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From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME V
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MARCH 12, 1925
Number 11
BETTER SPEECH WEEK IS OBSERVED
WITH NOVEL PROGRAMS IN CHAPEI,
Hoge, Turner and Broadhurst
Speak on Importance of
Careful Speech.
PRIZE OFFERED FOR BEST PLAY
“The Conqueror,” the Winning Play,
Written by Helen Felder, is
Presented.
Better Speech Week was observed at
G. H. S. in many novel and entertaining
ways. The chapel exercises were espe
cially interesting.
On Tuesday, Mr. James Hoge, cor
poration lawyer for the Vick Chemical
company, spoke to the annexes. The
speaker treated his subject skilfully and
thoroughly. Mr. Hoge brought out the
fact that no matter how beautiful or how
fashionably dressed one might be, he
must first be possessed of a cultured and
refined voice. He cited an incident in
which he saw an extremely good-looking
and fashionably attired young lady in a
hotel. He at once began building air
castles, and for a moment he dwelled in
celestial atmosphere. Later he secured
an introduction. To his dismay, the girl’s
voice was not as he had expected, gentle
and refined, but offensively loud and
raucous. Here Mr. Hoge dryly remarked
that his air castles fell with a crash.
On Wednesday, Rev. J. Clyde Turner,
pastor of the First Baptist church, gave
an interesting talk to the freshmen at
Lindsay Street School. Dr. Turner gave
three reasons for the misuse of the Eng
lish language. “One is either careless,
or indifferent, or he is ignorant. Either
case is deplorable, but the man who will
fully misuses the English language is a
scoundrel.” He closed by expressing the
wish that the prayer, “May the words of
my mouth and the meditations of my
heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord,
my strength and my redeemer,” might
truly be the prayer of every student.
Mr. E. D. Broadhurst closed the speak
ing program of the week. Mr. Broad
hurst in a comprehensive manner summed
up the aims and ideals of Better Speech
Week with these words: “Slovenly speech
is an index to slovenly character. How
ever, you must use this speech effectively.
Use not only the tongue, but the gesture
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COMMERCIAL STUDENTS PRESENT
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM IN CHAPEL
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
and Woodrow Wilson Referred
to as Greatest Americans.
HONOR ROLL FOR
FEBRUARY
Wilma Cauble
Nina Wray
Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Stone
Clara Mae Hines
Bernice Henley
Robert Stone
Lois Dorsett
Virginia Bain
Maxine Ferree
Elizabeth Cartland
Byron Sharpe
Ethel Morgan
Helen Felder
Dorothy Lea
James Tidwell
Glenn B. McLeod
Kate Stewart
James Robinson
Helen Stockard
Hilda Smith
Ruby Elliott
Mary Price
Annie Younts
P. B. Whittington
Mary Tilly
R. J. Whittington
Annie Cagle
Bernice Apple
Betty Brown
Mary
Edward Mendenhall
Margaret Ferguson
Elizabeth Campbell
Mary Lynn Carlson
Virginia Douglas
Mary E. King
Cynthia Vaughn
Mary J. Wharton
Myra Wilkinson
Phyllis Penn
Beverly Moore
Ruth Abbott
Wilma Long
Henry Biggs
Charles Graff
J. D. McNairy
Carlton Wilder
Mary Lyon Leak
Helen Shuford
Ruth Lewis
Carl Lane Brown
Ellen Kelly
Jewell Rainey
Lucile Atkins
Dorothy Donnell
Margaret Blaylock
Sadie Sharp
Margaret Sockwell
James Stidbam
Russell Whittmore
I.yon
The Commercial Club of the High
School presented a program at chapel
period Tuesday, February 24, based on
the lives of the three greatest men the
country has produced—George Washing
ton, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow
Wilson. Miss Rachel Nye gave an in
teresting address on “George Washing
ton: The Boy, the Man, and the Presi
dent.” She gave a graphic description
of his character and traits, and related
many entertaining anecdotes concerning
his life as a citizen and as an official.
A short talk was given by Miss Hazel
Brown on “The Life of Abraham Lin
coln.” Miss Brown devoted some time
to the discussion of the old Lincoln fami
lies who are related to the famous Pres
ident and are now settled in different
sections of the country.
Woodrow Wilson as a President” was
the topic of a speech by Edwin Lashley.
After the war,” the speaker said, “Pres
ident Wilson realized that a separate
treaty would have to be drawn up with
each of the Allies. He left the United
States and drew up the famous Versailles
treaty for which he was criticized unde
servedly by his political opponents.” He
concluded by giving a sketch of Wilson’s
life after his retirement from public life.
The Star-Spangled Banner sung by the
entire student body closed the program.
SPEAKER ANNOUNCES
CHEST ESSAY CONTEST
V. S. Woodard Explains to Students
the Purpose and Organization
of Community Chest.
Mr. Y’'icor S. Woodward, director of
the Community Chest, gave an interest
ing talk to the pupils of Greensboro High
School on Monday, February 2, at the
chapel period.
Mr. Woodward told the students of
the organization its purpose and the sys
tem by which it is run. He said that
many people had the idea that the Chest
was a charitable society, but that this is
entirely wrong. “The object of this
Chest,” he stated, “is to give financial
assistance and help promote the associa
tion which has membership in the or
ganization.”
He then urged all the pupils to enter
a contest which the Community Chest is
putting on. There are two phases of this
contest; namely, the essay, and the post
er, including free-hand drawings.
The following rules will govern the
contest:
1. Title: Work of the Greensboro Com
munity Chest and its Membership Agen
cies.
2. No essay shall consist of more than
750 words.
.3. All essays handed in by March 15.
4. Two prizes, respectively, engraved
gold and silver medals, for the two best
essays from fourth to eleventh grades.
5. Each essay signed by writer, age,
school grade, and home address.
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LATIN STUD^TS GIVE
“THE ROMAN SCHOOL”
PRESIDENT OF STATE
P. T. A. ADDRESSES
LOCAL ORGANlZATiON
Mrs. Curtis Bynum Says “Harmony,
Sympathy and Co-operation Make
for Successful Organization.
KILLINGSWORTH TELLS OF TRIP
Mrs. Curtis Bynum, of Asheville, pres
ident of the State Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation, addressed the monthly meeting
of the Parent-Teacher Association on
March 4. Mrs. Bynum stated that the
qualities of the successful Parent-Teacher
Association are: harmony, which is shown
in its attitude toward the administration;
symjiathy of the parents for teachers
and pupils, and the co-operation of the
teachers and parents.
Miss Killingsworth gave an account of
her trip to Cincinnati to the convention
of the National Education Association,
saying that “We judge youth by old
standards. There is a new social order
which it is the business of the mothers
and teachers to guide, and to be under
standing and gently sympathetic. Youth
has enthusiasm, intellect, and courage.
What we need is the understanding heart
and tolerating spirit which can distin
guish real values from those which do
not count.”
Mr. Edwards then reminded the mem
bers present of the school bond issue and
requested that they prepare themselves
to vote on it.
MISS KILLINGSWORTH
attends N.E.A. MEET
Deans of Universities, Colleges and
Schools Attend Twelfth Annual
Convention in Cincinnati.
Miss IJllian Killingsworth, dean of
girls of the High School, returned Sun
day night from Cincinnati, Ohio, where
she attended the twelfth annual conven
tion of the National Education Associa
tion. She was accompanied by Mrs.
Stacy, dean of women at the University
of North Carolina; Mrs. Durand, dean
of girls at the North Carolina College
for Women, and Miss Andrews, who is
the social director at N. C. C. W.
The party left Greensboro Tuesday
evening, February 22, and arrived in
Cincinnati late the next night. They
were planning to get rooms at the Gibson
hotel, where the convention was in ses
sion, but as there happened to be a con
vention of college professors and instruc
tors who alone were 10,000 strong, they
were unable to get a room. “One does
not know how to appreciate a comfort-
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TRIANGULAR DEBATERS
ARE CHOSEN IN RECENT
PRELIMINARY CONTEST
Mebane, Larkins, Wilder and Biggs
Are Chosen From Among
Many Entrants.
FINAL DEBATE TO BE MARCH 27
CAROLINA GLEE CLUB
PRESENTS CONCERT
Five Greensboro Boys Are Members
of Club Which is to Make
Extensive Tour.
G. H. S. TO PRESENT “PEGGY” IN
STATE-WIDE DRAMATIC CONTEST
Martha Broadhurst is Peggy—Virginia
McClamroch, Judah Shohan and
Bob Stone Have Parts.
Marcus Tullius Cicero Wins Victor’s
Crown of Laurels.
An interesting and instructive program
was presented last week by Miss Leslie’s
class of first-year Latin students. “The
Roman School” was given in Latin and
the characters wore the white togas of
the Romans.
Enjoyable features of the school rou
tine were lessons in geography and gram
mar, calisthenics, songs, nursery rhymes,
and an oration by Gains Licinius Cras-
sus. One of the most interesting features
was a contest in oratory, of which Mar
cus Tullius Cicero was the victor over
Gains lulius Caesar. A crown of laurels
was awarded by the judges. ■
The teacher was M. Sockwell; the
judges, H. Gumi) and M. Neal; the
slaves, G. Stone and R. Rieves; and the
students were M. Blaylock, S. Shank,
C. Roat, D. Collie, L. Sharpe, H. Shu
ford, M. Curtis, E. Stainback, I. Lyles,
M. Davant, R. Douglas, W. Sisk and
T. Marks.
“Peggy,” Harold Williamson’s tragedy
of tenant farm life, will be Greensboro’s
entrant in the state high school dramatic
contest. Martha Broadhurst has the ti
tle role. In the supporting cast will be
Virginia McClamroch as Mag, Judah
Shohan as Will, Robert Stone as Jed,
Edward McNeely as Mr. MacDonald,
Edgar Young as Wesley MacDonald, and
Clem Campbell as Herman.
The first performance of “Peggy” will
be given for the Juniors and Seniors of
the High School, March 9. It will next
be given on Friday, March 20, at North
Carolina College, when Winston-Salem
and Reidsville will also present one-act
plays. “Fixin’s,” another Carolina folk-
play, is to be the entrant of Winston-
Salem, and Reidsville will present Booth
Tarkington’s “Trysting Place.” The win
ner of this trinagle goes to Pinehurst
for another performance. The play win
ning first place in this trio makes a trip
to Asheville. Out of all the contestants
the best three go to Chapel Hill to make
a fight for final honors.
Other plays are being scheduled, among
them “Seventeen,” and several one-act
plays such as “The Maker of Dreams”
and “Where But in America?”
Miss Mary Wheeler, W. R. Wunsch
and Miss Geraldine Kelly will coach
these dramatic productions.
1925 “REFLECTOR” SENT TO
PRINTER ON FEBRUARY 28
The Annual staff rejoices to announce
that The lieflector has at last been sent
to press. They believe that the book,
which contains about 160 pages, attrac
tively bound in brown and gold, is one
of the finest ever edited. It is written
in the form of a mirror book, carrying
out its title. The Reflector. Each sec
tion, called by the names optical, Mer-
ury. Merlin’s Mirror, etc., is introduced
by an appropriate and artistic drawing.
Originality combined with beauty make
it a worth-while and attractive volume.
Copies will be on sale the first of May
at the small price of $2.50. Edgar Young,
the business manager, requests all those
who are going to purchase an Annual to
deposit 50 cents now.
The proposed boys’ glee club for the
Greensboro High School received a big
boost Friday afternoon, February 27,
when the Glee Club of the University of
North Carolina presented a part of its
regular program to the students of the
High School at the Grand theater. Fol
lowing this program Mr. Weaver, direc
tor of the Glee Club, and Charles Lips
comb, a former student of G. H. S., made
talks on glee club work. The club sang
an old Latin hymn, a negro spiritual,
and a catchy little melody about “My
Little Banjo,” showing the versatility
of their talents.
Mr. Weaver in his talk told of work
both with the Carolina and with other
glee clubs with which he has been asso
ciated. He stressed the fact that sing
ing was a manly art and not, as it is
sometimes erroneously declared to be,
effeminate.
Charles Lipscomb brought out the good
times that members of glee clubs enjoy.
He spoke of the length of the trip the
Carolina Glee Club is to make, going as
far west as Kansas City, Missouri. Con
cluding, he declared that G. H. S. should
have a glee club,—a club as hard to
make as the football team.”
There are five Greensboro boys—Rob
ert Wilkins, Moulton Avery, T. B. Og-
burn, Smathers, and Charles Lipscomb—
who are members of the glee club at
Carolina this year.
On Friday, February 27, the prelimi
naries for the Triangular Debate were
held in the auditorium.
Fourteen members of the Debating
club entered the preliminaries, and of
that number Henry Biggs, John Larkins,
John Mehane, and Carlton Wilder were
chosen to represent the school in the tri
angular debate to be held throughout the
state on March 27. The alternates chos
en were J. D. McNairy and Edgar Kuy
kendall.
The judges, Robert F. Mosley, James
Hogue, F. B. Aycock, Miss Ida B. Moore
and Miss A. Caldwell, had quite a diffi
cult task in selecting the people best
suited for the contest, as all the debates
were skilfully planned and well delivered.
After the announcing of the chosen
few, Mr. Edwards made a short talk.
He said that the ones that were not so
fortunate as to win should be all the
more determined to try again, for, “If
at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”
The Greensboro teams will compete
with Winston-Salem and High Point,
the winners then going on to Chapel Hill
to contest in the finals for the Aycock
Memorial cup.
NEW BARN IS OCCUPIED
BY LINDSAY STREETERS
Three Hundred and Twenty-five Pu
pils Led by Fifteen Teachers
Enter G. H. S.
On Monday morning, March 2, the stu
dents of the Lindsay Street School moved
into the new annex in the back of the
main high school building on Spring
street. Three hundred and twenty-five
children and 15 teachers bade farewell
to their “old home” and entered the new
building inspired by the beauty and new
ness of their present surroundings. Al
though the building hadn’t been fully
completed, the students were eager to
get there.
The new building is a 16-room struc
ture, well ventilated and heated. The
offices of the dean and of the acting-
superintendent of city schools have been
moved to the annex. The students of
the music department have a special
room for the carrying on of their work.
Every room is spick and span and the
students have resolved to keep the build
ing always in its present condition.
HIGH LIFE STAFF ATTENDS
CONVENTION IN NEW YORK
Wednesday, March 11, Martha Broad
hurst, Virginia McClamroch, P. B. Whit-
tington, Jr., and Miss Inabelle Coleman
left for New York to attend the conven
tion of Columbia Scholastic Press Asso
ciation to be held March 13 and 14.
This is the initial meeting of the organi
zation and the members of the High Life
staff are glad that they will be registered
as charter members of this association.
The program promises to be interesting
as well as very instructive. Many fea
tures of journalism will be discussed by
the best newspaper artists of America,
and the questions of the amateur press
men attending the convention will be
answered. One of the most interesting
phases of the convention is the con
test to be held between high school news
papers and magazines. High Life has
already entered the contest, and the edi
tors are hoping to return to Greensboro
with a good report from the contest.
The party expects to return to Greens
boro Monday morning, March 16.
“LE VAINQUER” GIVEN
BY FRENCH STUDENTS
Participate in Better Speech Week
Celebration.
At the meeting of Le Cercle Erancais,
February 25, Miss Causey’s classes pre
sented “Le Vainquer,” a very attractive
playlet written by Helen Felder and
translated into French by Elizabeth
Stone.
The scene of the play is laid in the
Land of Eair Speech, during a mighty
tournament. The assiduous Student, by
means of the magical midnight oil, con
quers all the parts of speech, and as a
reward for his prowess is dubhed “The
Conqueror” by the queen.
Byron Sharpe as the Student, and
Howard Wimbish as the Compound Sen
tence took their parts especially well.
Other characters were: King, Edward
Lashley; Queen, Helen Felder; Complex
Sentence, Dorothy Mayes; Simple Sen
tence (the court jester), James Tidwell;
ladies of the court, Elizabeth Crews, Mar
garet Crews, and Inez Murray; pages,
Mary Young and Myrtle Gillis; herald,
Edward Mendenhall; stretcher-bearers,
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