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VOLUME XX
GREENSBORO SENIOR fflGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., .4PBIL 6, 1944
NUMBER 13
Rev. Van NestTalmage
Postpones Appearance
On Assembly Program
Promising to Ri)eak to the student
body some time in the near future. Rev.
Van Nest Talmage, missionary veteran
of the mercy ship, Gripsholm, expressed
his regrets that he was unable to ap
pear in chapel last Tuesday as sched
uled.
According to Bobby Barnes, nephew
of the missionary and member of the
senior class at this school, Rev.' Mr.
Talraage could not reach Greehgboro as
soon a.s he had originally planned.
Rev. Mr. Talmage, who had several
churches around the country as well
as having charge of a leper colony in
Kwung-Ju. refused to return to the
T'nited States when missionaries ■ of
the region were asked to evacuate for
their owm safety. When the war broke
out, he was interned in a .Tap prison
camp for four months, and was re
leased in the first exchange of Jap-
anese-American prisoners of war. He
arrived on the Gripsholm in the United
States in August, 1942.
Accompanied by his wife, the Korean
missionary has spent over thirty of
his sixty years in the Orient and has
become an expert on dialects of the
district. When in Kwnng-Ju, he made
his rounds on a bicycle since bad
roads made impossible the use of a
larger vehicle.
Before leaving this country as a mis
sionary, he lived at Montreat, N. C.,
where he will return at the end of
his tour. He is very anxious to see,
after the war is over, an independent
Korea.
Easter Rites Planned
At Local Churches
By SUE WARD
Highlighting the various Easter re
ligious observances throughout Greens
boro is the special Sunrise Service to
be conducted by Dr. W. C. Jackson
at f! a.m. on Sunday morning in the
amphitheater beside the lake. Spon
sored jointly by Woman’s college In
ter-Faith council and the local minis
terial association, this is the first of
such city-wide ceremonies to be inaugu
rated. Rev. E. M. Neese, of West Mar
ket Srreet Methodist church will also
speak, Special music will be furnished
by (he college choir under the direc
tion of George Thompson. Service
will close at Sunrise.
A week of services has been planned
at the PMrst Baptist church which be
gan yesterday wdth the Passion Week
service with Mr. Oliver Robinson
si)t‘aking and the Beech Street choir
furnishing special music. Tonight, Rev.
K. N. Trench will si)eak at another
special service, while on Friday night,
the pastor. Rev. J. Clyde Turner will
complete the series. The second sun
rise prayer meeting will be held at 0
o’clock a.m. Easter. For the regular
morning services Sunday, a special
program has been planned for all men
in the service.
Rev. Wilson Woodcock, pastor of the
College Park Baptist church, will speak
“In the End of the Sabbath,” and
Easter music will be furnished under
the direction of Miss Rebecca Pickard,
with Martha B. Horton singing special
solos.
Paul Manning Speaks
In Local Audiforium
Paul Manning, London correspondent
for Columbia Broadcasting System, co
author of "Mr. England,” writer of
the Biography of Winston Churchill
mid authority on the xVmei-ican Air
Force in Europe, made his first per
sonal appearance in Greensboro in the
Senior high auditorium last Tuesday,
•Miril 4. at 8:30 p.m. His visit was
sponsored by the Exchange club.
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At the recent state teachers’ meeting
in Raleigh, Mrs. James I). LeGwin,
was named presiding officer of the
.science division. In addition to teach
ing biology and chemistry, she advises
the dance committee at Senior, sings-
in her church choir and takes care of
her family.
Edgar Alston Awarded
Second Place in Contest
Edgar Alston has been awarded sec
ond place in the district American Le
gion Oratorical contest which was held
in Raleigh, Wednesday, March 20 at
:30 o”cloek. Katherine Gallagher of
Hamlet, N. C., was awarded first place
and will be eligible to proceed to the
state finals in Durham along with
other district winners in the near fu
ture.
Alston, a senior, had taken the hon
ors in a similar meet held previously
in High Point, thus representing this
section in the contest.
The sub.iect for the oration this year
was, “The Constitution in a Changing
World.” In addition to this prepared
speech, each contestant had to present
a short extemporaneous talk on some
amendment to the Constitution which
he had drawn.
T^pon being questioned about the
outcome of the contest, Alston made
the following statement to the press:
The winner of the contest w’as so
obvious that it defies the scope of hu
man understanding to comprehend how’
the judges arrived at their decision.”
In addition to his pjirt in the oration
contest, Alston represented Senior high
along with Yancey Culton on the af
firmative debate squad, and is the ac
tive president of the Debating club.
Xeep Backing the Attack^ To Be Slogan
OF 2ncl War Bond Campaign; Sales Begin
April 18; Dance to Boost Sales Planned
32 Seniors Pass Mental Exams
For Spring Navy V-5 Training
A total of 32 out of 101 Senior high
school bo.vs have passed the mental
te.st and are qualified for the spring
quota in the navy V-5 flight training
l)rogram, acording to an announce
ment by the office of naval officer
procurement which conducted the
exams here March 27.
These 32 boys, if they pass the
physical tests, will be sent to college
for eight months under the V-12 pro
gram, and then will start flight train
ing which will last 15 mouths. Upon
successful completion of this train
ing, the cadet will be commissioned
a second lieutenant in the marine
air corps or an ensign in the navy
air corps.
In addition to this group, 38 more
have qualified for entrance in the
class beginning November 1. All
these passed, but their grades were
below the requirement for the spring
quota.
This was an exceptionally good
recoi-d for Senior high, as 70 boys
out of 101 who. took the examinations
were found mentally qualified for en
trance in the program. This setup
is open to 17- and 18-yeav-old seniors.
However, flight training will not be
started until you are 18.
Those qualified for possible enlist
ment in the spring quota are Mack
Albright. Grady Allred, Jim Allred.
Bill Anderson, Bill Ballinger, Jim
Brown, John] Burton, Bill Caffey,
Oren Coble, Ross Fogleman, Don
Freeman, Cecil Harris, Leon Hayes,
David Hepler, Robert Jones, Robert
Lewis, Julian Meador, Pete Miller,
Eldridge Peebles, .Jack Richardson,
Dick Roediger, Elmo Sellars, Chev
alier Sharpe, George Stoffel, Gene
Terrell, Goodrich Thiel, Gene Thom
as, Doyle Thompson, Wilbur Turren-
tine. Bob White, Ted Williamson and
Bernard Wright.
D. O. Class Earns $7,185
During First Six Months
Records for the first six months of school show an actual earning
of $7,185.72 for members of the diversified occupations class at Senior
high school, according to an announcement by Mrs. C. P. Plorance,
D. 0. co-ordinator. The estimated total for the year, Mrs. Florance
said, is $10,500.
— # “However, the main purpose of D. O.
is not to earn money,” the local teacher
Kay Kyser to Award
Two Scholarships
Application must be made before
July 1, 1944, for the Kay Kyser
scholarships in music and dramatic
art, which provide for a year’s
study at the University of North
Carolina and which include tuition,
room and board.
Inquiries and applications should
be addressed as follows: The Kay
Kyser Foundation, University of
North Carolina, P. 0. Box 778,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Greensboro High School Edged Out in
District Debates at Woman’s College
The uflirmrttive team from Reynolds
high school in Winston-Salem and the
negative team from T>eaksville high
school were chosen to compete in the
finals in Chapel Hill of the North
Carolina debating union at district
elimination events, AVednesday, March
29 at Woman’s college. Teams from
the counties of Guilford, Forsyth, Ran
dolph, Chatham and Rockingham took
part ill the meet.
Students making up the district win
ning teams which will meet at Chapel
Hill today and tomorrow with other
district winners are: Stuart Bondu-
rant, Jr., and Page Harrison, AA'inston-
Salem. and J. H. Fulclier, Jr., and Wil
lard Hinkle, I^aksville.
Edgar Alston and Yancey Culton,
representing Senior high .school on the
affirmative squad, were edged out by
tiie team from Re.vnold.s high eaiT.v in
the contest. Alston and Culton dealt
a defeat to Reynolds negative squad
the week before, thus competing in
the district debates at Woinairs col
lege.
Greensboro high entered only one
team in the meet as its negative team,
coinpo.sed of DeAVitt Glasgow and Rob
ert Lewis, was decisioned by AA’inston
in the Reynolds auditorium earlier in
the month.
Edgar Alston, the second speaker for
(}reensboro’s affirmative team and a
veteran debater, also took second posi-
tiqii in the district contest of the
American Legit n Oratorical conte.st in
Raleigh, AA'ednesday, March 29.
Farmer. Guilford College, Pittsboro
and Hanes in AA’inston-Salem were the
high schools represented by both af
firmative and negative teams in the
district event. Other affirmative teams
were from Reidsville, Greensboro
Senior high and AA'inston-Salem Gray
and Reynolds schools. Leaksville and
Stoneville high .schools sent negative
teams only.
The subject for debate was: Re
solver, “That the Touted States should
join the other nations in a program of
world security and that the associa
tion so formed shall have an adequate
police force.”
The Reynolds high team defeated a
Reidsville team composed of Susan
AA'omack and Jule Gwynn, while Leaks
ville high won from a Pittsboro team
of Eleanor Jane Andrew and JIary
Margaret Clegg.
a.sserted, “but the money is certainly
an added attraction.” The class studies
problems and books related to his or
her job as near as possible, thus mak
ing themselves more fitted to hold a
position now and later.
Among the jobs that local students
are doing are office typing, filing, book
keeping. stock keeping, office manage
ment, etc., printing, radio repair, ma
chine shop work, mechanics, dental
mechanics, etc.
Many of the students are now pay
ing income tax, which adds a new ex
perience in citizenship for the class,
already on its way for job responsi
bility. The average wages for the
class—35 persons strong—is $.40 per
hour, and the range runs from .$.25 to
•'^.•58 ail hour.
Mrs. Florence stated in conclu.sion
that she was planning her class for
next year now, and that any student
who wanted to work and go to school
next year in connection with the D. O.
program should see her right away.
Y.W.C.A. Girls' Spring
Program Being Planned
According to an announcement from
the office of Miss Sarah Crooks, health
education .secretary of the local
Y. AV. C. A., a complete schedule of
spring activities has been arranged for
high school girls.
Activities have been slated for
Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
They include swimming lessons and
both ball room and interpretive danc
ing. A medical exam will be required
of all girls before they arc allowed
in the swimming pool, however.
The schedule is as follows:
AA'ednesday, 4:15—Beginning swim
le.ssons : 5 :00—Advanced swim lessons.
Friday. 4 :30—Swim.
Saturday, 10:1.5—Beginners interpre
tive dance; 11:15—Advanced interpre
tive dance; 1:30—Co-(‘d ballroom
dance; 2 :30—Swim.
Drive Will Continue
For Two Weeks; Goal
Is $15,000 Airplane
“Keep Backing the Attack!”
“While our l>oys are dying, we
must not stop buying bonds!”
These and other slogans will be on
the tongue of each council member,
as they seek war bond and stahip
purchases from every student ifi!
their second bond drive scheduled
for week after next.
A special assembly to encourage
sales is in prospect, although no defi
nite plans have been revealed. Bill
Bogart and his committee met Tues
day, to work on a program that will
inspire every student to do his part
in this patriotic cause which seeks
.$15,000 in war bond purchases.
Flans for a dance in connection with
the bond drive are in the making.
Such an affair will probably be held
at the Y.AA'.C.A. during the campaign
weeks witli war stamp purchases as
tickets. Further plans for this event
are being completed and will be re
vealed in the near future.
The council committee convened re
cently and moved the opening date up
a week, so that the drive would not
conflict with elections of the 1944-45
officers scheduled for the first week
in May. Sales will begin Tuesday,
and continue through homeroom period
on Thursday, April 27.
A statement in our last issue said
that a Fairchild AT-15 would be
bought with the $15,000. However, it
was later di.scovered that an AT-11 is
the goal of the drive. If the goal is
surpassed, the plane will have “Pur
chased by the students on Greensboro
Stmior high school” inscribed on the
fuselage.
'Killer' (allum Gels
Tille From Exploils
Capt. Gaston AA'ard Colluin is known
to the men of the famous 79th figliter-
banil)er group in the Mediterranean
theater of oix'rations, as “Killer” Col-
lum. ('aptain (’ollum is a graduate
of Senior high where he was very ac
tive in athletics.
It was his exploits on 110 combat
missions during 13 months in the Medi
terranean area that won him this so-
briqw't.
Captain Collum is now on a visit
with his parents, Mr. and- Mrs. AA”. L.
(’ollum, of 103 Murdock road, Balti
more, Md. His ivarents formeii.v lived
here, where at one time bis father
was president of Collum Tobacco com
pany, later joining Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance company. He is with
the Jefferson Standard field force in
Baltimore.
Captain Collum has been awarded
the Air Medal and the Distinguished
Flying (’ross and more Oak Leaf clus
ters than he can remember for his
modal ribbon. He was just back from
the Ca.ssino battlefront when he ar
rived ill Baltimore for the visit with
his home folks the other day.
He was shot down over Italy in
early January, but was picked iq) by
a patrol and sent back to his station.
He received the Distingui.slied Fly
ing Cress when he led his squadron
on a hazardous ground-strafing mis
sion that wiped out a colimin of
eneni.v personnel and eiuipment pre
paring to counterattack allied forces
ill Italy.