Page Four
HIGH LIFE
February 28, 1930
Club Chatter
Class Matter
“What tales are tattled in Club Chatter?
What stories revealed in Class Matter?”
Sewing vs. Journalism News
The reporter meekly opened the door
and in a thin voice (cubs are always
meek and have thin voices) asked Miss
Summers ,of the Home Economics De
partment: “Any news?”
Hopefully, Miss Summers looked up
from her work and smiled; I sighed
with relief, for I was said reporter, you
know—and Miss Summers seemed harm
less enough—thank goodness!
“Well, just what do ^you mean by
news!” she asked. “Wherever there’s
a class there’s always interesting things
happening.”
Well, that stunned me, and I tried to
remember the definition of news that
Mrs. Coltrane had told us to learn.
“Oh,” I said brightly, “news is any
thing that ” No, that wasn’t right.
“News is news is What is news,
anyway ?”
Miss Summers looked puzzled. “The
girls^ are progressing rapidly in my
sewing classes, and some are starting
on their silk dresses already,” she said.
“Is that ‘news’?”
I stood first on one foot and then on
the other while I weighed this impor
tant question: “Was that news?”
“Well,” I said, gloomily, “I suppose
I’ll go and ask Mrs. Coltrane what news
is and then I’ll come back to see you.”
An exhausted reporter reached the
door in time to hear Miss Summers
sigh with relief.
Students Have Party
One of the private dining rooms at
the cafeteria was the scene Friday of
a surprise birthday dinner for
“Mickey” (Amelia) Block, whose birth
day was Thursday. The table was
marked with original place cards and
favors which represented the outstand
ing characteristics of those present.
Mrs. Comer, much to the surprise
and delight of everyone, had arranged
for an attractive chicken dinner with,
potato salad and “all the fixings.” Last,
but by no- means least, a birthday cake
was brought in.
Those present were the honoree,
“Mickey” Block, who was as surprised
as pleased, “Pat” (Margaret) Knight,
Margaret Wagner, Martha Burnside,
Martha Ogburn, Eda Walters, Rachel
Moore, Kathryn Ginsberg, and “Bibbie”
(Elizabeth) Yates. The honoree was
presented with a pair of hose.
Judging from the appearance of the
dishes when the starving students left,
the room they enjoyed themselves im
mensely. They advise others to try
their stunt but not on a day when they
have a Latin test immediately follow
ing, and due to over-eating, sleep
through it.
Frenchman Lectures Here
Monsieur Rene Hardre, professor of
the French Department of N. C. C.,
will lecture in French to all French
(dubs and all French students except
French I classes, Thursday, 27. Pro
fessor Hardre p-lans to tell the assem
bly simple French stories in order that
the classes can understand. The speak
er published articles in North Carolina
Teacher’s magazine during December
and January on “Teaching French.” He
is a promoter of French in the South.
“The War Is Over”
There has been a decided increase in
the number of people who compose the
German Department since 1927. In ’27
there were seven people taking German;
now there are 87 students taking it.
In the German II classes, different
proverbs are being illusarted in Ger
man. Great interest is also being
shown in the Passion Play.
The Semester V people are corre
sponding with real Germans, and also
spend much time in studying great
German men. They are planning a
banquet which will be held some time
in the beginning of April. Everything
will be in German conversation—
menus, program, and other things.
What a diverting a sight' we see as we
glance from a chalk dust covered black
board out of the window of the admin
istration building. Cars—interminably
they stretch in parked lines on both
sides of the wide street that fronts the
school. It certainly does seem to be
a mile and a half, too, when one hikes
up the long hill to the school after
parking the car and with a run-hop-
skip-jump to the tune of the bell pro
ceeds up the walk.
What cars we found when we checked
up on them. Yes, really, three people
were fool enough—crazy and ambitious
enough—to count them. And we found
by accurate check that there are over
a hundred parked in every possible
place and the most unseemly ways.
What guesses as to make, color, and
condition were made as three seeming
ly sane members of the staff went on
their mission.
“Here’s an old Ford.”
“No, it’s a Dodge!”
“It’s not, either; it’s a Chewy!”
“Well, I’m goin’ ’round front and
find out. It’s an Overland!”
“I think we better go ’round the
fro«t if we don’t know “cars” any bet-
tert han that!”
“What color would you call this ai\y-
way?”
“It’s dingy-black, and the number is
480-627; now, put that down, and hurry
up!”
We found Guy Hope’s reverent Chev
with his fond souvenirs of the jail on
the back. An adorable rusty brown
chain—most becomingly draped over
a flat tire. By the way, if anyone is
looking for a faden green Chevrolet
belonging to a Yankee—the number is
244-740.
Next we found Ruth Marley’s beloved
“Eloise”—without her mate, “Alysiou-
sis,” to be sure, and practically empty
this early in the morning. Number
246-804.
We found Emlory Carver’s topless
peep-beep boat parked right in back
of Eleanor Randolph’s Hudson. They
would, you know. Chrysler 112-695—
Hudson 150-51^. Proceeding, we found
a Hupmobile in a rather dilapidated
condition, which was offset by the
cushions we found scattered about. The
lu‘xury-lo\ing Jierson who owns thi|S
bought license 251-815 for it. Farther
on down our eyes began to hurt and
as we finally were able to see again
we perceived—well, I can’t describe it.
Take a look for yourself at Richard
Fluhardy’s “yellow terror.” Lucky
three with the number, 242-535. A Ford
with the number, 247-307, was painted
in the most patriotic manner—red,
white, and blue.
“You see, they knew George Wash
ington was going to have a birthday.”
We found a Maxwell—“good to the
last drop”—of gas. We found a Jewett
—l)elonging to Gladys Young, A school
bus and a lovely Ford parked just be
low the science building.
If you wish diversion just wander
through the forest of ears like we did.
You will find variety above all things
—at the first period. But after school—
a moving variety of cars.
CAT’S BRAINS
“Have you seen the cat’s brains in
Miss Dry’s—I mean Mrs. Blackburn’s
room?”
“No! They’re not real cat brains, not
the brains of a real, live eat!”
“Well, not now. The poor old Tom
cat is dead and is now minus his brains.
You ought to see them. Ooh! They’re
awful-looking. It makes me shiver
every time I see them.”
“I want to see them. Imagine the
real brains of a cat. If I go up there,
will she let me see them?”
“Course she will. Everybody goes up
there to see them. I think ’bout every
body in the Science building has seen
them.”
“Well, if she won’t care, I’m going
up there this afternoon. Say, don’t you
fell sorry for the poor old eat! I’d
hate to have my little brains on exhibi
tion.”
Ernest White—(to student who just
entered Publication Room.) “What do
you know?”
Student: “Nothing.”
Ernest White: “Sit down you are a
member of the staff.”
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WHAT THEY SAY OF HABIT!
“Keep a gamster from the dice, and
a good student from his book, and it
is wonderful”—thus Shakespeare gives
his philosophy of habit. Another quo-
tatioii from the same author reveals
this thought further:
“That monster. Custom, who all sense
doth eat of Habit’s devil, is angel yet
in this; That to the use of Actions
fair and good. He likewise gives a
frock, or livery, that aptly is put on:
Refrain tonight; And that shall lend
a kind of easiness to the next absti-
nece: the next more easy;
“For Use almost can change the
stamp of nature and either curb the
Devil, or throw him out with wondrous
potency. From Seneca we get a defi
nition or rather an admonition con
cerning habit. “T things which you
hear with Impatience you should accus
tom yourself, and by Habit^ you will
bear them well.” Friendly advice of
which we all need.
Tucker says, “There are Habits con
tracted by bad example or bad man
agement, before we have Judgment to
discern their approaches, or because
the eye of Reason is laid aslep, or has
not compass of view suflicient to look
around on every quarter.”
In the Glasses
We all know that for the last five
or six years G. H. S. has been winning
cups for any number of things, but did
you know that ten—fififteen, yes, even
twenty years ago—cups were won by
our school? The first cup (that I know
of) presented to G. H. S. in 1910 at the
M. W. Stern Trophy Inter-High School
meet.
The next cup that we have record
of was won by the G. H. S. Debating
Club in 1912 and 1913. This cup was
won both times by Harry L. Morris and
Dr. Hugh C. Wolfe.
In 1915-16 Sidney Pruden, Winfred
Alderman, Ayland Aline and John Mc
Alister, starring in a relay race, added
another cup to the little collection.
At the .State Inter-Seholastie Cross
Country Run in 1919 the Y, M, C. A.
presented James H, Cole, Jr., James
Stone, Neal Jones, and Shelly Caviness,
of G. H. S., with the winner’s cup.
In 1920 for the first time the girls’
basketball team brought back a cup. At
the time of the big game the team in
cluded Nellie Irvin, Doris Stinnet, Datie
Whitely, Maude Forsythe, Bessie Hun
ter, Charlotte Johnson, Grey Fetter,
and Helen Stone. Their names, to
gether with that of the manager, Kath
erine Armstrong, and William M. York,
their coach, appear on one of the cups
in the trophy case in the front hall.
(Continued from last week).
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News From Abroad
Bill Byers, an alumnus of G. H. S.,
has recently returned from Annapolis,
where he was attending the military
school.
Leonard Temko, a graduate in the
class of 1923 and of Yale University,
visited Greensboro last week. He has
traveled through Europe extensively
since graduating from college.
* * *
A letter has been received from Re
gina Beck, graduate of 1924, saying that
when she visits Greensboro she intends
to give the Greensboro high school pu
pils a recital. She has been with the
Denishawn dancers in New York and
at the present time she is teaching
dancing.
WHAT COULD WE DO?
I entered the publication room and
stopped to wonder what it was all
about—not my entering the room, but
the excitement that reigned after I got
in there.
Mrs. Coltrane looked desperate and
stood helplessly beside a typewriter
that was still as death. Imagine! A
typewriter in the publication room not
being used; that alone would signify
some great distress.
All the journalism students stood
around offering (free of charge) ad
vice as to -what should be done.
I noticed that not a hand was raised
in aid; in fact, nothing was raised ex
cept voices.
“What is it?” I pleaded. But my
question was drowned in a swirling sea
of excitement.
“What’s the matter?” I asked, meekly
but firmly.
“Don’t, you know?” The questioner
looked at me as if I were a strange
species of—something-or-other.
“No,” I shook my head sadly.
“Well—” (the student looked awed)
—“Well, all the paper of the publica
tion room is used up, and they won’t
give us any more!”
English Teacher: “Joe, how did you
manage to get such a charming wife?”
“Friend” Joe: “If you’d ever had a
date with me, you’d know.”
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