Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Page Twenty-Six GREEN LIGHTS Entre Nous Members May 27, 1938 Under the supervision of Miss Imogene Riddick, adviser, the French Club has completed one of its most successful years. Composed of fifteen students, the group might well be called a dramatics club, for the mem- bers have presented several delightful programs to the student body. Foremost among these was the Christmas program with the dialogue in French. Also dramatiza- tions of short stories have been made at the meetings. Louis Mayo headed the organization this year while Geraldine Taylor acted as secretary. Debate Club The Debate Club, under Mr. T. C. Bryan ' s guidance, has been an active group all year. Outstanding effort of the club was its participation in the State triangular debate contest. Each team representing Greenville High School won its way to Chapel Hill by virtue of victories over Tarboro and Roanoke Rapids Marjorie Sugg and Louis Mayo, negative debaters, advnced to the semi-finals in the state contest. Ruby Grant and Charles Briley composed the affirmative team. Alice Leigh Blow and Janie Eakes were alternates. Fifteen old members and nine new members constitute the personnel of the club.

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The girls ' basketball squad experi- enced a good season, winning five games out of the nine played. Vic- tories were ever Washington, Wil- son, Kinston and Bethel; the losses went to Goldsboro, Kinston and Wil- son. Miss Mary Shaw Robtson, who is completing her firit year of teaching in Greenville High School, coached the 193? girls ' basketball team. Miss Robeson, grad- uate of Greenville High, taught at West Greenville be- fore coming to G. H. S.. Her father, the late Eugene T. Robeson, taught music in Greenville for ten years. Her mother T riw teaches in the Third Street School. Versa- tile and dependable, Miss Robeson has directed the high school .-.tring ensemble in addition to teaching and coaching. ■ Frances Clark, captain of the Phantom lassies for 1938, ended her high school basketball career in posses- sion of the scoring honors for her team. For four years she has been a member of the squad, excelling both in offensive and defensive play. Frances is also an honor student, having been a member of the Greenville Beta Club for the past two years.

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Mcuj 27, 1938 GREEN LIGHTS Page Twenty-Seven LIVING ROOM Homemaking Department NURSERY SCHOOL SCENE The Homemaking Department through- out the year has been under the supervision of two George Reed teachers, Miss Jessie Schnopp and Miss Evelyn Rogers. With their leadership the department has come to be recognized as one of the most pro- gressive in the state. In addition to guid- ing the regular projects of the department at school, Misses Schnopp and Rogers have made one hundred twenty-five visita- tions and have carried on a vocational pro- gram in the community. in the home economics apartment on Fourth Street, to which additional furnish- ingj have been added since last year, a large number of girls have lived each week- end this spring. Here, also, have been •given r any parties, dinners and teas. Out ' tanding public appearance of the Home Ec Club was in connection with the Better Homes program early in May. Two special assemblies were devoted to this theme. Distributed at the senior high program sponsored by this group were copies of The Homemaker, a nine- page magazine-newspaper edited by the Home Ec Club. Mary Agnes Deal was editor of the publication and Lucy Nobles assistant. Duiing the year a Better Playground exhibit and HOME ECONOMICS JESSIE SCHNOPP contest was supervised by this department; fifteen play- grounds were entered in the contest. For the second con- secutive year the department undertook a nursery school. This was held at the home management house during the last month of school with eleven nursery children in attendance. INSTRUCTORS EVELYN ROGERS