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GREEXSBOBO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSliORO, N. C., SEPTEMBER 26, liMl
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Dacia Lewis, Carolyn Pleasants Battle Today
For Secretary’s Berth In Run-Off Election
Edwards Wins Over Kirby For Treasurer;
Cunningham, Alexander Remain In Race;
Kearney, Rives, Foster Are Junior Officers
Dacia Lewis aiicT Carolyn Pleasants,
members of the junior class, will con
test for the office of secretary of the
student council in a run-off election to
be held at the lunch periods today, Mrs.
Estelle LeGwin, adviser to the council,
announced this inorning.
Edwartls Elected Treasurer
Elected as treasurer of the council
in yesterday's election was Charles Ed-
warcD. Charles Kirby was the losing
candidate for this office. Edwards’
plathn'in included school dances, the
changing of the school rings, and an
incrca.sed supply of materials for the
school store, which he, as treasurer,
\yill manage.
Ashton Kearney was chosen president
of till- junior class, defeating Edgar
Alstf ii, while Frances Rives and Vir
ginia Foster were elected to be vice-
president and secretary, respectively.
To Elect Treasurer
In the run-offs today, Decatur Cun-
aiingham and Edward Alexander will
seek tl'.e office of class treasurer. Louis
Thacker was the defeated candidate
for this office.
Representing the junior class in
council will be Tim ‘Warner, Gertrude
Archer. Rachel Johnson, Edwin Gen
try, -ranreen Black, “Weze” Matlock,
and Xancy Dobins. Other contestants
for representative were Kathleen Bras
well. JIary Frances Johnson, Bobby
Lloyd. Kathryn McNairy, and Bill
Montgomery.
Students will be given an opportu
nity to vote for council secretary and
junior class treasurer at lunch time
today.
Election Spirited
“On the whole, the entire election
was run quite smoothly, and consider
able spirit was manifested in the vot
ing,’’ Charles Vache, cdiairman of the
elections board and president of the
senior class, told a High Life reporter
this morning.
Economics Class Surveys
feminine Shortcomings
Ry interviewing Greensboro boys on
the .subject, “What we don’t like about
girls,’’ the tifth period home economics
'(•lass of Miss Zena Kibler has found
that girls are far from perfect in mas
culine opinion.
The most frequent criticism made
was the habit of flirting with other
bo>s on a date. The boys also dislike
for a girl to be too noisy or too quiet.
Furthermore, the boy.s stated that the
feminine half isn't always as carefully
Jtroomed as it should be. After the
usual too-mucli-or-too little make-up
discussions, the boys summed up tlieir
complaints by saying, “The girls just
can't seem to And a happy medium.”
5Ms Fight Rack
The surveyors retaliated with a few
criticisms of their own. Bragging on
themselves, their cars, their clothes,
and families, flirting with other girls,
and trying to make their dates jealous
some of the faults the girls found
their escorts practicing.
English 7 Classes Write
Original Poems, Essays
In a hope to find more interesting
Pfojects on which they might work,
• members of Paul Frazier's English 7
classes have been engaged in originat
ing poems and character sketches to
illustrate their literature studies.
Quill Society Elects
Whiteside President
Members of (^uill and Scroll, inter
national honor society for high school
journalists, met last week and elected
Rachael Whiteside to serve as presi
dent for the coming school year. Other
new officers elected include Paul Mil
ler, vice president; Margai*et Wilker-
son, secretary; Betty Routh. treasurer;
and Ann Thornton, social chairman.
Miss Cathleen Pike is the club ad
viser.
Plans for Year l)is‘usse(l
The new president led a discussion
of plans for the winter. After decid
ing to meet every other Monday, the
club selected Paul Miller to plan the
initiation program, which will be given
in the near future.
The society is asking all English
teachers to recommend students eligible
for membership. These candidates will
he asked to submit an original article
which will be sent to the Chicago of-
tice of Edward Nell, national secre
tary of Quill and Scroll, who will se
lect members whose work meets na
tional standards.
Hope to Include Club
Meetings in Schedule
That a 30-minute peiiod during
one day of the week might be de
voted to (dub activities was learned
today from Principal A. P. Routh.
Though no definite decision ha.s
been reached, the plan has received
considerable comment from both
students and faculty.
Should the period be added to
the week’s scliedule, it would en
able more students to participate
in club activities, and, in turn,
would encourage better |)r()grams,
supporters of the idea argue.
C. A. R. Chapter Knits
To Aid Local Red Cross
Rod Cross work and a new member
ship campaign are keeping the mem
bers of the Bugler Gillies chapter,
C. A. K., busy this year. Dorothy
Parker, junior president of the group,
revealed that projects of the girls in
clude the knitting of a large afghan
for the Red Cross.
The organization is also doing a
great deal of work through contribu
tions, which have been made to the
scholarship fund at Tamassee school
in South Carolina and to the other
D. A. K.-maintained school and to the
national building fund.
An addition to the group this year,
Mrs. Charles W. Cloninger will serve
as assistant to Mrs. allace G. Free
man, senior president.
Art Classes to Aid
School Campaigns
Stiuieiits in the art elaaees liave been
concentrating their efforts on the mak
ing of campaign posters to advertise
the election eampaign. Each stndent
has been given a certain detail to work
out on the illustrations and each will
be graded on his individual part.
The art department hopes to aid the
other organizations in the school later
on In the year by supidying posters
and notices to advertise them.
In Run-Off Today
IlACIA LEWIS and CAROLYN PLEASANTS, who. battle again
for the position of secretary of the stndent council.
Twenty-Five Girls' Romeo
Plays Lone Hand
As he walked quietly into the room
and presented his card to the teacher,
he glanced painfully around the room
at his future classmates. Dragging
himself to the back of the room—there
were no more seats—he trembled in
fear of what lay before him. He knew
he must meet these new people by
whom, for the lirst few days, anyway,
he would be completely igiJor(.*d.
Suddenly one of the students jumped
up and offered him a seat; another
helped him lill out bis book label;
•Olliers buzzed around asking questions
and being quite friendly to the new
comer.
Although his roceptiou was rather
unique, Lelaiid Noell is no longer self-
conscious and feels he will be iuite
happy in this room where he is tlu.*'
only hoy in a room of twt'nty-flve viva
cious and energetic future stenogra
phers !
Playmasters Choose
Year's New Leaders
Choice of Dhiymasters for president
to fill the vacancy left by the r(>sigiia-
tlon of Lacy Sellirs. chosen in the
siiring '41 election, is Della Mae Trot
ter, according to the votes turned in
at the September 10 meeting. The
secretiiry, also selected in the spring
contest, is Shannon Schumann.
The two olticos of vice president and
treasurer, left open for the new mem
bers. will be tilled by Ann Thornton
and Kathryn Campbell, res{K'etively, a
decision made at the first meeting of
the incoming dramatists on Septem
ber
A welcome to the new ITayinasters
and instructions as to the rules and
regulations of the club completed the
business of the afternoon.
The society will meet each Mon
day and will start work soon on its
first fall production.
Vocational Classes to See
Movies About Occupations
That they might become better ac
quainted with the various jobs on
which they are working and tliat they
might apply what they learn to real
life, members of tlio diversitied and
salesmanship class(‘s will see a mo
tion picture once a week featuring a
local occupation.
Movie Stresses Essentials
The first movie, which was shown
last '\V(‘dnosday, was entitled “IMain
Street.” and dealt primarily with the
job of .selling one’s self and one’s
goods to others. Shown by the Greens
boro Coca-Cola company, the picture
stressed such iiecessith's iti any busi-
itiess as personal aptK’arance, ph'asant
voice. int(>r(\sr. enthusiasm, and good
manners of its personnel.
George W. Siuulvig and A. S. Proc
tor. directors of tlie vocational educa
tion department, supervised the show
ing of the pieture.
(’al Wray, visual education chair
man for the classes, secures the pic
tures and handles the projection ma
chine for tlie groui).
Attendance Lists Replaced
By Separate Student Cards
College Representatives
To Cover Alumni Notes
In order tO' stimulate further the in-
torest of readers In the alumni column.
High Life plans to select from among
the alumni of Greensboro high a rep-
re^seutntive from each college attended
by these graduates who will act as
correspondent for the paper, thus keep
ing the column up-to-date on alumni
activities.
Individual attendance cards are
replacing tlie old lists used to k('ep
trjick of school absentees. T'nd(*r
the new system when a student is
absent, his card is sent to the of-
tice where Mrs. Nellie ITacklmrn,
dian of students, telephones the
student's home to establish the
cause of the absence.
These cards carry all informa
tion n('ed(‘d in the ollice, sncli as the
name, age, address, name of par
ent, and telephone numlier of the
stndent.
Miller, Routh Make
Major Appointments
To High Life Staff
ilembers of the advanced journalism
class received formal notiiication this
morning from Paul Miller, editor of
the school paper, of their appointment
to the Iligli Life staff.
Aft'ecting approximately 10 members
of the stair, the appointments are 'the
first to he announced this year. Other
promotions will be announced later in
the fall. Miller said .
Whitesi(l(‘ Feature Editor
Rachael Whiteside, an old-timer ou
the High Life staff, who last year
served as an editorial assistant, will
assume complete charge of the foaturp
department.
To supervise the make-up of the
school paper. Miller named Dorothy
Parker, former almnni editor. Assist
ants to Parker will be selected at an
early date, it was understood.
Headline chief this year will be Mar
garet Wilkerson. whose ofiiciul duties
will be to supervise the writing of
headlines.
Holliday Sports Editor
Heading the sports department of
High Life will he Earle Holliday as
chief sports editor, (xarland Wolfe,
former assistant editor in the sports
d(T)artnient, will assi.st Holliday as
feature sports writer. Both Holliday
and AVolfe have liad considernblo ex
perience in their fields of writing.
The important position of copy edi
tor, filled last year by Douglass Hunt,
will go to Bob Berry, while Betty Clem
ent, former alumni corresjiondcnt. will
1)0 bead proofreader. Jack Watson
will 1)0 ))hotograpbcr.
Betty Routh. business manager, also
today api)ointod Herbert Haftaway to
be circulation manager for High Life.
Bc'tty expects to name her advertising
as.sistants soon.
20 Students Engaged
In Local NYA Work
“X. Y. is designed to help the
student remain in school by providing
him with nioiiey for Ixiok fees, special
fees, lunches, etc.,” stated Stanley
.rohnsoii, campus director of the stu
dent group, this wei'k. •’It is not for
people >011 relied’, hut for the student
who needs money for school neeessi-
ti(*s,'' he exi)lain(*d.
10 on Pi’Ograni
Tliere are 4o students at Scaiior high
working on the X. V. A. program. The
group (‘in])loy('d in tills work is en
gaged in chwical work, lieautiliention
of the grounds, assisting in the cafe-
tm-ia. and in ludiiing in cliemisfry,
art, and physical education.
Tlie Viirious jobs jiay 2Uc an hour,
and no studmit can work ov(>r .‘>0 hours
a moiitli or draw more* lhan six dollars
a month.
“You must pass tlire'c subje*e-ts to be
edigihlc for this program, anel a student
is not ae-cept(‘d if his famil.v has a
large ine-ome.*’ comduded Mj-, Johnson,
ill summing iq) re'eiuire-me'nt.s for the
\TOrk.
I'se Code N'uniliers
A code number is used in record
ing the reason of absence upon
the e-ard, tlie most frexpient reason
lisfeel iieing iinmher two, illness.
XT)tes brought from home should
1)0 presented to the home room
teacher, who then issues the admit
slips. These slips are turned into
the otfice at the end of the day
after they have been signed by
each class teacher.
Library Garries Exhibit
Of Early N. G. History
One of the most int'resting exhibits
on display in tin* bobby sliow lu'ld last
week in the piiblit; library wa.s Harold
Garptmter’s (•(‘rtificati* of election made
out by Gov(M'nor W. Y'. Ilobh'n in 1S(tS.
The certificiite, wbiidi stated that
only “(lualitied voters” could iiartici-
patc in the Xortli Carolina military
eh'ctions, was (diiefly eonc(*rned with
matters pertaining to “better govern
ment for these soiifbern slates.”
Anotlu'r exhibit displayel by Car
penter, Senior high student, was ii
manuscript of po(*try by Joseph W.
Holden, which he found between the
leaves of a book in his home library.