1 Look! the World! Seniors HIGH LIFE From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry G. H. S. For You! Sophomores GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., JANUARY 20, 1933 NUMBER 7 Graduation Exercise Marks Goal Achieved [ByHigh School Seniors TO PRESENT PAGEANT ‘Curtain of Memory’ to Review Past Three Years of Career; Entire Class Participating. GRADUATES WRITE STORY Cups and Prizes Given to Stu dents Having Done Outstand- . ing Work; Diplomas Award ed to 67. The seniors tonight feature a pro gram, ‘Curtain of Memory,” a pageant pantomime. The pageant was written by Edward Cone. Quentin Dixon, Lile McGinns, and Helen Cooke. The characters studied in departments of high school will be presented. Mary Margaret fffi Bates had charge of costumes, some ^ of jWhich were made by the home eco nomics department. Cast selected fol- 1 lows: English department, Howell Overton, the senior muses, Silas Mar- ner,j Philip Hammond; Eppie, Helen Cooke; Aaron, Arthur Cooke; God frey, Vance McClintock; Nancy, Lile McGinnis; Orlando, Thomas Cox; Ros alind. Dot Hodgin; Touchstone, Charles Benbow; Rip Van Winkle, La^ence Wilson. Elaine, Louise Green; Elaine's brother, Dennis Snead; Dallas Ozment; Lancelot, Johnson i Hayes; Guinevere, Lucille Couch; Tony -Lumpkin. M. C. Stewart; Sydney Car- ^ ton,'William Truitt; Charles Darnay, Wallace Truitt; Lucy Manette, Olivia Baiicroft; Madame Defarge, Maude Hamil; Mrs. Hardcastle, Edith Essez; Henry V, I. L. Ferree; Catherine, Ruth Davis; Lucy, Helen Crutchfield; Pied Piper, Hardy Root; Napoleon, Harold Reele; Boy, Eleanor Whitesell; Nun, Juanita Cox; Wife of Bath, Dorothy Little; Miller, Charles-Baxter; Chaucer, in Percy Bostick; Squire, Phillip Ham mond ; Lady Macbeth, Louise Straughn; Macbeth, Quentin Dixon; ■ Witfches, Carolyn Hines, Hilda Win- '■ frey, Miriam Robinson; Hamlet, Win fred Marsh; Ophelia, Dorothy Walker. History Department ^ammurabi, from history depart ment, Sherman Hines; Moses, David Kearns; Pharoah, A. W. Greeson; Plato. Blackwell Jordan; Caesar, James Bishop; Charlemange. Glenn Dicker- son; Columbus. Charles Elder; Raleigh, I. L. Ferree; Washington, Holt Neese. Roman Soldier, from language de- pMtment, George Underwood; Vestal Virgin, Ruth Davis; Cicero, Lane Barksdale; Catiline, Frank York; Vir gil,f Robert Bancroft; Aeneas, Edward Cone; Dido, Mary Margaret Bates; Louis XVI, Hilliard Clein; Marie An- tionette, Hilda Winfrey; Liberty, Fra ternity, Equality, three of the muses. Martin Luther, from science depart ment, Lawrence Wilson; Copernicus, Frank York; Galileo, James Bishop; Isaac Newton, Edward Cone; Alex ander Bell, Blackwell Jordan; Einstein, Harold Reele. '^ook, from home economics depart ment, Edith Essex; chefs, Charles Ben bow, Dennis Snead, Eleanor Whitesell, Robert Bancroft, Anna Samet, Rebec ca fCable. - Boss, from commercial department, Jo^son Hayes; Stenographers, Ju- lianne Klutz, Juanita Pickard, Irene McCurry, ^usic department: Buttercup from “Pinafore,” Evelyn Hadden; Jester NEXT HIGH LIFE FEBRUARY TENTH Due to the fact that the last week in January will be devoted to reorganization incident to the reg istration for the new semester and to readjustment to the changed daily schedule, High Life will ap pear next time on February 10 in stead of February 3 as would ordinarily be the case. Miss Cole Visits South English Teacher Sees 8 Florida Cities; Motors Through Much of Cuba; Hears Carillon Con cert by Anton Brees. Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, St. Petersbtirg, Tampa, Lake Wales, and Silver Springs, Flor ida, are the places Miss Rena Cole, English teacher, visited during the holidays. Prom Miami to Key West she trav eled by overseas railroad. This took six hours. From Key West, Miss Cole took a boat to Havana, Cuba. During her visit to Cuba she motored through a great part of rural Cuba. This trip was quite interesting, Miss Cole says. At the Singing Tower at Mountain Lake Sanctuary, Miss Cole had the pleasure of hearing the carillon con cert by Anton Brees. The thing that impressed Miss Cole so much were the beautiful flowers that were seen every where she went. Azaleas, roses, poin- settias, boganvilla, and many other beautiful flowers most common to the south adorned the landscape. Miss Cole was away on her trip for about ten days, leaving here Decem ber 22 and returning January 1. from “Yeoman of the Guard,” Jess Waynick; Baronial Ghost from “Rud- digore,” Hubert Rochelle; lolanthe from “lolanthe,” Myra Roach; a gon dolier from “The Gondoliers,” Hardy Root. Art: Madonna, Edna Faulkner; St. Barbara, Elizabeth McAdoo; St. Sixtus, Bob Cole. The physical education department will be represented by a dance led by Hebe, Mary Margaret Bates, and Apollo, Quentin Dixon, god and god dess of health. They will be followed by Dennis Snead, Charles Elder, Jess ■Waynick, Frank York, Arthur Cook, Lane Barksdale, Olivia Bancroft, Maude Hamil, Margaret Roach, Re becca Cable, Anna Samet, Eleanor Watson, and Helen Short. Following this the high school or chestra will render “Tales From the Vienna Woods,” by John Strauss. W. Phillips will present the awards to the following: Civitan Citizenship cup, Mary Margaret Bates; Scholadship prize, Edward Toner Cone; Short story cup. Lane Barksdale; with M. C. Stew art second: best all-around student, cup, Dorothy Hodgin. Honorable men tion was given to Arthur Cooke and Helen Crutchfield for citizenship es- G. B. Phillips, superintendent of city schools, will present diplomas to six ty-seven seniors, and Claude Kiser, chairman of the board of education, will pronounce the benediction. Dr. Wade R. Brown Announces Annual State Music Contest fourteenth annual state music contest for high schools will be held S .he Woman's College, April 27, 28, ounced Dr. Wade R. Brown, dean of music at W. C. ^his contest is marked by two un usual features, E. H. Roth, son of ^nest Heinrich Roth, famous violin makei- of Germany, will present a Roth violin to the winner in the contest. The instrument will be approved by |>ui5 Persinger, violinist. A band ncert in memory of John Phillip will be the most colorful event. 1 The prc^ram will include only his npositions. Ja silk banner is awarded to the band laying best and making the smartest appearance on parade. Charlotte has won the banner for the past two years. Greensboro Ranks High L I Greensboro made a fine showing in frevious contests. Winning the grand jophy for three years, from 1928-30, pnsequently they did not compete for it in 1931 but won it again last year. ■ Greensboro won a rating of first. excellent, for the following group events in 1932: Mixed chorus, boys' glee club, girls' glee club, boys' quar tet, band, string quartet, and wood wind ensemble. The orchestra also won a rating of first but was not al lowed to try for the trophy. Many Solo Winners Martha Nell Carson won the so prano solo for the third time. Tlie award for the tenor solo went to Rob ert Link; baritone. Neil Jennings; and bass, John Ademy. The following were winners of in strumental solo awards; Katherine Tate, piano; Charles McNeil, violin: Raymond Zauber, viola: Dan Field, violincello; Bill Utting, contrabass; Anna AtKinson, flute; Leonard Nan- zetta, oboe; Waldo Porter, clarinet. The school won twenty trophies in all. Rapid Development. The music contest, begun in 1920, nas shown rapid development. At the initial event fourteen students appear ed in a contest of piano playing; last year 2,386 students from 78 high schools participated. High School Publications In Contest Writer’s Club of Columbia Of fers Medal For Best Creative Work In Literature. CONVENTibN* IN MARCH High Life and Homespun Plan to Send Delegates to New York City; Newspaper and Magazine Rate High. The ninth annual contest and con vention of the Colxunbia Scholastic Press Association will convene at New York City, March 9, 10, 11. This is the outstanding event of the year in the “world of school publications.” Copies of High Life from September through December have gone forward to be entered in the contest. Copies of Homespun will go the first of Feb ruary. The Writers' Club of Columbia Uni versity, in co-operation with C. S. P. A. will award a bronze medal each for the best poem, story, and article pub lished in the school magazine between February 1, 1932 and February 1, 1933, provided the magazine is a C. S. P. A. megiber. Entries must be submitted before February 9. The Columbia University chapter of Sigma Delta Chi will award medals for the best editorial news and fea ture stories published in a member- school paper between February 1, 1932 and February 2, 1933, and submitting entries before February 9. A publicity contest, based on a story about the convention and how the pa per has previously participated and published in the local school paper is another feature. The winner will be awarded by seeing his article printed in “The Review,'’ C. S. P. A. magazine. High Life is a charter member of C. S. P. A. and has sent delegates to every me^-t except one. ITiis year will be no exception, for delegates are planning to attend the convention in March. Greensboro high school publications have won awards at the -Columbia Scholastic Press Association since 1925. In that year High Life won a shield, and in '26 High Life and Home- spun took first place in class B. Since that time Homespun has either rated first or All-American, and High Life has rated second. 20 Class Periods Held Twice Weekly At Night School The second term of Greensboro night schools began Monday, January 9, and will continue for ten weeks, closing the third week in march. Twenty class periods an evening are, included in the second term, each class meeting twice weekly. All classes for white people are being held in Greens boro high school building with the ex ception of an automobile mechanics course which is being taught at Tucker Motors, Incorporated, and courses in homemaking, mill calculation, English, and civics, which are taught at Po mona. Teachers-and courses in white night schools are : C. W. Phillips, commer cial English; E. N. Peeler, bookkeep ing: W. H. Andrews, Jr., salesmanship: Mrs. Lucille Andrews, penmanship and business arithmetic; Earl Slociun, in strumental music; Mrs. Callie Bras well, high school mathematics and English; Miss Audrey Joyner, short hand: Miss Bright Sedberry, typing; J. Stanley Johnson, radio service and repair;,Mrs. W. M. Todd, trade dress making; J. R. Medlin, auto mechanics; Miss Margaret Fuller, homemaking. Mrs. D. S. Coltrane is supervising the courses in mill calculation, English, and civics at Pomona mills. Dr. R. B. Davis to Begin Series of Chapel Lectures Dr. R. B. Davis, who ha^ just com pleted a twenty course lecture on first aid at Senior high, will begin a series of chapel lectures on February 6. His lectures will have to do with the hospitals in the state. He will acquaint the students with the hard ships the hospitals are going through during the business slump. His talks will be illustrated and he will demonstrate how a person is brought back to life after being poison ed by gas. He will use the method of artificial respiration. Dr. Davis is well known throughout North Carolina, and his illustrated lec tures are expected to be interesting as well as helpful. LAWRENCE TIBBETT SINGS HERE FEB. 20 Lawrence Tibbett, the great American baritone and star of con cert, opera, and motion pictures, will be heard in a recital at Aycock auditorium, Woman's College, Mon day evening, February 20. Mr. Tib bett is expected to draw the larg est crowd ever to attend a musical event in the Carolinas. Mr. Tibbett is recognized as the greatest male singer since Caruso. The Metro politan Opera company selected him as the artist to be featured at the opening performance this sea son. His audiences are composed of opera lovers, concert enthusiasts, and screen fans. Today, Lawrence Tibbett is regarded as the good will ambassador of music. Students In Line To Win Prizes In Ninth Contest Eight Full-Term Scholarships, and Free Trips to Chicago’s Century of Progress Exposi tion Among Awards Offered. High school students who enter the ninth annual scholastic awards, na tional competition for creative work by high school students in art and iff literature, • are in line for $10,000 in prizes, eight full term scholarships, and one summer term scholarship, an nounced Scholastic, national high school magazine. Any type of literature or art may be submitted for the judging which takes place in March. Prize winning work is to be reproduced in Scholastic’s Student-'Written number, April 29. A free trip to Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition is in the offering next summer for five high school stu dents who keep themselves posted on current events. Scholastic is conduct ing a second nation-wide News Exam ination in April, based on national and international news appearing in the daily press during the current school year. Five winning teachers will accompany the students. The annual Graduates' Number of Scholastic was issued January fifth. This annual number devotes its liter ary section to the work of recent high school graduates who during their high school days won prizes or hClior- able mention in the annual Scholastic awards. Complete information on the Schol astic Awards is published in a booklet offered free by Scholastic. Address Scholastic, Wabash Building, Pitts burgh, Pa. PITTMAN ANNOUNCES COUNCIL’S PROJECTS The student council plans to profit by past experience and to inject new life into students, committees, and council. Frank Pittman, president, stated that the committees had not functioned so well as expected. He also outlined new work for next semester. A new committee will be a safety committee to help prevent accidents to students; another is a Calendar committee, the duty of which will be to schedule all th? student chapel programs; and it will be composed of presidents of all activities. A project for next semester will be a prc^am sponsored by the council and representatives from all activities to receive sophomores. A new consti tution will be written and presented to the students. The councE hopes to publish a handbook during the next year. FAMOUS VIOLINIST TO PLAY AT U. N. C. Fritz Kreisler, world-renowned vio linist and famous as the owner of one of the most valuable violins, will make his appearance at Chapel Hill, N. C., Monday, February 27, at 8:30 p. m., as a scheduled part of his concert tour of the United States. Blrelsler was born in 'Vienna, Aus tria, on February 2, 1875. 'While at the Vienna conservatory at the age of ten he won the first prize and gold medal. At twelve he won the “Pre mier Prix de Rome,” at the Paris conservatory. Throughout his life Kreisler has made many trips to the United States. He has played with great acclaim in all the large cities of Europe. Art Exhibit to Be Held Through the co-operation of the Senior high art department, imder direction of Miss Henri Etta Lee, the Practical Drawing Company wEl give an exhibit of famous paintings here some time in March. Some of the most beautiful pictures ever painted will be on display. 13th Annual Rating Season of N. S. P. A. Competition of Nation’s Schools For Literary and Journalistic Honors; Over 1,000 Publica tions to Be Represented. HOMESPUN RANKS HIGH Wins Five All-American Rat ings; High Life Gets First Class Rating For Three Con secutive Times. High Life and Homespun will enter the All-American Critical Service sponsored by the National Scholastic Press Association in conjunction with the Department of Journalism of the University of Minnesota. Copies of publications are to go forward in Feb ruary. This is an organization of 2,500 member publications whose purpose is to further the interests of all forms of scholastic and collegiate journalism. In this, the thirteenth year of the service, more than 1,000 newspaper staffs will send papers for criticism and rating. The N. S. P. A. services are to give detailed critical analysis of the pub lication, to conduct a question and an swer bureau, to extend help to groups interested in scholastic journalism; to hold national conventions; to promote research studies into publication prob lems; and to mail N. S. P. A. helps to all members, At the N. S. P. A. convention last year Homespun won All-American Honor Rating for the fifth time. High Life won first class honor rating for the third successive time, having won a cup in '26 and second place in '28 and ’29. Graduates Present Farewell Program Class History, Prophecy, Will, and Superlatives Read; Se niors File Out, Leaving Places to Semester 7. The senior graduating class present ed their farewell chapel program at Senior high school, Wednesday, Jan uary 11. Charles Elder, president of the senior class, presided. The seniors, in their caps and gowns, filed in chapel after all other classes had assembled. At the opening of the program, the seniors sang their class song, the assembly joining in on the second verse. Jess Waynick presented the class history. He also summed up the steps which the class had taken toward graduation. Class statistics, given by Mary Margaret Bates, revealed many unusual facts. Lile McGinnis then gave the class prophecy. Helen Crutch field then presented the last will and testament, Class superlatives were then pre sented by Hardy Root. At the conclusion of the program, the class sang a song composed by Hardy Root and Ed Cone. The seniors then filed out, and in coming seniors filed in to take their place. STUDENTS REGISTER FOR SPRING SEMESTER Registration begins today. The new sophomores, approximately 130, came over for a general prc^am at 9:00. The student council had charge of the program and told about the publica tions, athletics, and other activities of the school. Monday at 10:00 the same group will report to get their home room assign ment and their schedules. Incoming semesters 4, 7, and 8 are to report Monday, January 23, at 9:00 to make out their schedules and be assigned to their home rooms. Semes ters five and six will report at 1:00 The plan for registration are the same as those of the past. Mlmec^aphed sheets containing the schedules will be given each pupil and he will make out his schedule by going from room to room. On Tuesday, the tv^nty-fourth, the school will run for half a day. books will be given out and assignments made. Full day schedule will begin Wednesday, the twenty-fifth. C. T. A. Proposes Dinner The program committee of the class room teachers association is proposing a dinner meeting to be held Thursday, February 9, at the O. Henry hotel. The members of the Board of Education, the district principals, and the super intendent are to be guests of the asso ciation. The main address is to be delivered by a member of the board. Members of Graduating Class Plan Numerous Aetivities; One Leaves Town; One Paints BOB COLE HEADS POSTER MAKERS Art students who work on posters are displaying in the foyer and hails neat and attractive designs playing up various activities asjwell as advertising events which G. H. S. is putting on. These students are spending time, energy, and ef fort, and have made their artistic talents count both to benefit the school by advertising and to give aesthetic pleasure to those passing through the halls. The following boys, headed by Bob Cole, have done the art work: Howell Overton, George Fincke, Warren Brandt. Young Artists Display Talent Sydney Ogburn Takes Cake Of fered for Individual Por trayal; Girl Reserve Fashion Show Wins First Prize. Climaxing a dangerous night of daredevil reckless stunts amid roars of mirth from a delighted audience defy ing Friday 13 with 13 events, stunt night culminated in a financial suc cess. The first prize, a $2.50 gold-piece, was won by the Girl Reserve fashion review. The second, a cake, presented for the best individual acting, went to demure little Syd Ogburn, for his in imitable portrayal of Straw Berry, the girlish victim of villain Frank Pitt man's wiles, in Lewis Ginsbergh's skit, “The Berrys.” A startling revelation was the identity of Lane Barksdle. editor of Homespun, as Sadie Berklewitz. female masquerader. Lane Barksdale exhib ited his personal grace and charm in a toe dance, accompanied by the or chestra which played throughout the evening. Lane had the audience out in the aisles rocking with laughter. • The respective stunts on the pro gram were: “Sadie Berklewitz and Terpsicarie Levlnsky in “Faun Fan tasies;” “Ah,” by Torchlight: “Black face Act,” by Dramatic Club ;• “Fashion Show," by Girl Reserves; “The Ber rys," by Hi-Y; a cornet duet, by mem bers of G. H. S. band; dances inter preting Homespun, “Zamlnations," by a quartet representing glee club; “Faust," by High Life; "Blackface Act,” by debating club; “Ground Ho tel," by Quill and Scroll; and a faculty stunt, by members of faculty. M. FRY ANNOUNCES SPRING COLLEGE DAY To familiarize the students with the leading colleges of the state, Martha Fry, chairman of the college commit tee, announces plans for a college day to be held in the spring. Representa tives from important schools in North Carolina and neighboring states will explain and advertise their respective colleges. The date of this information day is to be announced. In connection with these plans, a shelf in the library has been reserved for booklets and data from the col leges. Any student interested in the material may read It at any time. Eishten Post-Grads; Six Enter College; Twenty-nine Return Next Fall; Thirty-six Rest; Two Secure Positions. Once more a group of seniors leave the high school fold. Twenty-five per cent plan to take post graduate courses in the spring. Six will take up college work at once and twenty-nine later, thirty-six will rest; while two have already secured positions, one is leav ing town and one expects to continue painting. Lane Barksdale, Hilliard Clein, Phillip Hammond and David Kearn will enter U. N. C. at once. Myra and Margaret Roach go to W. C. of U. N. C. Post-graduates will be: Mary Mar garet Bates. Charles Benbow. James Bishop. Charles Elder. I. L. Ferree, Johnson Hayes, Evelyn Haddon, Dor othy Hodgin, Lile McGinnis, Hardy Root, Jess 'Waynick, and William and Wallace Truitt. Miriam Robinson is considering painting during the spring months. Eleanor Watson and Eleanor Whitsell will do stenographic work at Greens boro Flour Mills. Hubert Rochelle is leaving town. U. N. C. will claim eight of these graduates next fall. Guilford four. Duke three, and Elon and V, P. I. two each. Those colleges having only one will be Greensboro College, High Point College, Davidson. Goucher, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Tu- lane, Ea.stern Air Transport Training School, Philadelphia General Hospital, and Maryland Institute. Music Treat In Store The Minneapolis Symphony Or chestra Under Auspices of Civic Music Association to Give Concert February 8. The Minneapolis Symphony Orches tra, under the auspices of the Civic Music Association, is to give a con cert Friday, February 8. at three o’clock at Aycock auditorium. For the past three years the orches tra has been given. The first year it was paid for by interested citizens, and the admission was free. Last yea; such an arrangement was tried, but, because of its being impossible to get donations, it was abandoned. , This year High Point, Winston-Sa lem, Durham, W. C. of U. N. C., and Greensboro city schools guarantee two hundred people at twenty-five cents each. This is a greatly reduced rate, for the regular price is $2.50 or $3.00. Students taking band and orchestra or students interested in music In any way are urged to attend. SCOUTMASTERS CONVENE Discussing "programming to meet the nation's need " will be the occu pation of the annual convention of scoutmasters of the Carolinas at which Dr. James E. West, national Boy Ecout executive, will speak, at the King Cotton January 24, The high school band will furnish the music for the evening. Paul W. Schenck, of Greenseboro, will preside over the meeting and Kenneth G. Bentz, regional executive and Arthur A. Schouck. director di vision of operations for the national council, will be heard. Seven Changes In Schedule Will Be Made Next Semester The first semester of 1933 will mark many changes in the schedule. In stead of the usual six periods of class work there will be only five; thirty- four credits will be required for grad uation instead of the usual thirty-six; forty minutes Instead of the usual thirty minutes will be given for lunch; and activities, chapel, and home room programs will be conducted during the seventh period twice weekly instead of once. The reasons for changing the class periods from six to five are: To relieve the study periods, to give more time for individual help from teachers, to give more time for activities, to relieve overcrowded classes, and to give home room teachers more time with their own groups and thereby create a more hom(^enious spirit and congeniality. Thirty-four credits for graduation does not cut the number of credits for college entrance. There will still be thirty college entrance credits required for a college entrance course. Extra courses are not being elim-' Inated. The credit given certain minors may be cut, but students are encour aged to take them. Minors will be increased rather than decreased. The lunch periods will be forty min utes long; however, this does not mean that students will be allowed to go elsewhere for lunch. All students are expected to stay at school unless they have their parents' permission to go home. On Monday and Wednesday at the seventh period there will be chapel. Regular chapel program will be held on Mondays and on Wednesdays the students' programs. Activities period will be held every Tuesday and Thurs day. Opportunities will be had to go to the library, get special help from teachers, and attend meetings of va rious organizations. On Friday there will be home room programs, and all .students are expected to stay in their respective rooms. On every day except Monday there will be classes at the seventh period for those taking typing, bookkeeping, creative English, chemistry, and theory and harmony. This Is necessary in or - der to make the transfer from the old type to the new. et is- 27 N It -f I