Page Eight
High Life
March 12,,
Hard Facts:
Concerning 'Mr. Back Page^
By Don Hardison
Birds Fly Over the Rainbow; But That'
Just About All This One Hasn’t Done
Well, the aumial contest to elect
a Miss Front Page of 1948 is over
and long-pasted, though not for
gotten. Now I know, as all of you
should, that ever since that fateful
day of August 26, 1930, when the
‘^weaker” sex of our race were
officially given the sufferage in
America, they have held them
selves in pretty high esteem. And
I have, too, partially.
To get hack to the subject ... it
seems only appropriate, now that
the Miss Front Page contest is
over, that we should conduct a
similar contest to elect that boy
who most truthfully represents the
average male at Senior, and give
him the all-supreme title of Mr,
Back Page (or, Mr. Rear Page, if
you insist.)
So in order that you might ac
quaint yourself with a few of the
I>opular traits and customs and
characteristics and what have you
of some of our more . . . er, shall
we say . . .deserving boys, here is
a list, for your consternation, of
the candidates for Mr. Back Page
and a few of their traits and cus
toms and characteristics and what
have you.
1. Standing for integrety is
Wright Archer.
2. Representing Washington St.
for skill and markmanship is Junior
Dornseif.
3. A truthful reflection of honesty
and might is David Breedon.
4. Skill belongs to “Looney
Booney” Boone.
5. For the fine art of self-expres
sion, Doug Maynard is nominated.
Forcefulness is the title captured
by Bobby Ralls.
7. Soberness of mind and body
goes to Dick McCuiston and Bob
Watson.
8. For timidness and elusiveness
(which wows the girls) is Lacy
Lucas, as nominated by John Story.
9. Top honors for stability and
an open mind are awarded Frank
Barranger.
10. Sliarvoyance is taken by
Harry Bryant.
11. Ability and fleetness of foot
is bestowed upon Robert Carlson.
There they are, the candidates
for Mr. Back Page, none are
guaranteed without the label of the
manufacturer on each and every
one. Accept no substitutes! Vote
for only one, not more than twelve.
Votes are five cents each or two for
quarter. Your reporter is in
charge of all ballots, which inci
dentally, must be turned in before
mid-night tomorrow, or, at the
latest, tonight at nine ... to be
valid.
Then there was the plane geome-
ti*y teacher who, after he had pass
ed out the tesit papers, bowed his
head and said, “In the name of
the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Ghost. Amen.”
Bars Wilson
“You'll be the prettiest girl in the Easter parade”—
IF you shop at ELLIS-STONE’S. Have you decided
what you’re going to buy yet? If you have, that’s'
swell; but if you haven’t, then vou’d better start
hunting.
“Oh, what a lovely scarf!” That's what you’ll hear
when you buy one of those new spring scarfs at ELLIS-
STONE’S They’re only $2.95, and they’re PURE silk.
Take your choice of all x>ossible combinations of colors
and designs. (They comie in handy on a windy day,
especially if you have straight hair!)
Of course, you’ll need some new gloves to wear with
your Easter outfit. Here are a few of the colors that
you can buy them in: brown, tan, purple, red, green,
and white. Price? Just $2.50. Why not buy two pair?
Aren’t hats expensive, though? Well, don’t let the
price stop you. MAKE your own and decorate it with
flowed. At KLLIS-STONE’S you can buy these colorful arrays of flowers
from 59c to $2.95. So, be smart and create your own Easter bonnet At
least it wil be original (searcasm?).
Have you ever thought of the many different ways that you can arrange
^ touch of color to a plain dress or several
of them can be made into a darling “tea time” apron. ELLIS-STONE’S
^8 lace hankies,” gaily printed ones, solio color linen ones, etc., from
o9c on up. Remember, too, that they make nice gifts.
Every giij loves new lipstick,, especlaly if it’s Prince Matchabclli.
ELL18-STONE S now has a $2.50 value Prince Matchabelli “Pretty Pink”
lipstick and face powder for only $2. Why not “browse” around a bit
and choose a new shade of lipstick for yourself? It will really give you
a lift, too! j o ^
The jewelry counter at ELLIS-STONE’S certainly attracts a lot of
attention. It never seems to lack customers. And no wonder—after vou
l^ook at the beautiful array of “glitter,” you’ll never have the will power
to walk away empty handed. (Of course, you gotta pay for it!)
. displayed earrings, bracelets, pins, hairclasps etc. for
just $1. Don’t forget to go by and see this spring jewelry ' *
Looking for a snazzy suit? In ELLIS-STONE’S window is a darling
two-piecer. The long-sleeved coat has a full, swinging back and is double-
breast^ with six novelty buttons. The pockets are inserted. Of oour^
the skirt is Ballerina style. Pink is the color of this outfit
remember, stay in the latest styles by shopping
at EJvLlfe-srONE S, the store of smart shoppers.
(ADVERTISEMENT)
Yes, birds fly over the rainbow,
but this particular bird has never
flow'n any higher or faster than the
mountains of western North Caro
lina w’here he was born and lived
a good number of years after that
event. When Mr. C. R. Bird, w'ho
teaches biology here, w’as asked
whether or not he had any interest
ing experiences in his “mountain
days,” he replied that he had, cer
tainly, and then commenced a long,
interesting narrative about his
youthful days in the hills.
It seems that back around 1920
the farmers of the hill regions in
North Carolina w'ere just a trifle
loath to bother with raising pas
tures for their cattle, so they
stuck a brand, or some other in-
signa of identification, on their
cow’s hide and turned them loo.se
in the mountains to do the best for
themselves that they could. Of
course when the summer months
were over the cattle had to be
rounded up and brought back t(
their barns for the winter. And
Br. Bird remembers one of these
“round up” times a little better
than any of the others.
Well, one fall a group of the
local farmers got together and
started off into the hills to round
up some of their cattle. Mr. Bird
was one of that group; just as
was an old, slightly superstitious
darky. Now there was one thing
about the old darky that you must
know: he had more fear for rattle
snakes than he did either God oi
Satin and in turn, the hardy moun
tain folk loved a little prankery
more than they did either Satin
or Woodrow Wilson.
After a hard days work on the
mountain slopes rounding up their
cattle, the men came back to their
camp on a hill side just as tlr
sun was going down. The old
Memorial Fountains
Will Be Erected
The memorial to be decided to
John Laubinheimer, Rankin
Owen, and Clinton Princell,
all of whom met witli traffic
deaths last year, will be in the
form of two fountains wiiich
will be placed on either side of
the main building. At the Stu
dent Council meeting held Feb
ruary 24, it was decided.
Plans were drawn up concern
ing the Youth Center. Council
members will visit each home
room to find out the number of
students who are not members.
Efforts will be made to increase
the number of members.
Arrangements have been made
for a local paper drive to take
place on March 15-22.
Bring Your Date
TO
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1618 Friendly Road
SHOP AT
ANN LEWIS
For your new Spring Cottons and Butcher Linens
Priced kt $3.99 and up
SEBURN'S
JEWELRY
116 North Elm St.
Phone 2-1771
See Us for
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Crystal
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For Seeds That Pay
See Hattaway!
Seeds, Plants, Tools
and Lawn Supplies
Haffaway Seed Store
224 S. Greene St,
MR. C. R. BIRD
darky flopped dowm beside the fire
and promptly went to sleep. It just’
so happened that one of the boys
had killed a large fat rattle snake
that afternoon, and had been
thoughtful enough to have thrown
it aw'ay.
The old darky lay there before
the fire, snoring peacefully away,
the spitten image of Mr. Peaceful
ness. Several of the boys took the
dead snake and tied it to one of
the darky’s boot laces, and wound
it up in a coil beside him as he
slept. Then they starter shouting
at the tops of their lungs: “Rat
tler! Rattler!”
The old darky groaned a couple
of times and then came to with a
start. The boys pointed in feigned
awe at the coiled snake at the
darky’s side. Mr. Bird says that
at this point, the old darky didn’t
seem to know what was best:
Ernest Shelton Elected
Home Ec Class Head
Since the procedure of the new
course formed this semester at
Greensboro High under the direc
tion of Miss Mary York, head of
the Home Economics Department,
is being made as democratic as
possible, the class has elected four
officers: President, Ernest Shelton:
Vice-president, Barry Farber; Secre
tary, Barbara Dunivant; Treasurer,
Bobby Crews: plus two other mem
bers to form a Steering committee:
Jennie Lee Moser and Nellie Smith.
Purpose of this course is to help
thing through issues involved in
achieving satisfying, re.sponsible
family and community living both
at present and in the future.
The Steering committee will work
closely with the teacher in seeking
to summarize and promote the needs
of the group.
This class works as a di.scus.sion
group the greater part of the time
and at other times panel discus
sions, reports, outside siieakers, and
movies are being planned. A brief
autobiography has been written b.v
each members to be used as a guide
for conference with Miss York.
Many other high school classes
in similar courses are finding such
study of great value to parents as
w’eli as to themselves.
w’hether to cry or go blind,
finally he lept to his feet witrj
bound and took off down the moiu,
tain side for all he was wort{
very time he would glance arounj
to see if the snake had decided to
give up the chase, he would see tbj
wisping form of the deadly thoM
dead rattler behind him and bs
.would quicken his step. Pinally
he got so tired running that b
flung himself down on the groimi
in resignation and aw’aited thj
fearful rattle which would meaj
that the snake was about to strike
Of course he never heard it, but
ilr. Bird says the day wa.s reiaejn-
jbered for many a long year.
Mr. Bird says that the most h
teresting character he ever met
with was an old, somewhat
centric mountaineer who called
himsef Old Jim O’Dear. Now Old
Jim O’Dear bad quite a notortom
reputation among the mountafa
folk as being a weaver of tale
unbelievable tales. For instaact
Old Jim said the biggest apples b
had ever seen grew right smadc in
the top of a towering sycamwj
tree. Big, nice apples they were,
too. But they were so high up ii
the tree that when they ripened
and fell to the ground, they
into a thousand pieces. Old Jb
hud seen his share of the pumkiai
too, Mr. Bird says. Just about tte
biggest pumkins Old Jim ever sas
grew in a river bed. The fanne!
who raised the giant things, plant-
ed the seeds on one side of tb
river and the vines grew cleai
across the other side, where tb
finished product was so large tlii
it took a full grown hog a whok
day to eat the inside from
pumkin. After eating a day on ok
pumkin, the hogs would be so tired
that they would crawl into the hot'
iow’ed out shell and spend the night
Well, this coud go on forever,
because Mr. Bird probably will
on fovever with tale after tale of
the hundred-sided life he has ai
ready lived.
Browne Heads Meeting
01 Vocational Conference
Miss Lueile Browne, president o!
the State Supervisors of Tradf
and Industrial Education Assoch
tion presided at the District Voca
tional Conference annual meetinj
held March 10 at Bli^ Restaurant
Consisting of 40 vocational tead
ers and supervisors of the North,
west region of North Carolina, the
organization has its secretary Mr
Grace B. Wilson. The progra
was in the form of an open foriiu
discussion with “(Uertification
Teachers” the subject. Leaders of
the forum were Mr. Fred Carlson
Greensboro: Mr. Ralph Vanct
High Point: and George Coggin,
Raleigh. Dinner music w&s fW’
nished by students of GH8.
Take a Tip
From Gladys,
the Guilford Girl
DRINK
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Grade A
Milk
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Alston Poultry &
Produce Co.
72-3 West Lee- Street
Phone 4995
Milkshakes
Etc.
Quaker House
Guilford College
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