Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Boys ' Tennis Team The 1941-42 tennis team had an unsuccessful season as far as v in were concerned but the boys proved to have a fighting spirit and played many close battles. The team had meets with Wilson, Kinston and Goldsboro. This year ' s team was composed of Percy Wells, Ben Harrison, Clinton Joyner, Charles Daven- port, Ed Rawl and Connor Merritt. The 1941-42 track team ended its fourth successful year of competition. This year ' s team did not have u coach but the older members of the team helped the new- comers. John Spearman, Leonard and James Briley led the cindermen in points for the season. The local track team sponsored successfully the second annual Eastern Interscholastic track meet at the Guy Smith stadium. Graduating- members of the team are John Spear- man, Leonard and James Briley and Wesley Johnston. Monogram Club The Monogram Club is one of the oldest organiza- tions in GHS. The purpose of the club is to promote sportsmanship, to assist the coaches in any possible man- ner and to develop interest in sports. The officers for the year have been John Spearman, president; Jack Edwards, vice-president; and Hubei ' t Musselwhite, secre- tary-treasurer.

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Girls Basketball This year for the first time in the history of GHS girls ' basketball went intramural. For the purpose of giving more girls the opportunity to play basketball six teams, made up of girls according to their grades, alter- nated in playing each other. Under the leadership of Miss Sara Harrison and the managership of Edna Munford and Ann Hardee, the new set-up proved successful. The possibility of using the same plan next year has been discussed. Phantom Baseball Team, 1942 This year for the first time in two years, baseball was added to the sports program. Coach Bo Farley led the boys through a rather successful season with fou; ' wins and six losses. The team scored wins over Kinston, Tarboro and Washington. The team will lose George Garrett, Gene Johnson, Troy Riddle, Cecil Crawford and John Saieed by gradua- tion.

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Athletic Council The Athletic council under the leadership of Coach Bo Farley as president has had a third success- ful year. The outstanding- projects of this year ' s council were the an- nual awards nig-ht and the giving- of a hundred dollars to the bus fund. Cheerleaders ■ The cheerleaders of the 1941-42 school year were elected by the student body last fall. They lead the cheering at the football and basketball games of the current year. In addition to leading- cheers their ac- tivities included the sponsoring of the Victory dance and a pep rally. Radio Under the supervision of Mr. Elmer Robinson, the Radio club has completed another successful year. Since all amateur transmit- ters were ordered off the air the club has devoted its interest to the operation of the P. A. system ana the building of receiving equip- ment. Several members of the club have become interested in com- mercial radio and at the present two members are employed as engineers in radio stations. The present membership of the club includes nine students. Al- though several members will be lost by graduation, the club is ex- pected to continue in its usual man- ner next year.