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From the Gate City of the South and the Birth Place of 0. Henry
VOLUME VI
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOVEMBER 20, 1925
NUMBER 5
Greensboro City Schools
Pledge 100% to Stadium
DONATES $679.71*
Each Contribution Will Have
Name on Permanent Record
THE STADIUM TO COST $100,000
Will Serve a Long-felt Want In This
Region—Will Prove An Advantage
to Surrounding Territory.
♦
The Greensboro city schools sub
scribed 100 per cent to the drive for
the World War Memorial Stadium, it
was announced Nov. 11. Early on the
morning of Nov. 10 every G. H. S. stu
dent had contributed.
Out of the total enrollment of 3,660
for the entire city school system the
donations amounted to $679.11. Of this
amount the High School gave $176.70.
Envelopes for contributions were dis
tributed to the school pupils, Monday,
Nov. 9. All were urged to contribute
some small amount at least, for it was
felt by the officials that the spirit of
the donation was far more important
than the size of the donation.
The Memorial Stadium is scheduled
to cost $100,000. It will serve a long-
felt want in this region, as it will be
the only stadium between Charlottes
ville, Va., Nashville, Tenn., and Fort
Benning, Ga., according to statements
of stadium officials. It is expected to
prove of great advantage both to
Greensboro and a large surrounding re
gion.
Each person who contributed to the
campaign will have his name on per
manent record in the corner-stone and
also in the memorial booklet.
‘JUST SUPPOSE’
What? Dramatic Club Play
When? Friday, Dec. 4
Where?. -N. C. C. W. Auditorium
The Hour? 8:00 P. M.
Be There.
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SPIRIT OF G. H. S.
WINS nRST PLACE
AT STJNT NIGHT
“Les Costumes”, “Her Father’s
Daughter”, “A Debate”, and
“The Village Band” Good.
OVER 500 Wi^CH STUNTS
Organizations of School Present
Stunts to Raise Funds for Junior-
Senior Banquet—Cup A^varded.
OCTOBER SCHOLARSHIP
ECLIPSES ALL RECORDS
OF PREVIOUS MONTHS
Main Building Has 53 Honor
Students New Building 44;
Annex “B” 9.
‘HOMESPW MAKES
FIRST APPEARANCE
Motif of October Issue Is 0.
Henry—Contents Is Divided
Into Five Sections.
The October issue of Homespun, which
is the latest venture of G. H. S. in the
publication field, appeared Tuesday, No
vember 16. The initial number of the
new magazine had been somewhat slow
in reaching the hands of the students
owing to delays in the printing. It is
called the “O. Henry number.”
The contents is divided into several
sections whose names are derived from
the title of the magazine itself. The
first of these is known as “The Weave,”
and is devoted exclusively to material
developing the motif of the issue. “Col
ors in the Weave” consists of a group
of sketches dealing with the great short
story writer. “The Thread” is a sec
tion containing literary material con
tributed by the students on various sub
jects. The editorials are grouped under
the title of “Warp and Woof”. The
humorous section has been very aptly
designated “’Tarns.”
The material included is all very
readable, and some is exceptionally
good. For the first issue at any rate,
it is safe to say that Homespun is
quite a success. Many interesting
{Continued on page three)
DRAMATIC CLASS STARTS
WORK ON “CHARM SCHOOL”
October was a banner month in schol
arship for G. IT. S. There were 106 on
the honor roll. This is a splendid rec
ord for a High School. Forty-four from
the new building received stars, nine
from Barn “B” and 53 from the main
building.
Those who received stars in the new
building are; Alethea Sykes, Marion
Geohagen, Robert Ballard, Henry
Biggs, Harry Gump, Margaret Hack
ney, Hazel Jenkins, Edgar Kuykendall,
Kathleen Lashley, Mary Lyon Leak,
Ruth Lewis, J. D. McNairy, Helen Shu-
ford, Francis Sink, Carlton Wilder, Bill
Byers, Clarence Cone, Margaret Blay
lock, Dorothy Donnell, Sarah Ferguson,
Ruth Ferree, Eugenia Isler, Sadie
Sharp, Margaret Sockwell, Margaret
Britton, Mary Leigh Causey, Doris Ho
gan, Ellen Kelley, Katherine Nowell,
Jewel Rainey, Mary Henri Robinson,
Betty Turner, James Webb, Clyde Nor-
cum, Rebeckah Lowe, Leura Lineberry,
Ruth Laughlin, Daphne Hunt, John
Nau, Margaret Kendrick, Ruth Long,
Lizzie Adams Powers, Mary Bailey
Williams, Lorraine Revels.
The following from Barn “B” re
ceived stars: Elizabeth Bray, Floyd
Penn, Lewis Dicks, Dixon Thacker,
Carl Jones, Henry Wieland, Harold
Cone, Charles Rives, Elizabeth Boyst.
Honor roll students from the main
building are: Ed. Mendenhall, Marshall
Campbell, Orden Goode, William Hor-
ney, Paul Scurlock, David Swift, James
Tidwell, Elizabeth Crews, Margaret
Crews, Alice Dillard, Helen Felder,
Dorothy Lea, Cecile Lindau, Mary Lyon,
Inez Murray, Mary Price, Carolyn Sim
mons, Kate Stewart, Elizabeth Um-
berger, Hayward Gathens, Edna Mor
gan, Pauline Medearis, Ben Kendrick,
P. B. Whittington, Elizabeth Campbell,
Margaret Ferguson, Frances Johnson,
Glen Boyd McLeod, Marguerite Mason,
Hilda Smith, Helen Stockard, Mary Mc-
Cullum, Claudia Murdock, Margaret G.
Stockton, Nell Thurman, Bob Caveness,
Beverly Moore, Ruth Abbott, Bernice
Apple, Betty Brown, Evelyn Rives, Ma
ry Lyon Carlson, Mary Elizabeth King,
Sara Mendenhall, Phyllis Penn, Mathil
da Ptobinson, Cynthia ’Vaughn, Mary
Jane Wharton, Myra Wilkinson, Ruth
Simpson, Myrtle Gillis.
The class in dramatics has begun work
on “The Charm School” as a class pro
ject, it was announced recently hy Mr.
AV. R. Wunsch, faculty head of drama
tics.
The play, which is a delightful drama
of young college life, may be given the
week before the Christmas holidays.
Louise McCulloch has been selected
to fill the leading feminine role; “Bun
ny” Wimbish will play opposite her.
The complete cast will he announced
later.
Friday, November 13, 1925, many
.school organizations presented stunts at
the Junior Stunt Night held in the High
School Auditorium at eight o’clock for
the purpose of making money for the
Junior-Senior banquet. The auditorium
was packed to capacity there being
over 500 people present. Again and
again the large crowd broke forth in
storms of applause as the cleverly
worked-out stunts were presented.
The entire program was as follows:
Welcome to Our Stunt Night—Semes
ter Six.
“Les Costumes” (Composed and di
rected by Helen Felder)—French Club.
“Writing Magic”—Hiking Club.
A bit of Charm from “The Charm
School”—Dramatic Club.
The Spirit of G. H. S. (Composed and
directed by Margaret Ferguson of
High Life staffa—High Life Staff.
Her Father’s Daughter—^Girls Glee
Club.
Mock Wedding—Commercial Club.
A Radio Club—Boy’s Glee Club.
The Supreme Sacrifice—Girls’ Coun
cil.
On the Styx—Latin Club.
A Debate—Debating Club.
Making ’Em Over—Girls’ Athletic
Council.
The A'^illage Band—G. IT. S. Band.
A cup was given to the High Life
staff for presenting the best stunt which
was “The Spirit of G. H. S.” Judges
in the contest were: Mrs. C. T. Lips
comb, S. M. Bumpas, and Mrs. K. M.
Brim.
“Les Costumes”, “A Radio Club”,
“Her Father’s Daughter”, “A Debate”,
(Continued on page three)
IDEALS SET FORTH
BY TORCHLIGHTERS
Scholarship, Leadership, Char
acter, and Service Are Dis
cussed in Chapel Talks.
Monday, Nov. 16, the Torchlight So
ciety had charge of the chapel program,
since that week was National Education
Week and scholarship is one of its fore
most principles.
Sammy Goode told what the Torch
light Society is and what it stands for.
It is a member of the National Honor
Society, Greensboro High School being
the fifth school in the county to get a
charter. The four principles of the or
ganization are scholarship, leadership,
character and service.
“There is a crying need in the High
School for study. We all have a mission
in this world and it is our duty to pre
pare ourselves for it,” Flelen Felder told
the student body.
The third principle, character, on
which the organization was based was
discussed by Glenn Boyd McLeod. “The
four requirements of a good character
are: moral character, scholarship, de
pendability, and spirituality.”
John Thornton explained the ways
(Continued on page five)
BOARD IS IN FAVOR
OF SENIOR PLAN
FOR G. H. S. ANNUAL
^
No Future Graduating Class
May Depart from Present
Plan Without Consent.
NEW PLAN REDUCES COST
Decides to Hold Graduation Exercises
At Mid-Term for Members of
Present Semester Eight.
JEAN McAllister is
INJURED IN COLLISION
Miss Jean McAllister, civics instruc
tor in Greensboro High, suffered a
broken nose in a collision between her
Dodge coupe, and a touring car driven
by Earl Jennings, 428 Prescott Street,
about 4:00 o’clock Wednesday afternoon,
Nov. 11. Three occupants of the other
car were injured, one seriously.
According to witnesses, Mr. Jennings
was entirely to blame for the accident,
as he swerved his car to the left side
of the street, crashing into the coupe.
Both cars were rather hadly damaged.
TROOP TWENTY WINS
FIRST PLACE IN RALLY
Is Awarded Silver Loving Cup—Bap
tist Troop Under Casper Captures
Second Place and Gets Tent.
Before an audience of over two hun
dred people Troop twenty, of the Park
Place Methodist Church, captured first
place in the Fall Rally of the Boy
Scouts, held at Caldwell School, Satur
day, November 7. There were 118
scouts present, representing nine troops.
The rally was conducted under the su
pervision of Claude Humphreys, execu
tive of the Greensboro Council.
A silver loving cup was presented to
the Methodist troop which won first
place in: dressing relay and signalling
relay; second place, attendance, knot
tying, fireman’s drag relay, and potato
relay. Troop 5, under the leadership
of F. R. Casper, took second place and
was awarded a pup tent. An Ameri
can Flag was awarded to troop 19 which
won third place.
{Continued on page three)
MISS GILLIS UNDERGOES
OPERATION AT ST. LEO’S
On Wednesday, Nov. 18, ll^iss Betty
Gillis member of the English Depart
ment, underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis at St. Leo’s Hospital. The
operation was successful and she is
now improving. However, she does not
expect to be back in school before the
first of December.
Miss Gillis is from De Funiak Springs,
Florida.
SCOUTS DEMONSTRATE
V.ARIOUS PHASES OF
WORK FOR P. T. A.
Executive Talks on Aim and
Purpose of Scouting—G. H.
S. Orchestra Performs.
The High School parents and teachers
enjoyed a program conducted by the
Boy Scouts of Greensboro at the Asso
ciation’s regular monthly meeting, No
vember 4, 1925, held in the High School
Auditorium. This iirogram demonstrat
ed practically every phase of Scouting.
Bandaging, one of the foremost essen
tials of first aid, was thoroughly cov
ered. Two boys made fires with amaz
ing rapidity, one with flint and steel and
the other with friction. All of the sev
en scouts joined in a signaling drill. To
show the physical phase of scout work,
three types of pyramids were built. The
songs, which closed the program, were
the main feature as expressed by some
of the audience.
Claude Humphreys, the Greensboro
Council Executive, in a brief talk be
fore the assembly, told the aims and
purpose of Scouting.
“Everything in Scouting”, declared
the speaker, “goes to make wholesome,
virile manhood. It stimulates the men
tal, moral, and physical aspects of a
boy’s life.” Mr. Humphreys closed his
talk by quoting the following selection
which won the cup awarded by the Com
munity Chest Organization: “Scouting
safeguards your boy by proper compan
ionship, guides him by adult leadership,
(Continued on page five)
Tuesday night, Nov. 10, the School
Board met to discuss several questions
concerning the Fligh School.
In a letter to the School Board Mr.
Phillips explained the policy the class
of ’26 had adopted. It consists of cut
ting the price of an annual from $2,400
to about $1,000, making the cost per
individual Senior about $2.00. He told
the board that he did not think it would
be fair to this year’s class if next year
the class would go back to having an
expensive annual. The School Board
liked the stand the seniors had taken
and assured Mr. Phillips of official back
ing in this matter if it should come up
again. The Board made the resolution
that before a change could be made in
the present policy the matter would
have to be brought before them.
The second important matter dis
cussed was that of mid-year gradua
tion. The Board decided definitely that
there would always be mid-year gradua
tion and they are already at work se
lecting the minister and the speaker
for the night.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
ENTERTAIN ROTARIANS
Make Interesting Talks At Weekly
Meeting of Rotary Club—Cate and
Dickieson Render Violin Duet.
THE HIGH LIFE STAFF
ADDS NEW MEMBERS
The High Life staff has added four
new members to its corps, Weldon
Beacham, Louis Brooks, Hilda Smith,
and Elizabeth Campbell.
Louis Brooks is the representative
from the Freshman class and comes to
us from Aycock School where he was
an Editor of Aycock-a-Doodle-Do. Wel
don Beacham, Elizabeth Campbell and
Hilda Smith are typists, elected as a
result of the resignation of Pauline Me
dearis, Annie Younts and Cordia Dur
ham.
“The new typists have done an excel
lent piece of work toward getting out
this issue and have been quite an aid
to the editors,” stated the editor-in-
chief today.
Four Lligh School boys entertained
the members of the Rotary Club at their
regular weekly meeting in their club
room on the seventeenth floor of the Jef
ferson Standard, Tuesday, November 10.
Mr. C. W. Phillips introduced the boys
who made interesting talks on topics
of school lifq.
P. B. Whittington, president of the
Student Council, gave a brief review
of the school activities and the purpose
of the Council. “If G. H. S. rates
first with the equipment that we have”,
said the speaker, “what could it accom
plish if we had better equipment?”
Willard Watson, captain of the foot
ball team, talked on the athletic phase
of school life. He presented the need
of more equipment and urged the men
to help build a place in which athletic
contests might be held.
John Mebane gave a summary of the
benefits derived from Scouting and
the urging need for leadership. “Years
ago”, he declared, “boys had no outlet
for their surplus energy; today we have
the Boy Scouts of America.”
Clarence Scott asked the co-operation
of the members of the club in the secur
ing of a new Y. M. C. A. He gave
the relation of the Y. M. C. A. to the
High School.
George Dickieson and Arlindo Catex,
accompanied by Mary Elizabeth King
at the piano, gave a violin duet. Mr.
Phillips explained that the boys received
most of their musical training in school.
MISS MARTIN PLANS
THANKSGIVING PROGRAM
Just proceeding the Thanksgiving hol
idays, which begin on Thursday and
will continue until Monday, a Thanks
giving program will be given in chapel.
This program has been planned by Miss
Martin, with the assistance of Miss An
derson and Miss Reynolds. The music
will be furnished by Mr. Gildersleve,
{Continued on page three)