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PAGE TWO ‘HIGH” LIFE, NOVBMBFjE 30, 1920. “HIGH" LIFE ‘‘POK A GBEATER G. H. S.’ Pounded by the class of ’21 Published Every Other Week by the Students of the Greensboro High School Application for change of name from The Sage to “High Life,” with entry as second-class matter at the Greensboro, N. G., post office, now pending. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 5 Cents per Copy ' 50 Cents the School Year Kenneth Lewis Bditor-in-Chief Alice Waynick | Managing Editors Prances Harrison J Hunter Roane I Assignment Editors Ruth Underwood i Hoyte Boone Athletic Ediotr Katherine Wharton Alumni Editor REPORTE RS STAFF Margaret Smith 101 Margaret Andrews 106 James Wilkins 101 Ruth Hobbs 205 Caroline Glascock 1 202 Carmell F’erguson 203 Catherine Cox 204 Lucille Pettit 201 Doris Stinnett 206 Leonard Temko 207 Lila Callum 208 Jenny Lind Penn B-1 Pauline Medearis B-2 Robert Wilkins B-5 Louise Daniel B-6 Otilia Goode B-7 Esther Bloxton B-8 Tyree Dillard A.-1 Stanley Stearns ' A-2 Raymond Ziglar A--3 Esther Parrish A.-4 BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Bertram Brown 5”". Dick Wharton Asst Business Manager 1 M. o Circulation Manager ArchirBrown' Asst. Circulation Manager Look and see who makes this paper possible by advertising in it, and then trade with them. EDITORIAL We are glad to see the great change that the new bookcases have brought about in the library. Armistice day for G. H. S. did not mean a holiday—it meant a celebration for-every period during the day. Too bad that the team dropped below its old standard when it played D. M. I., but they came back with the fight when they tronted the Lexington eleven. DID YOU EVER? Girls—Did you ever step on a bottle at the seashore and go on smiling and sing ing “Merrily we roll along o’er the deep blue sea? Boys—Did you ever have your pants cleaned with naptha and when you struck a match on them have them burnt off you and then say, “That’s a good joke on me?” Ladies—Did you ever buy a fancy gown and the first time you wore it find your wash woman with one on like it? Did tlie cops interfere before you pulled out half of her hair, or did you sell your gown ? Men—Did you ever go to shave and find that your wife, had used your best razor to rip the carpet ? If so, what did you do; did yon tell her she would have to be care ful and not cut the carpet? SUPPORT THE PAPER It is time for the students to realize the necessity of their support with material for High Life. The plan of this paper is to be by the students and for the students. We need the help of all the school. So write something for it! The only way to learn to write is to try. Don’t be afraid that your work will not go in. If it does not go in tlie first issue, keep trying until it does. The paper next year will be in the hands of a new staff. Most of the staff will leave for college this year. To have a staff next year will mean that YOU are needed, and so practice up so that when the time does come YOU wdll be capable to fill the va caney. THANKSGIVING 'Twas a cold November morning. Just at the first streak of day. That a small Dutch ship of pilgrims Slid into Massachusetts Bay. 'Twas hard to face a strange country When everything was bleak and bare. But these sturdy pilgrims eared not, PoT’ ’twas freedom—and that was rare Tliey braved the things that wear hardest. They made a home for every man. They builded up the country And made America—this mighty land. For years they carried on this work, F’or centuries their memory has lived true. And ’tis these pilgrim fathers that gave F''rpcdom to me and you. Now we pay them honor and homage For what they gave, ’tis very small in wa.v. But for those brave men who for us fought and died We celebrate “Thanksgiving Day.” Through history they come like phantom ships. To show us how to live in a right and just way. And in simple love and reverence We honor them on “Thanksgiving Day. J. M. HENDRIX & CO. ‘The Home of Good Shoes’’ 223 South Elm Street Greensboro, N. C. THE HISTORY OF GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL;INTRODUCTION A glimpse of educational conditions in Noith Carolina before Greensboro had a high school is necessary for one to really appreciate the present high school here. Before the Civil War,. North Carolina was like a great farm divided among a ijumber of holders. Bach holder had a large estate comprising from 500 to 5,000 acres of land. They lived in large com fortable homes, perhaps miles from the nearest neighbor. All their work was done by slave labor. Such folks comprised the wealth and aristocacy of the state. They were so few in number and so far from their neighbor's that a public school was practically impossible. They employed tutors to come to their homes and teach their children. Scattered among these large estates were poor people who had no slave labor. They were too poor to employ private tutors. The wealthy cared little about them. As a result they remained ignorant and illiter ate unless the state provided them with a public school. Even at best such schools were poor. The wealthy of both town and country did not rvaut their children to mix with the ragged, hungx-y and often dirty little waifs of the poor class. They either hired a tutor or sent their children to the private schools kept up by private funds and denominations. Consequently the public schools were very xxnpopular. They only gave a little knowledge of reading, wi'iting, spelling and arithmetic. Even the private schools patronized by the wealthy were far below what they should have been. Their courses were very elementai'y. They taught reading, writ ing, mathematics, a little science, geogra phy, rhetoric and some languages. Still they’ were very exclusive and only persons were mainly for boys. The girls were only i-equired to learn to manage domestic af fairs and look pretty. They were not ex pected to know anything about books. Today such a system of education is conr sidered extremely crude. Then it was re garded as quite adequate to meet the needs of the state. Today we have a system of education that makes no distinction in the class a person comes from, is broad and free to all, no matter the race or sex. The evolution of Greensboro High School out of such a system is very inter esting, and yet few high school students really know about it. It is hoped that af ter reading the history of our school every one will love and appreciate it more than ever before. Myrtle Ellen LaBan. DOr.OTHY COLWELL ENTERTAINS Miss Dorothy Colwell entertained a few of her friends last F'riday night with a de lightful “candy pull.” The time was spent pulling candy, dancing and playing games. Misses Grey Fetter, Nellie Ii-vin and Mr. Walter Clements gave original solo dances. Those present were Misses Mai’y Denny, Lucille Wynne, Ruth Under wood, Helen Shanks, Frances Rankin, Mildred Morrison, Nellie Irvin, Grey Fet ter, Mildred Little, Carolyn Glascock and Dorothy Coldwell; Hoyt Boone, Albei't Stanton, Pete Pearce, Neal Jones, James Wilkins, Max Barnhardt, Dick Wharton, Jeff Fordham, Horace Murray, Bertram Brown and Hubei't Rawlins.
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