Friday, January 16, 1926
HIGH LIFE
Page 5
Alumni Notes
Edited by MARGUERriTi: Harrison
It surely looked good to see all the
Greensboro boys and girls who are at
college home for the Christmas holidays.
What makes us feel so good is that most
of ’em paid us a visit.
WORK STARTS ON
TRIANGLE DEBATE
G. H. S. Has Never Won Aycock
Memorial Cup—Good Pros
pects for This Year.
A. C. Goodwin likes West Point fine
but he says that they evermore believe
in working you. A. C. hasn’t been home
yet and he will not be able to pay old
Greensboro a visit at all until a year
from next June.
Curtis Wilson, better known as “Zeke,”
is now a sophomore at V. P. I. He has
been doing splendid work. Zeke is cor
poral of his company and is a member
of the Cotillion Club. Attaboy, Zeke!
Our old tall Frank Goodwin is out
for basketball at State. Reports are
out that the State freshmen will play
G. H. S. varsity. We won’t miss that
game, will we?
Adam Clement, Ed Bennett, and Har
vey Shoupe are playing with the Caro
lina Club Orchestra in Miami, Florida.
They will be in Florida the rest of the
winter.
Troxell Reynolds, G. H. S. alumnus,
spent a part of the Christmas holidays
in Greensboro. Troxell is now living
at Chapel Hill and attends Carolina.
Egbert Anderson, G. H. S. boy who
attends West Point, spent the Christmas
holidays here. Egbert says that he will
be home some time in June and can’t
wait to get back to Greensboro.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOT
TEN.
Greensboro High School feels the loss
incident to the departure of a dozen
G. H. S. students for other cities and
schools. A list of those who will not
return next semester, tlieir addresses,
and what they are doing, follows:
Henry J. Bagley is going to school
In Atlanta, Ga.
John Betts is at the University of
North Carolina.
Florence Coble is not attending school
next semester. Her address is 210 S.
Forl)is street, Clrcensboro.
Ruth Hilton will not be back. She
lives at 817 Highland avenue.
John Pendergrass, who lives at 810
Wharton street, is now studying at the
Greensboro Commercial School.
Carlton Wilder is staying with his
uncle, Mr. 1^. G. Crosby, Box 1210. Pen
sacola, Fla.
Ellen Kelley is attending a private
school in Washington, D. C.
Wylie and Dillard McGlamery have
moved to Florida, where they are at
tending school.
Randall Martin is a student at State
in Raleigh.
Clarence Scott will be a cadet at Oak
Ridge.
A SNOW BALL.
With sad shake of his head and a dis
illusioned look upon his intelligent brown
face, Julius, janitor in charge of the
new building, last Saturday morning
declared that “there ain’t no Santa
Claus.” A combination of careless boys
and wildly-flung snowballs during the
orgy of snow fighting Friday morning
is the cau.se of Julius’ coming to this
conclusion.
“Nosuh. I likes to see the boys have
a good time, but Friday evening when I
come out to where I left my coupe and
found my new sunshade broke, I felt
kinda bad. I had just bought some paint
to paint it with, but it ain’t no use now.
I reckon they didn‘t mean to do it, but
that ain’t bringing the seven bucks and
a quarter I paid for it back,” he de
spondently said.
According to reports someone threw
a snoAvball which hit John Mebane on the
head, after which it bounced off, strik
ing the sunshade on Julius’ car with
such force that it broke it. No one
blamed the snowball for bouncing, since
anything that comes in contact with
John’s supremely solid dome has a per
fect right to bounce. Nobody seemed
to know who threw the snowball.
Candidates for the Triangular Debat
ing team that will represent Greensboro
High School against High Point and
Winston-Salem held their first meeting
in Room 20t, Monday, January 3, for
the purpose of getting into swing for
the annual state-wide triangular debat
ing contest on the query, “Resolved—
That North Carolina should levy a state
tax on property to aid in the support
of an eight months school term.” At
the meeting, which was attended by quite
a few interested debaters, plans for ob
taining material on the subject in pre
paration for the preliminary contest,
which will probably be held early in
February, were outlined by Mr. Farth
ing.
Although there were only about six
debaters present a number of students
have declared their intention to “throw
their hat in the ring,” and a dozen or
more are expected to go out for the
team. Other meetings will be held from
time to time, and students interested in
debating are asked to be present.
G. H. S. has never won the state hon
ors in the triangular tilts. Last year
both the affirmative and negative suf
fered defeat at the hands of opponents.
Winston won a unanimous decision over
the Greensboro negative team in the
debate held at Winston, and the High
Point debaters subdued the Gate City
negative by a two to one decision. If
both of the Greensboro teams are suc
cessful over AVinston and High Point
they will earn the right to enter the
semi-finals at Chapel Hill.
The Aycock Memorial Cup, champion-
.ship debating trophy, was won by the
Wilson High School negative team rep
resented by Miss Catherine Ware and
Fred Carr over the Winston-Salem af
firmative team. Miss Mell Efird and Joe
Carlton, being the second state victory
for the Wilson debaters. The winners
of the Aycock Memorial Cup in the past
follow: Pleasant Garden, 1913; Winston-
Salem, 191-1; AVilson, 191-5; Graham,
191(i; AVaynesville, 1917; AVilson, 1918;
Durlium, 1919; A.sheville, 1920; Durham,
1921; Durliam, 1922; Elizabeth City,
1923, and AVilson, 192-k
PLAN FOR FIRST MID-TERM
GRADUATION JANUARY 24-29
{Continued from 'page one)
the spring graduation, will also be an
nounced.
Quite a few socials and entertainments
are booked for the remaining two weeks
of this semester. Examinations will be
over Monday, January 25 and the rest
of the week will be devoted to having a
good time and lots of fun. Some of the
things already planned for these two
weeks follow: Jan. 26, Rotary Club
luncheon at the Jefferson Standard Cafe
at 1 ;00 P. M.; presenting take-offs of the
faculty in Chapel Thursday, Jan. 14;
conducting farewell exercises in Chapel
Mon., Jan. 18; final get-together meet
ing of the class, at which the Everlast
ing-President will be elected by popular
vote; and a weiner roast, to be held at
some club house, instead of the annual
picnic. At the luncheon periods one day
all seniors will be accorded special priv
ileges in the cafeterias, which will prob
ably be decorated in the senior colors,
red and gold.
This group of 31 students, sixteen boys
and 15 girls, have chosen as their motto
“Carpe Diem,” their colors red and gold
and their flower a red rose. Two mem
bers of this group, John Betts and Ran
dall Martin, have taken exams, and enter
ed Carolina and State Colleges respect
ively after the Christmas holidays, Mary
Price and Carolyn Simmons will enter
N. C. C. W. after exams., while the others
do not intend to resume their studies
until next fall.
AVonder why they gave Glenn a watch
for Christmas? To play with—of course.
Well, the facts point out that Glenn
liasn’t been late to school for nothing.
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
Seniors
Wed. Jan. 20—7 and 8 periods.
Thurs. Jan. 21—1 and 2 periods.
Fri. Jan. 22—4 and 5 periods.
Mon. Jan. 25—6 periods.
Tues. Jan. 26—Make up exam
inations.
Regular
Mon. Jan. 25—7 and 8 periods.
Tues. Jan. 26—1 and 2 periods.
AVed. Jan. 27—4 and 5 periods.
Thurs. Jan. 28—6 periods.
Fri. Jan. 29—Make up examin
ations.
JOHN DOE IS ONLY
CHEATER IN EXAMS.
School Characterized by Hon
esty of Students—Dishonest
Work Fails.
At the meeting of the Student Council
Monday, February 1, the first held since
the mid-term exams, there was only one
case of cheating brought before the body.
Members of the council and the faculty
advisers expressed themselves as highly
gratified at the absence of dishonesty
among the students during last week’s
exams. They stated the belief that prac
tically no cheating which took place was
undetected, since a particularly strict
and eft’ective system of observation was
used by the council in the rooms in which
exams were given.
The single case of cheating brought
before the council was that of John Doe.
According to the evidence presented,
John paid another boy $2 the day before
a science exam to write out the answers
to the questions which would be put
upon the board for the exam and give
them to him. It was brought out in
the trial today that this plan was car
ried out, but that John passed while the
other boy flunked miserably, proving
that John really knew more about it in
the first place than he did. As a result
,Iohn is out two bucks and fails on
science this semester also, since failure
is one of the set punishments for cheat
ing.
It was reported that elaborate plans
had been laid by several students for
cheating on the exams, but they saw the
seriousness of what they were planning
to do in time and did not carry them
out. One girl had even gone so far as
to write out a very complete set of
answers to possible questions, including
over 150 in all, while several boys had
written out a large amount of notes
wliich they planned to conceal in the
turned-up cuffs around the bottom of
their sweaters. A good bit of informa
tion had been prepared for jotting down
on shirt cuff's just before going on exams
also. These students showed excellent
judgment in realizing the folly of their
plans and abandoning them, since the
council had learned of them and kept
the students, although they were un
aware of it, under strict surveillance
during the exams.
The school authorities expressed their
congratulations to the student body on
the fine record of honor they had made,
winch they declared is approached only
in such institutions as AVashington and
Lee, where, under the honor system, a
student is shipped by the student gov
ernment body at the slightest evidence of
his having cheated.
{Editor’s Note.—This imaginary arti
cle is printed in the hope of reducing
cheating during mid-term exams. It is
earnestly hoped that the article can be
reprinted practically verbatim with the
exception of the John Doe episode which
actually happened last year, after the
exams are over.)
A\’heeler the janitor and general util
ity man of G. H. S. says that the snow
wasn't so welcome to him. AA^ell, he was
the one who scraped the walks twice.
A\"e can at least see his side of it, if we
did have a “scrumptious’’ time “snow
balling" and “sledding,”
The official “Aycock A\diite Ducks”
will soon be in the “wash” in prepara
tion for the coming track season.
Wilder's gone. AVhat will High Life
and the Magazine do?
MISS MORROW SURVEYS
GIRL’S ATHLETIC ASSN:
Mr. York Gives Interesting Talk En
couraging Girl Athletics. Sports
And Teamwork Important.
Miss Morrow gave a survey and his
tory of N. C. girls H. S. Athletic Asso
ciation to the Juniors and Seniors in
Chapel, Monday 11. This Association
had its birth In Greensboro six years
ago. Before 1920 Basketball was the
only High School sport in which girls
could indulge in and then only 15 or
20 went out for practice. Therefore the
Point System was developed in Greens
boro High School. It was first pre
sented to a meeting of the Rotary Club.
Other schools of the state decided to
meet in Greensboro and draw up a con
stitution for a state organization. Only
seven schools in N. C. were charter mem
bers. However this system has grown
to embrace fifty schools.
Guy Phillips is the President of the
state organization and Miss Nellie Dry
is Secretary and Treasurer.
“The Point system,” explained Miss
Morrow, “embraces all forms of sport.
Fifty is the maximum number of points
that may be acquired in any one sport.
The letter “G” is awarded to all
girls who have gained as many as 200
points. The state monogram is present
ed to those aquiring 400 points.
“It’s only the girls that measure up to
high standards that may receive re
wards,” declared Miss Morrow. “Train
ing is not only splendid from a stand
point of history but also from a stand
point of character.”
Mr. York was presented as an “old
friend” to the students by Miss Dry.
Mr. York spoke on the value of sports
and exercise.
“Progress,” he declared, “comes from
the collision of forces and not from the
following of one force alone.”
He stressed the importance of exercise
and stated that it is very important that
we do something that will call into play
the many muscles in our body.
"It is necessary,” he said, “for both
girls and boys to have an opportunity
to exercise themselves.”
Mr. York strongly recommended the
"Daily Dozen” and stressed the fact
that individual sports are just as impor
tant as teamwork.
At the conclusion of his talk, Mr. York
awarded “G” to the following; Mary
Lyon, Elizabeth Crew, Ruth Curtis,
Charlotte Van Noppen and Virginia
Douglas. A star was presented Matta-
weah Hoffman and state monograms to
Marguerite Harrison, Gertrude Hobbs,
and Mabel LaBarr.
WHAT OTHER SCHOOLS
ARE DOING.
The machine-shop students of Dur
ham High Scliool are doing splendid
work. A number of useful articles
have been contributed to the school,
among which is one and one-half dozen
sheet-iron dust pans. The senior class
in this course has made plans for pro
ducing more difficult things.
At a recent meeting of the Parent-
Teachers Association of the AVestport
High School, Kansas City, Mo., the
question of chaperoning dances and mid
night suppers attended by high school
students was the topic of discussion. In
answer to the queries; “Should our
children be allowed to go to the Union
Station after a dance for supper?” and
“AATat sort of a boy will keep our
daughters out until 3 o’clock?” the pres
ident of the Student Council replied
that the fault was entirely with the girl
if she did not get home before 3 o’clock
and that a boy would make himself un
popular if he was unwilling to take a
girl to the station for a late supper.
“Annual Goes Over The Top” read a
headline in the Loudspeaker, Elizabeth
City, N. C. The seniors set as their
goal this year 300 subscriptions to the
annual and passed the mark by one sub
scription when the campaign closed. The
ball was started by a 100% subscription
of the faculty with the senior and jun
ior classes following their lead. Sub
scriptions from the lower classes also
showed an increase over those previous
years.
A seven-reel film production of Dick-
en’s famous novel “David Copperfield”
was shown in the auditorium of the Aus
tin High School, Austin, Minn., to high
school and grammar students.
High Point School has stolen a march
on G. H. S. Honor Roll students at
High Point number 130. The Freshman
class heads the list with fifty-one while
the seniors come last with thirty-one
honor students.
About eighteen students of Franklin-
ville High School let their motive for at
tending school be published in the col
umns of their high school publication,
the Faith Rock. Possibly they believe
that honest confession is good for the
soul. Some five or six of these, boys as
well as girls, came to school to avoid
doing work around the house. Others
attend to be near their best beloveds,
while some to promenade in “Fashion
Row.”
R. D. DOUGLAS AND MARY
SUSSDORFF SPEAK TO P. T. A.
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an interesting and instructive talk on
“The Adolescent Girl,” briefly outlining
the growth of adolescence. She divided
it into two phases: the bodily change,
bones, organs, nerve tissues and the like;
and tile elemental change and growth, es
pecially in the powers to reason and to
carry on logical thought processes.
“Give girls plenty of exercise,” the
speaker said, pointing out that the ado
lescent girl must have plenty of whole
some food and long hours of rest during
this most important period of growth.
“Between the ages of 17 and 25 the late
adolescence age is at its height. It is
during this time that the highest plane
of personality development is reached,"
she concluded.
The boy adolescent was ably discussed
by Mr. R. D. Douglas, prominent Greens
boro attorney and boys worker who
stressed the fact that he was not dis
cussing the problem from a scientific
standpoint, resorting to no bookshelves
for his information, but from his per
sonal observation of boys.
“All of us are more alike than any
of us are willing to admit,” Mr. Douglas
asserted. “Don’t feel that your worries
are peculiar to yourself, for the rest of
us have the same worries.”
Mr. Douglas made clear that it was
natural for a boy to be a bit lazy,
gawky, and peculiar at this point of his
growth. Sympathy and patience should
be shown the growing boy at this time.
Adolescence was described as a critical
stage of the boy’s physical develop
ment, which can be successfully passed
Fort Lupton High School, Fort Lupt-
on, Colo., holds a Home-Coming day an
nually at the high school welcoming all
alumni. Quite an extensive program is
planned. An interesting entertainment
is given at the high school auditorium in
the afternoon followed by a banquet-sup
per in the evening. A dance in the high
school auditorium concludes the pro
gram.
only by the sympathetic understanding
of the parents.
“Ijife is made up of facts rather than
theories, and these facts point to the
large percentage of men who are unfit,”
the speaker added. “Out of 562 candi
dates for AV'est Point 142' were turned
down, and 30 per cent were refused
entrance into Annapolis because of phys
ical defects.”
Speaking about the food problem in
connection with the adolescent boy, Mr,
Douglas drew tlie conclusion that “when
a boy has an unusually large appetite
give him three meals as nearly equal as
you can get the boy to eat. Growing
boys must have food,” he added with a
smile.
In closing Mr. Douglas advised against
exhaustive exercises such as football and
other strenuous games for boys under
16. “Keep the boy interested in some
thing that requires exercise,” he con
cluded. “There is nothing better than
scouting.”
The association decided in the busi
ness meeting which just preceded the
program to replenish the treasury by
voluntary contributions. The money
will be used to purchase prize trophies
and medals for the high school, and to
aid in the students fund, which was
established to aid students who are
financially unable to complete their high
school education.