Here Come
Your Recruits
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Stand By,
Old World
VOLUME XV
GREENSBORO SENIOR mGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MAY 26, 1939
NUMBER 12
Officers
Newly-elected student body officers are Elizabeth Bennette, secre
tary; Jean McAllister, president; and Carlyle Groome, vice-president.
Sophomore Dramatic Club
To Present “The Hero”
NOWELL HAS LEAD
S>-
Gaddy, Newcomer to Stage,
Takes Secondary Role
In Production.
Jean Nowell, one of the members of
the sophomore dramatic club, The
Thalians, will head the cast for “Enter
the Hero,” a one-act comedy by Theresa
Helbnrn, which is to be presented in a
chapel program May 20.
Another newcomer to G. H. S. dra
matic audiences, Buddy Gaddy, will be
the “hero” of the skit, Harold Law-
son.
Muriel Causey, who will play the
part of the younger sister, and Jane
Eller, who will portray the inoiher,
comidete the supporting cas^.
The play concerns a young girl, bored
with life in a small town, wlio start.-;
a correspondence with herself, si,gning
the letters tvith a man’s name. Accord
ing to members of the cast, the com
plications that ensue are most amus
ing.
BAND AND GLEE CLUB
WIN IN MUSIC CONTEST
ChaEotte Scene of Competition; Choir
Places Second in Meet.
Winning first place in the South
eastern Music contest held in Char
lotte recently were the band and the
girls' glee club. The a cappella choir re
ceived a second-place rating. All three
of these groups received high praise
from the judges. I’laciues, given as a
result of the contest, were awarded to
Marian Gary representing the glee
club and to Frank Barrett representing
the a capella choir. Another plaque,
intended for the band, will be pres
ented as soon as it arrives.
DRAMA CLASS PRESENTS
STAFF-PRODUCED PLAY
“Nei.ghbors,” a one-act play by Zona
Gale, was presented by the drama
class. May 22, during seventh period.
An entire student production staff,
under the direction of Mary Frances
Haesloop, was responsible for this per
formance.
The production staff included Susie
Gorrell. prompter; Mary Barksdale
Wimbish, property mistress; Oscar
Bond, scenic designer; and Marilyn
Reaves and Gretchen Flowers, make
up.
Mr. Richards Honored
Mr. Richards, head of Senior High's
commercial department, has recently
been honored by having two articles,
which he wrote, published in the maga
zine, Business Educational Woi-ld.
Court Adjourned
The Fight of Dignity
Outside it was beautiful spring
weather, but in the crowded room it
was hot. However, no one seemed to
notice the heat, as the judge entered
the door, rustling his robes and wear
ing a stern expression on his face. With
their eyes glued on him, the audience
watched the magistrate slowly walk up
the aisle, and with all the judicial dig
nity he could summon, take his seat.
He rapped on the desk with his gavel
to open court officially. The jury took
its place and settled down.
The first name called was that of
John Smith, who was charged with
stealing chickens. The lawyers began
their speeches, as the people in the
court room listened intently. The jury
grew grimmer, while the defendant
squirmed as the evidence piled up
against him.
At last it was over, and, after re
tiring, the jury brought its decision.
There was a tense quietness as the
jiidge said firmly, “The decision reads—”
He paused. People held their breath.
“Guilty”, he finished.
The silence was broken by the loud
jangling of a bell. “Court Adjourned,”
cried the magistrate, dropping his robes
of dignity, as he grabbed his books and
ran out with the jury.
Mock Court in civics class was over.
STAFF MEMBERS PLACE
IN SOUTHEASTERN GROUP
Third winner in the Southeastern
division of the Quill and Scroll Con
test was Paul Pearson, editor of High
Life. Announcement of the results ap
peared in the May issue of the Quill
and Scrool magazine.
Two other Greensboro students, L.
M. Clymer, associate editor, and Rae
Schumann, head proof reader, won
honorable mention in the editorial and
proof-reading divisions respectively. L.
M.'s editorial was entitled “Driving
Classes—Or Automobile Crashes.”
Dr. Shaw Speaks to Teachers
^Dr. Ruben Shaw, president of the
Natioal Education association, spoke at
a dinner meeting last night to the
teachers of Greensboro, Winston-
Salem, and High Point. This meet
ing was held in honor of Mr. Ben L.
Smith, president of the N. C. E. A.,
and Miss Agnes McDonald, president
of the high school Department of Class
room Teachers in North Carolina. No
further information about the dinner
was available at the time when High
Life went to press.
Rainbow's End, ' Senior Pageant
Features Extra Activities
JEAN M’ALLISTER
WINS PRESIDENCY
OF STUDENT BODY
Carlyle Groome, Popular Ath
letic Figure, Gains Next
Office of Importance.
With the scant majority of forty
votes, Jean McAllister last week an
nexed the presidency in a run-off elec
tion, defeating Marshall Morris in
what was the closest race for the chief
executive's seat ever run at Senior
high school.
The office of next importance was
won by Carlyle Groome, popular ath
letic figure of the school. Carlyle beat
Robert McAllister and Beverly Ann
Money in the first balloting.
Elizabeth Bennette was chosen secre
tary in the run-off', receiving a ma
jority over Jean Stephenson.
On the athletic side of the fence,
Prances Chisholm was elected cheer
leader, besting Dale Warmath in the
initial voting.
Still without a treasurer after the
run-off, the high school went to the
polls Tuesday and finally gave Lacy
Sellars the nod over Daphne Lewis
for that office.
Caesar s Legions
Fall For ‘Tete”
New Staff
Pictured above are the High Life
staff officers tor next year—editor,
Frances Chisholm; business manager,
Reginald Starr; and advertising man
ager, Gloria Blumenthal.
MORRIS AND HUNT HEAD
TORCHLIGHT, DEBATERS
'tVolfe, Banvick, McAlister, HoUiday
and Patterson Elected Officers
of Two School Societies.
Romans have always claimed to be
great lovers of beauty, but nobody ever
paid any attention to their claim until
Caesar's legions proved that they knew
a good thing when they saw it. The
great Julius and all his men fell, as
one man, for Ann Schenck, and peo
ple in Miss Louise Smith’s homeroom
who saw the momentous “fall” re
ported that “Pete” was rather floored
herself. They hit her hard, but no
lasting damage was done.
The picture, which last week fell
from Miss Smith’s wall to Ann's head,
is one of several recently imported
from England. It shows Caesar’s fa
mous army in camp. Miss Smith has
invited all students interested to go
up and see the paintings.
Winners in the recent Torchlight
election, who will serve as officers for
the forthcoming semester are: Presi
dent, Marshall Morris; vice president,
Jim Wolfe; secretary, Mary Elizabeth
Bnrwick; treasurer, Robert McAlister.
Lately elected Debating club officers
for next year include: President, Doug
lass Hunt; vice-president, Billy Halla-
day: secretary and treasurer, Mary
Elizabeth Barwick; parliamentarian,
Annie Louise Patterson.
Another event of recent date was the
Debating club banquet held at a local
restaurant as “a get together” for old
and new members. Future plans for the
club were made at this time.
Webb Gives Readings.
Stafford Webb, a graduate of Senior
high school, gave a series of readings
from “The Merchant of Venice,” by
Shakespeare, in Mrs. Bett's first period
English class recently. His readings
were taken from the first two acts of
the play, where he imt the most em-
pha.sls on the speeches of Shylock, the
rich old Jew of the play.
LOCAL LEGION POST
SPONSORS INSTITUTE
PORTRAYAL DIVIDED
INTO FIVE PHASES
OF SCHOOL YEAR
“Romancers,” Athletes, Music,
Torchlight, and Graduation
Subject of Scenes.
AVith only a week remaining before
“The Rainbow’s End” is attained by
the 370 members of the June ’39 clan,
preparations for the final commence
ment program at 8 o’clock next
Thursday night, are rapidly drawing
to a close.
“To the Rainbow’s End,” this year’s;
pageant, consists of a series of scenes
depicting the outstanding events that
fill every senior’s life from September
till June.
Program in Five Parts
The program will begin with the
presentation of the first half of Ros-
tard's “The Romancers,” the initial
production of the Playmasters for the
fall season. The players are Martha
Hornaday and Billy Halladay,
cast as the lovers, and Mark Altvater
and Alvin Yantiss, as the fathers. This
bit of light and “airy” drama gives
way in the second scene to a pantomine
of sports, in which the star athletes
parade for the last time in the purple
and gold of their respective sports.
To Feature Torchlight Tapping
A program of vocal and instrumental
music presented by the students of
Mr. Brietz and Mr. Hazelman will
compose the third scene; a
Torchlight “tapping” led by Hobart
McKeever, the president of the sociity,
will high light the fourth division. This
imiiressive ceremony, which never fails
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Four Senior hi,gh school boj's, spon
sored by the local American Legion
post, will be sent to the Tar Heel
Boys’ State, an institute in government
to be held in Chapel Hill, August 27-
September 3. The delegates will be se
lected by Air. Routh and Air. Smith,
and will have all their expenses paid
by the American Legion.
TEACHERS TO VACATION
IN VARIOUS LOCALITIES
Fairs to Claim 27 After Summer School.
Six Go South; Four, West;
And 26, North.
Art Exhibit Shown in Center
Art exhibits by the various Greens
boro schools are being iJaced in the
Art Center. Every week a new dis
play is shown.
Chisholm Elected Editor
of High Life 7\[ext Tear
“Frankie” Chisholm, junior associate
editor, was elected at a recent staff
meeting to serve as editor-in-chief of
Hig Life for the fall semester of 1939;
while Reginald Starr, former feature
writer, will take over the reigns of
the business staff'. He will be assisted
by Gloria Blumenthal who was recently
elected to the newly designated posi
tion of advertising manager. The other
staff positions will be filled by ap
pointment in the fall.
“Frankie,” who was elected cheer
leader in the student elections last
week, has served as feature writer, a
position from which she was promoted
to that of associate editor. She was
recently elected to serve as one of the
three chairmen for the coming year at
! the North Carolina Scholastic Press
institute in Chapel Hill. Frances is
also a member of Quill and Scroll
honorary journalistic society.
Reginald Starr, a former advanced
journalism student, was unable to work
on the staff of High Life this semes
ter due to a conflicting schedule, but
he will be back next fall. Last sem
ester his most outstanding work was in
the field of feature writing, although
he did do an excellent job in covering
the Social Standards conference.
Gloria, who was a candidate for sec
retary of the student body in the re
cently conducted elections, has served
oil the business staff for the latter part
of this semester and has also been a
member of the class of journalism 1.
Summer school at universities all
over the iiatioii will busy Senior high’s
teachers for a part of the summer,
but not all of their vacation will be
.spent studying. Aliss Barton, for ex
ample, is planning a tour of the AVest,
including Yellowstone National Park,
Yosemite, Sail Francisco, and the
Grand Canyon. Aliss Bradley, Miss
Fallow, and Aliss AA''alker will also go
west.
AA'hile iiortheni cities. New York’s
AA'orld’s Fair attracting the largest
number, will claim 2G of the teachers,
the South will retain six. Airs. Betts,
Aliss Cason, Air. Ilucks, Air. Johnson,
Aliss Alitchell, and Air. Richards. Mr.
Hucks will spend his vacation in the
Officers’ Reserve Camp at Atlanta.
MILLIS SCHOLARSHIP
WILL BE AWARDED
The third winner of the $1,800 Billy
Alillis scholarship at the AIcCallie'
School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, wilh
be apiiointed by July 1 for the lOSO",
1940 and 1940-1941 sessions.
“This appointment,” Air. Roiith
states this week, “will be made on a
competitive basis and students are
urged to try for it.”
Billy AliLis, in whose memory the
scholarship is awarded, graduated from
McCall ie in 1934. He then attended
the ITniversity of North Carolina until
his death, which occurred in an auto
mobile accident in 193.5. His parents,
Air. and Airs. J. E. Millis, of High
Point are the donors of the scholar
ship.