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VOLUME XX
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOI.. GREENSBORO, N. C., NOVEMBER 19, 1943
NUMBER 5
ffiK, dance will be held next FRIDAY
In Senior Assembly
Senior high will have a Thanksgiv
ing program with Kynng Tsao Woo, a
Chinese student at Greensboro College,
as the principal speaker, Tuesday, No
vember 23. She will talk in the way
Chinese people celebrate Thanksgiving,
and the music will be arranged by
Miss Eula Tuttle.
Miss Woo lived with her parents
near Shanghi, where she attended the
Methodist school, McTyeire, until 1941,
when she entered this country for her
college education. She attended Scar-
rett College in Nashville, Tenn., for
two years before coming to G. C.
whei’e she ma.iors in religious educa
tion and social work.
After the war, she intends to return
to China and live with her parents
whom she has not seen for two years,
since the Japanese armies have sub
jugated the district in which they live.
On the same program Stark Dillard
will discuss the “The Meaning of
Thanksgiving” and the special music
will be arranged by Miss Eula Tuttle.
Under the direction of Miss Frances
Sowell, the Distributive Education
club presented a play, “Court of Con
sumer Complaint” on Tuesday, Novem
ber 16. It brought out in a graphic
manner the typical retail sales people.
The characters for the play were:
Judge, Roland Gaines; clerk, Richard
Hanner; Miss Lottie Lost, Tx>uise
Stockard ; Miss Izza Clam, Lois Cooke ;
Miss Gertie Gossip, Pat Bennett; Miss
Ida Indifferent, June Gill; Miss Susie
Snooty, Mary Alice Davis ; Miss Nevera
Knew, Grace Butler; Mrs. U. R.
Wrong, June King; Miss Evva Care
less, Jean Crutchfield; and announcer,
Jackie Bateman. The other members
of the class served as the jury.
After the play, certificates were
awarded to students who have com
pleted the six-hour course in pre-em
ployment training for prospective re
tail salespeople.
Stage Crew Completes
New Auditorium Projects
The Senior high school stage crew
Tinder the supervision of Mrs. Nellie
K. Blackburn has completed several
projects for this school year, revealed
George Bryant.
Boys on the crew are Robert Lewis,
Brooks Shuping, Dan Hunter, Mack
Albright, John Trimble and Walter
Lee Chambers, while George Bryant is
ficting chairman.
The crew has finished several jobs,
including a new platform for the audi
torium, for the school and other work
-will be done as the need arises.
Shown above is' the committee which will sponsor the socials this
year. They are, left to right, Clarence Boren, Brooks Shuping (stand
ing), Kemp Foster, Jimmie Eawlins, Martha Boggan.
Scouts To Hear Fretwell
At Meeting Here Nov. 23
Dr. Elbert Kirtley Fretwell, chief scout executive of the Boy
Scouts of America, will be 'guest speaker at the 26th annual conven
tion of the Greensboro Senior high school, it was announced by
George W. Hamer, local scout"®^
leader and executive of the Greens
boro council.
Dr. FretTvell, formerly professor of
education at Teachers’ college, Colum
bia university, has been actively con
nected with the Boy Scout movement
since 1921. A former member of the
Editorial and Executive boards of the
Boy Scouts of America, Fretwell suc
ceeded James E. West when he re
signed as chief executive in February,
1943. AVest had served as executive
for a number of years.
All scouters affiliated with the
Greensboro area council, which is com
posed of Greensboro proper, rural Guil
ford county and Randolph county, and
those who are indirectly connected
with scouting'—friends relatives and
parents of Scouts—are cordially in
vited to attend this important meeting.
An invitation has also been extended
to all presidents and executives of any
ether North Carolina council who may
wish to attend.
One of the purposes of this meeting,
at w'hich R. AV. McGeachy, president
Council Holds Third Meeting Of Year;
Discusses Proposed School Activities
In its third meeting of the semester.
Senior high’s new student council met
November 8 in room 103 during sev
enth period. The entire group of 19
members was present to discuss some
proposed school activities.
The tables and chairs in the council
room were made by Mr. G. O. Mann’s
shop classes last year and add much
comfort to each meeting. Funds for
this new addition to the room were
raised through last year’s council play,
“Getting Pinned.” Also decorating the
room are landscapes and tapestry given
by Mrs. Jamieson’s art classes. A
mural, depicting various phases of
student government work, by Alary
Holmes and Dacia Lewis, may soon
add tO' the recent improvements.
Committee Chairmen
Diiring the meeting, various com
mittees gave reports on their progress.
Each chairman was asked to choose
two other students to help on his
group. The chairmen are as follows;
scholarship, Gertrude Archer; finance,
Blartha Holmes; constitution, Jim
Brown; traffic, Pete Miller; welfare,
Billie McNeely; interschool relations.
Bill Bogart; program, Irwin Small
wood ; welcome, Joe Albright; archives,
Beverly McNairy, and stage, George
Bryant. Every group has a specific
job, stated in the constitution.
Projects Discussed
Projects for the coming year were
discussed and several different ideas
were submitted. Although there has
been no social standards day here re
cently, a possibility is seen for such
an event this year. On such a day,
a big assembly would be called with
a keynote speaker addressing the stu
dents on a current issue. This group
would then break up into smaller ones
for which pertinent topics would have
been chosen.
DR. E. K. FRETWELL
of the Green.sboro area council, will
preside, will be to elect council officers
lor the coming .year, 1944.
ilontg! mery S. Hill is the chairman
in charge of arranging this meeting
and he will be assisted by a committee
composed of Clarence N. Cone. L. L.
McAlister, Rev. J. A. A'ache. A. P.
Alulligan, A. J. Tysor and E. AV.
Freeze.
Tickets and additional information
may be secured at the local scout head
quarters in the Richardson Memorial
center or from any Boy Scout.
Science Glasses Study
Works of World Today
TO' understand the world in which
we live, one must know something
of the wonders of . modern science.
AA’ith this thought in mind, the science
classes have ventured forth, on several
occasions, to study the workings of a
modern world.
AA'ith plans for field trips in the near
future, the biology classes, under the
direction of Mrs. Nelly Blackburn are,
at present, studying the life and loves
of the common earthworm.
Mrs. LeGwin’s chemistry classes
have taken one trip to the water plant
and are planning others when trans
portation is available.
Recreation Commiltee Holds Meetings;
Rawlins Succeeds Glendenin As Head
Answering the requests of many students for a resumption of school
dances for the year, the recreation committee under the joint sponsor
ship of Mrs. Estelle LeGwin and Mr. and Mrs. . Frank E. Curran will
^present the first dance of the year
in the school gymnasium Friday
Orchestra Room to Get
Sound Proofing Soon
To eliminate disturbing other
classes and to improve the acous
tics of the room, sound proofing
material is to be installed in the
orchestra room under the super
vision of Mr. Sewell.
The string orchestra, under the
direction of Mr. Kimbal Harriman,
will begin Saturday practices in the
near future in order to secure a
brass section. Several musicions
have been asked by Mr. Hairiman
to join the organization.
Cecil Brown lo Lecture For
Benefit Sponsored by Lions
Cecil Brown, noted news analyst,
will speak tonight at 8 p.m. here
at Senior high school. The program
is under the sponsorship of the
Lions club which will use the pro
ceeds from the lecture ticket sales
toward helping the blind of the
community.
Each blind person in Greensboro
is invited to attend the lecture free
of charge.
Brown, ace CBS Far Eastern
correspondent, will give an exciting
picture of the war in the Pacific.
He will tell what it is like to be
on board a torpedoed and sinking
warship, what Singapore was like
on the eve of invasion, how Aus
tralia is making out in the war,
and he will give an eye witness re
port of battles on land, sea, and
in the air.
Lions club members who are in
charge of this lecture and others
to follow are: Ticket sales, AV. G.
Stoner, chairman. Mack Arnold,
Henry Miller; Arrangements, T. O.
Hutchins, chairman, G. O. Griffin,
D. Frank Parkins : Advertising and
publicity. Gains Kelly, chairman,
R. R. Mitchell, Dr. A. AV. Craver;
Program, Chas. T. Boyd, chairman,
J. M. Cates, Sam P. Sox; general
committee, J. M. Cates, chairman,
Lynn R. Hunt, Herman H. Davis.
Boren-Millikan Sponsor
Golfers in Local Match
Misses Barbara Boren and Anne
Millikan, both members of the senior
class, were sponsors for Byron Nelson
and Harold MeSpaden in the local golf
tournament. These two men are na
tionally known golfers and recently
played at Starmpunt country club.
night from 8 :00-ll :30. ^
Chairman Jimmie Rawlins stated
that the price of tickets for the dance
will be 39 cents for stags and 55 cents
for coiqTles, including tax.
The recreation committee includes
the following members: Jimmie Raw
lins, Kemp Poster, Brooks Shupping,
Martha Boggan, Anne Millikan and
Clarence Boren.
The recreation committee has been
handicapped by having its chairman,
Jimmy Glendenning, join the merchant
marine but is fortunate in securing
the services of Jimmie Rawlins as
chairman for the year.
Preparations are under way for the
presentation of this event which is ex
pected to draw a large crowd.
The Recreation committee appoint
ments follow: Figure committee, Clar
ence Boren, Elizabeth Stafford, Aileen
Mateer, and Mrs. Estelle LeGwin; floor
committee, Don McCormick, Pat Hole,
Margaret Donald, Joy Blumenthal and
Mary Sue Starr; decoration commit
tee, Barbara Boren, Sally AVadidell,
Kemp Foster, Brooks Shuping; and
Mrs. Eleanor Jamieson; dance com
mittee, Jimmie Rawlins, Martha Bog
gan, Clarence Boren, Ann Millikan,
Brooks Shuping and Kemp Poster;
publicity committee, Nell Daly, Sarah
Howell, Paye AVilliams and Frances
Van Landingham; refreshments com
mittee, Yancy Culton, Jerry Meredith,
Carolyn Phillips, Martha Schenek and
Mary Harris.
The feature of the dance will be a
figure consisting of the 10 junior class
officers and one sponsor from each of
the 12 junior home rooms.
American Education Week
Observed by Senior High
Greensboro Senior high school in co
operation with the various organiza
tions throughout the city has recently
completed the observance of nation
wide American Education week.
The observance was sponsored by
the National Education association, the
United States office of education, the
American Legion and the National Con
gress of Parents and Teachers.
At the Senior high school, talks were
given over the public address system
each morning throughout the week on
topics of world understanding through
education, and education for victory.
Units of the P. T. A., meeting during
the week, held special programs in con
nection with education, week.
Book Week Is Being Natiohally
Celebrated November 14 to 20
“Let’s build the future with books”
is the slogan for the 25th annual cele
bration of book-week, which is being
nationally observed November 14-20.
To arouse the interest which book
week deserves, the Greensboro Senior
high school library is sponsoring a se
ries of book reviews, to be presented
over the amplifying system.
Those participating on the programs
are as follows: Cora Schumm review
ing Journeu For Margaret by AVhite,
and Guadalcanal Diary by Tregaskis;
Yancy Culton presenting Paul Revere
by Forbes; and V. C. Bradley intro
ducing Stienbeck’s Awat/ and
Aircraft Garrior by AVinston.
Others are Betty Cooley’s interpre
tation of Seventeenth Summer by Daly
and Our Hearts Wca-e Young and Gay
by Cornelia Otis Skinner. Platt’s This
Green World and Teale’s By Ways to
Adventure are being explained by Leon
Hayes.
The library is also featuring the oc
casion with 150 new books, many
posters, and exhibits which carry out
the theme of book-week.
The purposes of book-week at Senior
high are to encourage in students the
love of books and to encourage home
companionship through books.