52 Graduates
‘Gone With the Wind”
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
International Honor Rating—Quill and Scroll
350 Seniors
In June We*ll Send
VOLUME XVI
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., JANUARV 29, 1940
Aflilude Questionnaire
Shows Positive Side
Favored by Students
Large Number .of Boys
Check ‘No Opinion’;
Girls More Definite
The Home Room council recently
presented a «iuestionnaire on principles
of conduct to the entire student body
in an attempt tO’ learn the pupils’ at
titude in regard to the various prob
lems su^ested. The committee who
made out the questionnaire was c
posed of George Smedburg, chairman,;
I’umell Kennedy, Sara Jeffress, Beverly
Heitmann, Betty Hayes. Miss Mitchell
was the faculty adviser for the com
mittee.
Results Announced
In the results of the questionnaire
it seems that more girls voted in fa
vor of the positive side on all ques
tions than boys; while more boys than
girls checljed the middle position, whicli
means no opinion on the subject or
disagreement with part of the state
ment.
04.1% of the students agreed that
consideration for others is the basic
principle of democracy; therefore it is
the duty of G. H. S. citizens to be
considerate of teachers and class
mates, aud to be courteous of out
siders who visit on the eampus or pass
the school. 98.2% of this average were
girls, and 90% boys.
CoiTecting Others Is Mistake
The only problem suggested which
was favored by less than 50% of the
students was that “it is my duty to try
to help another student who is start
ing on the road that leads to trouble
and, if necessary, to refer him to the
proper school .officials who will work
with him and redirect his life.” 49.S
checked Ibis position on the subject;
53.7% were girls, and 40%, boys. 21%
boys and 13.7% girls voted that it is
a mistake to correct others; while
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350 New Books Now
Grace Library Shelves
“White Coats” Presents
Medical Career Trials;
“Bambi” Author Presented
Rebecca, Peirie, White Coats, All
This and Heaven, too, and Fathom
Five are six of the outstanding titles
of the new books received by the high
school library.
Rebecca, a novel ffiy Daphne Du
Maurier, deals with the lives of a
young married couple in which the
mystery of the life and death of the
husband’s first wife is finally cleared,
For Those Who Wish to Be Doctors
One of the best of these is White
Coats, by Dwight Ilshwick. It was
designed to help those plannin.g a medi
cal career understand all the trials
and tribulations of a doctor.
Among the new books is PeiTie, by
Felix Salten. the author of Bambi.
This is a story of the experiences of
Annule, the girl squirrel, and her forest
friends.
Once again the Library will add a
new Peggy Covers The News book to
its shelves. The present number of
the series by Emma Bulgre relates the
uujisual exciting experiences of Peggy
while she is working in England.
‘Fathom Five' Tells of Bermuda
Rachel Field’s novel, All This and
Heaven Too, tells of the loves and
losses of a governess whoe range of
activities covers Paris and America.
Fathom Five, by Nora Benjamin, is
a story not lacking in thrills and de
scriptive beauty that carries the reader
to old Bermuda.
These are just a few of some 35ti
books which will be added to the library
shelves within the next week.
JANUARY GRADUATING CLASS
Members of the outgoing Senior Class pictured above are as follow: John Adams, Gertrude Allen, Cornelia Anderson, William Austin,
Lillian Bennett, Mark Benyiines, Jr., Graham Bethune, Charles Bilbro, William Bowles, Jr., Kathryn Bruton, Marion Bullock, Elizabeth
Burchett, John Campbell, Jr., Leroy Cable, Catherine Coble, Marie Coe, Ben Crawford, Margaret Cross, Margie Faulkner, Clyde Fields,
Jamie Fowler, Robert Fulton, Helen Gleason, Frances Gwyn, Tom Hancock, Dorothy Pleath, Leenett H(^rick, Ida Hoffman, John Holden,
Jr., Carolyn Holt, Opal Keaton, Elizabeth Martin, Mary Mitchell, Marjorie Mumford, Roma Murray, Frances Peek, Marie Poole, Ted
Potter, Nancy Reynolds, Gorrell Rumley, Mary 'Ellen Russell, H. B. Sewell, Harold Smith, Wilda Snipes, Nancy Sullivan, Georgia Thorn-
ton, William Washington, Marie Williams, Frances Rebecca Wilson, Helen Wolfe, Dora Edith Wrenn, Rayfield York.
Dale Carnegie fo Speak j Hayes Previews G.W.T.W.;
HereTcnlghla!8.30 Gables A^utograph
Junior Woman’s Club
Will Sponsor Renowned
Author and Lecturer
Dale Caruegie, reno^\Tied American
author and lecturer, will siwalc in the
auditorium of Senior high school
tonight, at 8:30 p. ni. Mr. Car
negie will be sponsored by the Junior
Woman’s club of this city.
Mr. Carnegie is an alumnus of State
Teacher’s college, Warreusburg, Mo.,
American Academy of Dramatic Arts,
Y., New York university, Colum
bia university, and Baltimore School
of Commerce and Finance. He has
traveled extensively in Europe and
America, during which time he has
lectured in many parts of Canada, the
British Isles, and the United States.
The Author
A.S a writer, Dale Carnegie has done
mucb, not only to promote literature,
but also to aid in forming a better
world. Ilis books are: Public Speaking
and Influencing, Lincoln the Unknown,
Little Knoicn Facts About Well Known
People, aud llow to Win Friends and.
Influence People. Aside from, bis writ
ing and speaking, Mr. Carnegie has
made special research on the career of
Abraham Lincoln.
Snow and Flu Make
Fall Semester End Later
Owing to au epidemic of in-
lluenza and an unusual snow fall,
the first semester of school will
end a week later in Janimry than
had been planned. Students re
turned to school January 9, a week
and a day late, from the Christ
mas holidays. All this extra vaca
tion will probably be made up in
June; if indeed, the Easter holi
days are not utilized to help make
up the lost time.
C. S. P. L Meeting Planned
March t4 in New York
The Columbia Scholastic Pres.s asso
ciation will hold its 161b annual con
test for newspapers arid magazines and
a three-day conventioh, March 14,
and 16, 1940, at Columbia university in
New York City. An invitation has been
extended to the school and High Life
asking that they take part in the
.scheluI(Kl events.
More Than 10,000 School riiblications
To Bnt^r
More than 10,000 school publications,
ranging from the mimeographed papers'
through the printed weeklies, and from
the small hand-set magazines to the
works of art, daily papers, and annu
als, have been invited to take part in
the contest and to send delegates to
the convention.
Beginning iu 1925 'with a few more
than 300 delegates, this has grown to
be the largest gathering of school edi
tors in the world. In 1939, 2,509
delegates attended the 15tb annual
convention. Publications were rlrawri
from all but one state, an“d from Ha
waii and Alaska.
‘"■‘Gone With the Wind,’ in my
opinion, will be the most magnificent
film in many years to come,” .said
Betty llayes, Senior high school stu
dent who went to Atlanta for the
world premiere of the much talked
about screen version of Margaret
Mltcheirs famous book, to a High Life
reporter, this week.
‘Gone With the Wind’ in every
way lives up to the standard of the
book, aud though production was de-
las’ed many months, the picture is well
worth the waiting,” she continued.
Characters WoH Selected
“Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh made
a perfect Ithett Butler and Scarlett
O’llura, because both of them are so
well suited for their mrt,=!. Acting
honors were pretty well divided, al
though Vivian I.eigh won the 19.39
Academy award for her characteriza
tion of Scarlett,” she said. “The sup
porting cast was excellent aud helranl j to sob it again when it comes
in no small way to bring about the I Greensboro,” she concluded.
jK‘rfection of the picture,” Betty
stated.
Gable Autographs Book
One morning during the festivities
Betty decided to buy a copy of Gone
the fFi’ad to keep as a remem-
berance. She walked into a book store,
and there was Clark Gable auto
graphing copies of the novel. She said
that Mr. Gable was cordial aud friendly
to everyone, even though he isn't quite
as handsome off-screen as on.
Celebrities Present
^imong many of the famous people
she .saw were Aun Rutherford, Daura
Hoi)o Crews, Slargaret Afitchell, Kay
Kyser, and laiwrence,Olivier. “My only
regret,” Betty said, “is that I didn’t
get to see Vivien I^eigh, the English
actress who finally got the role of
Scarlett.”
“The entire picture lasted around
four hour.s, but I didn’t get the least
bit tired. If nothing happens, I hope
“Rigoletto'' Revised and
Edited, with Apologies
to the Editor
Torchlight Plans
Radio Program
Torchlight, national honor society,
will present a radio progYain over
WBIG on Thursday, February 1, at
the regular hour for high school pro
grams. •
Marshall (Cotton) ilorris, president,
will make a short talk, explaining the
standartls, work, and projects of the
club.
Music for the program will he fur-
ished by a trio made up of Daphne
.ewis, Muriel Fiske, and Mary Eliza
beth Barwick. Gloria Blumenthal will
play a piano solo. -Vnother feature will
be a monologue by Grace Elstep. “Ave
Maria,” the club’s theme song, will
close the program.
On the 30th of this month, all those
lads and lassies who are brave enough
will “sally forth and view." from-vari-
ous vantage points, e.g., orchestra,
mezzanine, or the third balcony, etc.,
the opera “Kigoletto,” by Y'crdi. The
story, as presented on the stage, will
probably be somewhat different from
this, an original vt'raion.
To begin with, Rigolotto is not the
hero. He Ls a hump-backed jester
who loves no one except his daughter
Gilda. (Gilda was quite a lady.) The
Duke falls in love with Gilda—prob
ably his 365th—and steals her away
from her father. Now, like all fond
fathers, Kigoletto seeks revenge (and,
of course, his daughter). He calls to
him his stool pigeon, Sparafucile.
“Sparcefucile,” says he, “there is a
nice pie'e of dirty work. You must
kill, liquidate, murder, obliterate, and
decapitate, the Duke!” g
This command electrifies Sparafucile,
but that is not enough. He makes a
compromi.«e: ho will kill the first one
'ho comes along. “Kigoletto won’t
know the difference,” he thinks.
Ah ha! The villain miscalculates.
Gilda learns of the plot, disguises
herself, and is needlessly sacrificed, for
just as papa discovers whose body is
in the rogue’s sack, he sees the Duke
with another woman!
Ah, such is life!
Business Classes
Improve Boards
In order to make the unattractive
bulletin iboards a thing of interest'in
the business classes, committees have
been appointed in each class to care
for such details. Bookkeeping 6 posts
the balance sheets of various busi
nesses of Greensboro as they come out,
trends in local and national business,
tax reports, etc. Typewriting classes
have display announcements of con
tests and winners of previous con
tests.
Wanted Immediately
M'aiiteil — Several pei-soiis who
are attractive, courteous, and could
use some extra credits. In onler
to apply for this job he must be
useful and not afraid of hard work,
have fairly good grades, must be
iilile to devote one hour a day and
one activity periol a week to lie-
come a libraiY assistant. Last,
but not least, he must be intelli
gent and be able to reinemlier a
thing after being told five times.
Please apply between hours of 8:30
and 3:30 to Hiss \Vre« in the
library.
Five G. H. S. Musicians
Make All-Slate Band
Western Division Clinic
Convenes in Salisbury
Friday and Saturday
Hugh Altvater, Maurice Weinstein,
Herman Cone, Richard Ruby, and Bax
ter Westmoreland, outstanding band
members, have been selected from
Greensboro to play in the state-wide
band which will be one of the fea
tures of the state hand clinic, western
division at the Boyden high school in
Salisbury, January 26-27.
Ou Friday eveuing they will meet
with the other members of the 78 piece
band to rehearse the miinher.s they
will play that evening and at the
’linic meetings Saturday.
Concert Friday Night
Their concert Friday touches the
extremes iu baud music, from a march
by Sou.sa fo a prelude and fugue by
Bach. Directors are .Tames C. Pfohl, di
rector of music at Davidson; Earl
Slocum, head of the University of
North Carolina band; L. R. Sides, di
rector of music in the Charlotte city
schools; James 0. IlariHu-, director of
the famous Ixuioir high school band;
aud Lurry Rogers of Salisbury.
'Establish Philosophy'
Advises Dr. Barkley
‘■Establish a philosophy of life,” said
Dr. Key L. Barlsley, professor of
psychology at Woman’s college, when
speaking to the Home Making club
last week.
In Dr. Barkley’s speech, “Putting
Away Childish Tilings,” he revealed
that a per.son reaches the age of in
tellectual ability between fourteen and
sixteen. He further asserted that until
this time arrives, a child is naturally
dependent on others for protection,
training, security, and moral guidance,
Preiraj-e for Indei>endence
■‘When this age is reached, how
ever, he or she should Ix'gin to estab
lish. order for au independent life,”
ontinued Dr. Barkley. He added that
at this stage in life one should also
become independent so far as manners
and actions are concerned.
“Be iiidepeudcnt of others,” said
Dr. Barkley ’’and develop your own
opinion of moral standings, A good
■ to begin this indeiiendence,” he
advised, “is liy working to earn extra
money in oialer not to sixiugq on Dad.”
In closing Dr. Barkley imiuted out
that one should grow out of helpless-
!. meet opportunities, and respect
the rights of others.
'My aim in this talk” said Dr.
Barkley, “has been to point out the
ways in which a child may prepare
himself for maturity.”
Try-Outs for Triangular
Debafe Held Next Week
Try-outs for the annual triangnlai
debates between Iligli Point, Winston-
Salem, and Greensboro will he held
next week. All students in !5enior liigh
school who are interested in compet
ing in this debate, whether members
of the dolmtiiig club or uot, are eligible
to enter.
Some Have Registered
The following have already regis
tered with Miss Mozelle Causey, ad
viser of the debating club: Rachael
Whiteside, Mary ElizalH'tli Barwick,
Billy Ilalladay, Ernest Beasley, Char
lotte Murks, Douglass Hunt, James
Mallard, Ket*ce Johnston, Hazel Swin-
son, Lawrence Weaver,. Nancy Cow
herd, Bynum Clegg, and Martha Hlpp.
B'rom tliis group and others who are
interested will he selecteil the first
team, which will take part in the
triangular conte.st. •
Other Plans for Club
The debaters plan to enter the Amer-
■an Ix!gion Oration contest in the
spring. ALSO they will he at Wake For
est April 4 through April 6, comiietiug
'ith six other nine .month schools in
debates, orations, and exli’inpore
speeches.
The winning team will receive a cup,
and outstanding debaters avill he pres
ented with certificates of recognition.
An award will also he made at this
time to the school which lia.s partici
pated in the largest number of debates
prior to the one at Wake Forest.
Graduation Exercises
To Be Held Thursday
Night at 8:00 o'clock
Speaker Unannounced;
Class President Martin
To Deliver Welcome
Approximately half a liundriHl sen
iors will say goodbye to Senior high
at the graduation exercises to be held
Thursday night at 8 o’clock iu the
school auditorium. Mi-. Robert Mose
ley, IfM'al attoniey and member of th“
school board, will introduce the speak
er, who had not been .secured at the
time High Life went to press. Tla-
occasion was delayed more than a
week by bad weather.
Welcome by IVIartiii
Elizabeth Martin, president of the
class, will give the welcome addre.ss,
which will be followed by a vocal solo
given by Mrs. Estelle Ix^Gwin. Dr. J.
Hyde Turner of the i’irst Baptist
church will give the invocation and
benediction. Principal A. I’. Routh
will close the prognim with the pre
sentation of diplomas.
Fields Turns Band Leader
Class day exercises were lield ou
Monday with the last will and testa
ment and the prophecy featured on the
program. H. B. Seawell and Robert
Fulton presided over the program.
Clyde Fields and his ’“Zizzwheel Band ’
was featured on the ‘’YInsical Class of
Knowledge.”
Superiafives Announced
'Hiose superlatives who were pre
sented at the class day exercises are
ns follows: Elizabeth Burchett and
Mark Benyunes, mo.st .studious; Marie
Coe and H. B. Seawell, most likely to
succeed; Helen Gleason and John
Adams, wittiest; Frances Gwyn and
Clyde Fields, most courteous; Georgia
'niornfon and Ted Potter, most dig
nified; Oorrieiia Anderson and Bill
Washington, most athletic; Jamie Fow
ler and LeRoy Cable, best dressed:
Elizabeth Martin and John Holden,
most popular; Ix'euett Hedrick- and
.Tolm Campbell, cutest: Gertrude Allen,
prettiest girl; Robert PYiltoii, hand-
.soniest boy.
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State Exam Places
Six In First Groups
Statistics Show Majority
Of Seniors in Entire State
In Third Quintile
Statistics from the stare high .schooi
senior examination revealed that six
G. H. H. students, Boh Banks, Allen
Dixon, Douglass Hunt, Joan McAlis
ter, Robert McAlister, and Marjorie
.Mumford, wer(> plaeetl in the first quin-
tile.s, or approximately the upper fifth
of the results, in till three divisions.
English, maflieniatics, and general
science.
Majority in Third Quintile
The majority of the students fell in
the third quintile, the i)er cent for the
senior.s all over the state being 52.02
in English, 50.31 in math, and 50.56
in s-ience; while the per cent for
G. II. S. is 5:L86 in English; 50.14 in
math, and 50.59 in science.
Twenty-Five in Two of Three
First Parts
There were 25 seniors from Greens
boro high school who were placed in
two of the three first quintiles. They
were ns follows: Mnrolyn Bailiff, Bill
Banie.s Mary E. Barwick, Elizabeth
Beal, Frances Brown, Carolyn Coker.
Daphne Lewis, Ted' Potter, John Shel-
Jean Stephen.son, Tx>is Swinson,
Grace Estep, Ihiul Glniiings, Sterling
Hudson, Reece .Tohnston, Marshall
Morris, .Tohii Ray, Erie Stapleton, Har
ry Taylor, Claude Teague. Gregg Tros-
per, Gerald Van Landingham, William
Washington, Lewis WiLson, and Oh-
mer Trigg.
D. A. R. to Have
Mrs. Betts as Speaker
“Dangei-s of Anti-American Propa
ganda in the United States” was llie
.subject of Mrs. Betts’ talk when she
speaks Friday to the Rachel Caldwell
Chapter 'of the D. A. R. A condensed
version of Mrs. Betts’ talk was given
Thursday over WBIG from 5:30 to
5:45.
Radio Schedule
Radio programs, scheduled for
tile regular Thursday night broad
casts by the Gremishoro public
schools, wei-e unnonneed l>y Mrs.
Blanche Smith, general chairman
of the radio committee, today,
h'or the next four weeks the pro
gram will he presented by the fol
lowing schools or organizations:
.Tauuary 25—Dudley high.
February 1—Torchlight societj'.
February 8—Ayeoek school.
February 15—Price school (sub
ject to be Negro history).