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Page If. high life Fridaij, Fehruarn 12. MID-YEAR CLASS CARRIES IDEA OF SHIP THROUGH Paul Scurlock Gives Welcome and “Sammy” Goode Fare well—Last Will and Tes tament Read. FIRST MID-YEAR GRADUATING CLASS OF G. H. S PROPHECY VERY CLEVER Mrs. Felder Furnishes Music—Class Renders Song Before Each Speech —Helen Felder, Historian— Cecile Lindau, Prophet. At tlie class day exercises of the Mid year Graduating class of Greensboro High School, held Thursday, January 28, at 8 o’clock, Paul Scurlock introduced the “Ship” idea in his few words of wel come. The class in unison preceded each sjieaker with a song attuned to some fa miliar melody. Mrs. Felder furnished the music. The Prologue was “Sailing.” Just before Lattis Johnson read the last will and testament the class sang, “Our Little Testator.” In the will a free ticket to all football and basketball games was left to Mr. Fred Archer, su- ])erintendent of schools, and to the Freshmen the message, “check your chewing gum and x'onies at the door.” “For I hold that on the Seas” was ren dered and the class history or “Log of Ship” relating their yearly changes of Filol and 1st mate, was read by Helen Felder. After Cecile Lindau gave the class iwem, the class song composed by Helen Felder, was sung to the air of “Merry Widow Waltz.” “Carefully as on Tiptoe Stealing” was the very appropriate song preceding the ProjJiecy read by Cecile Ijindau. The ]irophecy was supposed to have been written in 1945. Carolyn Simmons was pictured as running a Beauty Parlour directly across the street from Joe Faulkner's Barber Shop. Bob Bishop, })resent Professor of Mathematics was new i^rincipal of High School. Mr. Pe terson, former x^rincipal, thought he was not cai)able of holding principal’s posi tion and of being Poet Laureate, too. Orden Goode, everlasting president of the class, in a very impressive farewell, thanked the teachers for what they had done for them and declared that the graduates of ’26 would go out and give to the world as best they could what their teachers had taught them. The farewell song by Jimmie Peterson closed the xerogram. HI-Y INITIATES NEW MEMBERS JAN. 14TH The Spice of the Program, Jan. 21, Is Toothsome Barbecue Served At the Y. M. C. A. Camp. The Hi-Y held its second annual initiation of the year Thursday, Jan uary 14th. This was a very enjoyable and enthusiastic meeting and proved to he one of the most successful presented this year. Bill Homey x^r^sided for the first time since his election to the Presidency He sxioke to the new members and wel comed them to the club. Following the President's talk Mr. Coltrane gave a talk explaining the purpose of the club and urging the new members to carry on the good work that has been x^romoted by former members. ,Joe Faulkner then spoke on sports- manshix) in a very interesting manner. .\fter lunch the entire crowd clasped hands and each one gave a short x^rayer to conclude the xerogram. On Thursday Jan. 21 the new mem bers were entertained with a barbecue at the Y. M. C. A. Camxr, 10 miles Southwest of Greensboro. The sxiice of the program was the de lightful barbecue that had been pre pared by the Y. M. C. A. officials. This was enjoyed to the extent that Paul Scurlock took an open air bath and all members joined together in many old time songs. Top row left to right: Rev Smith, Edward McXeely, Chester Strader, Raymond Bennett, Jimmie Peter^n, T^oy Zig- lar Marshall CampbeU, Miss Grogan, Robert Bishop, Paul Scurlock; second row, left James ^^^^us Elizabeth U berger, Cecile landau, Elizabeth Morris, Gertrude Hobbs, Ruth Curtis, Carolyn Simmons Joe lardkner treasurer front row, left to right: Orden Goode, president; Helen Felder, Elizabeth Crews, Nelda Cox, Inez Murray, Dorothj I.ea, Mce-president, Margaret Crews, Mary I,yon, secretary, Mary Price, Irene Hester Marvin Isely. JUNIOR CARNIVAL TO RE PRESENTED Minstrel Show to Be Main Fea ture—Money Going Toward Junior-Senior Banquet. At eight o’clock Friday night, Feb ruary 26, the .Tunior Carnival will be given in the High School Auditorium. A minstrel show, free of charge, will fea ture the evening’s entertainment. Side shows, for which a small admission will be charged, will be jiresented by various session rooms and organizations. All X^ersons who intend to see the carnival are advised by the Juniors to come with a x)ocket full of small change with which to see the side shows and to purchase candy, XJeanuts, and soft drinks. The re ceipts will be axJX’ropriated for the an nual sx^ring Junior-Senior banquet. TRIANGULAR DEBATE TO BE HELD LATTER PART OF FEB. The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.—Mme. Du Deffar. The faculty advisors of the debating club have issued an urgent call for forensic artists to comxiete in the pre liminaries for the Triangular Debate which are to be held either the second or the third week in February. Only about fifteen have signed uxi to debate on the subject: “Resolved, That North Carolina should levy a state tax on property to aid in the support of an eight months school term.” Of these five are girls. The subject this year is par ticularly interesting and the faculty ad visors urge more debaters to compete. Four debaters and two alternates will be selected by the judges. Their decis ions will be based on delivery, logic, and arrangement regardless of sides. On April 2, the Greensboro negative team will go to High Point to debate their affirmative while the Winston-Sa lem negative will debate the G. H. S. af firmative here. The city which is winner of both sides will go to the University of North Carolina to compete in the final contests on April 15 and 16. The faculty exxrress the oxjinion that G. H. S. has unusually good material this year and that Greensboro has a splendid chance to win the Aycock Cup, and the State chamxrionshixi in debating. Picture Stor es to Be Given Here Wednesday, March 3, at 2:30 p-m. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buck will pi'esent their “Picture-Stories of American Wonder lands” in the auditorium. All students wishing to attend will be excused from eighth x^eriod classes. Mr. and Mrs. Buck have toured the country for years in their “Palace on Wheels”, covering over 30,000 miles. 'I'hey readied all the most beautiful and interesting x’arts of America, and they have taken thousands of x^l'otograxihs which have been enlarged and tinted in natural colors. Around these x^ctures they weave many delightful and humor ous stories of adventure. The x>rogram will be very instructive and entertaining. Admission will be 15 cents. Proceeds will go to the Parent-Teacher Associa tion, whose funds are used for scholar- shiiis, cliild welfare work, and the like. “WHAT IS LIFE?” ASKS DR. BROWN IN CHAPEL Speaker Is the Editor of the Baptist Sunday School Magazine—Boys Glee Club Sing. SET OF O. HENRY’S WORKS TO BE AWARD IN CONTEST The short-story contest, which is open to every student in high school will close May the first. All stories must be handed in to Miss I.aura Tillett on or before this date. A set of O. Henry’s works will be given to the winner this year by the O. Henry Club, instead of a cuxi given by Mrs. R. L. Justice as has been a custom in the previous years. 'I'his is the fourth year that this con test has run. The first year the cup was won by Jennie Mae Fife, the second and third vears hy Martha Broadhurst. very insx^iring xerogram was heard by the New Building Students Tues day, January 12. Dr. Owen C. Brown and the Boys’ Glee Club were the im portant features of the program. Dr. Brown is Editor of the Sunday School Magazine of the Baptist church in Philadel))hia, and is in Greensboro in connection with the Sunday School Workers Convention of Guilford and Morehead Townshixjs. “I understand we are registered in the same school, folks. It’s not the day school, its not the Sunday school. It takes in more territory than either for it is the school of life. Our lessons are hard knocks and the examination con sists of one question, “What is Life.5“” In sx^eaking of life, Dr. Brown de clared, “Our life is determined by what we are inside. You need and I need to live ux) to our best moments.” Every one should have the right view XJoint of life, not always gloomy and sad and noi always laughing. He impressed on the students the ne cessity of having sympathy. Everyone is happy %vho feels that he is needed. The sx^eaker asserted that one of the finest things on earth is courtship be cause it made both concerned feel that they were needed. “The saddest fellow in this high school is the one who feels nobody needs him. The haxjpiest person is the one who feels that a particular groux^i of persons needs him, and that he can be of aid to them.” On the final dajq” the speaker de clared, ‘there will be but two questions; Am I fit? Am I ready?” NO NEED TO CRY OVER“PARROTS” Besides Parties and Such, Mid- Term Class Receives New Type of Diplomas. All you kind-hearted folks who feel sorry for the mid-term graduates be cause “they miss so much” can just dry your tears. Besides enjoying a delight ful round of entertainments given in their honor, they have stolen a march on the sux^xiosedly lucky June graduates. 'I'he clumsy, burdensome sheep-skin of former days is a thing of the past in Greensboro High School and did not come to darken the cloudless horrizon of the “Parrot Class” on their gradua tion night. The privilege of being the first class to receive the new diplomas (which was xvrobably a ruse to keep them from flunking out so that they might finish in the sxjring) was accord ed them. The new dixvlomas are in the form of a leather folder of about 8’ x lOVs’ di mensions. The outside is of purple leather with the student’s name printed in gold letters on the back. In the in side, a very attractive dixjloma, with the student’s name x^ainted by hand, is tied to the gold silk cloth lining with gold ribbon. On the back of the dixvloma is the class roll, class colors and motto. So }n)u see, they don’t need your sympa thy after all. SENIOR RINGS MAKE EXIT TO MANY CAROLINA COLLEGES A crowd had collected in the front hall of the main building about the prostrate form of an underclassman. When “Freshie” had been revived he told the following story: “I was in the hall talk ing to John, when the front door was suddenly flung ox^en and three very un dignified seniors made a wild dash down the hall, sweexfing me off my feet, and disax)i)eared around the corner by the siqjply room and—and that’s all I re member.” At this xJoint John took uxr the story and exxflained that news of the arrival of the senior’s rings had precipitated the mad rush to the suxqfly room. That was about a month ago. For a week following, the weather-man was cheated out of his XJOXJularity by the apxvearance of these much-talked of, long-awaited senior rings. Now the weather-man has been re-in stated on his throne while the rings are forgotten and almost all of them have gone to Carolina, Wake Forest, Duke, and Davidson, where they found fingers they can fit. GIIRERT POWELL MAKES TALK IN CHAPEL JAN. 19 “Crime Is On Increase” Says Speaker—“Age of Criminal Becoming Lower.” GIVES CRIME STATISTICS America Leads Other Countries in Crimes Committed—“Young Peo- pie Must Get to Work.” ^ Tuesday, January 19, Mr. Gilbert I’.hm!' one of Greensboro’s foremost hn\\er‘- gave to the students of Barns r. iiid C one of the most inspiring and worthwhile messages that has been heard at the High School in years. “In 1922,” said Mr. Powmll, “there were 9,500 crimes in the United States; in 1923, 10,000 and 1924, 11,000. In 1923 in England whose XJOpulation was .39,- 000,000, there were 151 homicide.s, while in Chicago alone whose population is 3,000,000 there w'ere 389. The number of crimes in the United States is two times that of Italy, four times that of .Australia, eight times that of New Zeal and, India and Sjuiin, and twenty times that of Holland.” He told how' crimes wuis increasing and gave statistics showung how many hoys under twenty-one years of age are confined to x^rison. He also reported that last year in a district of Chicago there was discovered a school wliere young x>t'‘*pE‘ were taught nietliods of stealing, bank robbing and killing. “I had a case not long ago of a young boy wdio had stolen an overcoat. In stead of being at a B. Y. P. U. or Y. M. C. A. where he should have been, he was hanging around a pool room and wdien I cleared him I had to get up and Xn-ove that he wurs so drunk he didn’t know wliat he wuis doing. “You say, ‘what is tlie cause?’ It’s the letting dow'ii of the bars of society, the increase of automobiles and the in crease of luxury. Rome wmnt down wdien she was at her zenith. I wonder if the United States wdll fall? We live too luxuriously and wm don’t understand how to use our money. “Young iieoxile, you’re standing on the threshold of life. Right now you must decide wdiat you wdll he. Get a vision of wdiat you want to become and work. Nothing is wuirthwdiile in the world without work. ‘Don’t mind soiling your hands. Don’t w^ear a lazy frown, Y"ou can’t make success in the world Ry sitting down,’ ” Mr. Pow'ell stated that there were two misconcexitions of Christ among the ma jority of xjeojile, some seem to think that He was a weakling and never laughed, “.fesus w'as a man, a clean hon orable uxiright man. He had a great time but in a clean, wholesome way.” In closing, he quoted from a po™) which made a very effective ending. “The world is calling for you, young man, Answ'cr her, saying, ‘I can’, And whether you wdn or wdiether you lose I.et the wmrld regard you a man.” COMMERCIAL DEPT. WILL ENTER CONTEST In all matters, before beginning, a dili gent preparation should be made. Cicero. To Be At Charlotte—Both the Under wood and L. C. Smith Companies Are Offering Awards. The State TyiiingYontest will be held the latter iiart of Axiril at Charlotte. Miss East, faculty head of typing, is exxiecting to take about six students with her to enter the contest. She is going to xjiok out her best puiiils and start them to w'ork on sxieed drills imme diately. Imst year the contest was held in Ra leigh and Charlotte High School was the wdnner. This year the Underw'ood Typewriting Comirany is giving a trip to New York with all exiJenses iraid to any contestant making fifty or more words. The L. U Smith Company is giving a typewriter to anyone making more than fifty words.
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