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HIGH LIFE
Fridai/, March 7.0, 10:^0
High Life
Published Bi-Weekly by the Students of
The Greexsboro High School
Greensboro, X. C.
Founded by the Class of '21
Entered as Second-Class Matter at the
Post Office, Greensboro, X. C.
SHALL YOU VOTE?
STAFF OF JUNIOR ISSUE
Editor-in-Chief
Graham Torltl
Associate Editors
Mary Jane Wharton Betty Brown
Harry Gump Lindsay Moore
Exchange Editor
James Clements
Humor
John Gillespie
Spoi'ts
Kennett Blair Jane Harris
Editors and Reporters
Mary L. Carlson Nell Thurman
Louise Cheek J. D. McNairy
Ruth Sitnpson Henry Biggs
Beverly Moore Helen Shuford
Mary E. King
Typists
Maltha Sue Jackson Ida Mae Meyers
Louise Wilson
Cartoonist
Ed Turner
Faculty Board of Advisers
Laura Tillett Laura Sumner
COPPIED CLIPPINGS
“There comes a time in the life of
every young person when he longs to
achieve. There’s a time when the spirit
of faith in the unseen and unaccomplish
ed makes him venturesome and un
afraid.’’—From The Travelon, Avalon,
Pa.
“When you you give up, you are
through. It’s the fellow who hangs on
to a difficult problem, to a failing sub
ject, to a losing team, who gets there.”
—The Optimist. Atchison High School,
Atchison, Kansas.
“We wonder what has become of ‘Red
Grande' articles against compulsory
church attendance, long skirts, and hair,
old time habits of study, girls’ glee clubs,
and Freshman Spirit.”—Davidsonian,
Davidson College.
“Ambition is a match. It kindles our
vital energies and supplies the hope and
push which puts us over the final goal
line a winner.”—Cohisco Outburst, Cov
ington High School, Covington, Va.
TID-BITS
The “Belle of Barcelona” will be
tinglin' pretty soon. It promises to
make a big noise.
S’funny how people are willing to buy
holidays, ain’t it? (This ain’t no in
sinuation.)
The new school tax is bound to help
G. H. S. It is the first step toward a
a new high school. Push it. Get your
mama and papa to vote for it.
If Governor McLean overlooks us
when he “dishes out” his school funds,
it’ll be because he saw our cornerstone.
“1492, Huh! They won't need a new one
for a couple of years yet,” is the way
he'll put it.
If volume counts for an\-thing in the
music contest, there's no reason why
Greensboro High shouldn’t win. There
are more cornets than any other in
struments in the band and that’s what
makes volume.
With the citizens of Greensboro, as
well as those of all Guilford County, a
great deci.sion rests. The question,
whether the people of the county shall
vote a 30-cent county-wide tax rate in
order to insure equal schedule to the
children of the present and future gen
eration, is to be decided March 30, at
an election.
If tliis measure is carried, the entire
county will benefit and the way will be
open for the extension of the Greensboro
city school system. Farseeing men, the
thinkers of the state and county, have
for some time realized the necessity of
such a step, and consider this question
the first of a series to promote and
secure better education and better edu
cational equiimient for every child of
Guilford County.
To' the citizens of Greensboro, our
parents and friends, the duty of re
gistering and voting arises, for clearly
this question is one of vital importance
to every one at all interested in educa
tion. So come parents, friends, and
every other citizen, register and vote in
this election. Tomorrow and next Satur
day will be tlie last chance at registra
tion. Remember this and sign up before
it is too late.
Above all, friends, after registering,
vote, for each registration to wliich there
is no vote, a negative vote is counted.
Let us be able to say for our county as
Governor Aycock said for the state,
“Every child in, X’orth Carolina shall
have the inalienable right to burgeon
out all that tliere is within him.”
A TRAGEDY
Miss Greenwaldt is helping Mr. Ay-
cock on a new course in “Proper Dress
for Home, School and Drug-Store Cor
ner,'’ which will be given as soon as
plans are made, to the boys. The class
is to be organized as a result of several
boys trying to enter tbe unit course held
by Miss Greenwaldt for girls.
It will be noticed that the number of
honor roll students for February fell
far below the number for January. This
month’s li.st is one of the shortest we
liave had this school year. Thus we see
we hai'e not maintained our standards
of scholarship for the last month, and
have let it drop probably to take up
some outside activity. We are waving
the standards of our school unusually
high in supporting our athletic teams!
we have excellent workers in dramatics
and debating! but, alas, we are falling
down on our studie.s—the real purpose
for which we come to school.
There are many reasons why our Feb
ruary honor roll should be longer than
the preceding one. We have had over
five months to get into our school work;
we have had time to acquire the full
acquaintance of our teachers which
might—er-er-help us a little in our
grades—but instead of becoming better
as we go, we deem to have reached the
summit of our scholarship record, and
are decending into the lower regions of
poor work and failure. We are faced
with the fact that we have not taken
advantage of the new opportunities of
fered in the new semester, and we see
the standard of .scholarship gradually
lowed ?
But fortunately four months lie ahead
of us in which to make amends for our
break in February, see the necessity of
higher scholarship and we will again
raise our school to the place in which it
belongs.
lielping hand from an associate. Ihe
thief or the thug is so because of bad
inlluenee or lack of good.
When one is of high school age, he is
old enough for his influence to be felt.
He may be unconseious of it, but some-
wliere in the ranks of his inferiors there
is some one who is consciously or un
consciously being guided by his action
—someone who is stepping in his foot
steps.
For instance, the sight of an older
boy smoking might have one of two ef
fects on a younger one. Disgust might
take the upjier hand, making tlie act so
rejiulsive to him that he would not dare
touch a cigarette. In that way, a bad
act is a good influence. But on the
other hand, the younger might tliink it
smart, follow the older's erring footsteps
and gi\e a drastic end to the little
episode.
The world is run on influence, good or
bad. The bad is the stimulant, or
mediocre ambition of crime; while the
good is for all that is fine and uplifting.
What kind of influence consciously or
unconsciously is being exerted by you
as a student of Greensboro high school?
PUNCTUALITY
Amongk our better traits of character
fhe virtue of ]nmctuality and regularity
is indeed highly admirable and much to
be desired. Punctuality embodies the
cardinal j)oints of determination and
trustworthiness, and carries with it the
spirit of both. It matters not how bril
liant a mind a man has or how hard a
worker he may be, if be cannot de de-
jiended on to be at the job and at the
job on time—if he cannot be trusted to
be, there, then he is less worth and merits
less faith from his employer than tbe
]irom])t young man who is steady and
persistent.
This is true of all branches of life.
In the army, in business, in the discharge
of financial obligations, in social life
one is urged by his punctuality. Battles
may be lost through inaction due to de
lay. Business deals have fallen through
because of so small a matter as an ill-
kept date. Promjit remittances mean
increased credit. It is almost axiomatic
in the social world that he who honors
hi>; engagements in honored with them.
Without a doubt habitual punctuality
is an invaluable asset.
Therefore, aside from the immediate
results of time-saving and unity of ac
tion, punctuality in .school—in tlie morn
ing and at change of classes—means the
forming of a wholesome habit which will
be a .source of happiness and influence.
UNCONSCIOUS 1NFI,U IU\CK
THE EXTRA MILE
INFLUENCE
Behind every real success, every good
deed, and indeed behind every act, good
or bad, there is an influence.
The great preacher is merely the reali
zation of a white-haired mother’s hopes
and her sacrifices; her showing the way
was the cause of his success. The gifted
author is the result of the influences of
good teaching, good books, and often a
Ibis be all; wc as individuals must do
the unrccpiircd problem.
'I'hiis, wc, the Junior class editors of
this issue, ])ledge to our school, the
faculty, and our classmates that as bcsl
wc can, wc will go the c.xtra mile in
everything. Will you follow us?
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OWNERSHIP
There are few of us who are willing to
go the extra mile, very few who will do
.something without receiving pay for it
—pay in the way of classes missed and
lessons excused. Mo.st of us enter out
side activities just to get out of a few
studies. We help in chapel only to be
allowed to skip a class or two; we do
a favor for a teacher, and expect to be
freed from a lesson; we pay a quarter
just to get a half-holiday.
Yes, we do, mo.st of us, and we don’t
receive the satisfaction enjoyed by tho.se
who do not only what is prescribed, but
more, those who go the extra mile. What
joy they have in realizing they have done
something not required, that they have
given .something for nothing, that they
have given but not received!
The extra mile is necessary too, if we
would have the best high school in the
state. Recently, in the carnival and in
the athletic drive our .school has .shown
up well. By no rnean.s, however, should
Did you ever slo]) to think that every
])ui)il in school is wealthy? 'I'hc school
and all that’s in it is our i)ro])('rly. Our
father’s taxes buill it for us, and they
])ay for its u])-kcci). It is ours to “make,
or break”.
In our home, if someone threw a book
across the room or left tlu; shades iqi
with a l>ang, we’d |)robal)ly chase him
out in ;i hurry. School is regally a ,S(X‘ond
home. We sixmd .s(wen hours out of tlu;
twenty-four within its walls. When
desks arc. marked, when walls arc writ
ten on, and when chalk is wasted, it
means more taxes to be ])aid from our
fathers’ i)ocket.s and ])crha]),s that may
mean well, what al)otit that new .S])ring
dress or S])ring suit? It may sound
rather “far-fetched”, but that old axiom
about th(‘ ])(mni(ts making dollars, works
mo.st of the time.
Our wealth isn’t limited to material
things. Our teachers bestow uj)on us
intellectual riches, which carry us on
through our future life.
Since we are the owners of such
wealth, may we increase it so that it may
help us to succeed in the world of today.
With Ihe \')irious eluhs and orgjiniza-
lious which progress and l)ring la'siilts in
G. II. S., there is an op])()rlunity for
(•\'ei-yone to 'njoy Ihe i)rivilege of a
h()l)hy. Dramalie, debating and hnsi-
ness eluhs are among those directly in
Ihe school, and Iliy, Kiltie Khih, Bap
tist l5o,\’s (’luh, and numerous girls and
l)oy scout activities serve to break the
monotony of mere “existing” for many
l)ui)ils.
Stand Old ! Be a motor instead of Jn.sl
one cog in a great grinding wheel of
eduealion. loin a eluii!
BUSTER KEATON HATS
LIVE OR EXIST
In every walk of life, there are two
kinds of jieople—those who live, and
those who exist. 'I'wo men of equal in
come might go through life; one in-
joying himself good music, books, lec
tures and amusements taken a regular
part in his life; while the other might
drudge a daily schedule of mere work,
eating and sleeping just existing. 'The
fir.st is well known, respected and, both
socially and in business, prospers. 'I'he
other is known by few, respected by the
same few, and on them depends his fu
ture, usually a poor affair of a few dol
lars saved and a decent burial.
It is the same in high school life. 'I'here
are those who come to school, follow each
clas.s, and then go home without having
done a thing outside of a daily schedule
follow'ed week in and week out. And
for others there is a card filled with
club and school activities that make them
stand out as leaders.
A Greensboro High School “cake” wii.s
liondering a ((ueslion. All uncoil,seioiiKly
his decision meant a, grea.l deal to the
hoys of Ihe school. (This, however, is not
a hunch of da I,a, on Ihe eivie and eco
nomic sl.alus id' Ihe American “lioinid”.)
The question in ((ueslion as to whether
the hoy should or should not, wear a hat.
Should he wear one, he would he dabbed
as “older style” by his associates, hut
md, to w'car one would he Ihe end id'
his latest “brain (diild.”
And so he wore a, hat.
'I'his hat, wasn’t, an ordinary hat; it
was an ordinary hat fixed with a eriia-
jiled indention around Ihe edge id’ Ihe
to|), and the hoy wore it, out, on the eiuap-
iis of the .Spring .Street, Academy.
All (d' the hoys laughed, and said:
“Loidiil,! Ituster Keaton”; hut in spile
of their laughter, they all came to school
the next day with “Buster Keaton” hats.
And that, dear children, is how we
came to have the new fad.
IS I*. B. A. TEACHER
One less heartless might not write this
article, hut when anyone with my ex-
jieriences id' the last two wei'ks is
through w’ith the “jmtting out” of a
Iiaper, he has no heart.
It seems that P. B. Whittington is be
ginning to feel his imiiortanee. When a
v(d,e for the number of teachers who
had bought .March Atheltic tickets was
called for by Willard Watson, the
student council wizard ludd iqi his hand.
.Since that judical jiersonage has duh-
hed himself a vender of knowledge, many
of the fiiiiiils have lost their hitherto de
voted resjiect for him on the grounds
that they don’t like no school-teachers,
a tall.”
.And w'e had all dejiended on P. B., too.
We even hesitate, now to tell him the
c'dd, heart-rendering truth, for fear that
his capable highness may become sullen
and morose under the lashings of our
tongires.
Any suggestions as to what course to
take in bringing our P. B. back to earth
will he cheerfully accepted.