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HIGH LIFE
See “Clarence”
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME IX
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, JANUARY 17, 1930
NUMBER 14
TORCHLIGHT CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
AT SPECIAL MEET
Elizabeth Wills Elected Presi
dent—Isaac Gregory is
Vice-President.
SI SAMMY GOODE TALKS
Former Greensboro High School Student
Uses “Application” as Theme
• of Speech.
Members of the Torchlight Society
met in Room 105 Tuesday, January 14,
to elect officers for the coming semes
ter which begins in two weeks. The
meeting was ordered by the president,
Ed Michaels.
All members, except Susan Gregory,
former secretary-treasurer, were pres
ent at the meeting, the last one of the
semester, to take part in the election
and to h'ear a speech by Sammy Goode.
Officers elected by the members
were: president, Elizabeth Wills; vice-
president, Isaac Gregory; secretary-
treasurer and press reporter, James
Strickland.
Adelaide Fortune, chairman of the
social committee, proposed a motion
relative to the staging of a party for
the old members and the new before
the end of the semester. So many ob-.
jections were offered, chief among them
Senior exams and Senior week, that
the plan was abandoned.
Sammy Goode, a former G. H. S.
student and former member of the
Torchlight Society, and recently grad
uated from Duke University, made a
speech to the members; he was pre
sented by Ed Michaels. Sammy used
as his subject, “What the Torchlight
Society Has Meant to Me Since My
Graduation from High School.”
Sammy said in closing that ,“appli
cation is the only way to success. You
have applied yourself in high school in
order to be in this society, and by ap
plication alone you will reach your
goal in life.”
Tentative Calendar for
Next Semester
Monday, January 27—Registration
day.
Tuesday, January 28—Half day
session of new classes.
Wednesday, January 29—First full
day.
March 7—End of first report pe
riod.
Friday and Monday, March 21 and
22—Easter holidays.
April 18—End of second report pe
riod.
Thursday and Friday, May 29 and
May 30—Commencement exercises.
Friday, May 30—Last day of
jchool.
MID-GRADS TO GIVE
TARKINGTONPLAY
John Lindeman and “Bunny”
High Cast in Leading
Roles of Play.
DEBATERS CONTEST
IN PRELIMINARIES
FOR TRIANGULAR
Seniors Announce Plans
for Farewell Exercises
Each
Contestant Has
Minutes to Give
Talk.
Three
EXPECT 30 TO TRYOUT
Greensboro Debates High Point and
Winston—Winners Will Com
pete at Chapel Hill.
GLEE CLUB BEGINS
WORKING ON OPERA
“The Yoeman of the Guards,”
by Gilbert and Sullivan, is
■ Title of Production.
MILLER RENTS MATERIAL
DIRECTED BY STAMPER
The mid-term graduating class the
the, senior high school presents “Clar
ence,” a four-act play by Booth Tark-
ington, in the high school auditorium
Thursday night, January 23, at 8:00
o’clock.
“Those who saw ‘Seventeen,’ another
Tarkington play, will surely not want to
miss ‘Clarence.’ ‘Clarence’ is by far a
better written play than ‘Seventeen’
with many more dramatic scenes,” says
J. H. Johnson. “It is being directed by
two members of the cast of ‘Seventeen,’
G. W. Stamper and Louise Hardin—and
they promise you a ‘knockout.’ ”
Lindeman as “Clarence”
John Lindeman, whom G. H. S. has
seen before in several productions, is
THEME OF “HOMESPUriS
“LIGHT AND SHADOW”
Louis Brooks, Graduate of Greensboro
High School, Contributes Article
on Thoreau for Issue.
ADVISER COMPLIMENTS STUDENTS
“Light and Shadow” is the theme of
the third issue of Homespun, G. H. S.
magazine which appears within the
next two weeks.
Miss Marjorie Craig’s creative Eng
lish class contributed a collection of
winter fairy tales which have illus
trations “cleverly drawn,” according
to critics.
Grace Hobbs, poetry editor has
“some of her best material in the mag
azine.”
Rebecca Heath and Susanne Ketchum
are contributors.
In the Weaver’s Guild, alumni sec
tion of this publication, Louis Brooks,
student of the University of North
Carolina, has an article on Thoreau.
Louis was the editor-in-chief of Home-
spun last year.
Book reviews in this issue are writ
ten by Manie Leake Parson and Isaac
Gregory. Manie Leake reviews Sir
Lancelot by Robinson, and Isaac,
Praise Days, Sandburg.
Miss Laura Tillett, head of the Eng
lish department, and adviser for the
magazine, compliments students and
members of the staff on this issue.
(Continued on Page Four)
“For the purpose of not only choos
ing debaters for the state-wide triangu
lar debate, sponsored by the University
of North Carolina, but also to give a
greater number of students training in
debating,” prelminaries will be held
at Greensboro high school the second
week in February.
More than 30 contestants are expected
to try out in the preliminaries. Each
will have three minutes to talk. In tfiis
time he will prove only one point on
the triangular query, Resolved, That
North Carolina should adopt the pro
posed constitutional amendment, author
izing the classification of property for
taxation.
Out of these proposed 30 contestants,
who will try to. make their speeches
both entertaining and enlightening,
four speakers will be chosen to repre
sent Greensboro in the state-wide tri
angular debate.
Material on the stated query, includ
ing 15 bulletins and other articles, has
been placed on reserve in the library,
under the management of Miss Sara
Ashcraft. However, the material may
be taken from the library over night.
Greensboro high school will debate
with High Point and Winston-Salem
April 4, each having both a negative
and affirmative team. The school which
wins both debates will go to Chapel
Hill to compete with other schools for
the Ayeoek Memorial Cup, April 17 and
April 18.
Mid-Term Graduates Present
Farewell Program at G. H. S.
Impersonating a school master, Plum
mer Nicholson, attempted to teach his
class what a commencement program
should include, and how each part
should be done. What! Yes, that’s
right. Miss Mary Ellen Blackmon gave
the news. The senior farewell pro
gram in chapel today had that tread.
After apparent trouble in silencing
the group and trying to answer all ob
jections and replying to “I can’t,” he
read the model prophecy which, in
reality, is the product of the 1930 mid
term graduates of Greensboro senior
high school.
G. W. Stamper went to sleep, and
Julius Homey, finally convinced that
he couldn’t go to the library instead
of listening to the prophecy, quieted
down.
In order, so he said, not to hurt any
one’s feelings, the teacher announced
that everyone was to come to school
on the following day with a history,
a poem, a will, and a song; the best
of each would be chosen by vote of
the class. In the midst of the an
nouncement, up jumped Paul Hayes,
approached the door “so as not to miss
my ride; and it is now three and one-
half seconds till the bell rings, and the
boy who sits in room 317 will be sure
to leave me if I don’t reach the car ten
minutes before he does.”
Then Araminta Gant sailed out of
the door as the bell rang; the others
waited for a dismissal before they
stormed out.
GIVE “CLARENCE”
McGlothlin, of Furman Univer
sity, Awards Diplomas at
Final Commencement.
REV. MALLETT PREACHES
The glee clubs of Greensboro senior
high school have started practice on
the opera which is presented annually
by the department of music. The^ opera
this year will be another Gilbert-Sulli-
van production, “The Yoeman of the
Guards.” The tryouts for individual
parts have not yet been held, but will
be as soon after examinations as pos
sible.
The vocal scores, orchestration, cos
tumes, and everything for the opera
will be rented from the Joseph Soin-
ton Property Co., of Toledo, Ohio. Mr.
Sointon is a professional producer,
who puts on operas in large cities.
We are very lucky in being able
to get the material for this opera this
year,” said Mr, Miller, “as Mr. Soin
ton has had so many other similar
calls. ^
. “This opera, offers more major parts
for both boys and girls, than any
opera we have ever given. Thus it
gives more chances to individuals.”
“The Yoeman of the Guards,” which
is the favorite opera of Gilbert and
Sullivan, will probably be given here
at the High School auditorium as the
finale of Music week, the first week
in May. Mr. Miller hopes and thinks
that this will be the best production
yet.
The GilbeH-Sullivan productions
given in Greensboro by the Music de
partment have been “The Pirates of
Penzance,” “The Mikado,” and “Pina
fore.” The students still at Greensboro
high school who have taken major parts
in these are: “Red” Pai4s, John Linde-
Ed Michaels, Plummer Nicholson, Mar>
garet Leak, and Adelaide For
tune Are Class Officers.
Two days of the senior year are over.
These were Wednesday, January 15, the
day when all of the members of the
class wore their caps and gowns; and
Thursday, January 16, the day when
their examinations began. They will
continue through Friday, Monday, and
Tuesday.
On Sunday, January 19, the baccalau
reate sermon will be delivered by Rev.
Reginald Mallet at the Holy Trinity
Episcopal ehurph at 8 o’clock.
Thursday evening, January 23, “Clar
ence,” a play by Booth Tarkington, will
be given by the seniors in the high
school auditorium.
The regular commencement program
will be held Friday, January 24. At this
time diplomas will be awarded by Dr.
McGlothlin, president of Furman Uni
versity, Greenville, S. C. This exercise
will be the last on the program of the
seniors and then they will bid G. H. S.
farewell.
The officers of the senior class are:
Ed Michaels, president; Plummer Nich
olson, vice-president; Margaret Leak,
secretary; and Adelaide Fortune, treas
urer.
Ed Michaels, who holds the responsi
ble position of the seniors, is also presi
dent of the Torchlight society, business
manager of “Homespun,” and a very
active member of the Hi-Y club; he is
also in the cast of “Clarence.” Ed has
been exchange editor of High Life. Ed
is also the author of the class poem.
Plummer Nicholson, vice-president of
the class, is in the cast of “Clarence^*
Then the lapse of one day was repre
sented by a drop of the curtain.
The important meeting, of pourse,
had countless interruptions. Pupils
were due at other meetings. Some
failed to come to their session rooms.
These have to be sent to their room. A
string of announcements preceded the
business. “No parents will be allowed
at P. T. A. meeting.”
The teacher is exasperated by re
sponse to History of the class. “Four
or five years is such a short time to
have to come to know one another.”
John Lindeman jl^ead his fragment.
The class literally picked it to pieces,
gradually filling in the facts he left
out. Mary Mann read an awful one,
but Ed Michaels said his was both
sentiment and rhetorical action. His
was accepted.
Then after discussion, “Bunny” High
read the Last Will and Testament,
wihch they can’t proclaim immortal but
“guess, at it will never be read by any
one else it will do anyway—especially
as it would only mean someone else
would get that for an assignment again
if they didn’t take this one.”
The song was still not appearing.
The class insists on an original one.
Margaret Leak is too timid to give
hers. Finally she says she’ll read it,
but won’t sing. Others hum it Boyd
sings it so the class can get the words.
Finally they all sing. The bell rings,
and they call it a day.
man, Guy Hope, Adelaide Fortune,
.^1 . , i... T • T„ K and a star football player
Clara Applewhite, Lois Lazenby, Shel-1 a. t„ i
by Fitzgerald, Annie Laurie Felder.
SHAKESPEARE STUDENTS
GIVE CHAPEL PROGRAM
Study Is Addition to School Curriculum
This Year and Continues in
Spring Semester.
Miss Laura Tillett’s Shakespeare
class presented the Trial Scene in the
Merchant of Venice, Wednesday at
chapel period. The class chose this
scene because it is the best known of
Shakespeare’s plays.
Cast for the dramatization follows:
Shylock Carl Kellam
Bassanio Mary Talley
Antonio Joe Coble
Gratiano Grace Hobbs
Duke Kathleen Wrenn
Portia Maenette Graff
Salerino - Alma Snead
Clerk Alma Snead
The students used Shakespearian
costumes in the presentation.
The study of Shakespeare’s plays
was introduced as a distinct class at
G. H. S. the first time this semester.
It will be continued again next term.
SENIORS ELECT ED MICHAELS
Ed Michaels is the everlasting presi
dent of the mid-term graduates. His
election took place Thursday, January
16. At this time, John Lindeman, Ade
laide Fortune, and Plummer Nicholson
were candidates for this office.
Margaret Leak, secretary of the sen
iors, has been voted the best-looking girl
in the class, and composed the class
song.
The “Queen of the 1929 Purple and
Gold Revue,” Adelaide Fortune, is treas
urer of the class and a member of the
Torchlight Society.
PHILLIPS MAKES KNOWN
REGISTRATION SCHEDULE
Principal is Skeptical About Question
of Forty-five-Minute
Periods.
For the first time since the inaugu
ration of student government, students
of Greensboro Senior high school have
made a definite request, the petition
that the hour periods, used at G. H. S.
at present, be changed to 45-minut0
periods.
C. W. Phillips, principal of G. H. S.,
says there is much doubt about making
this change. The chief difficulty is the
essential revision of the science depart- *
ment. Students have voted in favor of
this new schedule.
Exams being completed on January
23, only teachers will be at school on
January 24. Registration for the spring
term begins Monday, January 27, at 9
o’clock, when semesters 1, 2, 6, and 7
report to old session rooms. A 1
o’clock semesters 3, 4, and 5 will begin
their registration. /
Books will he distributed on January
28, regular classes beginning Jan
uary 29.