HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, NOVEMBER 14, 1930
Debaters and Their Queries
For First Meets Are Chosen
PLANS ARE MADE
FOR THREE DEBATES
IN NEAR FUTURE
Salisbury, Winston-Salem, High
Point Are Initial Opponents
for This Year.
POLITICAL TOPICS CHOSEN
Cone, Health, DeButts, Holt, and Mc
Lean Are to Lead in the Firat En
counter With High Point.
The Senior Debating club met dur
ing activities period and had discus-
gion as to the future debates with Salis
bury, High Point, and Winston. Also
letters from nearby schools concerning
the club were read and discussed.
Three 'debates have ben planned for
the club in the near future with the
three schools. Although no definite
dates have been made, the first debate
with Salisbury wUl be about the middle
of November. The query for discus
sion will be: “Resolved, that the United
States should recognize the soviet gov
ernment of Russia.” The G. H.
affirmative team that will debate there
is composed of Edwin Holt, Clary Holt,
and Jack McLean. The negative team
that opposes Salisbury here is Dick
: Cone, Mack Heath, and John DeButts.
The second debate will be held with
' High Point, and that query is: “Re
solved that the United States should
adopt the English parliamentary cabi
net systepi. A. C. Holt, Henry Nau,
and Goldie Goss will represent the
affirmative here, while a negative team
composed of Edgar Meibohn, Alma Tay
lor, and a third person yet to be chosen,
will go to High Point,
In the other meet with Winston-Sa
lem the sophomores will be the debat
ers. Although neither the time, query,
nor speakers have ben chosen as yet,
the younger club will have the fioor.
Winston has suggested the query: “Re
solved, that the eighteenth amendment
should be abolished.” There has been
quit a bit of discussion over this reso
lution and a committee has been ap
pointed to discuss the question and pass
its opinion as to its suitability. Try
outs for a place on the two teams that
go against the Twin Cit^ debaters will
be held in the near future.
At the last meeting of the sophomore
club it was decided that this new or
ganization would unite with the senior
organization. . This ceremony, along
with the initiation of the sophomoers,
will be held at a social that is to be
given either at the Jefferson or Cone
Country club.
DR. HUBERT POTEAT GIVES
ADDRESS TO STUDENTS
I Wake Forest University Man Speaks o
III i Virgil—-Spiritual Father of
I All Poets.
rfHEPRESENTS PHI BETA KAPPA
! Dr. Hubert Potent of Wake Forest
University,spoke to the student body of
[Greensboro high school in chapel
Wednesday, November 12. Dr. Poteat
Iwa sbrought here through the efforts of
Ithe Phi Beta Kappa fraternity to close
Ithe celebration of the 2,000the anniver-
Isary of Virgil's birth. In his talk. Dr.
[Poteat condemned the critics, editors
itnd writers who tear the souls from the
greatest works of art and flaunt tri
umphant pamphlets in the faces of
those who would seek true art. 'He
^vised those who wanted to get the
itrue Vergil to ignore what the little
Lfellows say about him and to “go to
[Virgil yourself, and steep your souls in
the works of one of the greatest poets
that ever lived.” The “Aeneid,” pub
lished two years after Virgil’s death,
was in some respects “the greatest poem
that was ever written.” Dr. Poteat said
not only for the immortality of the
characters, but for the vast and endur
ing influence which this masterpiec ex
ercised over the later poets and the
schools in general. The speaker em
phasized the fact that all poets are
Virgil’s spiritual sons, but Tennyson
owes more to Virgil than any other
poet.
Dr. Poteat brought out in his lecture
what the study of Latin could do for
one, and in closing said: "The very
multitude of critics, editors and scrib
blers who have written about Virgil”
testifies to his greatness.
Clary Holt, who was presiding over
chapel, introduced Dr. Poteat, and Lois
Lazenby sang a number as a prelude to
the program.
Senior Is Typing Champion
Helen Smith, senior of G. H. S., has
set a typing record, which no present
G. H. S. student has excelled. She
types 59 words per minute, which is
only three words less tlian the number
typed by the former record holder, Mor-
rie Whitten.
Students to Get
Annual Holidays
As has been the custom in the past,
the students of Greensboro high
school will receive two holidays No.
vember 27 and 28 for Thanksgiving
in which they will take time off to
enjoy themselves. Many will go out
of town to spend the short vacation
with relatives and friends. Others
will stay In town where they will
celebrate the day with feasting and
attending the football game, which
promises to be an exciting one.
At the close of this short time of
merry-making, the students will
come back to their once-forgotten
books.
ATTENDANCE INCREASES
DURING YEAR 1929-30
Present Enrollment Is Divided Into
607,344 White Students and
259,585 Colored Pupils.
FEWER EPIDEMICS ARE CAUSE
Raleigh, No. 12.—“Both enrollment
and attendance in the public elemen
tary and high schools of the state for
1929-30 show an increase over that of
the preceding school year,” declared
Sta-te Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion A. T. Allen today in a statement
to the press.
Last year there were 866,939 children
enrolled, or 11,057 more than the num
ber for 1928-29. This year’s addition
less than half the increase of 1927-
28, when -there was a gain of 24,627, a
three per cent increase, over the 1926-
27 enrollment.
The present total enrollment is di
vided, according to the statement is
sued by Superintendent Allen, into
607,344 white pupils and 259,595 colored
pupils.
School attendance, or the average
number of enrolled pupils attending
school daily, has also increased. During
1929-30 there was an average daily at
tendance of 672,895 pupils, both white
and colored. Thip number represented
an increase of 28,140 over the atten
dance for the preceding year, and
lacked only 714 reaching the record
year of 1927-28, when there was an in-
rease of 28,854 pupils in average daily
attendance. The annual percentage in-
ses in attendance for the past sev-'
eral years are shown- by Superintendent
Allen to be as follows: for 1925-26 1.6
per cent, for 1926-27 1.0 per cent, 1927-
4.5 per cent, 1928-29 .64 per cent, and
for 1929-30 4.36 per cent.
Out of every 100 pupils enrolled last
year 77 were in average daily atten
dance. Among the schools for white
children the percent^e in attendance
is 80, and for colored pupils it is 72.
This increase in school enrollment
and attendance for 1^9-30 is, accord
ing to Superintendent Allen, due to
several causes:
First, during 1929-30, there were few-
' epidemics of contagious diseases than
. previous years.
Second, many counties for the first
time operated a split term, closing the
school after running a month or six
weeks to allow the children to help with
cotton-picking and other work on the
farm, and then reopening them again
after this work had been finished.
Third, in many systems a greater
emphasis than ever before was placed
upon the matter of school attendance.
And, lastly, the economic depression
began to be felt and many of the older
boys and girls who were formerly em
ployed found themselves without jobs,
and so returned to school.
‘CAROLINA” IS THEME
OF HOMESPUN ISSUES
Staff Plans to Have Contribution of
Folk-lore and Legend in
Magazine.
In the fortheoniing Issues of Hontc-
spun one theme will be found predomi
nant—North Carolina history. Inspired
by a love of their state, a knowledge
that there is a well filled Jiterary mine
the folklore of the mountaineers and
of the negro, a desire to discover new
legends, the staff of the high school
magazine has determined to make some
definite contribution to the realm of
folklore and legend in literature. To
further this plan, the English teachers
are giving their co-oiwration by asking
for themes on tills subject from their
arious classes. Students are asked to
interview all the older inhabiumts with
whom they are acquainted, to look back
through the annals of their family tree
and try to find some new bit of legend
or superstition that can help to carry
the motif of Homespun through the
ear to another triumphant end, and
also to help Homespun make a real
•oiitribution to the literature of North
Carolina.
GREENSBORO BOYS
TO ENTER GUILD
Four Scholarships Are Given
for Best Work On Crafts
man’s Projects.
COBB URGES MEMBERSHIP
Already four boys of Greensboro high
school have specified their intention of
entering the Fisher Body Craftsman’s
Guild. These are Lynwood Burnette,
Harry Meyers, Edward Martin, and
Harry Wicker. More boys are expected
to enter soon.
Membership in this Guild is open to
all boys between 12 and 19. The object
of the Guild is to promote craftsman
ship in high school boys.
Members are given a detailed plan
for the eonatrtiction of a miniature Na-
poleaiiic coach. For the most perfect
and skilled of these, four university
scholarships, covering a full four-year
course, are to be given. Other awards
bring the total up,to 980.
Membership may be gained by apply
ing to any General Motors dealer.
These dealers send names to Detroit
and the boys receive bronze Guild
blems, membership cards and the con
struction plans. There fire no fees
dues, and there is ample time to en
roll.
Educators all ' over the country, as
well as the boys, are showing a lively
interest in the projects. Scores of
prominent men and women have writ
ten to W. A. Fisher, president of the
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, com
mending the Guild id^ls and offering
their services, and co-operation.
Not only are the teachers of»manual
art and allied subjects enthusiastic over
this eontast, but letters froin various
history teachers say that students are
taking a greater interest in the archi-
ecture of the Middle Ages because of
this project.
Mr. Cobb, manual training teacher,
is urging all the boys to join the Guild,
for not only are the awards generous,
but a great deal of pleasure is gained
from the forking itself.
N.C. ADDS 150,000 BOOKS
TO SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Guilford County Leads in Addition of
Volumes to Elementary Schools
With 5,772.
$64,261.24 IS SPENT DURING YEAR
Raleigh, Nov. 14.—Nearly one hun
dred and fifty thousand volumes were
added to the public school libraries of
the state during last year, it is learned
today from the offee of^State Superin
tendent A. T. Allen. These figures rep-,
resent all the high schools of the state,
both rural and city, those elementary
schools receiving state aid, and stand
ard elementary schools.
The additions to elementary school
libraries are greater than those of the
high schools. Tabulated figures indi
cate a growth of 81,419 books—Guilford
county with 5,772, Mecklenburg county
with 4,384, and Richmond county with
3,584 lead in additions among the ele
mentary school libraries.
The amount expended during the year
by high schools for new library books
was $64,261.24, The elementary schools
spent approximately a similar amount,
$64,180.31. The state assisted in this
growth in amount of $8,200, and the re
maining amount was raised locally.
GIRL RESERVES HOLD
RECOGNITION SERVICE
Alms and Ideals of Organization Are
Stressed—Meet In First Bap
tist Church.
All of the Girl Reserves of Greensboro
held, in the First Baptist church Sunday
ght. November 2, their recognition
rviee, which revealed the aims and
ideals of this organizatioft.
As the Girl Reserves, both old and
■w, entered the church, Mrs. Charles
A. Banks, the organist, played as a pro
cessional, “Father of Light.” The old
members were bearing gleaming can
dles; the new members unlighted can
es.
Holding a red taper which represented
health. Miss Madeline Scarborough,
president of the Lucky Tri Club of
Central Junior high seho'ol, stood on
Miss Weatherly’s left. On the right of
Be Worthwhile Club executive stood
Miss Margaret Weisner, president of the
Tfca Club, with h blue candle in her
hands.
With the leadership of Miss Weather
ly, the old and new members, about
in number, saluted the Christian,
American, and Girl Reserve flags. After
the Girl Reserve code was repeated in
concerted fashion, the old members
sang “Follow the Gleam,” while the
>w girls lighted the candles.
Rev. J. Clyde Turner; D. D., the pas
tor, spoke on “The Abundant Life.”
AMERICA OBSERVES
EDUCATION WEEK
FOR NEEDY CAUSE
State Department Prepares Pro
gram to Emphasize Broader
Ideal of Education.
LOCAL SPEAKERS ON AIR
Half-hour School talk to Be Given Over
Radio Each Tuesday During
Winter Season.
Aniericau education is at present
being observed in North Carolina. It
started Monday, November 10 and will
continue through Sunday, November 16.
This is the tenth annual observj
of the week throughout the nation. The
observance Is sjjonsored jointly by the
American F.egion, the U. S. office of
education, and the National Education
association. The purpose Is to acquaint
the public with Hie aims, achievements
and needs of the schools.
\ prograiii to emphasize the broader
ileal of educ-ation was prepared by the
state department of etlucatloii week.
The seven cardinal objectivea to be
emphasized are: (1) health and safetj’,
|2) worthy home membersliip, (H)
mastery of the tool, technique and
spirit of learning, (4) faithful citizen
ship, (o) vocation il and economic effec
tivenes.s, (6) wise use of leisure, and
(7) etliical cliaracter.
Speakers ami themes for .Vmerlcau
education week were chosen by G. B.
IMiillips. superintendent of the-Greater
Greensboro s-hot)l district. These
.speakers broadcast over WBIG, Greens
boro radio station between 7:30 and
7 ;4r) o'clock, except the one Sunday
which will b:‘ given at 7:15.
Si>eakers ami theme for the day fol
low :
Monday, November 10, E. I). Broad-
hurst. chairman of the school board,
“The SchooLs and the Enrichment of
Human Life."
'I'liesday, November IT, si)eaker se
lected by the .imertcan I,egion post,
"How Schools Promote Patriotism and
World I'nderstandlng."
Wednesday, November 12, Byron Ha
worth, member of Senior high school
faculty, "The Schools of Yesterday.”
(Mr. Haworth will tell something of
the history of Greensboro schools).
Thursday. November 13, Dr. John H.
L-OOke, dean of the school of educa
tion, North Carolina college, “The
Schools of Today."
Friday, November 14, Dr, C. C. Hud
son, city health officer, “What the
Schools Have Helped the Individual to
Achieve.”
Saturday, November 1.5, Cfiarles H,
Ireland, chairman of the Guilford
County hoard of education, “What the
School.^ Have IIeli>ed America to
Achieve.”
Sunday, November 16, Rev. II, Grady
Ilardiu, pastor of M'est Market Street
Methodist church, “The Schools of To
morrow and the Future of America.'’
In connection with the Education
week announcement Mr. Philliiw stated
that a half-hour school talk is to be
given'over WBIG each Tuesday during
the winter season. The broadcast hour
for these talks will be 7:30 o'clock.
SOUSA AND HIS BAND
PLAY HERE NOVEMBER 13
World Famous Leader Appears in City
for Concert—Is Thirty.Eighth
Annual Tour.
IN N. CAR. COLLEGE AUDITORIUM
John Phillip Sousa, the most famous
bandmaster in the world, and his band
played in Greensboro, November 13, at
North Carolina College auditorium.
Sousa was born in Washington, D. C.,
I the month of November. He is the
in of Antonio Sousa, a famous musi-
an of Portuguese ancestry. At the
age of six, under John Esputa and
G. F. Benkert, Sousa began his musical
education. At th& age of 19 he conduct
ed the Gilbert and Sullivan opera,
H. M. S. Pinafore.” Seven* years later
he became the bandmaster for the
United States Marine Corps.
There is rarely a band program that
does not include one of Sousa’s compo
sitions. About 50,000 phonograph rec
ords of the Sousa marches are sold in
le year all over the world.
The title of “Man-.h King” was given
to him by an English brass band jour
nal, because of his many marches. Some
of his most famous ones are “Washing
ton Post,” “The Stars and Stripes For-
,” and “El Capitor.” Sousa’s most
recent composition, which he wrote for
the famous British regiment, is “March
of (he Royal Welsh Fusilers.”
John Phillip Sousa, at the age of 76
and on his 38th annual tour, is reach
ing the greatest audiences the' world
has ever known.
Band Asked to Broadcast
•The Greensboro high school band and
orchestra have been asked to broadcast
station WBIG. This invitation has
been accepted; however, the date that
they will broadcast has not been set.
•HOMESPUN’ TO PROVIDE
PAGE IN ‘PRESS REVIEW
The mails brought in from Mr.
Wewitt Wise, assistant editor of
the nationally known “School Press
Review,” the official publication of
the Columbia Scholastic Press, Co
lumbia University, a letter to
Homespun staff.
The “Press Review,” through Mr.
Wise, requested “Homespun” to
take charge of their poetry page
for the month of December. This
means that poetry from Greensboro
high school students will be pub
lished in a magazine with national
circulation, and the opportunity to
have poetry there is one that very -
few embryo student poets should
The Homespun staff hopes that
the December pietry page of the
“Press Review” will be the best it
has had for a long while.
SCHOOLS OBSERVE
ANNUAL BOOK WEEK
Purpose of Celebration Is to
Make Reading Vital in
Child’s Daily Life.
STUDENTS SUBMIT WORK
School Hears Legionnaire
Speak On Armistice Day
NATIONAL PRIZES
GIVEN IN CONTESTS
High School Magazine Sponsors
Creative Work in Liter-,
ature and Art.
PICTURE S H OWN
F. Myrick, Former Commander
Local Post of American Le
gion, Addresses Assembly.
PUT ON FIELD DAY STUNTS
REPRODUCE BEST WORK
The twelfth aiiuual Book week will
be observed throughout the United
States from November 17 to 23. For
the past few years Book week has been
observed in the schools and colleges; it
lias offered to the people an opportunity
to learn what is best in writing and
what to read.
The emphasis of the week is on .mak*
iug reading so vital a part of every
child's daily life throughout the year
that every week will be Book week.
During the i'elebratiou of Book week,
the book seller, who Is clileflj’ resonsible
keeping the movements' alive, is.
working for results In sales; the libra-
works for results in readers. The
librarians' hope is tliac the publicity
features might attract the parents and
children who have not l>een using the
Orary. and will draw them into the
lading habit.
The possible value of book week, cele-
bratel in a fitting manner, Is beyond
calculation. One value is the happy \
effect which celebrating a pleasiint an-.
nual festivity has upon everybody who|
keeps the spirit of youth. The utteu-1
ion of some outstanding person is
•aught each year by Book week.
One of the special benefits of Book
week says Clara Whltehill Hunt, Super
intendent of Children's department of
;i New York IJbrarj', is the "together
ness" of the publicity.
National Book week has outlived
any other similar annual observances
because it is so closely related to the
fundamental movements of American
education. The booksellers come for-
ard with the suggestion that in every
community those who cared for chil
dren's reading Interests should get to
gether in the cause, andT because this
program fitted so happily into the gen
eral needs of schools and libraries, hun
dreds of communities have taken up
the program.
The student is able to get something
rom this week also. He can iearn
bout good books and their authors by
observing the posters and illustrations,
and by listening to speakers both ou
th«> radio and in school auditorium.
The outstanding purpose of this week
to train students to be better leaders,
to increase their vocabulary, and to
broaden their outlook.
Through the co-operatiou of the Eng
lish department, practically all (i. H. S.
students will enter either Itook i-cvlews
posters.
GIRLS RECEIVE HONOR;
HIGHEST IN SCOUTING
Elizabeth Lcftwich, Elizabeth Leak, and
Kathleen Wrenn Made Golden
Eaglets As Award.
Three Greensboro high girls were
arded the highest honor in Girl
Scouting, November 1. The new Golden
Eaglets are Elizabeth Leftwich, Kath
leen 'Wrenn, and Elizabeth Leak, Eliza
beth Leak is now attending Salem Col
lege in Winston-Salem.
Three former high school girls, also
Golden Eaglets, presented them to the
whole Girl Scout organization of the
city. These were Dorothy Donnell, Rose
Goodwin, and I^eila George Cram.
The three new Golden Eaglets have
been outstanding in scout work for sev
eral years. Elizabeth Leftwich and
Elizabeth Ix-ak have been scouts since
1926. Both are members of troop two
at the First Baptist church, and were
councilors in handicraft at the Girl
Scout camp last summer.
Kathleen Wrenn first became inter
ested in scouting in 1923 in the First
Presbyterian troop. She was a pioneer
councilor at camp in the summer.
This unusual honor was conferred
upon the girls at the camp fire service
at the Y. W. C. A., climaxing Girl Scout
5Veek here. Mrs. Mary Elzemeyer ex
plained the high requirements a girl
has to meet befwe becoming a Golden
Eaglet. ^
Students of thousands of junior and
senior high schools in every state in
the country are preparing to compete
in the seventh annual National Scho
lastic Awards, the annual contests for
creative work in literature and art
which are sponsored and conducted by
The Scholastic, the national high school
magazine. Every junior and senior
high school student is eligible to eom-
ri'te in the SehnLastic Awards, in which
£60 national prizes aia unting to more
than $4,500.00 will be distributed.
The Scholastic Awards present an op
portunity to high school students to
participte in every fieU: of creative ef
fort. In the Literary Division, 57
prizes will be given for pietry and
prose, including short stories, essays,
literary articles, historical articles, cur
rent events, book reviews, and humor.
The Art Division of - the Scholastic
Awards includes prizes for pictorial art,
sculpture, soap sculpture, decorative de
sign, textile design, etchings, litho
graphs, engravings, pottery, jewelry,
metal work, and special prizes for work
done with pen, pencil, and colored
drawing inks.
In addition to the cash prizes, stu
dents submitting outstanding material
to the Scholastic Awards will receive
national recognition in several ways.
The best literary work submitted to
the Awards will be featured in the Stu
dent-Written Number of The Scholastic,
to be published May 2, 1931, which is
devoted entirely to tlie Scholastic
Awaids. This work will further be pub
lished ill Saplings, The Scholastic’s an-,
nual anthology of the best creative
writing in American high schools.
In the Art Division of the Scholastic,
Awards, reproductions of the prize-win
ning work will also be shown in the
Student-Written Number, and about 500
pieces submitted to the Art Division
will be chosen by a national jury of
artists and educators to comprise the
Fourth National High School Art Ex
hibit.
The closing date for submission of
material to the Scholastic Awards is
March 15, 1931. The Scholastic Awards
booklet, giving in detail all information
and rules for the Scholastic Awards,
may be secured free by writing to The
Scholastic Awards Editor, Wabash
building, Pittsburgh, Penna.
FACULTY DELIBERATES
ON QUILL AND SCROLL
Possibility of National Honor Society
for Promoting High School Journal
ism Having Chapter Here.
Directors of Physical Education Stage
Big Program on Own Grounds as
Part of Celebration.
WILL HELP SCHOOL JOURNALISTS
A chapter of Quill and Scroll is a
much discussed thing among the High
Life staff members. This society is an
honor organization working for the in
terest of school papers and magazines.
Its purpose is to promote and improve
journalistic woik of all kinds in high
schools. It is an aid to school papers,
annuals, and magazines; it recognizes
ability which would other wise be un
known to the journalistic world.
“Quill and Scroll” sends out periodic
contests, advertisement, and feature
writing, together with newspaper and
copy reading.
There are now 541 chapters of the
“Quill and Scroll.” Although G. H. 8.
does not have one of these, some mem
bers of the staff, as well as the stu
dents of Journalism I and II, have
entered so far, into two of the con
tests. Each member of the journalism
classes has written some article eligible
for entrance. The staff also received
a copy of the chapter letter.
The magazine, “Quill and Scroll,”
which is issued monthly, carries ac
counts of the activities of the different
chapters of the organization. It has
an influence on school publications. Al
though it is an honorary society, it does
not refuse to help those who need help,
as its purijose is not only to get mem
bers. but also to give assistance.
P. T. ASSOCIATION
FIX TEACHERS’ ROOM
The Parent Teacher’s Association of
Greensboro high school is at prsent fur
nishing the women’ steaehers’ room
here in the high school. They are using
the money made last year on “Artist
Night” to buy furniture for the room.
Miss Frances Summers and Miss "Vivian
Playfoot, both economies teachers, will
make the curtains in their class.
Mrs. A. C. Holt, chairman of this
committee, and Mrs. Julius Cone, have
made these decisions. They also stated
that they were going to buy a rug for
the room after they made more money
off of the coming “Artist Night."
Practically the entire day of Novem
ber 11 was given over to the celebra
tion of Armistice day at Greensboro
high school. The program of the day
included a talk in chapel by a former
commander of the Greensboro post of
the American Legion, a four-reel pic
ture of actual war scenes, displayed in
chapel, and a field meet in which 1,200
students took part. In addition, a rep
resentative from each session room was
excused to hear the program that was
put on at a local theater, and a large
number of students who are Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, and National Guards
were dismissed to march in the parade.
Myrick Speaks
The former commander of the Henry
K. Burtner Post of the American Le
gion (Grensboro) who addressed the
student body in chapel, was Fred F.
Myrick. Mr. Myrick, in his speech,
tried to tell the students something of
how the boys “over there” felt when the
Armistice was all signed, ending the
bloodiest war that the world has ever
seen. He noted with regret the way
in which the honor that was accorded
the soldiers that day has come to be
lessened. Until a few years ago No
vember 11 had little meaning to many
Americans. He gave as the purpose of
the Legion the preservation of the great
vents of that day which meant so much
to the members of that organization.
He also stressed the upholding of the
laws, of the Constitution of the United
States.
Silence Great Sensation
According to Mr. Myrick, tlie greatest
sensation the soldiers experienced, when
at 11 o’clock on the 11th of November,
1918, the guns finally ceased their firing
and the rumble and roar of warfare
which had held forth for four years
ceased, was the uiuspeakable silence that
supplanted the terrific uproar.
In conclusion the speaker expressed
the hope of the Legion that world peace
would finally be established, and urged
his hearers to bear in mind always the
great lessons of the war; thal the war
fought for demonraey, and that all
j are horrible and the cause of
world peace is one of the greatest
causes of all times.
Show War Picture
Pour reels of actual scenes, taken in
Prance in 1917-18 by the United States
signal corps, were flashed on the screen
by the school camera. The film was
made for the school by the American
Legion.
The student body was again aasem-
bled in the afternoon, this time on the
athletic field. A series of events for
field day competition were arranged by
Lester Belding and Miss Camille Brink-
ley, directors of physical education in
the school. The entire twelve hundred
students were divided into three teams
for the purpose of competition.
All of the events were not run; but
the purpose of the assembly, as ex
pressed by C. "W. Phillips, was to get
the school in one group to play together
and thereby foster school spirit; this
was accomplished.
This is the first field day of the kind
ever to be put on at Greensboro high
school; but for the success enjoyed by
this one it is probable that the idea will
be employed on .other occasions in the
future.
BIG SISTERS ENTERTAIN
SOPHOMORES WITH TEA
Junior and Senior Girls Hold Social for
“Little Sisters” of Sohpo-
more Class.
The ‘Tiig sisters” entertained their
little sisters with a tea in the library
on Tuesday afternoon, November 3.
Practically every meinber of the girls’
council was present. The receiving line
composed of Kate Wilkins, presi
dent of Girls’ Council, Annabel Dixon,
Manie Leake Parsons, Susanne Ketch-
Agnes Leake, Eloise Taylor, Mar
tha Burnsides, Marguerite Lefort, Mary
Louise Jeffress, C. W. Phillips, and Miss
Fannie Starr Mitchell.
Manie Leake Parsons and Ellen Doug
las Bush in the south end of the library,
Jane Crabtree and Dorothy Hines in the
north end, poured the tea.
Doris Hanes and Mary Elizabeth
Moore, two members of the sophomore
group entertained with readings.
Martha Martin, pianist, and Angela
Patterson, violinist, furnished music for
the occasion.
Those in charge of the different com
mittees were: Jane Crabtree, decora
tions; Jennie Harrison, refreshments;
Elizabeth Yates, entertainment; Fran
ces Grantham, invitation, and Elizabeth
Benbow, transportation.