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Friday, November 20, 1925
HIGH LIFE
Page 3
Historical Museum Opens
With Stream of Visitors
rare antiques
In Library Building—Unusual
Collection of World
War Relics
MRS. BELL HEADS THE SOCIETY
Bridal Veils of 1861, Ear Rings, Cradle
Which Rocked O. Henry, Collection
of Weapons, Knives, Daggers.
The Clreensboro Historical Museum
society formally opened its museum on
Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the Greens
boro Public Library building, while a
steady stream of visitors passed through
to admire the interesting collections dur
ing the hours from twelve to four. The
collections on exhibit are the most valu
able historic relics ever amassed at
Greensboro.
'the society was organized “to collect
and })reserve relics and materials of
historical character connected with the
county of Gvulford, North Carolina, and
its citizens", and its collections are of
such a nature as to be of great historic
value and to stimulate patriotic thought
any interest. The museum will prove
special value to the Greensboro students.
Due to the tireless labor of the mem
bers this remarkable collection of relics
was brought together. It includes many
relics coveted by museums in larger
cities. Among the outstanding exhibits
are the Governor John Motley Morehead
collection, donated by Mrs. Emma Whit
field, of Richmond, Va., a portrait of
Lieutenant John Paisley, the first offi
cer to be killed in the World War from
Guilford County, with an unusual World
War collection, relics of the sixties:
gray uniforms, bridal veils of 1861, ear
rings, footwarmers, and clothing de
picting the styles of the day; a cradle
which rocked O. Henry, and various
other cradles of the old days; and col
lection of arms and weapons, knives,
daggers, bayonets, muskets, which re
semble a minature armory is truly a
museum worthy of Greensboro, or much
larger cities.
The society is headed by Mrs. Hiram
Bell, the callable president, who has
been ably assisted by the various com
mittees. The chairman of the com
mittee are as follows: Mrs. R. F. Dal
ton, relics committee; and Mrs. W. C.
A. Hammel, membership committee.
The relics are loaned to the museum
which guarantees their safe keeping.
Suitable facilities have been supplied to
insure their proper care including locks,
serial number filing systems, and re
ceipt tags. Relics can be loaned by no
tifying Mrs. Dalton, who has this work
in charge. A suitable time for high
school teachers to take special history
or civics classes through the museum can
be arranged by either notifying Mrs.
Hiram Bell or Plenry Biggs.
MISS HENLY DIES—
TAUGHT 25 YEARS
Miss Cornelia Henley, for sev
eral years mathematics teacher
and librarian at Greensboro
High, died the afternoon of
Wednesday, November 11, at the
home of her sister, Mrs. D. W.
Lindley, at Guilford College.
Miss Henley, who was 49 years
of age, was one of the oldest
teachers in point of service in
the state, having taught for 25
years in the public school sys
tems of this and other cities.
She had been in bad health for
the past eight years.
A member of the Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant, she was
an ardent Christian. The funeral
was held Thursday at 1:00 P. M.
and interment in a Burlington
cemetery followed.
While very few of the present
student body remember Miss
Henley, since she resigned from
the faculty in 1922, she leaves a
record of faithful service while
teaching in the school, and she
did her part in bringing Greens
boro High to its present stage
of development.
THE TORCHLIGHT
SOCIETY RECEIVES
MEMBERS
Helen Felder, Paul Scurloch,
Dorothy Lea, and Mary Lyon
Make Five-Minute Talks
TILLETT MAKES ADDRESS
She Told Them What They Should
Stand for and How They Should
Conduct Themselves.
THANKSGIVING ISSUE OF
“HOMESPUN” PROMISES
TO BE VERY ATTRACTIVE
Special Thanksgiving Editorial
By Helen Felder Features
the Editorial Section.
The initiation of the new members
of tlie Torchlight Society was conducted
Thursday, November 12, at the regular
meeting of the organization. Margaret
Hood, president of the Society, presided.
Miss Tillett, faculty advisor, had charge
of the devotional exercises. She read
a selection from the Bible and followed
this with a prayer.
Next came four splendid five-minute
talks by old members on the four main
principles of the society; Scholarship,
Helen Felder; Character, Paul Scur-
lock; Leadership, Dorothy Lea; Service,
Mary Lyon.
Following these instructive talks. Miss
Tillett gave an address to the new mem
bers. She told them what they should
stand for and how they should conduct
themselves.
After this Margaret Hood adminis
tered the oath to the new memhers.
Some business was taken up, and the
.society decided to meet every second
and fourth Thursdays. It was decided
to have a ])rogram committee to pre
pare the programs. The meeting then
adjourned.
SUPERSTITION IS
RULING MANKIND
Though Men No Longer Believe
In Fairies Nevertheless They
Still Carry Rabbit’s Feet.
MR. ADAMS SPEAKS
ABOUT ARMISTICE DAY
“LITTLE PAUL”, SENIOR
CLASS MASCOT, PAYS VISIT
“Oh, please let me play with him
awhile. Isn’t he perfectly precious?
Doesn’t he talk cute?” Many and var
ied were such remarks as came from a
gathering of students around a small
child.
Someone was heard to ask, “Have
the dignified seniors completely lost their
minds? “But, really, they aren’t to be
blamed so much for who could resist
raving over little Paul Strickland, one
of the senior mascots?” came the de
fending answer.
Paul is not bashful in the least and he
likes all tlie girls, especially those who
persist in stuffing him with candy or
are continually kissing him.
“Who brought you to school, Paul?”
“Cricket.”
And when “Cricket” Brown disap
peared around the corner with Paul half
a dozen voices called after him, “Bring
him back soon, “Cricket.”
Baseball reminds me of marriage. First
the Diamond when they are engaged,
then the struggles, the hits, the sacri
fices, the men going out, and finally the
trouble they have in reaching home again.
Get leave to work
In this world—’tis the best you get
at all. —E. B. Browning.
The Thanksgiving issue of Home-
spun has gone to press. It promises
to be one of the most attractive issues
of the year, in which the Thanksgiving
motif is cleverly played upon. The di
visions appropriately conform to the
title of the magazine, and the new di
vision, “Silk Threads”, is the very cream
of the material. The second edition of
the magazine will probably be back
from the printers by Nov. 23.
From the Thanksgiving cartoon on the
fly-leaf to the fine “Yarns”, the maga
zine presents a harmony of workmanship
and is logical in every detail. The mo
tif under the unique caption, “The
Weave,” is unusually well arranged,
as is “Threads in the Weave” which
treats all the phases of the Thanks
giving holiday. “Warp and Woof”, the
editorial section, is featured with a
special Thanksgiving editorial by Helen
Felder. “Silk Threads” represents the
very best of G. H. S’s. Literary pro
ductions, while “Yarns” adds the humor
to the issue giving it a well-rounded ef
fect.
The table of contents follows:
THE WEAVE—Motif, Thanksgiving
The Age-Old Spirit
The Origin of the American Thanks
giving
The Evolution of the American
Thanksgiving
American Thanksgiving Discovery
American Thanksgiving Miracle
THREADS IN THE WEAVE—
Thanksgiving Sketches
The Day Before Thanksgiving
Catching the Turkey
Table Cloth Observations
The Blessing
Bouillon
'I'urkey
Celery
Story Telling
The Fireside
Night After Thanksgiving
Day After Thanksgiving
WARP AND WOOP—Editorials
Thanksgiving
High Life
SILK THREADS—Best Stories, Poems
and Features
Carol Carols
At Seventy Years
Flotsam
School
Honest and Truly
My Autograph Collection
Pays Tribute to Those Who Gave
Their Lives in the World War—
Quotes “In Flanders Field.”
Mr. Allen Adams, local lawyer, de
livered on Armistice day an address at
chapel assembly, Tuesday November 10,
1925. He paid tribute to “those boys
who with sublime fortitude braved a
torpedo-infested sea and defended
American rights on the soil of a foreign
field.”
He spoke briefly of the terrible cost
of the World War; over the eight mil
lion soldiers killed, over eight million
civilians who had no active part, killed,
over eleven million others permanently
injured thus bringing tbe total to twenty
seven million human lives wrecked. The
war cost a total of one hundred and
eighty-six billion dollars in money.
The speaker asks, “What will the next
war cost? Some statesmen say it will
wipe the white race oft' the earth. It
is with you, the young joeople of Ameri
ca, that I plead not to let this happen.
It is with you that peace rests. I ask
you to do something to keep the world
in peace?” In closing Mr. Adams quoted,
“In Flanders Field”, the finest thing in
his opinion that came out of the recent
war. He interpreted it to mean that
the living should do all they can for
peace.
Man has had superstitions “ecer
since Adam”. On down through the
ages, they have collected and disap
peared. Few, above the age of six, be
lieve in fairies and witches and ghosts,
on the other hand there are few who do
not have some little pet superstitions.
Ninety-nine people out of every one-
luindred at tlie sight of a black cat
crossing their path give a mock cry of
despair and “let go” a few “Ceasar’s
Ghosts”, “Leapin" I.enas”, “Goodness
gracious. Racheal’s” and other re
marks not used by English teachers.
Fewer people believe in carrying a
“lef’-hind rabbit’s foot” but they may
be found in the pockets of many ne
groes.
It is amusing to see the juiins some
peoifle take to snap their fingers at a
white horse, pick up a pin, hang up a
horse-shoe, avoid passing under a lad
der, not step on an ant, avoid the num
ber thirteen, and to use seven and
eleven.
Friday, the 13th (sounds familiar,
doesn't it?) is coupled with failing busi
nesses, ruined washings, unhappy wed
dings, and all manner of reverse and
negative happenings; but those who at
tended the “Junior Stunt Night” on that
date will tell one that there are excep
tions to every rule and that this was an
excei)tion.
JUNIOR-SENIOR LATIN
CLUB REORGANIZES;
SELECTS ITS MOTTO
TORCHLIGHTERS
ARE ENTERTAINED
BY I
Guests and Hosts Are Dressed
As Kids At Party At
Y. W. C. A.
CHILDISH GAMES PLAYED
The New Members Are Compelled to
Go Upon Stage and Pass Some
Assigned “Test.”
Saturday evening, November 7, the
old members of the Torcli Light Society
gave a party at the Y. W. C. A. Hut
for the ten recently elected new mem
bers. The guests and hosts were dressed
as kids, and the gathering had the out
ward appearance as well aS the behav
ior of five-year-old children.
The guests were given slips bearing
such names as Evangeline, Gabriel, Ro
meo and Juliet. Each found the bearer
of the name which corresj)onded to the
one he was given. The new members
were compelled to go up on the stage
and j)ass some assigned “test”, such as
making love to a chair, so that they
might be eligible for membersbip in
the society. Childish games were played
and lolAqrops and ice cream cones were
distributed. Everyone present ex
pressed the opinion that as a kid party
it was a liowling success.
Elects Officers—President Paul
. ScurlockMotto, “Scientia
Crescat”—Name “Cir-
culus Latinus.”
On Tuesday November 3, the Junior-
Senior I.atin Club held its initial meet
ing in room 202 to reorganize for the
year 1925-20. The club decided to re
tain the name it had last year, “Circulus
Latinus”, and the motto, “Scientia
Crescat” (May Knowledge Increase),
was selected.
The following officers were elected:
Princeps (President) Paul Scurlock;
Secundus Princeps (Vice-President)
Betty Brown; Scriba (Secretary) Mar
shall Campbell; Quaestor (Treasurer)
John Betts; Aedile (Program Commit
tee Chairman) Senior; Hilda Smith
Junior, Nell Thurman.
SPIRIT OF G. H. S. WINS FIRST
PLACE AT STUNT NIGHT
(Continued from page one)
and “The \'iilage Band” were exception
ally good, decided the judges.
In The Spirit of G. H. S. High Life
was represented as the School’s
true spirit. The cast in full was: Wel
fare—Glenn Holder; The Spirit Itself—
Betty Brown; News—John Mebane;
Life—Margurite Mason; Death—Fan
nie Rockwell; Scholarship—Nell Thur
man; Joy—Elizabeth Rockwell; Sorrow
—Ernest Williams; Athletics—Paul
Wimbish, James Clement, and Ade
laide Hilton; Social Life—Margurite
Harrison and Lindsay Moore; I^iterary
Attainment—Carlton Wilder; Feature
Article—Mary Tilley; Ads—Graham
Todd; Business—J. D. McNairy; Car
toonist—Edmund Turner; Jokes—
Claude Sykes; Circulation—Louis
Brooks; Editors—Georgia Stewart and
Henry Biggs; Typists—Hilda Smith
and Elizabeth Campbell; and Editorial—
Margaret Ferguson.
PHYSICS CLUB MEETS;
ADOPTS CONSTITUTION
MISS MARTIN PLANS
THANKSGIVING PROGRAM
(Continued from page one)
witli, probably, the assistance of the
Glee Club; recitations and readings will
be given by Sarab Mendenhall, Betty
Brown, Orden Goode, and Carlton Wil
der.
Tlie committee on arrangement of this
jirogram has jiut much thought and
work into their plans. They promise
the student body a worth while Thanks
giving hour ju.st before they are di.s-
missed for the holidays.
PA TTERNS—Departmental Sketches
From the Book Shelf
A Transitation
Y A RNS—Humor
Lizzie
These Badges
Mink Tripper
The Grasshopper and His Aunt
It is felt that no further embarrass
ment will occur through delay, persons
connected with the publication declare.
The Christmas issue has already been
planned and work will begin in the near
future, Mr. Wunsch has announced.
On Thursday, November 12, the Phy
sics Club held its regular meeting in the
physics laboratory. After the secretary’s
report, Haywood Gathings, chairman of
the constitution committee, submitted
tlie constitution to the club. With the
revision of the one clause pertaining to
necessary scholarship it was unanimous
ly accepted.
Wylie McGlarnery was appointed
chairman of the program committee for
the following month, and an interest
ing jirogram is expected to be in store
for next meeting. The club will meet
every other Thursday at Chapel period.
‘HOMESPUN’ MAKES
FIRST APPEARANCE
(Continued from page one)
facts on O. Henry are brought to light
in the essays which “'Hie Weave” in
cludes. The short story which won the
O. Henry cup last year by Martha
Broadhurst, member of the class of
1925 at G. H. S., is also a feature of
the issue. There are several poems and
sketche.s, ■ which on account of their
thought and originality deserve a great
deal of praise. The editorials are sound
and reveal constructive thought. The
humorous section is really humorous;
and that is the main requisite for this
part.
No review of Homespun is complete
without mention of the skillful drawings
in black and white, which add much to
the high literary tone of the entire issue.
TROOP TWENTY WINS
FIRST PLACE IN RALLY
(Continued from page one)
Camp emblems were presented by
Henry Koonts to all scouts who earned
them at camp last summer.
Twenty-six flags were awarded to
scouts for winning individual honors.
Leonard Faulkner of troop 5 established
a record, making a fire by flint and
steel in 11 seconds.
Merit badges were awarded to several
scouts and Archie Joyner was presented
with an Eagle Rank Badge. Archie is
tlie youngest Eagle Scout in Greens
boro. This honor was presented by J.
E. Mellons, assistant regional executive
of the sixth region.
J. D. Wilkins made a talk on the need
for the World War Memorial Stadium,
and asked the co-o]ieration of the scouts
in securing this stadium.
J'he meeting was probably tbe most
successful one this year. There was an
abundance of friendly conqietition and
skill, which served to make the rally
full of interest.
GUESS WHO
.Setting- A tyjiical schoolroom such as
might be found in the “nursery.” Back
of room filled with observers. Atten
tion of class centered on IJterary Di
gest (back of book). The young hand
some instructor to lead the class into the
fields of wisdom. Also trying to make
an impression with the good looking ob
servers.
Teacher (after turning to front of
book without notice of class) “Now all
you students look where I am looking.”
After one glance at him the class
turns with one accord to the back of
tl'.e room, where observers are seated.
Series of blushes by instructor.
Curtain.