HIGH
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XIX
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., DECEMBER 18, 1942
NUMBER 8
Pre-Induction Courses Prepare
Students For War Service
“In adding five pre-induction courses,
the Senior high faculty will offer to
train Greensboro high school students
of the senior class in stable subjects
which will aid them in entering and
maintaining themselves in the armed
forces,” exifiained Principal A. P. Routh
Monday.
When seniors filed their second semes
ter’s lu'oposed schedules at the be
ginning of the week, they were urged
by their honieroom teachers to regis
ter for the new courses.
' Classes in pre-induction English are
open for boys who will be at least 18
years of age by July 1, 1943. The main
emphasis in this topic will be placed
on grammar.
Courses of pre-induction chemistry
and physics are offered to pupils who
will graduate in June and who have
passed at least two semesters of alge
bra. The topics cover a general survey
of their respective fields.
For people who expect to graduate
in June but who haven’t completed
the senior math requirement of three
semesters of algebra and two semesters
of geometry, a course of study in pre
induction mathematics will be taught.
Aeronautics Offered
Pre-induction aeronautics, which clar
ifies the theoretical side of the ele
ments of aeronautics, will be taught
to seniors. This course is especially
emphasized for boys who will become
18 before July 1.
Members of the present faculty will
teach the new courses, since they under
stand most of the subject matter and
other teachers are almost impossible
to obtain.
“If these classes are not sutficiently
filled with seniors and students who
can now qualify,” declared Routh to
day, “requirements for entering the
courses may be altered so that there
may be a possibility for juniors to
study the topics.”
local Swing Band
Plays At Guilford
After playing a succes.sful engage
ment at State college in Raleigh on
December 12, Carl Pritchard’s “Sere-
naders.” local swingsters, furnished
jam and jive music for the third dance
sponsored b.v the Senior high recrea
tion committee this year. It was a
Christmas dance held in the girls’ gym
with appropriate Christmas decora
tions.
On Saturday the “Sereuaders’’ kept
up their steady string of engagements,
as they played for a dance at Guil
ford college. A good deal of new music
has been purchased for the band, in
cluding “Mister Five by Five,” “One,
Two, Three, Kick,” a conga number,
"Jersey Bounce” and many others.
Carl I’ritchard, the regular leader
udio has been seriously ill for the past
month or so. is expected to be back
with the band by the first of the year
if he continues to improve.-
During the past two dances, the
band has used no leader except for
George Curran, the drummer, starting
the beat.
Here are a few of the dances that
will keep the Serenaders busy during
the Christmas season :
On December 21 they will play for
Bryant’s dance at the Country club,
and on the 23rd the band will be fea
tured at a dance at Lexington. This,
by the way, will be the biggest dance
they will play at during the holidays.
Another engagement, a tentative one,
is a dance of the Order of the Arrow
to be held on December 29.
For these dances the band will use
Charlie Simpson, G. H. S. alumnus,
as their director. The Serenaders are
planning to play for a dance at Wom
an’s college some time during the holi
day season, but the date is not definite.
Below is a cartoon, drawn by M. C.
Anderson, High Life cartoonist, con
trasting Christmas this year in Amer
ica and abroad. It illustrates the edi
torial on the same subject which ap
pears immediately underneath it.
$11,899 In War Bonds Sold
In Council Sponsored Drive
Wartime Holidays Mean Sacrifices at Home,
But Grimmer Aspects Face Boys in Service
Christmas Tableau
{Staff photo by Trwin Smallwood)
School Vuletide Program Performed
With Un usual Color and Brilliance
Under the direction of Mrs. Carlotta
Jacoby, head of the vocal department,
the choir, girls’ glee club and boys’
glee club cembiued their talents to
form a l)ackground of Christmas music
as a prelude to the dramatization of
the traditional Nativity scenes, high
light of the annual Yuletide program
performed this morning in the audito
rium. Bill Lambert read the Christ
mas story from the Bible by the light
of gleaming tapers.
The program opened with the sing
ing of “Adeste Fidelis’’ by the entire
assembly and “O Come, Emmanuel” by
the vested choir which was seated on
the stage. During the Annunciation
scene, the choir sang “And the Glory
of the Lord” from the Messiah by
Handel.
The Bethlehem scene, presented in
pantomime, featured the boys’ and
girls’ glee clubs with Harriet Clark
and Doris Vereen as soloists. Two
beautiful carols, “Cantique de Noel”
and “O Little Town of Bethlehem,”
which were sung from the balcony by
the mixed glee clubs, followsd the
scenes. The student body and faculty
sang the first verse of “Silent Night”
wliile the girls’ glee club performed
the three last verses in a special four-
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By BOB LLOYD
To the average high school student,
the Christmas-New Year holida3’S have
meant exchanging cards and gifts, elab
orate parties and dances, a trip to
grandmother's and a general rest from
everyda.v labor. This year things will
be quite difl'erent.
Working for a local merchant or
replacing a man who has gone to war
will supplant the holiday rest. It's not
so had, though, the man you replace
is probal)ly facing an artillery barrage
instead of a friendly customer.
Perhaps your Christmas mail or gifts
will arrive tardily, due to the flood of
holiday postal service. But better yours
l)e late than some cheery message for
your brother or dad in the service.
Letters from home are what keeps them
going. It’s their greatest morale booster.
Fuel Necessary
The season's trip to grandmother's
will probal)ly have to be cancelled.
Perhaps your confinement at home will
supply the fuel for a tank’s advance in
Tunisia or New Guinea.
Even the Christmas and New Year
dances may suffer slightly, with decora
tions more costly and ballrooms locally
restricted to soldier dances. No electric
illumination will brighten the yule
trees, while dances and parties will
probably take place in to3yn instead
of at a coi^tr,v clubhouse. ■
Quit Sulking , • ' '
The picture isn't so black, though.
The curtailed festivities aren’t so bad,
and while you work, j’ou profit. Idle
ness means boredom anyhow. With
the money you make working, an in
vestment in war bonds and stamps will
bring us closer to victory. AVhat we
do or do without can't compare with
what the l}oys in the Solomons, Tunisia
and Algeria are giving up.
Maybe next 3’ear we can have those
old conveniences we once enjoyed. Until
then let's forfeit our privileges and
bu3^ war savings stamps and bonds.
Perhaps we can have victory next year
for a Christmas present.
Home Room 304 Wins;
Henry Sfout Tops Buyers
With $2,112.50 In Bonds
Selling a total of $2,112.50 worth of
war bonds and stamjis, Henrj' Stout,
local Greensboro high junior and active
member of room 304, trampled over all
opposition offered by an enthusiastic
student bodj' during the highlj^ suc
cessful bond and stamp campaign spon
sored bj^ the local student council dur
ing the week of December 9 through
December 1C, announced Stanley John
son and Betsj" Holt, campaign man
agers, early this morning. Johnson
and Holt stated that the drive was
successful beyond expectations, the pa
triotic student body purchasing a total
of $11,899 in bonds and stamps.
Thomas, Truitt, Pleasants Follow
Closely following Stout were Graham
Thomas, $1,614.50, room 304; Jimmy
Truitt, $1,500.60, room 302; and Caro
lyn Pleasants, $1,004.50. Stout and
Thomas both hail from room 304, the
winning home room, which sold a total
of $4,033.10. The 31 members of room
304 and their adviser, Mrs. Blanche
Smith, will receive, as a reward for
their excellent spirit and participation,
theater passes through the courtesy of
the student council.
Those selling or buying .$300 worth
or more are as follows: Tommy Gran
tham, $567.75; Hildah Smith, $500.00;
Bobb.v Bowman, $386.50 ; Bill Lambert,
$.376.50; Nymphos Myers and Claiborne
Poindexter, $300.00.
Crf ..lit for the success of the campaign
is due to the tremendous support and
work of Stanlej' .Johnson, suppU^ shop
manager, Bet,S3’ Holt, senior representa
tive to the council and campaign maii-
.E;er, and Tim Warner, council president.
Below is the complete amount of sales
accredited to each home room : room 2,
$171.60; room 4, $810.60; room 6. $79.25;
room 7. $208.90; room 8, $117.60; room
10, $489.25; room 21, $115.00 ; room 23,
$402.20: room 24, $1,018.70: room 27,
$162.75; room 100, $.554.80; room 101,
$52.60; room 201, $76.20; room 202,
$110.45; room 204, $127.90; room 206,
$6.60; room 300, $748.65; room 301,
229.80; room 302, $1,.506.05; room 303,
$1.25; room 304, .$4,033.10; room .305,
$12.35; room 306, $13.35; room .307.
$120.00; room 313, $234.45; room 315,
.$0.55; room .317, $01.05.
Large Crowd Altends
School Holiday Dance
Social activities for the month of
December were wound up at the in
formal Christmas dance, given last
Friday night in the school gym by the
members of the Recreation committee.
Approximately 150 students attended
the affair, which lasted from 8 ;30 to
11 p.m. Carl Pritchard and his “Sere-
miders,” local orchestra composed of
high school boys, furnished the music
for the affair.
The skating party, which was origi
nally scheduled for Friday night, De
cember 4, was postponed due to the
first snow of the season. According to
Mrs. Clark McNairy, chairman of this
committee, the party wiU be heltl at a
later date.
Torchlight Meet Delayed;
Society Pins Distributed
Owing to unavoidable circumstances,
the Torchlight meeting, to have been
held last Tuesday, has been postponed
until after the Christmas holidays, ac
cording to Miss Ida Belle Moore, club
adviser, who has just returned to
.‘■■chool after recuperating from an ill
ness of .several weeks.
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