We’ve Got the
Spirit to Do
Our Best
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
We’ve Got the
Spirit Of
G.H.S.
I VOLUME IX
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929
NUMBER 2
HARRY BUICE TALKS
AT INITIAL MEETING
OF DEBATING CLUB
Alumni Speaks of Expected
Progress and Give Promise of
Support for Current Year.
STUDENTS DISCUSS PLANS
Debates Are Being Planned With Dur-
ham. High Point, Winston-
Salem, Charlotte.
i The first meeting of the G. H. S. De-
I bating Club was held Thursday, Sep-
tember 12, in 106, Harry Buiee, presi-
dent for the coming year, presiding
f' over a group of 28 members. The
I greater percentage of ti:(ose present
came from the former Freshman De
bating Club.
After hearing a short talk of wel-
L come by the president, the members
listened to speeches by Elizabeth
Boyst, Bernard Ahman, Henry Weiland,
^ Bill Spradlin, and Arlindo Cate, alumni
of the 1929 Debating Club. Each
wished the club success and promised
■i to help it in time of need. Elizabeth
Boyst presented the president with an
old bank* book which she had found be-
, longing to the debating club. This
showed that the organization had 16
cents to its credit.
Plans for Debate
■ ■ The semester work was outlined. Four
; outside debates are planned. These
i contests will probably be scheduled
,i' with Durham, High Point, Winston-Sa
lem, and either Charlotte or Asheville.
: The queries for these debates will be:
Eesolved, That the jury system should
; be abolished, and Eesolved, That a sLx-
year term for president of the United
• •’ States should be instituted. There will
• V be 24 speakers which will constitute
eight teams. This work will continue
/■' from November through January. Here-
. tofore debating between schools has
been done in the fall; twenty per cent
of the work has been left for the
spring term. This semester, the debat-
' ing club is going to arouse interest in
debates for the fall term. This work
will prepare those who are interested
Yi in the triangle debate and train others
' in debating who wouldn’t have time
(! in the spring for such work.
Presidents Appoint Committees
, The committees for the semester were
• !‘l appointed. J. Barnes was made chair-
;,^man of the social committee with Ed-
.;j^>ward Cone and Leila George Cram to
assist him; on the program committee,
Charles Hagan is chairman, and Mary
'•'v Mitchell and Ed Michaels serving with
’^him; Margaret Kernodle is chairman of
f;', the standing committee with Dick
i Conn and Douglas Cartland to help
. her. This committee will be responsi-
,bl6 for ...the publicity of the club. A
.^membership committee will be ap-
pointed later.
[JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS
CHANGE BANE HOUSE
;■ Among the changes made in the Cen-
l^tral High School since the students have
come to Senior High and other pupils
go there is the renovation of the Bane
building. Every detail in planning the
interior of the house will be taken
care of by the junior high girls.
After furnishing the house they will
do housekeeping there; that is, they will
do all the necessary work in improving
the building. This plan, according to
local teachers and other authorities, is
the best method of instilling in girls
the proper care of a home.
SENIORS EXPECT
GREAT RESULTS
IN SUPPLY SHOP
Has Largest Stock in History
of Existence.
According to Harry Buice, manager
of the Senior Supply Shop, the seniors
may look forward to a good year and
ample funds if the students keep up
the patronage they have given the shop
so far. The manager and his assist
ants have a busy time from 8:35 un
til 8:45 on schooldays. An adequate
supply of stock has been purchased and
there is no danger of the stock being
depleted in the future.
The following is a complete list of
the school supplies and their respective
prices:
Notebooks, 10c, 25c.
Fillers, 5c.
Pencils, 2 for 5c, 5c.
Ink, 10c.
Reinforcements, 5c.
Graph paper, pack of 7 sheets, 5c.
Gum erasers, 5c.
Stenographer’s notebooks, 5c and 10c.
G. H. S. printed stationery, 85c.
Rulers, 10c.
Unruled fillers, 5c.
Compasses, pair, 25c.
SEMESTER 7 LEADER
TO OUTLINE PLANS
Officers of Class Will Be Elected
By Students — Special
Committees Appointed.
DISCUSS OTHER MATTERS
On September 24, W. M. Paris, presi
dent of semester 7, will call the first
meeting of the class which graduates
in June.
At this meeting he will outline dags
activities and plans for the current year.
Officers, that is, the vice-president, sec
retary, and treasurer, will be elected
by the students. Special committees
for this school term will be appointed.
A social, a program, and a publicity
committee will be selected. W. M. will
also appoint a chairman at large of
session rooms, who will in turn be
head of semester 7 session room presi
dents.
There will be suggested two meet
ings per month for the year, one of
these to be prely social, the other busi
ness.
ART DEPARTMENT GIVES
STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY
Pupils May Select Any Phase of Work
Desired—Photography, Painting, and
Clay Modeling Offered.
According to Miss Henrietta Lee,
head of the art department of Greens
boro High School, the art classes will
be run under new plans this year.
Each pupil will have the opportunity
of selecting the phase of work which he
or she likes best. It may be photogra
phy, painting, work in clay, linoleum
work, or pen and ink drawings. All, of
these constitute art.
The baking, developing, printing, and
tinting of pictures comes under the
head of photography.
When working in clay, the pupils
model figures, both human and animal,
and they do relief work.
Under the head of crafts comes the
carving and printing or painting of
linoleum.
The pen and ink course is in four
parts. Including pastor-making, letter
ing, advertising, and cartooning.
NEW CAFETERIA AT G.H.S.
HAS MODERN EQUIPMENT
Main Dining Room Will Seat 500—Two
Private Ones for Club
Dinners.
HIGH SCHOOL WELCOMES GUESTS
The cafeteria of the new senior high
school, is one which should, according
to the cafeteria manager, Mrs. Comer,
and faculy members, be admired and
cared for by the high school students.
Although meals were served only to
the teachers during registration, on
Monday, September 7, approximately
one thousand pupils and teachers were
given lunch.
The equipment is of the most modern
type. In addition to two dishwashing
rooms, there are electric potato peelers,
bread mixers, and graters. A majestic
coal range, having three ovens, is in the
kitchen. For use in case of an emer
gency ,a service,gas stove has also been
installed. A baker’s oven, and three
sinks complete the kitchen equipment.
Cafeteria H^ Ice-Room
A refrigerator plant, including a store
room refrigeratoi^ which will hold one
beef, the service refrigerator, and ice
cream cooler, has been added. There
is an ice room in which four hundred
pound sof ice may be manufactured in
one day.
In addition to a main dining room
which will seat five hundred, there are
two for private use, where club dinners,
banquets, and parties may be held. An
Ooffice for the cafeteria manager,is an
other feature in the utility of the plant.
There are dressing rooms for the
maids.
Dietitian Welcomes Guests
Among facts of interest to students
and teachers is that a quarter of a
beef w’as served September 14.
Because of the electric equipment,
the working forces have been cut, but
high school students numbering from
ten to fourtee nare employed.
The cafeteria has two steam tables;
the Friendly Cafeteria has but one. Mrs.
Comer told the reporter that she wished
through High Life to extend a cordial
invitation to any fathers, mothers and
friends who wish to take a' meal at
G. H. S., and see fro themselves what
wonderful service is now offered.
JOHNSON PLANS WORK
FOR DRAMATICS CLUB
Advisers Select Cast for “Seventeen,”
First Production of Year—Will
Announce Stars Soon.
CLASSES PLAN CONTEST PLAYS
Tryouts for the first high school pro
duction of the year were held in the
auditorium Thursday, September 19. The
results have not yet been announced. •
“Seventeen” is not the only feature
of the year. The bill is to run as fol
lows: “Seventeen,” “Bill of Three One-
Act Plays,” “Operetta,” “Purple and
Gold Revue.”
With regard to the three one-het
plays, a new feature, one of each is to
be sponsored by the three upper classes.
The senior play will be directed by Mr.
Joe Johnson, The Junior, by Miss Vir
ginia McClamrock, and the sophomore
by Miss Virginia Hollingsworth. Each
class is to take charge of his own play,
the selling of tickets^ publicity; etc.
“There is a possibility of giving a
prize to the class selling the most
tickets,” says Mr. Johnson.
He also stated that only the mem
bers of the respective classes would be
eligible for parts.
FORMER PUPIL
OF G. H.S. SOARS
OVER THE CITY
To Demonstrate Air Planes
After She Finishes College.
Making her first solo flight Wednes
day, September 11, Carmen Patterson,
1929 graduate of Greensboro High
School, soared over the Gate City of
the South.
Carmen took instructions at the Pit
cairn airport during the past summer.
Being interested in flying, she plans to
continue aviation as a hobby during
her school term. She says she will
probably take extensive study during
vacation periods.
Carmen intends to demonstrate air
planes after she has finished her col
lege course.
The G.H.S. aviatrix is not only prom
inent in the flying world, but also took
a leading part in her high school activi
ties.
DRAMATICS CLUB
POLICY EXPLAINED
Each Student To Take Active
Part In Production
of Plays.
CLASS DISPLAYS TALENT
“As a policy for the dramtic class,”
declared Mr. J. H. Johnson, “I have
decided to use the following: Each
student in my class will be responsible
for either directing one one-act play or
taking part in a play during this semes
ter.”
The class is now studying one-act
plays and the technic. It is hoped that
these students will be able to write
plays before completing the course
given in Dramatics.
Mr. Johnson believes that each pupil
in order to be a dramatic artist must
be able to direct skillfully and correct
ly. “If he can not do; this, Mr. John
son said, “He is not well versed in dra
matic arts.”
G. W. Stamper acted as student direc
tor for the play produced by the Dra
matics class at the first meeting of the
club September 19. Manette Graff took
the lead and was assisted by Charles
Russell and Frank Causey.
FORMER G. H. S. STUDENT
HAS HIP FRACTURED
Louise Cheek Is Injured Again as Result
of Fall While on Her Way
to Work.
Friends of Louise Cheek, graduate of
G. H. S. last June, have learned that
she has fractured her hip again. Louise
was forced to stay out of school a long
time about two years ago because of a
diseased hip-joint. However, by going
to night school as well as day school
last year, ^sh© managed to catch up in
her studies.
The bon© has knitted, and the leg is
in a better condition; however, the doc
tors think that her leg may be broken
again. They think normal growth will
result.
One morning about two weeks ago,
Louise was on her way to work when
she tripped over a stone which sh© did
not see at the time. Sh© fell forward,
at- the same time fracturing the hip
which gave her trouble some time ago.
She was carried home by passers-by.
SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE
FOR SCHOOL PAPERS
FEATURES WEEK
Teachers Hold Pep Meeting;
Managing Editor of Paper
Makes Appeal to Faculty.
INSTALLMENT PLAN USED
Rooms Going One Hundred Per Cent for
Publications Get Both Copies
for One Dollar.
Homespun, magazine of G. H. S., and
High Life, school paper, have been the
pivot of high school life for the week
September 16-20. Subscription drives
for the publications have been carried
on by the entire student body.
Faculty Makes Subscriptions
On Monday, September 16, the teach
ers held a special meeting, a pep meet
ing for the drive. Ed Michaels, busi
ness manager of Homespun, talked to
the faculty about subscriptions. Mar
garet Kernodle, managing editor of
High Life, also made an appeal to the
teachers. At this time the entire fac-,
ulty subscribed.
Tuesday was session room day for the
publications. Teachers and pupils
urged every one to subscribe.
The chapel program on Wednesday
had a skit, directed by J. H. Johnson,
which was an additional appeal. Each
staff participated in the stunt. Susan
Gregory, editor of Homespun, was re
sponsible for the skit.
Thursday session rooms were can
vassed and the final check-up on the
number of subscribers was made. There
were indications af a one hundred per
cent school when High Life went to
press.
Publications Progress
This year the installment plan has
been used. Students have paid 50 cents
toward their publications and promised
to pay the remainder, 50 cents, on Oc
tober 15 when a week preceding that
date will be devoted to collecting those
fees.
All students of rooms going 100 per
cent for the drive were able to get both
publications for one dollar. Otherwise
50 cents for Homespun and 75 cents for
High Life was the fee. Teachers paid
for their publications in the same man
ner, one dollar if they taught one-hun
dred per cent students, one dollar and
twenty-five cents otherwise.
This year teachers will receive their
copies of High Life in their boxes just
as they receive mail.
“Both High Life and Homespun will
take great strides forward,” says Miss
Laura Tillett and Mrs. Alma G. Col-
trane, if students .have co-operated as
an entire student body.”
MR. PHILLIPS PLANS
NEXT WEEK’S CHAPEL
Mr. C. W. Phillips has announced the
chapel programs for the week of Sep
tember 23-27. On Monday, September
23, the girls will have a meeting. It
will be impossible to have any Roving
pictures yet as the machine has not ar
rived. On Tuesday the regular home
room period will be observed by the
Session rooms. At this time each ses
sion room is supposed to have a pro
gram of their own. Wednesday is an
open date as no speaker has asked for
this appointment. Thursday activi
ties will usurp the pupils’ time. Friday
is the regular date for class programs,
and when the paper went to press no
request for this period had been re
ceived. ‘
At this time each room is supposed
to have a program of their own.