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VOLUME IX
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 1, 1929
NUMBER 10
Frank P. Graham Speaks
to Seniors at Graduation
PRESENT PRIZES
E. D. Broadhurst Presents
Fifty-One Graduates With
Diplomas Tonight
PHILLIPS MAKES AWARDS
Seniors Wearing Stars, Attendance
Records, and Outstanding Accom
plishments Made Known
Tonight will be .the erowning “day"
of seniorhood at (t. H. S. The fifty-
one graduates will receive dlplmhas
presented h;^' E. I). Broadhurst, chair
man of the Greater Greensboro school
district.
Preceding the awards, Fyank P.
Grahtun. profe.ssor of history at ('aro-
lina, will deliver the mid-year graduat
ing address. Mr. (jraham i.s a -native
of thi.s state, and other than complet
ing his work at V. N. C. he studied for
two years abroad.
*■ Recognition for' merit will he read
out by C. W. l‘hillips, acting superin-
^tendent of schools. Seniors wearing
'stars, attendance records, and other
outstanding accomplishments Avill he
made known. Then prizes for distinc
tion will be awarded by Mr. I'hillips.
The Ch'itan essay cup will be presented
to the senior submitting the best paper
on “Why I Should Vote.” —More than
a dozen papers were judged in the final
test. •
'A short story cup, Itift by the .first
niid-year class, will' be awarded the
grnduate writing the best short story.
A similar award is made at the spring
graduation, hut it is made by the O.
Henry Study club. The prize is a set
of O. Henry's works. To the senior
averaging the highest in studies for the
four high school years will be awarded
the scholarship prize. The prize pre
sented the honor students of this class
is awarded by the Torchlight Society.
According to Mr. I'hillips, the most
sought for and most desired award will
be the final one—'the best all-round lov
ing Clip. By .secret ballot, the student
to receive the cup was chosen by his
classmates three weeks ago. The cup,
the award of the P. T. A. of the high
school, is presented at each graduation
exercise.
Members of this class are allowed to
submit papers for the Moreliead his
torical cup. However, if a mid-year
graduate should win the prize it will
not be awarded until the June gradua
tion.
HOLD JUNIOR SENIOR
AT 0. HENRY HOTEL
EIGHT MEMBERS OF
NEWSPAPER STAFF
LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL
Emma Griffin Graduates, and
William Troxell, Art Editor
of Publication, Moves
EDITOR WILL GRADUATE
Margaret Britton,, Alumni Editor, and
Rose Goodwin, Assignment Editor,
Reporters and Typist Graduate
Fred Byers, President of Junior
Class, Acts as Toastmaster
for the Evening
DANCE AFTER BANQUET
FOUNDER’S DAY PLANS
ALMOST COMPLETED
The I’arent-Teacher Association of
this city is planning a Founder's Day
program Tuesday, February 5, at 8
o’clock.
The main speaker for the occasion
will be Mr. W. C. Jackson, of North
Carolina College. Mrs. C. L. Weill,
president of the city association, will
also give a short talk on “The Found
ing of the' Association.” Special music
will be a feature of the program. At
the close of the meeting a silver offer
ing will be taken at the door as a
contribution for the national associa
tion.
The Parent-Teacher Association will
entertain the mothers of all the stu
dents entering the high school on Feb
ruary 4, at a tea in the library, Thurs
day, January 31, at 3:30 o'clock. This
will be preceded by a meeting in tbe
auditorium to acquaint
with G. II. S.
the mothers
Junior-senior banquet Friday night,
January 23, came as a culmination of
activities of senior week at G. II. S.
The juniors of semester 0 “hosted and
toasted" the mid-term graduates at a
iianquet at the 0. Henry hotel.
Fred Byers, president of the junior
class, acted as toastmaster for .the eve
ning. 0. Henry's works were usefl as
subjects for the toast given. All the
juniors welcomed the seniors by sing
ing a song, "The Voice of the City."
Susan Gregory toasted the graduates
ill "The 'i'rimmed Lamp.’’ Annette
Donavanr, senior president, responded
with a toast she called “Cabbages and
Kings." Katherine Nowell gave her
opinion of the teachers in “Strictly
Business.’-' l\Iiss Fannie Starr Mitchell,
dean of girls, paid ofi: some old scores
in her toast, “The Gentle Grafter.
John Foster, in “Options,” toasted the
various extra-curricular activities. Lucy
Crocker gave the farewell in her toast,
‘•'J'he Last Leaf.”
Among many of the interesting things
on the program was “Whirligigs,” given
by four of Miss Addie Brown's dancing
pupils. Martha Brown, Minninnette
and Marion O'Donohue gave a colonial
dance; Elizabeth Putnam gave an aero
batic dance; and Etta Farrar Taylor
did a toe dance. Frank Warner enter-
tined with a number of musical selec
tions.
Tbe decorations for tbe evening were
green and white, which are the senior
class colors. Each member of tbe
jiarty found bis place by' a ribboned
diploma. Trailers of ivy down tbe
middle of the tables were interspersed
with low green candlesticks. AH' the
members of the graduating class re
ceived a small token with a card that
had a clever and original verse on it.
There were 120 members, including
the faculty members who were present:
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Phillips, Mr. and
Mrs. Carlisle Shepard, Miss Julia
Searcy, Miss Laura Tillett, Miss Mary
Ellen Blackmon, Miss Rena Cole, and
Miss Zelian Hunter.
The music for the banquet was fur
nished by Crawford’s orchestra.
When diiilomas are presented tonight
a number of the High T.ife staff will be
among the graduates. Thiima Griffin,
for the past semester..qditor of High
Life, will receive hers.
Emma's high school career has
hiarked her as a leader. In her junior
year her classmates found she was a
competent president. She was tajiped
into the Torchlight Society the first
semester she was elgiible; and in the
field of G. H. S. publications Emma lias
held several responsible positions. She
was named assistant editor of the 1925)
Reflector and has served a.s editor of
High Life this year.
Another editor who is leaving
(i. H. S., hut^not by graduation, is Bill
Troxell, art editor. Bill would be a
member of the spring graduating class
of G. II. S., but he is moving to Dur
ham, N. C. His artistic ability is of
such evidence that he is art editor for
High Life, Homespun, and the Reflec
tor. Not only is Bill an artist when
it comes to drawing, but he is a musical
artist, too. At the state music meet
last spring he won first prize as soloist.
V Other staff members who are gradu
ating are Rose Goodwin, assignpient
editor; Margaret Brittain, alumni edi
tor ; Carl Lane Brown, assistant editor ;
Gladys Brooks, typist; Ruth Laughlin
and Frances Sulli-van, reporters.
Margaret Britton Takes
Lead in Class Exercises
SETTING IS IN 1945
Old Mother That Lived in Shoe
and Children in Fea
ture Scene
HEAR CLASS PROPHECY
Class Poem, Song, History, and Last:
Will and Testament of Grad
uates Read
WILLIAM TROXELL
G.H.S. SENIORS GIVE
GOOD-BYE PROGRAM
Graduates Seem Heart-Broken
at Thought of Leaving
High School
HIRED MOURNERS APPEAR
MID-YEAR GRADUATING
CLASS ATTENDS TEA
Three Gradutes, Emma Griffin, Marga
ret Britton, and Katherine Nowell,
Honor Classmates and Teachers
One of the most delightful affairs
given in honor of the mid-year gradu
ating class of Greensboro High School
was the tea given by Miss Emma Grif
fin. Miss Margaret Britton, and Mi.ss
Katherine Nowell. Tuesday, .Tanuary 29,
;it IMiss Griffin's home on Isobel Street.
Greeting the guests at the door were
Aliss Blackmon and Miss Jewel Rainey.
Those receiving were Misses Annette
Donavant. Emma Griffin. Margaret
Britton, Katherine Nowell, Mr. and
Mrs. W. I'hillips, and Miss Fannie
Starr Mitchell. The guests were then
directed into the dining room where
they were served by the junior mar
shals. Tea was poured by Mrs. Ed
Nowell and Mrs. M. L. Griffin. Pre
siding at the punch bowl was Mrs.
Britton, assisted by Misses Anna Lyon
and Lizzie Adams Powers. The table
was made very attractive with a center
piece of pink rosebuds. Saj-iug good
bye to the guests was Miss Edwinna
•Tones.
Mid-Year Drive Started
One of the first opportunities for the
new students to enter, the high school
activities will be the chance to sub
scribe to the school publications. High
Life and Homespun. The staffs hope
to get’ at least 50' more subscribers,
which will make a total of 400. This
mid-year drive will not be to the other
students, but the freshmen session
rooms will be canvassed for subscribers.
G. II. S. graduates-to-be bade fare
well to the student body on Monday,
January 28. dfiie .strange thing about
the farewell was that the seniors were
sad, heart-broken, for they really did
not care to leave G. H. S.
To the sound of a funeral march
played by Margaret Little, the seniors
made their last appearance in the high
school auditorium. 'The procession of
mourning seniors was led by the
preacher, Edwinna Jones. Honorary
palllK^arers for the occasion were senior
class officers. Five seniors were en
gaged as official mourners.
The .stage was transformed into a
cemetery with all its natural aspects—
tombs and everything else. Those tak
ing part in the ceremony were Kath
erine Nowell. Rose Goodwin, Emma
Griffin, Howard Parrish, Alvin Schwab,
Garl Lane Brown, and Rebecca Lowe.
These students buried the last remains
of Mrgil. Biology. French, Mechanics,
Math, Chaucer, and Grammar, resix^c-
tively. 'The service was closed by the
preacher’s final words.
In this manner the 51 mid-term
seniors said adieu to the other high
school pupils.
While musing over evenrs at Greens
boro High, Margaret Britton, mid-yeaf
graduate, in her New York suite in
1945 prophecies the future of the 51
graduates. The scene of the class day
exercises last night, January 30, was a
New York suite. As Margaret reads
the prophecy, the various characters in
the class appear on the scene.
In the company of these spirits of
G. TI. S. are many musicians, accom
plished in their,field. Alia Ross is the
Socialist candidate for president, and
Rose Goodwin and Bill Tranter are
world-known pilots. Emma Griffin and
John Foster are “honeymooning.” When
all the graduates are accounted for, the
scene changes and the old lady that
lived in the shoe appears with her
family.
Annette Donavant, class president, is
dressed as the mother, and Ruth Long,
Mary Louise Patterson, and Margaret
Little are the children. While these
, are Tn the limelight Ruth gives the
j class history, Emma the class poem,
1 and all join in and sing the class song.
Bequeaths of the class and the testa-
I ment are read by Margaret Little.
NEED CHARACTER TO ACT
PART OF MOTHER IN PLAY
“Peg o’ My Heart” Try-outs Do Not
Find Suitable Character for
Important Part
PRESENT PLAY BEFORE MARCH
LATIN CLASS ISSUES
“LATINUS NUNTIUS’
The mimeographed Lalinns yuiitius,
issued by Miss Gertrude Farlow’s Latin
IV class, is the first Latin paper ever
issued at G. II. S. Clara Applewhite,
editor, along with Leila George Cram,
a reporter, and Carl Kellam, typist, did
a great deal toward the make-up of
the paper.
The paper contains many articles
witTi interesting facts such as “The
Religion of the Romans,” “A Roman
Giant.” and “Scipio’s Tomb.” A myth,
“Jupiter and lo,” and also imaginary
stories, “Men's Clothing Shop Opens,”
and “Chariot Race in Circus,” are
other interesting articles.
The cuts, a scene in Gaul, and a
picture of a Roman girl, were drawn
by Louise Reynolds and Margaret
Smith, the class artists.
Wanted: a mother, who is suitable
to play in the high school dramatic
club’s production, “I’eg o’ My Heart.”
Several try-outs for the play have aL
ready been held, but the suitable type
for this character has not been found
yet.
J. H. Johnson, the dramatics coach
at the high school, says that as soon as
the right type is found for all the
characters, the work with the play will
go on. The mother is a dignified and
rather haughty lady.
“We hope to present it before March
1st,” says Mr. Johnson. It will prob
ably be presented at the Odell Memo
rial because of the fact that there are
no lighting effects on the stage of the
high school. Some oi-ganization will
sponsor the production, but just which
one is not ready for publication.
FRESHMAN IFKA CLUB
HAS WEEKLY MEETING
The newly formed freshman club of
Girl Reserves, LFKA, met on Tuesday,
January 2(5, at the Y. W. C. A. Miss
Lena Strawbridge, club adviser, began
the meeting with a short devotional.
A fashion show followed, the purpose
of wbi(‘h was to present the proper
dress for all occasions.
Definite plans were made for tlie
coming semester. Members of the club
will have a membership drive, and
according to Mrs. A. Conwell, G. H. S.
adviser of the LFKA, a number of the
new girls will be received into member
ship.