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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
International Honor Rating—Quill and Scroll
See Miss Harbison
About Scholarships
VOLUME XVI
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO. N. C., MARCH 7, 1940
SCHOOL PLANS STUDENT-FACULTY DAY
Triangular Debalers
To Face Salisbury High
As Year's First Foe
Johnston, Hipp, Swinson
Elected for New Term;
Debate Dates Announced
The Triangular debating team will
meet its first unofficial opponent
Tuesday, March 12, at Cth period, in
room 303. Douglass Hunt, and Mary
Elizabeth Barwick, negative, Billy
Halliday and Laurence IVeaver, af
firmative, will represent Greensboro in
this animal event. ITio debate will be
the first attempt this season of the
Salisbury high team, composed of
Frank Earnhardt, Jane Duffell. af
firmative, and .7im Putzel and Doris
Murphy, negative. With the exception
of Earnhardt, who is a junior, the
Rowan team is made up of seniors.
Complete Schelule Announced
Next Wednesday, the team will com
pete with the representatives of Dar
lington School for Boys, of Rome. Ga.
announced Miss Mozelle Causey, facul
ty adviser of the Greensboro club.
There is a possibility that Bruce Walls,
a member of the local club last year,
will be among those making the trip
from the ‘•Cracker State.’’ Since there
will be two debates on that day,
team will stay overnight, and Martha
Hipp, the club's social chairman, •
be in charge ofiicialiy of entertaining
them, although the entire club intends
to show the genflomen from ‘‘Jaw-
Jaw’’ the best parts of Greensboro in
the shortest time. It will, however, be
quite hard to show’ the city to Bruce,
who possibly knows more about, the
Gate City than his guides.
Following these two debates will be
tlie team’s first out-of-town contest at
the Thoma.sville high school on March
34, Burlington, like Salisbury, will
also have more than one clash with
the Triangulars and will debate with
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Participants in Forum
Debate Amendments
Representation on Council
According to Population
Suggested by Students
With the question of when the elec
tions at Greensboro high school will
I)e held as one of the many problems
to be dl.si'iLssed. the constitution com
mittee held an open-forum after school
last w'eek. From one staiuli)oint the
meeting was entirely unsuccessful, as
only a handful of .students attended.
However, .several constitutional difti-
cuitie.s were settled, with Billy Ilalia-
day. chairman, presiding over the
grouji.
Solution Offered
That a portion of the school officer;
coming from the upper classes he elect
ed this spring, and a .second election
he held next fall for the newcomers
was one solution suggested hy the
group.
Other .\inendinenls Suggested
Because there will be iiu more sopho
more classes in the high school, cer
tain amendments must he made to the
constitution. These were debated at the
forum where the suggestion tlnit there
I)e representation in the student coun
cil according to population wa.s of
fered. The (piestion of changes in the
sections concerning semester three and
four officers and tlie presiding of their
pre.sidents over elections will be pre
sented for a vote by Jean iMcAllistev
at an early date.
Members of the committee are Billy
Ilalladay, Lawrence Weaver, Grace
Estep, Sai'uh R. Armstrong, fMavy K.
Biirwick, and Jack Smith.
Koch to Present
‘Hamlet’ to Classes
“Dr. Fredrick Kocli, director of
Playmakers and head of the dra
matics department at U. N. C., will
present a shorteiiel rendition of
Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at Senior
higli school in the latter part of
May,” Miss Mims aiuioiinced today.
“Dr. Koch, who has become fam-
ous all over North Carolina for
his outstanding readings and pro
ductions, will practically recite
Hamlet instead of reading it,” she
declared.
Presented for English Classes
Dr. Kocli’s program will last
from 1:30 until 3:30, and will be
given for the benefit of the English
7 and 8 classes, since by the last
of May they will have had a
chance to study “Hamlet.” Those
students who have finished English
may make airaugements with Miss
>Dms if they wish to see it. .\ll
students attending arc asked to
donate ten cents to help with the
expenses.
“This rendition will be the next-
best to going to New York for the
stage production,” the English
teacher said. “Professor Koch has
played Hamlet a number of times
and is famous for his productions
as well as acting,” she concluded.
This 3inu.sual pbotograpli was taken by Bob Critz, student photog
rapher, under Miss Lee’s direction.
Sportsmanship Features
Library Club Exhibits
Rpol'tsmanship is the theme of the
exhibits of articles, trophies, and
stories in the library this week. In the
feature, book covers will he displayed
on the bulletin boai'd suggesting fair
play.
“The whole idea is to create more
feeling for sportsmanship,’’ stated
Charles Weisner, president of the li
brary club and head of the exhibit
work. Later on, various hobbies will
be shown, such as dog models, books
on dogs, and dog pictures.
'What Are Your Plans!'
Inquires Harbison
Guidance Teacher Explains
New Program; Personal
Records to Be Kept
“The pui'iKise of my Job,’’ declared
Miss Anne Harbison to a High Life
reporter this week, in explanation of
her new duties, “is to talk to students
and find out what they want to do in
future life.’’
A persona] record of ea(‘h senior Avill
be kept, for in later years this infor
mation may prove to be helpful. “These
i-ecords will be confidential and kept
on file in the office where no one will
see them, in case anyone is worried,”
she added.
“Not onl.v do I want to talk to those
students going to college,” she eou-
tiinied. -‘imt I also want to talk to
those who have no definite plans con
cerning the futnre. I want to show
them how they can go about finding
information for themselves after leav
ing school.”
Scholarships Offered
“Ontstauding oidleges, large and
small, have offered scholarships which
available to students who show
initiative and would like to go to col
lege hilt feel that they can’t afford it,”
she declared. "I will he glad to show
this material to all interested parties.”
Mr. Johnson’s old office in the sci
ence building is being converted into
an office where Miss Harbison can con
fer with each student individually and
confidentially.
Seniors lo Make Trip
To Nation's Capital
Spend 3 Days, April 25-28,
To Visit F. B. I. Offices,
Return by Skyland Drive
Most of the plans for the ’Wa.shin;
ton trip the seniors will make April
2.’) through 2S luive been completed,
•Vbout 00 rooms at the Ambassador
liotel. in the heart of Washington,
have been reserved, and all the bus
arrangemeuts have been made. The ap
proximate cost for each student will
he twenty dollars.
To Visit All Interesting Places
In Washington
The seniors, leaving from the Y.
M. C. A. at six o’clock Thursday
morning. April 2.'). will arrive in the
ciipitoi city at six o'e'loc-k'that iiigtu.
After spending four days seeing such
sights as Mt. Vernon, the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation, Lineolm Me
morial. Washington Monument, Ar
lington, Lee’s home, the White House,
Supreiue court, Smithsouiau institute,
and the Library of Congress, the sen
iors will journey home by way of the
Skyland drive, stopping to see the
Endless Caverns at New Market, Va.
Hornaday and Bond
Head Playmasters
Martha Hornaday will head Play-
masters again during the spring sem
ester, according to election results of
last week’s business meeting. Sncceed-
ng Muriel Fiske as vice-president will
be Oscar Bond, and Margaret Sawyer
replace Carolyn Coker as secre-
■ of the dramatic cluh. Tlie office
of treasurer was reinstated for the
new semester, and Frances Winslow
ill hold the iiosition.
As is the custom in Playmasters, the
vice-president will also be program
hairman. The other committees will
le appointed when tliere is a need
for them.
Stationary Has Arrived
The c’.ul) stationary, silver bearing a
ariiet letter-head and the Playmaster
eal, has now come, and Playmasters
have already found a iiuinher of uses,
in letters of club interest, for it.
Sprouts to Be Set Out
Upon School Grounds
“Approxiiiuitely l.-lOO pine sprouts
e to be planted on the hill on the
rth side of the main building by the
WPA within the next three weeks,”
Mrs. Blackhiirii aniionnccd yesterday.
Altogether 2:1,000 sprouts will be set
out throughout the city .school grounds,
a large iiortion of which will be planted
at Gillespie.
Music Club Members
Give Program to 80 Students
.\pproximatel.v .SO students heard a
iigram presented by the iiienihers of
tile Music -Appreciation cluh, last week,
during club period. I'lie program was
1 charge of Victoria Peiiiiekamp, pro
ram chairman.
Those appearing on the program
•ere .^lleene Darb.v, who sang a solo,
ecom,]ianied by Cali'ln McAdoo at the
iaiio: Betty Shipman, piano .solo: and
Rosser Lee Clark and Jack Shelton,
clarinet duet, accompanied by David
Evans at the piano. During the re
mainder of tlie program, the luemhers
played a recording of the third move
ment of Brahms’ second sjmpluniy in
I> major.
The Case
of the
Per,tured Purse
Added Attraction:
OTIS, NiaiBER 1 G-WOMA\
Caesar played second fiddle several
day ago in Miss I^esley’s Gtli period
Latin t'lass when that teacher sud
denly discovered the loss of her carry-
all infant valise.
It seemed that, though previous ex
perience with purse-snatchers kept her
always on guard, she had neglected to
cart the bag to lunch. So add one fran
tic instrnctres's inimis one poeketbook,
plus 20 upset pupils, and yon get a
thoroughly disrupted class.
Amid much head shaking and be-
inoaning of those who could be so base
as to "snitch” a purse. Miss Lesley
d(“parted for tlie office. But the alarm
wa.s ii falstr one: for at that, tiucHil
moment in barged Otis, the colored
maid, carrying yes—the mislaid bag!
Now, the moral of this story is:
Don’t over leave yonr handbag lying
.around, because Otis might not be
there to find it. z
Miss McNairy's Room
Has Highest Attendance
Mis.s McNairy’s home room, 200, with
a record of !)S.33 ousted Miss Far-
low’s riHim, iKS.l.S. for the first place
attendance dining the last report
period. Rating lowest, with 8’...-)i),
u 27, t’ollou-cd closely by 200 v
.SO.tiSl.
The following rooms were in the
erage attendance list, having !>o%
or more present: Room 2, tlT.Oti;
.8, !)7: 2.". P)4, nti.4: 301,
1.3; .’KI.'), i)0: Id, )(i; !), l)(i,2 : 14, 0.">.02
304. O.'k.S”: 201, !).-...-)d: and 4, !>.j.43.
The remaining rooms falling below
the 'X)% mark, which is iiece.ssary
for a half-holiday, were room 7, 04.04;
31.-., 313, 04; 2.1, 0;j.07; 24, 03.5;
300, 03.;?; 212, 0.3.7; 3, 03.tW: 12, 02.48;
10, itl.t;: ;?01, 01.70; -IfK), 01.4; 0, 01.8
302, IKt.31 ;• ;?(H), 00,00; 311, 88,4; and
2;?, 88,5,
Hunt and Brinkley Direct
Arrangements for Event
Allrusans Present
Books to Library
Put into circulation in the li
brary this week are approximately
25 new vocational guidance books
for girls. These volumes, purchased
with $.50 contributed by the Al-
trusa cluh, is the first item in a
series of anmial presentations
planned by the local club.
Career BtMilis Inrhided
Books which tiave proved of
particular interest in Miss Price’s
classes are f^tatidhi/ for the Ladies,
Knight, which is a story of wo
men in radio; Modern Beauty
Culture. Smith; Adeertising Ca
reers for Women, Olair; Careers
for Women in Journalism, Logic;
and So You IFoat to Open a Shop,
Kier.
Mary Baldwin Lead
Captured by Deaton
G. H. S. Alumna One of First
Freshmen to Lead Cast;
Makes Student Honor Roll
Elizabeth Deaton, a G. II. S. alumni,
and one of the first fre.shmen at Mary
Baldwin ever to capture a lead in the
spring pro-
1 o n
duct
there, will
star ill the
famous
stage a ii d
screen suc
cess, “Stage
Door.”
Deato:^
from li 0 r
dramatic ability "Lli)” has made the
honor roll for the first semester, and,
as she confessed to a local c'orre.spoiid-
‘iit, ■■You can’t imagine how grand It
s 'to receive the privileges the honor
oil hero gives, such as more cuts,
vhicli I can always use: hut dramatics
s niy main interest, and I am really
proud of the "A" I made on it!”
During her years here, “Lib” ex
celled in dramatics, was secretary of
the school, a meniher of Torchlight,
and a stuff inemhei' of IIjoii Liee.
‘Jabbo' Spans Globe
V/ith Amateur Set
“A radio pal is a pal indeed,” thinks
Mr. Stanley Johnson, and he has evi
dence to prove his point. Mr. Johnson,
faculty inemlier
of Greensboro
high school, as-
si.stant principal,
and expert ama:
tour ham, has a
powerful 400-
watt short-wave
radio with which
he has made
friends all over
the world.
"But the most
important,” Mi’.
Johnson states,
“is William Hill
"Bill.” as he is
lias a two-tube re-
■joiixsox-
of Richlands, N.
'ommonly known,
ceiver, which is run by a battery no
longer than that of a small flashlight.
Together the two have “hitcjihiked”
all states east of the Mississippi. Mr.
Johnson calling the stations with his
large set frequently, and Bill turning
in with his three-watt set. This was
done in three weeks’ time, hut Mr.
.Johnson declares, “it wouldn’t be pos-
sitile if Kill didn’t know so much about
it.”
Grows Tobacco
Bill, an ex-prize fighter, soldier, and
sailor, is six feet -plus, weigh.s 105
pounds, has four children, and lives 10
miles from the Atlantic coast on his
own farm, where he grows high grade
cigarette tobacco.
“It’s nice to make friends over the
radio,” says Mr. Johnson, “especially
when they think it a mere matter of
acquaintance to send you such gifts
as three gallons of honey, 30 pounds
of country sau-sage, and a barrel of
potatoes, to say nothing of a string or
I’o of chitlings.
I*opular With Amateurs
Mr. Johnson has received cards from
radio friends from over 330 different
countries, including Alaska. Austria,
Bermuda, West Indies, Poland, French
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'Be Proud lo Teach'
Advises Beale at Banquet
“Teachers should be proud of llie
fact tluiL tliey arc teachers,” decla
Dr. II. K. Beale, who was the principal
speaker at the tenth aiiiiiver.sai'.
Classroom Teachers banquet, held at
(>;:?• o’clock, Wednesday of last week,
at Grwnsboro college. lie said that the
bigge.st task of a teacher was to pre
serve American democracy..
"Faculty members should strive to
procure enough freedom to tfach what
they tbliik about social science and
other related conrscs,” Dr. Beale de
clared, "and they should also strive to
build a .strong organization, so as to
be recognized in political circles.”
Dr. Beale lias been the professor of
.American history at the University of
North Carolina since 193.5. IIo has re
ived degrees from Harvard and the
I'niverslty of Chicago.
arrangements and decorations
le banquet were in charge of
■Miss Emily Worth, Mrs. Margaret
Wall, Mrs. Lucille Andrews, Mrs, Ada
Phillips, and Mrs. Inez Omohiindro.
Miss Margaret Moser was in charge of
the pulilicity.
Routh Talks to Room 10
On School Problems
Rr. Routli spoke to session room
0, oil Thursday. February 22, on the
Ih'Dlilems of a Priiieliial.” Mr. Routh
evealed the fact that he had much
rather have a student tie mischievous
an do uotliing at all but sit and
sleep. Continuing, Mr. Routh said, “I
probalily know more about the per
sonal side of affairs going on In the
school than anyone else on the cam
pus. The thing I would like most is
for the .students to feel free to come
to me until tlieir problems,” con
cluded Mr. Routh.
Program to Be Held
During School Hours
Outdoors, March 18
Student-Faculty day will be observed
for the fir.st time in the history of G.
IT. S. on Jlarch 38, it has been an
nounced by Douglass Hunt and Billy
Brinkley, .student leaders for the event.
'The purpose of this first event is to
create a more understanding feeling
lietweeii pupils and teachers and to
bring about a stronger spirit of co
operation. 'Two and one-half hours will
be taken out of school for this out
door affair.
Conunitfee Composed
A student-teacher committee, com
posed of seven students and nine teach
ers, is busily organizing tlie details
for this spring occasion. 'Those mcm-
liers of the faculty assisting the stu-
diuits are Miss Kara I.,esley. head ad
viser, 5Iiss Lily Walker, Mrs. Nellie
Blackburn, !Miss Louise Smith, Mi.ss
Virginia Cohooii, Miss Snowc Brad
ley, and Coach Robert Jamieson. Mrs.
Estelle I^eGwin and Mr. F. E. Thomas
f expected to add ideas.
Students to Take Part
Annie I-ouise Patterson, Douglass
limit. Billy Brinkley, Richard Kiser,
Nancy (.'owlicrd, Peggy Yates, and
Lacy Kellars will contribute their part
to the committee, as .student members.
Complete arrangements have not yet
been aniiouiiced, for they have not been
(implefed; however, they will be dis-
clo.sed ill tlie next is.siie of Ilmii Like.
Sledge Holds Contest
For Unique Reports
‘Salem News/ Paintinj?,
Model, by Stapleton, Hipp,
Allen, Attain First Place
Martha Hipp, Baxter Stapleton, and
Kidney Allen stole the laurels last Fri
day for the most original book reports
in Miss Sledge's English H classes. In
place of the usual written reports,
students were urged to give their im
aginations free rein in reporting on
novels.
Martha’s glass painting, illustrating
Porter’s Jmddie. won first prize in the
foiii'tli period class, with Louise How-
s oil landscapes coming second;
in the second period class Stapleton,
noted for his liigli scholarship, placed
first with an 184(j edition of the Salem
•«. portraying the return of (iarrit
ill Jura Head, while Claylon Stalling's
iiniiiiie "paper negative” photographs,
from Boyd’s Bitter Creek, and Rachael
Whiteside’s clay bust of Cimarron,
tied for second. Sidney .\lleii won
ori'i- (ieiie 'Tliorntoii's water-color book
let on Ausaeein and Mcolette, by Ma
son, \rtth his cardboard miniature of
a iiiiiin street in Osagi', also from Fer-
lier's Cimarron.
Stimulates Reading
Miss Sledge reported that the at
tractive manner in which varied
novels, all standard material, were suc
cessfully presented, tended to culti
vate and stiiimlate students’ taste in
reading.
Varied Entries
•Vside from ordinary posters, book
lets, and hook-eovers there were dress-
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Torchlight Society Plans
Initiation Party Tonight
'Torchlight society is giving an in-
iliation party tonight, at Vicks cliib-
lioiisc, for new members of the club
akeii ill last semester. Bad weatlier
delayed the hamburger party, which
as planned for an earlier date.
Plans for entertainment were made
by Jean Kteplienson, social chairman,
Frankie Cliisholm, Berry Reid, and
tiloiia Blumentbal. 5rr. and Mrs. A.
Routh will assist Miss Mims, facul
ty adviscT for the club, in chaperoning
the group.
Delegates to Attend Convention
Miss Mims announced that Mursliall
Morris, president of the club, and
delegates will attend the aniuiul state
convention of the National Honor so-
•iet.v, which will be held In Asheville,
N. C., in April. The date has not been
announced.