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n Students, Teachers, Be Sure to See VOLUME xvn 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 Faculty Antics In *Oh Promise Me* GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MARCH 7, NVMBER 10 Hipp, Halladay, Hunt, Miller Capture Posts On Debating Team Club Announces Officers, Speakers for Semester; Hattaway to Be Alternate Miss Mozelle Causey, school debating coach, announced today the personnel of this year’s debating team, -u’hich will include Martha Hipp and Bill Hal- laday, affirmative; Paul Miller and Douglass Hunt, negative; and Herbert Hattaway, alternate. ^ Engage in Pi’actices Having already chalked up a rec ord number of victories in practice contests, the team began preparations today for the state ti-iangular debat ing contest to be held at AYake Forest in April. AAlth practice debates planned for next week in Salisbury and Reidsville, the team is working toward secnx’ing the annual award given for the great est number of practice contests held be fore the state jneet. Asheville won the honor last year. Club Elects Officers AA'ith the announcement of the school team, Miss Causey revealed the newly elected debating club officers, who are as follows: president, Paul Miller vice-president, Martie McLennan; sec retary and treasurer, Herbert Hatta way ; and parliamentarian, Hazel Swinson. Other debating club students who plan to enter a division of the state contest other than that of the debates are Herbert Hattaway, Hazel Swinson Noil Beard, and Chariot Marks. Superintendent Reports Alumni Record High Reports that Greensboro high school graduates liad fallen below the standard of graduates from other high schools in the state in their college work were refuted bj Superintendent Ben L. Smith Wed nesday afternoon. According to the figures, at Guil ford college, of the students on the honor roll, eight were from Greens boro, and, while 4.3 per cent of the entire student body made the honor roll, 11.4 per cent of all local stu dents enrolled achieved the dis tinction. Woman’s college records show that 8.8 per cent of the student body averaged the necessary grades, and 15.1 per cent of the Greensburghers enrolled made the same rating. Ruth Winlerling Accepts Job as Archives Chairman Announcement was made last week by Douglass Hunt, president of the Student Cooperative association, of tbe appointment of Ruth AVinterling to the position of chairman of the -Vrchive and Publicity committee. She .succeeds John Dudley, who recently was forced to resign when he trans ferred to Maury high school in Nor folk, A’irginia. Ruth’s new Job will be to complete the 1940-41 file of news itmes, clipped from the two local daily papers, con cerning the scliool and its activities. Greensboro High Choir Elects New Officers For the purpose of maintaining bet ter conduct, the Senior high school choir, conducted by Raymond Brietz, last week elected officers, who will be responsible for the deportment of the group. Those chosen are Jack Smith, presi dent ; Charley King, vice-president; Rachel Baxter, secretary and treas urer; and Calvin McAdoo, accom panist. To solve the problems of the organ ization, the new leaders plan to hold weekly meetings. In addition to those who have been elected, Brietz expects to appoint a student director in the near future. Hipp, Taylor Serve at Tea Honoring South Americans Martha Ilipin and Eleanor Dare Tay lor helped serve at a tea at AVoman’s college, given by the Business and Pro fessional AA’omen’s club and honoring the South American students attend ing the mid-winter summer school at the University of North Carolina who visited Greensboro on an inspection tour of the Cone mills. Torchlighl Convention Opens March 21-22 Carpenter, Norman to Go From Local Organization To Tap Semester 6 Pupils AA'ith the theme, “Developing Char acter and Leadership Through Ser vice,” Torchlight national honor society will htold its annual convention an Sali-sbury, North Carolina, March 21- 22, Miss Sara Mims, adviser of the local society, announeied this week^. The two honor society delegates from Greensboro Senior high school will be Toni Carpenter and Ella Mae Norman. Before the oonvention, Toi’chlight plans to have this year’s second tap ping, which will be unusual because it will be the first time that members of semester 6 have been eligible for candidacy in this group. From the gi'oup elected will come the society officers for next year. Torchlight Qualifications To qualify for Torchlight, national honor society, a student must have a scholastic average of 90. Moreover, they must show the very best traits of a good citizen, and must be selected by fellow schoolmates and teachers. Because of the mid-year graduation of the society president, Ann Souther land, Tom Carpenter, former vice-pres ident, was elected the new leader at the last Torchlight meeting. Students in Twin-City Division Prepare for State Music Contest Senior High Soloists Plan Competition In Elimination Test Leading Lady The Star of the faculty play, “Oh. l‘roinise Me,” Miss Alartha Ki.ser is shown as the heroine of the Cla.ss- room Teachers association jiroduction. Movin’ Day Coming for MARSE HERmX “Hark I It’s 10 o'clock, eastern stand ard time. Turn out your lights—turn them out—weird storie.s—ghost stories — hell, hell, heh, — hounds howl — etc. etc.” Dot^ that sound like a queer verbal “montage”? Probably so. Doubtless the above excerpt does, how'ever, sound vaguely familiar. ’Tis true that when every good pupil should be absorbing the complications of French subjunc tives or physics formulas, his eyes are on his hook, his ears are glued to the radio, his mind is—well—and his dial is tuned to 1440. This brings one around to the point. The hermit is going to move his cave. Anyway, according to the Federal Communications commission, AA’BIG won’t reside on 1440 after March 29, when it will do a four- horseman shift and check over to 1470. Writers to Attend C.S.P. A. Convention in J^ew Yor\ “New York, here we come!” will be the cry of Aurelia Duiistan, Irma Es tes, Bill Brinkley, Gene Thornton, Douglass Hunt, and Mrs. Olive Betts, official delegates to the Columbia Scho lastic Pi’ess association convention, AA'edne.sday, when they leave for a four-day trip to Gotham. To Attend Tlieaters Leaving at 4:30 in the morning of March 12, the journalists will arrive in time to attend the opening conven tion events Thursday morning. AA'hile at the conference, they will not only attend meetings presidexl over by stu dent leaders from all over the-coun try, but they will hear lectures by famous American journalists. However, as their evenings will be free, the.v are making plans to see “Fantasia,” the AA’alt Disney opus. “The Corn Is Green,” the Ethel Barrymore pedagogical play, attend grand opera, and visit Radio City music hall. Although the convenfion has been held for a number of years, this is the first time since the depression that so lai'ge a group has gone from Greens boro. Last year’s representatives were .Tanet Cox and Annie Louise Patterson. Quill Club to Select Eight New Members Members of the Quill and Scroll so ciety will have an important meeting March 24 to determine the eligibility of eight juniors, who will, if selected, carry on the work of the society next year. Nominations for the candidates, which will he made by English in structors and present members of the society, must be approved by the club and the national organization to become members. At the present, only one junioi-, Paul Miller, can boast of membership in the society, although there are now eight vacancies to be filled by juniors. “Since the limit of membership is 25, the new members will be very care fully selected,” stated Miss Cathleen Pike, adviser of the society. Lewis Joins College Choir Daphne Lewis, alumna of 1940, who is taking undergraduate work in music at AA’oman’s college, has been asked to join the colege choir of a hundred ■oices. She participated in the annual Christmas concert. Inter ■ Club Council Gives Flag to School Aiinounceuient of the presenta tion of a new North Carolina flag to G. H. S. for use in the audi- toriiun and with the hand while marching was made in chapel Tueslay by Principal A. P. Routli. The flag, comparable in size to the United States flag given the scliool last year by the Daugliters of the American Revolution, was presented by tlie night civic clubs making up the Greensboro Inter- Club council. Organizations in- cliideil in the council are the Pilot club, the Rotarj- club, the Kiwanis club, the Monarch club, the Amer ican Business club, the Altrusa club, the Business and Professional Women’s chih, the Lions club, and the Civitan club. New Traffic Squad Assumes Patrol Duty “To give new life to the Traffic squad, we have organized a brand new group,” diselo.sed Traffic Chief Herman Cone, this week, in explaining the new set-up. At the same time, he announced the following assistants: J. I. Overman, chief of main building; Hoi*ace Korne- gay, chief of science building; and Tom Carpenter, chief of cafeteria. Main Building Officers The traffic officers in the main build ing are as follows: John Collins, Carl Thompson, Novell Bishop, Bernard Co ble, Richard Iddings, Emmett Farlow, Paul Stewart, Floyd Garrard, John Maness, Bill Reynolds, AA’allace Over man, Clark Foster, John Person. Gar land Gentry, and Everett Saslow. In Science Building Those in the science building include Jack Farrell, O. B. Teague, Arnold Marks, Marshall Adams, Rill Stedinan, Harold Kirkman, Jerry Schenck, Emry Green, and John Armfield. Jack AAfilliams, Elzie Gordon, and Joe Tlutton will work in the cafeteria building. Miss Bradley Marries Socrates Abrahamian G. II. S. lost one of its home economics teachers on February 24, when at her home in Gastonia, Aliss SnowG Bradley became Mrs. Socrates Melik Ahrahamiaii. For five years Mrs. Abrahamian had been a member of the Greensboro city schools faculty. After a ten-day trip through the Great Smokies, Mr. and Mrs. Ahra- hamian will make their homo in AA’ashington. Mrs. Allen E. Strand, who did substitute woi*k in the economics department last semester, is re placing Ml’S. Abrahamian in her capacity as instructor. Dudley High to Acquire Business Department Dudley high soon will celebrate the addition of a business department, in line with the improvements rapidly be ing made throughout the city school system. Tender this new division w'ill appear such courses as general business, typ ing, business English, spelling, sales manship. and consumer (‘ducation. Jliss Marie Howard of Dudley high has been selected as director for the l)usiness department. New Regulation Requires Chorai Entries to Meet At Winston for Finais Approximately 2M) Greensboro high school students, including soloists to be selected in eliminations next week, will assemble March 21 and 22 at Win- ton-Salem for the final judging of the twenty-second annual state music con test. Make Changes Until tills year, all divisions of the contest have been held at ‘Woman’s college, but the gi'owing number of entries necessitated dividing the state into nine districts. Greensboro is included in the Guil- ford-Forsytli county division; conse quently its contestants will enter the Twin-City district contest. Baud to Compete in Festival Owing to the new regulation, the hands will not receive their final rat ings with the choral group in AVinstou- Salem, hut will combine their compe tition with the Spring Music festival which will take place in Greensboro. However, before any band or orches tra may engage in the rivah*y at the festival, it must have received a first class rating at the district meet. Greensboro Experts Bands AKhough Greensboro will be minus the choral groups in her 1941 music program, she will play host during the week of the festival to two groups, of 500 students each, made up of hands representing cities throughout North Carolina. The first group will include all class A bands, and the second is to be made up of B and C class stiadents. Elimination Scheluled In the Senior high school elimina tions, scheduled for March 15 at the school, both instrumental and vocal soloists Avill try-out and winners will comiM>te in the Twin-City contest. In addition to the soloists, the school is to he represented in the district competition by members of the Senior high choir, who will enter the contest for choral groups under the direction of Raymoiid Brietz. Roman Club Welcomes Two New Members Two new members, Peggy Guin and Peggy Kirkman, were received into the Latin clul), when the regular bi-weekly meeting was held last Wednesday. Lou ise Morton, president, was in the chair. Miss Gertrude Farlowe is adviser for the group. Program Given by Members Oil the program were brief talks on mythology and the Roman army given by four of the members. These were Mervine Slerritt, who talked of the weapons used on the Roman battle field; Elizabeth Gabriel, who reported on the life of Apollo; Martha Sholar, who told of liatona, the mother of Apollo; and C. C. McLean, who relatetl the story of Crasana. 35 Assembly Suspends Meetings for Two Months Because of the heavy spring schedule of most of its members, the “35 Assem bly” at its last session voted to sus pend met'lings for a two-months period. A coiiiinittee comioosed of Virginia Peoples. Jane Alorrison, Moll Alexan der, Herbert Ihitfaway. Paul Miller, Bobby Perry. Charles Fogleman, and Vii*ginia Stoffel an* making ifians for next year’s program.
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