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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XIV
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 8, 1937
NUMBER 2
0FSTATEP.T.A.T0
BEHELDATG.H.S.
Several Hundred Members
From Nine Counties Are
Expected to Attend.
WILL MEET OCTOBER 13
Welcome Addresses to Be Delivered by
Mr. Belli L. Smith and
Mr, A. P. Routh.
The Northwestern Division of the
State P.-T.A. Association will hold its
annual meeting in Greensboro at the
Senior High School, Wednesday, Oc
tober 13.
Several hundred members from Ala
mance, Caswell, Davidson, Stokes, Da
vie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, and
Rockingham counties are expected to
attend.
The program will begin at 10 a.m.,
and will be presided over by Mrs. D. S.
Coltrane, District President, now liv
ing in Raleigh, but formerly in Greens
boro.
The delegatee will be welcomed to
Greensboro by Mr. Ben L. Smith and
Mr, A. P. Routh.
Extensive plans for the year's work
in the state will be considered and
prepared at this meeting.
Whirlwind Gridiron Heads
Coach Bob Jamieson, Captain Chas. Baker, and assistant coach,
H. A. Purnell.
G. H. S. GRID TEAM
FACES HARD SCHEDULE
Foremost- OpixinentB Will Strong
Charlotte and Salisbury High
School Aggregations.
MANY LETTERMEN IN LINE-UPS
Evidently the 1937 edition of the
Purple Whirlwind football team will
face one of the hardest schedules in
recent years, judging from the large
number of lettermen who returned to
the various elevens scheduled to meet
the locals.
Shainng ui) as two of the foremost
opponents will be the defending state
championship eleven from Charlotte
High School and the formidable Boydeii
High gridmen, of Salisbury. Both the
Wildcats and Yellow Jackets, respec
tively, are stocked with returning let
termen from strong aggregations that
were on the field last year.
Gastonia. Winston-Salem, and High
Point, all Western conference rivals,
will pit elevens of questionable strength
against the locals. The Green Wave
of Gastonia, coached by wily Jim Mor
gan, former Davidson star, will un
doubtedly be a tough assignment, as
will the Black Demons, of Winston
High.
High Point's Black Bison eleven, de
pleted by graduation, has a scrappy
inexperienced eleven on the gridiron,
but one which shows promise of de
veloping into a Tartar by the end of
the season.
Although representing a class “B”
foe. Coach Blaney Rack'ey will bring
a veteran and improved combination
from Burlington High to meet the
Whirlwinds.
Barium Springs, a newcomer of the
schedule, has one of the strongest
array of backs in the state high school
ranks and will afford the Whirlwinds
a great deal of trouble.
Auburn Grid Squad Visits Here
The football team of Alabama Poly
technic Institute at Auburn, Alabama,
stopped over in Greensboro yesterday
for a workout on the G. H. S. football
gridiron, while en route to Philadel
phia where they play Villanova.
ELECT SECRETARY
OFTORCHLICHTERS
Anne Hayes Is Chosen to Suc
ceed Annis Hines, Who Re
signed Because of Conflicts.
PROJECTS ARE DISCUSSED
When the Torchlight Society held Its
■first meeting of this school year re
cently, Anne Hayes was elected secre-
Tpry. .ShcL. w-ha
was forced to resign the position, to
which she was elected last spring,
due to the fact that she is president
of the Session Room Council, which
meets on the same Tuesdays as the
Torchlight group. Since it is necessary
that Annis be present at these council
sessions, it will be impossible for her
to attend any of the Torchlight meet
ings.
Howard Moffett, president of the
Torchlight Society, amiomiced that
projects and plans for this school year
were also discussed at the meeting.
“However,” Howard stated, '‘these
plans are not definite enough for publi
cation.”
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
BY COMMERCIAL CLUB
Mary Lee Glass Is Named President,
Meadie McDaniel Vice President,
Dorothy Purvis Sec.-Treas.
The officers of the Commercial club
were elected at the first meeting of the
year, held last Tuesday in Room 103.
The newly-elected officials are as fol
lows: I'resident, Mary Lee Glass; vice-
president, Jleadie McDaniel, and secre
tary-treasurer, Dorothy Purvis.
After the new president was installed,
plans were discussed for their future
programs of the club, which will be
under the supervision of Miss Virginia
Cahooii, faculty adviser.
MR. AND MRS. ROUTH
ENTERTAIN COUNCIL
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Routh en
tertained the members of the Stu
dent Council of G. II. S. and their
faculty advisers at a buffet supper,
at their home on Tate street,
Wednesday evening at G ;30 o’clock.
Members of the council are Ed
Ilipp, Annis Hines, Christine Al
len, Jean Yates, 1). C. Hall, Laura
Brown, Jane Webb, James Wolfe,
Carlyie Groome, Douglas Hunt, and
Merrimon LeGrand. Faculty ad-
.Xi£ei;s .3/;diXJ'..-Eile.u .Elackr.
mon and Miss Estelle Mitchell.
ITINERARY LITERATURE
DISPLAYED IN LIBRARY
Collection Made by Rouths 'While on
Extended Western Trip
I^st Summer.
MANY BOOKLETS ARE INCLUDED
The library, during the past week,
has had a very instructive display of
itinerary literature, gathered by Mr.
Routh on his trip to California, the
past summer. A few of the mo.st in
teresting and beautiful booklets were
collected at Yellowstone National Park
and oil Catalina Island.
Also in addition to the magaxine.=
already subscribed to by the library,
twelve new periodicals have been added.
They include: Ojjcn Road for Boys,
Parents, Time, Woodicorker, Atlantic
Monthly, Better Homes and Gardens,
Bird Lore, Book List, Forecast, Hygcia,
Scientific America and Le Petit Journal
which is, as the name implies, a French
magazine.
G. H. S. BAND TO PLAY FOR
DUKE HOME-COMING TILT
The Greensboro High School band
has been invited, by the Durham cham
ber of commerce and authorities of
Duke university, to play for. the Duke-
'roiiuessee game tomorrow. '
The band also played last Saturday
for the EIon-Davis-Elkins game.
So far, this group played for all the
Senior High School games, and will per
form this afternoon when the Whirl
winds meet Salisbury’s Boyden High
eleven.
DRIVE FOR MEMBERSHIPS
IN P.-T. A. IS CONCLUDED
Mrs. Betts’ Room Wins First Honors
With 48 Memberships; Mrs. Bras
well’s Room Places Second.
Mrs. Betts’ home room was victori
ous with 48 memberships in the P.-T.A.
drive, wliich has been sponsored during
the last two weeks by the Session
Room Council. Mrs. Braswell’s room
ran second with 36 memberships. The
other three rooms which will receive
cakes for their efforts are: Miss Mitch
ell’s room with 34, Mrs. Fowler’s with
33, and Miss Mims’ with 27.
Annis Hines and her co-workers are
to be congratulated for their work in
this campaign.
G. H. S. Gridders Face
Salisbury Team Tonight
Gloria McCall Is
Model For Meyer s
Gloria McCall, gilt-haired G. H. S.
junior, is now modeling sport clothes
every Saturday in Meyer’s “TwiX-
teen! Shop.” Mrs. Brant, the buyer
for the ready - to - wear department
and Gloria’s employer, reports that
the venture has, so far, been quite
a success, and that the petite Mc
Call is quite a big asset to the shop.
MISSSOCKWELLIS
Hollins College Graduate Will
Relieve Congestion in
English Classes.
NATIVE OF GREENSBORO
Miss Margaret Sockwell has been
added to the English department of
G. II. S. in order to relieve the conges
tion in some of the overcrowded Eng
lish classes. She was not employed by
the State Board of Education, but by
the Greensboro Public School Board,
which engagement was made possible
through the municipal education sup
plement.
Before Miss Sockwell's being annexed
to the teaching stuffy many of the Eng
lish teachers were instructing as many
as 185 students, in addition to partici
pation in other activities. This aug
mentation will serve to lighten the bur
den on the entire department.
Miss Sockwell was born in Greens
boro, and has lived here all her life.
After graduating from G. IL S., she at
tended Hollins College, where she re
ceived her A.B. degree in French. For
the past fe\v years she has done substi
tute and regular teaching work at this
school in many subjects, including Eng
lish, history, French, and biology.
PLAYMASTERSARETO
PRESENT OPERETTA
Gilbert and Sullivan Production Will
Be Supplementary to Regular
Dramatic Presentations.
CAST CHOSEN FOR ONE-ACT PLAY
This semester the regular spring and
fall productions of the Playmasters will
be supplemented by a Gilbert and Sulli
van operetta, which will be given with
the aid of Mr. Brietz and the music
department. A one-act play, entitled,
“For Distinguished Service,” is to be
presented in chaptel by the modern
drama class on October 28. The cast
for this production will be as follows:
Katherine Burton, Sue Wimbish ; Ethel
Harding, Rhea Sikes; Mary, the maid,
Carolyn Coker.
Tins work is being done under the
direction of Miss Lottie Wall, who will
be assisted by Miss Burnsides.
DRAMATIZATION GIVEN
BY MISS CASON’S CLASS
Several students of Miss Cason's
English o class presented a dramatic
adaptation of '‘Lancelot and Elaine,” to
tbeir class last Tuesday morning at thc-
second period. The characters were im
personated by Ben Smith as Arthur,
Bill Hancock as Lancelot, Gloria Mc
Call as Guinevere, and Jean Scott as
Elaine.
GAME AT STADIUM
Injured Players Are Expected
to Return to Strengthen
Whirlwinds Lineup.
EXPECT AERIAL ATTACKS
Coach Ludwig to Present Well-Balanced
Yellow Jacket
Squad.
First “Class A,” Western conference
tilt of the season for the Greensboro
Whirlwinds will take place tonight
when they meet the Boyden High
gridders of Salisbury at Memorial
Stadium field at 8 o’clock.
MTth the four injured gridders, who
were unable to play in the Durham
game last week, expected to be back in
shape, the Whirlwinds will be at top
strength tonight as they go against the
invading Yellow Jackets. Pi-ed White-
heart, out with an ankle injury, is
slated to return to hi,s halfback post,
while Bob Denny, Jack Ginsberg, and
Ray Sawyer have recovered from in
juries sustained in the Raleigh High
clash two weeks ago.
Coach Bob Jamieson will probably
open the game against the Rowan
county foes with a line-up consisting of
the following: Bob Denny and Emil
Showfety, ends; Charles Hipp and
Robert George, tackles; Captain Charlie
Baker and Jack Ginsberg, guards;
Yates Crabtree or Bill Grosse, center;
L. E. Dempsey and Fred Whiteheart,
halfbacks.;-DpugUis Dickerson, quarter
back, and Kay Oakes, fullback.
To match this aggregation Coach Bill
Ludwig will have a well-balanced ma
chine to place on the playing field. Out
standing Yellow Jackets are Monroe,
end: Alsobrooks, guard; Benson,
fullback; and Holsbouser, halfback.
The passing combination offered by
Holsbouser and Monroe will probably
be the invaders’ main offensive thrust.
A barrage of aerial heaves will also
mere than likely be fired at the Whirl
winds' here tonight by the Salisbury
foes.
This will be the fourth clash of the
■gridiron campaign for the locals. Reids-
ville defeated the Whirlwinds, C to 0,
•in the opener, while Raleigh was
turned back by this same margin in
the second tilt of the season. Durham
was met last week by the Purple and
Gold eleven with the resulting defeat'
of 14 to 6 for G. H. S.
MIDGET FOOTBALL
SQUAD BEGINS WORK
First Practice Last Week is Enlivened
by Presence of Many Contenders
for Positions on Team.
JTr. Aycock, midget football coach,
saw a large turn-out for the first prac
tice of the squad last week. The large
numl>er of boys who are trying for posi
tions on the first string should make
the team one of the best the High
School has seen.
The schedule for this year has not
been worked out, but it will probably
include games with Reidsville, Chil
dren's Home, of Winston-Salem, Bur
lington, and Wiuston-Salem. The squad
is especially anxious to be revenged
upon Reidsville, who spoiled a perfect
record by holding the Greensboro Mid
gets to a 7-7 tie at Greensboro and to a
scoreless tie at Reidsville in their two
games last j-ear.
The equipment of this year’s team
will be superior to that of former years,
as fourteen new jerseys have been pur
chased, and an order has been made for
new pants.
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