^pril 13, 1928
HIGH LIFE
TORCHLIGHT SOCIETY
HAS FIRST MEETING
OF NEW SEMESTER
Page Five
Seventeen New Members Take
Oath of Membership Admin
istered by Secretary
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Miss Mitchell Talks on Ideals of Society
Members to Attempt Projects
Beneficial to the School
The Torchlight Society of Greensboro
High School held a meeting in room II
on Tuesday, March 27, at the eighth
period. This was the first meeting for
the new members who were tapped on
March 5. Henry Biggs, the president,
presided.
The constitution was read by J. D.
McNairy, the secretary, and the new
members took the pledge of member
ship.
Miss Fannie Starr Mitchell, the dean
of girl's in the high school, and faculty
adviser of the society, made a short
talk on what part the society should
play in the activities of the school. She
said that the society should have co
operation, and should work toward
some projects that would help the
school. When she asked for sugges
tions, the old subject of courtesy was
presented. Each member is supposed
to hand in a project to be completed
in the near future.
The following committees were ap
pointed by the president: Program
committee, Joe Flendricks, chairman,
Eugenia Isler, Rosa Mann, and Romeo
Leforte; finance committee, Doris
Hogan, chairman, James Webb, Eliza
beth Boyst, and Clarence Cone; social
committee, Elvie Hope, chairman, J. D.
McNairy, Frank Nicholson, and Mary
Henri Robinson.
AYCOCK PAPER FEATURES
THE RED AND BLUE MEET
Winifred Penn and Mary Rucker, Edi
tors, Collect Yells for Red
and Blue Teams
PAPER CONTAINS SEVERAL POEMS
The March issue of the Aycock-a-
Doodle-Doo, Aycock School’s publica
tion, has just been published. Its edi
tors, Winifred Penn and Mary Lewis
Rucker, have very efficiently filled the
paper with interesting news.
This issue features the “Red” and
“Blue” meet and has a great number
of cheers and yells for each team.
“PishhT ” was the title of a woodcut
and poem in the paper. One of the
best features was a poem, “The Tea-
hound,” a parody on Longfellow’s
poem, “The Village Blacksmith.” Among
the many poems, “Spring” seemed to
have the most prominent place. The
news articles were good also. “The
Marionettes Show,” “The Aycock Cir
cus” and “Town Top)ics” were among
the best ones.
HIGH LIFE AND HOMESPUN
ENTER WRITING CONTEST
Fifteen Articles, Consisting of Edi
torials, News Articles, and Features,
Sent to National Honorary Society
High Life sent in 12 articles, and
Homespun sent in five to the contest
conducted by the Quill and Scroll, the
national honorary society of high
school publications. The deadline for
entrance to the contest was April 1.
The entries of Homespun were Dick
Douglas’ poem, “In An Empty Chapel,”
Carlton Wilder’s “A Plea and Fulfill
ment,” “A Farewell,” “Irene McFad-
yen’s “A Piece of Paper,” Henry Biggs’
Fancy,” and several editorials by
Carlton Wilder, J. D. McNairy, and
Henry Biggs.
High Life entered in the contest
four editorials, six news articles, and
two features.
JOURNALISM CLASSES
INSTRUCT FRESHMEN
Two committees were appointed
from Journalism 1 and 2 classes
to assist the freshmen in publish
ing their issue of High Life.
From the first group Mary Bailey
Williams, Ruth Laughlin, Mary
Jones, Inez Hines, Irvine Smith,
Margaret Davant, and Gladys Hol
der were chosen to be advisers for
separate pages.
Doris Hogan, Douglas Cartland
and Rose Goodwin were selected
from Journalism 2. These people
are on the High Life staff and
have had much experience in news
writing. They will instruct the
freshmen on news article writing,
feature writing, headline writing,
and other phases of journalism.
RIVES REPRESENTS
G. H. S. AT Hl-Y MEET
Plans Are Made for the Ninth
Annual Older Boys’ Hi-Y
Meeting
RIVES IS MEMBER OF HI-Y
Charlie Rives, semester VI junior,
returned April 1 from Raleigh, where
he attended the State Hi-Y meeting
held March 30 and 31. There he helped
to make plans for the ninth annual
older boys’ Hi-Y meeting, which is to
be held at Asheville, N. C.
Charlie Rives is a member of the
Senior Hi-Y of G. H. S. The officers
of the organization are; President,
Norman York; vice-president. Prank
Nicholson; secretary, Clarence Cone.
The executive committee, which
takes care of any important matter that
arises, consists of Bill Petree, Charlie
Rives, Macon Crocker, John Brown,
Romeo Leforte, Norman York, Clarence
Cone, and Henry Biggs.
The officers of this committee are:
President, Bill Petree; secretary, John
Brown.
This club meets on Tuesday nights
at the Y. M. C. A. A supper is fol
lowed by the regular business meeting.
SEM. II SCIENCE CLASS
VISITS DICK’S LAUNDRY
Cars for the Trip Furnished by Mem
bers of the Class—Many Inter
esting Things Seen
The fourth period science two class
of Miss Katherine Jones made a trip
to Dick’s Laundry, Thursday, March
29. Some of the class furnished cars
for the trip. They left the school at
11:20.
They were first taken to the dry
cleaning and pressing department.
There they watched the machine which
washed the clothes in gasoline. They
also saw the people pressing ladies’
dresses and coats by hand and
machinery.
They were then taken upstairs to the
laundry department. They were first
shown the sorting and tagging of the
clothes. After this, they were shown
the huge washing machine. The last
place of interest was the drying house,
where the clothes are dried in thirty
minutes.
APRIL 1 TECHNICIAN
HAS MANY FEATURES
“Half Foolish and Half Truth” was
the sub-head used by The Techmeian,
State College publication, for the April
Pool edition.
The foolish idea was carried out by
the unique color scheme, the first and
second pages being red and blue, while
the third was brown, and the fourth
green.
Such statements as “Elon Ignored
Harvard” and that a senior of the
college had been fined for injuring a
young lady’s neck. One of the head
lines was “Mad Man Runs Amuck and
Bites Meredith Girls.”
New Library Books
Andrews, On the Trail of Ancient
Man.
Arabian Nights, Arabian Nights En
tertainments.
Austen, Emma.
Boyd, Some Eighteenth Century
Tracts Concerning North Carolina.
Brower, Story Lives of Master
Musicians.
Burt, The Diary of a Wrangler.
Carman, The Oxford Book of Verse.
Dickinson, Edna Berber.
Frith, King Arthur and His Knights.
Gielgud, Old Swords.
Gray, “Dawgs!”
Harris, My Book and Heart.
Hay, The Poor Gentleman.
Jenkins, James B. Duke, Master
Builder.
Kemp, The Bronze Treasury.
Lamprey, Days of the Builders.
Lansing, Great Moments in Silence.
Lewis, Trader Horn.
Lyman, The World Almanac and
Book of Pacts for 1928.
Maurice, An Aide-de-Camp of Lee.
Marryat, The Children of New
Forest.
Masefield, Jim Davis.
Masters, The New Spoon River.
Norwood, The Other Side of the
Circus.
Robinson, Tristram.
Rolt-Wheeler, Colonial Days and
Dames.
Singmaster, The Book of the Con
stitution.
Tanner, Essays and Essey-Writing.
Thomson, Red Pants.
Vale, The Spirit of St. Louis.
Wiggam, The Next Age of Man.
Wilkins, Marvels of Modern Me
chanics.
Wright, The Great Detective Stories.
Some of the books that have come in
lately are noteworthy for their attrac
tive bindings and illustrations, as well
as interesting subject matter:
Bacheller, Opinion of a Cbeerful
Yankee.
Brower, Story Lives of Master Mu
sicians.
Burt, The Diary of a Wrangler.
Carman, The Oxford Book of Verse.
Dickins, Great Expectations.
Frith, King Arthur and His Knights.
Harris, My Book and Fleart.
Hay, The Poor Gentleman.
Jenkins, James B. Duke.
Kemp, The Bronze Treasury.
Maurice, An Aide-de-Camp of Lee.
Masters, The New Spoon River.
ARE WE SUPERSTITIOUS?
“I suppose you know this is our
thirteenth issue of High Life.”
“Why, no.”
“Sure, and it’s also going to be pub
lished on Friday the thirteenth.”
“Well, I suppose it will scare you
into not having a good paper this
time.”
“You may think so, but it will only
make us work more earnestly. We
aren’t afraid of such ‘hoodoos’ as that.
Are you?”
“Well, er—er no !”
“Probably a number of obstacles,
such as a black cat crossing our path
or walking under a ladder, will inter
fere with our work. But we have found
a horseshoe and it’s going to help us
make the very best freshman issue ever
published.”
Several weeks ago the chemistry class
and physics class of G. H. S. witnessed
the effect of gases on a living organism.
A large rat was placed in a bell jar.
Nitrous gas was run through the jar,
and the rat became very active.
The activity was foiiowed by drowsi
ness and almost voided unconscious
ness. Then the generators were filled
with oxygen. This gas seemed to re
vive the rat. After the rat was fully
revived chlorine gas was passed in.
The rat began to jump up and down in
the jar. When the chlorine struck him
he died in a very few minutes.
This rat was valued by the United
States Government at $2.00 less than
nothing. Therefore it was an admir
able subject for such an experiment.
GIRL RESERYES GIYE
INTERESTING PLAY
Play Takes Place at Boarding
School—Make-Believe Burg
lar Causes Excitement
IS PRESENTED AT CHAPEL
SCIENCE CLASSES OF
HUNTER SMITH VISIT
CITY WATERWORKS
Object Is to Study City Water
Plant and How Water
Is Purified
VISIT MADE ON APRIL 2
The freshman Girl Reserves of
G. H. S. gave a play, “Pudge and a
Burglar,” at chapel on Wednesday,
March 28.
The play was supposed to have taken
place in a girl’s room at a boarding
school. A group of girls were having a
midnight feast, but had left one of the
girls out because they said she was
always in everything. Just as they
were about to eat, a burglar came in.
He demanded a lot of things, none of
which they had. Finally they said
they would give him all of the food if
he would only be quiet and leave, be
cause they didn’t want the teachers to
hear them.
It turned out that the burglar was
the girl they had left out and in their
excitement they forgot themselves and
made more noise than they intended to.
As an appropriate ending the teachers
walked in and the girls collapsed.
The cast of characters was as fol
lows :
Caroline, Doralene Flodgin; Mabel,
Doyle McKinney; Edith, Martha Mar
tin ; Barbara, Evelyn Knowles; Burg
ers, Frances Grantham, Prances Bishop,
lar or Laura, Margaret Smith; teach-
Eila Neese Lassiter.
SENIOR C. OF C. CHAPTER
HOLDS THIRD MEETING
May Meeting of Senior Chapter Will
Be Last One Held During
This School Term
The third meeting of the senior
chapter of the Children of the Con
federacy met April 3 at the home of
Louise Parker. The club used the
ritual as the opening and then sang
“Carolina.”
Following this, a number of business
matters were attended to. A number
of the girls will sell candy to help
finance several projects. The May
meeting will be the last one held during
this school term. Meetings will be
suspended during the summer months.
Those present decided to have a picnic
supper as the last meeting, to be field
in
The main part of the program con
sisted of two readings, one by Eugenia
Isler and the other by Clyde Norcom.
Eugenia’s was a tribute to Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confederacy.
“Tell the Boys the War Is Ended” was
the closing number.
Student of G. H. S. Returns
Jewel Rainey, former student of
G. H. S., returned to Greensboro,
March 28, after a trip to Pennsylvania
and other northern states. She left on
account of her health at the end of
last semester.
Jewel is a former member of the
Girls’ Council and wore a silver star.
Next semester she will continue her
work as a junior, where she left off.
Twenty-Five Students Visit Filtering
Plant and Other Divisions of
City Waterworks
On Tuesday afternoon, April 2, at
the seventh period, Mr. Hunter Smith’s
science class met out at the water
works to study the water system of
Greensboro. When all arrived, they
went inside the filtering plant. They
were shown how the water looked in
the different processes and how these
processes were carried out.
The most modern type of pumps are
used and the ones there at present are
about three years old. With good care
these should last at least fifty years.
The largest pump in use will pump
about six million gallons of water per
day and the smallest about four million.
They were told that Greensboro uses
on the average of four million gallons
of water per day. The tanks in
Greensboro are on Church and Aycock
streets. A new annex is being added
to the old plant, in which two pumps
of the Moore style are to be installed.
These will cost almost $50,000 each.
The members of the class reported a
very good time and hope to have more
trips in the future.
Birth Stones
Freshman—Emerald.
Sophomore—Blarney Stone.
Junior—Grind Stone.
Senior—Tombstone.
—•ShilUngton High School.
The Flunker’s Idea
“Flunked in English,
Failed in math,”
I heard him softlj^ hiss.
“I’d like to get that guy who said
That ignorance is bliss.”
—Dormat Hi Life, Pittsburgh, Pa.
WOW—A COW!
She doesn’t like
A shady joke.
She doesn’t hike.
She doesn’t smoke,
She doesn’t swear.
She never flirts.
She doesn’t wear
Those shortened skirts.
She doesn’t dance.
She doesn’t sing;
And goofs in pants
Don’t mean a thing.
She doesn’t use
The beauty salves.
But won’t refuse
To show her calves.
You ask her name?
Well, that’s a wow!
She’s not a dame;
She’s just a cow.
-Orange and White, Orlando, Fla.
FRESHMEN
If all the world were freshmen.
How nice it sure would be;
If wherever you rode, wherever you
walked,
A freshman you could see.
There wouldn’t be any quarreling.
For freshmen never fight;
There wouldn’t be any night clubs.
For freshmen stay home at night.
There wouldn’t be any shooting,
For freshmen never use guns;
They honestly live and keep their
stand.
For only the coward runs.
So why can’t we all be freshmen.
In heart if not in name.
Stay in and do the hard things.
And soon will come the fame.
—A Freshie, in The Summit Beacon,
Clarks Summit. Pa.
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