I’age ^
II I G II 1.1 F F
Friday, September, 25, 1926
HiGH Life
I’ul)lisli(*(l Bi-Weekly by the Students of
I'hK (iRKKNSHOKO HkSII ScUOOI-
(Ireensboro, N. (’.
b'ounded l)y tlie (’hiss of '21
Man'aokmkst
(ii‘nn Hol(i«*r KdUor-in-Chief
1 diulsay Moon* linsincsif Mava{/fr
Kniest Williams Just. Hus. Circ M(/r.
Errhnttijes
A lumni
Humor
(Irabam Todd
AsSOI’IATK I*h)ITOHS
Margaret Ferguson, Betty Brown
(leorgia Stewart, (’arlton Wilder
Klizabetli Hoekwell
Margu«*rite Harrison
Claude Sikes
Henry Briggs
A'I’hr.irnc l'’a)iTou.s
Paul Wimbisb Mary 'I’illey
'I’veiST I’-DITOKM
Annie ^'ounts Pauline Medearis
Cordia Durbani
llKI'OinilHS
J. I). MeNairy John Mebane
Fannie Hoelcwell James (’lements
Nell Thurman .Marguerite Mason
Adelaide Hilton
('artoonist Fhlmund Turner
Fac’I'i.tv Boaki) ok Adviskks
Miss Inabelle (1. C’oleTiian Choirmau
.Mr. W. B. Wunsel^, .Mr. A. T. Howe
*Vs. .Marv S. .Xsbford
\yr.
TID-IilTS
. .\yeoek is no farmer. Ask him?
Doesn’t feel so bad to be liack at the
Spring Street Aeademy, eh folks?
'Hu* fire was just one door too far
down the street.
Judging from the w'ay they hang
around, last year’s Seniors must have
eoneeived a deep love for ohl (1. H. S.
during the .summer months. They didn’t
seem to be so terribly fond of the old
ah'tit examination time in May,
“ . d- .. J.
Hot? .Aw, fergit it. Heinember that
we would have to go to school two hours
longer if it wasn’t for the heat wave.
Welcome, new jiedagogues. Make your
selves to home, but jilease go easy on the
tests and long assignments.
(lovernment Inaugurates C’atniiaign to
Popularize 'I'wo-Dollar Bill Headline.
Wasted effort as far as we are concern
ed, for any and every denomination of
the kingly bank note is exceedingly i>op-
ular with us.
Don’t worry, Freshie. A’ou won’t feel
that jiaddling more than a week or so
longer.
Wish it was time for the first magazine
to come out, for we hear that some lit
erary lights are going to burn brightly
in the first issue.
(ionna have a good football team?
Sure. Consider our coaches.
Mr. Wunsch’s C’reative IJterature
course certainly lives uj) to its name in
one jiarticular, anyway. It creates a
desire to enroll iti it when the fact is
learned that no tests nor examinations
will be given.
Wonder why Room 11 is so popular
with the ladies?
Who said that putting out a newspa-
l)er was easy? He’d better not let me
ketch him.
Seems mighty lonesome without
“Killy” back.
.Appropriate cam])aign sl()gan: “Keep
frigid with Mr. .Archer and his Frigid-
aire!”
Last j’ear’s Seniors seem strangely at
tracted to the classrooms of their
“youth.” Can it be that they are long
ing for ? Out of
courtesy we will not discuss such per
sonal subjects.
The thirty-minute periods of the last
few weeks eliminate the necessity for
eating breakfast at home.
Change of schedule! Have w'e heard
those words before?
(iKEENSHOKO HHill SCORES
a(;ain
Oreensboro High School has always
i
been extremely fortunate in having as
j)rincii)als men of the highest rank and
j al)ility, so that when .Mr. Edwards re-
I signed to become ])rinci])al of .Vsheville
High School, it was necessary for .Mr.
1 .Archer to consiiler carefully before aj)-
pointing his successor, in order to se
cure a man worthy of being classed with
these jjredecessors. Mr. Price, .Mr. (Juy
B. Philli])s, -Mr. Lee H. Edwards cer
tainly the successor to these men must
have (fvery (pialification of a leader and
an executive. But .Mr. .\rcher found
the man in .Mr. Charles Phillips. Lead-
j ershij), tlie ability to command the re-
I spect and love of his associates, unswerv
ing devotion ti duCv, a stern and uncom-
))romising sense of right, a tine under
standing of l)oy and girl nature, kind
liness all these (pialities and more are
j)osse.s.sed by Charles W. Phillips in
abundance.
Nearly a score of years ago, a tow
headed country lad trudged down the
dusty road leading tt) the district school
in the tjuaint little village of Trinity, N.
('. His brown, freckled face fairly
radiated the joy of mere living, and his
bare toes kicked uji the dust in cheerfuE
abandon. His creed was to make life
iiKfre i)leasant liJf^^(^^eople, and in
doing so he achieved great felicity for
himself. Hai)i)y Charlie Phillips, they
called him.
The years passed swiftly as they
have a habit of doing when life is care
free and youth is supreme, and soon the
j farmer boy stood on the threshold of
j young manhood. He ajjplied for ad-
I mittance to the I’niversity of North
1 Car»)lina, and was accepted. Shortly af-
1 ter the (lerman atrocities hecame too
I inhuman to he iiermitted to continue,
I and ^iiu was compelled to assist in
crushing ITie menace to civilization. The
l)U{Uling young college man volunteeretl
and was assigned to the Transjiortation
Corps. Here he served until the con
clusion of the war, when he received an
honorable discharge and took up his
studies where he had left off.
In 1921 the name of Charles Phillips
was near the toj) in the li.st of the grad
uating students; and in June he received
his A. B. degree, concluding a highly
honorai)le, distinctly successful college
career. 'I’he same characteristic of
striving to be hapjiy and to make others
hapj)y which had marked the country
lad was still uppermost in the dignified
college graduate.
In the fall of the same year Mr.
Phillips came to Greensboro as a member
of the FAiglish dejiartment of the local
high school. For two years he served in
this ca])acity. As a teacher he proved
an unqualified success. In the scholastic
year of 1923-24 he was assistant to the
principal of .Aycock School. In 1924-25
tlie resignation of his brother, Guy B.
Phillips, to become suiierintendent of
schools at Salisbury and the subsequent
promotion of Mr. Edwards to fill his
place, left open the principalship of
Caldwell School. Mr. Charles Phillips
was appointed to the position. The ap-
liointment proved to be a wise one. Now
Mr. Philli])s has again been shoved uji
the ladder, coming back as principal to
the school where he first started as a
teacher four years ago.
Since coming to Greensboro Mr.
Phillip.s, or Mr. C’harley, as he is known
among the student.s, has been promi
nently identified with all forms of work
among the younger folks, especially the
boys. He has been leader of Hi-A' No. 2
since its organization, scoutmaster of a
troop, and was for one or two years
coach of the High School baseball team.
He is thoroughly familiar with all
phases of recreational and educational
activities jiinong the boys.
Proof that the creed of making every
one happy fostered by tbe bare foot,
freckled urchin long ago in 'I'rinity vil
lage is still the creed of the august high
school {)rincipal was given last Tuesday
at the first chapel assembly of the year.
In a talk to the students Mr. Phillips
declared above all he wanted to be liajiijy
this year, which of course met with the
instant and umiualified ai)proval of the
student body. Such is the keynote of
Mr. Phillips’ administration, as it has
becji the keynote of his whole life. I low
could either be a failure?
LEE H. EDWARDS
We must congratulate Asheville High
Scliool on her good fortune. Mr. L. H.
Isdwards, ])rincipal of G. H. S. during
the preceding year, has accejited the
l)ost us head of the Asheville school and
what is our loss is their gain.
Mr. Edwards served as our principal
for only a year, but’ in that time he won
the re.s])ect and admiration of every
student in the school. He became a
friend as well as a leader. I'nder his
direction the organization functioned
smoothly and efficiently; and those
standards of fairness and honesty, which
have stood the test of time at C>. H. S.
were admiralily ujJield. In every dealing
that went on within the school, as well
as in all interscliolastic competition tliese
standards ruled.
Of course these achievements of the
l)rcceding year were due in a large
measure to the individual effort and co-
ojjeration would have been impossible
without a leader to inspire it. Mr. Ed
wards shouldered this task. It is need
less to say that he succeeded.
W’e heard of liis decision to move with
a genuine feeling of regret. A.sheville
is indeed fortunate.
' ^ ' Carltox W’ii.ukr.
“'I'he C'liarge of the Liglit B rigiule”
lilf 'rUKXEll
SUPERVISED STUDY
“Sujiervision is in.spiration—not driv
ing”- Mr. Allen, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
'Hie statement, a headline in a recent
state daily, is especially significant in
view of the new era in study period su
pervision introduced at G. H. S., that
of having every study period held in
regular class rooms under the supervision
(not sirsjiicion) of the teachers as oppos
ed to the ancient and unsatisfactory
method of a crowded, disorderly study
hall.
'I’o study or attempt to study under
the old method was next to impossible;
and the fellow' who did succeed in dis
covering that “all Gaul w'as divided into
three parts” instead of ten was undoubt
edly deaf and without feeling, a very
rare person to be sure. The cause for
such a condition was jirobably due to
two very closely related facts; first,
that there was a crowd, the allotment of
mischief makers (this group increases as
the crowd increases says the law of
averages) as well as the numbers in
volved being quite a factor in the prob
lem; and lastly, that the teacher, assum
ing the task of keeping law and order
upon her shoulders, for one minute being
a house detective running dow’n false
clues and the next an orator endeavoring
to control the uncontrollable multitude,
had very little time to supervise what
little study there w.as being attempted.
Such a situation held little or no happi
ness for either teacher or the poor fel
low who waited until the study period
to memorize Shakespeare, a capital idea
in those good old days.
This source of hard feeling and cause
for many unprepared lessons is now’ a
thing of the past. The crowd is now' re
duced to a small group in a room; and
the culprit, a silenced creature at last,
y.- BOMpXP- TDartg-B. —
finds little chance of escape. The teach
er is now able to assume the role of a
!K‘li)fuI friend rather than an armed
guard. A patient hearing and a timely
suggestion awaits everyone for the ask
ing.
Such a change was grefitly needed.
Both students and teachers appreciate
this foj'ward step in the interest of edu
cation made by our officials.
Henry Biggs.
CONTRIBUTE
In every line of endeavor there is an
advantage in having ideas and contri
butions from those other than the ones
who are intimately in touch w’lth its af
fairs. That is one reason why we w’ant
contributions from the student body; an
other reason is tliat we want to make
this i)aper democratic, one in which
every one has a part and one in which
thcic is multiplicity of ideas. Again
when we enter the National contest of
school papers this year, we want to win
first iilace; and the only way to do it is
to fill our paper with good wholesome
school news contributed by the student
body of Greensboro High School and by
the members of the High Like staff'.
Let's make the High Life a news
paper of the students, by the students,
for the students.
Lindsey Moore.
WELCOME
Welcome to our school, new' teachers.
Although we haven’t had an opportunity
to become closely acquainted with you as
yet, we are confident that you measure
up to the standard set by Greensboro
High School instructors in the past,
which W’e assure you is indeed high.
Great are the responsibilities which
rest upon the more or less sturdy
shoulders of the teachers. Realizing this,
w’c assure you of our hearty support and
co-operation in all the diversified fields
of school activity. We trust that you
will speedily become attuned to the at
mosphere of Greensboro High, which
has an individuality all its ow’n.
On the day of regi.stration for the
school year, the students assembled along
the walkways leading to the different
buildings. The passage of the new
teachers on their way to the session
rooms was curiously awaited by the op
timistic, forebodingly by the pessimistic.
Eventually they made their appearance
and w’ere carefully appraised. “They’ll
do,” was the general consensus of opin
ion. No higher compliment could have
been paid them by the students, their
most severe critics.
To the new students we extend a w'el-
come fully as hearty as that to the
teachers. (How'ever, we will hardly be
so profuse in our outw’ard welcome, since
our grades might, er—possibly be a little
higher if we get on the good side of
the new instructors.) We shall do every
thing in our pow'er to make you feel at
home, and hope that you'll like our
school and us.
CAREFUL!
“And there w'as a hot argument about
a ‘girl and a date’ between the tw’o
boys, and, first thing I knew, I was
flung from the hands of angry Johnnie
Jones, at Bill Smith who dodged me and
I landed against a wall. ’I'his disfigured
my corner something liorrible and tore
out my ‘avoir idioms,’ to say nothing
of the fact that I landed in a puddle of
mud,” said “Sammy Chardinal” to “Algy
Mathematics’’ as they lay in a heap of
books at the bottom of Johnnie Jones’
desk.
“Yeah,” rejoined the latter, “and only
yesterday I was iiinched nearly to death
by a leather book-strap. I got used to
being mashed, but when I was thrown
o^er Johnnie’s shoulddr, and allowed to
bang up and down against his skinny
back-bone, it hurt something fierce. Then,
when he got home, somebody called him,
and he gave me a good fwirl towards
the porch, and hurt my frontispice be
yond bookly belief.”
Honest though, let’s not treat our
books so rough!
Graham Todd.
NEW CREDITS SYSTEM
Chief among the newly appointed com
mittees in High School life is the credits
committee. It was formed for the pur
pose of diminishing any trouble which
might occur concerning credits and con
sists of four efficient members, namely:
Miss Fannie Starr Mitchell, Miss Lottie
Morgan, Miss Lily Walker and Miss
Minna Pickard. The purpose of the
committee is threefold:
To enter on permanent record cards
all credits, just as they are earned.
'To see that all students are taking the
subjects necessary for graduation.
To see that all students are earning
credits which make them eligible for
college entrance.
In former years there has been much
trouble in the proper adjusting of cred
its. Many students have made the un
wise choice of taking the easier subjects
instead of those necessary for college en
trance. That is why several boys and
girls are seen with thirty-six credits and
over, coming back to G. H. S. for an
extra semester.
The credits committee is going to help
the individual.
When a student finds a subject on his
schedule which he did not desire it is not
just a “filler”, but it was listed for
some definite purpose by this committee.
If the system this year is a success
it will be continued next year. It can be
made a success by co-operation of stu
dents with the committee.