Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Greenville High Mixed Chorus, 1940-1941 When Miss Ona Shindler left G. H. S. to attend New York university, the Greenville higdi glee club continued its work under the direction of Mrs. Paul Davenport. At the district contest at East Carolina Teachers college the Glee club received a one rating and was able Greenville High Schoo’ to attend the State Music festival in Greensboro. Solos, trios and quartets also received high ratings at the district contest. Throughout the year the music department operated with all school and civic Oi ' ' A V i, Under the direction of Mr. H. A. McDougle the sixty- eight piece Greenville high school Ijaml has participated in a large number of school affaii’s during the yiast year. With a full hour period a day the band has received many valuable advantages that previous bands did not receive. With a rating of a two. the band received the highest grade any G. H. S. band has ever received in the Greens- Doro Music Festival. Several members were absent when the picture was made.

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The Greenville high school chapter of Quill and Scroll, international honor society for high school journalists, now has twelve members, eleven boys and one girl. Election to Quill and Scroll is based on superior work in some phase of journalism. Bernice Jenkins, capable editor of Green Lights, is president of Quill and Scroll. Under his leadership the school paper has become more vital as a school force than at any time during its six years of publication. This year Green Lights was judged to be a medalist paper by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, an All-American paper by the National Scholastic Press Association, and a first-class paper by the Southern Inter- scholastic Press Association. These ratings indicate the superiority of Green Lights and reflect credit on the journalism class and the entire school. Editorials in Green Lights were declared by the CSPA to be the best in the nation of any editorials in papers from high schools of similar enrollment to that of Greenville high. Editor Jenkins will be succeeded next year by Jack Edwards and Bill Turner, co-editors. Junior Journalists Quill and Scroll Bernice Jenkins Editor-in-chief of Green Lights Junior journalism was originated laf t year for all junior high students interested in newspaper work by Mr. Judson White. This year the group has edited Junior Highlights, a mimeograph paper, at irregular in- tervals. Sidney Dunn and Peggy Rose Smith are editor and associate edi- tor, respectively.

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Senior Dramateers R. G. Walser, dramatics instructor in G. H. S. and president of the North Carolina Dramatics Association. The Dramateers, under the direction of R. G. Walser, have made great strides since the group was first or- ganized two years ago. Thi s year the members have spent more time in writing plays and in producing plays than in any. other activity. “Two Dicks,” “The Devil Is A Good Man,” “Two Against the Gods,” and “The Entire Act” were outstand- ing among the senior dramateer productions. “The Devil Is A Good Man,” senior contest play, won first place in Chapel Hill in state-wide competition, after surviving two preliminaries. This is the second year in succession that G. H. S. has won first place in state-wide competition in senior high productions. Officers for the year were Betsy Hobgood, president; Bob Adams, vice-president; Doris H. Brown, secretary; and Jennie C. Joyner, treasurer.