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GIRLS ENTERTAIN
WILMINGTON TEAM
Football Boys Guests of Honor
—Girls Serve Ice Cream and
Cake—Dance Enjoyed.
On Friday night, November 6, the
girls’ hockey team gave a reception to
the Wilmington hockey team at Cald
well ^mnasium. The football boys
were invited and an enjoyable evening
was spent. Many games which created
fun and excitement were played. Every
one joined in on the old-time square
dance.
The hostesses served ice cream and
cakes to the guests. After the guests
finished the refreshments a very amus
ing “poem-puzzle” was worked out.
Teachers present were Miss Ida Belle
Moore, Mr. Herbert Johnson, Miss Le-
Roy, Miss Causey, and Mr. Phillips.
LE CERCLE FRANCAIS
GIVES FRENCH COMEDY
♦
“La Surprise d’Isidore” Pleases Audi
ence—The Roll of Jeanne, Played by
Marguerite Mason, Furnishes Fun.
At the meeting of Le Cercle Francais
on November 12, Miss Mitchell’s French
HI class presented an unusually good
comedy in one act, “Le Surprise d’Isi
dore.” The cast was the following:
Adolphe Picard, doctor of mental dis
eases, played by James Tidwell; Su
zanne, his wife, Mary Lyn; Isidore, the
doctor’s friend, Ed Mendenhall; Mme.
Duval, mother of Suzanne, Dorothy Lea;
Jeanne, maid. Marguerite Mason.
The play begins with the doctor tell
ing Jeanne, the maid, to prepare a room
for a patient who is coming to his asy
lum. M^hen a man, supposed by Jeanne
to be the lunatic, arrives, she is very
frightened, especially since he tries to
kiss her because she happens to have
his grandmother’s name. The maid goes
out, and Dr. Picard enters the room to
find that the real patient hasn’t come,
but that the man there is his old college
friend, Isidore.
While at the doctor’s Isidore is mis
taken for everything from a madman to
a murderer, by the two or three people
who came in. For his part, Isidore has
decided that the other arrivals are crazy,
until Doctor Picard clears the air by
introducing his friend to his wife and
mother-in-law, and thereby explains
everything.
HOME ECONOMICS CLASS
PAY VISIT TO “IDEAL HOMES”
ENOCH ELLIOn ELECTED
PRESIDENT AT RECENT
PHYSICS CLUB MEETING
Other Officers, Charles Burgess,
Beverly Moore—Johnson Out
lines Possibilities of Club.
BLACK MAID SEES
WHITE FOLKS’“DOINS”
As She Peeps Through Door Imagines
Herself Central Figure in French
Play—Seems Wonderful to Her.
On Friday, November 5, the physics
students met in the laboratory and or
ganized for the year’s work. Enoch
Elliott was elected president. Other of
ficers elected were Charles Burgess, vice-
president, and Beverley Moore, secre
tary-treasurer.
Mr. Stanley Johnson, faculty advisor,
opened the meeting with a short talk,
outlining the possibilities in such an or
ganization. He said, in short, that the
club might accomplish some very fine
things if it put forth serious efforts.
After his talk the election took place.
The President-elect appointed a com
mittee for drawing up rules and regu
lations; then a series of interesting pro
grams were mapped out for future meet
ings.
LACK OF “JACK FROST”
CANCELS “RED’S” REPAST
Friday, November 13, Miss Zollman
and her second year home economics
class went to see the two houses in Sun
set Hills built by A. K. Moore Realty
company and furnished by Morrison-
Neese Furniture company,—“Tar Heel
Bungalow” and “Castle Charming.”
“Tar Heel Bungalow” is a unique
small house completely furnished with
Carolina products. Upstairs there is an
exhibit by 50 local firms of Greensboro-
made goods and Greensboro industry.
“Castle Charming” is said to be the
most elaborately furnished home ever
exhibited in North Carolina. Miss Zoll-
man’s purpose for the trip was to give
the girls a chance to see in reality what
they have been studying about in “Home
Furnishing and Decorating.”
Mr. Morris from Morrison-Neese and
Mr. Turner from the Moore Realty com
pany met the group at the houses and
showed them especial courtesy by going
over the houses with them and giving
them prices on the various pieces of
furniture.
The different opinions of the girls
about the furnishings and decorations
will be discussed on class. The girls
expressed so much interest in the trip
that Miss Zollman says she is ijlanning
some more study trips for them.
Gratitude is expensive.
Gibbon.
A grateful beast is not only the great
est virtue but the parent of all other
virtues.
Cicero.
Let the man who would be grateful
think of repaying a kindness even while
receiving it.
Seneca.
The rain came down in a steady, sooth
ing drizzle. It was at one of the lunch
periods, and everyone was in the cafe
teria, in the library, or on class, leaving
the school yard deserted. Out of the side
entrance to the new building a solitary
figure majestically strode. Straight to
the persimmon tree at the corner of the
yard. Solemnly, unobserved except for
the single watcher concealed from his
view inside the building, Saunders Osborn
stalked, and with almost simian agility
skinned up the wet, slippery bark.
As if his life depended upon the secur
ing of some of the few, puckey ’simmons
left upon the tree’s almost bare branches,
he swung himself insecurely out upon a
limb and grasped two of the little red
dish-brown globules. Cramming them
into his capacious mouth at one time, he
chewed down upon them. A look of un
pleasant surprise coming over his freck
led face, he began to spit. For at least
two minutes, balanced up in the tree as
he was, the rain pouring down upon his
curly, flamingly crowned head, “Red”
spat and spat. Then, having tasted of
the fruit of the persimmon and found it
not to his liking, he slid down the tree as
easily as he had come up and dignifiedly
unconcernedly sauntered back into the
building.
She stood on the tiptoe, peering ab
sorbingly through the glass pane in the
door which opens into the chapel. Her
eyes were big and round, the whites
shining, and she rolled them to and fro
between the figures upon the stages in
a ecstacy of appreciation and enjoy
ment. Her glistening black face, had an
exx^ression of wistful, hopeless yearn
ing upon it. As the pianist began to
play a dance selection and a girl on the
stage began to rythmetically glide in
time to the music, her broad, flat feet
shuffied awkwardly, comically in sympa
thy.
That form standing there watching
the “white folks fine doings” had a
world of x^athos in it. To the dusky
white capxred and aproned maid that
rehearsal of a simple little French play
was something wonderful out of an
other world, something in which she in
her futile dreams had imagined herself
to be the central figure, something only
to be longed for, unattainable.
Seeming to sense that she was being
observed, she turned and saw me. Grin
ning guiltily, she came back to earth,
and, shamefacedly picking up her broom
and dustpan, she went on about her
prosaic duties.
DEBATING CLUB MEETING
FEATURED BY SPLENDID
FORENSIC CONTESTS
Excellent Arguments Presented
By Both Sides — Rebuttals
Continued Until Next Meet.
JUNIOR-SENIOR MATH
CLUB HOLDS MEETING
JANE VISITS SCHOOL IN
ARMS OF POGUE SHERRILL
What’s all the excitement about in
room 103? Why are all the students
(especially the boys) hanging around
Pogue Sherrill? A little investigation
will show that Pogue in himself is not
the real center of attraction.
The little blue-eyed, golden-haired
damsel in his arms is the true cause of
the commotion and the recipient of the
boys’ admiration and affections. Jane
is receiving a wealth of pennies and
nickles, mostly pennies.
Jane is a neighbor of Pogue’s and
one of the senior mascots. This is her
second visit to 103 this semester. The
seniors ax^preciate her efforts to get
acquainted and hoxre she will come back
often.
SCOUTS DEMONSTRATE VARIOUS
PHASES OF WORK FOR P. T. A.
(Continued from page one)
and develox^s him with a well-considered
program of activities for the purpose
of making him more reverent to God,
more loyal to his country, more help
ful to his fellow-man and more useful
to himself.”
The High School Orchestra rendered
two selections, “Marche Romaine” and
“Raymond’s Overture”.
Before the entertainment the reports
of the various committees were read and
approved and the mothers were urged
to attend the Parent Teacher’s Conven
tion to be held in Wilmington.
Thanksgiving-day, I fear.
If one the solemn trust must touch.
Is celebrated, not so much
To thank the Lord for blessings o’er,
As for the sake of getting more.
Carlton.
There was a meeting of the Junior-
Senior Math Club in 106 at Chapel peri
od Friday 13. Mary Jane Wharton,
Xrresident of the club, presided.
The purpose of the organization is
to create more interest in mathematics
and to cultivate a broader knowledge
of tbe subject.
Bill Homey told wby the Parabola
is used to such a great extent. Bev
erly Moore talked about the Geometry
in Greensboro. A game of numbers
was x^layed by Matilda Roberson and
Virgina Douglas. Adelaide Hilton
showed why Plato said, “God Eternally
Geometrizes.”
A very interesting feature of the pro
gram was a contest in Geometry. Wade
Hobbs gave each member a sheet of
paper on which was printed twenty
statements; each statement could be
supplemented by a geometric term. A
pocket calendar was awarded to Bev
erly Moore for answering tbe greatest
number of statements correctly.
Everyone taking Geometry or Trig is
privileged to join the club. Miss Wal
ker, faculty director, hopes to have
a “live wire” organization this year,
and new members are welcome.
CENTENARY BOY’S CLUB
HOLDS THIRD MEETING
M'ednesday, November 11, the Cen
tenary Methodist Boys’ Club held its
third meeting.
The meeting was presided over by the
president, Louis Glascock. Mr. Yost,
the leader of the club, made an enter
taining talk on “The Things Which Serve
to Destroy a Youth’s Character.” This
talk was a follow-up of his talk last
meeting on “The Things Which Serve
to Build a Youth’s Character.”
Two new members were initiated. This
makes a total of 26 members.
This club was organized during the
second week of October. It was spon
sored by tbe Yost Sunday School class,
a class composed of High School boys.
The x^rincipal work occux^ying the pres
ent energy of this club is that of con
structing a club-room. This room will,
in fact, be a monument to the charter
members of the club. The stewards of
the church told Mr. Yost, the teacher
of the class, that if the boys would fin
ish the digging of the basement under
the church hut, they, the stewards, would
furnish the room and make it suitable
for a club-room. The digging is almost
finished.
The members of the Debating club en
joyed a well-x^repared debate at its reg
ular bi-monthly meeting, Friday, No
vember 6, in the basement of the new
building. The affirmative, comxiosed of
Henry Biggs and J. D. McNairy, upheld
their side of the query. Resolved—That
the Federal Constitution should be so
amended that Congress by a two-thirds
vote may override the decisions of the
Sux:>reme Court. Rachael Nye and Har
ry Gump comx^osed the negative team.
Excellent arguments were presented by
both sides. The rebuttals were contin
ued until next meeting on account of
lack of time. Six minutes were allowed
for the main speech and two minutes
for rebuttal.
All business was laid aside until next
meeting, tliat more time might be given
to the debaters. There were several new
members x^resent at tbis meeting.
PURPLE WHIRLWIND BLOWS
OVER HIGH POINT
(Continued from page one)
Lix^scomb Anderson
C.
J. Watson Whitener
R. G.
B. Homey Hampton
R. T.
Glascock Kearns
R. E.
Mans Kemp
Q. B.
Smith - Petty
L. H.
Strader Edwards
R. H.
W. Watson (C) F. Wall (C)
F. B.
MISSSIJMMERALL
TALKS IN CHAPEL
Uses “Victory of Samathrace”
As Model—S. S. Aldermen
Urges Support for Drive.
Miss Jane Summerall used a model of
the statute, “Victory of Samathrace,”
to illustrate her talk given in Chapel
Monday, November 9.
“The Victory of Samathrace rex^re-
sents winged victory, irresistible energy,
and triumxihant grace,” declared tbe
sxTcaker.
“You,” stated Miss Summerall, “re
mind me of irresistible energy on tbe
football field and of winged victory and
triumphant grace when you resist temxr-
tations.”
The speaker sxmke of the next war,
declaring that gas more terrible than
the deadly Louisite would be used and
that this gas would be used largely
against civilians.
“Persons bearing the characteristics of
‘Winged Victory’ can xTrevent future
wars and a good way to begin is by
supxiorting tbe League of Nations,” con
cluded Miss Summerall.
Attorney Sidney S. Alderman, of the
local bar, a member of the “gas bri
gade,” making speeches in support of
the Stadium Drive, appealed to the stu
dents to help put the drive across. “If
you are not interested,” asserted Mi
Alderman, “we may as well droxi the
Stadium Drive right now.”
KILTIE kluB HEARS
REPORT OF CONYENTION
Banks Simpson Elected Chairman of
Resolutions Committee—Thirty-two
Members Attend Meeting.
J. Mebane: “Glenn do you want to
buy a watch?”
Glenn H.: “What is the matter with
he watch John?”
J. M.: “Nothing.”
G. H.: “Then what do you want to
sell it for?”
J. M.: “Nothing.”
G. H.: “I’ll take it.”
M. Plood: “What are these people
along the shore and in the boats doing?”
Life Guard: “They are dragging the
river.”
M. Hood: “Good gracious! Does the
river run so slow that it has to be pull
ed along?”
Mrs. Lee: “What are you doing Doro
thy?”
D. Lee: “I am knitting mother.” “I
heard Jack say the other day he was
afraid he’s have to buy a new muffler
for bis car, and I thought I would knit
bim one as a sort of surprise.”
M. Ferguson: “I don’t believe any wo
man could have been so fat.”
P. Shelton: “What are you reading
now, Margaret.”
M. F.: “Why this paper tells about
an English woman that lost 2,00 pounds.”
P. Wimbish: “Is the man your sister
married rich?”
M. Harrison: “I don’t think so, be
cause every time the marriage is men
tioned father says ‘poor man’.”
S. Clement: “Don’t you think there
should be more clubs for women?”
C. Scott: “Oh, no I I should be In
clined to try kindness first.”
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
Massieu.
And let the altars, wreathed with flowers
And piled with fruits, awake again.
Thanksgiving for the golden hours.
The early and the latter rain!
Whittier.
J. Betts: “Smith strikes me as a
promising young man.”
L. Moore: “He strikes me that way
too, but be seldom pays it back.”
The three boys who represented the
Kiltie Klub of the First Presbyterian
cburch at the Older Boys’ Conference at
Salisbury, brought back an account of
tbe convention which they presented to
the club at its regular weekly meeting
Wednesday, November 11.
Jobn Mebane gave an interesting re
view of the social activities conducted
at the convention. Banks Simpson, who
was elected chairman of the resolutions
committee, read the resolutions and told
the things that he learned from the meet
ing. Paul Scurlock gave a complete
summary of the main speeches and talks
of the conference.
Miss Lily Walker, a member of tbe
High School faculty, visited the club.
Thirty-two members were xiresent at this
meeting.
IDEALS SET FORTH
BY TORCHLIGHTERS
{Continued from page one)
in which we can be of service to our
school. “We do not have to do some
thing in order to serve, but we should be
willing at all times to help. We can
support the Magazine, High Life, Ath
letics, and all other school activities.”
Mr. Phillixis made several awards to
Commercial students for work in type
writing. The following received Under
wood Certificates: Dan Fifer—30, Mary
Bledsoe 30, Elizabeth Campbell—38,
Annie Younts was given a pin for 40
words per minute. Those awarded L,
S. Smith certificates were: Annie
Younts—39, Randolxih Barker—30, Gla
dys Bennett—34, Cordie Durham—36.
And taught by the church x^rolongs
Her hymns of high Thanksgiving still.
Keble.
Contemxilation makes a rare turkey and
cock of him; how he jets under his
advanced x^lumes.
Twelfth night.
The still small voice gratitued.
Gray.
Ah! on Thanksgiving Day when from
East to West,
From North and South come the pilgrim
and guest.
When the gray-haired New Englander
see round his board
The broken links of affection restored.
When the care wearied man seeks his
mother once more.
And the worn matron smiled before.
"What moistens the lips and what bright
ens the eye?
What calls back the past, like a rich
pumpkin pie?
Whittier.
Gratitude for benefit is eternal.
Rufus.
Let never day nor night unhallow’d x^ass.
But still remember what the Lord hath
done.
Shakespears.