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HIGH LIFE
Published Semi-Monthly by
the Students of Greensboro
Senior High School
Greensboro, North Carolina
Founded by Class of 1921
Senior Superlatives
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Cutest irivl
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nest fiKUi-e
r.i’st iihysiciiic
r.cst (Iresswl !-'irl llartj
l>(‘sr hn's.sed '>oy
Most Mtlllotic girl
Beaux, Belles, and
Wedding Bells
etotorial staff
Editor-in-chief—^iarty Cockfield.
1 Associate Editors—
\ Jean Yates, Paid Pearson
\ (Sports Fditor—Holder
Copy Editor—Nolle Bookout
Assistants—
Rae Schumann, Dorothy Hendrix
ExchanoG I'ldUor—Priscilla Guthrie
Assistaiits—
Jean Wolborn, Doris Carr
Feature Editors—
Annis Hines, Catherine Paris
Staff 1‘hotographer—James Mitchell
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager—Jean Herbert.
Associate Laura Jane Liles
Assistants—KUzabetJi Newton.
Kebocca Forsythe
Circulation Manager—L. M. Clymer.
Reporters—Jean Wclboni, Bob Byrd,
liae Schumann, Doris Carr, Eliza
beth Newton, Tom Wilkinson,
Dorothy Hendrix, Rebecca For
sythe, Dorothy Hall, Geraldine
Norman.
Faculty Advisers—^Mrs. Betts, Mr.
Hucks, Miss Pike, Miss Sledge,
Miss Moser.
Lib Holt
Charles P-akor
Most dignitied girl Ltbel 1 ope
Most diKuiliod l.ojy-EU'i-iod IViinokmini
M.,st studious S-'ii-l Ruth H.'Hjw
Most studious l.oy ciu.vios I.euN
Most taloutod girt
Most talented l.oy James Dodson
Most liaiieer Kioise lUaekueidei
;t fourte.,us l.oy _„-lVi-riue Bilyenlj^
■ivl Dot Kllingtoiij
Ed M(1>ow4i1
■the s^veetest -^mie Havas
Itiggest talker Bol.l.y I’err.',
M-ittiest girt Anne Mel.au ■
Most fl.arn.iug Sue M'iml.isl, (
Most original Carolyn ISall.av
svuceed ^al Ilil
Cupid has been fairly successful re-
rciitly ill his match-makings at Senior
lligli. As a result of his good work,
Howard Moffett a notain seieuc-e teacher uiU relieve
Virginia l'«,j|r.tl'|W minds ol many, when he and Ins
yciiarles Ilhiii|lnic lo''*' to the altar.
CoektieUi' I Tv.-o other memhers of the faculty
M-atson Suggs | in both engaged, tliough not to each
r, and it is rumored that a certain
Iig Englisii teacher has high hopes
the future.
inning the students, there
! of a secret marriage,
secretive is .the romance
Itthison, whose engagement was an
Itced recently, as was the marriage
Adelaide Hendrix and
Kenneth
Alost courteous gi:
Tile wittiest l.oy
.Most likely Ic
I are there MORE LEFT?
Iiigratulafions? For what this time?
nonerciai contest! On Atarell -.i,
ml 27, tlic menil.ers of tlie com-
L department were given a test.
typing, shorthand,
entered in the
The Scrap Bag
winnprs
their papers
" Of the recently an-
froni G. 11. S.
accuracy in
ir vdU r*nl‘rs will (‘xplore those
]);igo.s :i bit. you'll (li.-covor flic idoii-
(ify of Vors Trooly. If any of you
I young ladic'.s think Fvo botrayod your
ti'u.xl or a't(d as a traitor to tlio cause
(Don't a.sk iiio what cause), fo'give
iiH‘. It was all for tlie sake of art?)
However, if you liiul ,l!iat revenge
would l)e too sw!‘(‘t to r(‘sist. send all
time bombs in care of the High Lite
staff.
•ontest.
(1 winners, si-x were
were Kdna Elkins,
Trts-. Ilolderfleld and Carolyn
shorthand; Bill Hemphill, l.ook-
Alaek Lackey and Alarie Coe,
business.
his ability to sell
that
Sub-Deb Lights
Graduation is gtuiig to untie (piite
few lov(‘ knots this year. We wonder
what will ha))i)en to such well-known
knots as Merrimon and L. E.. Grosse
and Marilyn. Ruby Belle and ll*rman.
Virginia and Fred, and (.’harlie llinii
ainl Sue Avht‘11 tli‘y ymi ii
leaves
goods.
V; .Tames Dodson declares
Ltic talent is left to Branch
Irst.
Eebec'ca Hines leaves her
I figure to Miriam Smith.
IteM.O: To Bhorty Russell Thomp
son, Fulton bequeaths his ability
to phpiiasketball.
Broadus Troxlev loaves his
talent y-
P.y MARTY GOCKFIELD
Hello there: I just called up to say,
-Goodbye."
M’heii 1 walked up the chapel aisle
ihis morning and
the trombone to Jessie Os-
V-
H
old iruhviduals together under
high standards.
S eparate the worthivhUe from the
worthless and promote the
highest interest of students,
teachers, and school.
What College, Senior?
A\ liat to bp, and wiiere to be next
fall i.s the bif; question eonfronting
the frraduatiiig seniors. In order to
decide, a careful studj- of one’s
character, interest, and ability niust
l.e made, iind tlien the college se-
leeted. It i.s necessary to attend a
college that will give something
more than a dii.loma.
Next, it .should always he kept in
niind that \'on are going to college
at your parents’ expense to learn
how to make a living, and not to
lea I’ll how to become a socialite or
an athlete.
r/.c: ■iic.sr collipiexhTii I„ (f jj .s .
l-anra Brown's . . , .Vnd don't liiiuk
studont conncil mcini.ors oseaiie tiie de-
(onfii.n Iinil, d'lioy're nmning a race
to .SCO Wlio can stay out of it
Didn't Ed Grosso ;iiul Jloliart .Mi Keever
make cute giris .stunt night? Tiiey do
rigllt well as boys, too. Alnst lie great
lo Ijo so versatile!
I'. S.—If yon reeall that I mentioned
inyseir in lliis eolnniii .luring the year,
it was done to tlirow tlie revenge-
seolters oft' Hie scent, so I could last
niitii graduation.
Juniors, How Large Are Yout
Feet?
In a few days, the hig green
dooi-s of this school -will swing
elo.sed to a large numher of stu
dents. A hig part of them 'ivill
he soiiiors who will leave the shoes
of responsibility to he filled by
someone else.
•liiniors. how lai-ge are youi’
feet ? Can you fill these shoes left
by the seniors?
Gil the other hand, have you
some ideas for the future ivhieh
will necessitate the enlargement of
these shoes? If you have, bring
them forth and put them to the
test. Bring fame and fortune to
G. II. S., and when you leave it,
Iciive it knowing that it is better
Ilian wlien you found it.
the last will
AND
TESTAMENT
M’e, the graduating class of June,
lii.'iS, of Greenslioro Senior High School,
i.eing of sound mind and iiiemor.v, do
make pnlilic and declare this our last
will and testament, liereby revoking
an, and all wills i.y us iieretofore made.
Item 1: We direct tliat all our just
del.ts acquired during tlie jjast three
years lie paid as soon after our depar
ture as may i.e found convenient by
our apparent licit', tlie .lanuar.v, 1P39,
class.
Item 2: AVe give, devise, and be-
queatli to Mr, Routli a popsicle stick
counting macliine to be used on rainy
afternoons or on any needful occasion.
Item .I: To the great studont body
and seiiool we leave stop and go lights
to regulate traffic and some cradles to
l.e placed in the clinic for the incom
ing sopliomores.
Item 4: We direct that Harold Gins-
lierg l.e left to Mrs. Hall, as we know
she couldn't get along without him.
Item .A; Alary Patterson leaves her
Florida accent to Frank Heiny.
Item 6: Minnie Lyon i.equeaths her
Iiomerooin conduct to Alarvin Orrell
may lie talk in peace.
Item 7: To Pinky Sewell. Arnolif
. soinc
of iii.^^jlrlinous lieight to DoroHi,
.lane -TOBTii.
Item 14: Bruce Young leaves his
drumming power to Otis Brown.
Item 15: J;ick Dempsey is to inherit
Bob Denny's secret of getting by with
out doing any work.
..Item Ifi: To Carlyle Groon, Howard
Aloffett leat'I's his way of talking much
and saying nothing.
Item 17; A ilia Jean Hayes bequeaths
her debating talent to Martha Ann
C'londenin and Vi Johnson. She hopes.
they Avillj)e better able to argue them
selves out of the tiglit s]>ots in which
they continually find themselves.
Item 18: Bill Hancock is to receive
Ed iTcDowcirs dramatic trend.
Item 19: Frank Xlastors leaves his
I mathematical excellence to Jack Thom
as.
Item 20: Carolyn Rallnw relinquishes
her creative ability to .1, B. Webster.
Item 21; pTd Hipp directs that Hobart
McKeever receive his many muscles.
Ho may need them in the next golden
glove tournament.
Item 22’. The graduating cornet sec
tion of the band leaves to Mouse A.
alias Rat tipensor, the first chair posi
tion in the G. H. S. hand.
Item 23: Bob Mason leaves his won
derful phjsique to Yates Crabtree.
Item 24: Merrimon Le Grand wills
L. E. Dempsey to everybody in general
and nobodv' in particular.
Item 25; The graduating class leaves
Joe (Drip) Leak to Professor Hazle-
man.
Item 26; Virginia Boren surrenders
her art of making GOO-GOO eyes to
Carolyn Coker.
Item 27; Christine Allen leaves her
Shirley Temple curls to Killer S. Smith.
Item 28: Frances Tx)man leaves her
naturally curly hair to Frank Barrett.
Item 29: Charles Baker is making
the supreme sacrifice. He is leaving
Jane Webb to the rest of the Tuk
club.
Item 30; To Max Hendrix. Charles
■skipped” out to
breakfast, I felt
like a girl witliout
a eountry — a
Faculty Frolics
in Forest
sation was some-
tiling like the feel
ing yen .get when
you'.:' e:iteii sonie-
tbin* that didn't
” , neitif agree _w'^tL
I'll 'live tlu'oiigli
it. oHiers liaro —•
bill I ]| iiin-s (!. ir .t;, a„(i overybody in
ir Ii.r a long time to eoine—a few weeks
at lin-it;
I'werybody's in :i “.'jimiiy'' mood ('oven
tboiigli some of the .seniors' dispo.sitioiis
■:itlier sour right now) and “ole
Sol" is surely turning on tlie lient. To
look .-It some of tile current G. II. S.
■Iieat wave" tlie.se day.s, you'd l.e iii-
■liiieil to Iliiuk tlie .swimming pools bad
been Oimi for several months instead
of .just a little over a week—niiyliow,
we like !o be "dark-skinned brats'' even
it our ]i;irents do refuse to recognize
us as their own.
Seriousl.i' rliongli. don't drink in too
Him ii smisliine at one time—you'll re
gret it. so lielp me 1 tried it!
Election time at G. II. S. is over and
ei-erl.ody's liappy al.ont tlie wliole tiling
— even tile losing eamlidates Iiecau.se
tliey know, and we know, too, tliat a
grander l.nin-li of student goveriniient
"iticers Conldii't be laid: whotlier win
ners or losers, ever.i liody lias come out
on lop;
Do yon mind if I back to the sub-
.iact ol graduation? I can't seem to
think about anything else.
AVouidn't it scoop the town if:
I.aiira Brown had gotten tlie snper-
latii'e, Iiiggest pest,
I'omiie Wimlii.sh, most dignified.
Jean Y'ates. most talkative.
Bolil.y Perrin, sweetest lio.i'.
V irginia 'i'aehe, Iiiggest flirt.
-Andy Goodwin, liest dressed.
No M itli tlii.s Iiati-ii of nonsense. I'll
elose my last colnnni in tlie last issue
Ilf limit Lifk ever to earry my name as
Editor and take tliis opportunity to
fell eacli and every of you “G. H .s
ikes," ' ■ ‘ ■
Goodi.ye,
Good liii-k,
and
'iliaiiks a iiiillioii for cverytliing!
Playing liorseslioc and swimming are
good, boating is better, and cliicken
supper—yum, yum! AViio engaged in
tins glorious affair? AVIierc and when
was it? The hungry participants were
none other tlian the so-called dignified
teachers of the entire Greensboro city
school—er suuip'n. I school system.
Iloiu’Stly. I don't yfiss 'Virginia Fuller, ri'om Central
know just how I Junior high, was in charge of the ar-
did feel: the sen- i.,.,„geiiieut.s. The teachers met in the
natural surroundings
tion park, and all
time. (They say
of the Eecrea-
liad a marvelous
sure.)
SCHOOL’S OU^p
' BEOlV.s .Tt:?-- - -
t ..sec-ntcA, sTflalwits: that’s
Jii.-it another way of su.i'iiig', “Sunimor
and cuds Jiilv
ag
scluiol begins Juno
19.’
•Viiy .snh.jcct tor which us many
live stmhmts register will be offered,
ami a fee of .'tip per sutjject will he
ciiarged. Re.i-dstration will ho held in
room 1()(> oil i-’riday, .Tune 3, at Senior
High school.
The fentatli'o list of faculty mem-
i.ers i.s as follows: Miss Sara Alims,
English; Mis.s Lily Walker, iiiatli; Aliss
Estelle Afltchell, French; Aliss ,Sarah
Lo.sley, Latin; Air, Stanley Jolmson,
scieiic,..- AIis.s Mary Ellon Blackmon,
hi.story; and Mr. A. P.
subjects will lie defcrmiiied later.
Bennett wills his shyness.
Item 31: R„the O’Connor leaves her
poetic talent to L. E. Dempsey.
Hem .32: Elfiied Peiinekamp’s spe
cial honor roll privileges are to be
bestowed upon Charles Grubbs.
Item .33: Jean Davis and Siidio Clark
invest Abiry Belle Marsh with their
ability to do Froiu-h.
Item ,34: Stokes Rawlins leaves his
left-handed serve to Baniello Earn-
hardt.
Item .35: R, D. Apple rehictaiitlv re
linquishes his long-held position on
tlie mound to Hampton Sliuping.
Item 36: Xeiie Bookout leaves the
pleasure of making appointments for
senior pictues to Gloria AIcCall and
‘Jack Ginsberg,
Item 37: Bill Hempliill liestows his
power of concentration on Tom AIcLeod
Item 38: Bob Dillon leaves his sunny
smile to Bill George.
Item ,39: The class of June, 1938,
leaves Jean Yates’ spirit of coopera
tion to the cliairnian of tlie commence-
ment of June, 1939.
Item 40: M’e hereby nominate and
appoint the Class of January, 1939 of
Greensboro High Scliool, its successors
and assigns, as the executors of this
our last will and testament.
In Witness AVliereof, AVe have here
unto set our liand to this last will and
SEXIOR CLASS OF AIAY, 1938.