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J P>ige Two HIGH LIFE HIGH LIFE PiibJisiied Semi-Monthly by the Students of Greensboro Senior High School Greensboro, North Crolina Founded by Class of 1921 Printed- hy McCulloch and Swain Editor-in-Chief—Miriam Sewell. Associate Editor—Marty Cockfield. Business Manager—Cassie Kernodle. Circuldticn Manager—L. M. Clymer. Sports Editor—Worth Holder. Copy Fdhor—.Laura Spence. Feature Ediioi—Paul Pearson. Exchange Editor—Jean Yates. Faculty Advisers—Mrs. Betts, Mr. Hacks, Miss Pike, Miss Sledge, Miss Moser. Reporters—Lois Baldiu, Jean Ber- bert. Xelle Bookout, Bob Byrd, Janet Campbell, Doris Carr, Mar garet Crutchfield, Priscilla Guth rie. Laura Jane Liles, Martha Min- hiunette, Rae Schumann, H. B. Sewell. .Jean Welborn, and Mil dred Yost. The Purpose of High Life Is to and preserve the history of r oxir school. H old individuals together under high standards. "^eparate the worthwhile from the * worthless and promote the highest interest of students, teachers, and school. Uphold the Torch! If we. the younger generation, are to carry the banners unfurled, the banners of peace, we must con- •sider the unfinished work of the present as a challenge for us to •accept. The right of liberty must be up- Iield; and not once should we al low the law, described in physics, as nmtual attraction, to draw us into the same position our coun try occniiied in 1917. Not once should we surrender, by foolish wars, that for w'hich our fore fathers fought and bled and died. Our standards shall be the stand ards of a country blest with peace. Our position shall not be one of the ■satirist, one with a hidden purpose, hilt shall be one with paces set, ■swept clean of social agitators and propagandists, for in these alien 'elements rationalization frequently modifies truth. Yea! Young America, be alert. Remember it is our duty to keep alive the slogan, Liberty and Jus tice for all I P. B. Comer, Jr. Squelch That Pest "Whew 1 and yet some parents send their children to school to keep them out of the streets which have grown so dangerous with the modern motor vehicles and their more or less careless drivers. How often does one realize that hit-and- run pedestrians exist in this very school—that any one of us may he unconsciously guilty of speeding through the halls, especially at lunch. Does anyone really accom plish anything in such a mad rush, other than angry or disgusted looks from fellow students? Xovember 5, 1937 Another nuisance to surrounding students is the “gnm-smaeker” who never once thinks how annoy ing it is to others to have to listen to a nionotonons smack-smack throughout a whole period. Did you know that excessive giim-chew- ing is injurious to the eyes? \Yell, it is! And why must some hoys be so babyish? How many girls have been pushed roughly aside by some male student who selfishly thinks himself a privileged character ? Does he think that the ‘‘cave-man stuff” has any effeht on the weaker sex other than to diminish the bet ter impressions they might have had for him ? Additional pests include those who mumble cute remarks while a teacher is delivering a lesson, or even while sitting at a movie. Also girls who like to gossip and wfiio will “honey” anyone up just to get the “dope” on someone or some thing in order to satisfy other wide awake ears. Is it safe to confide in such a person? Once one girl said to another, “Can you keep a se cret?” Her companion replied, “Yes, but it’s just my luck to tell someone who can’t.” So many fe males have the same idea and should a secret reach an exag- gerator — woe is the person con cerned ! • No doubt if students would join together and give these pests a good “pants-warining” G. H. S. would be — what shall I say — a Utopia? WE cner MISS LILY WALKER Are You Undernourished? '' Increase your vocabulary. ’ ’ Yon know, that’s food for thought, and most of us are pitifully under nourished in that respect. In fact, our diet is so poor that we dine off the same dishes day after day, add ing no spice here and no flavoring there to make our menu the slight est bit appetizing. The fact that our maintenance so far in life has been ordinary bread, meat, and po tatoes, doesn’t mean that we can’t throw in a dash of pepper every now and then to give a tasty tang to our food. Therefore, let’s for get those old, overworked words for a while and substitute new on^ that still have their flavor. Remem ber: “Variety is the spice of life”; and a rare dish is always welcome. With Other High Schools It is interesting to note that the stii- (lent.s of South High School in Winston- Salem were honored by being recog nized in a recent isvue of the State Magazine. The following paragraphs were taken from different parts of the article: “The average school teacher’s work is divided into two classifications: teach ing and maintaining order and disci- plne. “But at South High School, ‘Winston- Salem, all that the members of the faculty have to do is to teach; they don’t have to give order and discipline a second thought. “The reason for this is that South High School has worked out a plan of self-government among its students which is proving unusually effective and is working out to the entire satis faction of all concerned.'' — Pine Whispers. Recently a total of 23 pictures were hung in various classrooms of the Albe marle High School. The money for this was pre.seuted by last year's senior class.—The Full Moon. “Froo, white and 21.” This and many other .similar expressions might he used to describe any ixn-son whom one might meet on the street any day of any month of any year, but for a personality as outstanding as Senior High’s own iMiss Lily Walker, we shall attempt to portray her by means of ex pressions a little less commonplace, and, therefore, much more suitable to a dis tinctive woman of the work such as she. To begin with, Miss Walker was born in Spray, X. 0., a textile town near the Xorth Carolina-Virginia borderline, where her father was in business. She attended preparatory school at Ran- dolpli-ilacon in Danville. At Queens College in Charlotte, where she received her A.K. degree in ilath, she minored ill English and music, the latter a course of study which she continued at Pea- hody Conversatory where she tickled piano keys for two years before decici- i’.ig to dcvlite her time to math. Her teacliiug days began when she was summoned to Randolpli-^iracon to become a member of the math depart ment. Since that time she has taught at several scattered spots on the Xorth Carolina map, but is now firmly con vinced that "there’s no plac'e like home.” While teaching in Goldsboro, as in the old Greensboro High School on Sj)ring street, she was coach of girls’ athletics. She says she used to play "right respectable tennis,” but her fancy has now fumed to golf, at which she is still trying to break 100. Xext to golf, her favorite sport is fishing, but hiking and skating rate high aiso. She is widely-traveled, having toured in Europe, Hawaii, and Canada, and if her present plans develop, she will make a cross-country tour to California in 1939, the year of the San Francisco Exposition. She has attended summer schools at' Columbia, Harvard, Duke, and Caro-, lina. "and,” she says, “I did my sum mer vacationing on week-end trips at the same time.” And with that she got up to raise another window, while wo turned up our coat collars and se.arched for our gloves. Yes, I’m just like everybody else.” she continued. “I read anything from patent medicine ads and almanacs up, only I admit it. But seriously, my favorite book is the dictionary.” “Favorite food?’’ she asked, "I have none. I like everything but raspber ries, parsnips, and raw octopus, the lat ter a delicacy (?) which was forced upon me at a time when I couldn’t help myself.” She “swings and sways’’ with popu lar dance music, but her specialty is the scinare dance. Her “pet peeves” are gness-who-plione-calls and dish-rag handshakers. (It was during a lull in the conver sation that she boasted modestly that, Walker avenue was named after her family.) Miss Walker is a regular movie-goer and an ardent fan of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Her favorite radio pro grams are football broadcasts—that is, if she can't see the game herself, but she's planning to attend the Duke-Caro- iiiia game to boost Carolina to victory. At present, much of her time is taken up with her work as head of the Math department and official keeper of scho lastic records, but she has two high hopes for the future: (1) To make a world cruise on a tramp steamer, and ARMISTICE DAY 2) To spend a winter in the Xorth and learn to ski, and we don’t doubt for a minute that she will succeed in ac complishing both these exploits. She’s quite apt at gardening, and at present holds the office of president of the Fedagogue club, a garden club in cluding many members of the G. H. S. faculty. .'V l f L ' ;v. »■ .o'® ,•14, we unders^tanSl tHat Xovember 2r) and 2(5 have been sot aside for the Thanksgiving liolidays. Mr. Fink, city .school treasurer, and his wife have just returned from a month's trip through England, Belgium, and France. Owing to school regulations the fol lowing people have resigned their posi tions : Merrimou Le Grand, of the stu dent council, and Bill Brewer. ■\'i John son. Carolyn Lassiter. Whitfield Vick, of the session room cnnu-il. ^Ir. J. Stanley Johnson gave a talk to the Guilford High School recently on Ills experiences in the World war. Two additions have been to the Radio comicil: Miss Gariiettt to supervise the •.yping of programs, and Billy Walters, who will have charge of the radio posters. The French students are henefltting by “Le Petit Journal,” a lYencb maga zine, which is now in the library, There is also a French newspaper. “Le Courrier Des Etats-Unis." which is pub lished once a week in X'ew York. Miss Morton, of the Y. W. C. A.. spoke to the sophomore girls in chapel last Tuesday. Robert High, former G. II. S. stu dent. will graduate X'ovember 4 from Ihirk'.s Air college in St. Louis, -Mo. Future Ih-T. A. meetings will ])e held on December 4. February 8. and April 12. Miss Sockwell's home room is having a party next 'I’liursday night at the Woman's Club. Tomorrow's half holiday is being re ceived as a result of G. II. S. having had a 97 per cent attendance for the past month. G. IL S. French teacher. Miss Strick land. went to Chapel Hill last Friday to see l‘aul Green’s "Johnny Johnson,” which had a two month.s’ run on Broad way last season. RhOTiS T\ATUR.t "miLS A charter into the X^ational Forensic League, high school honor society, has been extended to the Beverly Hills High School of California. Membership is awarded only to debate students ■whose record in speech, both in quality and quantity, is approved by the member ship committee. — Beverly Mills High Lights. Her knitting ability is of such merit that she knits at football games, with out losing trace of the pigskin. “I read all the funnies,'' Miss Walker declared. “My favorites are ‘Out Our Way’ and ‘Gasoline Alley’.” But by tills time we noticed a slight note of impatience, so we left her to return to her desk and resume her duties as the one who “makes the wheels go ’round.” The Mossy Cup Oak How many trees do you know? The nature study class has made an in valuable collection of .JO trees native ;o tills county recently and put them on exhibit in the fornium of the Main building during I’arents’ Day. Among the most extinct trees in Guilford county is the mossy cup oak. One of these may be found in the Green Hill cemeter.v on Battleground avenue. Its thin bark is of a brownish grey tint and is very scaly; the leaves are of a deep olive green with throe to four notched and rounded lobes on either side, obovate in outline. The mossy cup oak is one of the tallest in the eastern I'nitod States, its acorn being almost two inches across (he cup, resembling a miniature bird’s nest. The Horned Toad Besides numerous other interesting tilings in room IG, there are two horned toads that have made their home in the terrarium. Tiiey were brought to the nature study class by boy scouts who attended the Scout Jamboree in Wash ington. q'he horned toad is a native of Texas. The King Snake q'he nature study class loosed a molt ing king snake about three weeks ago. Recently it was found skimming across the tennis courts, after molting ami developing into a full-fledged king snake. q’eiiipus Fngi.s. Eclipse of the Moon I'lie sky will darken on Xovember 18 at 5 a. m., as the moon passes in the shadow of the earth. This phe nomenon will be visible in the United States. During the entire month of Xovem ber, the heavoirs will be ablaze with meteorites of “shooting stars," as they are commonly called. October and Xo- veinber are the two imniths when the gretitest number of these “shooting stars” are visible. HAVE YOU HEARD? Mr. Stanley Johnson has a cow I “Xot just an ordinary cow, either,” he boasts. "Why, she gives seven inarts of milk a day!” q'his “remarkable critter’’ is Mr. John-son’s pride and joy—bis one topic of conversation centers around her. Ho finds hitherto unheard of similarities to his cow in the I’hysics “lab,’’ back stage, and all around the school in gen eral. “Why my cow . . .," he begins; but by that time we have made our exit as gracefully as possible. Xew Iliinover High School in Wil mington is the only high school in North Carolina that has an R. O. T. C. unit.— The Wildcat.
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