Fage Two
HIGH LIFE
May 22, 1928
HIGH LIFE
Published Bi-Weekly by the Students of
The Greensboro High School
Greensboro, N. C.
Founded by the Class of ’21
Charter
Member
T^lumbiatV
March
1925
Entered as Second-Class Matter at the
Post Office, Greensboro, N. C.
STAFF
Managing Editor . . . Dick Burroughs
Editor J. D. McNairy
Business Manager Ed Davant
Ass’t Business Mgr Jack Kleemeir
Associate Editors
Henry Biggs
Emma Griffin
Carlton Wilder
Louis Brooks
Clyde Norcom
John M. Brown
Irene McFadyen
Margaret Betts
Assistant Editors
Elvie Hope
Margaret Britton
Art Editors
Ed Turner William Troxell
Typists
Virginia Simmons Ruth Stinnett
Jules Squires
Typists
Jules Squires Ruth McQuaige
Ruth Stinnett Virginia Shelton
Frances Swift Etoile Kirkman
Katherine Wagner
Reporters
Mary L. Underwood Daphne Hunt
Margaret Kernodle
Carl Lane Brown
Mary H. Robinson
Rose Goodwin
Douglas Cartland
Doris Hogan
Helen Miles
Eugenia Isler
Douglas Long
Albert Lindy
Faculty Advisers
Mrs. Mary S. Ashford
Mrs. Alma G. Coletrane
Miss Nell Chilton
Chautauqua
In an efiort to raise money, the
Athletic Association nndertook the
sale of tickets for the Chautauqua
performance this year. The busi
ness men of the town were willing
to put up the guarantee to bring
this performance here because they
knew that the students of the high
school were going to sell tickets and
they believed it to he a worth while
community project.
When it came to the actual sell
ing of tickets, students were picked
from all the school who had estab
lished a reputation of being de
pendable. jMany -worked hard and
industriousl}^ and sold as high as
sixty or seventy tickets; others did
nothing. As a result, the business
men of the city who had staked
their money on their faith in the
high school lost a considerable
amount of money. All the students
did not measure up to the faith
that had been put in them; if all
had done their share the campaign
would have gone over big. The
results tell the story.
If all the reports we hear are
true, the ‘‘Mikado” will be some
production. From the costumes
that are coming and the number in
the cast, sounds as though it will
beat any of the professional shows.
It seems that most of the cam
paigning this year was like the one
in ’24. Somebody or every one, it
seems, was keeping cool with some
one. There wasn’t much of that
fighting spirit that has character
ized some of the elections we have
had.
“We’re in the navy now.” With
Bob Leonard and Bill Byers scrub
bing decks there will certainly be
enough slick decks to dance on to
please the admiral’s daughters.
Somehow we had a hunch that
Bill had made a mighty good
G. H. S. “pilot” this year. He
intends to be an aeronautical engi
neer. We hope the sky’s the limit.
While speaking of colorful
things, we are reminded of the
Carolina-Virginia diamond carni
val. G. H. S. was represented con
spicuously on the field and in the
stands. Lufty was lunging grace
fully for the “Heels,” and seven
Lambeth brothers (one, a Mr. Tom,
teaches and eats at G. H. S.)
cheered themselves hoarse at the
game. College girls added a bit of
attractiveness to the contest.
Procrastination seems to be an
instinct with us, especially with
picnics, rehearsals, committee meet
ings, and alluring joys at the same
time.
What About the Leaders?
An organization must of neces
sity have a strong ground work
composed of the rank and file. It
is the average man who makes up
what we often term the “back
bone” of a community. Without
this average man there could be no
powerful group. Greensboro High
School has a sufficiently strong
student body in so far as this rank
and file goes. Aside from this
“average” group it has a number
of outstanding athletes, debaters,
writers and scholars. But what
G. H. S. lacks is leaders.
Just what is a leader ? A leader
is a person who has conceived an
ideal beyond that of the ordinary
individual, who has the ambition
to achieve this ideal, and who has
the strength of character and the
force of personality to instill this
ambition in others. He is one who
can hold the respect, admiration,
and confidence of the mass, and
through this power inculcate finer
and nobler principles in the mass.
He has the ability to accomplish
worthwhile things, and to lead the
group on to similar achievement.
He is the essence of the group
spirit, a composite of the group
ambitions and abilities. He is that
without which the mass is like an
unpiloted vessel wandering here
and there, or an undirected ma
chine exhausting its great energy
futilely because it lacks organiza
tion.
The student body of G. H. S. is
potent of great things; it has ac
complished and is accomplishing
great things, but it can not achieve
its best because it lacks leaders.
There are in this student body
talented persons of strong charac
ter and forceful personality, who
carry within them the germs of
leaders, but for some reason they
are not evincing this power. With
each graduation a certain number
of leaders leave G. H. S., but a cor
responding number have not of late
risen up to take their places. Per
haps such a fact portends that the
group is so united that it scarcely
needs leaders, but this is hardly
possible. We feel that such a situ
ation is certainly a weakness which
it behooves the school to speedily
overcome. Undeniably it is a cir
cumstance which is worthy of con
siderable thought.
A Challenging Future
Samuel Johnson once said,
‘ ‘ There is a certain sadness in doing
anything for the last time.” We
appreciate the power and wisdom
of the great writer, but we doubt if
it applies to the seniors who are
going to their last classes this week.
They are happy over finishing the
prescribed course in high school,
and readily let any one know it;
they are anxious to seek bigger
things in college; they are longing
to find out what college is like and
experiengce its trials.
The class of 1928 leaves high
school with a creditable record be
hind it. During the four years
that the members have been here,
they have entered into every phase
of school life from athletics to
literary work. Numbered among
the outstanding members of the
class are students whose names will
long be remembered for their work
here. In athletics, in magazine
work, in debating, and in many of
the other activities, members of
this class have been outstanding
when considered with the best stu
dents in the country and with the
best that have ever attended our
school.
The school always leaves a per
manent impression with the class
and we believe in this instance that
the class leaves the school with a
record that will be enduring. It is
with a sense of achievement that
the members go forth to receive
their diplomas; it is with a sense
of gratitude that they think of
what the school has done for them
and meant for them; it is with an
expectancy of a promising and
challenging future that they turn
their hopes toward college.
“OUR GRADUATE”
EDUCATING THE
EDITOR
The Working Student
A recent article in the Literary
Digest devoted a column or more
to a question of the high school
student and his relation to work
and study. An effort was made to
arrive at some definite ratio, schol
astically, between the student who
from force of circumstance is com
pelled to do some sort of outside
work, the student who, because of
a desire to earn extra money, holds
an outside job, and the student who
does no sort of outside work and
has no out-of-school responsibilities.
After a comparatWe study of sta
tistics gathered from our largest
city high schools, the general trend
was found to be decidedly in favor
of the working boy. It was found
that in scholarship the boy who is
compelled to work attains the high
est, and that second in scholarship
are those who have no financial re
sponsibilities. Those poorest in
scholarship, represented least at
the top and most at the bottom of
the scholastic scale, are those who
hold odd jobs as more or less of a
hobby.
We gather from these facts that
education means most to those who
have the most difficulty in attend
ing school and enjoying its oppor
tunities; that achievement comes
only to those who work; and that
the persons who take outside work
unnecessarily neglect their school
duties.
With the closing of school, joy again
returns to our hearts. After nine
months of school and closed buildings,
it will be a joy to get out into the free
dom of the open and to vacation time.
Summer sports are winking at us with
an alluring eye; the irresistible call of
freedom holds sway; joy is the thing
uppermost in the minds of all people;
happiness and vacation are almost
synonymous. Although w^e do enjoy
our school work, and we certainly love
our “dear teachers,” we nevertheless
experience a thrill of joy at the very
thought of summer-time and pleasures.
If we are lucky enough to be seniors
we experience a greater thrill than
ever before, for after vacation—cal-
lege, the thing we have worked for
for so long. All the work is done;
there’s nothing left but the fireworks;
“when the tumult and the shouting
dies” we will have our diploma (that
is, if we do not strike a snag in
■exams) and we’ll be knocking at the
door of collegiate da.vs.
A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
As this spring semester draws to a
close it pays each of us to pause for a
moment, to consider the accomplish
ments of the past school year. First,
there are those that can be noted by
all—grades attained, honors won,
offices held. Then there are the things
that we ourselves can discern, but
which cannot be seen by the casual ob
server—the real progress we have made
in knoweldge, in self-control, in char
acter.
May I suggest that as we plan our
courses for next semester we may also
plan to watch our own progress along
these more intimate lines, and to set
as a definite goal for ourselves attain-
men in courtesy, friendliness, self-con
trol, and service.
Fannie S. Mitchell.
Now that spring is here, the De
bating Club, that time-honored in
stitution, has revamped the picnic
idea. It is the last time the old
boys have a chance to shine. No
doubt they will.
It was during the heat of a political
speech in the recent election that I
was attracted by the remarks of a fel
low who seemed to be strong for his
candidate, but rather disillusioned
about the whole business. Noticing
that I seemed to be a promising victim,
he approached me on the subject of
voting.
“Who you voting for?” he queried.
I mumbled the name of my candidate.
“Well, what’re you doing that for?”
he came back, always inquisitive. I
proceeded to enumerate all the good
reasons why I was casting my ballot
as I had told him. Reasons, I sup
pose, which as Dr. Robinson said, good,
reasons, but not real ones.
“Look here,” my new acquaintance
began, “after all, it is only a matter
of honor, this election. After your
candidate is elected there’s nothing for
him to do. The office don’t mean any
thing. If it’s a matter of honor, why
do you want to heap all of them on
one man as you’re trying to do?”
“Well, he’s a good man, isn’t he?” I
came back.
“Yes, there are plenty of good men;
that’s just my point. We ought to di
vide up on the honor stuff. No use
to make one man high-hatted with his
offices when they don’t mean anything.
You’re ruining your man; you’re mak
ing him think he’s getting something
when he’s not.” So he rattled on
while I graciously proceeded on my
way. But somehow I mused over what
he had said and wondered at the
truthfulness of it.
May 14, 1928.
To the Student Body:
It seems to me that we as a school
have a great deal to be proud of as
we close this year. We have accom
plished a number of things that it is
glorious and fine to win. I want you
to realize, however, there is still a
great deal to be done when we start
a new year next September. While
you are having a good time this sum
mer, keep in mind what you as ah in
dividual may do to help our school
next year. Happy vacation to you!
C. W. Phillips.
In behalf of the Elections Committee
of the Student Council, I wish to ex
press thanks, through High Life, to
the election managers who conducted
the primary in the session rooms; to
the registrars, who cheerfully gave
their lunch and study periods; to the
poll holders, who devoted an entire day
to our service; to the people who
helped count the votes; to Mr. Phillips
and Miss Morgan, who had the booths
and ballots made; to the teachers, who
interested their students in the regis
tration and elections; and finally, to
all who in any way helped tlie com-;
mittee in the recent election.
Sarah Lesley.
About the only fun some students
got out of the election was the
chance to make up classes that had
been missed while “poll holding.”
From the list of nominees for
the offices it seemed as though we
had more big offices than people
to fill them.
We congratulate the new editor
of the paper and magazine. We
wish them every success. We also
extend to them our sympathies and
best wishes for we know this jour
nalism is no easy task.