The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
Teen-Age
Tatt|er
By WINIFRED HARRISS

, these bright faces at the thought
of all the good ole high school
days being over!
The only cramp in our style is
having the school work with
dreaded exams looming up within
a few short days. Houseparties ,
lessons, and carrying heavy books
around will Don be done with ,
ard summer will burst into full
being.
AS the close of school nears, the
National Honor Society held its
regular spring induction cere >
mony last week as fourteen jun
iors were honored. In the MINIS
auditorium lit by candlelight,
Richard Galphin, president OF the
society, called the meeting to or
der after Virginia Hatch led the
devotional behind closed lrtaI?s;
Alta Bryant was secretary.
The four cardinal principles OF
the society were represented by
Robert C%ongleton, scholarship;
John Nuckton. leadership; Edna
Mstthes, service; and Pat Will
liams, character. These four soci-
ETY. members recited a poem on
his respective principle.
After these recitations were
over, senior members of the Socl-
ETY. went forth to search for the
juniors elected by the faculty and
students to the society, each car
rying a lighted taper.
When all inductees had been
tapped, the twenty-eight students
moved to the stage where the
senior member presented each IN
ducts and at which time the
pledge was led by the president.
The meeting was closed with a
prayer led by Ed Pitts.
Those fourteen juniors indicted
were Malcolm Crawford. Cathe :
rlne Grove, Frances Westbrook
Rosemary Sweeney, Nancy
Wrask, Betty Britt, Betty Leoa :
nard, Ann Post, Betty Lou Lyn-
don, Billie Jean Smith, Elaine
Cartier, Jane Easter Marye, Cor
relius Swart, and Jean Pope.
Congratulations to the new Ma
tional Honor Society members
and may you all continue to fol-
low these fine principles on which
you have been chosen as mem
bera.
A hush fell over the large group
OF Hi Y members assembled at
the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church as Allen Lanier, master of
ceremonies, tapped a glass and
introduced Mr.. Russell H. Caudill
Thursday night at the annual Hi
Y banquet. Mr.. Caudill a to
present the Earl Goodwin Memo
rial Cup:
Earl, who was a Junior mem
Der of the Hi-Y last year, was
killed in the service of Hi-Y, and
the organization realized its am
bition Thursday night to remem-
Der such a person SO loved by us
all il the presentation of a cup.
Thus the eighteen-inch silver low
ing cup was given by mis- family
to be presented each year to the
senior boy who was chosen as
most like Earl.
Mr.. Caudill spoke briefly, then
he announced, in speaking for the
Executive Committee of Hi-Y and
tie organization, that Richard
Galphin had been elected as the
initial recipient of the award.
Congratulations, Richard.
On the entertainment bill for
the evening were notable vocal
lists, Flora McIver and Shirlene
Conrad. Flora entertained with
Twilight Time and Il Surren :
der, Dear" (my! but J. c. Price
was doing some powerful blush :
ingD while Shirlene sang the pop
ular 4 Don't Know Why.
Highlighting the comical side O.
the banquet was J. C. Prices
rer dition of the vegetable story"
one of the hilarious parts of his
recent Hi-Y Minstrel script. Rex
Willis, another end-man, and
Richard Galphin, Mr.. Interlocu-
ter, also ticked ribs with a pun
or two.
Betty Lou O'Master gave her
l4iz,- winning defamation, The
Ultimate Catastrophe" which
was enjoyed by all as she rem
Gered her version of the writing
by Ruth McKenny.
Reverend Charles Maddry de-
livered a most entertaining talk
as he recited some enjoyable
poems by John Charles Mcneil.
The halls Of MINIS we're crowd