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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., JANUARY 21. 1938
NUMBER 8
EXERCISES FOR
MID-YEAR CLASS
ARE ARRANGED
Commencement to Begin With
Baccalaureate Sermon
Sunday, Jan. 23.
DR. PEELE IS TO SPEAK
Mr. Routh Will Present Three Cups:
Best-All-Round, Scholarship, and
Civitan Citizenship.
The couimeiicement exercises of the
uiid-yoar grndnatiiig ela.ss of 08 seniors
will begin with the baccalanreate ser
mon at 7:30 o’clock Sunday evening.
January 23, at the Asheboro Street
Baptist church. Rev. J. Ben Eller, the
pastor, will deliver the sermon.
The traditional class day will be ob
served Monday, .Tanuary 24, with Cassie
Kernodle heading the committee on
arrangements. The chapel program will
be followed by the clas.s breakfast and
a theater parly at which Frank P>nrns,
manager of the Carolina theater will
be the host.
Dr. W. W. Peele, presiding elder of
the iM'cthodist Episcopal church,
Greensboro district, will give the com
mencement address at the final exer
cises Friday, .Tanuary 28.
The presentation of three cups by
A. P. Routh will be a feature.
The schcJrtrship 'aip will be awarded
to the senior having the highest scho
lastic average by the American Busi-
SENIOR HIGH GRADUATING GLASS OF JANUARY, 1938
Members are as follows: Clifford Allen, Bill Atchison, James Atkins. Virginia Barnes, Doris Bentley, Edith Berg
man, Mary Jo Berry, Kathryn Berry. Eva Gray Boggan, J. B. Boone, Mary Louise Bowles, Charles Breedon, Claude
Broome, 'P. J. Cates, Valeria Coffin, Ruth Collins, Lonnie Crawford, Russell Crevensten, Margaret Crutchfield, Manuel
Denietrelis, Bill Donahue, Hoyle Drum, Lavinia Ellett, John Ellington, Mayxelle Fields, Mozelle Fields, Burron Fleming,
Bob Fleming, Earline Glenn, Frances Gordon. Genevieve Gray. D. Hall, Evelyn Ilartsoe, Adelaide Haynes. Beryl
Hedrick, Harry Hoffman, Mary .Johnson. Elsie .Tones, George Kenerly, Cassie Kernodle, Lawrence Lee, Vernon Lewis,
Billy Long, ilary Frances TiOwrey. Bill Maddox, Rhoda Martin, Dorothy ilcAdams, Martha Brown Minhinnette, Mary
Ella Muse, Billy Neale, Viola Peeler, Rebecca Pieplioff, Elsie Presto]), Thomas Pugh, John Rainey, Edith Reynolds,
Frank Roberts. Francis Roberts, Julia Royall, Inez Rumbley, Betsy Russell. Ethel Sharpe, Wallace Sigmon, Laura
Spence, Nell Strunks, Pickett Turner, Joe Vick, Ralph Vinson, Henry Watson, and V. R. Ward.
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ne.ss club.
The citizenship cup, which goes to
the pupil writing the best paper on
citizenship, is given by the Civitan club.
The most coveted of all is the Best-
All-Round trophy presented by the
Parent-Teacher association to the
senior voted by his classmates to be
the most outstanding in character,
scholarship, and service.
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HINES TO COMPETE FOR
CITIZENSHIP PILGRIMAGE
To Represent G. H. S. in Statewide
Selection for Free Trip to
Washington, D. C.
CONTEST SPONSORED BY D. A, R.
Pilgrims'
After
‘March On”
Short Stay
Once again the Canterbury Pilgrims,
made famous by Goeffrey Chaucer, have
been seen. This time they were march
ing across the exhibit table in onr
library and instead of being flesh and
blood, they were of wood, althongli they
do not in anyway resemble our versa
tile friend Charlie McCarthy. In fact
the Pilgrims were quite beautiful and
very well made. The figures were made
by students of Germantown high school
in 1‘hiladelphia and were rented to the
G. II. S. library by Cnrry bigh school.
Every one of the figures of the Pilgrims
was beautifully made; however, the
Pioneers, the Knight, the Miller, and
the Sqnire were vcr.v outstanding. Now
after a whole week's pilgrimage at
G. II. S. they have returned to their
homos at Curry.
COTTON BOLL DESIRED
BY MARYLAND GIRLS
“Could you kindly supply us with a
cotton boll, to aid us in our study of
textiles?” Believe it or not that was
the main idea of the recent letter re-
I ceived by the home economics students.
L from the little town of Helen, Md.
r However, since Greensboro is in the
r ^ Tobacco Belt the “green weed” might
be more readily supplied. Therefore,
the homemaking students are request
ing that any material which might be
I .j of use, be turned in to Miss Bradley.
Ainiis Hino.^:. iiresent vice-president
and former secretary of G. II. S., lias
been nnnomiced a.s the representative
of Ibis school in the Good Citizenship
Pilgrimage sponsored by the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Annis.
who was one of five girls in the senioi’
class suggested as (‘andidates in our
school, was selected by the facility on
the basis of dependability, service,
leadership, and patriotism.
The Good Citizenship I'ilgrimage,
whose purpose it is to build useful
chai'aeter and to give recognition to it.
is conducted all over the state, and the
state winner is given a week’s trip to
Washington, I). 0., witli all expenses
paid.
Last year Senior high's candidate,
Joy Cann. won honoi-able mention and
received a medal. Mrs. W. W. Tiirren-
tine, chairman of the committee, is
liopefnl that this year's Greeii.sboro
I'aiididate will emerge victorious in the
final contest, for it will be an honor
for G. H. S. us well as for the can
didate.
What to Do—When
End-of-Semester Instructions
All hooks will be collected on Mon-
lay. January 24. All students, except
semester 7's will report to school at
8 -Ao o'clock on Tuesday, January 25,
for report cards.
I’resent semester 7's will report at
TO o'clock Tuesda.v, January 25, for re
port cards and will register that after
noon. Wednesday. January 26, is gen
eral registration day. Semesters 0 and
3 will report at 9 o'clock. Semesters
4 and 5 will report at 10 o'clock. New
sophomores will report at 11 o'clock.
Thursday, January 27, will be book
fee collection day, and each class will
be 30 minutes in length. All work will
be completed by 1 o’clock of that day.
Friday, January 28. will he a full
school day.
BIOGRAPHY CLASS WILL
GIVE RADIO PROGRAM
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SENIORS TO OBSERVE
SKIP DAY MONDAY
Members of Graduating Class Will
Breakfast, Bowl, Attend Movie
on Their Holiday,
Skip day, Monday. January 24, will
be crammed full of fun and entertain
ment for the members of the mid-term
graduating class.
After class day exercises, to be held
from 9 until 10 o’clock, the graduates
will go to the senior breakfast at the
Jefferson Roof.
At 11:30 they will bowl, by courtesy
of the Greensboro Bowling alley. Then
on to a movie, given at the Carolina
theatei*.
The entire class will go skating
around Lake Daniel at 4 o’clock.
Climaxing the day, Mary Jo Berry
will give a dance at the Jefferson Roof
from 8 :30 on.
‘Life and Works of Franz Schubert”
Is Title of Original Script
To Be Given.
TORCHLIGHT SELLS CANDY
AT BASKETBALL GAMES
Sale is Being Sponsored in Order to
Raise Money to Rebuild Student
Loan Fund.
ALLEN SUPERVJSE.S COMMITTEF.
“The Life and Works of Franz Schu
bert" is the title of the original script
that will be given by Aliss Kneece’s
I)iograi)hy class on the radio program
at 7 ;45, Wednesday evening, January
26 ns a climax to a unit of work deal
ing with the lives of famous composers.
M:iribellc Guin, Sara Lou Gerringer,
Tbomas Wright, Burron Fleming,
Grady Scott, and Betty Parker will
take pert in the script which was writ
ten by Maribelie Guin. Marty Cock-
field will play two violin solos, Schu
bert's “Serenade” and “Ave Maria” and
Mrs. LeGwin will sing Schubert’s “The
Earl King” and “Hark, Hark, the
Lark.”
Duo to request, this program will be
extended 15 minutes, thus making a
liair-honr program.
In conimemoratioii of Robert E. Lee's
birthday, the radio program on Jan
uary 10 V as presented by Mrs. Blanche
Smith, of the history department. The
music for the program consisted of a
collection of southern melodies written
by Stephen Foster and sung by the
Dudley high school double quartet. A
paper on the restoration of Stratford,
the birthplace of I^e, ivas given by
Rhea Gaynelle Sikes.
The Torchlight society now has
clinrge of the sale of candy and other
concessions at the basketball games.
This work was formerly managed by
the Student council, but it has been
tui'iied over to Torcbligbt as a means
of helping to rai.se money for the fifty
dollar student aid fund, which project
the honor society sponsors.
Each year a Joan of .$50 is made to
some member of the club who needs
assistance in financing his college ca
reer. For the past few years, due to a
lack of funds, this loan has not been
made, but at the beginning of this term
it was decided to revive the plan. The
sale of candy is one of the methods the
members of the society are devising to
secin-e money for the loan.
Christine Alien is chairman of the
concessinn committee. Working ivith
her are Jean Yates, Sndie Clark,
Howard Moffett, and Charles Lewis.
ENGLISH CLASS GIVES
ORIGINAL RADIO PLAY
An original .skit was given by Miss
Caldwell's English 5 class Thursday
luoniing. January 20, from the G. H. S.
auditorimn and was broadcast over
WBIG.
The skit, resulting from the work
done in class on the Idylls of the King,
was wi'itten by a committee consisting
of Cornelia Anderson, Dorothy I-Ien-
drix, and Annie Hall Estep. Dorothy
Hendrix, Margaret Lewis, Eugenia
Wail. W. S. Galliinore, Wallace Lane,
and Paul Cobb are expected to take
part.
Last week's program was given by
Elfried Pennekamp on the early en
deavors of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Miss Cohoon Speaks to Charm School
Jliss Virginia Cohoon spoke to the
Charm school last fl'iiesday on the sub
ject of “How to Look Your Best.”
Miss Kneece, the club adviser, an
nounced that the next meeting would
include a discussion of the admittance
of new members.
COCKFIELD HEADS
HIGH LIFE STAFF
FOR 2ND SEMESTER
Jean Berbert Gets Unanimous
Vote for Leadership of Busi
ness Staff of Publication.
TWO MAJOR OFFICES
Other Offices Will Be Assigned After
the Pending Semester Gets
in Swing.
Marty Cockfield, a senior member of
the advanced journalism class, was
elected editor-in-chief of High Life,
and Jean Berbert, also of the journal
ism class, was unanimously chosen bus
iness manager of the publication at the
recent High Life staff election of its
two, major officers for the second semes
ter of this school year.
Marty assumes office w;ll prepared
for her duties, having served a two
years’ apprenticeship. Last year she
skillfully managed High Life’s busi
ness staff, and during the first semes
ter of this year she served as associate
editor to Miriam Sewell, the retiring
edlfor-in-chief. Marty also edited the
1937-1038 edition of the G. H. S. hand
book. which is printed annually. At
present she is acting as student chair
man of the chapel program committee.
She holds a membership in Torchlight
and Quill and Scroll.
Jean Berbert, \'\ho is succeedlug Cas
sie Kernodle as business manager of
tile paper, has also proved invaluable
as a member of the editorial staff.
Since the beginning of the school term,
she has served as associate copy editor
of High Life, and for the past two
years she has been secretary of the
Quill and Scroll society.
The other staff positions will be filled
early in the second semester.
Is There Always
Room for One More?
Will classes be held in the halls or
will tents be set up on the grounds for
accommodation purposes? It is evident
that some drastic plan must be resorted
to, for with only 68 seniors leaving
these already overcrowded premises,
there are approximately 3.50 incoming
sophomores who will be knocking at
onr doors next week. The faculty is
desperate; so desperate, in fact, that
they are lending ears to any idea, how
ever fantastic it may seem. Someone
has suggested that the sophs hang on
those staunch tree branches, which are
conveniently near the back side of the
Main building, and listen in on the
classes there. Another person has of
fered the bright idea that maybe, since
every bunch of new sophs is smaller
than the preceding one, these new girls
and boys will be small enough for us to
fit them two in a desk! In all events,
do not be surprised if our school build
ings soon resemble sardine cans packed
doubly tight!
BIRD CONSERVATION
CLUB IS FORMED
Wade Fox and Mrs. W. V. Blackburn
represented Greensboro High School at
the meeting of the Bird Conservation
society which the Chamber of Com
merce formed recently.
A bird contest being sponsored by
tbe Rose Garden club is open to all
school ebiidren. Prizes will be given
for tlic best bird houses and posters
relating to bird conservation.
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