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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
First Rating, C. S. P. A. - All-American, N. S. P. A. - Inleriiational Honor Rating. Quill and Scroll
Senior Pictures
Pages 3, 4, 5, 6
VOLUME xvn
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C.. MAY 30, 1941
NUMBER 16
GRADUATION TO CLIMAX WEEK’S ACTIVITIES
Editor and Business Manager
Pageant Stars Weill,
Sloan and J. Patton;
Class Day Tuesday
Refugees, tenant fanners, public
mu-ses, factory strikers, and ordinary
Ainerican citizens will mingle together j
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 j
for citizenship papers, Jane Sloan,'
Charles Weill, and James Patton. I
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.
Prindpal A. P Routh will flisclose ! pj,,,! Miller, new school paper editor, and Betty Routh, next year’s!
the best all-round student, the O. Hen- ('busiuegg mana-ger, here learn the intricacies of newspaper work from! making a total of 11 Senior high school
r.v short-story winner, the senior with jpg,, printers, L. 1). Ledbetter,
the highest scholastic average, and va- . — . ,
Senior Schedule
The schedule for Senior week is
as follows:
Sunday, June 1
3:30 P.il.—Concert.
8 P.M.—Baccalaureate sermon,
ftlonday, Jiuie 2
5 P.AI.—Faculty tea for seniors in
Woman’s college Alumnae
building.
Tuesday, June 3
2:30 P.M.—Class day exercises.
3:30 P.M.—Picnic and swim at
Battleground country park.
Thursdaij’. June 5
12 P.M.—Senior luncheon.
8 P.M.— Pageant.
Friday, June 6
8 P.M.—Graduation exercises.
11 Girls to Represent
School At Girls' State
In addition to
whose name was
Ruth Winterling,
announced in the
School Board Names
Five New Teachers
rious other school award winners.
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 Gi^ing its authorization for a co
o’clock of the same night. Dr. Clyde ordinator of home economics and the
Turner will deliver the baccalaureate establishment of a local textile school,
sermou in the school auditorium. I jije board of education, at its last
On Monday, June 2, the Senior high meeting of the year. May 21, confirmed
faculty will entertain the entire senior j]j0 appointment of flA'e new members
group at tea in the Alumnae building f2ie Senior high school faculty,
of Woman’s college at 5 o’clock. j board also accepted printing
Tuesday To Be Class Day
Down In Meadow
They Went Fishing
“Tliafs what we’ll do; we’ll go
fishing! At least it’s something differ
ent.” decided the Mariner scouts at
their last meeting.
With rods across their shoulders, the
eager girls set out last Saturday for
Lake Brant for a “fishing good time.”
The sun was brightly shining, and
the “sailor girls” baked in the sun as
equipment, a gift of the Greensboro j hour without
T. ^ . . , " . ^ ' Xews-Record for Ihe p^tnhlishmenf nf ^^‘tching a thing! But when another
Before the picnic and swim for the *'ews uecora, roi tne esraDUsnment mirnu hv
seniors and their teachers, which will ^ Pi'int shop at Senior high school next
begin at 4 o’clock on Tuesday at the September, and agreed to excuse mem-
Battleground country park, the class football squad from school
day group will present the class super- i when they go to Miami, Florida, next
latives, the prophecy, and the last will for an inter-state clash.
and testament to the entire student
body in the auditorium.
Four main characters, Martie Mc
Lennan, Russell Byrd, Eleanor Molen,
and Joe Koury, will tell the story in
tbe form of 27 different pantomimes.
On Thursday, June 5, the two main
Najiie New Teachers
With the regular business of the
meeting came the following aiipolnt-
ments to the • Senior high faculty for
the 1041-42 term: Arlington Kelly,
Duke graduate, who will teach history
and will assist with truck and tennis
hour rolled by, and still not a bite
had bitten they just gave up. People
all ’round were landing “whoppers,”
but the poor Mariners, not a fish did
they catch.
Billy Halladay To Receive
Wake Forest kholarship
As a reward for his achievements
in speech and dei)ate contests in North
events will be the seuioi- luncheon, at ,,^1,^leo Brendle, gnul-! Car.,Una ,luring tho paat tln-eo years,
12 0 clock in the school, caleteiia, and , Carolina Teachers college | BilL Halladay, graduating senior, re-
is to have' eeived word today from Zon Ilobiii-
son. director of forensic activities at
the senior pageant, to be presented to
the seniors and their guests at 8 p.m.
in the auditorium.
Announcement was made today that
the senior dance, which had been orig-
and of W!omiui’s college,
charge of liome economics classes.
Paul Frazier, rniversity of Kentucky
graduate, will join tbe English de-
'Boy-Dales-Glrl' Forum
To Feature Local Wrllers
inally planned for the graduates, will partment, while Jliss Lillian Secrest,
not be held, owing to the lack of time a graduate of Duke uiiversity, who is
for i»reparation and lack of finances, now teaching in Kannai>olis, was
named to teach Plnglish and to
assist with school publications.
Mrs. Mary Madlin, graduate of Saint
Lawrence imiversity, who is now sub
stituting in the English department,
will teach Latin and English at Gil-
A "boy-dates-girl” open forum, a le^pic I'ark school next fall,
long-felt want and a result of sug
gestions from adolescent pupils all
over the country, will feature in the
St'ptember issue of Scholastic maga
zine'. selected letters from high school
student.s, disclosed Miss Margaret
Iliiusor. New York fashion editor of
the M-eekly, ‘Wednesday.
Dutch Dates and Going Steady
Since Senior high .school was chosen
fis a typical school in this section of
tile I'nited States, Ibuil Miller. Janet
Cox, Gene Thornton, and Aurelia Dun-
•‘^tan. 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-
la.stic ill the fall. Miss Hauser ex
plained.
Each entry must contain not more
than 200 words and must express
honest opinions.
AVake Forest college, that he ha.s been
awarded a .81(10 .scliolar.sliip to that
school.
Halladay. a member of vSenior high’s
d(‘bato team for three years, was sec
ond affirmative speaker on this year’s
group.
citizens, have been selected to attend
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
actually sponsor the entire group of
girls.
q'he Senior High Parent Teachers
association will sponsor Ruth, while
the auxiliary will send Betty Shipman
and Betty Yost.
Woman’s Club Sends Sholar
Greensboro Woman’s club will send
Martlia Sholar to tbe convention, the
Forty and Eight will send Jane Mor
rison, and the Guilford Patfle chapter
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution will send Dorothy Parker.
Other delegates include Peggy Clen-
denin, Joan Holleyinan, Mary Lynn
Lewis, Barbara Bond, and Jewell
Hyatt.
Charles W. Phillips, director of the
insfitution, lias extended an invitation
to Martha Hipp and Eleanor Dave
Taylor, ' Senior high’s liGo delegates,
to assist with the program councillors.
W. R. Richards Audits
School Finance Books
W, R. Rit'hards. general treasurer
for all activities at Senior iiigh school,
compieted the writing of all checks
for the school year 'I'liesday, May 20,
and he hopes to clear iq) all other
financial matters connected with the
school before June (i.
P. T. A. Representatives
Hold Annual Luncheon
Representatives from all Greensboro
T. A. asscciations mot for their
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.
^rpner. president of Guilford college.
Jlrs. J. T. Warmath. Senior high’s
Parent Teaclier association president,
was proud to report that her school
had 10 representatives present, the
largest number in several years. Jlrs.
A. W. Claiborne, retiring president of
the Greensboro P. T. A. council, pre
sided at the meeting, and ijistalled
Mrs. Claudius Dockery as tlie new
president.
Leading Seniors to Receive
14 Awards at Graduation
Nearly every quivering junior who
trudges for the first time up the “last
mile” to G. H. S. has at one time or
another looked forward to the day
when he will be able to compete for
the awards and cups presented out
standing seniors at commencement
time. Now that tbe long awaited mo
ments have nearly arrived, I’rincipal
A. P. Routh announces the awards
which will be given.
Class Day Awards
Those presented class day and tlieir
last year’s winners are as follows:
'N’eteraus of Foreign Wars medal for
the best paix*r on Americanism, .Tane
Winfrey; the Frances Jenkins award
for outstanding liome economics work,
Lucille Roseberry; 11. Grady Miller
cup for excellence in band work, Hugh
Altvater: Brietz-IIazelman cup for the
vocal division of the music d'partment.
Daphne Lewis: Debating club cup,
ilary Elizabeth Barwiek; Playmasters
cup, Carolyn (.'oker; and the Iloyt
P>noue baseball cup, Gene Gott.sebalk.
Final Awards
 'ommeiicemeiit night a wards and
their last-June winners iire the Ameri
can lousiness club's scholarship award,
EIizal)(‘tli Beall: O. Henry Study club’s
slioi’t stor.v award, Margaret Bilyeu;
Lizzie Lind.say cup pre.sented for best
term jjapir on period of the confed
eracy, \'ictoria Petiiiekamp ; tbe D.A.R.
cu]) presented for the best paper on
Colonial North Carolina history, Eliza
beth Beall: McDaniel Lewis athletic
trophy, Jim Wolfe; ttnd tlie Best-All-
Around student cup, Carlyle Groome.
Editor Miller to Head
New High Life Staff;
B. Routh Ad Manager
Paul ililler and Betty Routh, of the
advanced journalism class, received no
tification this morning from TCleanor
Dare Taylor, editor-in-chief, and Ella
Mae Norman, advertising manager, of
tlieir appointments as successors to
these two major High Life staff posi
tions.
The appointments were made as a
result of a board meeting, attended by
department heads, when it was de
cided to abolish the staff election plan
of former years. F'urther itositions
will be filled next fall by incoming
journalism students.
Miller Class President
Aside from his newswriting exper
ience, which has included his being
editor of Central junor high school’s
Recorder, advertising agent, advertis
ing solicitor, and assistant make-up
editor for High Life, Miller has also
held offices in other school activities,
his election to the presidency of the
rising senior class being his most re
cent triumph.
Both Betty and Miller have been
members of tbe citizenship honor roll,
the former being president of her home
room and vice president of the Latin
club, as well as advertising agent, ad
solicitor, and assistant advertising
manager, during the past semester.
Editor Comments
In addition to those offices already
listed, next year’s editor is president
of tlie Debating club, vice president
of his home room, and a 1040-’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
appointments, Eleanor Dare Taylor de
clared yesterday, “We must have ca
pable, efficient, and dependable stu
dents to fill these two roles, and I
believe we have found them in Betty
and I’iiul.”
President-Elect Donald
To Head New Council
Since the election issue of High Life^
the run-off elections held Friday, May
Hi. determined that Bill Donald, who
defeated Bobby Perry, would become
president of the student council, while
Paul Miller triumphed over Jewell
Ilyatt for senior class president and
^Margaret Boren captured tho office of
•senior class secretary over Kathryn
Harris.
Ruth Winterling is ro be next year’.s
vice president of the school.' Other
senior cilieers were: Charles Yache,
vice pn'sident, and lyClia Atkinson,
Jean (iarber, Earle Holliday, Daisy
Belli' Andc'rson, .loan Holleyinan, Vir
ginia Hunter, and Martha Sholar,
council rcqireseutatives.
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Speech Glass Studies
Radio Announcing
To comjilete the semester's work, the
spei'ch class has been studying radio
announcing for tin* past wi'ok and
practicing on tlu' .school loud siieaker
system, stated Miss IMozello Causey,
adviser, yesterday.
Feature of the class was a tsilk by
I b'nry Sulla van, WBIG announcer,
'fuesday, on iiroblenis of radio work
and means of solving Ihom.
Other projects of the year’s varied
program included choral siieaking and
preparation for six'ech contests in
Wake Forest.