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RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1927
Number 24
RALEIGH AMERICAN
: . HELPS IN HIGH
Association of Young
Business Men in Ticket
Selling Campaign to
Equip Baseball Team.
HUGH MORSON PUPILS
TO ENTER GAMES FREE
By a campaign of several weeks
the American Business Club of Ra
leigh has succeeded in selling enough
baseball tickets to Raleigh business
men to pay for the uniforms of the
Hugh Morson baseball team, and also
to give free tickets to the students
of both high schools.
' The project was well carried out,
fifteen tickets apiece being taken by
one hundred business men; there
fore, 1,800 students will be. given
free tickets.
Coach Johnson has a good team
this year, and his schedule of games
is an Interesting one. The boys will
appear in brand-new uniforms, and
Will no 'doubt play better on account
of this- encouragement from Raleigh
people.
TRAVEL PICTURE
BY LEWIS PUPILS
Fourth Graders Present Movie
in Three Acts Showing Scenes
in America Since 1492
The Parent-Teachers Association
of the Lewis School had as a feature
of its program on last Tuesday after
noon the presentation of an interest
ing and instructive movie reel by the
children of Minn Juanita Matthews'
Fourth Grade room. The movie dealt
.with the history of .travel in America
from the discovery in 1492 to the
present, and was presented in three
acts, the first act showing the evo
lution in modes of travel by water,
the second by land, and the third by
ajr.
This work as shown to the parents
is the result of a project which the
children have worked1 out in their
classroom over a period of four
months. Not only did the children
draw the pictures which were shown
as representative of travel In the
different periods of history, but under
the direction of their teacher they
planned, constructed, painted, and
decorated the miniature theatre in
which the movie reel was shown.
As the reel was turned the chil
dren took turns at explaining the
picture to their audience and relat
ing them to their respective periods
in history. The speeches which they
gave were written by them and mem
orized as a part of their language
work.
A- large number of parents were
present at the meeting. After the
movie reel was shown, they were
Invited by the children to see an
exhibit of wood construction work
which was a part of the project on
travel. In the exhibit were canoes,
ox-carts, covered wagons, early
steamboats, parachutes, airplanes,
speed boats, modern battleships, and
passenger lines which, were con
structed in the classroom.
A list of the children who had
part In the program on Tuesday fol
lows: Miriam Bagley, Iris Blackwood,
Iris Booker, Vlrgllla Cole, Lucie Ba
con Dillon, Macon Crowder, Florence
Durfey, Haliburton Emory; Pauline
Etheridge, Dorothy Ford, Lillian
Gupton, Martha Hamlet, Margaret
Hill, Louise Massey, Mary Louise
Melvln, Annie Mae Nordan, Athelea
Olive, Edith Puryear, Dorothy
Reaves, Fleta Thomas, Katherlne
Vestal, Eloise Wood, Thomas Allen,
Mayo Bailey, Jr., Paul Bodwell, Mil
ton Booker, Henry Ligon, Jr., Jamat
Lloyd, Louis .Morgan, Ludwlck Olive,
Charlie Pattlshall, Kenneth Rand,
Hubert Riddle, Alvls Sutton, James
Taylor, Joel Thompson, Jr., and Rob
ert Williams.
THE JOURNALISM CLASS
STUDIES SHORT STORIES
For the last few weeks the Journal
ism Class has been making an Inter
esting study of the short-story. Sev
eral short stories, among them "The
Bit of String. " "The Revolt of
Mother," and "Jean Oppenquellen,"
were read In class. The lives of
famous authors of short stories were
also studied.
Each member of the class displayed
his literary talent by writing short-lory.
BUSINESS CLUB
SCHOOL ATHLETICS
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN PLAN GIRLS' LOAN FUND
Benefit Senior High School Club
Girls Who Desire Busi
ness Training
The Business and Professional
Women's Club, of Raleigh, is offer
ing a loan fund to the SenlorHigh
girls, who wish to follow a business
course and have not funds of their
own.
The girls are asked to make a
careful study of the course they wish
to follow when they leave this school.
Those ' girls who wish to talk over
their work will please see Miss Mar
garet Breed, librarian, who in turn
will direct them to some person in the
club.
Any girl who proves really in
terested in a business course and can
not continue because of lack of
funds, will gladly be supported by
this club.
Now is your chance, girls! Take
advantage of this offer.
Miss Bertha Hellen, assistant
cashier of the Raleigh Banking &
Trust Company, is president of this
club.
Chemistry Contest ,
Winners Announced
Winston-Salem Gets First Prize
for This State; These Students
Eligible for National Prizes
The following information has been
sent .to the newspapers of the State
by Dr. L. F. Williams, of State Col
lege, chairman of Prize Essay Con
test for North Carolina:
"Leroy Lumphus, of the Winston-
Salem High School, is the winner on
the subject of 'Chemistry in Indus
try'; George B. Hood, of the Golds-
boro High School, received the prize
for 'Chemistry in National Defense';
Thomas Worrall, of the Stanley Mc
Cormack High School at Burnsville,
Is winner for 'Chemistry in Its Rela
tion to Health and Disease'; John K.
McMillan, of the R. H. Reynolds High
School at Winston-Salem, is winner
for 'Chemistry in the Home'; Jane
Purrington, of Scotland Neck, re
ceived the prize for 'Chemistry in the
Enrichment of Life,' and Francis
Hulme, of Asheville, Is winner for
'Chemistry in Agriculture and For
estry.'
"Those who received honorable
mention are: Thomas B. Douglas,
High Point; Ralph H. Munch, Chapel
Hill; Bacon Fuller, Durham; Henry
E. Biggs, Greensboro; Adlean Rudl-
sill, Gastonia; Bettle W. House, Scot
land Neck; Annie Lollar, Asheville,
and Luana B. Wheeler, Southern
Pines. The. winners will be awarded
$20 gold pieces and will be allowed
to submit their essays in the nation
al contest. Six prizes, consisting of
scholarships to Yale, Vassar, or other
Institutions of higher learning, to
gether with $500 in cash, will be
awarded to the winners In the six
subjects specified by the society, and
which were used by the State con
testants."
RALEIGH STUDENTS
AT UNIV.'N. C. MAr$E
QUARTERLY HONORS
Miss M. M. Wray, D. A.
Young, T. A. Kennedy, R. L.
McGee, and K. Barwlck, of Ra
leigh, who are students at the
University of North Carolina,
made the honor roll in their
studies during the winter quar
ter Just ended.
The honor students are those
who make an average grade of
B ( 90o 95 per cent) or better
In their studies. A total of 839
students made the honor roll
during the winter quarter.
The list comprises 68 fresh-,
men, 60 sophomores, 65 juniors,
61 seniors, and 5 special stu
dents. Twenty-four of these
students made all A's, an aver
age of 96 to 100 per cent, which
Is the highest mark obtainable.
The list for the quarter re
cords a substantial Increase
over the same period last year.
WILSON STUDENT WINS
NATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST
How to Obtain Important Paint
ings for High Schools of N. C.
Judged Best Paper
With the best essay in they United
States Harry Finch, of the Wilson
High School, won first prize, goffered
by the Grand Central Art Galleries,
of New York. His topic was "How
to Obtain Important Paintings for
High Schools of North Carolina."
The contest was conducted for the
purpose of stimulating art in the
schools of America. f .
Essays from North Carolina were
submitted by high school students of
Wilson, Warrenton, Wilmington,
Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh and
Charlotte.
Senior Class Holds
Important Meeting
Graduation Committee Named;
Petition Mr. Wessinger for
Privileges
Gathering at their regular meeting
Thursday afternoon, April 7, the
Senior Class held a very lengthy dis;
cussion as to details of the program
for commencement week.
The following committees were ap
pointed to take charge of different
phases of the graduation season:
Flower committee with Mary Eliza
beth Doollttle as chairman, assisted by
Elsie Louise Williamson, Ellen Esk
ridge, and Elizabeth Farmer.
Girls' dress committee, with Emily
Sumner as chairman, assisted by Jose
phine Wilkerson, Elizabeth Winton,
and Elizabeth Boomhour.
The Seniors decided to draw up a
petition asking Mr. Wessinger to give
the class a few privileges before the
year is entirely out.
Albert Stanbury was appointed ''as
chairman of this committee.
Another subject ff much discussion
was the --type of dresses rhe girls
should wear for graduation. The presi
dent turned this question over to the
dress committee to decide, stating as
he did so "that it was a short subject."
The meeting was then adjourned.
Old Student Here
Mr. Frank Johnson, former Hugh
Morson student, who is now a stu
dent at Princeton University, was a
visitor in the high schofil, Tuesday,
April 19th. He gave an interesting
talk in Mr. Roller's chemistry class.
Launch Plan To Beautify
School Grounds in State
Launching a movement for the
beautlficatlon of school grounds, and
directing Secretary Jule B. Warren
to see about a meeting place for the
1928 State convention, the executive
committee of the North Carolina Ed
ucation Association held the first
meeting under the new administra
tion on Saturday, April 16.
The school ground beautlficatlon
contest came out of the State meet
ing of the delegate assembly of the
association in March, which directed
the incoming president and the exec
utive committee to, make plans for
conducting such a contest among the
schools of North Carolina. The ex
ecutive committee authorized Presi
dent T. Wingate Andrews to appoint
a sub-committee which will work out
the details of the contest. The full
committee, however, gave the sub
committee instructions as to the scope
of the contest. Schools which con
template entering the contest for the
$600 worth of books or other prizes
that will be offered are asked to
register with the secretary of the
association and present a picture of
the grounds taken not later than May
1, 1927. The contest will be one of
Improvement. More definite details
as to the beautlficatlon contest will
be worked out by the committee dur
ing the summer and. presented to the
full committee for adoption at the
September meeting. In a general
way, however, schools which contem
plate entering the contest can go
ahead with their plans, with the un
derstanding that the contest will be
one on the Improvement! made dur
ing the next year or eighteen months,
aa compared with tha present condi
tion of the grounds. An attempt will
be made to work out the details of
tha contest so that schools and com
munities of about tha same site and
condition will competa with one an
other. Attention of tha committee was
brought to tha fact that the teachers
BASEBALL SERIES TO BEGIN
Pairings For First Round of the
High School Baseball Series
Arranged
Thirty-three high schools are en
tered in the annual hampionship
series for the baseball title of the
eastern half of the State. Faculty
managers and coaches of the insti
tutions Monday met with Dr. E. R.
Rankin, secretary of the North Caro
lina Association of High Schools, in
the Sir Walter Hotel here to arrange
a schedule of elimination play.
With thirty-three teams entered in
the eastern half and thirty-eight en
tered in the west, indications are that
two good ball clubs will clash at
Chapel Hill in the finals for the
State title.
The teams entered in the west are:
Alexander, Wilson, Asheboro, Ashe
ville, Belmont, Bessemer, Charlotte,
Cherryville, Concord, Copeland, East
Bend, Fallston, Forest City, Gastonia,
Granite Quarry, Greensboro, High
Point, King's Mountain,- Lexington,
Lincolnton, Lowell, McLeansville,
Mount Airy, Mount Holly, Norwood,
Reidsville, Scotts, Shelby, Troutman,
Wadesboro, Winston-Salem, Yadkin-
Vlile, Black Mountain, Henrietta-
Carolson, Madison, Leaksville, Bon-
lee, Mocksville and Startown
The first-round pairings announced
for the elimination in the eastern
half of the State, arranged Monday,
follow:
Group One Raleigh at Sanford.
April 22, Durham vs. Oxford. Place
undetermined, April 22.
Group Two Wendell vs. Zeb
Vance, at Kittrell, April 22; Red
Oak, bye; Nashville at Spring Hope,
April 22.
Group Three Kenly at Clayton,
April 21; Selma at Four Oaks.
Group Four Goldsboro at Weldon,
April 22; Snow Hill at Wilson, April
'Group Five Hertford at Washing
ton and Pollocksville at Trenton,
April 22.
Group Six Faison at Warsaw
April 22; Burgaw at Jacksonville
April 21. ,
Group Seven Fayetteville vs.
Whiteville at Lumberton, April 21
and Lumberton vs. Laurinburg at
Maxton, April 28.
Group Eight Gibson vs. Raeford
at Laurinburg, April 22; Rockingham
at Hamlet, April 22.
In the western part of the State were
Interested In having the State meet
ing held nearer the center of the
State. The committee took no action
on the matter of selecting the meet
ing place for the 1927 convention,
since this matter is usually settled
at the September meeting. The sec
retary, however, was directed to look
Into the facilities of any city in North
Carolina which would be interested
in acting as host to the convention
next spring.
The committee granted the peti
tion of the Latin Teachers' Associa
tion, the Social Science Teachers' As
sociation, and the School Librarians'
Association for affiliation with the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion. All of these groups had organ
ized informally and had sent in peti
tions to the executive committee for
recognition as affiliated associations.
The president of the association
was authorized to attend the meet
ings of the National Education Asso
ciation, and the secretary was also
directed to attend the Seattle meet
ing if he found it possible to do so.
The committee discussed the ad
visability of taking over the publi
cation of State School Facts, which
will.be discontinued by the Depart
ment of Education at the end of the
present fiscal year. The publication
will be dropped because the( Legisla
ture cut the appropriation of the
department to such an extent that
there was not the $1,600 for the pub
lication of this very valuable clip
sheet, which semi-monthly gives in
teresting data and facts about the
schools of the State. The executive
committee of the association, voicing
tha sentiments of many school people,
thought tha publication of such value
that It should not be discontinued.
Following the re-election of Jule
B. Warren, secretary-treasurer of the
association, for another year at a
salary of $6,000 e year, tha meeting
adjourned. News nfl Observer.
IS
BUNN PRESIDENT JUNIOR HIGH
PARENT-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
PARTY GIVEN IN HONOR OF
H.H.H.S.MEIBALLTEAH
Miss Virginia Dixon, Sponsor of
Team, Entertains at a
Dance
Miss Virginia Dixon delightfully
entertained at a party in honor of
the basketba'll team at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Dixon, on Wake Forest road, Satur
day night, from 8 to 12.
The reception hall and parlor,
thrown en suite for thet occasion,
were attractively decorated in the
school colors, purple and gold. The
dining-room was decorated in lovely
spring flowers. From the chandelier
streamers formed a canopy over the
table. A delicious course of sand
wiches, punch, cake and salad was
served. Miss Mary Dixon assisted
Mrs. Dixon in serving.
Dancing was enjoyed throughout
the evening. Music was furnished
by a three-piece orchestra.
Those invited were: Misses Georgia
Coble, Anne Vaughn, Eul,a B. War
ner, Dot Davis, Martha Ray, Mary
Frances Mitchell, Ethel Rowland,
Elizabeth DeBoy, Ellie DeBoy,
Josephine Richerson, Mary K. Jones,
Dina Linthicum, Sara and Margaret
Greene, Vivian Johnson, Helen
Thomas, Margaret Stallings, Annie
Joe Ware, Thelma Patterson, Coach
and Mrs. Johnson, Messrs. Kermit
Austin, Joe Ellington, Allen Nelms,
Roy Franklin, Cheatham Cook, Joel
Morris, 'Mpoty Smith, Luther Mc
Dowell, Frank Gorham, Ned Ball,
Burton Sellars, Victor Shelton,
Jimmie Grant, Cary Dowd, Ed Pool,
and George Ball. ,,. $v
s-Vtrgtnia"DIX6n' waTrcefltIy "elected
sponsor of the basketball team.
MUSIC SCHOOL
MAKES PROGRESS
Mrs. Hester Has Through Clever
Advertising and Thorough
Work Built Up School
Mrs. Ora Ford Hester, whose music
studio is located at No. 6 West Har
gett Street, in the former Giersch
Hotel building, has had wide experi
ence as an orchestra accompanist,
teacher, and coach. During her resi
dence in Raleigh her musical versa
tility has come to be recognized to
the extent that she is much sought
as an instructor in piano, banjo, man
dolin, ukelele, and orchestral work.
Mrs. Hester, originally from South
Carolina, taught in Wilson for three
years during the World War, follow
ing which Bhe returned to pursue her
work in Raleigh. She Btudied music
under her sinter, Miss Ella C. Ford,
then one of the best teachers in South
Carolina, who now conducts a school
of music at Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Hes
ter continued her studies at Virginia
College, Roanoke, Virginia, under
Prof. R. H. Hennings, teacher and
composer; also at Limestone Col
lege, Gaffney, S. C, under Madame
Eugenia Hack, concert pianist and
vocalist. Two and a half years ago
she opened her studio at 116 Fay
etteville Street, and moved to her
present location in the former
Giersch building May 1 of last year.
Mrs. Hester's work has grown rap
Idly and soundly. Doing almost no
advertising in a commercial way, her
time has been well filled, believing
satisfied pupils her best testimonials.
"I decided to be different," she
said. "I know the music and teach
ing professions from long experience,
and have not tried to commercialize
music and make it a money-making
venture only. I've got a lot of pa
tience, and when that gives out I am
going to quit, for they shall not say
I'm a 'mean' teacher."
Mrs. Hester gives a course In rag
time music and teaches tenor banjo,
now regarded aa the most popular
orchestral instrument. She also In
structs In ukelele and mandolin, and
does much orchestra coaching.
"A practical musician and a prac
tical school of music Is my claim,"
she said. "I do not only teach music,
but I make my pupils play, and thus
turn out some actual performers. And
then, Raleigh Is a nice place, and the
people genuine and kind. Perhaps I
never would get on ao well anywhere
else." '
Organization Hears Dr.
J. H. Highsmith and
Elects Officers
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
At a meeting of the Parent-Teachers'
Association of the Junior High
School, Tuesday, April 19,, the offi
cers for the next session were elected,
as follows:
President Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn.
Vice-President Mrs. Clara Voyles.
Secretary Mrs. W. L. Wyatt.
Treasurer Mrs. W. L. Beasley.
Dr. John Henry Highsmith, State
Inspector of High Schools, delivered
the principal address. He spoke on
the requirements for high school stu
dents. There was a large attendance of
parents and teachers.
URGE OBSERVANCE
OF FORESTRY WEEK
Schools Asked to Observe Last
Week in April as National
Forest Week
To aid in the observance o Amer
ican Forest Week, April 24-30, the
Department of Conservation and De
velopment has issued a circular giv
ing an outline of school programs
and suggestions of materials, pre
pared by District Forester H. M.
Sebring.
The circular gives a brief resume
of forest conditions in this State and
in the country, tracing the history of
forestry from ancient times to the
present day. Emphasis is placed on
the ravages of forest fires and efforts
on the part of the State to prevent"
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growth.
Among the topics suggested for
use in programs of the week, Mr.
Sebring suggests .the following: for
ests in their relation to game and
fish; recreational value of the forest;
historic trees of North Carolina;
value of municipal forests; what our
shade trees mean to us; the planting
and care of trees; how the forests'
affect the flow of our rivers; the
greatest enemy of the forest-fire;
value of trees around the home; and
what shall we do to protect our
forests?
Regarding forest fire protection,
Mr. Sebring says: "The United States
Forest Service estimates that four
cents per acre a year is necessary to
protect adequately forest land. On
this basis we are spending one-tenth
of what we should to properly pro
tect the timberland of the counties.
"Two-thirds of North Carolina is
still in some form of woodland. Most
of this is cut-over and will come back
to valuable timber if it is protected.
Why should our furniture factories
buy lumber from the Northwest, Ar
kansas, or Louisiana, when we can
raise it in the State, and save the
freight and furnish more home em
ployment? "There may come a time when the
North Carolina Forest Service will
have land of its own upon which it
can experiment with the different
pliases of forestry, and demonstrate
to the private owner that raising
trees is profitable business, even
though it is a long-time investment
until It is once established. After
established, it will yield an annual
return just like a farm crop.
"Besides doing fire protection
work, the Forestry Division of the
Department of Conservation and De
velopment has charge of the three
State parks and various State lakes.
A State nursery has been started at
Raleigh to assist the people who wish
to plant trees. It might be inter
esting to note that the first school
of forestry In the United States not
supported by public funds and almost
the only one was the Blltmore Forest
School at Biltmore, North Carolina."
Senior Girls Meet
The senior girls of the high school
held a short meeting after chapel,
Monday morning. The purpose of
the meeting was to take a final vote
on the kind of flowers for graduation
and what florist In the city to give
the order to. Arm bouquets of pink
Columbia roses were decided upon,
these to come from Fallon's.
Miss Jones, the girls' supervisor,
announces that the graduation
dresses .will be of white silk and
must have tome sleeve.