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Welcome Sophomores and New Students HIGH LIFE From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry The Whirlwind Whirls Again GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930 NEW EQUIPMENT INSTALLED DURING SUMMER MONTHS Chemistry Receives Its Por tion; Typing, English, History, Math Depts. Participate. ORGANIZE NEW CLASSES Heavy Enrollment In Some Classes Make Changes Necessary. Science: Some new equipiiieiit bus been installed during the summer and the chemistry laboratory is now ready for use. The chemistry and physics classes are full. Latin: The Latin seven and eight classes are meeting together this semes ter because of the light eiiroiiment in both groups. Typing: Some of the typewriters that have been used for the last few years have been exchanged for new ones. The typing department also has been given five. additional machines, making a total of forty. English: Because of heavy enroll ment in the English seven classes it has been >nad6 necessary for Miss Tlllett to drop her class in Shakespeare and teach another English seven. Creative English; A Creative Eng lish two class has been offered for the first time this year. At present the one and two classes are meeting to gether because of small enrollment in each semester, but -it is hoped that more people will sign up for the first semester class. Miss Craig hopes that it will be possible for the semester two class to meet during the activities period. History: The teachers of the his tory department miss Miss Paris more and more as the enrollment of the history cesses increases. Because of the enrollment, English history, a new class opened up last year, has been stopped. The Current Problems class is, however, very popular. The list of enrollment was closed at thirty, but there are still people who would like to enter the class. Mathematics: The elective courses in mathematics seem surprisingly popu lar, with an average enrollment well over thirty. The business arithmetic class has an enrollment of sixty. Journalism; The publication room has been given two new typewriters. Goes Abroad EMMA WHITE CARLTON HIGH SCHOOL GIRL GOES TO EUROPE Emma White Carlton Goes to Continent by Way of Iceland. New Teachers Mis.s Audrey Joyner, bookkeeping. Miss Sara Dobson, manager of cafeteria and head of home eco nomies department. Mi.ss Aline Aderholt, assistant li brarian, (i, F. Cobl), innnnal training. Ilerhert Fox, history and ath letics. NEW TYPE OPERA PLANNED THIS YEAR The Music Department Will Present “Chimes of Nor mandy” by Planquette. NEW MATERIAL NEEDED FINDS TRIP ENJOYABLE HOMESPUN STAFF MEETS TO DISCUSS 1930 THEME Staff Takes Opportunity to Think Over Suggestions to be Carried Out This Fall. TRAVEL MOST FAVORABLE TOPIC The new Homespun staff met at the end of school In June to discuss a theme for the 1930-'31 Homespun. This gave the staff tui opportunity, during tile summer, to think over the sugges tions given and find attractive and lOi'iginal ways of carrying them out, and made it possible for members of the staff to begin work immediately with the opening of school. Perhaps the most favorable of the suggestions given last spring was the idea of travel as a theme. This might toe developed In four numbers as the four corners of the earth, with a fifth concerning travel or the world in gen eral. An obvious objection appears, bow- trx'er, in the fact that in contests whei-e Homespun is entered each year the magazine is marked down if the 'stu dents try to write things they know nothing about. The question is, then, have enough of the students traveled sulHciently to know what they are writing about? PRACTICAL PRINTING GIVEN AT JUNIOR HIGH E. P. Earl, Jr. Teaches Boys to Use New Equipment—May Print School Papers. Among the industrial arts being in troduced into the city schools is practi cal printing, which will be given at the Central junior high school this year un der the direction of E. P. Earl, Jr. This course will be given five hours a week for six weeks in the seventh grade and will be elective in the eighth grade, when the boys will take it four hours per week for the full year. There has been a great deal of print ing equipment installed in the junior high school and the boys and Mr. Earl, who has had five years’ experience in this work, will probably print the ma jority of the school papers. New Ideas for Dramatics No definite plans have been made by J. H. Johnson, concerning his dramatics club and Golden Maskers, however, he expects to offer Greensboro high school something new and interesting. Mr. Johnson spent a large part of his vaca tion in New York, where he says he ob tained many new and splendid ideas. Enmia White Carlton, student of Greensboro high school, sailed June IG, from Montreal, Canada to Reykavik, Iceland. The ship on which she sailed carried •'500 natives of Iceland who were going for a meeting of the oldest parliament of the world. In Iceland she found tRat all the houses were made of sheet iron. What w!LS also surprising was the fact that there were no Eskimos there; and, owing to the gulf stream, the climate was very mild. AVhile in Iceland, Emma White saw Mt. Hector. From' Iceland she went to Switzer land, and then on to Liverpool and London. It was here that she saw Gladys Cooper, famous English actress, play “Cynara” in her own theatre, was also in Ixindbu that she saw “Ham let.” Leaving England, she journeyed across the Hook of Holland, where the object of greatest interest proved to be the Peace palace, given by the. League of Nations. From Holland she went to Brussels and then on to Germany. In Munich she saw the famous park for which Benjamin Franklin had laid plans. Leaving Munich, Emma White w to Oberammergau, and then on to Heidelberg. Prom here she took the steamer up the Rhine to ilince. The beautiful 'scenery and the many old castles with their legends dating back to centuries B. C. made her stay Mince interesting and enjoyable. Next she went to Geneva, Italy, where she saw the statue of Columbus. On the whole Emma White liked Italy more than any other country she Ited, because of its artistic and historic background. She enjoyed, also, the quaintness of the rural life' there. From Italy she went to Nice, France, and then for a trip on the Mediterra nean. Next she went to Monte Carlo where she gambled and lost six dollars. She next went to I’arts where she spent a week. And on August the eighth, Emma White left Cherbourg for home. For the first time Greensboro high school’! ment will not present Sullivan opera, but one, ' n four years, music depart- a Gilbert and The Chimes of G.H.S. ADDS NEW INDUSTRIAL COURSE TO FALL SCHEDULE Mechanical Drawing Program Is Under Direction of C. L. Mills. INSTALL NEW EQUIPMENT Work Is Extended to Negro Schools Heavy Enrollment Is Expected. MRS. COLTRANE HAS ARTICLE IN MAGAZINE High Life Adviser Author of Essay Ap. pearing in Late Issue of “The North Carolina Teacher.” TEACHING LITERATURE SUBJECT Mrs. Alma G. Coltrane, a teacher of English and journalism in the Greens boro high school, and also adviser of “High Life” has had an article of hers appear in the September issue of “The North Carblina Teacher,” entitled, ■‘Literature is an Excellent 'Vehicle for Character Education Program.” This is an honor, and one which most teachers of North Carolina work for, • at least wish to have. In the article Mrs. Coltrane stressed the fact that literature should be taught form the heart side rather than from the fact side. She wrote, “Guide the -hild to find self literature, then he will find an extension of his person ality.” Some other pointers she gave on teaching literature were these: first, lead the child to see, that is awaken the imagination to alertness and in telligent activity; second, to feel, for beauty is not merely peen, but inspired; another, the teacher should attach im portance to the spontaneous instincts and impulse; and also, allow the child to assert himself and work out his own result. This is only a brief summary of the beginning of Mrs. sColtranels manu-; script, for she went much further into detail, occasionally quoting a well- known author and explaining her view of the question. Normandy,” by Planquette. Quito dif ferent is this opera of three acts from those presented in Greensboro high, school in years past. When interviewed II. Grady Miller,, who continues to serve as head of music the Greensboro city schools, stated that he intends to literally comb the school for new materials. He only doing this on account of giving IV ones an opportunity of taking parts the opera, but the fact is that nriueh of Greensboro high school’s best talent been graduated. “However, some old material will be used, I am count- on some of the new ones entering from the junior high schools,” said Mr. Miller. While Mr. Miller was in New York this summer, he not only went to sum- school at Columbia university, but attended many musical shows, where he says he secured many new and excellent ideas as to the staging of his operas. At Columbia Mr. Miller took two courses— one in counterpoint and one in science. There will be no change in Mr. Mil ler’s class schedules. They remain at the same periods except the theory and harmony class will come at the sixth period. STUDENTS HOLD CHAPEL FOR FIRST TIME WED. C. W. Phillips Talks On Staying Power- Quotes Bruce Barton On His Advice to Graduates. EXPLAINS NEW ARRANGEMENT Chapel was held for the first time this year, Wednesday morning in the Greensboro high school auditorium, when C. W, Phillips, principal spoke to more than 1,000 students. After the announcements, Mr. Phil lips read a passage from tlie Bible, Matthew 25:14-30. lie then quoted Bruce Barton’s theory of “Staying Power.” He said that the reasons that some yoting people are walking the streets now is that they have no stay- g power. Mr, Phillips mentioned some of the' proiniuent men of today — those that had made good in tlie world. Tlieir reason for this was that they had staying power. He said that Henry Ford was patient until he had made good. Booth Tarkington worked on his manuscripts five years before any publishers accepted any of his ma terials. Charles Darwin worked on a l)Ook for 25 years before he publishetl R. CoIuml)us was determined when he discovered America. Lindbergh stuck ills project until it was aecoui- plished. Woolworth made good be-aiise he did not get discouraged. Byrd and i liad patience when they went to the South Pole. -Vll of these succeeded on account of having staying power. In closing Mr. I’liillips asked the stu dents to learn to use judgment if tliey didn't learn anything else in high school.. New arrangements of the chapel pro grams were explained by Mr. Pliillips. SENIOR HIGH TEACHERS CALLED TO MEETINGS Discuss Plans for Coming Here.. C. W. I’hDlips (Maikes Assign^memts Majority of the time in Greensboro senior high school last week was spent teacher's meetings. On Tuesday af ternoon C. W. Phillips called a meeting of the heads of the departments and those teachers that have been assigned to the new sophomore group. A full meeting of all the teachers in senior high school was held on Wednseday afternoon, when the policies and the plans for the coming year were dis cussed. Mr. Phillips made the assign ments both to classes and the extra curricular activities. All the general ideas were taken up and made clear to each and ever attendant. Friday’s meeting was just a check up on the number in j;ach clasa and all necessary adjustments were made. For the purpose of giving school chil dren something practical and for the benefit of that large group which is not able to go far with an education, the industrial education program, under the direction of C. 8. Mills, is being ex panded in the Greensboro city schools. Tliis program was started in the city schools last year in the junior high (lid is growing larger this year by extension into the senior high school and by having more teachers for this work. George P. Cobb, who comes highly recommended from Salisbury, will work with Mr. Mills at the high school. Q. E. Mathis and E. P, Earl, Jr., of Clemson College, S. C., will be at Cen tral junior high school. Carl C. Julian, a post-graduate of Carolina university, is to have the entire work in manual training at the J. Van Lindley school. A complete equipment of woodwork ing machinery and mechanical drawing will be continued on a five-hour-per- week program at the senior high school. Not only is this program being ex panded in the white schools but also in the .negro schools. One whole new frame building will be given over to this industrial education at Dudley high school. It is expected that there will heavy enrollment in these courses at the negro high school and this will probably be _an inducement for many boys and giris. who would otherwise drop out, to remain in school. This program is not only being used the day' schools, but in order that the public schools of the city may serve •ery person in Greensboro who wishes to secure a vocational education or gen eral training at night, arrangements have been made for expanded night school program during the fall and ter terms, C. S. Mills, aside from being director of the industrial program the day schools will be head of the night school. Classes will begin the first Monday in October, and will continue every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday eve ning, with additional classes whenever practicable at the junior high school building and the senior high school. Classes in printing, plumbing, carpen tering, dressmaking, acetylene welding, and probably draftsmanship and elec trical enginee;-ing will be conducted the vocational division. Vacations In Europe MISS RENA COLE TEACHER SPENDS SUMMER ABROAD Miss Cole, English Teacher Here, Takes Her Vaca tion In Europe. SEES INTERESTING SIGHTS Many Changes In Schedule This Fall At Senior High EDWIN HOLT HEADS SENIOR DEBATERS Number of Members Makes Sec ond Club Organization Nec essary; 100 Enrolled. ANNOUNCE ADVISERS FOR EXTRA ACTIVITIES Greonsboro Senior High Student Body Will Embrace Eleven Branches Of Activity. TEACHERS’ DUTIES EXPLAINED Each of the extra-currieular activi ties' at the senior high school is to have this j'env as In tiie past, one or more faculty advisers. Each teacher is assigned to one activity, as a guide and aid. 'Pile following memhers of tlie faculty will advise the specified activity. Scholarship: loiie Grogan. F. S. Mitchell, Dorothy MoXalry, Mrs. Cas- sie Braswell, Mr.s. Julia Potts Strick land; chapel: II. Grady Miller, A. P. Routh, J. II. Johnson, Lily Walker, Sara I.esley; morning devotional; Mrs. Nellie Dry Blackburn, Byron A. IIu- worth; finance and supply shop;, A. P. Routh ; student council; to be supplied; dramatics: J. II. Johnson, Virginia Hollingsworth, Katlierine Jones, Mrs. William Smith, Henri Etta Lw*, Klllle Blair; publications, Hontespun: Laura Tlllett, Marjorie Craig, IlenrI Etta L»h*, Lily Walker; High Life: Mrs. Alma G, Coltrane, Katlierine Pike, By ron A. Haworth; Girl Reserves: Julia .•cy, Pauliue Sawyer; Girls' Ath letics; Camille Brinkley, Audrey .Toy- Lena Bullard, Katherine Jones, ■Mary Morrow, Mrs. Zoe' Ilogsette; boys’ athletics; lA'ster Belding, A. P, Routh, Herbert Fox, .T. S. Johnson, G. Cobb. PLANT AND ANIMAL COLLECTION PLANNED A biological survey Ls the project hieh has been planned for the nature study class this year, which is taught by Miss Nellie Dry Blackburn. This is the first coilei'tion of its Uiiul, which has been attempted in the new G. II. S. s'ill consust of iirobably 50 to 75 les of flowers, plants, and insects. In this collection the predominating colors will be purple and yellow. Only species of flowers, that are in •Hiking distance of Senior high will be used. The nature study class is of mediiun size and Miss Dry Is expecting big things from them. Miss Rena Cole, high school English teaclnu', spent her vacation iierlod in a very interesting and edueatlonal man ner, traveling extensh-ely in Europe. She left June 37tli on the Steani.sliip Volendam, Holland - American Lino Piers, J.ator in the same month Mis.s Cole •i,sited Ijondon wliere she twice saw tlie king and (pieen. In Heidelberg, Germany, she nessed the great celebration of evacuation of tlie Frencli occupation troops from Germany. This was one of tlie biggest celebrations of tlie year. She also saw the students of the Heid elberg university on parade. On the Fourth of July, while In Ber lin, Germany, Miss Cole must hav gotten a thrill wlieu her ice cream was sen-ed with an American flag In it. Miss Cole says that the French that she learned in school was a big help in France and also in Italy. She lost her way in an Italian city about half an hour before her party was ready to leave. As her ticket and passport were with her baggage, she would have bad a lilt of trouble getting with tlie party if .she had not met a man wlio spoke French; He put her right. At tlie time of the earthquake, Miss Cole was in Naples, Italy, but she said she didn’t feel the shock. She lauded in New York, August 18th. SENIOR HIGH FACULTY PRESENT AT BANQUET Torchlight Members and Students Serve At a Series of Enter tainments. TEACHERS MAKE ARRANGEMENTS 'riie faculCv of • GiX'enslxH'o senior lilgh scliool was entertained at u ban- (liiet in tlie liigli school cafeteria Wed nesday evening of last week with inem- liers of the Torchlight society serving. Tliey were, namely: Elizabetli Leak, Elizalielli Sockwell, Ellzaliefli Wills, J. Barnes, “Red’’ Paris, Isaac Gregory. Susan Gregory. W. B, Mayes, Adelaide ■time, Dorothy Burnside. Kate Wil kins, Priscilla White, Harry Biiice, garet Kernodle, and Sara Burton Clegg. On Thursday evening ii similar ban quet was lield for the faculty with stu dents again rendering tlieir services: these were; Pat Knight, Martha Mar- Martha Burnside, Margaret White. Elizabeth Yates, Gladys Betts, Frances Joiie.s, Anna Wilis, Suzanne Ketchum, Alina Atkinson, Jlargiierite Alimaii, An nie Laurie I'ekler, Kate Wilkins, Re- ■cca Sliarpo, and Clara Applewhite. The students who served at the ban quet on Friday evening for the teachers f Manie I^eake Parsons, Dorothy Burnside, vKatlierine Williams, Sara Scott Moore, Jennie Harrison, Dorothy Ilodgin, Suzanne KeBdiuni, Dorothy Hines, Alma Sharpe, Kate Wilkins, Mary Rucker, Mary Hearne Milton, Sarah Hardin, Gladys Betts, and Mil dred Sellars. At each banquet Kate Wilkins, who president of the Girls' Council, was charge o'f the girls who served. Miss Sarah Dobson arranged the menu, and Mrs. Nellie Blacklnini had 'ge of the decorations. G. H. S. Receives Picture Machine The long-looked-for moving picture machine has at last arrived. It is in ^he city and will be installed in the Greens boro Senior high school as soon as possible. The machine was given to us by Eugene Street, present manager of the Carolina theater. This is not the only thing that Mr, Street has done for us, liut he has been very kind in giving us reduced rates occasionally on tickets. INITIAL MEETING TODAY Greeii.shoro high school’s debating club, under the direction of their presi dent, Edwin Holt, is at present work ing out a definite program for this j'ear. Edwin Holt wlio wsis elected last spring by the members of the dc- l)iiting elul), has had much exiierleuee in. the work, having been a niemher sinee his first year in high school, lie is now a senior and has tanen part in many inter-seholastie debates ns well a,s debates in the elub. Many experienced deliaters peeted from the junior high .schools which will necessitate the organization of another club. The total enrollment inately KM), which Is quite an increase in both einhs is expected to he npproxi- over last year. The purpose of this Is to expand the debating program this year. The general outline for this s'ear is first, to make the debates and discus sion within the clubs ns Interesting pos.sible. Second, to Inaugurate iu- tra-uiural debates between session rooms and the different classes; and third, to have iiiter-scholastle debates wltli otlier schools. I’lans will be made with other schools a.s soon as possible. James A. Farthing, debating coach, says Ids aim is to have four Inter- scholastie debates this semester and four next semester. The first meeting of the debating cliil) will be held this afternoon when definite plans will be started to take care of the new members of the sopho more group. Also committees will be apiiointed by the new i>resideut. A social will be held soon so that the meiniiers may bec'ome better quaiuted. Mr. Farthing will be assisted by Miss Nora Chaffin and Miss Mary Ellen Blackman. S E V E N PERIODS Chapel Held Once a Week, Wednesday; Chapel Commit tee Headed by C. W. Phillips. INAUGURATE DEVOTIONAL Three Lunch Periods of Thirty Min. utes Each Supplant Old System. PRESS ASSOCIATION HELD AT W. AND L. UNIVERSITY Largest Football Game on Card to be O'!! the Second Day of Meeting. • OCTOBER 10-11 IS SCHEDULED Tlie Southern International Press Ass(H'iation convention held every spring at tlie Washington and Lee uni versity in Lexington, Va., will be -hanged this year to October 10 and 11. William L. Maple, head of Journal ism department will have charge of the program as he has done for the past several years. The biggest foot ball game, on the university’s card is selieduled to fall on the second day of the meeting for the benefit of the visi tors to tiic convention. Teacliers who are cliaperoning the lx)y visitors to the convention will be ‘iitertained in the homes of the fac ulty. The boys will find entertainment in the fraternity hous(>s a.s u.sual. The teaeher.s chaiHU'ouing girls, however, have to s»iek their lodgings in the boarding lionses as the university has no way of accommodating tlie feminine .students who aspire to journalism, le changing of the dates this year Is caused by tlie full program that oc- In the spring. CARVER SPENDS SUMMER AT PENNSYLVANIA CLUB Will Go to California for Olympic Swimming Meet in 1932. Won Regatta in Washington. TAUGHT SWIMMING AT MONTROSE Emory Carver, present sophomore at G. II. S., spent his summer in Phlla- delplila, Scranton and Detroit, attend- g swiniiiiing meets. In Philadelphia, he stas’ed at the PeniLsyivanla Athletic club where he trained until July 4. He entered the •Middle Atiatnic Chaiiiplonshlp lii Scranton, wliere be won the 50- and lOO-yard dasli, 'receiving a medal as a 'eivard. Having aecoinpllshed this he left to each swimming at a camp near Mont rose, I’ennsylvanla. At the end of the amp session, he entered the Big Re gatta and won a cup, In Washington he entered the regatta and won also. L> will re'tiini to Philadelphia Christ mas and later compete for the national iipioaship, which will take place in Detroit. He expects to go to California in ) enter the Olympic Swimming Many changes have been made in the schedules at Greensboro high school for this year, one being in the chapel pro grams. Instead of having chapel three times a week, it will come only once a week on Wednesday between 11:10 and 11:55 o’clock. This is made possible by shortening each of the first three periods fifteen minutes. Tiie chapel committee, which will work with C. W. Phillips, is composed of Miss Lily Walker, Miss Sara Leslie, H. Grady Miller, iV P. Routh, and J. H. Johnson. Program details have not been made, but it is probable that once a month a program will be given by the student council, one in charge of Mr. Phillips, one by an outside speaker, and another an entertainment feature. Not a change but something new is the devotional program, which is being introduced into Greensboro high school this year. This will take place every Monday morning in the first ten minutes of the first period. This program will be entirely devotional, no announce- ents will be made or pep meetings held, but back of it is the idea of toning up for the week. The committee for this program is composed of Mrs. Nellie Dry Blackburn, Miss Nora Chaffin and Byron A. Haworth. There will be three half hour lunch periods this year. The first group of students will go to lunch from 11:55 to 12:25 and then they will return to class, 12:25 to 1:25. The second groop has class from 11:55 to 12:55 and then lunch from 12:55 to 1:25. The third group lias a study from 11:55 to 12:25, lunch from 12:25 to 12:55, and then study again from 12:55 to 1:25. Activities period will come on Friday afternoon by shortening the last three periods. 369 SOPHOMORES ENTER FROM JUNIOR HIGHS Sophomores Assigned to Science Build ing to Permit Closer Supervision By Teachers. TOTAL SCHOOL POPULATION 1,197 Out of the 1,107 pupils which com poses the student body of Greensboro senior high school, 309 are new comers —those from junior high schools—who will air lif .placed in the Science build ing, where they''will oe uuucr 9 more dose supervision by those teachers to whom they are assigned. As many classes as possible will be held in the science building. The stu- dent| in this building are hoping to s a special dramatic club, a sep arate journalism group, a separate de bating club, etc,, aside from their regu- Out of their extra-curricular activi ties, the best will be oboseii to use in tlie older groups of the school. This large group of sophomores come to .‘iisboro high school with a new and good reputation are expected to make good record for themselves. Fifty of Simior high school’s enroll ment are new in the city system and about fifty more are expected to be eiirolKHl In less than a week. Tile sopliomores went to cliapel for the first time on Tuesday wliere they heard a speech delivered by Charles Hagan, president of the Student Body. In his speech Charles welcomed the new members of the student body and congratulated them on coining to G. H. with such splendid records. ‘“You .'e three years liefore you in whicl) to make yourselves the kind of record you wish to have,” said Charles. "They are yours to do with what you will.” Wednesday the sophomores met In tile auditorium to elect representatives to the student council. Carl Jeffries Is the representative to the boys’ council while his sister, is the r member of the girls’ council, both by iiopiiiar vote. Only Four Torchlight Membara There are only four members left in the * Torchlight society this year who Clara Applewhite, president; Kate Wilkins, secretary; Annie Laura Fel der, and Harold Steed, however Harold has not returned to school yet. New members of the society will be tapped soon. Misses Laura Tillett and Fannie Star Mitchell are advisers for the Torchlight society. The last tapping ceremony was held at the beginning of last semester in chapel. The tapping of the members is most impressive. The old members who are robed in white march to the front of the auditorium, onto the stage, and give the requirements of a member—schol arship, leadership, character and ser- . After this they go into the au dience and each taps bis man.