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HIGH LIFE
January 10,1930
HIGH LIFE
rublifihed Wookly, Exc(‘{)t Holidays, by the Students of the Greensboro
High School, Greensboro, N. C.
Founded by the Class of ’21
Chartee
Member
March
192S
Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office, Greensboro, N. C.
STAFF
Managing Editor Margaret Kernodle
Asuistant Managing Editor Leila George Cram
Editor Elizabeth Leak
Business Manager • Carl Kellam
Circulation Manager James Strickland
Special Editors
Assignment Editor Oliyia Branch
Typing Editor Bernard Money
Art Editor * Richard Frazier
Uports Editor Ernest White
Alumni Editor Elizabeth Sockwell
Assistant Editors
W. B. Mayes Grace Hobbs Frances Kernodle Elizabeth Wills
Anna Wills James Strickland Evelyn Garrett
Elizabeth Benbow Douglas Cartland
Typists •
Ruth Thompson Mabel Block Hal Hicks Lloyd Thompson
Frances Swift
Reporters
Mary Scarborough Kathleen Wrenn W. M. Paris
Madeline Wilhelm Gladys Holder Guy Hope
Margaret Knight Columbia Gaither ElizaDeth Yates
Elizabeth Sparger Edna Lewis Martha Shuford
Nancy Hudson Carey Slgan Nathan Lipscomb
Christine Shepherd
Advisers
Mrs. Alma G. Coltrane Miss Nell Chilton Mr. Byron Haworth
We deeply regret the death of
Dorothy Crowell, daughter of Mrs.
A. G. Poole. Dorothy came from
Charlotte and entered school in the
fall. She had won a host of devoted
friends since coming here, who were
shocked and grieved to learn of her
death. She belonged to semester
four.
Memoirs of Janus
Janus am 1; oldest of potentates!
Forward 1 look and backward and below.
1 count—as god of avenues and gates—
For years that through my portals coime and go.
Gate to New Year Swings Open
For the past few months we have been planning what we would do
in the New Year. We continue a few bad habits, just waiting to make
a mid-night resolution to avoid them. At last, January the first has
come and gone. Kesolutions have been made, and the New Year is
going in full swing.
Have we made those resolutions? Did we resolve to make the next
few weeks before examinations really mean vsometliing? Flow much this
short time will count, if we’ll only let it! These weeks of work may help
us to pass examinations and even subjects on which we have been doubt
ful. If we haven’t made resolutions, let’s get out paper and pencil and
put down in black and white—to work harder, to he kinder and to be
more considerate.
With these resolutions before us, the next semester, which will soon
be here, can not avoid being a success; for after all a New Year means
new tasks to accomplish in new ways.
Virgil Fails to Dot Fs
■ So Virgil forgot to dot his I’s in his earliest manuscripts. Then
genius must be the reason for such careless writing on the part of so
many writers for G. II. S. publications. At least that’s what the typists
say.
But that’s neither here nor there. We think that semi-debate
pat over by tlie Latin lovers of Virgil one of the most entertaining pro
grams we’ve had this year! ll‘ those students continue their programs
avS they’ve Iiegun, we’ll be looking forward to their tive-minute pro
grams.
And that rebuttal was truly mirth provoking. For that reason
we take off the e’s as placed in the Homan poet’s name in the last iss\ie
of High Life. But that doesn’t mean that the affirmative folk weren’t
great! They were! Be it V-e-r-g-i-l or V-i-r-g-i-1, when the present
Virgil class completes their programs this spring we’ll all lie Virgil
lovers.
In 1930 while all over tiie world Virgil enthusiasts pay their re
spects to the greatest of Homan poets, we students of G. H. S. are
entering into the tribune on this his two-thousandth anniversary!
Swiss Bell Ringers
“What are Swiss Bell Kiiigers?” “ Don’t you remember?” They
came to Aycock School tiie year before we came to high school.”
“1 didn’t hear them.”
“Well you’ve missed a treat. They can’t be beat.”
So we hear seniors of the senior high school discusvsing the Geor
gette famous i)layers of musical novelties and Swiss Bell Ringers, who
come to G. II. S. Monday, January 13.
These noted players have received press comment all over this
nation and in Europe. Their concerts have been received by enthu
siastic audiences.
Miss Josephine Georgette who plays at least six different instru
ments is among these outstanding musicians. Students, we can scarcely
fail to miss so great a performance. Let’s all attend either matinee or
evening concert.
Founder of janitors and probably
most distinguished of them all, Janus
was first janitor serving in that capac
ity the door-keeper of heaven presid
ing over beginnings and being the “two-
faced” deity of the Romans.
And so he relates these tales in his
own way as he looks over his own dairy
and memory book.
Cice'ro, January 3, 106 B. C.,” he
read. “Well, well. Oratorical contes
tants might use him for an example.”
“By Hercules! cried the most noble
janitor as his eyes sped over the pages.
“They expected the second coming of
Christ on January in the year 1000.
They really did.”
He chuckled. “Listen, my children,
and you shall hear of the midnight ride
of Paul Revere.” He glanced at it
again. Yes, January 1, 1735, was the
date of the birth of the most famous of
night riders OF THAT TIME.
Bah—he’d skipped a dozen or so
pages—left out-—gracious! How many
years?
Francis Bacon’s birth was in 1761, and
Tennyson, contemporary of Shakes
peare, was born in 1574. Queen Eliza
beth was crowned in 1559.
He' dropped the book. Picking it up,
he opened it where he saw the notes on
the fdrmation of the Order of the Gar
ter in 1350. Disgustedly, he realized
he’d already read that Now Janus,
temperamental though he is, loves his
memory book. Had he not been so de
termined, to read'all of it at this sitting
he would have inevitably lingered over
these very pages. But, going on, he
saw:
The fascinating Joan of Are in a most
flattering snapshot taken of her on Jan
uary 6, her birthday. She, he remem
bered, was born in 1492.
EdmAid Burke (1729) and Thomas
Paine (1737), both Englishmen, living
during colonial days, were born in Jan
uary, the first on January 29. Benja
min Franklin, American favorite,
author of “Poor Richard” and a great
scientist, was born January 17, 1706.
“Seems as if all those widely known
gents of colonial days were born in
January,” mused Janus. “Look at this
list in addition to those others,” he mut
tered:
Alexander Hamilton. January 11,
1757; Gouveneur 'Morris, January 31,
1752; Benedict Arnold, January 14,
1741; James Wolf, January 2, 1727.
“Grimm’s Fairly Tales.” Janus saw
the words and liegan to think of how
he liked the tales even at his age. Jacob
L. C. Grimm, January 4, 1785, was the
beginning of the lengthy notation there.
“Arguments — no — no; debates are
more dignified.” Jauus read over, liis
favorite one between. Robert Young
Hayne and Daniel Webster, this debate
having taken place January 25 and 26,
and Webster having been born January
18, 1782.
Two more celebrites of the eighteenth
century came in his month, namely:
James Watt, .January, 19, 1736, and
Franz Schubert, 1797.
“By gory.” He’d forgotten that. The
first presidential election in the United
States was held January 7, 1789.
Robert E. Lee, great southerner, was
born on January 19, 1807. Janus
proudly claims this son. Also on the
same date was born an American poet,
Edgar Allen Poe. And two days later,
but in 1824, “Stonewall Jackson” dis
turbed his household with baby cries.
For “auld lang syne,” Robert Burns
must not be omitted. January 25, 1759,
is his birthday.
Janus, though not specially musically
inclined himself, was glad to have the
lionor of Mozart’s birthday falling on
January 27, 1756, And he smiled in sat-,
isfaction.
BIT O’ NEWS
A Year Back
A new high school was hardly
aiiit dreain-mist to students at the
time. The plans were drawn upon
papers, and Charles Rives, president of
the student body, bad broke the first
flirt from the ground where the far-
igo dream was to become a reality.
* * *
Three hundred and sixty-four stu
dents coming to the high school at mid
term. only fifty-one graduating and
hardly a place To move! What could
be done?
* « *
“Peg o’ My Heart,’’ leading produc
tion of the semester, was soon lo be
come a big fe^ature of the dramatic de-
partnient of the entire year.
The High Life staff bemoaned the
talk of money, as New York appeared
in the distance, where a Scholastic
Press Association Convention was tio be
held in the early spring. Oh, how we
do feel for them! And how our hearts
go out to them!
Horned' toads were springing up so
they say out west. The maghzines and
papers seemed full of this and High
raii-E published an article ou “A Freak
of Nature” in the Nature CoUnnu and
declared them to be lizards.
G. II. S.’s classes were making prep
arations for publishing the paper
has-l>een the custom in the spring se
mester.
Greensboro's people heard their first
oiiera in the city. Frank Warner'chose
the ushers for the occasion from- the
faculty and students of Greensboro
High.
* * *
And too—Those exams! Everybody
uas flustradted and trying to catch
up bn all back lessons in ordei* to pass
the semester.
Up to the Minute
born in this mouth, on January 29,
1843.
Now, there was a fact of which he
wasn’t so overly proud. But if it had
to be, at least publicity might be a con
solation. Napoleon and Josephine were
divorced on January 9, 1810.
“Nice time to become a state,” com
mented the ancient deity as he saw that
Utah and Michigan both were admitted
to the Union in January in 1896 and
1837, respectively.
“Guess I won’t get through, after all,”
he scowled. “I'm due right now at that
banquet on Olympus. That California
gold discovery, January, 1848, does the
soul good. It’s time for an old_ forty-
niner like me to get to Olympus,
Bang! He shut his memoir—and was
William McKinley also was j off in his newly-acquired monoplane.
it seems that the thought uppermost
in the minds of our national leaders are
influencing a great number of people
is the London Navy Parley. With Sec
retary Henry L, Stimson, Premier Ram
say MacDonald, and Premier Andre
Tardieu, leaders in this well-repre
sented conference, we are sure that this
great question rests in safe and able
hands—at any rate for the present.
From all appearances it seems that
our old North State is doomed for an
other shake-up such as occurred in our
last election—since Mr. Bailey is to op
pose Mr. Simmons for a seat in Senate.
Probably these men won’t stir up so
much political publicity as did the can
didates for the presidential election.
However, competition waxes strong; ■
the stage is set for the great campaign;
and everyone is looking forward to
what promises to be a close and hard-
fought contest. So come ou boosters—
support your man!
By tile way, since we were speaking
of State political problems, (and really
they are) we all think of our state
capitol. You probably know that one
of our friends from this place went
hunting several mornings ago and came
back with a “fish story”—and for a
wonder—30 pounds of bass as proof, in
stead of the birds wheih he set out to
capture, llowever, he cannot beat the
Kinston fellow who went hunting with
his favorite bird dog. Much progress
was being made, when, much to his
astonishment and disgust his dog took
to the water (in a stream flowing
nearby) and “treed” a shad! Now,
how’s that for a fish story, and almost
at home at that.
Another shadow overhangs the hori
zon of automobile drivers in this city,
as the rtqiair work progresses On Gas
ton Street, at least a half of the
drivers try to turn into the blocked
streets and then l)lame the fellow who
wa.s in front of him—a block ahead.
L^en though this being inconvenience
for a few Meeks, everyone deep down
ill his heart is glad to see this work
being carried on as it has seemed an
absolute necessity for the past several
years in view of increased traffic.
Since Christmas, things have seemed
rather quiet and restful to the store
managers. But of course those last few
days before the festival holiday could
not last forever, and the famous last
minute shoppers would have died of
fatigue long before now, had the rush
continued. However, judging from the
opinion of some of the business men,
they have nothing to fear, but every
thing to be jo;^us over.
The days are certainly flitting
away and ushering in “Examinations,”
bringing anxious days and sleepless
nights to many a poor “lagger.”