Merry
Christmas
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Happy
New Year
REPRESENTATIVES
MEET HERE DEC. 15
FOR TRI-CITY DINNER
Banquet to Be Annual Event.
Will Have Meeting in Win
ston in Spring
H. GRADY MILLER SINGS
Willard Watson Acts as Toastmaster.
Walter Peterson Plays Saw Solo,
With Accompaniment
Representatives from Greensboro,
Winston-Salem and High Point met at
a banquet in the Greensboro High
School Cafeteria, Wednesday, Decem
ber 15, at 6 o’clock. The purpose of
the banquet was to create and advance
a spirit of good fellowship, friendship,
and sportsmanship, between the vari
ous schools of the state, beginning with
the Piedmont triangle composed of
Greensboro, High Point and Winston-
Salem.
The program, “At the Fireside of O.
Henry,” was woven around the master
pieces of Greensboro’s famous son. Wil
lard Watson, president of the Greens
boro Student Council, acted as toast
master, and the representatives of
neighboring cities and faculty from
these towns were the local council’s
guests.
Following the Introduction of the
guests, the toastmaster sounded the
keynote of the evening. “We came to
NOVEMBER LIST HAS
66 HONOR STUDENTS
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PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR
ARE MADE BY DEBATERS
Try-outs for the Triangular Debate to
Be Held Early in January.
Hopeful of Victory
Miss Grogan has announced the honor
roll for November. There are seven
seniors wearing gold stars, seven stu
dents with silver ones and 52 who pos
sess bronze stars.
Gold Stars
Bern ice Apple, Betty Brown, Mary
Lynn Carlson, Mary E. King, Beverly
Moore, Sara Mendenhall, Mary Jane
Wharton.
Silver Stars
Ella IMay Barbour, Lucy Crocker,
Harold Cone, Carl Jones, Clyde Nor-
com, James Webb, Ruth Lewis.
Bronze Stars
Ruth Abbot, Miriam Block, Margaret
Blaylock,, Elizabeth Boyst, Elizabeth
Braj’, Gladys Barbee, Annie L. Bason,
Arlindo Cate, Leila George Cram, Irene
Dorsett, Jennie Edwards, Adelaide For
tune, Emma Griffin, Margaret Golden,
Suzan Gregory, Glenn Hackney, Wino
na Horrey, Joseph Hendricks, Nancy
Hay, Margaret Hadkney, Elvie Hope,
Eugenia Isler, Hazel Jenkins, Pearl
Johnson, Carmella Jerome, Margaret
Kernodle, Ruth Long, Mary Mitchell,
Clean McCready, Georgia McCojrvle:,
J. D. McNaiiy, Alma Nussman, Kather
ine Nowell, Sara Parham, Phyllis Penn,
Mary Henri Robinson, Jewel Rainey,
Alia Ross, Helen Shuford, Prances
Sink, Margaret Sockwell, Elizabeth
Sockwell, Nell Thurman, Dixon Thack
er, Harold Taylor,, Betty Walker Tur
ner, Cynthia Vaughn, Rebecca Web
ster, Carlton Wilder, Carter Williams,
Stanley Williams, Catherine Wagner.
“The Old, Old Story” in Six
Tableaux Given in Chapel
MONDAY, DEC. 20
Both Glee Clubs Sing Special
Songs as Background for
Christmas Scenes
BY MISS GROGAN’S CLASS
Seventeen Seniors Take Part in Annual
Program—Entire School Joins
in Singing
G. H. S. GIVEN AFFIRMATIVE SIDE
The students interested in the tri
angular debate met in the auditorium
Wednesday, December 15, and made
plans for the year. The first prelimi
nary will occur .January 20. At this
time all going out for the debate will
deliver a three-minute main speech and
one-minTite rebuttal. About half of
the number will be eliminated and the
remaining ones will try in the sec
ond contest at which time the members
of the teams will be chosen.
The query selected this year is: Re
solved, That Congress should enact the
Curtis-Reed bill providing for a Federal
department of education. It is a ques
tion discussed over the entire nation
and thought to be worthy of discussion
by the high school debaters of North
Carolina.
There is an unusual amount of ma
terial on this subject. The student
will find little trouble in securing suf
ficient information for the debate.
This year Greensboro’s affirmative
team will debate High Point’s negative
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“The Old, Old Story” in six tableaux
was presented in chapel Monday, De
cember 20. The program was given by
the students of .106, Miss lone Grogan’s
session room.
The music was by Grady Miller’s
Glee Clubs. The Glee Clubs entered
the auditorium singing “O Come All
Ye Faithful,” and the refrain was
taken up by the whole student body.
While the Glee Clubs sang, “Hark
the Herald Angels Sing,” the curtains
parted, disclosing five heralds, with
lyre, trumpets, cymbal and horn. The
heralds were Cynthia Vaughn, Mary
Lynn Carlson, Nell Thurman, Virginia
Tucker and Virginia Douglas.
The first narrator was Mary Jane
Wharton. She read the story of the
Christ-Child as found in St. Luke
11:8-11. The Glee Clubs then sang
“First Noel” and the shepherds were
pictured. The shepherds were Beverly
Moore, James Clement and James West.
The Glee Clubs sang “O, Little Town
of Bethlehem.” While they sang
“There's a Beautiful Star,” Myra Wil
kinson, Cynthia Vaughn and Sara Men
denhall knelt, pointing to the star. “An
gels From the Realms of Glory” was
accompanied l)y a scene of shepherds
and angels. Wilhelmina Elder, the sec-
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tt
GREENSBORO” THEME
NEW HOMESPUN ISSUE
COMMITTEE ARRANGES
FOR NEW “Y” OPENING
Although no formal opening of
the Y. M. C. A. has yet been ar
ranged, it is the plan that all fur
nishings and equipment will be
placed by December 23. Mr. Yost
stated that after that date the
members and friends of the Y. M.
C. A. would be welcomed to inspect
the building and its furnishings
and equipment.
BOARD DISCUSSES
NEW SCHOOL PLANS
Land Between Sunset Hills and
Ha.miIton Lakes Considered
Desirable For High School
COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED
Following its usual custom, the sec
ond issue of Homespun again features
those things near home and familiar to
its readers. The theme is “Greensboro”
but the articles vary from O. Henry to
the Logan home. Cynthia Vaughn and
Zaidee Smith have both contributed
several poems and features.
One might have thought that “A Bab
bitt Toast” was meant for sarcasm if
the author had not brought in the
truism regarding High Life Aviniiing
national honors.
The material consisted almost entire
ly of short sketches, poems, and fea
tures rather than of the usual stories
and plays. The frontispiece and sev
eral tailpieces by Edmund Turner are
up to standard. Helen Felder, last
year’s editor-in-chief, contributed a
story, “Jetsam,” a sequel to her “Flot
sam,” published in a previous issue.
A telegram appearing on the last page
proved of much interest. It read:
''Homespun is all wool and a yard
wide. Congratulations to editors, con
tributors and advisers. Bob Wunsch.”
RANDALL MARTIN KILLED
IN ACCIDENT AT RALEIGH
Former Student of Greensboro High
School Dies Saturday, December 11.
Student at North Carolina State
Plans for new school buildings were
discussed at a meeting December 13.
Members of the Guilford County board,
the greater district committee, and a
number of interested citizens met to
discuss this in the county building. This
was the first step toward carrying out
the school building program. A special
committee was appointed by Charles H.
Ireland, chairman of the board of edu
cation, to secure options on sites for
new buildings. The committee is com
posed of IV. E. Blair, E. B. Jeftress,
H. V. Koontz, and Paul C. Bindley.
It was the opinion of all present that
not less than a 25-acre, probably 30 or
40, tract should be secured for the high
school. It is considered more impor
tant to have plenty of land than to
have a building nearer the center of
the city.
The land lietween Plamilton Lakes
and Sunset Hills is thought to be one
of most desirable locations. Sufficient
ground should be available to add a
junior high school. Mr. Prank A.
Brooks said that there should be two
new high schools now or at least be
preparing for them.
Mr. E. D. Broadhiirst said Aycock
school was to be completed. Caldwell
and Mclver buildings were also to be
completed as well as the J. C. Price
school for negroes. New buildings are
being planned for Pomona Mills and
Glenwood and an addition to Spring
Street school.
Frederick Archer gave definite infor
mation as to the space available in the
present buildings. In November there
were 8,698 students enrolled in imrious
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JUNIORS ENTERTAIN
GRADUATION CLASS
BY ANNUAL BANQUET
Yuletide Idea Is Carried Out
Effectively in Decorating
Scheme and Program
G. H. S. FURNISHES MUSIC
Helen Shuford Acts as Toastmistress
for Evening—Stories Are Told
About Each Senior
"With a unique program amid gayety
and fun, the Junior class bade farewell
to the Seniors at the annual Junior-
Senior banquet held at the Hylmore
Tea Room Friday, December 17, at 8
o’clock. Officers and faculty advisers
of the two classes stood in the receiv
ing line which led to the banquet hall
where Christmas colors and decorations
were carried out. Tables were ar
ranged in a five-pointed star with the
center banked in green.
Helen Shuford, president of the
Junior class, acted as toastmistress.
She opened the program, which was in
the form of a story entitled “Yuletide
Yarns,” with a short speech telling of
the class of twenty-seven and its last
ing impression made upon the school.
“A short while ago a small cloud ap
peared on the horizon of our high
school,” she said, “and made its way
through the work of school life finally
to be crowned with success—gradua
tion.”
Taking up the story, the speakers
told of the work of each individual
member of the Senior class. Mary Lyon
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P. T. A. HONORS FACULTY
WITH BUFFET SUPPER
Held at Jefferson Country Club Decem
ber 16 at 6:30 O’clock—Club House
is Beautifully Decorated
MR. MILLER IN CHARGE OF MUSIC
kid party held for
SEMESTER 8 SENIORS
HEATED DISCUSSION
IN DEBATING PROGRAM
Friday night, December 10, the eight
semester seniors of G. H. S. held a
kid-party in Miss Laura Tillett’s ses
sion room. Two prizes were given for
the cutest dressed little boy and girl.
George Donavant won the prize for the
boys and Banks Simpson, dressed as
a little girl, won the prize for the
girls.
Children’s games were played, such
as: “drop the handkerchief,” “ring
ai'ound the roses,” and “hide and seek.”
The children also pinning the tail on
the donkey. During the evening much
“cutting up” was done by the seniors.
Willard Watson acted as jester. After
the games fruit punch was served.
“Resolved, that the student council
should have full authority over all
questions of conduct,” was the query
discussed by the Debating Club at its
regular meeting December 10. Several
members took part in a heated discus
sion. However, most of the speakers
sided with the negative. The final vote
was almost unanimous in favor of the
negative.
New members featured the program
of December 17, when thej" argued the
question, that all charity organizations
should be under the authority of the
Federal government and supported by
taxation. The sides were evenly bal
anced. Most of the members took part
in the discussion, but at the end the
affirmative had a one-vote margin.
Randall Martin, North Carolina State
college freshman, died at the hospital
in Raleigh Saturday night, December
11, from injuries received in an auto
mobile accident.
He was running to catch, a street car
and ran into an automobile driven by
W. A. Credle, crushing his skull. He
was rushed to the hospital where he
died a short while later.
Randall Martin was graduated from
the Greensboro High School in Feb
ruary, 1926, and was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Martin, of North Men
denhall street. While a student of the
high school Randall was one of the
most active men on the campus. He
was an editor of the Reflector as well
as a High Life reporter from the Bap
tist Boys Club. He went out for public
speaking and last year entered the
contest for the declaimer's medal.
WILL STRESS THRIFT
MORE NEXT SEMESTER
‘Educational Thrift Gazette” New York
Magazine with Discussions
of Thrift
Semester 1 Ends January 28
At G. II. S., January 28, will be the
last teaching day of the first semester.
The second semester begins Monday,
January 31.
Next semester, thrift in G. H. S. will
be stressed more than it has been in
the past. Greensboro High has been
low in the percentage of banking in
the city schools. In the Spring semes
ter a faculty member will be at the
head of the thrift system in the high
school.
The Educational Thrift Gazette is a
New York magazine with discussions in
regard to thrift. The following is part
of a discussion taken from the maga
zine : “Today, with our complex social
development and changing family life,
the school is the chief element in mak
ing for an improved and enlightened
citizenship. Thrift teaching, along with
a good many other things has been
forced into the schools since it did not
thrive in the homes. I believe that if
the coming generation is to practice
thrift it is essential that the habit be
inculcated through teaching iu the
schools.”
The parents of Greensboro High
School honored the members of the
faculty with a banquet at the Jefferson
Country Club Thursday evening, De
cember 16, at 6 :30 o’clock. Almost all
of the teachers were present and also
a number of parents and visitors.
Ylr. Grady Miller had charge of the
musical program. Miss Imogine Boyles,
Mr. Earl Slocum, and Mrs. L. Rosen
berg, and Mr. Miller played.
The guests were greeted at the door
by Mrs. A. L. Thompson, Ylr. and Mrs.
C. AY. Phillips, Mrs. H. P. Leak, Mrs.
AAk C. Robinson, and Miss F. S.
Mitchell.
The clubhouse was beautifully deco
rated. After supper a social was held.
Mrs. Leak is chairman of the arrange
ment committee.
NEAR EAST RELIEF FUND
STEADILY INCREASING
Total of Eighty-five Dollars Has Been
Collected and Full Rulers Are
Coming in Daily
Greensboro High School has collected
$85 for the Near East Relief. It takes
$100 to care for a child for a year.
The collection was begun December
li, and small amounts have been com
ing in ‘Since. Each room was given
several rulers to fill. These rulers., are
made of cardboard and for each inch
there is a place for a dime to be in
serted. The ruler says: “ A foot of
dimes supports a child a week.”
If you have not as yet contributed,
get a “ruler” from Miss Fannie Starr
Mitchell and help some child who is
hungry.