ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS
PUBLISHED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HIGH LIFE BY THE CITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS
What Is Being Accomplished,
The following statement is be
ing made regarding the athletic
work in the High School, in re
sponse to a feeling that has been
expressed that the citizens of
Greensboro would like to know
what is being attempted and how
successfully that is being carried
out.
Greensboro's plan is unusual
in certain respects. Some schools
it is true, throughout the State,
are following the same idea, but
thus far, the facts have not
shown that any school is doing as
well as Greensboro. Many of
the schools are having more suc
cessful regular teams but seem
not to be reaching so many of
the student body.
The purpose of this outline is
to show the advantages to be
given by group or mass activities,
as opposed to a few highly train
ed teams. In issuing this pro
gram there is no spirit of fault
finding for those schools that
promote by one team. It is nec
essary under the present public
spirit, to have a show team. In
developing the plan in Greensbo
ro there is no question but what
eventually this show team will be
much more effective than under
the old system. Under the mass
system large numbers of students
are trained in athletics so that fi
nally they become better players
on the show team. The advan
tage can be easily seen when it
is realized that large numbers of
people are being developed. The
outline will deal first with boy’s
work under the four main sports
—Football, Basketball, Baseball,
Track.
During the latter part of
August and up until the latter
part of December, a conservative
estimate of 127 boys took part in
some form of Football, as direct
ed by the High School. While it
is true that many of these boys
did not get individual coaching,
they played supervised football.
The team which was developed
as the school team, was rated as
one of the leading teams of the
State at the end of the season.
The program for the ne.xt year
will be more successful because
of the activities during the past
fall. Regular games were played
with other schools by the second
team.
In basketball, at least 85 boys
have been playing regularly. A
class schedule is in operation
now in which a number of games
are being played. The two big
first and second squads have been
maintained throughout the seas
on with scheduled games for both
groups. Basketball is being put
on the basis of successful train
ing of the younger boys. It is
not a one-year sport by any
means, but boys must grow up
with it.
In baseball the plan of the high
school is to develop 10 or 12 reg
ular teams, including the regular
squad. This program of devel
opment is well under way at
present.
Track squads have been organ
ized and are meeting regularly.
PRE-REQUISITES FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS
CHARLES W. GOLD
.leffersoii Standard Ijife Insurance Co.
There are two qualities which stand out in my mind as being a prerequisite for business suc
cess. These two are integrity of character and promptness in keeping engagements. Re
garding the first, there was never a time in business life when honesty of purpose was held
in such high esteem as now and this quality, of course, is almost synonimous with the
second. If a boy or man promises to do anything, he should not only endeavor to perform
his promise carefully, but he should perform it promptly. Habits are easily formed. If
a boy will gegin life by regarding his promises to his parents, his teachers, his church and
his associates, that habit will follow him thru life. “Slow to promises, but quick to per
form” is an adage which is well for every boy to incorporate into his mind and character.”
This sport offers large possibili
ties because of the fact that any
size boy has an opportunity to
train himself and is not handi
capped because of that fact. The
Civitan Club has been asked to
promote a spring track meet for
the western section of N. C.
There are possibilities in this ven
ture.
This summarizes the activities
of the boys in organized sport.
Girls’ 'Work.
The State Association of High
School Athletics for Girls, is pri
marily a Greensboro High School
product. It was initiated in this
school and put into operation
here. The plan is to reach the
largest number of girls in various
forms of athletic work.
It may be well to explain a lit
tle more fully the plan as out
lined by this Association. It is
built upon a Point System which
allows points for definite work in
various forms of athletics. The
accumulation of these points per
mits the girls to win certain mon
ogram honors. The first honor
in the form of a local letter; the
next a State '-Monogram. The
various activities that are stress
ed are—swimming, hiking, horse-
back-riding, basketball, and any
other mass games that may be
promoted. At present something
like 27 schools are members of
this Association and are follow
ing in a more or less successful
way, the outline of the consti
tution.
In basketball, the girls of
Greensboro High School have
numbered approximately 75. Class
schedule games were carried on
before the holidays culminating
in the winning of the class penn
ant. Since that period, two
squads have been working regu
larly with definite, scheduled
games. They have been under
coaches who have guarded their
health carefully, because at pres
ent, one of the great faults that is
being found with basketball, is
the danger involved when girls
play it. The rules of the school
state that no one girl may play-
more than in one full game dur
ing one week-end. The coaches
are instructed at all times to keep
their girls in good physical condi
tion. Physical examinations are
required in every case. North
Carolina for some years has been
enthusiastically supporting girls
basketball. The trend of the pres
ent day however, is opposed to
inter-school basketball for girls.
The effect of the Association is
to carry out this wise develop
ment and to interest girls in more
phases than basketball.
During last spring a Field Day
was held which reached at least
100 girls in various forms of out
door sports. A similar event was
held during the fall of this year.
Plans for the spring Field Day
are being made now.
Baseball class teams are being
organized for girls. Certainly
this is a great possibility, even
more so than in the type of bas
ketball that has been played.
There are also in the school at
present, 160 girls who are follow
ing regulations which include
sleeping, eating and other similar
habits. These regulations are
printed on a card which is dupli
cated to each girl. She makes
report to the teacher in charge as
to the success with which she is
following it.
The next statement is one per
taining to expenses. This is cov
ered under two heads—traveling
expenses for teams and necessary
equipment for the entire program.
It is fair to say that the traveling
expenses of teams can approxi
mately be cancelled because in
the making of a schedule, the
effort is made to balance one
team against another so that the
management can at least come
out even. There is no question
but what this phase of the work
could be handled by the school
itself, without asking for outside
assistance. It would not be nec
essary to have as much equip
ment for simply- a show team in
these sports.
Equipment of an athletic nat
ure is very expensive. To equip
a football player moderately,
safely, it will cost $25.00. For
Basketball, $12.00. For basket
ball, $20.00 Baseball bats, balls
and other playing balls must also
be furnished.
Expense has been incurred in
payment of rentals on the use of
the Y. M. C. A. floor and Neese’
Hall. Referees have cost from
$5.00 to $20.00 per game. Bas
ketball goals have had to be
made from funds provided by the
Association.
Thus il w'ill be seen that equip
ment for a number of pupils has
meant a large item of expense.
The method of raising funds
is as follows: The Athletic As
sociation of the High School has
a plan of 25c per month fee for
any- student who belongs, enti
tling that student to admission
to all games for the month. This
ought to amount to $2.00 per stu
dent for the nine imonths. It
actually does not however, be
cause the ideal situation does
never develop.
Plays and entertainments are
sometimes resorted to.
Gate receipts usually meet the
travelling expenses. Occasional
ly, donations are made.
Since the fall of 1921 it has not
been necessary to get from out
side sources, more than the fol
lowing amount: Camp and Play
ground Assn, loaned the school
$220.00 to finish up the baseball
season last spring. The Civitan
Club has recently paid the rental
of Neese Hall, amounting to
$100.00. A'll othqr items have
been met by the school.
There was on hand at the be
ginning of this fall, $720.00 worth
of equipment. There has been
added during the fall, $350.00
worth. Most of this equipment is
of a permanent nature.
This, in brief, is an outline of
what the Greensboro High School
is trying to do.
The following suggestion has
been made and seems to be wise.
The school Athletic Association
feels that an Advisory Council
composed of one member from
each of the following clubs, would
serve as a good balance w-heel for
the Association. A member from
the Rotary-, Civitan, Kiwanis,
Lions, Chamber of Commerce,
could form a committee for the
purpose of passing upon any out
side aid that might be asked.
With the approval of this group,
it would be fair to ask for money
from any organization that
should see fit to consider dona
tions.
A MAN’S JOB
A manager’s job is a man's job.
Norman Block, recently appoint
ed manager of the basketball
team is thoroughly- handling the
position. All details are finish
ed, visiting teams are more
than satisfactorily taken care of
dodgers have been printed and
distributed and all games well
advertised, resulting in a larger
number out to see the games
and more enthusiasm from the
student body.
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE
THESE BOOKS
Every school library has been
supplied with new books on Play
and Physical Education. Don’t
let them get dusty. Among them
are books on Scouting, Games
Major Sports—Football, Basket
ball, Baseball, and Folk-dancing.
They are for you—Use them.
DREAMS
We do not refer to poetry-, far
less to the fantasies -jof intoxi
cation. We have neither apti
tude for the one nor opportunity
for the other. We are thinking
of those visions which, trans
cending the present and the act
ual, point unmistakably toward
the future and the ideal. May
kind Providence deliver us from
the day when our young men no
longer dream such dreams and
when our old men no longer see
such visions.
A group of gentlemen lingered
after supper pleasantly convers
ing—a judge, a capitalist, a law
yer, and an educator. Problems
of the day were handled compe
tently. The European embrog-
lio led to a discussion of the fut
ure of civilized societies. Each
man had his say, but none but the
educator had a remedy and he
was a dreamer. “What then,”
he asked, “can guarantee that our
civilization will endure? You see
clearly- that we are in the midst
of whirling changes, of develop
ment more rapid than any- age
has known. What right have we
to suppose that our particular so
cial structure is selected for sur
vival any more than the societies
of earlier days—the civilizations
of the Nile, the Euphrates, the
Agean and the Tiber? What
permanency does our Western
culture possess? There is one in
stitution and only one in which
we can place our hope; and that
institution is the public' school.
Moreover, it is practically the one
institution which the societies of
the past did not possess. It has re
mained for the culture of our day
to envisage universal education
at public expense. This is a tre
mendous enterprise, deserving of
the reverent and generous sup
port of every thinking person.
For its consumation no price in
money or sacrifice is too great.
It is our universal business. It
is the hope of the world.”
Old stuff, do you say? But true,
magnificently true; and high
above the newest, smart expedi
ent, high as the stars are above
the steeples.
The other day Doctor John H.
Finley proposed that the interna
tional debt arising from the
World War be converted into a
“permanent trust fund to be ad
ministered for the education of
the children of all peoples.” He
urged that the application of the
interest at five per cent per an
num on this ten-billion-dollar war
debt be for the benefit of the
children of the world-five hundred
millions a year to teach ten mill
ion children, the best that has
been delivered unto men or in
vented by mankind. “Has a more
stirring opportunity been offered
to any people than is ours, in the
refunding of this great war debt
in such a way as to make it a
blessing, when it can be paid, to
the next generation, or genera
tions, instead of a crushing bur
den to the tax-paying generation
of the present?—It would be the
greatest fund ever established on
the earth for the salvation of civ
ilization.”
Whether or not this supreme
dedication of our war debt is
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