefore, the first attention will be given
to the grammar grades whci-c the need is
greatest.
During the summer the Board of Edu
cation di.scussed the matter. They have
about decided upon their building policy.
Work will be commenced shortly.
It will be a year or two before definite
plans for a higli school building will be
made. After the plans have been com
pleted about two years will be required for
erecting the structure.
It might be well to sketcli a general idea
of the future “nuuision of learning” in
Greensboro. It is to be construcled with
aji eye to the school needs of tLe Gate City
twenty or thirty yeai\s hence. This is a
growing city.* New industries will develop
and a new school will attract many resi
dents. All these factors must be consider
ed, the board decided.
The building is to be as centrally located
as possible and on larger grounds. The
preseiit plan is to make it in the shape of
a large capital E. The front (vlge is th(‘
front of the building and the bars are
wings. Probably the wings will be added
as the student body inci*eases because
funds for the entire structure are not
forthcoming at one tiuie. The middle whig
is to contain the chapel—a large affair
to care for many visitors if the need arise.
Under the chapel is to be the gymnasium,
equipped for all kinds of athletics. Pro
visions will be made to give every pupil a
period of some sort of physical exercise
each day. There are also to be society halls
for the two literary societies. All the
equipment is to be up-to-date. No definite
steps, liowever, liave yet b(‘en started to
ward purchasing the lot and letting the
building contract.
Another thing of interest in connection
with the new high school is the fact that
G, H. S. is to have another grade added,
making twelve instead of eleven in the pub
lic schools here. This will not effect the
present pupils. Mr. Archer says that the
institution must have twelve grades to be
a first-class high school. His purpose is to
have a junior and a senior high school in
the new building. There is really going to
be no prolongation of a child’s term of
school going. The policy in the grades now
is to let a child go just as fast as he is will
ing to work. Quite often they finish two
grades a year. Thus they are ready to en
ter the high school at least a year younger
than the present higli school boys and girls
are. The plan is simply to do more woi*k
in less time. It has worked well .in other
places, especially in large high schools.
Myrtle Ellen LaBarr, ’22.
MIRIAM RANKIN WINNER
IN SWIMMING CONTEST
In a swimming contest held for girls at
the Country Club pool near the first of the
school year, Miriam Rankin won first place
with a score of forty-five points. Nellie
Irvin and Mary R. Bowden with forty-one
and forty points respectively came a close
second and third. The following is th;-
result of the match:
No. Points
25 Miriam Ranldn 45
27 Nellie Irwin 41
35 Mary R. Bowden 40
21 Jennie Trotter
9 Eleanor Barton 35^/^
34 Flax McAlister 35
31 Elizabeth >Simpson 35
6 Margaret Blair 29
8 Isabel Cone 27
4 Elizabeth Transou 26
26 Hermie Simpson 23
10 Dorothy Albright 22
7 Margaret Walters 20
20 Ruth Benjaman 20
24 Elzie Fluhardy 19
32 Catherine Gregory 17
14 Edna Cartland 17
15 Willhelmina W^eiland 16
22 Elizabeth Causey 15
19 Rejiiia Beck 15
30 (.’arolyn Glascock 13
13 Marjory (kirtland 13
12 Alice Thompson 12
2 Helen Clapp 12
1 Francis Harrison 11
11 Eugenia Hunter 19
16 Lucile Boone 9i/^
23 Fannie Anderson 91/^
29 Lucile Wynne 8
33 Eveh’ii Gregden 7
28 Ellen Stone 5
-17 Pauline Pleasant 3
18 Margaret Meyers 2
3 Margaret Patterson ._ 41^
EPISTLES OF HIRAM
Dear Ma:
This here sure is a funny school in
Greensberry. When I got here they tuk
me into a grate big room where all the
other folks was. Some of ’em was a’ set-
tin’ in long rows of seats, some a’ stand-
in’ against th’ wall, some was up on a sorta
stage, an’ some was just a’ walkin’ around.
One man got up an’ talked for a spell on
athaletix or sompin’ like that’n’en another
feller got up and talked. ’Bout ’at time
a feller with real curley hair got up on
th’ stage an’ another feller an’ a girl got
i:p there with him. First thing yu know
this liere curly-headed feller hops up, claps
his hands and howls out, “Whatcha say?”
No wonder he couldn’t understand ’em
lec:iu.se they was all ’a talkin’ to onct.
11’en all of ’em got tosqualin’ at the same
time an’ it sounded to me like they was
a’sayin’ “J—T—Ci-Twy.” N’en this here
curly headed feller jumps up offen’ th’
floor, an’ Avhoops, an’ hollei's, an’ every
body hollers back at him. N’en he talks to
another feller and the girl who’s up there
an’ purty soon he starts hoppin’ .around
agin and a’hollerin’, “Wliatsa matta?” I
looks around myself to see what ’twas, if
any a person had a’ got hurt or stepped on;
but they all looked awright t’ me. An’ ’en
everybody yells, “teem, teem, teem.” I
guess the trouble was with the teem but
there wasn’t no teem, leastways I didn’t
see it. Everybody got all exsited an’
stamped they feet an’ clapped an’ yelled
and kep a’callin’ folks names. An’ every
time they’d bawl louder, like as if they
was all deaf an’ a’tryin’ to make each oth
er hear. N’en somebody starts a’playin’
on a pianny an’ everybody gits up an’
walks out. I asks Jim what ’twas all about
an’ he says it’s a pepp meetin’, Idunno
what ’at is but it sure does raise a rumpus.
An’ I don’t see why they calls it pepp cause
there wasn’t no pepper as I could see.
Pepp meetin’s is awright but th’ only team
I care about is my ol’ mule team, None of
this high-falutin’ stuff for me.
As I hope to be back on the farm,
Hiram.
SHAKE BEFORE TAKING
Tommy to Aviator—‘ ‘ What is the most
deadly poison known?”
Aviator—‘ ‘ Aviator poison, ’ ’
Tommy—“How much does it take to kill
a person ? ’ ’
Aviator—‘ ‘ Ojie drop ! ’ ’
SENIORS
Not the largest but pushing hard
Not the greatest, but some have starred
Making this last year our very best
Seniors, Seniors,—best class yet!
In everything we’re ready to serve
And we let nothing our ardor swerve
To pass the mark—to hit the goal
Seniors—both heart and soul.
A feeling of honor and high school pride
Endeavoring all the boats of knowledge to
ride.
Working for highest honors to hold
Seniors—of the green and gold.
Endeavoring always to do our best,
Profiting also by the rest.
So it may be said that we stood the test
Wlien we were Seniors at G. H. S.
—Ethel Stockton.
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Store
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