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HIGH LIFE
High life
Published Bi-Weekly by the Students of i
The Greexsboeo High School |
Greensboro, X. C. '
Founded by the Class of ’21 j
Entered as Second-Class Matter at the
Post Office, Greensboro, X. C. j
Maxagemext I
Glenn Holder Editor-in-Chief \
Lindsay Moore Business Manager \
Ernest Williams, Asst. Bus. & Circ. Mgr.\
Associate Editors
Margaret Ferguson, Betty Brown |
Georgia Stewart. '
Editors
Elizabeth Rockwell Exchanges
Marguerite Harrison Alumni
■lohn Mebane Humor
Henry Biggs Graham Todd
Athletic Editors J
Paul Wimbish Mary Tilley
Typist Editors
Elizabeth Campbell Hilda Smith !
Weldon Beacham
Reporters
J. D. McX'airy Claud Sikes
Fannie Rockwell James Clements
Xell Thurman Marguerite Mason
l.ouis Brooks Weldon Beacham
Clyde Conrad
Cartoonist Edmund Turner '
Faculty Board of Advisers ;
Miss Inabelle G. Coleman Chairman ■■
Mr. W. R. Wunsch Mr. A. T. Rowe |
Mrs. Marv S. Ashford |
THE OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD
We're off! The new semester dawned
upon us nearlj' two weeks ago, and is
now well under way. Behind us the
mistakes of the past half year lie huried,
living only in the lessons they have
taught, that will keep us from repeating
them.
It is usually a bad thing to do to look
backward, so let's look into the future a
bit and see what lies ahead. Opportu
nity—limited only by our willingness to
lake advantage of it—looms large above
the horizon of the newly-dawned semes
ter. Opjiortunity to do great things—
win the state championships in baseball,
basketball and track, to bring home the
state cup for debating honors, win the
big publications contests, bring home the
bacon, so to speak, in the dramatics and
music competitions, and more important
than all the rest, to be returned victor
in the struggle for mastery that is con
tinually going on between ourselves and
our studies. These studies are similar to
life itself—they make excellent hired
hands but mighty strict bosses.
After all we come to high school to
learn, and if we do not put out our best
on our courses we are doing ourselves
an injustice. Therefore, during this
semester, may we all take advantage of
the opportunities offered to us and make
the reality as bright as the outlook for
tlie future appears.
^&ASSOO^^
COPIED CLIPPINGS
We owe it to ourselves, to our neigh
bors, and to the world, to be honest. M e
must live witli one anotlier; the lives of '
others cross our own a hundred times a ;
day, and there is no enduring happiness '
unless we treat one another fairly.—
Cvhisco Outburst, Covington, Va.
We should “hitch our wagon to a star'"
and then spend the remainder of life re
pairing trace chains.—The Clarion, Dur
ham, X. C.
Let us begin this year with the determ
ination to make it amount to more than
any past year—to make it count. Take
hoid cheerfully of your ship and keep it
to the course by gluing your eyes to
ward heaven, so that you may “keep the
compass needle of your soul, true to the
north star of a great ambition.'’—The
Rambler. Charlotte, X. C.
♦
Few things are appreciated until they
are past and gone forever.—Central
Bulletin. Washington. D. C.
♦
There is no man who is worth the pow
der and shot to blow him up who does !
not set himself against the crowd espe- ’
cially in his younger life. X'ever mind
how many fellows are behind you, always j
keej) your eyes on the fellows that are
ahead of you. Compare yourself with
the runners at the head of the race and
then you will keep humble.—Charles W. i
Dawes. '
TID-BITS
Ah, it's a gr-a-a- nd and glorious feel
ing. X’^o more exams for four whole
months!
Freshman, reckon you don’t never want
to see anymore paddles, huh? Well it’s
all in the game. Maybe if you’re plenty
smart and get to be upper-classmen like
we are you'll get to paddle some other
Freshies some day.
One little smile often does more good
when a fellow is in trouble than volumes
of long-faced sympathy.
They're gone—those mid-term grad
uates. We're just beginning to realize
ihat some of 'em were a little account
after all, now that they're gone. How
ever, things are a whole lot more quiet
and peaceful since Paul Scurlock, Dot
Lea and the re.ff betook themselves and
their voluminous conversation to other
scenes.
TRAVEL
Samuel Johnson said that “the use of
traveling is to regulate imagination by
reality and instead of thinking how tilings I
may be to see them as they are.'’ Mr.
.\rcher heartily indorsed Johnson's con
victions when he sanctioned the plans of
several of the High Like Staff to take
!n the Columbia Scholastic Press Asso
ciation Convention, to be held in X’ew
York City March 12 and 13.
Ten days in the city will not be made
u]i of wild ]ileasure excursions, but will
consist of a carefully supervised course
of practical instruction. The observation
of })laces of international fame and in--|
terest will be so constructed as to coin
cide with the theoretical subjects studied
in school. For example. Sociology, Eco
nomics and other commercial subjects
deal extensively with the financial
and social promlems of the world.
High Life representatives will have
an opportunity to observe some of
the social problems of the great
metropolis and to study more closely
the financial end, too. Some of the
most important places to be visited
are the Metrojiolitan Museum, American
Museum of Xatural History, Aquarium,
Libraries and Art Galleries, Zoological
Garden and churches and cathedrals.
The impressions obtained under the
auspices of a such systematic program
will be of unlimited educational value
and will also serve to correct the dis
torted mental images that the distant and
unseen cause the mind to picture.
on, and you will succeed to our places.
Knowing this, we promise to aid you
in every way possible in helping fit you
for the responsibilities that will become
yours. We really are kindly disposed to
ward you, although our habit of appl.v-
ing the paddle to you every time w e
have a chance may not seem to indicate
such a feeling. However, that is for the
good of your soul and self-respect, so
to speak.
IMay you soon adapt yourselves to the
atmosphere of the school, and allow the
ideals and fine old traditions with hich
it is surrounded to become a part of
“SAMMY”
From a popular freshman to the “best
all around Senior" is a high school ca
reer to be envied. Such a career fell
to the lot of Orden Goode, “Sammy, as
lie is jiopularly known. During his four
years in high school he was one of the
most outstanding members ot his class.
His clean sportsmanship, straight for
ward manner, and unfailing sense of hu
mor have acquired for him the friend-
shiji of every member of the student
bod\’. Sammy has a jiersonality such as
is jiossessed by few.
During hi i Sophomore year he was one
oi' the most persistent men of the track
team under Coach Fulton. He is one
of the best sports in every field of ath
letics. When his team loses, he laughs
it off'; when they win, he accepts the vic
tory in an unassuming manner.
In his every day life Sammy has lived
uj) to every principle of the Scouts to
which he belongs. He is courteous, trust
worthy and loyal in all senses of the
word.
Sammy reaped rich rewards in his Sen
ior year. He was chosen business man
ager of Homespun and faithfully ful
filled every duty of the office. Selected
as jihotographic editor, he gave his best. ,
As jiresident of his class this year he |
has been a beloved leader. He realized j
an ambition when he was elected to the ;
Torch Light Society. He was presented
with a loving cup as the “best all around |
Senior on the night of his graduation '
and to ca}) the climax he was elected |
“Everlasting President of the Senior !
Class.” i
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“When duty whispers low, thou must, |
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the youth replies I can." Sammy was a !
conquerer. He was—“a man—a friend—
a gentleman—and a good fellow."
Dawn of a New Opportunity—By Erich Nau
mortar, cement, and stone; a haven that
would prove invaluable to the community.
X'evertheless, business men, accustomed
to weigh things in terms of dollars and
cents, have branded such a step as the
product of a dreamer's dream, the fancy
of a visionary. It is worth too much as
business property, they say; its value
to the city will never- justify the price
that will have to be paid for it. Such is
the cry of expediency.
Whether this position be wise or the
A CHALLENGE dwarfed idea of a narrowed vision this
During the past tvo veeks 31 nev should be done: the old Logan
names have been added to the already , which contains several of the tim-
impressive list of G. H. S. alumni. jjgj.g taken from the famous Guilford
Com]irising the first January graduat- j Courthouse, with its many valuable his-
ing class in the history^ of the school, ; torical relics should be kept intact. Per-
these latest contributions of the institu- jt -wip Pg impossible to retain the
tion to the citizenship of the nation are ; occupies so desirable a po-
these' honors may suggest that she is
simply a “book worm”. This opinion
would however be quite unjust for she
is an all around girl. Her interest lies
not only in things scholastic and lit
erary, for she was a member of the
Hockey and Tennis teams. She proved
herself a good citizen during the four
years of her high school life and, last
but not least, she was a true friend to
all she knew.
If you're not a subscriber to the Daily
Record, take it from us that you're miss
ing a lot, folks. It's getting better every
day: Major Edney Ridge, manager of
the publication has loaned five of us
High Lifers one of his trucks to go in to
the High School Newspaper Convention
in X'ew York March 11 and 12. ou
bet its a good paper.
TO THE FRESHIES
We sympathize with you, Freshmen.
We realize that it is very difficult to be
come adjusted to the comiilicated life of
high school after the comparatively sim
ple routine of the grammar grades.
X'othing can be more miserable, more
utterly lonely, than the first few days as
a Freshman in high school. Everybody
seems so superior and overbearing,
classes change and bells ring so bewil-
deringly, there are so many new things
to be done and so many others not to be
done, that the newcomer becomes lost, al
most dazed, by his unfamiliar surround
ings. He is run over by everyone from
the lofty Senior to the proudly strutting
Sophomore, and is made the object of
tlieir jests and sarcasms.
You are the future leaders of the
school. Freshmen. Soon we shall pass
A STAR I
When Helen Felder first came to G. |
H. S. four years ago she was spoken of j
as a “star pupil" and beginning with
Ihe first semester of her Freshman year
she verified this name for A’s have al
ways been Helen's specialty. All through
the sophomore, junior, and senior years ;
she carried on the name earned in the i
first by wearing a bronze, then a silver
and last of all a gold star, and in con
sequence she became a member of the
Torchlight Society.
Tlie climax of her higli school life
come, however, when on January 29th at
the mid-term graduation she received the
distinction of being the graduate with
the highest average. During four years
of work and study Helen had maintained
an average of 9.5.4!
Aside from being a star in scholarship
Helen has made a record to be envied
in a literary way. During her Junior
{ year slie was an associate editor of High
j Life and in her Senior year she became
: Editor-in-chief of the senior magazine,
; Homespun. Writing as well as A’s
! joined the ranks of Helen's specialties
! and she attained as much success in the
second by winning the O. Henry Short
Story Cup as she had attained in the
! fir-'t by her scholarshiji.
To those who do not know Helen
fully capable of upholding the tradi
tions and ideals of honor that form the
heritage given by the school to all of its
graduates.
This class has made a splendid record
during its high school career—one that
is doubtless unsurpassed, considering its
small size, in tlie history of Greensboro
High. We, who are behind, owe it to
ourselves and to the school to consider ' through the open window, I lost all sense
this record as a challenge to us to give j time and my surroundings-forgot
our best that we may surpass it, since ! that I was on English class in 103—
sition in a growing business section, but
there can be no excuse if the historic old
building, scene of brilliant dances of long
ago, one of the quaintest homes in Guil
ford county, is not preserved.
A xMEDLEY
As the soft notes of what I judged to
be a Hawaiian medley came to me
each succeeding class should make a bet
ter record than the one before it. If the
school is to progress this must always
be the case.
Already in the short time since they
left, we have felt keenly the loss of them
as classmates. Yet we are glad to have
seen them attain the goal—graduation—
with such high honors.
that I was not alone—forgot everjihing
except the “darky” sitting near the back
steps of the Reeves’ home, who, bowed
over a banjo, was producing strangely
sweet, touching tones. He was accom
panied by one of the Reeves youngsters,
who beat two sticks and produced music
resembling the bones. Occasionally the
darky would hum a line or two of the
medley.
Desiiite the fact that it was afternoon
of an ideal spring day, I drifted far in
the realms of imagination. There aro^e
before me the picture of a log cabin
such as is seen on a wealthy southern
plantation of Colonial days, and that we
THE LOGAN HOME
Since the recent death of Mrs. Fannie
Logan her property, facing on 'West
Market street, between the Methodist
and Baptist Churches, better known,
perhaps, as “The Logan Home,'’ has
aroused much siieculation regarding its see only in the movies. In place of this
final disjiosal. One or more impending unattractive backyard flooded with the
litigations awaiting settlement gives the warm spring sunshine, I saw a “South
broad-minded citizens of Greensboro Sea Isles” moon shining on the gre.'
time for serious tliought on the possi- head of an old negro seated in the door-
bility of preserving this historic “treas- ' way of the cabin as he bent over his
lire house'’ for Greensboro and North banjo, while an old negro mammy and
Carolina. i several little pickaninnies sat wrapt in
As a city jiark site or location for a attention. Strangely enough tears came
new public library building it is ideal, to my eyes. Suddenly a voice far off in
being on one of the city^'s principal the distance brought me back to reali-
streets. easily accessible to the public, zation with the sharp question: tM'at
Its ^ ine-clad trees, its clustered shrubs was Hamlet’s attitude towards his moth-
breathe of antiquity; just a restful gar- ,er?'’ The picture faded and with a sigh
, den spot of the yesteryears, surrounded I reconciled myself to a “D'’ on the sec-
by a constantly advancing line of byick, i ond Monday of the new semester.