G
H. S, Welcomes
You, Parents,
Today and Everyday!
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
Keep Ideals of 1918
Always Alive
In Our Democracy!
VOLUME XV
GREENSBORO SENIOR fflGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOVEMBER 9, 1938
NUMBER 4
Local Novelist Tate Hints
Of Plans for New Work
DISCUSSES BOOK
Author of National Reputation
Gives Opinions On Writing
In Recent Interview.
“I don’t like to write. No writer
really likes his work.” Thus Allen
Tate began the breaking down of a
mythical wall which in the minds of
many people surrounds all writers.
Mr. Tate uttered that iconoclastic
and disillusioning remark after he
was asked which of the four types of
writing which he has done,—poetry,
novel .biography, and literary criti
cism—he preferred. I-Ie then went on
to explain that he wasn't in favor of
any one type because he didn’t like
to write anything. He said that he
writes only because he has spent so
much of his life writing that it would
be hard to stop.
Admirers of Mr. Tate will be in
terested to learn that he is planning a
new work for the near future. He
hinted that he had not actually begun
work on it, but he would reveal noth
ing definite about his plans because
of his belief that if he talks about
a thing before it is wi-itten, it will
not be a success.
First Novel Widely Praised
Concerning his first novel, “The
Fathers,” which has Just recently
been released, and which has received
nation-wide attention from the best
reviewers, including the critics of the
“New York Times” and the ‘Tlerald-
Tribune.” Mr. Tate declared that he
created his two main characters with
the idea of letting them create the
action. He said that when he began
the story he had not the vaguest
notion of how he would end it.
(Continued on Page Four)
PARENTS SEE SCHOOL
DURING VISITATION DAY
V,.
Allen Tate, agrarian poet and fa
mous author of the new novel, “The
Fathers". At present Mr. Tate and
his wife, Caroline Gordon, are
structing writers’ classes at W. C.
U. N. C.—Photo by Courtesy of Greens-
horo Jhiihj Ycics.
For Women Only
(Those Days Are Gone
Forever)
Is Feature of Education Week;
Radio Programs Also
Presented
Senior High has made plans to wel
come approximately two hundred par
ents who will be guests of the school
today, as a feature of National Educa
tion Week.
This group of visitors will be greeted
in the foyer by the welcoming commit
tee and will then be invited to follow
the schedule of their re.spective
children.
The school is delighted to have this
opportunity to meet the parents, and
it is hoped by the administration and
faculty that they will find the trip
enjoyable and instructive.
Another feature of the celebration
of the week will be the regular G. H. S.
radio program tonight which will be in
charge of Mr. B. T. Ward, a special
speaker for the occasion, and Mr. E. H.
Dunivant who will sing. As another
radio feature of the week. Coach Bob
Jameison spoke Monday afternoon
over WBIG dn “Developing Strong
Minds and Able Bodies”.
They have- been seen dancing, .sin;
ing, talldng. courting, playing, and
sometimes worldng and studying. And
now one of them has been caught
sewing.
You ask, one who, when, Avhy
where, and how?
To begin at the beginning, the ex
planation is as follows: Object, a boy;
place, room 101: time. Thursday, Oc
tober 19. last period ; how, with thread
and needle; why, torn typing covers
land the anxiety of Mrs. Peebles to
i have them mended before the visiting
I teachers arrived on Friday.
The fact that a boy was sewing in
public was unusual enough, but to
top it all, he could mend moi-e neatly
and more quickly than any girl of
the class. Now, who ^^’ill say that a
needle and thread are instruments for
women only?
Choir To Sing for Euterpe Club
Making its fourth appearance of the
year in Greensboro, the A Cappella
choir of Senior high school, is sched
uled to sing November 22 at 1 o’clock,
for a business luncheon meeting of the
Greensboro Euterpe club, which will be
held at the .Tefferson roof i-estaurant.
The organization will have, as usual,
Mr. Baymond Brietz, of the high school,
as the director.
MARVIN ORRELL TO TAKE
WEST POINT EXAMS
As a climax to two years of stren
uous mental and physical development,
Marvin Orrell, member of the G. H. S.
.senior class, has gone to Washington
today to take the competitive exam
ination to the “general’s grammar
school,” West Point.
Marvin, better known to his friends
as “Rod,” is the .son of Mr. F. S.
Orrell, Pleasant Garden. He has at
tended Senior High for two years,
coming here from Pleasant Garden.
His preparation for the appointment
has been a matter of self-elucation
to a great extent, for Marvin spent
at least an hour a day in the public
librai’y last summer reading and tak-
■ condensed notes on the history of
the ancient world.
Miss Louise Smith has helped him
with the finer points of English lit
erature, though he has gotten the back-
:round and history of the periods
through supplementary reading.
He has also attempted to broaden
his mind during the past two years
by a study of radio, chemistry, math
ematics, and other sciences.
COOK vs. DOOR
But Nobody Won
“Cy and the cook are fighting!” was
the conclusion reached by students of
G. H. S. recently, when a loud crash
re-echoed through the lunchroom at
the end of the last lunch period.
A curious mob, which announced
the changing of classes, immediately
surrounded the origin of the crash,
unmindful of the ringing bell. How
ever, many of them were disappointed,
for, instead of witnessing a fight with
pots and pans as weapons, as they had
expected, they discovered that it was
only a falling door which had caused
the confusion and noise. Neverthe
less, much of their interest, as well
as their sympathy, was sustained when
they saw that the door had fallen—
of all places—on the cook’s leg.
She was immediately rushed to the
hospital for medical attention, but
she was not seriously injured, although
her leg was sprained.
MAGAZINE
SPONSORS NEW CONTEST
Students Under Twenty-One Eligible;
Competition in Two Pha.ses,
Art and Composition.
Students! The American Maga
zine has announced its second annual
quest for young men and young women
who will be tomorrow’s leaders. All
students under 21 years of age are
invited to participate in this contest,
through the American Youth Forum.
This department, established last
year to stimulate creative thinking
in high schools, has as its basic pur
poses: (1) to help young people make
a .success of their lives; and (2) to
encourage the study and understand
ing of American democracy.
This year the contest is divided into
two divisions—articles and art. All
articles must be written on either
“What I Owe America and What
America Owes Me,” or “New Frontier
for American Youth”; and all entries
in the art division must deal with
either of the following topics: “This
Is My America” or “New Frontiers for
American Youth.”
The awards will number 306 in cash,
and 1,000 in honorable mention cer
tificates. Schools, where the winners
are registered, and cooperating teach
ers will also receive prizes. In each
division, .$1,000 and a trip to the New
York World’s Fair will be given for
the best entries.
Radio Calendar
Nov. 3—Senior High School Glee
club.
Nov. 9—Special program commem
orating National Education Week.
Nov. 16—Program of book reviews,
“New Books—New Worlds.”
Nov. 23—Central Junior High Glee
club.
Nov. 30—A radio adaptation of a
Longfellow classic, “Speak for
A'ourself, John.”
HIGH LIFE ACHIEVES
FIRST PLACE RATING
Small, Complimentary Ads
Cause Adverse Criticism
Of School Paper
Fair Faculty Femme
Unjustly Slandered
Hey, where are you going with that
shovel?” The guilty party turned and
found herself under the suspicious
scrutiny of a large outdoor man.
“Lady,” his eyes seemed to say,
'what are you doing with that shovel?”
Totally unprepared, as she was, for
such an unexpected onslaught, the
victim sputtered helplessly. “Don’t you
know that shovel belongs to the gov
ernment?” However the man’s manner
reiterated ob.stinately. “You’d better
bring it back.”
Finally. Miss Eleanor Barton, pop
ular member of the science depart
ment. convinced the skeptical W.P.A,
foreman that the garden tool which
she was carrying was not stolen gov
ernment property, but was in reality
her own tool. Henceforth, Miss Bar
ton will disclaim all traditional anec
dotes about the lethargy of the said
government agency, it is believed.
High Life, G. H. S.’s student news
paper, received a rating of first place
for the 19.37-38 school year in the Quill
and Scroll International Honor society
survey, the result of which has Just
recently been published. This critical
service was conducted under the direc
tion of the International headquarters,
Medill School of .Journalism, located at
Northwestern u i n v e r s i t y, Chicago,
Illinois.
However, the paper did not receive
the accolade of Superior because of a
necessarily defective business policy
and several technical errors.
The most adverse criticism directed
at the paper was one owing to the nu
merous advertisements, and also the
large number of small and complimen
tary ad.^. To otfset this, the sports page
and news writing department acquired
a high rating, since they contained no
cheap slang or gossip in the articles
and were well-written.
••High Life", continued the critical
survey sheet, “is an attractive school
paper with a fine editorial platform
and a definite policy for carrying out
major planks.”
PLAYMASTERS TO GIVE
TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS
Instead of its usual full-length pro
duction, the riaymasters, G. II. S.
dramatic club, will present two one-
act plays, “The Romancers” and “Off
Nag's Head”. They will be presented
on Friday, December 2.
“The Romancers’’ by Rostand, author
of “C’yrana de Bergerac”, is a very light
comedy concerning the trials and tribu
lation of two lovers. The leading
roles will be played by Martha Horna-
day and Billy Holiday, both of whom
are new, as actors, to local playgoers.
In contrast, “Off Nag’s Head” by
Carolina's own Paul Green, a realistic
production centered around the mys
terious disappearance of Theodosia
Burr, will be presented. The cast for
this presentation has not been chosen
as yet.
Y.M.C.A. CONFERENCE
TO GATHER HERE
ON DECEMBER 2,3,4
George Irvin to Be Keynoter;
Jack Behrman, President,
Will Officiate.
Apiiroximately 400 boys representing
over 60 cities and towns in the two
Carolinas, will gather in Greensboro
on December 2, 3, and 4, at the First
I’resbyterian church for their annual
V. M. C. A. Older Boy’s Conference.
Mr. George Irvin of New Yoi-k City,
who is the keynote speaker, will de
liver the feature address at the open
ing session on Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock; and Jack Behrman, a G. H. S.
senior who was elected president of
the bi-state organization at its meet
ing in Charleston, S. C. last December,
will preside.
On Saturday there will be a lunch
eon at 3 o’clock and a banquet at 7
o'clock, both to be held in the dining
hall of the Masonic Temple. Sand
wiched between the various business
meetings will be a varied recreational
program, under the charge of the
Greensboro group.
Greemsboro will be well represented
with at least eight official delegates,
this being the greatest number in the
two states because of the numerous
Ili-Y organizations in this city.
As the Greensboro group is respon-
.sible for providing housing facilities
for the 400 delegates, Mr. Frank Cas-
jiar. general secretary at ♦’he YAl.C-A.,
is sending out an early appeal to all
citizems who can take care of boys
during the conference period. Those
who can do so are asked to com-
immicaie with him.
‘Merrily W e Skate
Along”
—or Come a Cropper
"Turn backward, turn backward.
Oh. time, in your flight.
Make me a child again
Just for tonight!”
This was indeed the aspii-ation of
every participant in that skating party
enjoyed by the more frivolous members
of the faculty recently at the Kerners-
I'ille rink.
i From the latest reports, all the skat
ers, except Miss Taylor and Mrs.
1‘eeblos, who upheld the dignity of the
school, came in contact with “those
hardwood floors”.
Mr. and Mrs. Peebles, Mr. and Mrs.
Hucks, Miss Taylor, and Mr] Richards
are planning to make this a weekly
affair and prove that “biting the dust”
is much more fun than their educa
tional efforts I
SENIOR ROOM EARNS
SCHOLARSHIPS SHIELD
In keeping with last year’s record, a
senior home room, Miss Smith’s room
302, won the scholarship shield for the
first report period with an average of
83.6. This group had a total of eight
who made the honor roll, two of whom
got on the special list.
Behind, by little more than a point.
Miss Farlowe’s senior session room,
303, was a close second.
G. H. S. ART STUDENT
DESIGNS NOVEL BLOUSE
Ruth Reid King has jlist finished
making a blouse which she designed
herself. Not only did she plan the
patterns, but she also printed the rose
material with an original linoleum
block print of brown cat-tails, which
she made in Miss Lee’s art class.
The pattern is similar to that of a
shirtwaist style witli a fitted belt,
brown buttoms up the front, and
topped with a petor-pan collar, stitched
with brown. The yoked back and
pleated sleeves add to the shirtwaist
appearance.
Ruth has ambitions of being a dress:
designer, and slie hopes to .study de
signing in New York after graduation
from high school.