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Thanksgiving Day, 1940
Count Your Blessings!
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
All-American, N. S. P. A.-International Honor Rating, Quill and Scroll
Plan to See Production,
“Spring Fever,” Dec. 6
VOLUME xvn
GKEENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N, C., NOVEMBER 22, 1940
NIIJIBER 6
Blackman to Assume
Rehabilitation Post
In order that he might accept a
position with the rehabilitation di
vision of the state department, John
W. Blackman has submitted his
resignation as chemistiT teacher at
Senior high school, announced Su
perintendent of city schools Ben
L. Smith, this morning.
Although he will remain at his
teaching post through the first of
December, Mr. Blackman, traffic
committee adviser and city school
biu> director, will assume his state
duties in Asheville. So far no an
nouncement has been made con-
ceiTiing his successor.
Hyatt Discloses Plans
For Contest to Select
Serious School Song
Entry Deadline Dec. 4;
Must Have Words, Music;
Students to Make Choice
‘SPRING FEVER” CAST
Enacting a scene from the Playmasters’ production, “Spring Fever,” to he given December 6. are
Gene Thornton, Lacy Sellars, Jean Newell, Baxter Stapleton, and Martie McLennan.— (Staff Photo
by Purnell Kennedy.)
Prompted by frequent suggestions
from the home room, arrangements to
sponsor a song-writing competition
through HIGH HIFE have been made
by the student council, according to a
report received from Jewell Hyatt,
chairman of the coiite.st committee of
the council, Wednesday.
“All members of the student body are
eligible to enter the competition,”
Jewell declared, “and we hope that
we’ll secure a serious school song which
will appeal to all.”
Rules Stated
Rules for the contest are as follows:
1. All members of the student body
shall be eligible to participate.
2. All entries nmst include the words
and music (original or otherwise) of a
song not less than two verses in length.
Though a serious song is preferred,
other types will be accepted.
3. All entries must be in the student
council box in the office before home
room period Wednesday, December 4.
4; If a sufficient number of songs
are entered, a committee of two judges
will eliminate all but the 10 best, and
those 10 will be presented in assembly
before the entire student body. A bal
lot will be presented to each student
and the final selection will be made by
a vote of the entire school.
5. Final announcement of the winner
will be made in the Christmas issue of
HIGH LIFE, and a photograph of the
author of the winning song will be
published in this paper.
The council committee in charge of
the contest is composed of .Tewell Hyatt,
chairman,' • ind James Dobbins and
Eleanor White.
Museum lo Highiight
39 Tribes in Exhibit
Greensboro’s historical museum has
made arrangements with Mr. and iirs
W. Clark Tyler of Santa Fe, New
IMexico. to display their North Amer
ican Indian exhibit from November
2() to December 7, according to Daniel
Neal, chairman of the arrangement
committee. Thirty-nine tribes, includ
ing Navajo. Hopi, Cheyenne, T'te, and
Apache, will be represented in the
exhibit.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler will give lectures
to school groups and act as guides to
e.xplain the exhibits.
Open Morning. Afternoon and Night
The museum will be open in the
morning from 0 :.3() to 1 o’clock, in the
afternoon from 2 to 5:30 o’clock, and
at night from 7:30 to 0:30. The prices
of admission will be 10 cents for
school and college students and 2.0
cents instead of the previously an
nounced 25 cents for adults.
Though school groups may attend
at any time, mornings will be set aside
for field trip groups. “The purpose of
this exhibit is to emphasize the value
of the museum and popularize its
use for classroom work,” declared Mr.
Neal.
Guilford County Teachers
Form New Organization
Revolutionizing the old system of
classroom teachers meetings, 75 Guil
ford county instructors banded to
gether in an organization, affiliated
with the department of classroom
teachers of the North Carolina Educa
tional association, last week. The state
president, Mrs. Annie Swindell, and
field worker. Miss Mary Langston, ad
dressed the meeting.
The four Senior high representa
tives, F. E. Thomas, Misses Agnes Mc
Donald, Snowe Bradley, and Mozelle
Causey, were present for the election
of Mrs. Mary McCutcheon of Besse
mer, president; A. L. I’harr of Rankin,
vice-president; Miss Clara FaiTowe of
Guilford, treasurer; and Miss Ruth
Hockett of Pleasant Garden, secretary.
Miss Margaret Moser spoke to room
6 last Thursday concerning her recent
trip to Mexico. She showed the group
iwstcards of historical places in the
country.
’40 Graduate Lewis
To Sing at Duke Meet
Daphne Ix'wis, prominent member
of the 1040 graduating class, is now
an active member of the AV. C. U. N. C.
glee club. Daphne will be among the
members of the Woman’s college mu
sic department who will present a
program J^unday, November 24, in
Duke chapel. Durham, N. C.
AVhile at Senior high, Daphne w'as
an active member of the Girl Re-
serve^^, having .served as its president
last year. She won recognition last
November as a candidate to the D.A.R.
pilgrimage.
As a reward for her w’ork in the
music department. Daphne was award
ed the 1040 music Achievement cup.
English 5 Classes Stud'-
Writing of Social Letters
Because social letters pi*esent , uch
a ])roblem to many high school stu
dents. many of the English 5 class •■s
are learning to write them eorrectlp.
These letters, especially those t
close friends, are usually written in a
haphazard sort of fashion with no
regard for grace of style or originality
of content.
“Bread and butter” letters, con
gratulatory notes, graduation “thank-
you” epistles, and messages of con
dolence received special attention.
“The Cultivation
of a Beane”
Or
Mind Your P’s and Q’s
It wasn’t enough that they had to
.'jpend the wee small hours of the
night racking their brains to dig up
those elusive bits of adventure of the
dim past—interesting, yet printable.
To top it all the poor souls were
forced to conjure up appropriate and
amusing titles for their autobiogra
phies, for such was the fate of Miss
Sara Alims’ English 7 class. These
pupils, in order to undergo earlier the
torture anxiously awaited by every
senior and eventually relief, breathed a
sigh of exhaustion Alonday as they
handed in their masterpieces and set
tled back to gloat over their unfor
tunate neighbors.
Glass Selects Most Interesting Title
Receiving the unanimous decision of
the cla.ss as the most original was
Bobby Beane’s “The C'ultivation of a
Beaiie.” Runner-ups were AVillie May
King’s “A King Is Born,” Tom Carpen
ter’s “A Carpenter’s S(iuare and How
It AA’as Dsed,” Ray Taylor’s “A Tale
Trimmt'd By a Taylor,” and John Per
son’s "Just Another Person.” In a
class by itself was Lawrence Bear
den’s “To Mr. Lawrence,’’ named in
honor of a poem by John Milton, re
cent object of the class attention.
Blackburn lo Serve
As Seniors' Adviser
That the upperclassmen might be
gin immediate vvork on their proposed
projects, I’rincipal A. P. Routh has
appointed Mrs. Nellie Dry Blackburn
to the position of senior class advisor.
AA'ith Mrs. Blackburn, according to
Mr. Routh’s announcement yesterday,
will work the following eleventh grade
home room instructors:
Airs. Olive Betts, .Tohn Blackman,
Aliss Snowe Bradley, Aliss Amy Cald
well, Aliss Ann Ilarhison. Herbert
Hucks, Aliss Henri Etta I^ee, Mrs.
Estelle LeGwin, Aliss Sarah Lesley,
Aliss Sara Alims, Aliss Emily Harris,
and Aliss Lily AA'alker.
Seawell Completes
Announcing AA'ednesday morning that
the project of landscaping around the
gym was completed, J. T. Seawell, su
perintendent of grounds for the Greens
boro city schools, entered a plea for
students to take care of the shrub
bery.
ITan for the Future
The work consisted of the actual
drawing of the plans by Seawell, the de
signer ; planting the idants and ferti
lizing them by Airs. AA’eatherly with
AV. P. A. workers nndcr her super
vision, and of remaking the walks.
The shrubs planted included coni
ferous and broad-leaf types. Then,
after they bought all the plants they
conUI with the allotted money, the
workers transplanted native cedar
from the woods.
This job is one of several being done
on the city school property. The proj
ect fits in with the plans for future
G. II. S. landscaiH* developments, such
as the formal garden as well as the
new botanical garden.
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Photography Group Sees
Pictures of North State
‘Charles Farrell, proprietor of the
Art shop, showed pictures of North
Carolina to he photography club
AVednesday,” stated Herbert Hucks,
chib advi.ser, yesterday.
Air. Farrell took these pictures show
ing many localities of North Carolina
himself.
Thomas AVrites Article
For Faculty Magazine
“Even though we may be late in
getting started, it is highly important
that we 1)0 ready to assume our share
of responsii)ility in presenting to the
public the issue of adequate funds
for adequate schools,” advised F. Ed
gar Thomas, Senior high adviser and
president of the Classroom teachers
organization, in an article written for
the November issue of ITorth Carolhm
Education entitled, “Professionalism
and Good Schools.”
Feeling, as he expressed it, that
“the teachers of North Carolina have
failed to appreciate the contribution
which they might make to the w’ell-
being of the profession by cooperating
closely as a professional group, for
they not only owe it to themselves to
organize hut to the youth of the state
as ivell,” Air. Thomas, at the invitation
of tlio magazine editor, compiled this
article.
Greensboro High Preparing
For Art Week Celebration
National art week, November 25-30,
will be observed at G. II. S. by Aliss
Henrietta Lee and Airs. Callie O. Bras
well. art instructors.
Projects by their students are being
gathered by these two art teachers to
he exhibited in Miss Lee’s room in
the science building. All parents, visi
tors, and pupils are invited to witness
this display; a large crowd is ex
pected.
Bill Halladay Elected
Production Manager
For 'Spring Fever'
December 6 Named Date
Of Presentation of Play;
Molen to Be Chief Usher
Selection of Bill Halladay as busi
ness manager and December 6 as pro
duction date for Playmasters’ fall pro
duction, “Spring Fever,” occupiofl the
the attention of the group this week,
announced Aliss Ixtttie AVall, club di
rector, yesterday.
Jimmie Boyles, house manager, and
Eleanor Alolen, chief marshal, assisted
by Elaine Miller,, Hope Thornberg, and
Eleanor Lee Taylor, will play hosts
to the audience for the occasion.
Thornton Hen.ds Publicity
Ann Thornton, chairman committee,
bos been busily engaged in an inten
sive drive to make the public “Spring
Fever” conscious. The most conspic
uous of her projects was presented at
the Reidsville game when the two Gol
den Lion cheer leaders paradecl down
the field, behind the band, carrying a
mammoth banner bearing the legend,”
‘Spring Fever,” December 0.
AVorking on the properties committee
will be Frances ITodgin and Frances
AA’inslow. who will be assisted by Shan
non Schumnnn. Also serving behind
scenes will be Arleen Whitener,
prompter.
Tnu’is to Aid Mako-llp
Eva Allen Trnvi.'i will help Miss LoL
tie Burnside, director of the make-up
department, by serving on the cosmetics
committee and Marion Alorris will take
charge of the costume changes. The
regular stage crew, under the direc
tion of Solomon Kennedy, will arrange
all sets, while Roy Evans will create
the sound effects.
“After looking this group of helpers
over,” declared Aliss AVall. director of
the production, yesterday, “I have de
cided that they are a competent body.
AA’ith their assistance ‘Spring Fever’
should he a great success.”
Behrman Speaks lo Club
On California Governmenf
In connection with a study of stu
dent government, Paul Behrman spoke
to the 35 Assembly last Wednesday
on the student association of the high
school he attended in Hollywood, Cali
fornia.
Behrman contrasted the governments
of the W'liool in (’alifornia with that
of Senior high, declaring that the stu
dents in Hollywood felt as if each
of them had a ])art in the government,
wdiile here that feeling is not so preva
lent.
He furl her stated, “I do not know
what might he done to secure that
feeling nnle.ss it would be by organiz
ing a hoys’ league and a girls’ league
composed of the entire student body,
an action which might bring about an
ntmo.si)here of unity.”
The next meeting of the club wfill
feature the election of new members.
The executive committee is also con
sidering a social for a later date.
'Overturned Fruit Basket'
Exchanges High Teachers
That each teacher might have
an o 1) po r t u n i ty to become
acquainted with ihe work of some
other p(‘dagogue, the entire Senior
high faculty pla.ved “turn over
tlie fruit-basket” last AVednesday
wlnui the instructors exchanged
courses.
Each faculty member accepted
classes in another department and
thus attempted to familiarize her
self with a new phase of the
high .school curriculum.