Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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GHS Orchestra Last year, just before Christmas, tlie orchestra was bef ' un. Practices were then held before and after schooL Desinte the small number of instruments, sev- eral performances were made. At the beg ' innins ' of this year, the orchestra beg-an with approximately the same number of instruments but has steadily increased during; the year. A period was set aside for the band this year and they have made a great deal of progress. .4 Junior Red Cross The Junior Red Cross in Greenville High School was represented by a Council made up of members of various lomerooms. The Council has done much work and some of the most outstanding are listed below: sponsored scrap metal drive, furnished Woman ' s Club with magazines for service men in December and January, had an original chapel program commemorating the seventy- fifth anniversary of the Red Cross, went over the top of $200 goal in roll call by $20, furnished Day Room for service men at Camp Davis, collected coat hangers Ioj ' mil itary hospitals, sent $100 to National Children ' s P unii, made utility bags for service men, aided by Miss Swann ' s home economics classes, and sponsored the Victory Book Campaign. Home Ec. Victory Class The Special War Time Class was of- fered this year for the first time in Greenville High School. Special topics of study have been Home Nursing, Child Development, Vocations, Consumer Pro- blems in War Time, and Nutrition The I ' ine students in this class are Eloise Warren, Pat Waldrop, Nancy Harris, Ann Morton, Virginia Simpson, Mar- guerite White, Lucille Hardee, Geral- dine Baker, and Virginia Aldridge.

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COGA In order to recognize girls in their sportsmanship and ability in various sports, the COGA, club for outstand- ing girl athletes, was organized last fail. Twenty girls were chosen to make up this club with Miss Sara Harrison, faculty adviser. These girls have par- ticipated in basketball and Softball for several years. The purpose of the club is to pro- mote achievement and interest in the field of sports for girls. I Josie Barnes White Mary Anne Duncan Ann Bailey Blank Lois Brandt Barbara Gardner Jean Hilton Mascot Penny Monogram Club When it became necessary to change the type of sports participation be- cause of gas rationing, the club was faced with a problem that had never before had to be met. However, intra- mural sports became very important to all active athletes. During the year the club has taken in new members, after the usual initi- ation. Hubert Musselwhite, President Henry Andrews, Sec.-Treas. Billy Sugg, Vice-President Mr. R. B. Starling, Adviser f 1 r I

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Radio Club Ralph Fleming, Charter Member William Keck, Charter Member J. L. Brandt Jimmy Corey Tommy Diener Aeronautics Class Elementary aeronautics, a class organized solely in the interest of the war effort and sponsored by the U. S. Government, was taught for the first time in GHS this year. The class began after the Christmas holidays with an enrollment of twenty-three boys, mostly Juniors and Seniors. At the close of school only sixteen of these lioys answer the daily roll call in Room 17, the remainder having donned uniforms, entered college, or are expecting to ent ' - the armed foices in the immediate future. The class has had several instructors, each teaching a dift ' erent phase of aeronautics. Clyde Carter, now a Navy Chaplain, taught before being inducted into service and Miss Rgrier Barrett, liscened navigation instructor taught for a while. The aeronautic class ajiprociated the cooi)eratioi: of the sergeants stationed at the Marine Airport outside of Greenville.