GO
WHIRLIES!
HIGH LIFE
BEAT
HIGH POINT!
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XXX
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEBRUARY 19, 1954
NUMBER 10
Victory Tonight Secures Title
Triangular Debate learn Mr. Howard E. Butt To Address
Named For March Meet lca.Ja.DJ T j a ii
Mike Temko and Forbes Ramsey DOCly tH I UCSClay ASSCmbly
will represent the negative, and
Reggie Bell and Barbara Massey
the affirmative in the annual Tri-
’ angular Debate, March 26.
Alternates for the negative and
affirmative sides respectively, will
be Mike Powell and Jane Tate.
Try-outs were held Friday, Febu-
rary 5, in the dramatics room.
Judges were Miss Mary Ellen
Blackmon, Mr. Lacy Anderson,
and Miss Mozelle Causey.
Affirmative and negative teams
of Reynolds High in Winston-
Salem, High Point High, and
Greensboro High will meet on
neutral grounds for the annual dis
trict debate.
Others who tried out for the
team were David Sox, Rachel Wal
ker, and Bill Simpson.
For a remarkable increase in
school spirit this year, and for a
noisy turnout at all sporting events
credit goes to head cheerleader
Kenneth Cates. This shot, taken
during a pep rally last fall, ex
presses graphically his seemingly
unlimited energy and enthusiasm.
Kenneth gives his all to,«each cheer
and puts a spirit into the specta
tors that really draws a roar. From
the bull-elephant trumpet he pro
duces on the field or the court, it
is difficult to believe that a beau
tiful tenor voice is temporarily
stored back in the choir room at
GHS. To the “Multi-purpose
Throat” for boosting school spirit
in many ways goes an unanimous
vote of thanks!
Angler B. Duke Finalists
To Be Announced Soon
D. E.-D. O. Bosses' Banquet
To Be In Early March
Plans for the annual D. E.-D. O.
Bosses’ Banquet to be held in early
March are now being made Dy
James Lester, chairman, and mem
bers of the arrangements com
mittee.
One of the highlights of the year
for the D. O.-D. E. classes, this
banquet is an opportunity for em
ployers and student workers to
meet informally, according to La-
Reeta Stanley, class reporter.
Those serving on the steering
comnlittee are Jerry Varner,
Carol Apple, Burt Ozment, Jerry
Stanley, and Joyce Owen. Mrs.
Margaret Hodden, Mrs. Kathryn
McEntire, and Mr. A. B. Racster,
co-ordinators of the D. E., office
practice, and D. O. classes respec
tively, are also serving on the plan
ning committee.
Mr. Howard E. Butt, one of Am--
erica’s most outstanding lay
preachers, will address the student
body in assembly on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 23.
Mr. Butt, who is from Corpus
Christi, Texas, will be here to con
duct a week of revival services at
the First Baptist Church. He is
vice-president of the H. E. Butt
Grocery Corporation, which oper
ates in Texas some 60 super mar
kets plus large canneries, bakeries,
ice cream plants, soft drink bot
tling works, and other allied in
dustries.
Only 26 himself, Mr. Butt is
quite popular with young people.
He has been the main speaker for
three Youth Nights of the Southern
Baptist Convention and was a main
speaker for the Baptist World Al
liance Youth Conference last sum
mer in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. He
has also been speaker for the Win
ter Retreat of the Hollywood Chris
tian group in California. In addi
tion to engagements throughout the
South, he has preached on the
West Coast, in Hawaii, and in Can
ada.
In business, Howard Butt is con
cerned chiefly with the training
of personnel and perfection of
efficiency in operation. Although
he is out of his office some eight
weeks out of the year, he keeps
in close touch with it by telephone.
Dr. Claud Bowen, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, has an
nounced that Miss America of 1953
will be guest speaker at a Youth
Rally of the revival to be held on
Saturday night, February 27. Dr.
Bowen extends to you an invitation
to attend this and all of the other
revival services.
Card, Invitation Orders
Placed By Future Grads
Orders are being placed for sen
ior cards and invitations with Mr.
Stanley Johnson in the school
store.
Roylh Toasled At Surprise Party
Commemorating 20 Years' Service
Within the next week finalists
in the Angler B. Duke scholarship
competition will be annpunced by
the regional committees.
Five GHS seniors were selected
in the January 15 eliminations to
attend the regional contests held
February 10 and 13 for girls and
boys, respectively. Martha Jester
and Kitten Barringer went %o
Thomasville to compete with 25
girls in the central region for wo
men. Michael Temko, George A.rt-
ope, and Alan Tuttle traveled to
Winston-Salem on Saturday to en
ter competition against boys in
the west central region for men.
According to the applicants,
these sessions began at 9 a. m. and
continued throughout the day, each
candidate having two interviews.
The morning sessions included pri
vate interviews with a member of
the regional committee. In the af
ternoon the entire committee in
terviewed each competitor individ-
usually. Current events, the stu
dents’ activities and ambitions, and
outside interests were included in
the talks.
From a field of 75 girls, five girls
will be selected to spend a week
end at Duke University and com
pete in the final judging. One girl
from each of the three districts will
be chosen for the full four-year
scholarship. One hundred and
twenty-five boys are competing for
the six prizes offered annually, one
from each region.
Your life has been one of serv
ice to your school and community,”
said Mrs. Kathryn Pierce, faculty
club president, in a speech honor
ing Mr. A. P. Routh’s twentieth
year as principal of Senior High.
In a surprise party before the
regular teachers’ meeting, the fac
ulty feted Mr. Routh with a three
tiered white cake decorated in red
reading: A. P. R. 34-54. An ad
ditional surprise for Mr. Routh
was the appearance of his wife.
Mr. Stanley Johnson presented
Mr. Routh with an engraved silver
water pitcher from the faculty.
In a take-off on the poem, “Mid
night Ride of Paul Revere,” Miss
Louise Smith brought to date the
events in the life of Principal
Routh.
At the beginning of the second
semester in 1934, Mr. Routh, a his
tory teacher and coach, was asked
to take the place of Mr. T. E. Mc-
Swain.
During the years of depression
and then World War II, Mr. Routh
guided GHS, although he saw the
closing down of HIGH LIFE,
HOMESPUN, the WHIRLIGIG,
as well as the cutting down of
gasoline and other essentials.
In the past 20 years Mr. Routh
has received many honors, one
very small but humorous one be
ing voted HIGH LIFE’S “Pin-Up
Man of the Year.” In 1952 the grad
uating class led by DeArmon Hun
ter gave the school a portrait of the
principal painted by Henry Rood.
Revival of HIGH LIFE in 1937
and the WHRLIGIG in 1951, were
milestones in the path of Principal
Routh. He can also boast several
football and basketball state cham
pionships. He saw in 1949 the com
pletion of a new football stadium,
and now another dream, that of a
modern well-equipped gym. is well
under way.
The invitations, which cost eight
cents each, are the same as ones
used in the past years. Cards are
offered in both printed and en
graved styles and vary in price
according to quality.
“All orders should be placed by
March 1,” announced Mr. Johnson
“Do not order too many,” urged
Mr. A. P. Routh. “Some get so many
more than the necessary number.”
Samples are being shown in the
various homerooms by a committee
member who was chosen by the
homeroom teacher. Committee
members include Marilyn Barbour.
Barbara Brown, Barbara Connor^
Judy Edwards, Jean Griggs, Anna
Huffine, Ronnie Lambe, Joyce Mc
Namara, Jim Powell, Carol Sm
Riddle, Mary Ann Thomas, and
Rose Wharton.
Whirlies Face Bison
In Decidins Contest
For Western AAA
Senior Luncheon Plans
Decided By Committee
In a class assembly February 5,
seniors decided, by a majority vote,
to continue the custom of having
a senior luncheon following the
Class Day exercises.
“The main problem,” said Jimmy
Powell, class president, “is to find
a place large enough to accomo
date the more than 400 seniors.”
In previous years the luncheon was
held at the Masonic Temple, but
this class is larger than any before.
Mrs. Nellie Kate Blackburn was
selected as chairman of the faculty
.LuPciieon commiuiee. Mi^s. Jesse
Belle Gorrell and Mrs. Jack T.
Herndon will assist her. Students
chosen from each homeroom to
serve as committee members were:
With the hopes of gaining their
third Western AAA Conference
crown in four years, the Whirlies
take -on the Bison from High Point
tonight at Guilford College with
the tip-off at 8 p. m.
No matter what the outcome of
the game is tonight, the Whirlies
will come out on top or tied for
top, Charlotte invades Winston-
Salem topight and should they
win and Greensboro Iqse, a tie
would result.
High Point brings their tall five-
some to Guilford in hopes of gain
ing revenge for the defeat received
in High Point last week. The Bison
have been eliminated from the
state tournament, not being in the
top four team of the conference
standings.
Back' on hand tonight for the
full-time action will be two regu
lars, Wayne Wyrick and Phil
Crockett, who have been sidelined
by an injury and sickness.
Coach Jamieson will probably
start Tommy McDonald and Wayne
Wyrick at guards with Phil Crock
ett at center and Waddell Solo
mon and either Don Patterson or
Dave Scurlock as forwards.
Should the Whirlies win tonight,
they will go into the state tourn
ament next Thursday seeded num
ber one, therefore they will meet
the fourth place team from the
Eastern Conference.
Forbes Ramsey Finalist
in Morehead Competition
The fact that most of the past 20
years has been spent in service of Kan Ayers, Johnny Carroll, Marion
the students and faculty of Greens-1 Cornelius, Rose Edwards, Pat Hel-
boro Senior High was exores;ed by Hillard, Jack King,
Miss Smith, as she concluded with' K^^cy McGlamery, Harriett Per-
the wish of the faculty that Mr. Jean Robbins, Sylvia Smith,
Routh might be principal “for a Bettie Jane Upchurch, and Larry
million years.” Welker.
He Takes The Cake
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Routh are shown as he cuts the anniversary cake
at a party given by the faculty, February 9. It was in honor of Mr.
I Routh’s twentieth year as principal of the high school.
Forbes Ramsey was one' of 39
boys informed that he was a finalist
in the Morehead scholarship com
petition, to the University of North
Carolina, the winners of which
will be announced in April.
Along with Forbes, Kelly Man-
ess, president of the student body,
was in the semi-finals.
Forbes and Kelly were inter
viewed by special boards represent
ing the University. Winners must
have high grades but are also
judged on leadership, character,
and maturity. On March 8, Forbes
will go to Chapel Hill to appear
before the central scholarship jiom-
mittee.
These grants are for four years,
but grades at the school must be
consistantly good to get the schol-
arships renewed. They are worth
$1250 a year.
Until two years ago, this schol
arship was open only to post-grad
uates but now is available to
North Carolina high school boys.
OFficer Pike Pleads:
Place SaFety First
“Safety First” were the key mys
tery words in the “Safety-Magic”
show presented by Sergeant Carl S.
Pike, police officer of Jackson. ^
Michigan, last week in assembly.
Sergeant Pike opened his ad
mission-free program with a talk
on accidents, and how they can be
prevented. He used actual cases
on which he had worked as a police
officer to show “Safety First” is
the best policy.
Using his professional experi
ence, the sergeant performed
such acts as making water flow
from an empty jar and flags appear
from nowhere when the audience
called out “Safety First.”
Sponsored by the American
Trucking Association, Inc., the
State Department of Public In
struction, and the North Carolina '
Motor Carriers Association, Inc., in
cooperation with the local police
departments, and local newspapers,
the safety show is being presented
to 10 North Carolina schools to
stress the importance of good safe
ty rules.