Sophomore
Issue
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Striving
Seeking
VOLUME IX
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, MARCH 29, 1929
NUMBER 13
HEARS! NEWSPAPERS
TO SPONSOR CONTEST
FOR HIGH STUDENTS
Numerous Awards to Be Given
Winners; Five-Minute Essay
Is Among Requirements
G. H. S. STUDENTS ENTER
Object of Contest to Develop Apprecia
tion of American Ideals and Rever
ence for Our Flag
A contest wliich Avill frive some one a
trip to IViishiuffton and a trip around
the world is Indn;? sponsored by tlie
Ilearst newspapers and jjiven by the
United States Flag Association. The
contest will consist of seventy-five
questions on tlie history, syinbolisin.
display of and respect to the flag of the
United States. Federal and state flag
laws: the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United
States: Am*rican progress, ideals and
institutions, the natural resources and
physical grandeur of the country, and
other things symbolized by the flag of
the United States. The other thing
included in the contest is an essay on
“Old Glory’s Greatest Glory,” of such
length that it can be recited in five
minutes or less. This must be turned
in by April ~i, 1020.
Objects in Contest
The objects in the contest are to
spread understanding and develop ap
preciation of American ideals and in
stitutions, and to foster reverence for
the flag of the United States as the
symbol of these ideals and institutions.
In school or organization contests the
juries of award will select the best
three papers submitted by girls and
the best three papers submitted by boys,
the authors of which will memorize
and recite their essays.
The boys and girls who are eligible
to enter the contest must reside in the
Ignited States, they must not be gradu
ated from a public school or the equiva
lent in a private or parochial school,
and they must be between the ages of
fourteen and eighteen. No boy or girl
who is employed by, or whose parents
are emi)loyed by, a regional sponsor
Ing new.spaper or by the United States
Flag Association, will be allowed to
take part in the flag contest.
Divided into Regions
The United States has been divided
into eighteen contest regions, and the
contests in each region are conducted
under the supeindsion of the sponsoring
Ilearst newspaper in that region, which
newspaper, under the auspices of the
United States Flag Association, will
have charge of all the details connected
with the local fiag contests in the
territory.
Trips Are Awards
The finalist who will compete for the
grand national prize of a trip around
the world will be selected by means of
local, regional, and national contests.
The local flag champions (that is,
the winners in the contests conducted
by schools, patriotic societies and other
organizations) will represent their re
spective units in the regional contests,
and the regional flag champions (one
boy and one girl from each region) will
represent their respective regions in
the national contest to be held in
Washington on Flag Day, June 14, the
entire expense of the trip to Washing
ton being borne by the sponsoring
newspapers.
Sixty pupils of Greensboro High
School have already entered the con
test. “Others are intending to enter,”
says Miss Fannie Starr Mitchell.
CAST OF “PEG O’ MY HEART"
The cast, readiiii; from left to right, is: Lois Lazenby. Fd Robbins, Everett Stamper. Settle Avery. .1. Rarnes, Harry
Murry. Elizabdh Wood. Rachel Lii)Scomh and Anna Wills are in the c.ast but do not appear in the picture.
DRAMATICS CLASS
TO PRESENT PLAY
Mr. J. H. Johnson Is Directing
Play—Miss Virginia Hol
lingsworth Assisting
TICKETS NOW ON SALE
The Greensboro High School Dra
matic Club and class will present “Peg
O' My Heart,” a three-act play, at Odell
Memorial at 2 o'clock Friday night,
April 12. The junior class of the high
school is sponsoring the production.
Tickets are being sold now, according
to Leila George Cram, a member of the
junior class and student manager of
the ticket sales.
Mr. J. 11. Johnson, he:ul of the dra
matics department, is coaching and
directing the production. Miss Virginia
Hollingsworth has assisted ^Ir. Johnson
in directing the play.
An original theme song has been
composed by Mr. Johnson. Ruth the
words and the music were written by
the G. II. S. teacher. The- song will
be featured before the curtain rises.
Tile members of the cast plan to
entertain Mr. Bobby Wunsch, Asheville
High School director of dramatics, and
his Asheville players after the per
formance.
Begin Thinking
Members of the student body will
be given an opportunity to name a
candidate for next year's president
of student government of G. II. S.
on April 15. At that time Louis
Brooks and Henry Weilaud will
contest the High Point debating
team.
The entire school will be assem
bled at the Carolina theater, and
before the regular program there
will be a committee report from the
Student Council. The report will
consist of two candidates selected
by the present council, and then the
students will name other nominees.
From those nominated on April 5
the third candidate will be chosen
the foTiowing week. Miss Sara
Lesley, council adviser, urges the
students to begin thinking and be
ready to start campaigning soon.
PRESS ASSOCIATION
TO BE HELD IN APRIL
Men of Renown Will Speak to
Delegates at National
Convention
G. H. S. WILL NOT ATTEND
FOUR FACULTY MEMBERS
VISIT NEW HIGH SCHOOL
On Monday, March 11, Miss Mitchell,
accompanied by Miss Blackmon, Miss
Walker, and Miss Bullard, paid a visit
to the new high school. They were
surprised to see how fast it was being
built. The science building was com
pleted except for the plastering. There
are to be two biology laboratories, two
chemistry laboratories, a plant room,
where plants are to be grown for use
in the biology classes, a physics lab
oratory, and numerous others.
The walkways between the buildings
were being laid and cemented, and it
was beginning to look like a school.
The other buildings are being built
almost as fast, and if the work goes
on as it has been planned, the new high
school will be ready to receive the
knowledge-thirsty students next fall.
NEXT HOMESPUN ISSUE
IS TO APPEAR IN MARCH
Theme Will Be “Smoke and Steel,’
With Leading Poem Entitled
“Tall Buildings”
LAST EDITION WILL COME II^ MAY
The next issue of Homespun, G. II. S.
magazine, will appear within the com
ing week. 'The material went to press
JIarch 19.
Homespun has “Smoke and Steel” as
its general theme for the issue. Miss
Laura Tillett, faculty adviser for the
publication, says the staff is striving
to attain the same high standards
which it has previously reached.
In the “Smoke and Steel” edition of
Homespun the leading poem, “Tall
Buildings,” was written by Louis
Brooks, editor-in-chief of the magazine.
“The Rise of Aviation” is one of the
chief articles of essay and was written
by Charles Rives, student council
president.
Louise Cheek has composed material
for “Tangled Threads.”
Other leading articles of the indus
try number of Homespun are “The
Nightwatchman,” by Harvey Cavan, a
poem by Richard Holyfield, “Dawn”
by Lois Lazenby.
The first national convention of the
National Press Association will be held
at Miimeiipolis, Minn., April 11-13.
The speakers as yet have not been
announced, but they will be nationally
known men and individuals who are
authorities on the subjects.
There will be used the general ses
sions and round tables adopted from
the Central Interscholastic Press Asso
ciation. Inspirational addresses will
be a feature of the general session.
Every person associated with scholas
tic journalism will receive personal
value from the discussion groups.
Delegates at the convention will be
provided with experiences as well as
worthwhile discussions. As in the past,
the different delegates of the states
will be seated together. But a new
feature of unique type is being made
to give a break from the serious pro
ceedings in place of the convention
hall.
No G. II. S. delegates will attend
this conveiirion because of the numer
ous activities already scheduled.
G. H. S. DRAMATISTS
GIVE ONE-ACT PLAY
IN N. C. TOURNAMENT
G .H. S. Presents “Two Crooks
and a Lady” in Aycock
Auditorium
P. C. FITCH ACTS AS CROOK
Reidsville Club Gives Play Entitled
“Mirage,” and Chapel Hill Players
Present “Peggy”
“CANTERBURY PILGRIMS”
IS THEME OF REFLECTOR
The theme of the Reflector will be
“The Canterbury Pilgrims,” which will
appear the first week of June. The
history, the prophecy, poem, and last
will and testament will carry out this
idea. The foreword is to he written in
middle English.
The engraver has received the pic
tures which will apepar in the Reflec
tor. The individual’s honors will be
placed by bis picture. The quotations
are also being worked on.
The activity editors appointed by the
editor-in-chief were as follows: Bill
Spradlin, Margaret Murchison, and
Clarence Mann. They will write up
the activities soon.
On ]\rarch 27, at Aycock School, the
Greensboro High School dramatics club
won the first preliminary of the North
Carolina dramatics tournament with
the one-act play, “Two Crooks and a
Lady.”
The Reidsville players presented
“Mirage,” and Chapel Hill students
gave the production entitled “Peggy,”
a play depicting folk drama in the
triangle. This rivalry preliminary was
the first of three. Each of these is a
triangle, and one school must win all
of them ill order to qualify for en
trance into the final contest wliich will
be held at Chapel Hill May 15.
The cast for “Two Crooks and a
Lady” is: the crook, P. C. Fitch; his
accomplice, Susan Gregory; the lady,
Margaret Davant.
The judges for the contest March 27
were: Dr. Harold Bacon Stanton, of
N. C. C. W.: Dr. Canfield, Unitarian
minister, and Miss Kate Hall, director
of the Greensboro “Little Theater.”
Mr. J. H. Johnson, head of the dra
matics department, and Miss Virginia
Hollingsworth, assistant director of
the dramatics department of G. H. S.,
have coached “Two Crooks and a
Lady.”
Immediately following the contest at
Aycock School, the G. H. S. dramatics
club entertained the visiting players
informally. Mrs. Smith was chairman
of the committee composed of club
members planning the social affair.
Mr. W. W. Blair was business man
ager for the play, and had as his as
sistant Settle Avery.
The towns to be contested in the
next preliminary will be those winners
from other triangles—^just which tri
angles these will be has not been
definitely decided.
MATHEMATICS CONTEST
AT G. H. S. IN APRIL
Miss Grogan Expects to Have 125 Stu
dents From the Sophomore, Junior
and Senior Classes
The annual State Mathematics Con
test for high schools will be held on
April 20. This contest is open to all
sophomores, juniors, and seniors. There
will probably be one hundred and
twenty-five entrants from Greensboro
High School, according to Miss lone
Grogan, head of the G. II. S. math
department.
The best paper submitted out of the
whole group will be sent to Chapel Hill
where it will be judged by the instruc
tors at tbe University of North Caro
lina.
The local high school has not yet won
this contest, but Miss Grogan says she
expects Greensboro High School stu
dents to win this one.
A pupil of Ahoskie High School won
the contest In 1925; an Aydeu High
School student won in 192G; a Charlotte
student was awarded the loving cup,
the prize for excellence, in 1927.
For the noblest man that lives there
still remains a conflict.—J. A. Garfield.