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How Will G. H. S. Rate
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HIGH LIFE
Noise and Concentration
Never Mixl
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
International Honor Rating—Quill and Scroll
VOLUME XVI
GEEENSBORO SENIOR IHCH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., APRIL 18, 1940
Nl MBER 18
"Are You There?"
Featured above is the cast for tlie radio program “Are You
There?” wliich will be present^ by members of the commerieal de
partment May 3 at 5:4r) p. m. and 'which reads, left to right, as fol
lows: Carolyn Gross. Bill Byrd, lk)se Holderfield. James Fry, Faye
Apple, and Charles Earl.— (Photo by Staff Photographer Solomon
Kennedy).
Four Groups Selected
For Pupil-Faculty Day
Home Room Leaders
Choose Captains;
Divide Schooi
Petrea, Anthony, Sanders,
Myrick Made Leaders
On Student Faculty Day
To fiicilitiite (jpenitioiis on Student
Faculty Day, scbednlial for Thurs
day. May 2. the .student committee,
headed hy Billy Brinkly, and the facul
ty adviser fir school division. Miss
Lily Walker, divided the home room
grouiis. Tliese in furn chose Oscar
Petree of Team 1. -Tim .Viithony of
Team 2. Bill Sanders. Team -T, and
Alijcrt Myrick, Team 4, to act as cap
tains for the event.
Plans Being Whipped Into Shape
Plans are rapidly prjgressing for
the day, which promises to he a com
bination field and play day. From 11
until 1 :;5U teachers and students alike
wiii compete UKuinsi each other in
games, which, as Brinkiy exiiressed it,
will give both a chance to “let down
their back hair."
Pictuie.s Taken
Moving pictures of the faculty prac
ticing for the occasion were taken on
the campus Tuesday under the direc
tion ]f itiiss Virginia ('ohocjii, puli-
licity chairman, The results will be
shown in chapel at an (airly date. Miss
Sarah Lesley i.s general faculty chair-
Sweetheart Blouses Set
Pace for Spring
Fashions
SuK'lling faintly of spring and grand
mother's hoiH> chest, the fancy batiste
blouses recently made hy ;Miss Brad
ley's home economics girls were dis
played last week in all their glory in
the library, where, the entire student
body could notice and learn, "The se
cret of beauty is ambition and hard
work."
The blouses were noticed, and the
lesson learned, hut perha])S the most
ardent admirer of the collection was
ordered a
6,000 Music Sludenis
Come to Greensboro
For Annual Contest
G. H. S. Solo Entries
Receive First Rating
In State Competition
To represent their respective schools.
approxiniat(*ly (i,(KH) students from all
.sections of North Carolina have come
to Greensboro to attend the twenty-
first annual state high school music,
contest at Woman’s college.
Ke.sults from Tuesday's activitieSri
which included orchestral solus,
been talmlated. Entrants from Senior
high and their ratings are: Oti.s Bee
son. flute, second place: Herman Cone,
clarinet, second place: Walter Hower
ton. French horn.third place: Kichard
Ruby, saxophone, firsr place; and Cal
vin iUcAdoo. piano, tirsf place.
Group Kilting .Announced
Orchestral'groups froni G. II.
ceived the following distinctions; wood
wind (piintot. first rating: horn (luartet.
second place; trombone (jnartet, second
lilacc: woodwind trio, second ph
and orchestra, class D. first place
Senior high school's hand ph
WcHlnesdny night at 7:80: however.
High Life went to press before its rat
ing could he obtained.
Today is tlu' day for the state cho
ral groups to participate in the con
test. Solos, (piartets, trios, and choirs
will have a chance to show how g(]od
or how i)oor the.v are. Soloists repre
senting Greensboro are: tenor, .limmy
Boyles: harifoiie. Adin Gihhs; bass,
Robert Andrews: alto, Daphne Lewis;
and soprano. Elizabeth Dehuu-ey.
Debating Team Enters
Wake Forest Contest
Broughton High School
Wins Over G. H. S. Group;
Hunt Awarded Medal
our of SIX 01 the pre-
Miss Bradley is prouder than a
mother hen. and declares, “The girls
certainly deserve some credit I", and
G. II. S. echoes the fact that, the home
economics department certainly does
not live np to the saying, "All females [ hltLcngh the.v had lost the triangular
are helpless."
Winning fiv
liminary debates in the forensic tour
nament at Wake Forest, April 4-0,
put the high school debating team In
the first round of the finals there,
Hampton Singers
Present Program
Making one of its few appear-
ances in Greensboro, the Hainton
aiices in Greensboro, (he Hampton
QiiaiTet. of Hampton institute,
Senior high school student body,
Tuesday. April 1(5, at the regular
chapel period.
Hampton institute is an unde
nominational locational college,
established in 1868 for the educa
tion of Negroes, and boasts a.s two
of its gradnate.s. Booker T. AVash-
iiigton, founder of Tuskegee, and
Robert Motoii, liis suecessor at the
Alabama institution.
The Hampton Quartet is oom-
pcsed of botli students and faculty
members, one of whom is repiiteil
to have a bass pitch lower than
the lowest on tlie piano scale.
Beall Made Writing
Committee Chairman
Group of Six Students
Prepare Pageant on
American Life
•'ElizaiK't li Bciill, semester eight, has
been named chairman of the final writ
ing connnittee of the senior pageant."
stated Jliss Ida Belle Jloore, faculty
adiiser for the graduating clas,s, last
night. The new committee, which was
formed from a selected group of the
general writing committee, will begin
work immediately on the last phns
of the pageant.
Johnson, Lewis, Pearce
Elected Senior Attendants
New Chairman
Pictured above is Elizabeth Beall,
ew chnirniun of the senior pagt'aut
.-rlthig committee at G. 11. .“S.— (Photo
y Staff Phot()gra])her Solomon Ken
edy).
Arnold, Morton, White
Chosen to Represent
Semester 7 in Court
New Laws Provide
For Two Elecllons
Cheer Leader Candidates
Must Compete in Try Outs;
To Keep Statute Book
Final K-evision Plannetl
•‘All imiimscripts for the pageant,
hich have lu'eii prepared hy the gen
eral committee, will he studied and
Ised in tlie next few weeks," added
Miss Moore. She also announced that
final cutting, preparation of the alle
gory, and actual writing will be left
np to Ibis group.
v.vit
posed of Elizabeth Beall, ehairinan,
Victoria I’eniiekamp. Grace Pisfep.
Bob Banks, Mary Carrol, and Barbara
Bentley.
Torchlight Delegates
To Go to Asheville
an.
Rcom Leaders Divided
The home room leaders divided inti
roups are as foilow.s:
Beverly Heitman, Oscar Petree, Herman
Cone, Gene Thornton, Bill Keyes, Elaine
Miller. Martie McLennon, Billy Reeves, Clark
Foster, Lorena Acton, Bill Burton. Jennings
Withers. Hattie Belle Hartsook. Marian Fin
cher, Stewart Kuykendall, Tom Aydelette,
Wallace Harvey, Willis Highfill, Miriam Mc-
(Continiied on Page Three)
Honor Society Accepts
Nineteen New Members
Into Organization
. Clin-
U.N.C. Group Elects
Hornaday Again
For the second consecutive year the
Junior Carolina Plaj-makers elected
JIariha Honuid.ny as their president
during the meeting and luncheon at
the Carolina Inn. Tiiosda.v. .\pril
Martha i.s also president of Greensixiro
iiigh's dramatic club, I'laymasters.
-Vuotlier honor came to (Jreenshor
when Mis.s Ivottie Wall, Playniaster ad
viser. received the po.sition of one of
the two .senior higli school representa
tives in the executive board of the
Carolina Dramatic association. The
other high scliool representative is
Miss Lillian Quinn of Concord.
Free Piano Courses
Offered by Music Center
Teaching students to learn to play
liy ear is the object of the free piano
courses being currently .sponsored by
Guilford Piano and Music (.'enter,
which offers the methods of Ed East,
pianist, who may t>e heard every Sat
urday morning at 11 o’clock over ra
dio station AVBIG. Further informa
tion may be obtained at the Music
center concerning these lesson.s.
Four delegates. Daphne Lewi:
ton Yantiss, Mary Elizabeth Hi
find Boll McAllister: the vice-president.!
Muriel Fiske: iind tlie sponsor. TIiss
Siirah Mims, will go from (he G. 11. S.
honor society to Asheville. April 26
and 27. for the third annual Torch
light conference.
These conferences were started in
Greensboro for the first time In the
fall of lff8s. Th(‘ second meeting was
held last spring in Wilmington. This
yeiir the theme of the conference will
he "By Tleasnre—Where Du We Go
From Here'.'" hut. according to Miss
Mims, jidviser of the honor club, no
notification of plans for activities
entertainment have been received li.v
the Greensboro chapter.
• Six Will Go
One delegate is fillowed for ev-
10 members or major fraction: there
fore, Senior high, with nearly 40 mein-
hers, will be allowed four representa
tives, other than the .president of the
club and the stKuisor of the club.
At the tapping on April 2, the fol
lowing students were accepted into
Torchlight on the tiasis of worthiness
in scholarship, character, leadership,
and service: Semesf(*r 8. Hugh Alt-
deliate to Winston-Salem and High
Point. Although the team was defeated
in this division hy Broughton high, Ra
leigh, who. incidentally, won the de
bating cup, Douglass Hunt came home
with a niedfil for first place in the
extempore spe.'iking division, for the
second conseentive year. Hunt filso
ufis one of six who received a rating
jf (‘Xcelleiice in detmtin.i:.
Miss Mozelle Ciiusey, school dcdiating
coach, and Margaret Bilyen. who en
tered the poetry reading contest, alsi
accompanied the gronji.
School Evaluation
To Begin April 22
":Sfate olticials
piinciiinls will
t/igh schol on A))
ijV'oi'der to evaluat'
ake
the
local high school
a tour of Senior
22. 28, and 24.
istitution for
Mrs. Milner Heads N. (.
Dietetic Institute
(Continued on Page Three)
Girl Reserves Hold
Benefit Bridge April 5
Climaxing a drive for funds to send
(kdegates to Camp Betty Hastings, the
I.ucky I.a.ssie Girl Reserves sponsored
a benefit bridge wbich netted $17 iit
the Coca-Cola Bottling company April
•T. A cake lottery brought in a large
part of the total profits.
11a Mae Norman, president of the
Lucky i,assies, was chairman of the
•ommittee. .\Ietu Overstreet, who was
n charge of the refre.shmeiits, was as
sisted by Frances Health, Dorothy
Baughn, Fay Sprinkle, Helen Clegg,
and Jean Nowell.
iMrs. Eloise Milner. Groeiisbovo sen
ior high cafeteria manager, was elected
president of the North Carolina Die-
te'.ics association at the iiunual meet
ing April .■»-(: in Winston-Salem,
Also attending were Miss Cleoiie
Boyd, Senior high: Miss Harveli. Cen
tral Junior high: Miss Judd. Irving
Pttrk: Mrs. Inez Omohundro. (iiliespie
school.
the Southern Association, of Secondary
Schools.
These officials will judge (Jreenshoro
high from ail aiigh's. including teach
ing. the library, home ecomuiiies,
binldiiigs. objectives of the .school, pn-
till- activities, school shop, etc. The
School will be graded on the basis of
admission of new schools to tin' ec-
crediteil school list, of which Senior
high is already a niemher.
Iliglnsmitli to Judge
The state eoimiiitree invited
uate G. 11. S. consists of Dr. .
Highsmith. state high school
tor: .Mr. R. B. Combs, assi;
Dr. Highsmith: .Mr. J, IVarrei ■ •
of tlie industrial arts field: M
Ciedle. judge of buildings; M
nice Allen, judge of home eeo
and Marion Justiet*.
‘‘Senior high's new constitution,
now awaiting ratification hy the stu
dent body, will go into effect, if ap
proved hy the students, before the
spring election." declared Jean JicAl-
lisle
'sterda;
One of the most far-reaching changes
is the niiion of the student council and
the home room conncil Into a unicam
eral form of assembly, which will meet
once a wei'k. In addition, there will
be a council representative for every
75 students.
Two Elections
In order that rising juniors will have
a chance to participate in tiie selec
tion of oHicers, a Si'ptemher election
will be held for the student body of
ficers of secretary, treasurer, cheer
leader, and for semester otlices, while
sping (‘lection of the student body pres
ident and vi(-e-i>r(‘sident will be re-
Tlie results of competitive tryouts
to be held by tlie athletic detmvtmeiit
will determine the three candidates
for cheei'-leader.
Vice-rresideiif to Cotitrol ('oininittecs
The vice-president of the student
body is to he ehairinan of the liiler-
club ciiuncil and will control all com
mittees, A statute book will be used
to record the duties of lhes(' commir-
tees. the minutes of all meetings, and
I'ules adopted by the. group.
in case of impeachment of any oili-
('{•r, the student council will act as
judge and jury. Grounds for impeach
ment include unexcused absences, aluise
Aniimincemeiit of the identity of
the twelve nu'inhers of the May court,
a strictly guarded swret since the
election, recently completed, has just
been made by Miss Lottie AVall, facul
ty adviser for the event. In seine.ster 8
winning contestants are Vi Jidmson,
Daphne Lewis, aiui Dorothy Pearce.
Semester 7 Group
Semester 7. Gloria Arnold, Louise
Jlorton. Marie M'bitt. Semester d, Pat
Fordbam, Micke.v Palmer, and Frances
Winslow. Semester 4 and 5, Willie
Mae King, Tommy Oliver, and Jean-
Sliinn.
The setting for the May celebration
will be "In flu* Deep South” of about
ISiitt, with the decorations portraying
the garden of an old southern planta
tion. Oscar Bond is gmieral chairman
for the event.
Four Flnusos of Seliool Kepre-senteO
-Vlthongh Playinasters are sponsoring
the festival, they will combine in it
thri'e other phases of .school activities,
as ('oach Bob Jamieson and the ath
letic deiiarlmenf will supply the tum
blers, or jest('rs. and the (wo d‘i)art-
nients of music, the glee club and the
orchestra, will provide aocoiupaiiinu'iits
for the various divisions of the jiro-
graia.
Reigning over the court to be lu'ld
May 8 at o'clock, will be (juei'ii
Irene Current, whose election was
aniionuced in the last issue of the
school paper. Her maid of honor will
he India Groonu*.
.Miss Lottie IVall, Playniaster ad-
visi'r, has not yet annoimci'd the actual
program, hut she disclosed that Miss
Doris Ilntcliinson will direct the
dances.
The major dance for the court enter
tainment will be a A'irginiu reel exe
cuted by the members of Playinasters
and Torchlight, who no.w renort to the
gym daily in order to improve their
terpsichoreaii ti'chuicpie.
Paper Sponsors
AnII-Nolse Drive
Psychology and Philosophy
Help Prove Decision that
Clamor Impairs Bearing
V^alker Finds Octopus
Hawaiian Food Fad
Since statistics show that 1!) out of
> sHidents are allergic to noise. High
Life is beginning today to sponsor an
anti-noise campaign for the preven-
tiim of unnecessary clamor in the halls
and for eiicoiiragement of more perfect
studying conditions at all limes.
(piiz Proves Noise Impedes
Studies In psycluilogy ami idiiloso-
phy show that noise has a deh'terious
(‘ffect on study. M’lu'ii a (piiz was
recently given to a group of 10(1 high
school sludenis to test their ability
rn in tlu' noise normal to any
can group of liigh school age,
ad that the noise detracted great-
n their concentration: Nine stn-
bari'ly made a passing grade.
" to the fact that the noise pro-
other interests and took their
on from their study. Six stu-
under these eomlitlons, indicated
ral tendency to stupidity, while
4 were able to concentrate eii-
‘T chewed and chewed: the longer
I chewed the bigger It got. hut finally,
not wishing to be impolite, 1 muster
ed up enough courage to swallow that
horrible tasting stuff that didn’t want
to go down. Imagine the sinking sen
sation I f(*lt in the pit of my stomach
when I discovered that I had be*en
eating a piece of raw octopus I” ex
claimed Miss Lilly JValker last week
to Miss Blackmon's last period history
class ill recounting her experience at
a real Hawaiian Inau during her three
months visit in that Island several
years ago.
Sees Native Food Prepared
“.V person has never really seen
Hawaii until he has been to a Inau.
've he may see whole pigs lowered
into pits of hot rocks with bananas
wrapped in leaves, sweet potatoes, and
pineapple, all of which are covered
with additioiial rocks, damp .sacks, and
finally, dirt. Each guest is e-xiKicted to
sit native style, with legs crossed on
the ground, and to enjoy the d
Hawaiian dishes. It was at
these festivities that J came in
wl.ir the octopus,” Jliss M'alfc
the history students who hav
a recent* study of tliese islaii
Explaims Chief Food
"'Ihe Hawaiian is a splendid-looking
person." (he math teacher continued.
"-\s a rule, a young native is tall,
(lark-haired, having almost black skin,
possessing broad shoulders, and narrow
hips. However, due to Ihe extremely
starchy diet, he becomes much too fat
in his later years.” Miss M'ulker in
formed the students.
“Poi, which to me tastes like low-
grade library glue, but is loved and
eaR'ii ahmxst every meal by tbe Hawai-
ians. is the chief dish of the i.slands.
It is considered one of the finest foods
in the world, if a person is able to eat
Little Hawaiian babies eat poi as
American babies (uit candy,” Miss
M’alker declared.
ohjectivi* of the ciinipaign is to
dndeiits th(‘ necessity for ciirb-
necc'ssary noise and to indicate
-dents tile methods hy which they
.‘ciiVe the lH‘st r(‘sults in their
I’osters and articles in future
of Iligli Life will be used to
lie iiohit home.
Economics.” also holds (he positions
of puiilieity chnirman for the Home
Economics cliil), fin* Home Economics
(lepartiiient, the Modern Dance group,
and is a n'porter ami copy reader for
the college iiaper, "The Carolinian.”
8he also: works with the niake-ii]) crew
in I’laylikers, the college dramatic
group, and is chairman for the (h'co-
rations committee for the Freshman
formal, which will take place on Sat
urday, April 2(1.
Invlt‘d to .Attend Monogram Conference
Senior higli school has been invited
to -send representatives to the annual
high school Monogram confeKuice, to
be held hy the I'niversity of North
Carolina. April 26 and 27, in Chapel
Hill.
IV
' S. P. I. Conference
.eet in Chapel Hill
.Non h ('a rolina's Schola stie 1 ’res.s
institute will liold its third annual
conference in ('Impel Hill, May 8-4,
under the directorship of David Stick,
r. N, C. student, ami with tlu' co
operation of tile Dejiartment of Edu-
ition.
high
Among the three liundred
school students expected, there will
he two ollietal deh'gates and jxissibly
(‘ight mio/Iicial ni(‘mbers representing
Greensboro high and llion Lifk. Offi
cial d(‘l(‘gates are to lie housed by
the I'niversity of Norlli Carolina.
Frances Chisliolin, former editor of
IlKiir J>iFK, is one of three state stu
dent chainm'u in charge of making
plans for the event.