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VOLUME XX
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOI., GREENSBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 8, 1943
NUMBER 2
McNAIRY AND HOLMES ELECTION 'JHNNERS
Albright, Lybrook, Winecoff, Phillips Win;
New Junior (lass Representatives Announced
English 5 Classes
Given Library Test
By Mrs. Beatrice Hall
In the Peabody Library Information
test now being given by Mrs. Beatrice
Hall to all English 5 classes, the high
est score as reported so far was made
by Annie Charles Smith of room 204
with the very high grade of 86 correct
answers. Others with high scores are
De Whitt Glasgow with a score of 70.
and Bob Hauser and Zee Holler with
scores of 60 each.
This test is designed to diagnose
student information. This test deals
with problems usually found in library
work; the correct use of world books,
periodical indexes, card catalogs, and
simple bibliographic technique. A stu
dent’s ability to use the library for
information and recreation is de
termined by his score on this test. As
nearly as possible this test has been
planned to determine on student’s abil
ity to cope faces in a library.
The present form of the test is the
result of careful examination of courses
of study and texts in the field, criticisms
and suggestions from school librarians
and teachers, experimentation in the
Peabody Demonstration school with
each grade from fourth through the
twelfth and planning instruction units
and preparing manuals for both ele
mentary and high school levels.
The following are some of the types
of problems found in the test. Stu
dents are asked to identify parts of
a book such as title, page, preface and
.l.“ndix. Also, they are asked to
iJontify the number of books found
under the Dewey Decimal Classifica
tion, to indicate the divisions for which
the numbers stand, and to arrange
library books as found on shelves.
Others are: to arrange headings in the
order they would appear in a card cat
alog, to tell in which dictionary cer
tain words are defined, to identify sev
eral types of encyclopedias, and to
locate cities and places with a loca
tion key on a map.
Sowell Reports Rings to
Be Delayed Due to War
Many of the materials formerly used
In making high school rings are now
going to Germany and Japan in shells.
Because of this fact, Greensboro high
school seniors may have to do without
or use the popular war-time plastic
substitute.
The supply shop manager expects to
have some definite information about
them the latter part of October.
Beverly McNairy, above left, Senior high’s new secretary, and
Martha Holmes, new treasurer. They were elected in the annual fall
election here last week-end.
Second Nation-Wide V-12
Test To Be Held at Senior
The second nation-wide V-12 and A-12
tests will be held at Senior high school
on November 9, 1943. The purpose of
these tests is to provide technicians and
specialists for both the army and navy.
Successful candidates will be trained
at government expense in various fields
determined by the individual’s quali
fications. The boys in the outfit will
be on active military duty and will
wear the official uniform and receive
the usiial pay, as well as receiving a
college credit on his cour'^e.
Ages 17 to 21
The persons qualified for this exam
ination must be 17 and not more than
22 on or before March 1, 1944, and
must have graduated from high school
by the above date. An unsatisfactory
score will not exclude the candidates
from A. S. T. P. or V-12.
The test will include the meanings
and use of words, general scientific-
knowledge and third, math problems.
All three classes will be the best
answer type. Satisfactory passing of
this test does not mean that the i>erson
is enlisted in either the army or navy
All tests are of the best answer type.
The individuals who successfully pass
these exams will be sent to some col
lege for training.
These V-12 and A.S.T.P. tests were
given last spring to a number of Senior
boys who were interested. Several of
them passed and are now in the army
or navy but stationed at such colleges
and universities as Duke and Carolina.
Fire Drill
Proved a Success
or
Saved by the Bell
Immediately after the tardy bell last
Monday the third period chemistry
class sat down to slave and work and
sweat over their chemistry test. Just as
a few of the students were eady to
pass out from the exhaustion, a steady
clang of the fire alarm was heard
throughout the school. The students,
having worked sen hard trying to figure
out why temperatures drop, struggled
to their feet, not earing if they burned
to death and hobbled down the long
flight of steps of the Science building.
A few almost passed out on the way
from the building but gathered enough
strength to return to the class and
finish the test. After the class was
dismissed, many feeble cries were heard
from the students who felt faint and
weak from struggling with the metric-
system. The fire drill was therefore a
success, due to the fact that the stu
dents were too tired to speak. The
moral to this experience is: ‘Never per
mit a fire on test day. Too many peo
ple will be so exhausted they will be
unable to flee from burning buildings
fast enough to escape the same sad
fate of those ancient dwellers in the
city of Pompeii.
Vocational Depts. Train Youths for Service
With an adequate supply of equip
ment and students the four vocational
departments, woodworking, machine
shop, aircraft sheet metal, and draft
ing, have an important job preparing
men for production lines.
The woodworking department, taught
by Mr. G. O. Mann, has listed a specific
program on a chart. On the chart are
the 74 shop students’ names with
place for each grade. Seven units on
which a student is graded are intro
duction, hand tools, drawing, joints,
finishing plaques, machines, and lathes.
Prom these units the students learn to
operate mechanical saws, shapers,
jointers, and lathe; how to use hand
tools including bits, chisels, saws; also
how to make drawings of his work;
and to finish his work by sanding,
staining, glueing, varnishes and paints.
Grades are received for work on these
rseparate parts.
The 14 machine shop boys under the
direction of Mr. Doty are now learning
to operate the lathe, shaper milling ma
chine, and drill press. They are making
small tables, center punch, and chisels,
screwdrivers, hammers, and other tools.
Later on they will learn to cut threads
and gears. Those who make good will
be qualified to work as an operator in
manufacturing plants or if inducted in
to the armed forces they have an op
portunity to get a technician’s rating.
Although metal is scarce, enough is on
hand to last the year.
Drafting.
The drafting class, instructed by Mr.
Sandvig, meets daily from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. It is all boys, mostly seniors,
who, upon graduation, will qualify for
jobs as draftsmen for which there is a
great demand. Also, upon completion of
480 hours of class work, the student
may qualify for temporary civil service
appointment as junior draftsmen pay
ing ,$1440 per year. The studc-»t drafts
men make drawings of airplane parts,
plans for buildings, and blueprints.
Drafting sets are scarce but fortunately
the class is well equipped.
Aircraft Sheet Metal.
The aircraft sheet metal class is also
a three-hour course from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m., taught by Mr. Charles Lahser.
These students work on actual aircraft
metal which is aluminum alclad, a
composition of aluminum with alldip
for stiffness and strength. The same
rivets used in factories are studied and
also their composition. Through the
year the class will take up blueprint
reading, sheet metal machines and
tools, shop math, hand and pneumatic
riveting and beginners’ lofting. Upon
satisfactory completion of the course
students can get defense jobs paying
$46 to $120 per week or will be eligible
for jobs in civil service, government
factories or government repair bases.
Bulletin
The first Parent-Teacher meet
ing of the year will be a combina
tion supper-business affair in the
Senior high school cafeteria at 7
o’clock October 19, according to a
statement issued by Principal A. P.
Routh this morning.
Twenty-Seven Sign Up
For Speech Work
In order to make plans for a debate
team at Senior high school this year
and have trained orators, declamers,
and impromptu speakers to enter any
speech contests which arise later in
the year, forms have been sent to all
home rooms, to be signed by students
interested in speech w’ork.
“This year we hope to be able to
enter several local speech contests, in
cluding debates, declamations, orations
and impromptu speaking, as well as
the statewide debate contest at Chapel
Hill in the spring,” announced Miss
Mozelle Causey, head of the speech
department at Senior high.
With all of the members of last
year’s debate team except one gradu
ated, there will be unusual opportu
nities for new comers in the field this
semester. At present 27 people have
expressed a desire to take part in some
type of speaking, and more are expected
to sign up in the coming week.
Those signifying a desire lO oecome
more proficient in this art are Janet
Scarborough, Josephine Turrentine,
Ellen Tucker, Jacqueline Walker,
Nancy Wooding, Dick Eichhorn, Bill
Davis, Ro.se Fogleman, Ann Overcash,
Rita Pearl, Mary Ellen Knight, Jay
Taylor, Bill Lybrook, Dorothy Hardin,
Louise Sharpe, .Tune Rollins, Martha
Jane Rogers, Robert Lewis, Nina
Smith, Glenn Merritt, V. C. Bradley, Ed
Alston, Nancy Fogleman, Gladys Stout,
Norman Leonard, and .John Sevier.
Stage Crew Major Factor
In Success ot Assemblies
The stage crew whih does everything
about the stage, including keeping the
radio working, seeing that the stage
is clean, operating the curtains and
lighting and making any repairs neces
sary, is under the capable direction of
George Bryant, manager, and Dan
Hunter, assistant manager. Bryant was
formerly stage manager at Aycock.
Several new features are being
planned for this school year such as
the playing of records before assembly
programs, and the showing of several
picture shows.
The stage crew likes to be known
ns “Stage, Incorporated,” no connection
with “Murder, incorporated,” and it is
a sacred custom for them to inscribe
their name somewhere backstage. Some
of the names to be found there are.
Mack Albright, Brooks Shuping, Walter
Lee Chambers, John Trimble and Rob
ert Lewis, all of whom are members
of this year’s stage crew.
Plans Being Made For
Organization of Hi-Y
Final preparations are in the making
for the organization of a junior Hi-Y
this year, revealed Mr. Charlie Casper,
local Hi-Y adviser, in room 203, Sep
tember 29.
OlBcers of Hi-Y for this year as yet
have not been elected but plans are
under way for a general organization
meeting in the near future.
By JOHN SEVIER.
Climaxing a hotly contested election
for members of the junior class to the
student council in which over half of
the school participated, Beverly Mc
Nairy edged out Mary Oleo Rayle for
secretary, and Martha Holmes defeated
DeWhitt Glasgow for treasurer of the
council. Other election winners were
also announced, revealed Howard Mor
ris. Elections took place last Friday.
Because no candidate obtained the
necessary majority in the election of
the president, vice-president and secre
tary of the junior class in the elec
tions Friday, a run-off election took
place Monday in which Joe Albright
defeated Martha Jane Rogers, Bill Ly
brook toppled June Rollins and Betty
Winecoff nosed out Clarence Boren for
junior class president, vice-president
and secretary, respectively. Carolyn
Phillips became the new junior class
treasurer.
Following are the new junior class
representatives: Pat Hole, Betsy John
Hurley, Maude Taylor, Alice Thacker,
Joe Warner and Betty Jean Wiggins.
Many other candidates also took part.
Howard Morris is the present stu
dent council president while Irwin
Smallwood serves as its vice president
and has charge of assembly program
planning. Allene Parks is president of
the senior class and chairman of the
elections committee, while Mary Glen-
denning is vice president of the senior
class. Pete Miller is traffic chief whose
duty it is to take charge of the en
forcement of necessary traffc regula
tions.
Present senior class representatives
include Gertrude Archer, Bill Bogart,
Jim Brown, Billy McNeely, Jean Pat
terson and Margaret Rhudy. These
were chosen by the student body in
elections held last spring.
The duties of the six representatives
to the student council include reports
to the various home rooms and the
reporting of student grievances to the
council for action thereon.
Activities of the student council in
general include the performance of cer
tain assigned tasks such as supporting
student activities, appointment or elec
tion of new student council officers to
succeed old officers who were in some
manner disqualified from continuing as
council officers, assisting the faculty
in whatever is deemed necessary for
the well-being of the school and con
trolling ti-affic problems through the
traffic chief who is now a direct part
of the council and is responsible to it.
Morris urges all old and new mem
bers to attend the first organization
meeting since the election of new of
ficers which will be held Monday. He
states that much important business
will be taken up.
Schools Have Half Holiday
While Rationing Goes On
Causing the first half holiday of the
1943-44 school term, the Greensboro
and rural district schools were closed
at 12:30 September 29 and 30 for the
rationing of gas and kerosene. The
rationing began at 2 ;00 and lasted un
til 6:00 with all the teachers helping.
Greensboro Senior high school was
open for only the first 3 periods both
the Wednesday and Thursday of ra
tioning and was closed the rest of the
day, both days, so that the teachers
would be free to help.
Greensboro and the rural district
schools were the only ones to carry
out this plan of rationing. High Point
used some system through service sta
tions and other North Carolina dis
tricts used other methods.