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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
Read About the 40
G. H. S. Wage
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, VOLUME XVII
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., SEPTEMBER 27.1940
NUMBER 2
60 Debating Teams
To Come to G. H. S.
For District Meet
Twenty New Members
Added to Present Club;
( Largest in Local History
Greensboro debaters, under the di-
i ruction of Miss Mozelle Causey, re
gional leader, will be hosts for the
first district debating meet ever held
in North Carolina, the last part of
^this semester. Although the date is not
yet definite, about 50 or 60 teams from
the Graham-Charlotte area are ex-
Ipected.
Qlie state has been divided into
three groups, the other two planning
meetings at Asheville and IGnston on
a designated Saturday. Lasting all
day, the contest conferences will have
as their objective, the entrance of as
•: many teams as possible from all
i schools, with the prize being awarded
I to the top ranking school selected by
! competent judges,
i New Members Announced
I In preparation for this and other
: events, 20 new members, the largest
in the local club’s history, have been
added. Coming mainly from the junior
■'*' gro’ip they arc as follows: Charlotte
■ Graham, Majorie Burns, Neil Beard.
I Martha Faulconer, Doris Osborne, Paul
: Miller, Melvin Grablowsky, flam
^ Whitaker, Phil Griffin, .lane Eller,
I liozell Ycder, Dorothy Best, Bayard
! AVhittdiurst, Martha Ann Moore, Bobby
Bowman, John Swan Taylor, Herbert
: Ilattaway, Charles Fogleman, James
I Boyles, and Margaret Eller.
Moser Holes Difference in
U. S., Mexican Thoughf
“When we Americans speak of the
I'nited States, we speak of it as a
whole: when a Mexican speaks of
Mexico, he means ilexico City alone—
for to him there is little to his coun
try except that place,’’ Miss Margaret
Mo.ser pointed out in talking to one
of iliss Blackmon’s history classes
Monday. “This attitude I found to be
much in evidence in the weeks I spent
there,” she declared.
Goveriunent Holds Upper Hand
in Elections
A particularly interesting practice,
she went on to say, was that during
the elections the government in office
at the time held the upper hand, for
when the voters went to the polls, the
ruling party always rushed to get
there ahead of the opposing side and
“saw to if’ Hint the opponents voted
the other way.
(’ardenas Candidate Naturally Won
“It so happened,” she continued,
“that the adversary, Almazan. really
held the majority of votes, but. o^v1ng
to intentional miscounting of the bal
lots, Cardenas’ candidate won, though
he had only a handful of votes.”
Natives Dislike liindbergh
“When I visited Lindbergli’s villa
there, I discovered that the natives
think ‘our Lindy’ rather cold and re
served, but they hold his father-in-
law. Dwight Morrow, in high esteem,”
she concluded.
Miss Moser has siwken to several
classes recently about her visit in
Mexico this summer.
Nature Study Class
Plants Seed Beds
ilrs. Nellie Blackburn’s nature study
class is planning to plant a seed bed
in the botanical garden at the back of
the school within the next few weeks.
The group will provide a variety of
seeds, among them being the Siberian
wallflower, pansy, Columbia, red ori
ental poppy, and Eiv"lish daisy seeds.
In the spring these plants will be
moved from the beds and dotted around
the campus to beautify the landscape.
Joins Faculty
A new member of the Industrial
•Vrts department, Mr. Glenn Deason, is
shown above.
Quill and Scroll Elects
Officers for Year
Pike Stresses Fact
Writing Ability Prime
Requisite for Members
Senior high’s O. Henry chapter of
(iuill and Scroll, an international
honor society for high school journal
ists. recently elected the following of-
rtcer.s for the coming year: President,
Dianne Page: vice-president, Janet
Cox: secrelary. Irma Estes: treasurer,
Frances AVinslow.
Pike Stresses Writing Ability
In discussing the qualifications for
meml)er.ship. Miss Cathieen Pike, the
club's adviser, stated, “Writing ability
will get more consideration than
.scholastic achievements, thus opening
Quill and ?5croll to a larger field of
students.” On the other hand, however,
a prospective member must be in the
upper fourth of his class scholastically.
“Though plans for this year are still
in a nebulous state.” Miss Pike de
clared. “we are sure of a formal cere
mony later on in the fall to initiate
new members. Also we will present
two or three radio pi’ogranis in the
spring.”
Atkinson, Holleyman
Battle in Run-off Today
Johnson Reports
Supply Purchctse
Large amounts of new stock are
to be ordered for the school sup
ply shop, according to information
received from Mr. J. Stanley John
son, faculty adviser to the supply
shop, yestenlay.
Already a large amount of post-
erboard has been purchased, and
this material is now available to
all students desiring it. Plans also
are under wajy to oixler new' stocks
of notebook tillers—ruled and plain
—ink, foiintain pens, nilers, com-
passes, drawing tablets, paper elij^,
notebook reinforcements, and other
commolities needed, by the student
body.
Mr, Johnson stated that the sup
ply shop was emphasizing quality
as well as quantity and ex|)ressed
the hope that all the members of
the student body ^vould purchase
their school supplies at the suppl.v
shop and thus aid the student
eoimeil in raising the money need
ed for its financial program.
Miss Smith Exhibiis
Mexican Articies to Classes
Miss Louise Smith entertaiiiecl her
classes iu the aiirtitorium last Thurs-
tlay. September 19. by showing them
some of the moving pictures ami arti-
clo.s which she brought back from her
trip to Mexico. The photographs she
took herself with a moving picture cam
era. which she says she didn't bother
to learn how to use. The results, how
ever, are extremely interesting and
form a complete record of her trip.
Some of the most interesting pictures
are of the Alamo, the fortress in Texas
where so many men lost their lives
during the war with Mexico.
The articles which she collected on
the way are variel and are typical of
Mexu-an work. ^Modeled in clay are
pig-hanks and ilexican gods, and in
metal, a small replica of the (’nlendar
stone. In straw, besides (he usual
woven baskets and purses, she has a
figure of I’ancho Villa on his horse.
Student Council Authorizes
Inter-School Council Set-Up
Plans for an Inter-f^chool council to
coordinate the work of the existing
student councils in tlie various junior
high schools of Greensl»oro with that
of the student council of the senior
liigh school were discus.sed in the
meeting of the student council held
last Tuesday. The council authorized
the iiresident to appoint two represen
tatives to continue negotiations with
the various junior high schoids, and
-Vmi 'J'hornou was appointed. The other
post is beijig left open and will ho
filled later by the president from Ihe
members of the council elected by the
junior class.
‘■The idea of the Tnter-J^chool council
is a relatively new one, at least in
Greensboro.” ir was pointed out by
Dougla.ss Hunt, president of the stu
dent body. “The purpo.se of the oomi-
cil would he to coordinate the work
of the student councils in the various
schools: hut its particular job would
he to arrange exchange assembly pro
grams among the different schools in
order to acquaint the momhers of one
student body with Uii) customs of the
others, and. in addition, to familiarize
the student in the junior high schools
with the working of senior high school,
before they are enrolled here.”
Discussions of the idea have not
progressed very far, but Hunt ex
pressed the hoi)e that the next few
weeks would see organization of the
council. Invitations are being extended
to repre.sentatives of the junior high
.schools, and indications ai-e that the
council can l)e successfully established.
“It the council is^ formed,” Hunt
concluded, ‘‘it should prove one of the
most forward-hiokiiig actions taken by
the student conm-il in a good long
while, and cerfaiuly it will he one of
tlie most important ’things aecom-
l)!ished this year.”
Play Group Presents
Costume Case to School
Members of IMiiymastWH, dra- •
niatle cluf), have ijresented a oos-
tiinie chest made in tlie school shop
to the sehool during the current
year for the puri>ose of keeping all
the school costumes.
Anyone having a garment which
he wishes to add to this collection
may give it to Miss Lottie Wall.
Playmastera, however, retain the
right to keep the k-'y of the chest
which has been placwl in a con
venient spot for the dramatics
group.
New Cafeteria Manager
Shown above is Miss Elizabeth Har-
vell. new manager of fhe school cafe
teria. who was formerly dietitian at
Central junior high.
Home Room Program
Committee Estabiished
LeGwin Announces
Provisions of Bill
Passed Last Tuesday
’File student council passed a hill at
its last meeting 'Fnesday providing a
cenneil committee to assist in the
planning of home room programs, it
was announced Wednesday by Mrs.
Estelle JI. LeGwin. faculty advi.ser to
rhe council.
The duties of the committee, accord
ing to the hill, arc “to cominle and
keep a file of home room programs;
to arrange exchanges of home room
programs between tli(‘ various home
roems: and to receive weekly reports
from each home room program chair
man as to tile nature' of the programs”
held iii that particular liome room.
No Reason for Lack of Progituu
l\Irs. T.eGwin furllier stated that
there woutd now “he no ii(>ed for any
home room’s failing to have a pro
gram. since as soon as ijossihle, the
committee plan.s to make availal)le a
selection of program.s suitable foi' use.”
According to tin* hill the committee
in charge will he composed of a chair
man selected from the conncil, one
faculty member selected by the prin
cipal. and two seniors and two juniors
appointed from the .student body at
large b.v the president of the student
cooperative association.
Perry Made Treasurer;
Dobbins, Fogleman
ContesI Presidency
Anderson and Donald
Remain in Competition
For Vice-Presidency
By a light vote, the student body of
Senior high school elet'ted Bobby Per
ry, former banker of Central junior
high school, treasurer of the Student
Cooperative as.sociation, and put Lelia
Atkinson, a member of the Social
Standards committee, and Jean Holley-
nian, former secretary to the student
council at Central, in a run-off election
held today.
Semester 5 Officers Elected
James Dol)l)ins and Charles Fogle
man are also in a run-off in contesting
for the presidency of semester five, as
are Daisy Ih'lle Anderson and Rill Dob
bins ill fighting for tlie vice-presidency
of the same group.
Semester five elected Jane Morrison,
secretary-treasurer, and Neil Beard,
Kathryn Camphell, Jean Garber, Her
bert Ilattaway, Jewell Hyatt, Martha
Sholar, Eleanor White, council repre
sentatives. Lo.sers in the race were Bill
Keith. Ellen Lewis. Jack AVatson, Al-
moda AVest, for pre.sidcnt: Edith AA’eh-
ster. for vice-president: Sheila Kaiilan
and Nancy Zimmerman, for secretary-
treasurer: and ilartha Fauh'oner. Mil
dred Freeland, Frances Irving, Jean
Kigor. Grace Lane. Jean Lowe. Edith
Lowman. IMiebe Knhenkemp, Alyne
lioseherry. and Betty Routh for repre
sentatives.
Light Vote Reeordwl
Commeiitiiig uiion the poor registra
tion. Mrs. I.eGwiii star(*l that it is
mo.st disniipointing (hat only one-third
(CoiitliiHCfl oil Pti'/r Three)
Girl Reserves Sponsor
Open House al Y. W. C. A.
Bo-AA’orfh-AATiile Girl R(‘serv(‘s spon
sored an open house lu'ogram at the
A'. AV. from (fight o'cloc-k until
fen, 'FiU'sday, Si'pli'inlx'r IT. to ac(uaiuf
;h(* citizens of Greeiishoro with Mi.ss
Betsy .Lain Ford, new seci'etary of
(he A'. AV. (’. A. Junior high school
girls wt're hostcsK‘s from four until
six in the afrcriio(»n.
Be-Wc.i’tb-Wbiles Have Big Plans
Senior hostesse.s at the tea were
Frances Heath, Dorothy Baughn, Eve
lyn Gla.ss, Ruby Dsborne. Jean Nowell,
Ann Newton, and A’irginia Peebles.
“The-Be-A\'ortb-A\’Iiib>s really have big
plans for this year,” stated Jean
Nowell, club president, “but sve are
not j'ct ready-to di.sclose them.”
Pain! and Furniture
Occupy 'Home Makers'
AA’ith a dust mop her‘ and a yard
stick there, Mrs. Richards' home eco
nomics three class is renovating the
study room between the* two home mak
ing labs, q'his room was painted last
spring when the rest of the science
building roccivt'd its new coat of paint.
Since the home economics three
group is studying house planning and
redecoration, they have tjikeii the
problem of furnishing this room as a
project for this st'mester.
Planning Budget
These futurt' housewives, after some
class di.scussions. made trips to a few
of Giaxmsboro’s leading furniture
stores to study and criticize furniture.
In eomieetiou with this prohh'm, the
group is studying budgeting. As soon
as (he members can decide upon fur
niture to suit tlu* pnri>o.se and their
budget, they are going to furnish the
room. AVhen completed, it will hi' used
as a eomhiiiation reading and confi'r-
eiice room.
Art Club Organized;
Members Hear Stewart
“Any person int('i'('s:ed in art and
having at least a senu'slers training
iu this sulijeet will hi* eligibb' for the
-Art club.” aniiounei'd Mrs. ('allie Bras
well. instructor, yesterday. The clul)
will iiK'ct oil the second and fourth
W(*dnesdays of eaeii month. T1h» club
will eh'ct a pr«'sid(*ut at a future nu'et-
ing. A't'ry interesling programs are be
ing planned for the club. 'Fhe speaki'r
for the first meeting will In* Mrs.
Mary Ix'ith Sti'wart, art instructor at
Woman’s college.