February 12, 1925
HIGH LIFE
Page Three
“COSETTE” ENJOYED BY
LE CERCLE FRANCAIS
Judah Shohan and Millard Todd Write
Clever Play from Hugo’s Story,
Wednesday, January 22, the French
club met in chapel immediately after
school to hold the last meeting of the
fall semester. Miss Coleman’s French V
class presented Judah Shohan’s and Mil-
* lard Todd’s dramatization of Victor
Hugo’s “Cosette.” The cast was:
Cosette, Margaret Glenn Stockton;
Madame Thenardeer, Elizabeth Stone;
M. Thenadier, Judah Shohan; M. Made
line, Garnett Gregory; Mile. Marchand,
Rachel Reese; M. Burveur, Kate Stew
art Fontaine, Ethel Morgan; M. Car-
tier, Millard Todd; Eponine, Mary Thur
man; Azelma, Betty Harrison; Betsy
Dupree, Epomime; Jane Dupree, Azel
ma; Faith Stanton, Cosette as baby.
Fontaine, a poor widow who has not
the means to care for her baby, seeks
advice of her friend, Madame Thinar-
dier. Cosette apparently finds the com
panionship of Madame’s daughters, Epo
nine and Azelma, very agreeable, and it
is decided that she will remain with the
Thinardiers.
Cosette is treated very cruelly, and as
soon as she is old enough, is forced to
do a servant’s work. In the evenings
she must knit socks for the other daugh
ters while they play. Christmas time
she is not asked to join in the festivities
and she becomes very miserable and un
happy. A stranger, M. Madeline, who
comes to the inn, is very much impressed
by the harsh treatment of Cosette, whose
gentle manner and wistful eyes have
greatly attracted him. Monsieur adopts
her and is doubly thankful when he dis
covers that she is the child of his old
friend, M. Fontaine.
Kate Stewart first gave a brief review
of the life of Victor Hugo, then the play
was presented, after wFich the audi
ence was invited to the cafeteria where
they were served hot chocolate and cakes.
The acting in Cosette was very well
done, but Elizabeth Stone, Judah Sho
han, Garnett Gregory and Margaret
Stockton deserve special mention.
‘SEVENTEEN” TO BE GIVEN IN
MARCH; FINAL CAST TjHOSEN
(Continued from page one)
Mr. Wunsch will coach the play; Miss
Wheeler will assist him. Bill Roach will
be stage manager and Robert Stone will
act as business manager.
“Seventeen” is the tragedy of William
Sylvanus Baxter that he has ceased to
be sixteen and is not yet eighteen. Sev
enteen is not an age, it is a disease. In
its turbulent bosom the leavings of a
boy are at war with the beginnings of a
man.
In his heart, William Sylvanus Baxter
knows all the tortures and delights of
love. But he is still sent on the most
humiliating errands by his mother, and
depends upon his father for the last
nickel of spending money.
Silly Bill fell in love with Lolo, the
baby-talk lady, a vapid if amiable little
flirt. To woo her in a manner worthy
of himself (and incidentally of her) he
stole his father’s evening clothes. When
his wooings became a nuisance to the
neighborhood his mother stole the clothes
back, and had them altered to fit the
middle-aged form of her husband, there
by keeping William at home in the eve
ning.
But when it came to the Baby-Talk
Lady’s good-bye dance, not to be present
was unendurable. How William Sylvan
us again got the dress suit, and how as
he was wearing it at the party the negro
servant. Genesis, disclosed the fact that
fhe proud garment was in reality his
father’s, are some of the elements in
this charming comedy of youth.
“Seventeen” is a story of youth, love,
and summer-time. It is a work of ex
quisite human sympathy and delicious
humor. Produced by Stuart Walker, it
enjoyed a run of four years in New
"i ork and on the road.
Some people say that Greensboro needs
good teamwork. Wonder what they will
say of the Salisbury game—but yet, look
what happened to High Point.
Greensboro nearly always makes great
comebacks and gets “sweet revenge” on
everyone. Maybe they’ll pull one over
on Durham the next time they meet them.
CONCERNING SIXTH ANNUAL
CAROLINA MUSIC CONTEST
'I'he sixth annual North Carolina music
contest for high schools promises to be
the biggest thing of its kind ever held
in the state. It is conducted by the
North Carolina College for Women and
will occur April 23 and 24.
The contest has for its aim the en
couragement of musical activity in the
high schools of the state, affording op
portunity for comparison of work and
the establishment of higher musical
standards.
Five hundred and sixty-four contest
ants were entered in the contest last
spring. This year the attendance will
be much larger.
The following group events will be of
fered: Mixed chorus. Boys’ glee club.
Girls’ glee club. Mixed quartet. Boys’
quartet. Girls’ quartet, and Orchestra.
Of these Greensboro High Schools hopes
to enter three: Orchestra, Girls’ glee club
and Boys’ glee club.
The solo , events will be: Violin, piano,
soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, and
bass. Any high school student enrolled
in one of the music courses or belonging
to a high school musical organization
STich as the glee club or orchestra may
try out to represent the school in these
events. J’he preliminary contest to pick
these soloists will be held in the High
School auditorium, Saturday morning,
March 28, at 9 o’clock. No enroRment
will be accepted by the college after
April 1.
The contestants will be judged on the
scale of 100. 30 points for tone (includ
ing quality, accuracy of pitch, and bal
ance in concerted numbers), 30 points
for technique (including memory and
enunciation in vocal numbers), and 40
points for interpretation (including tem
po, phrasing and general expression).
A list of six eontest numbers for each
event has been chosen by a committee.
The eontestant will give but one number
only, the one of the six which he or. she
prefers. Any student wishing to try
for the contest may get the names of
contest numbers from Mr. Gildersleeve.
In a high school where there are so many
taking lessons from excellent private
teachers there should be 50 in our pre
liminary contest. As yet there are not
more than 25 working on the numbers.
I.et’s get busy!
NORTH CAROLINA TEACHERS
MET AT RALEIGH, JANUARY 19
(Continued from page one)
tumes, who demonstrated grouply, beau-
tifrdly, and most efficiently rhythmics.
Nellie Irvin, an alumna of Greensboro
High School, was one of the four grace
ful girls. Miss Schon explained the
demonstration.”
“After the excellent demonstrations,
Mr. Hepburn, an ex-member of the na
tional committee of athletics, who for
years was editor of the Spaulding rule
books, held a round table discussion in
which bany teachers took active part.
Many serious questionsw ere solved,” de
clared Miss Walker.
“At the high school teachers’ meeting
Dr. Harrison, of State college, read a
pear on Freshman English. He showed
how failure in English leads to all other
failures. His talk threw a heavier re
sponsibility on the high school English
teachers.”
The evening session was attended with
much interest because the principal ad
dress of the evening was seheduled for
Mr. Archer.
Mr. Archer began by saying: “Once
while visiting another school I overheard
this statement; ‘Bill, your point is well
taken, but what’s the authority for your
facts and I immediately decided that
this school was on the road to success;
for when a school turns out men in
quisitive for facts and for the authority
for those facts, it is doing a successful
piece of work.” He continued this theme
until he proved that for the greatest
success, every school must have at least
an eight months school term.
Following Mr. Archer, Mr. Edwin M.
Steckel of Gastonia City Schools made
a most attractive and entertaining talk
on “Pianologue and Music.” He won
applause from the beginning when he
cleverly said: “They asked me for some
thing light. I don’t know whether they
meant work or my brains—anyway mu
sic is very simple or I could not explain
it to such people as you.” Mr. Steckel
defined music, good music and jazz. He
stated, “Jazz is music we take when we
cannot get anything else. It is a melody
reproduced in varied times and versions.”
His conclusion was most enthusiastically
received when he demonstrated jazz by
singing, “Yes, We Have no Bananas”
in the original word of the original melo
dies. From the “Hallelujah Chorus” he
softened into “I Dreamt I Dwelt in Mar
ble Walls,” then into Chopin’s Waltz,
and again he burst into the “Hallelujah
Chorus” before the grand finale of “My
Bonnie Lies Over the Sea.”
“The meetings were worth while, and
most everybody attended well,” conclud
ed Miss Walker, “except when a few
would run away to a meeting of those
select legislatures who didn’t help them
much professionally.”
Greensboro schools were represented
by Mr. Lee H. Edwards, Miss Florence
Pannell, Miss IJllie Walker and Miss
Rosa Abbott.
MR. EDGAR WOOD TALKS
TO THE BOYS’ ASSEMBLY
^ (Continued from page one)
After welcoming the freshmen, Mr.
Wunsch talked on why they were at
school. His main thought was, “The
discipline that comes with doing well and
thoroughly each task that comes.”
The next speaker was one known to
many of us as a teacher, Mr. Edgar
Wood. Mr. Wood taught here when
part of the seniors were freshmen. He
opened his talk with an illustration of
a bridge that continually fell down. Each
time it fell the chief wired back, “Dig
down deeper.”
He got down to the real essence of
his talk, “Belief in Christ.”
Many years ago during the Roman em
pire there was a Roman legion camped
on the shores of an Armenian lake. The
lake was frozen and the wintry winds
swept down from every side. The sol
diers were cold but not from an external
cold. The Roman emperor had decreed
that whoever did not bow down and wor
ship him should perish. This was the
night of the test. Forty young men step
ped out of the ranks. The general re
monstrated but to no avail. They were
sent out on the lake unarmed and thinly
clad. They went singing the praises of
Christ.
He said that it is not necessary now
to lay down our lives for Christ; we
can serve Him better by living a big,
clean, helpful Christian life.
MR. JOSEPHUS DANIELS
SPEAKS AT AYCOCK
SCHOOL DEDICATION
(Continued from page one)
In the course of his address Mr. Dan
iels declared that “we have come to an
appreciation of our own in North Caro
lina.” For generations, he said, if we
built a handsome hotel, school or pub
lic structure we named it the Robert E.
Lee, Washington or Horace Mann—
none of which had any local significance.
“We seemed not to think that here in
North Carolina we had produced men
whose deeds would evoke the ambition of
our youth,” he added. “The first school
building given the name of a North Car
olinian was the Murphy school in Ral
eigh. It remained for a native of an
other state to dig into history, discover
the vision of Murphy and give him a
place as the forerunner of the new day
in education. Now we are beginning to
^ive to school buildings the names of
honored men of our own blood who il
lustrated virtues and public spirit in
their own communities.”
Mr. Daniels explained that Aycock’s
true api:)reciation of things showed his
attitude toward taxation. His belief was
that taxes wisely expended are the best
investment in the world, and his endeav
ors were to prove his point to the state.
His efforts were not received with ac
claim.
The speaker said that he couldn’t re
member N. C. College’s full name and
didn’t want to. “It ought to be ‘Mclver
College’,” he said.
“The children of today and many to
morrows,” Mr. Daniels said in conclusiofi,
“will be strengthened every noble aspira
tion by reflecting that their school bears
the name of the noble man who, more
than any other man of his generation,
translated dreams into practical benedic
tions. If he could have been asked what
memorial he would have preferred, it
would be the very one that Greensboro
this day dedicated. He once said he
wished no monument housed in public
buildings. 'Hie memorial that fifty typi
fies Aycock is one where he opens new
and larger doors to children and beckons
his countrym.en to patriotic devotion to
the ideals he incarnated.”
The president of the P. T. A., Mrs.
E. D. Broadhurst, presented an oil
painting of Aycock to the school board
on behalf of the mothers. This portrait
(by Freeman) will be hung in the main
corridor of the building. Mr. E. D.
Broadhurst accepted the gift on behalf
of the school board and discoursed on
Aycock’s power and force for good, also
expressing his belief that the portrait
will inspire the children.
Switching to his favorite topic because
it had a pertinent bearing upon the eve
ning’s program, Mr. Broadhurst said,
“I am afraid we are about to be lost in
gubernatorial and legislative deficits.
But there is one deficit which no amount
of money, taxes or bills can repay—
that’s the deficit in the school terms dur
ing the past years. We can never make
up to the boys and girls noAv past school
age for the days of instruction that they
have been denied because of our short
term. The thing to do, however, is to
guard against a repetition of this la
mentable condition. We must get the
eight-month term standardized through
out the state.”
Lee H. Edwards, acting superintendent
of city schools, made a brief speech with
remarks appropriate to the occasion and
a tribute to the work of Charles B. Ay
cock. A wire from Ered Archer, super
intendent of city schools, who is on a
year’s leave of absence, was read. The
telegram concluded, “My heart is with
you tonight.”
An octet sang Kipling’s “Recessional”
prior to the talks on the program. The
graded school orchestra, which has been
organized for less than three months, en
tertained with several well rendered se
lections.
Monsieur Reau Talks
On French Sculpture
(Continued from page one)
the Ecole Normale Superieure, where he
studied for the teaching profession. He
obtained the highest mark in the com
petition for a chair in the Lycees of
France, and because of this he was
awarded a scholarship in the Fondation
Thiers of which M. Boutroux was the
director.
In 1907 he was appointed professor
at the Faculte des Lettrese de I’Uni-
versite de Nancy, and four years later
he became the director of the Institute
Francais, founded at St. Petersburg.
On his return to Paris, Mr. Reau de
voted all his time to the study of the
history of art and his publications on
this subject brought him much distinc
tion. Flis history of Russian Art was
crowned by the Academie des Inscrip
tions et Belles-Lettres and by the French
Academy. The Academie des Beaux-
Arts awarded him the prize Bordin for
his thesis on the sculptor. Falconet.
M. Reau is at present director of the
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, which has the
distinction of being the oldest of the
art reviews published in France. M.
Reau is also professor of the history of
sculpture at the Ecole de Louvre. Re
cently he was made president of La So-
ciete de I’Histoire de I’Art Francais.
SPANISH CLUB REORGANIZES
FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER
The Spanish elub met on Thursday,
February 5, for a re-election of officers
and to reorganize the club for the fourth
semester. J’he following officers were
elected: President, Mary McCollum; vice-
president, Stanley Sturm; secretary and
treasurer, Thelma Sherrill; High Life
reporter, Walter Smalley.
The new president, Mary McCollum,
appointed several committees—the Con
stitution committee, with Walter Smalley
as chairman; the Social committee, with
Judah Shohan as chairman, and the
Standing Program committee with Stan
ley Sturm as chairman.
Miss Kelly told the club of an asso
ciation in New York for Spanish clubs.
She gave the details regarding the sub
scriptions, clubs^ correspondence, and
other things that might interest Span
ish clubs. The members of the club
agreed with Miss Kelly regarding the.
association.
Speaking of good teamwork—how do
you like the Durham team?
BESSEMER HIGH WINS FROM
LOCALS BY SMALL MARGIN
At Caldwell school, February 2, in a
close game with Bessemer, Greensboro’s
quint led in scoring until the last two
minutes of play. The locals resorted to
long range shots in the final minutes,
while the fast Avorking visitors gained
possession of the ball and Avith unrivalled
team work carried it down the court
and dropped in a brace of field goals.
Greensboro continued the long distance
shooting which was unsuccessful.
The first half ended Avith the score
12-11 in favor of the locals. Greensboro
players located the basket with more ac
curacy than their opponents, although
the passing Avork Avas about even. Fouls
Avere called frequently on each side. The
third quarter found the battling quints
tied with 20 points each.
Greensboro led 29-27 until the last few
minutes of the game. Then Carruthers,
Bessemer guard, literally burned the
wind in the performance of caging two
goals in succession.
Local stars were Goodwin and Clar
ence Scott; for Bessemer, Sims and Car
ruthers.
A SUN DIAL
The sun was setting among rosy
clouds; in the pale southeast the full
moon Avas rising; the evening stars were
dimly outlined against the sky, tinted
by the Master Artist a light blue, with
salmon-colored clouds floating o’er the
tops of trees proudly bearing the colors
of autumn. Ann, the young and beau
tiful daughter of J. Robert Stanhope,
was strolling in the garden. Her heart
was heavy, seeming almost that its emo
tions would burst through the Amry folds
of her dress.
She had worked for weeks on a com
position, which, having been turned in
for examination, was pronounced as “no
good.” In her disturbed gaze something
was attracting her attention, something
Avas literally beaming before her eyes.
■Advancing slowly, she beheld just the
sun dial, but newly polished; it had
never shone in such glory before, the
bright rays of the setting sun dancing
upon it and revealing the words, ^‘Horas
non numero nisi serenas/’ and making
an impression upon her brain of “I num
ber none but the cloudless hours.” She
sank beside the sun dial, thinking deeply.
Suddenly she saw a troup of happy,
fairy-like figures entering the garden,
each of whom wore the breast plate of
a sun dial and had the happiest smile
and the merriest laugh, and danced with
the greatest ease of any persons she had
seen any time before.
A sad-looking boy approached the
dancing ones, at which all of them dash
ed toAvards him. One pulled a sun dial
breast plate from under his coat and
putting it on the boy, bade him join
them. She read their slogans, and, a
merry laugh proceeding from his throat,
he joined hands with them.
An old lady stopped at the gate and
was greeted joyously. Three of the wel
come intruders started walking home with
her, carrying her bundles. Upon return
ing they came upon Ann, and immedi
ately pulled out another sun dial breast
plate and placed it upon her. Her heart
grew light and clapping her hands to
gether, she joined them. Never was Ann
happier than at that moment, when, all
of a sudden, with a bang, fire-crackers
Avere sent into the sky spelling the words,
“I number none but the cloudless hours”
—Avhen Ann’s dad awoke her and bade
her come in, that all were searching for
the lost daughter. She Avhispered the
magic words into his ears and he laugh
ed too, looking back at the sun dial; but
catching her hand, they skipped into the
house, he explaining that her master had
come to show her how, with a few cor
rections, her composition might become
a masterpiece.
I.et us all borrow these mystic words
as our slogan and liken ourselves unto
the sun dials telling the time in our gar
den of life, and doing so in such a way
as to lighten everyone’s burden and to
make each person the happier because
they have seen us.
M. Hood.
Miss Mercer (on biology class) : “What
are the three classes of flowers, Eliza-
Lli^abeth: “Wild, tame, and—ur-r-r-
Cauli!”
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