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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
First Katiiig, C. S. P. A. - All-American, N. S. P. A. - Interiiational Honor Rating, Quill and Scroll
Senior Pictures
Pages 3, 4, 5, 6
VOLUME XVII
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MAY 80, 1941
NUMBER 16
GRADUATION TO CLIMAX WEEK’S ACTIVITIES
Pageant Stars Weill,
Sloan and J. Patton;
Class Day Tuesday
Refugees, tenant farmers, public
nurses, factory strikers, and ordinary
American citizens will mingle together
and come to life on the stage when
the senior class presents its pageant,
“Our Heritage,” Thursday night, June
5, at 8 o'clock, in the high school audi
torium.
Symbolizing in five acts the high aims
found in the preamble to the constitu
tion, the production’s plot centers
around an immigrant family applying |
for citizenship papers, Jane Sloan,'
Charles ‘Weill, and James Patton. !
Graduation Climaxes Week
Friday night’s presentation of diplo
mas will climax the week of final social
and scholastic activities for the sen
iors. Because of the increased enroll
ment of recent classes, there will be
no speaker for the occasion.
Principal A. P. Routh will disclose
the best all-round student, the O. Hen
ry short-story winner, the senior with
the highest scholastic average, and va
rious other school award Avinners. i
Sermon To Be Sunday
The combined glee club and a capella
choir, under the direction of Raymond
Brietz, will begin the series of events
planned for the class with a concert
Sunday, June 1, at 4 o’clock. At 8
o’clock of the same night, Dr. Clyde
Turner Avill deliver the baccalaureate
y pennon in th.* school auditorium.
On Monday, June 2, the Senior high
faculty will entertain the entire senior
group at tea'irr*the Alumnae building
of 'Woman's College at 5 o’clock. I
Tuesday To Be Class Day ]
Before the picnic and swim for the
.■Seniors and their teachers, which will
^dgin at 4 o’clock on Tuesday at the
battleground country park, the class
da^' group will present the class super-1
latfves, the prophecy, and the last will ^
ami testament to the entire student j
body in the auditorium. |
Four main characters, Martie Me-;
Lennan, Russell Byrd, Eleanor Molen,
and Joe Koury, will tell the story in
the form of 27 different pantomimes. |
On Thursday, June 5, the two main
events will be the senior luncheon, at
12 o’clock in the school cafeteria, and i
the senior iiageant, to be presented to
the seniors and their guests at~8 p.ni.
in the auditorium. I
Announcement was made today that i
the senior dance, which had been orig-,
inally planned for the graduates, will
not be held, owing to the lack of time:
for preparation and lack of finances.;
Editor and Business Manager
Senior Schedule
The schedule for Senior week is
as follows:
Sunday. June 1
8 :JO P.il.—Concert.
S P.M.—Baccalaureate sermon.
Monday, June 2
5 P.M.—Faculty tea for seniors in
Woman’s college Alumnae
building.
Tuesday, June 3
2 :30 P.M.—Class day exercises.
3:3UP.M.—Picnic and swim
Battleground country iiark.
Thursdacf, June 5
12 P.M.—Senior luncheon.
S P.M.— Pageant.
Friday. June 6
8 P.M.—Graduation exercises.
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11 Girls to Represent
School At Girls' State
In addition to
whose name wa.s
Ruth Winterling,
announced in the
Paul Jlilk'i-. new school paper editor, and Betty Koutli, next year’s'
ibusiness nianag:r, here learn the intricacies of newspaper work from : making a total of n Senior high school
one of High Life’s printers, L. 1). Ledbetter.
School Board Names
Five New Teachers
Giving its authorization for a co
ordinator of home economics and the
establishment of a local textile school,
the board of education, at its last
meetihg of the ye'ar.' Maj^l^'confirmed
the- apiMiintment of five new members
to the Senior high school faculty.
The board also accepted printing
Down In Meadow
They Went Fishing
“'riiat's what we’ll do; we’il go
fishing I At least it’s something differ-
(*nt,'’ decided the Mariner scouts at
their last meeting.
With rods across th*ir «hould‘'rs, thej
eager girls set out Iflst Saturday for
I.ake Brant for a “fishing good time.’’
The sun was brightly shining, and
the “sailor girls” baked in the sun as
euuipmeut, a gift of the Greensboro i ««’•'' ““thour without
rnv fh„ ' catcluiig a thing 1 Hut when another
hour rolled by, and still not a bite
News-Record, for tlie establishment of
a print shop at Senior high school next
September, and agreed to excuse mem
bers of the football squad from school
when they go to Miami, Florida, next
fall for an inter-state cla.sh.
had bitten they just gave up. People
all ’round were landing “whoppers,”
but the poor Mariners, not a fish did
they catch.
Name New Teachers
With the regular business of the
meeting came the following apiMiint-
ments to the Senior high faculty for
the 1941-42 term: Arlington Kelly,
Duke graduate, who will teach history
and will assist with track and tennis
activities, and Miss Cleo Brendle, grad-' Garolina during the past three years,
uate of East Carolina Teachers college j Halladay, graduating .senior, ro
und of Woman's college, is to have ceived word today from Zon Robin-
charge of home economics classes. j director of forensic activities at
Paul Frazier, Fniversity of Kentucky he has been
awarded a $100 scholar.ship to that
Billy Halladay To Receive
Wake Forest kholarship
! As a reward for his achievements
I in speech and debate contests in Nortli
j T’itizeiis. liave been selected to att(*nd
I the annual Girls’ State session at
Woman's college, June lo to 21.
Although all applications must have
the approval of the American Legion
auxiliary, this organization will not
actual.y sponsor the entire group of
girls.
The Senior High Parent Teachers
association will sponsor Riitli, while
the auxiliary will send Betty Sliipman
and Betty Yost.
Woman’s Club Sends Sholar
Greensboro Woman’s club will send
Martha Sholar to the convention, the
Forty and Eight will send Jane Mor-
ri.MUi, and the Guilford Pnttle chapter
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution will send Dorothy Parker.
Other delegates include Peggy Clen-
denin, Joan Holleymaii, Mary Dynn
Lewis, Barbara Bond, and Jewell
Hyatt.
I Charles W. IMiiliips, director of the
institution, lias extended an invitation
to Martha Hipp and Eleanor Dare
Taylor, Senior high’s 1940 delegates,
to assist with the program couucillofs.
Editor Miller to Head
New High Life Staff;
B. Routh Ad Manager
Paul Miller and Betty Routh. of the
advanctKl journalism class, received no
tification this morning from Eleanor
Dare Taylor, editor-in-clii(4‘, and Ella
Mae Norman, advertising manager, of
their appointments as successors to
these two major High Life staff posi-
t ions.
The appointments were made as a
ri'sult of a hoard meeting, attended by
department lieads, when it was de
cided to abolish the staff election plan
of former years. Further positions
will be filled next fall by incoming
journalism students.
Mill(‘r Class I*rt*sideiit
Aside from his newswriting exper
ience, which has included his being
(Mlitor of Central juiior liigh school’s
Recorder, advertising agent, advertis
ing solicitor, and assistant make-up
ulitor for High Life, Miller has also
held offices in other school activities,
liis election to the presidency of the
rising senior class iKung liis most re
cent triiiinph,
Bwtli Betty and Miller have been
members of the cilizenship honor roll,
the former being president of her home
room and vice pia'sident of the Latin
club, as well as advertising agent, ad
solicitor, and assistant advertising
manager, during the past semester. ’
Editor ('onimcnts
In addition to tliose ottb-rs alrendy
listed, next year’s editor is president
of the D(‘baling club, vice president
of his home room, and a 1940-’41 mem
ber of both Social Standards and Stu
dent-Faculty day committees, as well
as a member of the local debate team.
In commenting upon the prospective
apiKiintments, Eleanor Dare 'Paylor de-
elari'd yesterday, “We must liave ca
pable, etlicient, and deiHuidable stu
dents to fill these two roles, and I
b(*liev(‘ we have found them in Betty
and Paul.”
'Boy-Dates-Girr Forum
To Feature Local Writers
A “boy-dates-girl” open forum, a
long-felt want and a result of sug
gestions from adolescent pupils all
over the country, will feature in the
September issue of Scholastic maga
zine. selected letters from high school
students, disclosed Miss Margaret
Hauser. New York fashion editor of
the weekly, Wednesday.
Dutch Dates and Going Steady
Since Senior high school was chosen
as a typical school in this section of
the ITiited States, Paul Miller. Janet
Cox. Gene Thornton, and Aurelia Dun-
stan, of High Life’s staff will submit
papers discussing “Dutch Dates” and
“Going Steady.” Best entries will ap
pear in the initial publication of Scho
lastic in the fall. Miss Hauser ex
plained.
Each entry must contain not more
than 290 words and must express
honest opinions.
graduate, will join tlie English de
partment. while Miss Lillian Secrest,
a graduate of Duke unversity, who is
now teaching in Kannai>olis, was
named to teach English and to
assist with school publications.
Mrs. Mary Madlin, graduate of Saint
Lawrence university, who is now sub
stituting in the English department,
will teach Latin and English at Gil
lespie Park school next fall.
P.T. A. Representatives
Hold Annual Luncheon
Representatives from all Greensboro
P. T, A. assceiations met for tlieir
annual city-wide P. T. A. luncheon
last Tuesday at 12:30 in the King
Cotton hotel ball room. Guest speak
er for the occasion was Dr. Clyde A.
Milner, president of Guilford college.
Mrs. .7. T. Warmath, Senior high’.s
Parent Teacher association president,
was proud to report that her school
had 39 representatives present, the
largest number in several years. Mrs.
A, W. Claiborne, retiring president of
the Greensboro P. T. A. cuuncil. lue-
sided at the meeting, and installed
Mrs. Claudius Dockery as the Jiew
liresideiit.
school.
Halladay. a member of Senior liigh’s
debate team for three years, was sck*-
ond affirmative speaker on this year’s
group.
W. R. Richards Audits
School Finance Books
W. li. Richards, general treasurer
for all activities at Senior high school,
completed the writing of all checks
for the .scliool year Tuesday, May 20,
and he hopes to cl(*ar up all other
financial matters connected with the
school before Juno 0.
Leading Seniors to Receive
14 Awards at Graduation
Nearly every quivering junior who
trudges for the fir.st time up the “last
mile” to G. II. S. has at one time or
another looked forward to the day
when he will l>e able to compete f)r
the awards and cups presented out
standing .seniors at commencement
time. Now that the long awaited mo-
ment.s have nearly arrived, Principal
A, P. Routh announces the awards
which will be given.
Class Day Awards
'Fhose presented class day and their
last year’s winners are as follows;
Vet(*rans of Foreign "Wars medal for
the best pai)t*r on AmericanLsm, Jane
Winfrey; the Frances Jenkins award
for outstanding home economics work.
Lucille Roseberry; II. Grady Miller
cup for excellence in band work, Hugh
Altvater; Brietz-IIazclmaii cup for the
vocal division of the music department,
Daphne Ivnvis; Debating club cup,
Mary Elizabeth Barwick ; Playmasters
cup, (’arolyii ('oker; and the Hoyt
I’none baseball cup, (xene Gott.sclmlk.
Final Awards
CoinnKuicement night awards and
their last-June winners are the Ameri
can Business club’s scholarship award,
Elizabetli Beall; O. Henry Study club’s
short story award, Margaret Bilyeii;
I>izzie Lindsay cup presented for best
term paper on period of the confed
eracy, Victoria Pennekamp; the D.A.R.
cuj) iiresented for the best paiKU’ on
Colonial Nortli Carolina history, Eliza-
betli Beall; McDaniel Lewis athletic
trojiby. Jim Wolfe; and the Best-All-
Armind student cup, Carlyle Groome.
President-Elect Donald
To Head New Council
Since..the election i.ssue of High Life,
(h(* run-off eb'ctions li(4d Frida,v, May
!!, determined that Bill Donald, who
(h'f'eated Hobby Perry, would become
pr(*sident of the student council, while
Paul Miller trinmiJud iver Jewell
Hyatt for .senior class president and
Margaret Boren captured the office of
.simior class .secretary over Kathryn
Harris.
Ruth Winterling is ro he next year’s
vice president of tlie school. Other
.senior officers were: Charles Vache,
vice president, and I.4ia Atkinson,
Jean Garber, Earle Holliday, Daisy
P>(41e Anderson, Joan Holleyiiian, Vir
ginia Hunter, and Martha 8holar,
I'oniK'il representative.s.
Speech Glass Studies
Radio Announcing*
I’o complete the stunester’s work, the
speech class has been studying radio
aniiouncing for the imst wiMjk and
practicing on the s'liooI loml speaker
syst(‘in, statiMl Miss Mozelle Causey,
adviser, yesterday.
Feature of the class wa.s a talk by
Henry Sullavan, WHIG announcer,
’J’uesday, on problems of radio work
and means of solving thmn.
Otlier proj(*cts of the year’s varied
program included choral siK^aking and
preparation for siM-ech contests i,n
Wake Forest.