North Carolina Newspapers

College Day Plans See Page 1 HIGH LIFE From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry International Honor Rating—Quill and Scroll Choose Your ShirC See Page 2 VOLUME XVI GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO. N. C., APRIL 4, 1!(40 Sack Lunches on Lawn To Climax Premiere of Student-Faculty Day New Event Scheduled for May 2; School to Take Part in Outdoor Games Iiifoniialify and piit'ty Avill he the lirertominant factors of Stndciit-Fac- nlty day, which will he held at Senior high school for the lirst time on May 2, ftajin 11 until 1 rtiO. "A period of recreation, during which tinx; games, including hasehali, soft- hall ping-pong, hadiuinton. and cro quet, will officially open the new event, announced Billy Brinkley, the stndenr chairman. To Have Lunch on Lawn In order that everyone, students and teachers alike, may he together, s lunches, topped hy lemonade in paper cui)s, will he served on the lawn. Fol lowing luncheon, the nia.ior games of the day will he played. Selected base hall teaiiLs, representing two divisions of the school, will ftirnish entertain ment for spectators, while a tug-of-war will he in progress on the front lawn. The last two periods will run on their regular schedule. Student-Faculty Conunittee Student-Faculty diiy, which has been in the making for the past month, is under the general supervision of Miss Sara Lesley, with Miss Lily Walker in charge of dividing the school; Mrs. Blackhurn. lunches; Miss Iliitcliinson, games, with Miss Lonise Smith and Mr, .iamieson as her assistants: and Miss Virginia Cohoon and Miss Brad ley. puhlicity. Students working with these teach ers are Billy Brinkley, chairman; Richard Kiser, games: Peggy .Yeats, (Continued on Page Four) Business Contest to Be April 24,25,26 Grand School Winner, Individual, and Team Placers to Be Announced Tests in shorthand, typing, hook- keeping, commercial law. and general husiness will he given April 24. 2~), and 2(5 ti the husiness .students of Sen ior high school in comiecticjii with the annual North Carolina State Business contest, announceil Mr. (J. H. I'arker. memher of the tVotnan's college and G. H, S. commercial departments, this Inilividnal Copies New Feaitire In previous years the tests have been dictated by the tea-her. as only one copy was provided, hut this year itn individual copy for each student will l)e provided. The completed papers will he submitted to 'Woman's College of the Cniversity of North Carolina for purposes of checking. M'inners in each event will he clas sified as individual and team winners. In addition there will also he a grand school winner. Caldwell Caps Record Wifh Atlendance of %% ■aging Dr. J.E. Morgan to Visit Local FJ.A. Club Today On Tour of Southeast; To Address Teachers Tonight at 8 o’CIock Dr. .Toy E. Morgan, editor of Nation al Edncation association and supervis or of the Fttture i’eachers of Atnerica organization in the Tnited States, will arrive in Greensboro today at noon to visit the high school unit of the organ ization and to speak tonight at 8 o’clock to the teachers of the city at Central •Tunior high school. Dr. Morgan is making a tonr of the .Sontheastei'ii states and is visiting the local chapters of F. T. A., of which Allen Dixon is president. The Future Teachers of Ainerieti club is a project sponsored hy the N. E. A., and an or- ganizjition promoted in honor of TIor- j ace Mann, father of the puldic .school i system in Americii. j During his stay in Greensboro, Dr, ; Morgan will he entertained at a diiine given by the F. T. A. elnh tonight at IS ;H(I at the .lefferson Roof restaurant. Innnediately after dinner, the visitor ;penk liefore the general meeting of city teachers, --f* Girl Reserves Plan Banquel for Mothers A mother - daughter hamiuct. sched uled for April 2(5, will he the first big event on the spring calendar for the four high school Girl Reserve clnhs, the inter-cluh council decided at its last meeting. March 1(1. Daphne Ta-wis. president of the Be Worthwhile clulv. was appointed gen eral chairman for the celebration hy Ella Mae ISIorgan, eonncll president, and Jmcky J.assie lu'ad. Committee Cfiainnen .Vnnotniet'il Further plans for the occasion will he made by special commUfees also appointed by Ella IMae. There.sa Mc Cormick will !>e ill charge of the pro gram: (beta Overslrwt and Frances Heath, decorations: Margaret Allred and .Vnnie MaeDilloii, tickef.s; and .Jean Nowell, food, Ri'presenlatives of the clnhs also made plans for a senior faniiiy night to he held in May at the Y. W. C. A.. withBarliarn Bentley as general cliair- inan for the affair, assisted by Eliza beth Bennett. Dorothy lates, and Fran- Ileath. Final College Day Plans Announced; 28 Schools to Allend Part-Time Seniors Begin Conferences At 12 o’clock Ihii't-tinie se ferences in the April 5, with heginiiing irs will .start the i hrary. on College day, th ciillege represeiitativi t 12 o'clock, with rooms going in groups of three. All students in rooms .‘n:!, tJir), and will go to lunch at 12. and report to either their fourth or fifth period classes to liave atteiidanc checked. After all work is turned in and assigninents made, thi'.v will he ex cused to go to the library for the re- niainder of the period. Sixtli and Seventh Periods .\t the sixth period, rooms 3(l0. and 2(1G will l>e able to talk to the delegates, while 104, 100, and 201 will have seventh period. Schools which have accepted the in vitation to College day and their repre sentatives are: Salem, Vliss .Jane liond- thaler: Guilford, Dr. E. Gariiess Pur- dom: Gi-wmshoro college. Dr. L. L. Gohhel; N. C. Slate, stiulent represen tative: W. C. V. N. C„ C. W. Phillips: Mars Hill, Hoyt Blackwell: Citadel. L. A. Pi'outy; Mary Baldwin, Miss Blessing Whitmore: "W, C. T. C.. .John W. JIcDevitt: King’s, Leroy Thacker Mary M'ashington, Ronald AV. Eanlk ner: High Point, N. AJ. Harrison: I’eace, AA'illiam C. Pressly: T'. N. C., Roy Armstrong: Flora MacDonald, Airs. Gemw. AlacAIill; E. C, T, Miss 5.48f/f, Aliss Caidwell’s room. 2, has highest attendance for the past six weeks, while Aliss Black mon's room. 813, was second with 95.0%. Having 00% and above were the following rooms: Blackman. 95%: Hncks, 95%: Alims, 94,58%; Lesley. 98,.8%: J.ee, 98.2%: Ilarhison. 98.(57%: AIcNairy. 98.97% : Pike. 98% : Alitchell. 98.7%.: Cahoon. 98.1% : Farlow. St2.4% AA'all. 92.41%: Hntch AIcDojiahl, 92.15% : Braswell. 92. TIume, 92.3%: Avery. 91.48%; Alooiv. , . . a>i-f\n 91.9%: I.e(}win. 91.(50%; Bradley, ■ Competition tOF $500 91.15%: AValker. !!1.0%: Richards. 91.9%-: Thomas. 90.58%; Sledge. 90%: Blackhurn. tK).C%. Tho.se rooms falling lielow the 90%c mark were: Peebles. 88.88%; Cansey. 87.7%-: Smith. B., 85.58%: Smith. L,. 85.10%: Betts. 87.5%; Alton, 83.4%; Burnside. 80.4%. (Continued on Page Four) RolariansGive$50 To School Library Wren to Order Books For Boys’ Careers; Begins Vocations File Not to he outdone hy the Altrnsa clnl), which recently made a substantial gift, the Rotary clni) has made a sim ilar contribution of .850 to the school library, the money to he used for the purchase of vocational and occupathm- al hfK)ks for hoys. Aliss Wren has already hotighl a sett of 92 hnlletins on careers and will secure other hooks soon. These liulletins are to he ((Jii- .sidered regular hooks and will he ch(‘ck(‘d out as all others ar(‘. Wren Begins File In connection with the guidance work (if Air. Alaihis, Aliss Price, and Aliss riarhison. Aliss AVren has hi'gnn a spe cial fih' on careers. An entire section wil he devoted to each (jiie of the main divisions of indnstry or professional service, every imaginable type of work being included. Along with the pam phlets she lias on this material, Aliss Wren is saving clippings on the vari ous Helds, She will add these to the Hie. Should .\i(I Stndonfs As .soon as the tile becomes better organized, each student will receive a mimeographed sheet telling of the ma terials that may he found there. This file should he of much value to St ndents in determining what courses to lake at school and how to advance in their chosen fields. Current Chosen to Reign Over G. H. S. May Festival May Queen and her Maid of Honor Groome Maid of Honor; Bond General Chairman Of Event on May 5 “The Old South” to Be Theme, Feat iiring G. W. T. W. Costumes li'eiie Current was cliostui by popular vote to reign over (he annual Alay festival at Senior high Alay 5. Inuie is tile daughter of Air. and Airs, S. L. Cur rent of the Tahernaele road. Alaid of hinor, runner-up for (|Ueen. is to he India Groome. daughter of Air, and Airs, Samuel Groome of Groometowu. Defeated in the raee for (|uoeu was Carolyn Coker. 'ampus aetivss. Sponsored hy Piayiuasters, the sec ond of the annual events will he under the direction of Oscar Bond, general ehairman. Ollier eommittee heads for the eelelu-atiin are eostunu', Dorothy Ci'afton; musie, Doris P(y)ples: de‘ora- tlons, Frances AA’inslow; and dance, Afargarel Sawyer. G. W. T. W. Costumes “The 01(1 South” will he the theme ol this year's court—a s{K’ciaI feature to he the A'irginia re(>l. In lamping M-ith the topic, ladies of the court will wear ihc traditional Scarlett O'llara dress. Although definite arrangtanents have not been coiuiHcB'd. it is probable that the dresses will l)c in one color, (Continued on Page Four) Pictured above are Irene Current. May Queen, and India Groome, maid of lionor, sJiowti with an old spinning wheel, rcmiiniscent of the old South, which will be Ihe theme for the annual May Day.—{Photo hif staff photographer Solomon Kennidg.) Bentley, Darby, Dunstan Win Local Quill Contest Faculty Has Meeting; Discuss School Problems Dongnuts and hot coff(*e were served to the faculty, hy Ann Glass and Alary Joe Flippin of the honie economics group, at the routine meeting on March 2(5. Th(> purpose of this meeting wa.s to (ILscuss school problems and the committee work jK'cessary for the evaluation service to be conducted here April 1(5, 17, and 18. AVinning out in the local Quill and Scroll contest on h(“adlines. editorials, and feature-writing, held last week, were Barbara Bentley's feature story, “Baby Snooks Takes a Census of the Census Taker"; an editorial, "Black Shirts, Silvt'i- Shirts, or Plain Amer ican AVork Shirts for 1940 (iraduates,” hy Aurelia Dnnstan; and a donhle- harrclcd headline by Allene Darby. Scliolarship Offered (Jiull and Scroll is offering a .8.500 scholarship to the national winner of the contest. Any school with a (juill and Scroll chapter was (digilde to com pete in the contest, and March 80 was the deadline for all entries, Students taking part in the tryouts were allowed 45 mimites for each contest, and no (Conihiucd on Page Four) Semester Seven Group Clinton Yantiss, semester seven, was appointed, last week, hy .lean AIcAlister, president of the stiaUmt hod.v, to fill the position (jf nqn'e- sentative of semester seven. l(‘ft vacant hy the resignation of Gloria Arnold. '■Although he is not too well kjiown, he should make go(Ml in this offic(*," .lean AIcAlister told a High Lif(‘ reporter. "I hope, also,” said Jean, •'that he will lie one of the leaders at G. H, S. next y(‘a r," Coming to Greensboro from Haifa. Palestine. Clinton entered Greensboro high school in Scptein- lier. 1988, and since hn.s made the honor roll (*ach report period. He has liccn active in the extra-onr- ricular activity of s‘U scouting. Annual Career's Day Planned for May 3 Greensboro Employers To Speak to Students On Various Professions Career's day will he observed by the miors in Alay ” for Ihe second time in the history of (5. II. S., announced Aliss Christine 1‘rice. director of tin' event, Alonday. Tlic general purpose of the day is to give Ihe seniors a chance to re ceive flrsf-liand information on the gcjH'ral working coiidifions in various fields, Also students will he given an ojiportnnity to learn from Greensboro cmploy‘rs rhe types of jobs available. Varimis Fields to Re Described In tile professional flt'ld tluu'i* will 1h' sp(‘akers on nursing, newspaper work. law. medicine. (‘Uginccring, in cluding mining, civil, (‘lectrical, and incclianical, library work, si'cretarial, art, tioiching, and radio .service. There will also he addresses on aviation, in surance, gen(‘ral oHlce wo tail, and whol(>sale, mcchi work, hosiery and rayi ti'ades, carpentry, masonr; plnniliing, house wiring, sales, I'C- nics, t('Xtile n, liiiilding , plastering, and insula tion. home (■conojnics, beauty work, and social work. Each senior will liave an opportunity to attend two group meetings during (lie morning on two separate voca tional fields. These iiu'elings will he held from 9 till 11 o'clock. Aliss Ann Harhison Is assisting Alis.s Price with general plans for the day, but group leaders will he chosen from among the stinUmts. Chopsticks, Oh, Chopsticks There’s Nothing Like Chopsticks liage fumes a xyhiiihone and -fa'- TinklcI Tinkle! BclMikc loncs wafi over the cafeteria's din and cab remind one strangely of But listen closer ; s •do.' that's ‘mi.' there's —hand me your milk hol- and iMiiir half th(‘ water onl glass. That can he 'Ii.' No, I ant the vinegar hoitle." conies Ihe niiex[iectcd refrain. Be nut perturbed, gentle reader; thfit's not a lunatic at large. A second glance will reveal only a neat row of eight glasses and milk liotth's in the center of a Innciirooni table. It's an amateur's .symphony arrangement of of tin don't ninsic notes a I song being the ; This recent s G. H. S., its theme serenade proved short lived. Its feminine originators har monized hajipily with kiiiv‘s. forks, and glasses, until one musician sat in the whipped cream and the cafeteria iiioiiitor's approach sent aspiring gen iuses demurely hack to salads and French proverbs. Alumnae Help Plan Freshman Formal Spring (lances at \A’. ('. T'. N. (’. will he headed this year hy the freshman formal on April 20. Local students and G. II. S. alumnae will take an act ive part in Ihe preparations, n.s -lane AVehh will he in charge of arrange ments for Ihe on'h(*stra. Jane Alur- ray, one-time cheer-leader, will collect the money from town students. 'Modern Art' Subject 01 Hunt's Talk to Room 21 "Alodei'ii art is getting away from the traditional little details rescmliling photography,” began Douglass Hunt in his address to Afr. 'I'homas' session room 21 on Friday. Alarcli 17, "and is concentrating on design and emjihasiz- ing dominant elements.” Hunt illustrated his talk hy ex amples of had and good art. .Miss Bras well's oils, watereolors, and pencil drawing representing the preferred styles. Alodcrii Coiiropt of .\rt The speaker indicated that the mod ern concept of art goes beyond the classical field, erafls and handiwork h‘ing examples of this. He demon strated so-called tricks in art. which cause optical illustrations ami stressed the fact that art not only includes painting hut .sculpturing also. Hunt also explained that inter pretive ninsic docs not give exact de tails, hut alistract ones of such sub jects as winds, liirds, and oceans. Richards Resigns G. H. S. Position Will Become Head Of Business Department At Asheville College AVilliam A. Ricluirds, head of the G. II. S. commercial department, an- nonnc(‘s his resignation from Senior high in order to accept the position as head of the hnsitu'ss education dcparl- meiit at Asheville Teachers’ college next fall. For rh(> past two years Air. Richards has been connected with the hiisiiu'ss depiirtmeiit of this high school and (luring the (ime has taught va rious commercial subjects. At the Asheville institution he will teach lyp- iiig, accounting, and methods of |('aeh- ing husiness malh. Wile to Go .\lso -Aeeompaiiying him to Aslieville will lie his wife, tii(> former Aliss Alyrtle I, supervisor of the home eeo- (lepa St(‘(lma noiuies schools I'lmeiils et'ushoro "Air. Richards' leaving will ho a I reiuendous loss to the (ireeiislioro high school, each individual commercial stu dent, and particularly to tlie comiiK'r- cial faculty." declared Airs. Reeldcs and Miss Cohoon of the department this week, "hut the good wislies of Ihe (•nlii'c group will go with him and Airs. Richards to his lU'W |iost.” Ann()une(‘ineiit of Air. Richards suc cessor will ]irohahly not he made be fore Alay. Election and Tea to Feature P. T. A. Meet Parents of incoming jmiiors are to he siiecial guests of the Parent-Teach ers association at its meeting. Tuesday, April 9, at 8 p.m. Airs. AV, B. Little, prograin chairman, has iilaniu'd a mu sical program for this meeting, which is th(> last one of Ihe school year. Both the glee cliili and the hand will pre- aemt nuniliers which they are using in tlu‘ nmsie eontesl th(‘ folowiiig week. Preceding the program, an eh'ctioii of oliieers foi' 1940-41 will lie held. Tea to Re S(*rved in Library Following the program there will be a tea in the lihrary, with exhliiits from the art, woodwork, honu* (‘eonomies, natnr(‘ study, and journalism depart ments being displayed in the eonf(‘r- I'lice room. Greensboro Photographer Addresses School Club Air. Charles Farrell, Greensboro photographer and wedl-knoun illustni- lor of Tohf, spoke to the Pholograpliy club yesterday at the regular club period. Mr. Farrell's talk was based entirely in the (inesfions asked him by meinliers of lln* elnh.