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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Service
VOLUME VIII
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, OCTOBER 21, 1927
Greensboro High to Have
Location on Scales Site
PASSED BY BOARD
A Tract of One Hundred and
Thirty Acres
in All
TO BE READY SEPT., 1929
New Junior Hijrh Schools and Grammar
School to Be Built
Also
The uew hi^'h school, with an ap
proval greater by virtue of its lengthy
detention, the editors of IIioii Lifk
learn tliat last Monday night brought
the culmination of civic problem which
ha.s long attracted the attention of all
interestel in (Ireensboro's educational
progress. ’ITr,' board of education of
Greater Greensboro has detinitely de-
termimal to ininiediately purchase as
a site for the new high school the
Scale's property, a tract of one hun
dred-thirty acres.
The building is exi)ected to be ready
for occupancy by Sept(>inb(‘r 1027. The
acreage purchased will be sutti(;ient to
adequately provide for all bramdies of
athletics. The proposed espenditnre of
something over a inilUon dollars should
assure a building so complete as to
facilitate activities in all lines of en
deavor. both of the regttlar curriculum,
and estra--urriculH. When the new
grammar and junior high schools are
added to this the whole should provide
Greensboro with an educational system
equal to the best. Undoubtedly the de
velopment and execution of this plan is
one of. if not the most, progressive
steps ever takf'ii by this city.
SEWING CLASSES SHOW
INCREASE THIS YEAR
Classes Hand in 40 Garments Thus Far,
Reports Miss Greenwaldt, Head of
One Period Sewing
■‘The sewing classes show a great in
crease ov('r last year." I'cmarked yiiss
Ruth Greenwaldt. head of the one
period sewing ciasses. More than do
girls wer(‘ turned away from the classes
this year, "'riie work is very informal.
The girls sing, talk, and laugh as well
as sew,” reinarkiMl Miss Greenwaldt.
More than forty garments of clothing
have been handed in during the first
six weeks. About lot) dresses are made
by each class (“ach semester.
The sewing classes have about do
girls in each class. Each girl must
make a cotton dress. The -ourse is
called clothing beoau.sf* the problems
are, to -lothc mese!f. The girls decide
themselves what and how to make a
garment.
The clothing .11 classes must make a
wool or a silk di-ess. They take up
more dillicult ])robleins of dressing. A
good deal of studying is made on the
various colors and lines of a dress. No
girl is well dressed unless she is sensi
bly clresetl.
There are no regular dasses for
clothing ill and lA' students. A girl
taking eitluu' course usually makes a
(.•oat. A special study of the budget
system is made.
A dr‘ss-making contest will be held
soon. The details will be announced
later. It is hoped that all sewing
classes will support the contest.
Douglas TA)ng. a meml>er of the
sophomore class, competed in the horse
show of the Forsyth County Fair held
at Winston-Salem Saturday, October
8. She participated in five classes of
the seventeen classes in the show.
Douglas won third place in the class
for the best saddled pair of horse.s.
Ed Turner Elected
Chief of Advertising
Edmund Turner has been elected
Chief of the Advertising staff of
the Dramatic Club. Ed. has done
much for G. H. S., using his art
ability whenever called upon. It is
Ed. who paints the scenery for the
high school plays, and it is Ed. who
advertises most of G. H. S.’s en
tertainment.
Mr. .loe Johnson, faculty advisor
for the Dramatic Club, says: “Ed.
is the very man for the position
and we are expecting the very best
from him.”
ANNUAL FAIR DRAWS
ENORMOUS CROWDS
Midway Attractions, Racing
Fireworks, Farm Exhibits
of Interest to Visitors
PUPILS GET FREE TICKETS
'i'bc (’(‘iifral Carolina Fair, hold an-
luially at Greensboro, opened Tuesday,
()ct()l)er 11. and closed Saturday. Octo
ber 1.". On Friday all pupils in the
city schools were given free tickets.
Large crowds were in attendance all
of the (lays especially Friday.
1 leavy rains Wednesday interfered
with the racing program, but the track
was in shape by Friday, and a number
of thrilling events were staged both
!'riday and Saturday.
The midway attractions, supplied by
the Nat Reiss Shows, were t^venty per
cent larger than last year. The Shows
have their own railroad train of thirty
cars and (“inploy a ])ersonnel of 40(5
persons, men. women, and children.
Fireworks were disi)layed every
night at 7 o'clock (except Wednes
day when the lu'ogram was called off
on account of the inclement weather
conditions.
Farm exhibits which included
tually every ])roduct of the soil in this
region attracbal a great deal of inter
est among the visitors. .Tolm C.
.Sliari)e was adjudged winner of the
g(meral farm ('xhibits. I’lc'asaiit Gar-
(Rm took first jdaoe in the community
exhibits. TIk' individual crop exhibits
also attracttHl a great deal of att(mtion.
feature was the music every after
noon and night supplied by Victor's
band, winch gave* a concert here Sun
day, October ft.
GIRL RESERVES TO GIVE
DANCE SAT., OCT. 29
Girls Will Be Costumed and Boys Will
Be Masked—High School Dance
Orchestra to Play
The Worthwhile Girl Reserves are
to give a Hallowe’en dance Saturday,
October 20, at the Jefferson Standard
Ulnb room.
Each old Girl Reserve is to ask two
boys. The girls will wear costumes
and the boys will be masked.
Dancing is to be the main feature of
the evening with the High School
Dance Orchestra furnishing the music.
^
What a piece of work is a man, how
noble in rea.sou ! how infinite in faculty!
in form and moving how express and
admirable! in action how like an an--
gel: in apprehension how like a god!
WILL DURANT SPEAKS
AT ODELL MEMORIAL
SATURDAY OCT. 8
Famous Author of Story of
Philosophy Delivers Address
at Open Forum
500 PEOPLE HEAR HIM
Dr. Durant Finds Cause to Believe Civi
lization is Progressing—Cites
Ten Upward Steps
AVill Durant, author of the Story of
JAulo.wyliy. (Rdiverc'd an address which
challenged keenly the pessimism of the
present time. oi)eniiig the Open Forum
series of lectures in the Odell ilomo-
rial TIall. Saturday. October S. His
subject wa.s “Is Progress a Delusion.”
In the first portion of his address Dr.
Dni-ant develoi>ed the principal argn-
iiicnfs against progress, and then
turned to the ])ositive side of the
epu'stion which lie njiheld eloquimtly
and convincingly. We liai-(‘ life today
in greater (piantity ami in greater
variety than ever before, the speaker
ex])laiiiel. Our lives are deeper be
cause we reach the extremes of feeling.
If there is more suffering in the world
today there is also more joy. lie
found a cause for the present doubt
of progre.>s in discoveiii^s of the bril
liant achievements of the ancient civi
lizations and ill certain discoveries in
the realm of natural science which re-
\-ealed the insignificance of man in the
whole scheme of things, lie cited ten
stcqis taktm by man in liis long strng-
gb^ upward from barbarism which had
been perinaneiit advances.
Nearly five hundred jiei’vsons attend
ed the lecture.
EPWORTH LEAGUE HOLDS
JOINT DISTRICT MEET
Greensboro and Winston-Salem Districts
Hold a Meeting in
High Point
REV. HAYES SPEAKER OF EVENING
'Ibie Gri'i'iisboro-Winston-Salem dis
tricts of the Epwortli League held a
joint meeting in High Point Thursday
night. Octolnn- P5. The Westloy AI(‘-
iiiorial CUinrcli of High Point was host
ess for the night.
TJie two districts gathered in the
church auditorium for a devotional
iiief'ting. Air. U. A. Mills led the pro
gram. Roll call wa.s takiai of the two
districts. 'I'lie Greenssboro district
had the larger mmilxn' present. Rev.
Mr. Hayes, formerly of Greensboro, now
of ^^■illstoll-SaIom, spoke.
•After the devotional service the
young pcojile went to the Sunday school
room for songs and games. Refresh
ments of coffee JUKI doughnuts w‘re
later served.
GIRL SCOUTS PRESENT
TREFOIL TO LINDBERGH
During Colonel Charles I,;ind-
bergh's vLsit to Gretmsboro on Fri
day, Octolier 14, the Girl Scouts of
tills city preesnted him with a
trefoil of white cariuitions with red
fiowers forming “G. S.”
I'fiizabetli Yates and Margaret
Wagner were the orignators of this
idea. These are two of the
younger scouts of the First Pres
byterian church. During tlie pre
sentation of the trefoil all the girl
scouts stood at attention and salut
ed Colonel Lindbergh as he re
ceived the award.
H. FRANK SMITH ASKS
FOR HIGH LIFE COPIES
October 10th. V.)2'
llKiii Tufk,
Grci'iisboro High School,
Greensboro, N. C.
Gtmtlomcn ;
I have in mind the prep.uaition
of i siu'ies of articles to lie run un
der the heading of “Tyjiography
Jind Make-Up of School Journals”
jind would like to consider for spec
imens for illustration some recent
copies of the school pjiper. High
Lifk.
UiUi you find it agreeable. :iiid
couvenlent, to send me. say :i luilf
dozen differemt copies of your recent
issues'/
I do not wjint you to go to any
great trouble, but would appreoi-
at(' it V(>ry much if ,vou could co-
o])cr!ir(? with me in helping me se
lect spcH-imens tor illustrjiting my
series of jirticles.
Tluink you.
II. FJIAXK S.MITII.
MISS LAURA TILLETT
TALKS AT HIGH POINT
Northeastern District of the
N. C. E. A. Meets Oc
tober 28-29
COMPOSITION IS THEME
Miss Ljuum Tillett. head of the Eng
lish depjirtment in Greensboro Ili.gli
School, \vill sp'eak on “Composition in
tlu* Seiiitu- Y’ear” at a neetiug of the
Northejistern District of the North
Cai-oliiui Educatiomil Association. The
meeting will be held October 2S-20 at
High Point.
The general subject to be discussed
by tlie English .section before which
.Miss 'I'ilhdt will spcjik is “The Tcjich-
ing of Composition.”
CONFERENCE TO MEET
IN HIGH POINT OCT. 28-29
The Annual North Western District
Meeting Of Teachers and Principals
to Be Held
MISS EVELYN MARTIN TO SPEAK
'i'hc aniuuil Northwestern Distric-t
meeting of tcxicliers and priiiciijals will
be h(‘l(l in High Point, October 2S and
2;). J>ast year the mooting was held at
Xortli Caroliuji College for Women in
(Jre('iisboro.
TIh' first session will begin oJirly Fri-
(hiy altn'iiooii, October 2S, Avith Ilor-
ac(‘ Sish. North Wilkesboro, presiding.
The meetings will continue through
Saturday, October 2!).
The dolog:it(\s will bo divided into the
following groups:
.Vssocijition of High School Princi
pals and Teachers! Latin Tcnichers’ As-
.sociJition! I’riiimry Teachers' Associa
tion; Social Studies Department;
Grjunmar Grade Teachers’ Association;
English Tejichers’ Council; Elementary-
Priiicipjds’ Association; Comity Super
intendents' Association ; IMnsic Teach
ers’ Associjition; and Science Depart
ment.
The following Greensboro teachers
Jind principals will siieak: II. A.
IR'lnivS, principjil of Pomona High
School; IMiss hjvelyn Mjirtin, Greens
boro High School; Miss Gladys Boy-
ington, Trjiining School; Mrs. AV. K.
Hartsell, grammar school supervisor;
Miss Ruth Fitzgerald, N. C. C. W.;
Miss Laura Tillett, Greensboro High
School; Mr. J. A. Dunn, N. C. C. W.
CHARLES LINDBERGH
HONORS GREENSBORO
BY COMING TO CITY
In His Own Plane in Which He
Crossed Atlantic, The Spirit
of St. Louis
HE ARRIVES AT AIRPORT
After Being Received by a Special Com
mittee He Makes a Speech at
Memorial Stadium
Colonel Chjirles Lindbergh, world-
known file)- and hero, honored Greens
boro by his jireseiice on Frldjiy, Octo
ber 14. At n ::’>0 bis phine, the Spirit
of St. Louis. rolU‘d into the specially
prepjired luingar at the Tri-City Air
port. Herii a large Jind e.xpectant
crowd jiwjiitfxl his arrival. Cheers.
;uul shouts iH'oclaimed his arriiail.
After being received by ilayov IL B.
Jefi'res.s tuid Governor A. AV. AIcLean
Jind other ofiichils he begjin his jiroees-
sioii tliron.gh the city streets. The first
throng to ,gr(>et the honored visitor was
more (lian L7(K) girls on the N. Ci. C.
cjuiipns. From the college down Tate
street the proct'ssion continued while
the streets wev(' lined with awaiting
citizens jind visitors of the elty. (ireens-
lioro Colh'ge wjis ready to greet the
yontliful filer, but only a passing
glimpse Avjis caught by tliem; down
Afarket street to Jetferson square where
an even ljirg«‘r uuiss awaited to cheer
and admire him. On down Elm to
Siiininit avmine tlu‘ ears proceeded.
His arrival jit flie AA'orld AA’ar M(Mno-
rial Stadium was luiiled by a throng
of 20,000. School children occupied
reservixl seats Avhile Greensboro citi
zens and a number of Ausitors from
High I’oint, Danville, A'a., and otlier
cities of North Carolina composed the
remaining nunilH'r.
Jeffress Welcomes
Mayor Jeffress Avelcomed Lindbergh
:is the city’s guest and introduci'd Col
onel l'‘'riink Hobgood, of AA'orld AA'ar
fain(‘, Avho pr(‘S(*nled a set of OTlenry's
Avorks as a gift from the city. In this
presentation Colonel Hobgood lauded
the feat of the noble youth and then
introduced Governor .AfcLean. On be
half of North Carolina, Governor JIc-
Lean express^! his gratitude and
lieJirtiest Avelcome to this state and city.
“AA'ords ar(‘ imuleipuite to express the
sentiment of North Cjirolina and so I
AA'ill not attempt the impossible,” de
clared the governor in ]n'oscntiiig
Colonel IJndbergh.
Lindbergh’s Speech
All eyes Avere fixed upon the young
filer as he arose to speak to the largest
mass tlijit the stadium has ever Avit-
nossed. Expressing his gratitude as to
the recent oiiening of the Tri-City Air
port and the steps this state and the
entire south are taking, he plainly re-
Ijited his hopes for the furtherance of
aviation as a AA'orld-Avide movement.
FolloAving his short talk the proces
sion jigjiiii rode jiround the track and
then to the airport. The “Aee of the
Air" prepared for his short hop to AA'in-
ston-Salem. Having reached the air
port a bit ejirly lie again circled the
city iind dipjied over the airport at ex
actly 1 :8(), the scheduled time for his
take-off. Amid cheers from a great
throng the silver bird disappeared from
sight and ended the greatest day
Greensboro has ever witnessed.
4-,
Anger is like
A full hot horse, Avho being allowed bis
AViiy,
Self mettle tires him.