Make Every Week
a Safety Week
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
Throughout the
Coming Year
VOLUME XIV
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N, C., MARCH 11. 1938
NUMBER 11
Carolina A. A. U. Meet to
Open in High Point Today
WILL BEGIN AT 7
Nine Entrants from G. H. S.
to Participate in State
Contest.
WINNERS TO GET MEDALS
Chief Award Will Be Eligibility in
National Tournament at
Lancaster, Pa.
With participation in tlio national
tournanipiit as ththr troal, niin- entrants
from Greensboro will gra))pl(> in the
Carolinas' A. A. V. wrestling tonnui-
ment which opens in High Point tit 7
o’clock tonight.
The meet will lie ft'.-itunal l)y jiction
of the b(*st arntitenr wrestlers of North
and Sontli Carolina, with Grt'cnshoro's
fighters rated among the l)est. Among
the outstanding Greensboro entries are
two state high school champions, Ho
bart Jlclver and Charle.s llipp, star
G. IT. S. matmen.
In the 112-11). class, Uichard Griibb.s,
high .school varsity, will compete; 118-
lb.. Hobart Mdvi'r; 12;>-lb.. Leo P>yrum.
runner-up in high scIdh)! state cham
pionship and present North Carolina
Y. M. C. A. 'hampion: PG-lb.. Jack
Barham; IJ."-!!).. Jennings IN’ithers
lo8-lb.. Hunter Cavan: 174-lb.. Francis
Miaidor; lJ)l-!b.. Charles llipp; and un
limited. L. C. Williams.
The meet will start uith the wei.gliing
in at 2 o’clock this afternoon; the
drawing at 4 p. m.. and the wrestliii:
at 7 o'clofic tonight.
The champion in each wiight will l>e
awarded Carolina A. A. V. gold medals
and eligibility in the national tourna
ment to be held at Franklin ^Marshall
college, Lanca.stc'r. Ibi.. April 1 and ::
Second ahl third phu-e winners will
be given silver and gold Carolina
A. r. medals and championship cer
tificates.
PlAYMASTERSWILL
GIVE “THE PATSY”
Complete New Set to Be Built
for Forthcoming Dramatic
Production.
DRAMA IS MODERN SATIRE
NELLE BOOKOUT WINS IN
DISTRICT ESSAY CONTEST
Junior Order of American Mechanics
Is Sponsor; Bruce Hodges Repre
sents Boys in Competition.
Nolle Bookont. G. H. S. smiior. was
district winner of the Junior Order of
American Mivlianics (*s,say contest held
Fehruai-y 2;i at Lexington. N. ('. She
competed with three girls from Albe-
Jiiarle, Salisbury and I.owell. Bruce
Hodges representeil Greensboro in llie
boys' contest, competing against con-
te.stants from Gastonia. Speneer. Albe
marle. and Pittsboro, the lioy from the
latter eity being vietorions.
Histrict winners Mill meet again on
-N-ugust 2;i at Charlotte to decide the
boy and girl victors of the state, who
will receive sidiolarships to tlie I.'ni-
versify of North Carolina and Meredith
college, resiHM-tively.
MR. JACK MATLOCK,
CITY TEACHER, DIES
The eity school system lost a valuable
teacher when Mr. Jack Matlock, who
has taught at Hunter school for the
past three years, died last Saturday aft
ernoon.
Mr. Matlock received his A.B. degree
from. Guilford college, and later re
ceived his M.A. from U. N. C. Since
1027 he has taught at Colfax, Rankin,
Wharton, and Oak Ridge schools. His
position at Hunter has been tilled by
Mrs. Amy G. Williams, who was em-
PloycHl at Central last semester.
Heading the spring season of the
1‘luyuuister.s is their forthcoming play,
‘“The Patsy,by Bariy Connors. “The
Patsy," a modern family satire, is coii-
sideri'd the most outstanding of the
works of this poiiular young author.
J'his production will be the first un
der the sponsorship of the new set of
officers of the club. Miss Lottie M'all,
director of Playmastors, believes that
this play is one of the leading dramas
in its field. She states that "it is not a
cla.'-^sic. hut fine light 'omed.y with
cleviT lines. It presents the situa
tions of a socially ambitious mother
and the elder daughter, though neither
of these is the leal.” 'J’he heroine’s parr
is that of Patricia, otherwise known
as “Tlie Patsy."
MR. ROUTH ATTENDS MEET
HELD AT ATLANTIC CITY
Relates His Experiences at the Meeting
of the American Association of
School Administrators.
COMPARES TWO HIGH SCHOOLS
"In comparison with the Atlantic
City High school," began Mr. Ronth,
relating his experiences at the meeting
of the American, Association of School
Administrators recently held in Atlan
tic City, “(4. H. S. rates both favorably
and otherwise."
"The one thing that impressed me
more than any other, my being a south
erner. was that approximately one-fift)i
of the students were negroe.s and the
other four-fifths were made up largely
of fori'igners."
"Also," our principal continued, “the
maximum number of students in any
class was 2.". and the periods were only
-40 minutes long.’’
Mr. Routh went on to say that even
though Atliinfic City High school
hoa.'ited 2,7.‘)0 .students and iipproxi-
mati'ly 100 teachers, our school library
is thr(‘e times as large as theirs.
"They had si.x secretaries in one of
fice'—seemed to .get in each others way
more than anything else—very unneces
sary, I think.■' he contiiined.
{'riiafs your opinion, Mr. Routh—
now you should appreciate -Miss Hyams'
.superior grade of work because, after
all. she does the work of 12. people, not
to s]Yeak of six.)
Coiicerniiig the nation-wide meeting
itself, over 10.000 people were regis
tered—loO school men being registered
from North Carolina alone. An exten
sive program, including the Westmin
ster choir, Good-neighbor program, and
pcr.sonal appearances of Helen Keller
and Commander Richard Byrd, was
presented.
Members of G. H. S. Creative English Class
—Photo 1)!/ ■/nines MitchcJl.
Shown here are: (.Uiristine Allen, Laura Thrown, Nelle Bookout,
Carolyn JTallow, Jean Berliert, Edna ('avene.s-s, Manbelle Guin, Anne
Jlayes, Willa Jean ITaye.s, Ruth Heffner, Margaret Lewis, Jane l\Iurray,
Nancy O’Brien, Rutlie O’Connor, Doris Sh,arpe, Mary Swain, Virginia
Vache. IVIaTy Elizabeth Waynick, Jane Webb. Other members of the
class not in the picture are T^errine TTilyeu, Janet Campbelle, and.
Rhea Sikes.
Life Insurance Contest to Be
Sponsored Here Next Week
CREATIVE ENGUSH
CLASS PRESENTS
NOVa PROGRAM
Appears Before 0. Henry
Writers’ Club at Art Cen
ter Last Night.
ORIGINAL WORK IS READ
Students Having Completed One Semes
ter of Creative Work, and
Others Participate,
Asheville Girl Wins D. A. R. Trip
It was announced recently at the
State H. A. R. meet in Raleigh, N. 0.,
that Miss Virginia Hamilton Griffin, of
Asheville, won the coveted pilgrimage
to Washington, !>. C., offered by the
North Carolina Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution.
‘Drummer Boy” on
Display in Library
Whether he knows it or not, Mr.
Ben Earl Looney is creating much
excitement at Senior High school.
Mr. Looney, art instructor at both
Guilford and High Point colleges,
was the creator of the almost life-
size picture, “High School Drum
mer Boy,” now on display in the
school library.
Throughout the day of its arrival,
students have crowded around the
painting to see if they can recognize
the “drummer boy,” and when they
discover that the subject of the pic
ture is none other than Bill Barnes,
they rush off to check up on the ap
pearance of the “great model.”
Although Bill had sittings for the
painting at regular intervals for
about a month, he explains that the
picture is definitely not a portrait,
but is representative of any high
school band member.
Mrs. Hall has announced that the
picture will be on display a week
longer in order that everyone will
have a chance to see it.
STATE SAFETY PROGRAM
OBSERVED THIS WEEK
Tlio state-wide safety program, un
der the direction of Gov. Clyde R.
Hoey. is drawing to a successful close
as numerous constructive programs are
being launched for the occasion.
Fealiired among the.se events were
speeches by many prominent citizens in
the state. Also, exhibitions dealing
with this topic and educational movies
were sliown.
IN LETTER FORM
Any High School Student May
Take Part in Nationwide
Competition.
LOCAL PRIZES ALSO GIVEN
Essays Are Limited to Three Hundred
Words; Other Restrictions and
Rules Are Given.
The National -\ssociation of Life I'm
derwriters, in a nation-wide contest, if
offering iirizes totaling .‘?1..'17.’'> for the
best essays on life insnr;ince, submitted
by high school students.
Local prizes to he given are as fol
lows: first place, second place,
.$2.01); and ton prizes of .fl.OO each for
the next best ten papers.
Students who wish to take part in the
competition are asked to submit their
entries to their English teachers by
Monday. March 24.
Last year Roberta Cowles won first
prize of $30. .lean Davis won second
prize of .$o. and Bill Hemphill won third
jn-ize of .S.J, given by the local organiza
tion.
The following are the niles governing
the conte.st:
3. All pupils of secondary schools,
both private and puiilic, who are regu
larly (‘lU'olied and are not 20 years of
age by March 3, 31)JS, may submit
essays.
2. Any student who has members of
liis family employed by or connected
with any life insurance company may
not compete.
Limited to 300 Words
A. Essay,s must not exceed 300 words
ill length. The entry may be in letter
(Continued on Page Two)
Three French 4 Papers
Selected for State Contest
Sndie Clark, Doris Sharpe, and David
Cates had their papers .judged the best
in the French contest, given Friday,
March 4, by iliss Estelle Mitchell, head
of the French department. These tests
are to be sent to Chapel Hill as entries
from Senior High school for the State
French contest. The competition con
sisted of a vocabulary drill, a verb test,
a grammar test, and a composition writ
ten in French.
Sndie Clark is the president of the
BTench club, and is now serving her
second year. Doris Sharpe is a new
membei', but she has shown great ability
in her French work. David Cates was
also well qualified for the examination.
The Creative English class of Greens
boro High school pi'esentod a program
last night at the art center before the
nu'inliors of tiie O. IRuiry Writers’ club,
the presiib'iif of which i.s Mr. Ed.gar
-Moss. Studmit.s avIio have completed one
semester of creative work, and others
wlio have already produced creditable
work this term, participated. The pro
gram consisted of humorous readings,
serious and humorous poetry, sketches,
and informal essays.
J’he class was introduced to the club
by Carolyn Ballon’, avIio conducted the
entire program. The outstanding fea
tures were: .Janet Campbell’s reading
of two original Jinmorous lectures, “Lip
stick’’ and "Coiffures," Ruth Heffner’s
presentation of her poems, “Disconso
late.’’ "Yearing.’’ and "‘White Ashes";
Naticy O'Rrieu'.s chants, “Jungle Re
frain." and "Shrine to Buddha," and
the reading of Rutlie O’Connor’s
"Dream Shadows," “Elusive,” “Eternal
Masculine,’’ ‘‘Lustre,’’ "Ended,” and
"Driftwood.’’
Others participntiijg on the program
n eve Jane Webb, Laura Brown. Perrine
Bilyen, Edna Mae Caveness, Margaret
Lewis, Rhea Sikes, Maribelle Guin,
and Mary Elizabeth M’ayiiick.
The program was arranged by Caro
lyn Ballow. chairman, Ruth Heffner,
and Ruthe O’Connor.
MISS MOSER’S ROOM
LEADS WITH 96.90
Mrs. Smith Is Second With 96.79 Per
Cent Attendance; Sixteen Rooms
Have Above 95.
MISS MIMS’ ROOM IS THIRD
Mi.«s IMoser’s session room 811 led
the I'litire school for the past month in
attendance Yvith a record of 98.0 per
I'cnt. Mr.s. Smith’s room 304 ran a
dose second with 90.79 and room 300
came in third with 00.74.
'The other liome rooms yvIiosc attend
ance was above 9.") per cent were 13 in
number. 'They are as follows: Mr.
Blackmon, with 90.7; Mis.s JIcNairy,
with 9).2l : Miss Ilarhison, with 90.17;
Miss Stedman, with 90.15; Mrs. Alton,
with 9.5.0 ; Miss Kiieece, with 95.8 ; iliss
Sledge, with 95.7; Miss Colioon, with
95.i; Miss Smith, with 95.57; Miss
So-kwell. with 05.5; Miss Farlow, with
95.-42; Mrs. Braswell, with 95.2: and
Miss Strickland, with 95. It is hoped
that the attemlanee next month will be
improved, as the students will not only
get more out of their work but will
also benefit by the additional teacher
allotment for next year. This apportion
ment is made on a basis of attendance.
Then too, if the whole school makes an
average of 05 per cent, a half holiday
will b^‘ given at the end of the month.
Boyd Attends Brother’s Wedding
Miss Cleoiie Boyd, G. H. S. cafeteria
head, will spend this week-end in
Greenwood, S. C., where she will attend
the marriage of her brother, Gaston
Boyd, and Miss Priscilla Thompson, of
Greenwood.