Debaters’ Banquet
T onight
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
International Honor Rating—Qmll and Scroll
Election Day
May 27
VOLUME XVI
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., MAY 16, 1940
Vocational Students
To Entertain Employers
At Semi-Formal Dinner
Careers Club Formed
By 35 Working Pupils;
Patterson Is Chairman
Plans for a banquet at the Masonic
Temple on May 20 are now under way
by the members of the Careers club,
which is composed of all the Senior
hiffh vocational students.
The Careers club, recently organized
by Mrs. Christine Florence, coordina
tor of the vocational education depart
ment of the city schools, chose -Vnnie
Louise Patterson as chairman of the
group. The club plans to complete a
study of labor laws before the close
of school.
Smotliers Is Chairman
Herbert Smothers, social chairman,
in charge of the general arrange
ments for the event, will be assisted
by Harry Comer and Dorothy Cud-
worth, Helen Salios, program chair
man, will have Clayton Stallings and
Rachel Punting also serving on her
committee. Tyouise Golding will direct
the publicity with the aid of Adin
Gibbs and Mildred Stark.
Employers Special Guests
Special guests at the banquet will
be the employers of the vocational
students. The tirms which they will
represent are as follows: S. 11. Kress,
l^iontgomery Ward, Myers Department
store. Greensboro Xews-Kecord, Bur
lington Mills. North State Chevrolet
CO., Jones Ixuvis Furniture store,
Wearever Aluminium eo., Guilford
Dairy, Jetferson Standard Life Insur
ance CO., Bears Roebuck co., H. and
H. Clothing co., Barnet Hosiery co.,
Williams Grocery co., Kiser Printing
CO., F. W. Woolworth co.. Tar Heel
Service Station, Gibbs Machine Shop,
Xeon Display co.. Belt's Department
store. Bales and Truitt co., Turner
Transfer co., Morrison Neese co., and
Kills Stone and co.
Seven Seniors Earn
Gold Honor Roll Pins
Beauty Lessons
Open to Teachers
Teaching Hie teachers, a 14-day
snap course offered by the Helena
Rubenstein beauty salon. New
York, is now open to teachers. The
classes have laboratory peiiods
each day to aid faculty nieinbers
with their beauty problems. Not
only do they receive cosmetic ad-
vice, but a Franklin Simon design
er helps tlie pedagogues select be
coming clothing. The main objec
tive of the com’se is to help the
instnictors appear at their best in
the class room.
Receive Recognition
For Scholastic Ability
During Past Tw'o Years
■‘Seven Greensboro high seniors are
now wearing their gold star honor roll
pins,” revealed Miss Ida Belle Moore,
honor roll registrar, last night. “Only
seniors who have made the honor roll
thirteen or more times during their
high school career are eligible.” added
Miss Moore. “It is, therefore, a great
honor.”
Btiulents who have achieved the
award are Victoria Pennekamp, Har
riet Sink. Elizabeth Beall, Alleene Dar
by, Allen Dixon, Grace Estep, and
Harold Fox.
Special Honor Roll .4.nnouncel
The special honor roll, composed of
those students with an average of 9f)
or more and a satisfactory conduct
grade, inchules Beverly Ileitman,
Josepliine Duncan, Hazel Swinson,
Faye Thomas, Gene Thornton, Sarah
Jeffress, Dianne Page, Jane Ferris,
Tom Carpenter, Rachel Baxter, Billy
Brinkley, Margaret Welker, Arleen
Whitener, Rachael Whiteside, Betty
Shipman, Elza Spencer, Alleene Darby,
Mary Carroll, Helen Salios, Theresa
Shaver, Harriet Sink, and Jean Stev
enson.
National Radio Week
Features Essay Contest
Presented as a feature of National
Radio Festival week, the essay con
test sponsored by WBIG and the Na
tional Association of Broadcasters
drew to a close yesterday, when all
oompo.sitions written on the topic,
“Why the American System of Broad
casting Is Best for Americans” were
handed in to the judges.
Open to High School Students
The contest was open to all high
school students in the greater Greens
boro schools, and offered awards rang
ing from to $10. Essays gaining
top district honors will be eligible for
the national prize of $100.
Rules for Entering
The three rules governing the enter
ing of essays were as follows: first,
all high school students must be in
the Greensboro school system; sec
ond, essays must be 150 words in
length; and third, Wednesday. May 15,
is the closing date for all entries.
Interest Shown In
Antl-Nolse Campaign
High Life Continues Efforts
To Lessen Noise; Students
Approve Idea
By concentrating on placing at least
one poster each week in a prominent
position in the school. High Life con-
tines its eft'ort to bring the need of
quiet during study to the attention of
;he students.
To learn the general attitude toward
the campaign, a partial check-up has
been made among the students. A large
number have indicated their approval
of the idea.
Pi-esideiit Speaks
"I am sure that Avith a little bit of
effort on the part of each student, we
could eliminate all unnecessary noise,”
declared the president of the student
council, Jean McAllister, whereas Cot
ton Morris, Torchlight president, em
phasized that “Less noise ai-ound the
school would make It a happier place
in which to IWe.”
“Less noise in the halls would im
prove our school,” stated Lib Ben
nett, student body secretary, when the
‘seeker questioned' hel- this Week.
Going still farther. Garland Wolfe
commented, “With the full cooperation
of all the students, the anti-noise cam
paign could he successful even with
out faculty aid.”
I’rincipal A. P. Ruuth has add
ed his support by declaring, “If the
students of our high school were more
considerate of one another, this school
would be greatly improved.”
Cockfield Appointed
Carolinian Business Head
Jlarty Cockfield, former business
lanager and editor of High Life, has
been appointed business manager of the
Cakoeini.vx, student newspaper at Wo
man’s college. The new appointee will
assume her duties immediately and
'ill continue her actmties as head of
the business staff' during her junior
year.
Continues Journalism at College
While at G. II. S. Marty was the
only student to be business manager
and editor of High Life since its re-
ival. Entering AVoman’s college in
1937, Marty continued her journalistic
activities when she became advertis
ing manager of the Caroi-inian.
addition she has been a member of the
VT. C. A. Town Students associa
tion, and Cornelian Uterary society.
Top honors were taken by Marty last
year when she, as a major in home
economics, receiA’ed the Danforth Givi'
scholarship to Camp MinWanca, Mich
igan. This award was made in recog
nition of Marty’s ability In the home
economics field, and was the highest
honor given a Woman's college girl
in this department.
Debating Club Banquet
To Bring Back Alumni;
Toastmaster
Program Will Include
Installation Ritual;
Other Schools to Attend
Seniors to Take Part in
Commencement Pageant
Bucket Brigade—1940 Style
Approximately 69 gnests are expect
ed at the annual debating club ban
quet which will be held tonight at 7
o’clock at the Jefferson Roof restau
rant. Reese Johnston, president of the
club, will act as toastmaster.
Alumni ineinber.s are being invited
to come to meet present club members
and to renew acquaintances. Special
guests will be Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Rontii. de
baters from High Point and Winston-
Salem high schools. Mr. J, A. Farthing,
and Mr. E. II. Carr.
Program Planned
The program will iiieliule a welcome
by the president of the club and a
toast to the school by Annie Louise
Patterson, with the response by Mr.
A. P. Ronfh. a toast to the former
members by Mary Elizabeth Barwick,
student chairman of the banquet, and
reply by Teddy Mills, ex-president of
the local clnb and now president of the
debating .club at Guilford college. Mil
dred Conrad will give a reading and
Billy Hoiludny will sing a solo on the
program.
Installaflon of New Officers
After a speech by Air. H. E. Carr,
Billy Ilalladay. recently elected presi
dent for the clnb next year, will take
the ehalr. Ann Thornton, new
vice-president, and Hazel Swinson, sec
retary and Treasurer for the coming
j-ear, will also be iiistailed. Hazel
Swinson Avill give a toast to the new
members, and Mary Carroll will give
the response. Toast to visitors will
be by Douglas.s Hunt, with a reply by
Joe Givens. High Point debater, Lau
rence Weaver Avill respond to Martha
llipp’s toast to the school.
Spring Elecllons Date
Scheduled May 27
All Student Nominations
Must Be Officially
Declared Before May 21
Pictured tiliove are Carolyn Stmit. Miriam Me(,'auley, and Ohmer
Trigg, investigating the efficacy of their new fire extinguisher, the
product of an experiment condnetM by memliers of Mr. Blackman’s
cliemi.stry class.
Commercial Group
To Initiate Members
An informal party plus an Initiation
of new members will be the features
of the party planned by the Commer
cial club for May 17, According to
Miss A'irginia Cohoon, club supervLsor,
each member will have the privilege
of bringing a date as well as that of
inviting another couple.
Entertainment will be in the form
of games and dancing; refreshments
will consist of punch and cakes.
Those responsible for the party plans
include Hazel Gaines, refreshment
chairman, and Jimmy Boyles, initia
tion chairman.
“'All students of Greensboro Senior
high school wishing to vote In the
.school elections ninst register May 16
and 17.” Miss Mary Ellen Blacknion,
student council advi.ser, announced to
the student and home room councils
Monday.
Places of Registration
Present semester 8’s will register at
the front of the main bnilding: rising
8’s, south end of the main building;
rising semester 7’s, north end of main
building: and rising semester 6’s,at the
front of the science bnilding. Places
of registration will also serve later
as the A'oting polls.
Deadline May 21
Xominations for all offices must be
submitted to the election committee or
to student council officers not later
than May 21.
Campaign speeches will he delivered
in chapel on Ma.v 24, and the election
will be held on May 27. Run-offs, if
any are necessary, will probably be
held the same week.
Gregory Ivy Will Speak
To Art Club Wednesday
Art instructor George Ivy, of AVo-
inan's college, will speak next Wednes-
da.v during clnb period to Mrs. Bras
well's art club. The talk will consist
of a short history and interpretation
of art. Special guests will be students
who wish to study art after gradua
tion.
CBS to Feature
Benetit 'Bull Sessions'
In a series of three “Bull Session’
broadca.sts beginning Ma.v 18, ovei
('B8 at 4:15 j). in., EDST, graduates
of 1940 will have the opportunity to
excliaiige ideas about their futures.
The first of these programs, “AVhy
Did I Go to College,” which will be
pre.sented over station KLZ, Denver,
May 18, will give college men a chance
to evaluate four years of study. Stu
dents of the I'nivcrsity of Colorado,
Colorado School of Agriculture, Uni
versity of AVyoming, Colorado State
College of Education, Colorado college,
and University of Denver will partici
pate in the informal discussion to be
supervi.sed by Arthur AA'uth, educa
tiomil director of KI.1Z.
Ad Lib Discussions
Sonior.s at the University of Utah
will iiarticipate In the second ad lib
discussion, originating May 25, at sta
tion KSL in Salt Lake City. The sub
ject has not yet been announced.
Youth aiul Employment,” a practi
cal discussion of the hobo problem, is
to be the June 1 broadcast subject,
ith students from Colgate university
and Hamilton college talking from sta
tion AA’IBX, Utica. Questions of how
to pick a career, how to go about get
ting a job in It, and importance of
pay will be surveyed.
Alice in G. H. S.'Land Sports
Latest Deb Fad'-'-Pinafores
Alice with her strange adventures
ill AA’onderland and her adorable little
girl clothes had nothing on the typ
ical young misses of today. At first
the.v peeped forth with only an addi
tion of petite ruffles and dainty lace
to their formerly tailored school
clothe.s—but suddenly there came a
transformation — and the lassies with
the delicate airs skipped to school in
a new creation—the pinafore. They
were not reall.v new, jnst adaptations
of the aprons little girls used to wear
ill the ante-bellum days. But they
provide a delightful new fad for the
‘Alices.”
One of the first to bloom forth on
this campus was Dianne Page in a
wiiite muslin with hamburg ruffles over
the shoulders. Following, wtih al-
mo.st a replica, was Margaret McCabe.
Determining to be different, Mary Jane
Laughou, Jean Brantley, and Mary
AA'arren fried something new with trip
let numbers of red and wliite stripes.
Perhaps pinafores will hang around
quite a while and the femmes will
accept them as a wardrobe “must,” or
ina.vbe they’ll declare they’re too hot
and let them go at that; nevertheless,
the pinafore rage is sweeping the femi
nine half of the school.
LeGwin Has Tide Role
In Bellini's 'Norma'
I’ortraying the litle role of
Nonna in Bellini's opera b.v the
same name, Mrs. Estelle M. Le
Gwin will appear in the Euterpe
opera program. Alay 22. Mrs. Le
Gwin, who had the leading part in
“The Flying Dutchman” last
spring, will play the soprano role
from the scene in which Nonna,
a Drnid priestess, prays to the
moon for the forgiveness of her
people's sins. The Euterpe cho
rus, of which Mr. Raymond Brietz
is a part, will support Mrs. Le
Gwin.
Portrayal of Modern
American Living
To Mark Production
Justice, Education,
Reli.ifion, Literature
To Be Featured
‘•AA’ho will he Khett Butler? Can’t
we find someone for Alelanie?”
‘•AA’hat could we use for a symbol of
the Protestant religion?”
“Is ‘Hail to the Chief always played
when the President appears?”
These may not be the major ques
tions vexing the 300 seniors who will
appear in the graduating pageant, hut
tliey are puzzling a number of semester
eight.s, as final preparation for the com
mencement pageant, “The American
AA'a.v.” begin.
Confeinporary Living to Be Theme
The writing committee, under the su
pervision of Miss Cathleen Pike, is
concerned with putting into words the
senior’s concept of the American way
of life,
However, the pageant will attempt
to show the American way of life at
the present, rather than to depict the
entire histor.v of the nation. Since the
present has its roofs in the past, Amer
ica’s heritage will also receive recog
nition.
Program Divided Into Seven Parts
Ths portrayal of American life will
be (lividwl into seven iihases: religion,
government, education, work, want,
cult lire, and recreation. Each phase
will 1)0 symbolized b.v allegorical inter
pretations in verse and tableaux. First,
Ijecaiise of its significance and chro
nological po:dtion, religion, will be pre
sented. American government, with
its principles of justice and equality,
will be pictured in the next division.
Education, the theme of the third part,
will depict a scene of mass education,
characteristic of the Ihiited States.
Work and Want
AA'ork and want throughout the
country will keynote the fourth and
fifth scenes. Sections under these top
ics will give an insight into fanning,
(Continued on Fagc Three)
Good Driving Contest
Sponsored by Ford Co.
Stre.ssing the importance of careful
driving, a nationwide “good-drivers”
contest, sjionsored by Mr. Edsel Ford
and the Ford Good Drivers league, is
offering .$3,fX)0 in prizes and a ixissible
five-day trip to New York city as in-
eentives for the good-driving campaign.
Only members of the Good Drivers
league are eligible to compete, but any
high school boy may become a member
by filling out an enrollment blank fur-
ni.shed by all Ford, Mercury, and Lin
coln Zeph.vr dealers.
National Finals Follow Slate Conteist
After the state elimination contest,
■hich requires the answering of ques
tions based on the booklet issued to
all members of the league, the compo
sition of a letter of 300 words on
“AA’hat I (’an Do Personally to Reiluce
Automobile Accidents,” and a 25-inilft
ing test, the winning contestants
will he sent to New York with all ex
penses paid.
Senior Dietitian to Head
City School Cafeterias
Miss ('leone Boyd was elevated to
the directorship of the city school cafe-
a system Alay 14, succeeding Mrs.
Elo.vse Milner, who resigned to accept
a position with the University of North
Carolina. Miss Boyd has been head
of senior high's cafeteria for six years.
G. H. S. Summer School
To Open June 10
Work to Last 32 Days,
With Fee at $10 a Subject;
Classes to End July 17
According to an announcement made
by Principal A. P. Routh early this
week, summer school, beginning June
10 and lasting until July 17, will ope
rate six days a week, with hours from
8 until 1. Those students who have
either failed in the past, or who wish
to increase their credits by taking ex
tra work, will attend.
Registration will take place at 9
o’clock on Moiida.v morning, .Tune 10,
in room 106. A tuition fee of $10 per
subject will be charged. Classes will
last two and one-half hours, but no
student may take more than two sub
jects.
Will Operate 32 Days
Since regular school does not end
until June 8, summer work will last
.32 days instead of the customary 40;
however, a half hour will be added
to each class to make up for the lost
time.
G. H. S. Alumna of 1939
Made Converse Treasurer
I’eggy McAllister, member of the
1939 graduating class and G. II. S, ex-
journali.sm student, was recently elect
’d treasurer of the student body, the
highest honor which can be bestowed
upon a freshman, at Converse college,
Spartanburg, S. C.
Peggy entered Converse, which is
noted for its Spring Music Festivals,
bust fall on a competitive scholar.ship
won by her piano playing ability.
.Iirt Editor of Newspaper
Students of Dexter, one of the frosh-
muii dormitories, have begun to publish
a newxpniKT—“The Dexter Try AVeek-
—and Peg is art editor on “that
noble bit of journalistic effort,” as she
put.s it Peggy has also figured promi
nently in the piano recitals held by the
students and faculty.