High Life
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Your Speech
From th& Gate City of the South and the Birth Place of O. Henry
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VOLUME VI
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEBRUARY, 26, 192(3
NUMBER 10
Better Speech Idea Is Main
Theme of Chapel Program
MUCH ENJOYED
Pied Piper Appears and Takes
Awaj" Speech Demons.
A SKIT, “GOOD ENGLISH PAYS”
“Slang” Was Abolished in the Play-
Mother Shows Influence of
Speech in the Home.
“Better S])eech" was the theme of the
jirogram presented in cha])el on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, February 22,
23 and 2t, in celebration of Better Speech
Week. Several clever playlets stressing
the importance of good Fbiglish were
given under the direction of the Fnig-
lish dejiartment.
The first tableau was called “Miss
Good English Does Her Spring Clean
ing” and showed a regular Dutch Cleans
er woman sweeping away grammatical
errors. “This is the kind of spring clean
ing G. H. S. needs,” stated Miss Tillet
in presenting the number. Charlotte Van
Noppen was Miss Good English.
“As the Home is, so is the Child” was
the name of the second tableau which
presented a motlier telling her small son
a story. This brought out the value of
tlie use of good English in tlie home.
Tlie mother was Betty Brown, and Paul
Strickland, one of the senior mascots,
was tlie little boy.
clever skit, entitled “Good English
Pays” followed. This little scene made
clear the fact that correct speech is a
great asset in obtaining a position. The
ch.arpa*te''« were Bid Bypr.'-. Dick Doug
las, Margaret Sockwell, and James Stu
art.
“Slang,” a comic skit written and di-
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MEETING OF N. E. A.
HELD AT WASHINGTON
Topics of Vital Interest to the Edu
cators of the Country Dis
cussed in Detail.
The sixth semi-annual meeting of the
National Flducation yVssociation was held
at Washington, D. C., from February 21
to 25. There are two meetings of this
organization a year: one in the early
summer which is a general assembly,
and one in the winter for superintendents
and allied associations. This recent meet
ing was attended by Fred Archer, Su
perintendent of Schools, and Miss Gladys
Boyington, of the history department,
who was especially interested in the
National Council for Social Studies.
The program of the meeting included
topics of very vital interest to the edu
cation of the country. Outstanding
among the speakers were President Cool-
idge; F. AV. Ballou, president of the
Department of Superintendents; John T.
Tigert, United States Commissioner of
Fhliication; James R. Bussell, dean of
Teachers College, Columbia University;
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MISS HENCH JOINS RANKS
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Miss Elizabctli Hench, formerly a mem
ber of the English department at Man
ual Training Fligh School, of Indian
apolis, Indiana, will teach English and
history in Greensboro High this semes
ter. The large number of new students
entering at the beginning of the semes
ter necessitated the addition of Miss
Hencli to the faculty.
A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and
the University of Michigan, Miss Hench
comes to Greensboro High highly recom
mended. She has had a year of gradu
ate work at Newnham College, Cam
bridge, England, also.
MAKGAllET FERGUSON
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Editor-in-C’hief of Rkflector
N. C. HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPALS MEET
Supervision and Athletics Were
Discussed—Meeting to Be in
Next Year.
Nearly every one of the 18 principals
of class AA high schools in North Caro
lina met in the City Hall Friday and
Saturday, F''el)ruary 12 and 13, for a
conference of four sessions — three on
Friday, and one on Saturday.
The meetings were held in the new
City Hall. Lee Edwards, former prin
cipal of Greensboro High School, now
head of the Asheville High, presided
over the meetings. Charles W. Phillips
and FTederick Archer both took part in
the programs.
Supervision was the topic of discus
sion Friday morning. Interesting and
instructive talks were, presented by L. B.
Johnson, High Point; M. G. IJttle, Wil
mington; E. H. Garringer, Charlotte,
and J. W. Moore, of Winston-Salem.
The subject for the session FTiday
afternoon was organization. Those on
the program at that time were Fred
.\rcher, E. II. Garringer, M. G. I.ittle,
K. V. Stowitts, of Durham, and C. E.
AVessinger of Raleigh.
'rhe program Friday evening was de
voted to general topics related to high
school work. Addresses were given by
J. AV. Moore, AVinston-Salem; C. W.
Phillips, Greensboro; J. E. Cassol, Gas
tonia; AV. R. Kirkman, Statesville, and
A. li. Combs, of FJizabeth City.
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LINCOLN MEDAL WON
BY BESSEMER SENIOR
Saslow and Cohen, jewelers in Greens
boro who are the sole retailers of a new
make of watch, the I.incoln, offered a
bronze medal for the best essay written
on any phase of the life of Abraham
Lincoln. This was done to advertise the
new watch, and also to arouse the inter
est of high school students in the life of
Lincoln. The contest was open to the
seniors of Bessemer, Pomona, South Buf
falo, and Greensboro high schools. Mary
Slack, a student of the eleventh grade of
Bessemer High School, won the prize.
The medal is a large medallion, one
side of which bears a silhouette of Abra
ham IJncoln, and the other, the name
of the winner of the contest.
Frances Johnson and Henry Goodwin
of G. H. S. tied for second place.
VENETIANGLASS
BLOWERS APPEAR
IN CHAPEL FEB. 16
History of Glass Told and Inter
esting Demonstration Given
by Miniature Factorv.
GLASS PENS SOUVENIRS
Christmas Toys, Pitcher, Bird, Model
Ship, Steam Engine, Pipe made
Dress of Spun Glass Shown.
'riie long-heralded A'^enetian Glass
Blowers gave an exhibition February 16,
in the high school auditorium, demon
strating in an in.structive manner the
method by whicli glass is blown. In
■order to make the performance more
real, they brought a miniature glass fac
tory with them.
AVhile Mr. M. H. Howard told the
history of glass making, and explained
the different objects made, Mr. H. R.
Cross blew the glass. The speaker stated
that the Romans v.’ere the first to learn
tlie art of glass making and that the
A’enetians followed them.
The first objects made were Christmas
toys like those blown by the boys and
girls of Germany. Among the other
numerous things he demonstrated were
a bowl which he afterwards turned into
a pitcher; a colored glass bird; a blood-
tester; how to bend a glass tube in order
to keep it hollow; a sailing vessel cop
ied from one of the earliest models;
glass flowers that were almost perfect;
a magnifying glass; an early model of
the steam engine which was first made
from glass; and last of all be spun some
glass into thread so fine that it could be
used to make a dress. He told of the
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J. MEBANE TO DUKE AS
DECLAIMERFORG.H.S.
Representatives for AVake Forest and
Guilford College Contests to
be Selected Later.
John Mebane has been selected to rep
resent Greensboro High School in the
declamation contest to be held at Duke
L'niversitv, Maruh 5. As the time for
this contest is so close at hand, it was
decided to eliminate the preliminary and
select the representative. Since the dec
lamation contests at AVake Forest and
Guilford College are not to be until
A})ril, the preliminaries for these will be
held some time in March. Tlie winner
in the girls' contest will go to Guilford
College and tlie winner in the hoys’ will
go to AAhike Forest.
Duke University will hold its final
contest on the evening of March 5 at
8 o'clock. No declamation is allowed to
he more than eight minutes in length. A
gold medal will be given to the winner.
The final contest at AA’’ake Forest is
to take place on April 2, at 7:30 in the
evening. A gold medai and a scholar
ship are offered tlie wiiner of the first
prize, a silver medal for the second best
speaker, and a bronze one to the winner
of third place.
It is not definitely known yet just
wlien the Guilford College contest will
take place.
JUNIORS EXPECT L.4RGE
CROWD AT CARNIVAL TONIGHT
The Junior Carnival, which is to take
place at the high school this evening at
8 o'clock, promises to be the main at
traction of this week.
The Juniors have spent much time and
energy in preparing the many shows and
stunts which they are presenting this eve
ning. The main show will begin at 8
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M’LEAN APEALS
TO PEOPLE OF N.C.
He Addresses Merchants of
Greensboro at Their Annual
Banquet at N. C. C. W.
Governor A. AY. Alcl.ean declared that
education is the most important thing
in the state, in his address to the mer
chants of Greenslioro, at their annual
banquet held at N. C. C. AA'. Friday,
February 19.
“I appeal to the people of North Car
olina to give more time and thought to
the affairs of the government. I have
tried to keep the promise I made to the
people, and when my term of office is
finislied, I hope they will say, ‘Well done,
thou good and faithful servant,' ” the
Governor said.
The Governor expressed the opinion
that the people of North Carolina have
inherited business sense from the first
settlers of North Carolina—Quakers,
Scotch, Scotch-Irish, English, Moravi
ans, Dutch, and others. The Piedmont
section is the garden spot of America,
he said.
“Economy is not parsimony; it is
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HARMONICANS
M AKE DEBUT
Interesting and Amusing Pro
gram Presented by “Little
Symphony Orchestra”.
A ver\ unique and amusing program
was given in chapel, Monday, February
15, by the “Little Sympathy Orchestra”
or the “Unholy Three,” as the trio is
commonly called around G. H. S. Enoch
Eliot, wlio acted as spokesman for the
group, very ably introduced the mem
bers. He said, “This is Professor Stan
ley Johnson, the guitar player who put
the ‘git' in guitar; Mr. I.eGrande John
son, harmonica player; and myself, his
assistant.''
The program was so well arranged
that one felt like laughing and dancing
one minute, and crying the next. Each
time the orchestra played a “jazzy’’ piece
and then followed it by a slow, senti
mental one. Some of the selections played
were: “Old Ninety Seven,” “O Sole Mio,”
“Carry Me Back to Ole A^irginny,” “Lit
tle Brown Jug,'’ (hut “them days are
gone forever,” Enoch Eliot said in in
troducing tlie number), “It Ain't Gonna
Rain No More,” “How Come You Do
lake You Do Do?’’ “Yankee Doodle,”
“Home, Sweet Home,’’ and “Tj.irkey in
the Straw.” “Good Night, Ladies” con
cluded the program.
Again and again the auditorium rang
with a]iplause as each number was con
cluded. The musicians convinced the
audience that classical music could he
just as effectively rendered on the harp
and guitar as could jazz. “Humoresque’’
and “Carry Me Back to Ole A'irginny”
were just as appealing as “Turkey in
the Straw.”
NEW STUDENT COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE ELECTED
During the past two weeks new Stu
dent Council representatives have been
elected by semesters two, tlirec, five, and
six — Margaret • Ziglar, Beverly Moore,
Ruth Ivcwis, and Charles Rives, respec
tively.
These new council members take the
places left vacant by Clarence Scott,
who has entered Oak Ridge; John Betts,
who graduated at mid-term; Macon
Crocker, who has stopped school on ac
count of illness; George Gregory, who
has also stopped school; and tw'o repre-
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REIDSVILLEHIGH
PRESENTS “GAIUS
AND GAHIS, JR.”
Margaret Ferguson Stars for
Greensboro High in “The
Last of The Lowries”.
R. H. S. G 0 E S T O U. N. C.
“Neighbors” Clever Comedy of Ameri
can Home Life, is Play of
High Point High School.
The Greensboro High School Dramatic
Club jiresented Paul Green's “The I^ast
of the I/Owries,” a one-act tragedy of
the Croatan Indians of North Carolina,
at the preliminary play contest in High
Point, Friday, February 19. High Point
presented a comedy, “Neighbors,” by
Zona Gale, and Reidsville gave a comedy
of Carolina life, “Gains and Gains, Jr.,”
by Lucy Cobb.
Tlie final decision of the judges was
that Reidsville won first place. High
Point second, and Greensboro tliird.
In Green.sboro’s production the best
acting was tliat of Margaret Ferguson
in the role of the old mother, Cumba.
This was a very difficult part to play,
with much emotional acting, but she
lived her part throughout the whole pro
duction. Matilda Robinson, as Jane,
her daughter, played her role well, as
did Cynthia A'aughn as Mayno, the
daughter-in-law. Finley Atkisson as
Henry Berry, the last of the Lowries,
sliowed much ability in his acting.
Mr. AV. R. AYunsch, the coach of the
’>Jay: Edmund Turner and assistants,
Margaret Hood and Charlotte A'an Nop
pen, who painted the scenery; P. B.
AA'hittington and Clarence Phoenix, who
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DRAMATIC ISSUE OF
‘HOMESPUN’ IS AT PRESS
AA'ill Contain Over One Hundred and
Fifty Pages—Edited by Members
of Fall Dramatic Class.
The February issue of Homespun,
which is to be a dramatic issue, to con
tain more than 150 pages, thereby being
three times as large as any previous
issue, went to press Saturday, Febru
ary 20.
“vSilk Threads,” the opening depart
ment, contains the following: “Over the
Footlight” (a poem) by Zaidie Smith;
three one-act plays, “Masks Off” by
Ruth Heath, “His Hands!" by Sarah
Alendenhall, “Faces and Cards” by Phyl
lis Penn, and two skits, “Slang’’ by Enoch
FBliott and “The Devil and Ben Frank
lin,” by Haywood Gathings.
“The AA'eave,'’ the next section, con
tains a review of the Carolina folk-play
ers, a history of dramatics at G. H. S.,
reminiscences of amateur leading ladies
and leading men, and an article on make
up.
In “Colors in the AA'eave” appear such
articles as “Stage .Fright,” “Behind the
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BOY SCOUTS TAKE PLACE
OF THE CITY COUNCILORS
Twenty-nine boy scouts, Friday, Feb
ruary 12, for one hour occupied the
places of the city officials. This was one
of tlie biggest events of Scout AYeek,
and was done in order to promote in
terest in city government work.
P. C. Painter, city manager, was rep
resented by Henry AA'eilaiid, Jr., of troop
5. This was one of the most difficult
positions. Paul Scurlock, of troop 6,
substituted for Mayor E. B. Jeffress.
Other councilmen were represented as
follows: F. A. Brooks by Harry Murray,
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