HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of tKe South and the Birthplace of O, Henry
VOLUME IX
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, DECEMBER 21, 1928
PRESS ASSOCIATION
HOLDS THREE-DAY
MEETING AT ELON
Interesting Program Outlined
for Delegates from All Over
North Carolina
BANQUET AT 0. HENRY
Professor R. B. Tower Lectures on
Financing and Publishing a
School Paper
Thu North Carolina High School
Press Association met at Elon College
December 13, 14, and 15. The out
break of the influenza oj.ideiiiic pre
vented the delegates from some high
schools coming, therefore the represen
tation was not as large as had been
anticipated.
At 3 p. m. Thursday afternoon the
delegates registered in the Maromi and
Gold office. At 5 p. m. the faculty
entertained with a tea in the Y. V-
C. A. This was followed by a banquet
in the college dining hall. At 8 p. m.
the Stevenson Theatres, Inc., enter
tained with a theatre party at the
Carolina Theatre in Bnrlington.
The first meeting was held Friday
morning in the society hall. Dean
A. L. Hook welcomed the guests. Due
to the absence of Dr. H. Babcock, his
address was read by a member of the
■ Maroon and Gold staff. After this
there were reports from all the publi
cations and appointment of committees.
At 11 a. m. the delegates made an
extensive tour of the college buildings.
They visited the building in which re
ligion is studied. This building, ac-
' cording to authorities, is the most mod-
ernly equipped of its kind in Ameilca.
The library was also an interesting
building. The delegates were then
shown the new pipe organ. After this
intere.sting tour the delegates ate lunch
in the dining hall. Friday afternoon
and evening were spent in Greensboro
where the delegates were entertained
at the National Theatre and at a ban
quet at the O. Henry Hotel. The ban
quet, given by the North State Engrav
ing Company, proved to be a most
enjoyable affair.
The second meeting was held Satur
day morning in the lecture hall, at
which time Prof. R. B. Tower gave an
instructive lecture on financing and
, getting out a high school publication.
A general business session was held
after the lecture at which the minutes
were read, reports were made by com
mittees and officers, and the next meet
ing iilace was selected.
After luncheon in the dining hall
the meeting adjourned.
Two representatives attended the
convention from the G. II. S. publica
tions. Mary Leet LTiderwood, assistant
editor of High Life, and Grace Curtis,
short story editor of Homespun, were
the students’ representatives from Cen
tral High.
AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC
SIGNAL IS INSTALLED
For the safety of the G. H. S. stu
dents, an automatic traffic signal was
installed November 23 at the West
Market and Spring Streets intersection.
The signal operates on an independ
ent electric central system, and is tised
only when traffic is heaviest, when stu
dents are going to and from the school.
Beginning at 8 o’clock in the morn
ing, the signal operates until 10 a. m.
At this time it switches off until 1
o’clock in the afternoon, beginning
again at that time and continuing
until 10 p. ra.
N. C. PRESS ASSOCIATION
HONORS GRACE CURTIS
Grace Curtis, junior at G. H. S.
and short story editor of Home
spun, will be the 1029 vice-president
of the State High School Press
Association. She was elected at
the meeting at Elon College, De
cember 18, 14, 15. The office of
vice-president was formerly held
by ,T. D. McNairy, 1028 editor of
High Life.
Creaseman, editor of /-Peaks,
Asheville High magazine, was
chosen president of the association,
and Whitley, secretary-treasurer.
REFLECTOR GOES TO
PUBLISHERS TODAY
Mid-Term Staff Completes Its
Work—Probable Date for
Release Is Jan. 25
TO HAVE MAROON COVER
According to John Foster, editor-in-
chief of the mid-term Reflector, the
imblication goes to press today. Prac
tically the entire staff has been at
work during the extra week of holidays,
and the work of the editors has been
completed.
The copies will probably be released
from the publishers on January 25 and
then the subscribers to the year book
will obtain copies from the senior sup
ply room. Two hundred copies were
subscribed for by the local students.
Mother Goose rhymes will carry out
the general idea of the publication.
Each section of the book will be sig
nificant of some rhymes. The class
dedicated this issue to the parents.
The cover will be maroon, a color
which has never before been on a
G. H. S. Reflector.
Miss Lily Walker and W. E. Blair
are the appointed Reflector advisers.
Miss Walker supervised the general
plan of the year book, while Mr. Blair
assisted with the business manage
ment.
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
AWARDED “HOMESPUN”
Staff of Last Year Responsible for
Honors—Judges Praise Other North
Carolina Publication
Homespun, the high school magazine,
was one of three high school publica
tions in the United States to be
awarded All-American Honor rating by
the National Scholastic Press Associa
tion of the University of Minnesota.
The two other certificates, which are
the highest honor conferred by the
association, were given the Asheville
publication, Peaks, and a magazine pub
lished by the high school at Xavier,
New York.
Three other certificates were pre
sented schools having an enrollment of
1.000 students or more. The schools
receiving them were: South High
School, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Senior
High School, Chicago, III., and the Cen
tral High School of Washington, D. C.
Homespun, of Greensboro, like its
fellow statesman,’ has an authentic
character, and Peaks, of Asheville High
School, is notable for artistic quality
in both matter and form,” said the
judges in commenting on the two North
Carolina publications.
The staff of last year, which was
largely responsible for the honor con
ferred upon the magazine, was com
posed of the following executives:
Carlton Wilder, editor-in-chief; Henry
Biggs, assistant editor.
Revue Queen
ADELAIDE FORTUNE
1929 REVUE QUEEN
SELECTED AT G.H.S.
Adelaide Fortune Chosen by
School Majority as Girl
Typical for This
CROWNED AT HI MUSICAL
The crowning of Adelaide Fortune
as 1029 Revue Queen at G. II. S. came
as a culmination of the Purple and
Gold Revue. The identity of the queen
was not disclosed until the final scene
of the Revue, which was presented
Wednesday night, November 28, at
Odell Memorial Hall.
In selecting the queen the students
were urged by J. II. Johnson, director
of the Revue, to consider the essen
tials for a “well-rounded” girl. Other
candidates were in the race, but the
voice of practically the entire student
body endorsed Adelaide Fortune as the
choice for this honor. This is the first
.year of such a choice, but henceforth
it will be an annual custom at G. H. S.
When the student body selected the
Queen of the Revue the honor was
indeed singular, for it was not required
that the queen should have any part
on the program presented by the
“revuers.” However, the lead in sev
eral scenes was taken by Adelaide and
she was featured in the chorus and
solo numbers.
MID-TERM GRADUATES
COMPLIMENT PARENTS
A parent tea, beginning the seniors’
social functions for this season, was
given by the graduating class compli
menting the parents of the graduates.
The school library was decorated with
Christmas greens and it was there
that the parents were welcomed on
Tuesday evening, December 11.
Receiving with C. W. Phillips, acting
superintendent of Greensboro city
schools, were the class officers and
various department heads of the high
school.
Alia Ross, chairman of the eutertain-
iiieiit committee, conducted the program
which consisted of musical selections.
Mary Louise Patterson, violinist; Mary
Quill Omoliundro, soloist, and Margaret
Little, Frances Burch, and Alia Boss,
pianists, appeared on the program.
John Foster gave a reading entitled,
“Bud Discusses Cleanliness.”
This affair was the first on the
graduates’ social calendar. The junior-
senior banquet on Friday, January 4,
will come as a culmination of mid
term festivities.
Start Building on
New Junior High
Work on a new junior high school
building was begun on December 1.
The new site is in South Buffalo,
and the building is a three-story
structure. There is a cafeteria, gen
eral science and home economics de
partment. The plans call for an au
ditorium and gymnasium which will
probably be a later addition.
As soon as the senior high school
is completed, the present site will be
used for another junior high.
TRIANGULAR CLUBS
WORK ON DEBATES
FOR ANNUAL COMBAT
DEAN BROWN PLANS
N. C. MUSIC CONTEST
North Carolina College Spon
sors Annual Event Which
Takes Place in April
DEAN COMPLETES VISITS
The tenth annual state high school
music contest, conducted under the aus
pices of North Carolina College, is to
be held April 18 and 10. This an
nouncement was recently made by Dr.
Wade R. Brown, dean of the school of
music at N. C. C.
Dr. Brown has just completed a
series of visits to the districts com
posing the general organization of the
contest. The purpose of these visits
was to explain the new regulations as
adopted by the October session of state
musicians.
The chief change is the inaugura
tion of district elimination contests.
This classification divides the group
into fifteen districts. The eliminations
will be held at central points which
have been designated by the contest
authorities in the various counties two
weeks before the contest. There are
chairmen in each county.
Classification puts high schools in
three groups: A includes schools with
five hundred pupils, while schools with
over two hundred students are in class
B, and less than two hundred in
class C.
‘Resolved, That the United
States Should Join World
Court” This Year’s Query
UNION ISSUES BULLETIN
E. R. Hankin, Secretary of Debating
Union, Seems Pleased With
Work of G. H. S. Group
HOMESPUN APPEARS FOR
SECOND TIME THIS YEAR
Art Work and Literary Features Are
Typiral of “Wondrous Things”
in Every Phase of Life
The second issue of Homespun made
its appearance last week. The motif
of this number is “Wondrous Things.”
The general consensus is that this issue
is very creditable, both from a literary
and a mechanical standpoint.
“The Weave” opens with a poem by
Louis Brooks entitled “Of Wondrous
Things.” This is followed by a scien
tific article by Elizabeth Boyst on “A
Triumph of Science,” which deals with
the manufacture and use of rayon.
One of the most interesting contribu
tions is an article by Juanita Day on
“Petra—The Rose-Rock City,” in which
is given a brief history of this half-
real. half-legendary oriental city. Other
articles in “The Weave” are “A Chemi
cal Rainbow,” by Louise Cheek, and
a discussion of the work of Pasteur by
Henry Weiland.
“Colors in the Weave” contains
among other things an article by Clyde
Norcom on “Thomas Paine,” and a
poem by Grace Hobbs. A story by
Susan Gregory is one of the most out
standing features of the issue. In the
book review department are reviews
by Clyde Norcom, Molly Harrison, and
Carmen Patterson.
The Debating Club of Greensboro
High School has begun work on the
annual triangular debate in which stu
dents of G. H. S., of Winston-Salem,
and High Point High Schools partici
pate.
The question to be discussed this
year is: “Resolved, That the United
States should join the World Court.”
This was chosen by the central com
mittee of the N. C. High School Debat
ing Union after this committee re
ceived the opinions of all schools in
this Union. Schools favored the above
topic almost unanimously.
The High School Debating Union was
started sixteen years ago by the lit
erary societies and the University Ex
tension of the University of North
Carolina.
A bulletin of one hundred pages is
issued for all members of the High
School Debating Union who request it.
Elizabeth Boyst, president of the
local olub, in a recent letter from
E. R. Rankin, secretary of the Union,
was complimented on the work of the
G. ri. S. club. The local club has spon
sored the junior debating club of the
big hschool and five in the grammar
schools. Elizabeth was also informed
that a debating handbook is nearing
completion and will be distributed to
the various clubs in the near future.
Greensboro l-ligh won the debate in
1927, Henry Biggs and Harry Gump
participating.
CREATIVE ENGLISH ISSUES
PAPER FOR FIRST TIME
‘Gooseville News” Made Up of a Sport
Page, Editorial Page, Society
Column and Ads
FEATURES MOTHER GOOSE RHYME
Gooserille News, published by the
Creative English class of G. H. S.,
made its first appearance in a Christ
mas issue. This publication features
the Mother Goose rhymes.
It is made np just as any other
paper. A sport page, featuring the
characters of Gooseville, an editorial
page lamenting the death of, or prais
ing the achievements of, or preaching
of Gooseville citizens, a lost and found
column, a society column announcing
marriages of famous personages, a per
sonal column broadcasting personal
news, a front page containing a pic
ture of the stall, and an advertisement
of Simple Simon’s bakery, are found in
this publication.
The staff for the paper:
Editor-in-chief, Susan Gregory; as
sistant editor, Harvey Craven; athletic
editors, Douglas Long and Javan,
Crutchfield; artist, Alice Haynes; busi
ness manager, Lenwood Beaman. i
February 4 will usher 364 new stu
dents into G. H. S. portals. The pres
ent enrollment is more than 1,200, and
school authorities have not yet decided
where they tvill place the new stu
dents. The influx of students will be
from the city grammar schools.