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Back Your Team This Afternoon HIGH LIFE From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL. OCTOBER 3, 1930 Budget System In Force; Phillips Buys First Ticket hold sale now student Leaders Buy Early; Call Themselves the “Big Twelve.” HAGAN BUYS 2ND TICKET Find Pledge on Back That They Will Behave as High School Students. HONOR STUDY HALLS FORMED FOR PUPILS Students Who Work Quietly Are Given the Privilege of Unsupervised Periods. SYSTEM IS SATISFACTORY DEBATING CLUB MEMBERS OF G. H. S. Alreudy a number of activities cards have been sold for the budget system. The ‘'big twelve,” as they are called, were those who bought the flr.st twelve tickets sold. They are namely, first; ('. \V .I’hillliis. iirlncipal of Greensboro high school; se-ond, Charles Hagan, president of the student body; third, Jack Brown, eaptaln of the football learn; fourtli, Olivia Branch, editor-in- chief of High Life; fifth, .A.nna Wills, president of the Dramatics club; sixth. Henry Betts, president of the Hi-y club and cheer leader; seventh, Kate Wilkins, president of the Girls’ Coun cil: eighth, Charles Shaffer, prominent football player; ninth, Harrj- Phillips; tenth, Rigdon Dees, business manager of Homespun; eleventh. Clara Apple- white, president of of the Torchlight society: twelfth. Triidl Carver, presi dent of the Girl Reserves. This group iuchides all prominent students as well as the principal students in Greensboro high school. The others wlio have puri.'hased cards are: 1.. T. New, Charles Pemberton, Hugh Wllllains. Joe Dees, Mrs. Alma G. Coltrane, Marjorie Caudle, Carolyn Weill, Agnes I>eake, Jane Crabtree, .Marguerite La Forte, M. C. Stewart, .foseph Hancock, Richard Cann, Clay- loii Sneed, Kdward Holt, David Whar ton, Frank Brown, James Carmlckle, ■Margaret Kersey, Mary Helen King, .\imette Watts, Phyllis Hagedorn, E. W. Carlton, Kent Mllklns, David Fink, M'ister Lashley. Numa Ham, Living ston Williams, and Ixiuls Gainsberg. On the back of the card is stated the activities, which anyone is entitled to if lie buys a caixl. They are; first, sub- serlption to High Life; second, sub scriptions to Homespun: third, admit tance to all the athletic events: fourth, opera; fifth, all of the dramatic pro ductions. Also on the back of the card are these words; In participating in (he abover-I agree to conduct myself in a way becoming a (/reensboro high school student. This is to lie signed by the pupil. VOLUNTEERS GET ADS FOR SCHOOL PAPER Since so many of the students of the high school had arranged for study during the fourth, sixth, or seventh periods, it was necessary, at the open ing of school, to take some students out of the regular study halls and put them in honor study halls. In each of e rooms a student was appointed to call the roll and keep track of those who left for the library or other rooms. Some of the honor study halls are as quiet as those under the supervision of a teacher, but some have taken ad vantage of this privilege and have so disturbed the other people in the build ing that it was necessary to find some way of putting the right kind of peo ple on their honor. For this purpose a committee was ap pointed, so that it has now been ar ranged for those who can study well under a teacher may be promoted and those who can not be quiet in honor study halls will be put back under su pervision. GREENSBORO HIGH BOYS WORK IN AnERNOONS Students Leave School Early to Work If Passing Subjects. Fill Out Blanks Stating Reasons. MANY COMPANIES E.MPLOY PUPILS Jean Shaw, Wyatt McNairy Bring Re- port of Hard Work, Are Successful in Staking Results. WORK BEGUN SATURDAY, SEPT. 27 .Vn !Ul- campaign which is Wiug *;onducted by the High Life staff was flssisteil by many students from the semester 7 class. The volunteers were: .Annie Starr Burch, liOis Ilt^an, Mar garet White, Clara Applewhite, Helen Piakas, Jean Shaw, W.vatt McNairy, Mack Heath, and Sara Scott Mtvore. These started on Saturda.v, Before the solicitors set forth, let ters were sent to companies and busi ness firms In tlreensboro who would probably advertise in the paper. In this letter, by-C. AV. Phillips, he gave the reasons for their advertising in the paper and asked for their eo-opera- tion. Details of "ad getting" was ex plained before any volunteer represen tatives went out. So far they have been successful, yet much hr.s to be done. The kind of co-operation which High I.iFE appreciates much is that of the Southern Dairies who wrote; Dear Mr. Phillips; I have your very interesting let ter dated September 24th with ref erence to advertising In our school paper. High Life. We are very glad to get the opportunity to as sist you In everj’ way jKisslble to keep this organization in the place It has held for so long a time. Please have your student repre- senatlve call on us and we will go as far as we iiossibly can in re sponding to your reiiuest. Very truly yours, SOUTHERN DAIRIES. The business firms co-operating with the schools makes it possible for stu dents who work to continue their edu cation and for those who might have stopped school to remain. C. W. Phil lips states that over fifty students have received permission to leave school at their lunch or early afternon. Mr. Phillips also says that no two boys are employed in the same type of work. There is no possibility of any stu dents taking advantage of this system, because all those who leave fill out a blank stating the reason he is leaving, and the employer’s, parents’, and prin cipal's approval must be clear on the blank. If a student who leave*in early afternoon fails to pass his work this privilege will be taken away from him. Some of the following firms are em ploying the high school students: Switchboard operators, Y. M. C. A., skat ing rink, drug stores, shoe store, flour mill, United States weather bureau, dertaking parlor, Greensboro News- Record, radio station, farming, interior decorator, sandwich shop, golf club, soda fountain, Wesley Long Hospital, shirt company, and sehool-bus driving. A. T. ALLEN REVEALS SCHOOL INFORMATION Increase of Studies Is Shown Over Three Year Period—One More Line on This head pleaae STUDENT OF G. H. S. RETURNS TO INDIANA Jeannette Freisen, member of Jour nalism I class, and a senior at senior high, has found it necessary to return to Indiana. Jeannette came to Greens boro in June from South Bend, In diana. She made her home at the O. Henry Hotel. Although she has been at G. H. S. a short time, Jeeannette made many friends among the students, who express their regret that she is leav ing. She plans to re-enter St. Joseph’s Academy, which she attended before she came to Greensboro. was learned from A, T. Allen, state superintendent of public instruction, that approximately 600 studies or near ly as many phases of education were conducted last year by the teachers and school officials of the state. Reports have been kept from this fleld for the past three years. Dr. No ble, of this department, has charge of assembling this information, and many instances he assisted in making actual study. Superintendent Allen stated that ii 1927-28, the first year for which the data were collected, 136 studies of all kinds were reported as having been conducted. During 1928-29 there were 385 studies carried on, and last year there were 595. Superintendent Allen believes the •apid growth of this movement indi cates that the schools of the state are being studied more intensely than ever before. The above pU-ture .shows nunuliefs of both the sophonioie and .senior debating clubs of Greensboro high school, under the direction of .Mr. James A. Farthing, and Miss M.irrali Chatfin. In the past years they have lieen very suo- •essfiii in i)iitting out, winning and high-rating in the triangular debates. ANNA WILLS CALLS DRAMATICS MEETING J. H. Johnson Divides Club Into Sections of Six Each; Has Student Director. GROUPS CHOOSE NAMES On Friday, September 2 C.the Dra matic club held a meeting, .tiin i AVllis presiding. The meeting was ulled to order and the president explained for Ihe benefit of the seniors, who were not ))resent at the prts-tHling meeting, lhat ihe eluh had been divideil into six grouiis, each headed hy a stmlent direc- tortor. .1. 11. Johnson then read the rolls of each group, and sent them to different jiarfs of the auditorium, where a president, vlee-presideiit. and secretary-treasurer, were to be electwl. The president was to appoint the pro gram. containing three members and play-reading committees, four members. Each member was to fill out a card on whicb he gave informutiou ooncern- ing their main interests in dramatics, and their past experience. Due to the time limit, only a little of this business was transacted. However, each club will have a meeting day and carry on its business then. In Anna Wills’ group, the Belasco club, Frances Jones was elected president; Angela 1‘utter- sou, vice-president; and Dorothy ilod- gin, secretary. I-ois Lazeuby’s group is calleil the Barrymore club, Clara .Vpl)le\vhite‘8 I'aul Green club. LOCAL HIGH STUDENTS RECEIVE FAIR TICKETS All Greensboro high school students ill receive free tickets to the Greens- oro fair. Friday, October 3. Those students who get a half holiday on Fri day will be lucky enough to get to the fair earlier than others. It has been the custom for many years for the owners of the fair to give the school students tickets. The fair started on Tuesday and will last through Saturday. Every day except Saturday there will ' six running races, Saturday, fast au tomobile races, and during all the time will be exhibits of live and pet stock, poultry, and agricultural products. THRYSAW. AMOS SPEAKS AT DEAN’S CONFERENCE ..Advisers of Girls In Colleges and High Schools From All Over - State Will Attend. DISCUSS INTERESTING SUBJECTS A conference oil the teen aged girl will be held at N. C. C. W. October 9th- 1th. The conference is for deans and others who are interested In girls of this age. The principal speaker is Miss Thyrsa W. Amos, who is Dean of Women at the University of Pittsburgh. She is president of the National Association of Deans of Women. Her talk is to include such subjects as: “What Are Successful Deans Doing,” “Practicing tlie Art of Living,” “Building Character Through Extra-Curricular Activities,” and “The Dean’s Office, Its Records and Management.” There will be other speakers as well. The meeting will close on Saturday with a joint meeting of the North Caro, lina Association of Administrative Women in Education. Deans of women and deans of high school girls from all over the state are expected to attend. STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTS SECRETARY The regular meeting of the student eouiidl was held Friday during the aetivlties iwlod for the purixise of ele-|ing a seiTetary. Siisanne Ketehnm, representative from the Girls' Coun- eil. was elwteil to this ixisitiou. Miss Moore, the faculty adviser of the Student Uoiinell offered some sug gestions as to the iRTsonnei of the I’oini Syslein eommittee and they were appi'ovecl hy the i-onneil. The eounell as thus approvtHl is; Kate Wilkins, cliairman. Frances Jones. Ballad May. Bill Sullivan, and Susaniie Ketchum. who Is the oouiK-il seeretary. aiitomatl- enlly became a member of this eom mittee . The reiwits of the different com mittees were heard, and the council made suggestions for improvement in the work the students are undertaking. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS GET LETTERS The students who won their school letters at Central junior liigli school last year rw-eived them at a chape! program at Central Friday. September 2ii. These letter,? were won by 17 stu dents who had participated during the year in at least four different kinds of school activities. Those receiving letters were; James Gregory. R. C. Fk-kling, Kren Kurry Edwin .leffress, Ruth Jones, Eugenia Hay, Conrad Tew. Martha Fry, Paul Curtis, Jim .Vpiiiewhite, Cirl .leffress. Robert Wofford. I.uey Neal Brooks. Geraldine Bunkerm.ver. Ruth Tatker. Bob -Vndrews and Phillis Hagedon. NUMBER SESSION ROOMS EARN HALF HOLIDAYS Very Large Portion of the School Will Not Be Here This Aft ernoon. ATTENDANCE UNUSUALLY GOOD On ai-couBit of the good attendance and the absence of tardies, many stu dents and teachers will have a half holiday on Friday, October 3. At the end of the month, four weeks, if a sea- room has the required percentage of attendance, it automatically receives a holiday. This has been a custom in G. H. S. for a number,of years. Those who get holidays Friday are: Boom 106, Miss Mary Ellen Blackmon, teacher. Room 27, Miss Jo Causey, teacher. Room 306, Miss - Amy Caldwell, teacher. Boom 4, Miss Katherine Pike, teacher. Boom 2, Mias Marjorie Craig, teacher. Boom 317, Mi.ss Dorothy McNairy, teacher. Boom 202, Miss Julia Searcy, teacher. Boom 301, James A. Farthing, teacher. Boom 20, Miss Estelle Mitchell, teacher. Boom 304. Mrs. William Smith, teacher. Boom 313, J, H. Johnson, teacher. Boom 103, Miss Audrey Joyner, teacher. Boom 7, Miss Mary Dosier, teacher. Room 201, Miss Laura A. Tillett, teeacher. Room 204, Miss Mary Morrow, teacher. Room 12, Miss Pauline Sawyer, teacher. Boom 25, Miss Virginia Hollings worth, teacher. Room 5, Mrs. Braswell, teacher. Room 206, Miss Evelyn Martin, teacher. Room 303, Miss Mary McNairyi teacher. Room 315. Miss Idabelle Moore, teacher. Room 3, Miss Katherine Jones, teacher. Room 203, Miss Rena Cole, teacher. Room 1, Miss Mary Harrell, teacher. Room 102, Miss Willie Hall, teacher. H.S. DEBATING CLUB WILL HOLD MEETING Organization Depleted by Grad uation of Members—Addition of New Workers Expected. PLAN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The senior debating club of Greens boro high will hold its regular-meeting Friday afternoon, Oeftber 10th. The attendance committee which has been functioning for the past several weeks is expected to be able to make its re port at this time. The eommittee has been out for new members from among the upperclassmen of the school. As the club!has been depleted by gradua tion and is now quite short of its full quota of members, it is very much sired that the report of this group in clude the addition of several new dents to the debaters. The bill for discussion at the next meeting will be the budget system. The interscholastic committee is ranging for a series of debates this fall to be held with teams from Winston, Salisbury, High Point, and possibly Others. Each competing team will composed of three members. The social committee is planning to get up social activities for the club members in the near future. Civitan Club Members of City School System G. B. Phillips, Civitan club. Grady Miller, president of Kiwanls club. Lester Belding, American Business Miss F. S. Mitchell, Altrusa club. H. W. Parker, Rotary club. C. W. Phillips, Rotary club. MUSIC DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN OPERETTA Grady Miller Decides Upon ‘Ruddigore,” Another Gilbert and Sullivan. PRESSCONVENTION AT LEXINGTON, VA. ON OCTOBER 10-11 High Life and Homespun Will Be Represented in the Sixth Annual Gathering. PUBLICATIONS IN CLASS A ee Delegates From Each Publication Will Attend Meeting—Others May Go At Own Expense. PRACTICE STARTS OCT. 4 H. Grady Miller has decided to give another one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas, “Ruddlgore” instead of "Chimes of Normandy” on which he had decided onw. Not only because Mr. Miller likes th eoperettas lhat Gil bert and Sullivan have written, but for the fact that many more parts may l>e taken is the reason that "Iluddi- gore” will be pi'esentcd. The main rea son for a scliool operetta is to give chaiK-es to act on the stage. Aside from luiving a larger I’ast than "('hiuies of Xormaiid.v,” the light opera has a verj- enjoyable plot. The setting and time tends to make the play imu-h more interesting. .Mr. Miller thinks that he has gotten enough material and talent from the now glee clubs to have a good produc tion. During the try-outs on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons for the principle characters several good actors were discovered. The leading roles are tlie parts of Rose Mary and Robin. Mad Margaret, Sis Despard, liodenic. Dame Hannah, Zoral Ruth and Richard are other characters appearing in the operetta.. There were quite a number of stu dents out for these parts, but since tliese try-outs were just preliminaries, no certain person was selected for the roles. When the final tryout is held most of the cast will be announced. When this Is done, Mr. Miller intends to start practice. The first one will most likely be held on Saturday, Oc tober 4. Much enthusiasm has been shown concerning the operetta. In the music department some of the choruses are being pracjkeil by the glee clubs. Sophomore Debaters Meet; Hughes Scott President GIRL RESERVES HOLD MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN Senior Goes to Hospital Sara Scott Moore, senior of Greens boro high school, was taken Sunday night to Wesley Long hospital, where she underwent an operation for appen dicitis. It was an unusually bad case hut according to reports she is improv ing nieely. A number of girls were seen last week wearing small tags bearing the Girl Reserve emblem with “I am one, are youf” printed on the opposite side. One of the largest membership cam paigns ever conducted by the Ifca and Be Worthwhile Girl Reserves was on. The Ifca Club, composed of freshman girls, are this year elevated to member ship in the Be Worthwhile club. They are assisting the girls who automatical ly become ifeas by virtue of member ship is) junior high clubs to enlist new New members will have to attend three consecutive meetings, obtain a uniform, and learn the code, before be coming full-fledged members of the or ganization. Motion Pictures to Teach? A prominent Englishman, while de livering a lecture to a school of eco nomice in London, brought out the fact that the talking picture may soon replace the teacher. The advantage will he that time and money may be saved. The sophomore Debating Club held its first meeting Friday, September 26, for the purpose of organizing and elect ing officers to lead this group through the coming year. Enthusiasm and keen interest was displayed at the election. Hughes Scott, chosen as the president of the club, has come to us from cen tral junior high, where he proved him self an outstanding, all-round student- was a candidate for the office of president of the junior high school Stu dent body. The success of that school’s debating last year was largely due to the tireless efforts of Hughes, and the members have much confidence in him. Bernard Cantree, also from junior high, was elected vice-president, Ber nard has been very active in the field of debating iu the past, and it is thought that with the wider scope that senior high offers, he will continue bis good work. For seeretary the students have se lected Dorothy Goss, formerly of J. Van Lindley junior high school, where she was prominent in many fields. She a representative to the athletic ac tivities association, active in dramatics, and took part in the triangular de bates carried on among the junior highs of the city. Louis Ginsberg from central junior high is now the sergeant-at-arms of the sophomore debating club. He has won this distinction by his former merit. The attitude and the keen interest dis played by the members have given Mr. Farthing confidence that this sopho more debating dub is going to mean something to all those who care to join. The more people who join the debat ing club, the more chances there are for the members to do something defi nite and reap the results that are al ways evident where a group of people are working together for a common cause—better debaters, says Mr. Farth ing. The executive staff of the sophomore debating club met with Coach Farth ing on Tuesday, September 30. This staff is composed of the following: Hughes Scott, president; Bernard Can- tree, vice-president; ;Dorothy Goss, secretary and treasurer; and Louis Ginsberg, sergeant-at-arms.’ Their definite purpose of meeting was to see that the club has intresting assemblies. In planning their program for the next get-to-gether, which will be October 10, it was decided that Clary Holt, an outstanding member of the senior debating group, should make a brief talk on the parliamentary proce dure. After this the president, Hughes Scott, appointed the following commit tees; Program committee, Bernard Can- tree, chairman; social committee, Charles Hudson, chairman, Mary Eliza beth Powell and Harry Kuykendall; at tendance, Dale Cobb and Billy Thack- publicity committee, Thomas Miller and James Carmichael. Next the club will discuss the budget system. The leaders also worked with Mr. Farthing in trying to make a debating schedule for this year. They are quite sure that meets with Salisbury and Winston-Salem will be possible. The Southern Interscholaatie Press association will be held on Friday and Satuniay, October 10 aud 11 at Wash ington and I-ee Iiniverslty, Lexington, Virginia. This is the sixth convention spousoreil by tlie I^-e Memorial School of Journalism, PI Delta Epsllan, hon orary journalistic fraternity and Sig ma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity. In this convention, annuals, maga zines, and newspapers will lie entered and judged in three classes: Class in which High Life and Homespun will be included from school of an enroll ment of 1,050; or over; class B, TOO to 1050; clas.s C, :107 to 700; class 4. 350 or under. All interesting and instructive prv gram Ls being arrangiHi, which will In clude open forum discussions, aud a banquet. The l.,ee school will furnish euter- tuITiment iDcliidlng room and board for three boys, aud will engage rooms for girl delegates at the expense of th-* delegate. Two students and a faculty adviser from each publication of Greensboro high will go. Miss Laura A. Tillett is making her plans to at tend from Homespun. Rigdon Dees, Susaiuie Ketchum and Clary Holt were suggested for Homespun. Olivia Branch and Goldie Goss will represent llioji Life at the convention. W. B. Davis • and Helen Crutchfield will also attend. Silver cuiB will be awarded to the winners in each group of publications iu all four classes. The I.«e Memorial School of Jour nalism, Washington and I.,ee university, was establislied in 1920 to provide a brief short course had exchange of ideas on both editorial and business aspects of school publications, the S. I. P. A. has met annually with increasing enrollment aud Interest. George F. Pierrot, editor of the South ern Interscholastie Press association, and Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines, president of Washington and Lee uni versity, will be tile principal speakers at tlie banquet held on Saturday, Octo ber 11 at Washington aud laje univer sity at Lexington, Virginia. An additional feature of this year’s convention will be Washington and Lee vs. UnlA'ersity of YVest Y’irginia foot ball game on the "Gridgraph” in Dore- liuni Memorial gyninasiuiii. To those vlio liuve never .seen a “Gridgraph” (his should be a most attractive fea ture of the stay in Lexington, as the great electric board duplicates every play on tlie fleld; spectators watch the ball move and the players In action, N. S. P. A. CONVENTION MEETS IN CLEVELAND Many Social Activities for Advisers and Students Are Being Planned, In. eluding Dance and Banquet. The National Scholastic Press asso ciation will hold its annua! assembly I)e'ember 4 and 5 in Uleveland. Ohio. It Is thought that this will be the largest in attendance and the iiiosi suc cessful convention yet held. .4n interesting detail of the meeting is the fact that many social activities for the advisers and students have been planned. A dance, a bamiuet, and a trip over the city newspaper plant are some of the functions that fill the social calender. The executive board Is requesting the faculty advisers to suggest suitable topics for round table discussion at the meeting and ha^ igone further to say that any assistance that the fac ulty advisers may give the program committee will be greatly appreciated. At the same time the National Asso ciation of .Advisers will also meet for Its regular session. Schools Have Fire Drill The students of the schools of North Carolina will stage, at one minute past 11 o’clock Thursday, October 9th, a fire drill. This is to be the outstanding feature in the schools during national Fire Prevention Week. MR. HAWORTH TO TEACH AT FREE NIGHT SCHOOL Will Open October 6 at Junior High; Printing Is Another One of the Courses Offered. UNDER DIRECTION OF G. S. MILLS Byron A. Haworth, English teacher and former journalism teacher at sen- high, will teach journalism and business English at night school. Charles A Pierce, president of the Greensboro Printers’ Association, will conduct a class in printing, also. Th© journalism class will meet twice week at senior high. The principles ' news gathering and writing will be studied, and opportunities will be af forded for application of the princi ples studied. The class in printing will meet twice week at the central junior high school. This course will offer a study of job shop problems and will attempt to give better understanding of the printing business. It was necessary to add these courses to the curriculum this year because of the enthusiasm manifested over the ex pansion of the night school program, which is being conducted by C. S. Mills, director of the free night school, which begins October 6. TEACHER COMES BACK AFTER SERIOUS ILLNESS Mrs. Julia Potts Strickland, German teacher of Greensboro high school,'re turned to school Monday morning, Sep tember 29, after undergoing a serious appendicitis operation. She was taken to St. Leo’s hospital September 1. Mrs. Strickland has been teaching German in Greensboro high for a num ber of years and at present is the only German teacher here. “I am feeling fine now,” said Mrs. Strickland, “and I am ready to go back to work.”