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Book Week
Nov. 17-23
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O, Henry
VOLUME IX
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, NOVEMBER 15, 1929
;;iRLS’COUNCIL PLAN
WORK OF SEMESTER;
GROUPS APPOINTED
Friendship, Scholarship, Ways
I and Means, Needle and
Thread Are Committees.
PLAN SOCIALS FOR YEAR
Fill and .Keep Up Bulletin Boards in
Main Building Is Part
of Work.
Much of the work of. the Girls’ Coun-
. icil is to be accomplished by committees.
'These committees have as their chair
men the members of the Council.
The program committee has charge
' of all the programs put on during the
year by the Girls’, Council. This com
mittee plans a general topic for all the
' programs, and arranges for each
speaker. Something extra is usually
put on the program, such as special
• music. Through the social committee
the banquets sponsored by the council
are planned. After Thanksgiving thf^
committee is planning to have a
Mothers’ Tea for the girls of the
school also several other socials of this
nature.
' The bulletins in the niain building are
filled and'kept up to date by the bulle
tin board committ^.
The committees are made up as fol
lows :
Social committee — Bunny High,
, chairman, Elizabeth Wills, Adeliaide
Fortune, Margaret Leak, Priscilla
White, Margaret Smathers and Kath
erine Jenkins; ways and means com-
niittee—Margaret Knight, chairman,
Inllian Hauck, Sarah Lucas, Dorothy
Burnsides, Martha Burnsides, and Eliz
abeth Yates: scholarship committee—
Mary Greer, chairman, Mary Mitchell
and Betty Hansen; friendship com
mittee—Mary Lib Cunningham, chair
man, BT-ances Jones and Susanne
' Ketcham; bulletin board committee—
Anna Wills, chairman, Nancy Hudson,
Elizabeth Benbow and I'olly Moore;
G. H. S. Girls’ Code—Anna Atkinson,
chairman, Margaret Noel, Mamie Leak
I’arsons, I3dna I’aulkner and Bootsie
Swift; program committee— Sarah
Clegg, chairman, Leila George Cram,
Ruth Curry and Cornelia Farrar;
•i^eedle and thread committee—'BT'ances
^o.gers, chairman. These committees
need the co-operation of all the girls.
Any suggestions or help will be gladly
received, say the chairmen.
m. JOHNSON’S CLASS
FINISHES RADIO SETS
“Radios while you wait is our
motto,” declare members of Stan
ley Johnson’s radio class.
■One-tube, two-tube, and three-
tube sets have been completed by
these students during this semes
ter.
Several of the radio-builders •
with _the assistance of Mr. Stanley
Johnson have made “A” battery
eliminators. One short wave set
has been built.
Installed in the radio laboratory
there is a complete electric plant
so constructed as to give any
amount of direct current to each
table in the lab; one hundred and
ten, alternating current, can also
be supplied to the individual ta--
bles.
Four-tube sets that are now un
der construction are being built'
with sphaghetti; insulating material
and bus wire in order that a neater
appearance may be the result.
SEMESTER 8 HOLDS FIRST
BUSINESS MEETING NOV. 5
Ed Michaels Presides—Committees Re
port—Seniors Lay Out Definite
Plans for Graduating Exercises.
ALL MEMBERS ON COMMITTEES
PROGRAMS FOR CHAPEL
NOV. 18-22 ARRANGED
H. Grady Miller Presents Music Pro
gram Before Student Body
Friday.
Already the chapel programs for next
week have been planned. They are:
. On Monday afternoon, November 18,
there will be a speaker, who will talk
on books, since it is the beginning of
book week.
W. B. Truit of the Carolina Steel and
Iron company of Greensboro, will talk
to the students Wednesday afternoon,
November 20, on “Romance of Iron.”
A music program, under the direction
of H. Grady Miller, will be furnished
Friday afternoon, November 22. There
will be some numbers by the orchestra
and the mixed chorus, and then Mrs.
. K. C. Benbow will sing a song com
posed by Margaret Banks, a member
of Mr. Miller’s theory and harmony
class. Other than these, the whole
audience will be expected to sing sev
eral numbers.
Semester VIII held the first of a se
ries of business meetings Tuesday, No
vember 5, in the cafeteria. Ed Michaels,
president of the class, presided over the
meeting.
Reports from the chairmen of various
committees were made. These chair
men are; Social committee, Mary Bur
ton High; invitation committee, Mar
garet Leak; program committe, Adelaide
Fortune; publicity committee, Carl Kel-
1am; commencement committee, William
Kimbro; class day committee, Araminta
Gant. I ’ ;
The Senior calender was read to the
class by Ed Michaels, and mil'be pub
lished, at a later date. Definite plans
have already been made for the gradu
ation exercises.
There will be business meetings of
senior class held every Tuesday from
now till probably Thanksgiving or
Christmas. Every member of the forty-
nine in the class is urged to attend
each meeting as they are of great im
portance.
SENIORS ELECT '
‘REFLECTOR’ STAFF
AT SPECIAL MEET
Elizabeth Wills is Editor-in-
Chief—Richard Frazier,
Business Manager.
ABILITY IS CONSIDERED
Betty Hansen Is Assistant Editor;
Cai^ey Sloan Is Assistant Busi
ness Manager.
Elizabeth Wills is the editor-in-chief
of the “Reflector” for 1930, and Richard
Frazier is business manager fir' this
session yearbook; these officers with
their assistants were elected by the sen
ior class Tuesday, November 12, at a
special meeting of the class.
Betty Hansen was chosen associate
editor, and Carey Sloan was elected
sistant business manager.
Mr. Phillips Talks to Class
C. W. Phillips spoke to the senior
class before the election was held, em
phasizing the importalnce cof careful
thought and consideration of candi
dates. He impressed upon the students
the fact that names presented by the
nominating committee represented abil
ity and willingness to work.
Elizabeth Wills Is Editor
Elizabeth ^Vills, editor of the senior
publication, Entered G. H. S. in 1^28.
While at Curry Training School, which
she. attended before entering G. H. S.,
she was president pf the student body;
also secretary for one time.
Elizabeth is also a member of the
Torchlight Society. She belongs to the
Dramatics and Debating Clubs. She is
an assistant editor on the High Life
staff.
Richard Frazier Is Business Manager
Richard Frazier, who is business man
ager of the senior annual, led his class
in points of scholarship, athletics, and
leadership at Buffalo School, which he
attended before he came to G. H. S.
He is art editor of High Life and
artist of Homespun, high school maga
zine. Richard plays in the high school
orchestra. He has attained a high scho
lastic standing.
Carey Sloan has been a member of
the student council for' several semes
ters and represents Semester 7 in that
organization at present. He is also
connected with the High Life staff.
High School Teachers Talk at
Monthly Meeting of P. T. A.
“Failure is not due to mental unfit
ness. The causes are physic/l defects,
intellectual immaturity, indifference bf
parents, inability to study properly,
need of individual help, lacls of home
study and failure to put school work
first.
“Students should be held up to high
standards.” This was the be.ginning of
the general discussion by the parents
and teachers, Tuesday night, November
-1, at the Parent-Teachers meeting, by
Mrs. Braswell.
“When Physical Education is men
tioned it is customary, or has been in
the past, to think of iPtoo much in the
terms of perspiration and gymnastic
contests, muscle building and spectacu
lar exhibitions—their present day phys
ical education is seeking to the com
monplace—^to develop the ‘ masses, to
raise their standards, morally and men
tally as well as physically and there
fore make them social assets,” said
Mrs. Brinkley in her talk on physical
education.
Health leads the list in the arms of
the gym students this year. Another
important aim is the wise use of leisure
time.
I’hysi‘al education is not proposed to
make boys and girls who are over
weight to become normal or those who
are underweight to become fat. It is
only to build them up physicj\lly and
mentally.
“You know the model of your car,
You know just what its powers are.
You treat it with a dial of care
Nor tax it more than it will bear*
But as for self—that's different.
Your mechanism may be bent,
Your carburetor gone to grass
Yyur engine just a rusty mass.
Your wheels may wobble and your
cogs
Be handed over to the dogs.
And you skip and skid and slide
Without a thought of things inside
What fools, indeed, we mortals are
To lavish care upon a car.
With ne'er a bit of time to see
About our own machinery.”
REFLECTOR STAFF
Elizabeth Wills Editor-in-Chief
Betty Jlansen Assistant Editor
Richard Frazier.. .Business Manager
Carey Sloan Asst. Business Mgr,
HIGH POINT DEBATES
G. H. S. STUDENTS
James A. Farthing, Coach of
Students, Receives Letter
From High Point Adviser.
FRESHMEN TO MEET SOON
—John Kendrick Bangs.
Resolved: That the president of the
United States should be elected for a
single term of six years, will be the
query of the first dual debate for this
semester, which the junior-senior der
bate with High Point to be held Wed
nesday, November 27.
James A. Farthing, who is coaching
this debate, has recently received a let
ter concerning the dual debate from
the debating coach of High Point, Earl
Andrews, saying that the date and pro
posed subject for this debate was sat
isfactory with him and that he would
have the contract signed and returned.
lie also said that the clubs are
just getting underway and that he has
just succeeded in getting a few people
to say that they would try out, al
though he said he was very much In
terested in having, these debates and
hoped that it would be possible to have
several during the year.
The debaters of Greensboro for this
dual debate are Hariy Buice, Mack
Heath, and Dorothy Burnside, who will
uphold the affirmative here. Clary Holt,
Mary Mitchell, and Douglas Cartland
will uphold the negative in High Point.
The second debate will be held with
Salisbury, December 0, on the. same
query used by the juniors and seniors.
A freshmen debate will be held with
Winston-Salem December 33, and the
date tor the fourth debate this semes
DOUGLAS CARTLAND
WINS CASH PRIZE OF
$50 FOR PAINTING
He Has Earned Thousand and
Fifty Dollars Through
Painting and Writing.
WINS NUMBER OF MEDALS
Receives Awards From Greensboro Daily
Record and Southern Baking
Company.
ter has not been decided.
HOMESPUN APPEARS FOR
FIRST TIME THIS YEAR
Magazines Names Issue “At the Rising
of the Sun”—Grace Hobbs
Writes Leading Poem.
K. O’BRIEN CONTRIBUTES ARTICLE
Carrying out the theme of the year,
“The Caravan of Life,” the first issue
of Homcfipun to be published this year
is. called “At the Rising of the Sun.’
The lead poem, which bears the same
name as the issue, was written by Grace
Ilobhs. Kathleen Wrenn has written
a charming fantasy which she calls
“In •the I.and of Sunrise”; it reminds
one of ^the Irish folk plays.
Miss Tillett has said that she is par
ticularly pleased with the short stories
in this first issue. Douglas Long’s
“Trials and Tribulations’’ is a story of
youth in love. “Teddy’s Triumph” by
Ella Leens Latham presents a Booth
Tarkington picture of high school boys
and girls.
Several of the underclassmen are rep
resented in Homespun this time. Ken
neth O’Brien has contributed an article
entitled “Visions.”
An attempt has been made to build
up the humor department, “Kavelings.”
Ed Michaels’ “Soliloquy of a Dignified
Senior” is especially delightful.
TWO SENIORS ARE GASSED
‘Asphyxiation must be trying to cele
brate or something.” That's the way
Mary Mitchell and Katherine Jenkins
feel about it since they escaped.
Douglas Cartland,- Greensboro high
school student of Semester 7, has been
awarded a cash prize of $50.00 by the
Shredded Wheat Company, Niagara
Falls, New York.
Jmst month Douglas won $100 in the
same contest which runs every month
ending in December. One hundred dol
lars is the fii'st prize buKin the letter
received from the SliA’edded Wheat
Company November 12, they stated that
although his was by far the best
painted alphabetical set, contestants
were eligible to win the first prize
but once during the six mouthy dura
tion of the contest.^
Douglas Wins Medals
Hence this month no first prize was
given and Douglas being ineligible for
the grand prize, received the second
prize of $50.00. Counting this $50 in
prizes, Douglas now has won them
since the age of about twelve (he is
now fifteen) one thousand and fifty dol
lars through painting, writing poetry
and stories. He has also won several
gold and silver medals.
‘ A few of his prizes are; fifty dol
lars in the Shredded Wheat contest for
October; $100 in the Shredded Wheat
contest for August; both of these were'
won through painting the 20 different
colored alphabetical inserts.
Last Christmas he was the winner
of $100., first prize in Santa's- pack
(contest, conducted by the Greensboro
Daily News and this being entered in
the National contest where $l.lj0O was
first prize, received honorable mention.
The Christmas before he I'eceived $50
second prize in Santa’s sack contest.
Bakery Awards Prizes
For two successive years he received
$25, first prize each time, from the
Southern Bakery company for painting
the best “Invisible Colored Pictures.”
His entries were sent to Atlanta, where
they received the praise of the presi
dent of the bakery. '
He has received about 20 or 25 ten
and five-dollar prizes, among which was
$5 in a Mary Dugan coloring contest,
$5 three times in various Daily Record
contests, $5 in an egg coloring contest
conducted by the Sunday American,
various small pictures and five, ten and
fifteen dollars for various other things,
including several dollars each for biog
raphies of famous men.
Rewarded in Many Contests
Douglas has also received fifteen or
twenty $2.50 for a prize in a Daily
Record Contest, a Know-Greeusboro
contest, and $2.50 in a New York con
test, also several dollars for various
stories and poems and r$10 for a comic
coloring contest.
Among other things won are a gold
medal for an' essay and knives, pen
balls, lamps galore iii ad-writing con~
tests. 1.^
The general scheme of his prize win- •
ning Shredded Wheat entry this month
was this: he drew and painted a piece
of beaver board six feet by four a pic
ture of the Home of Shredded Wheat,
found on any box of this food, drew
in tUe sky and grass, and enclosed it
in a frame of Shredded Wheat biscuits
on which he mounted the alphabet.
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