April 2, 1954
High Life
Page Five
April Noled For Tricks;
Also Famous Birthdays
Yesterday was April Fool’s day,
and many GHS’ers could be cate
gorized as stooges. So could their
student friends in France, Portu
gal, Mexico, and India, for they
also play pranks on this day,
April Fool’s Day takes up only
the first of April, leaving 29 more
to repent of playing practical jokes.
Weather changes are typical of
April. One day will be warm and
sunny; the next, blustery. This
month has its quota of rain too.
The weather v/as responsible for
a terrible disaster, when in 1912
the Titantic was submerged on her
maiden voyage.
Quite a few famous persons
have been born in April. Some are
Hans Christian Anderson, Wash
ington Irving, and the well-known
magician, Harry Houdini.
Some of the most eventful periods
of American history have begun
in April—the Revolutionary War,
the Mexican War, the War be
tween the States, and the United
States’ entrance into World War
II. In North Carolina, April mark
ed the signing of the Halifax Res
olutions of Independence.
Rome was founded in April of
755 B. C. Some years later a Ro
man official, Julius Caesar, re
vised the old calendar and in
creased April’s number of days
from 21 to 30, making it the fourth
month of the year. Shakespeare,
the sophomores’ revealer of Julius
Caesar, also made his debut in
April. As the world’s most quoted
author, he has said, “Proud-pied
April, dressed in all his trim has
put a spirit of youth in every
thing.’’
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THE HOT DAYS AHEAD
Industrious Coach Earey
Jack Of Various Trades
Red hear, distinguishing as it
may be, is not the only outstanding
feature of the man Senior Higii
students see on the move between
the Science Building, the Boys’
Gym, and the Central Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Pat F. Earey daily executes
one of the most diversified sched
ules of any member of the faculty.
Besides giving biology a new lease
on' life, he coaches the swimming
team, baseball pitchers, and con
ducts two gym classes.
The native New Yorker is com
pleting his second year at Senio.i’
of doing just a’ooul everything. He
has even mastered the unenviable
art of driving the “Whirlibird,”
the converted Patriot bus which
carries the Greensboro athletic
teams all over the state.
Coach Earey has been behind
the success of Senior’s champion
ship swimming team for two years. \
The record of two state titles in-'
dicates his success in this position. ^
“The boys have done a good job
this year, and we should be strong
next season with the increased in
terest in the junior high schools,”
was his comment on the team.
In discussing the recently ap
proved plans for a municipal pool
Mr. Earey stated, “This pool should
increase swimming activity in
Greensboro and interest in it as a
competitive sport.”
His athletic past includes pro
fessional baseball in the New York
Giants’ farm system which first
brought him to North Carolina.
Later he completed his education
at the University of North Caro
lina where he majored in physical
education.
He related that his deep inter
est in sports and his desire to work
with young people led him to
choose coaching as a profession.
Any spare time in his rugged
schedule is absorbed by Hi-Y meet
ings on Monday nights, and there
are always two children at home
to keep him busv.
Money Hoi So Evil
“Money is the Root of all Evil,”
or so they say, but with John
Lund, sophomore, and Richard Jen
nings, junior, it’s strictly ‘thumbs
down’ on this old proverb.
John, who began his collection
in 1951, collects coins of any value
in circulation today.
The Way I See it
by Harriett Perkins
“A coin is not rare because of
its age,” explains John, “but be
cause of its scarcity. The fewer
coins made, the rarer it is.” An
example of this is the 1913 nickel.
Only six of these were made; there
fore, one of them may be worth
$4,250 to a collector,
“There are three mints,” says
John, “that make coins. One is
in Denver, Philadelphia, and San
Francisco.” His object is to ob
tain the same coin from all three
mints. To identify the mint that
the coin comes from, he looks for
a small ‘D,’ ‘P,’ or ‘S’ on the back
of the coin.
The oldest and most valuable
coin in his collection is a 1878
silver dollar.
With only five Indian Head pen
nies in his collection, he has at
least one Lincoln penny for every
year since 1909 except 1943 when
no copper pennies were made.
John is a member of the Greens
boro Coin Club and values his
collection of about 852 coins at
$270.
Richard, who began his collec
tion in 1950, has approximately
450 different coins and values them
at $200.
He considers his most novel coin
a half-dollar with the mint mark
on the face. This 50 cent piece is
worth about $17.
Owning a $5 gold piece and an
uncut sheet of $1 bills, Richard
believes that the gold piece is his
most valuable coin.
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After approximately two weeks
of elimination, the phys ed class
es have finally proclaimed the
winners in intramural competition.
In ping pong, Lucille Yow and
Dot Short came out on top from
the first period class. Winners in
the third period class were first
place winners in the sixth period
class, and from seventh period.
Dot Bristow and Rheba Moore
came out on top.
Badminton seemed to be the
favorite activity of all the girls.
Winners of the classes were as
follows: first period, Clara Rob-,
erts and Faye Watson; second per
iod, Mary Ellen Sharpe and Peggy
Cooper; sixth period, Frances
Strother and Jean Bateman; and
seventh period winners were Kaye
Mangum and Libbey Eldridge.
Last week the phys ed classes
started tumbling.
Nothing that I’ll ever see will
be funnier than those girls the
first day. The stunts, when ex
plained, seemed simple, but when
they tried them out, they all end
ed up in little knots. Everybody
was sore, you can bet on that.
However, they were all back the
very next day ready for more.
Some people just have to learn the
hard way, but it really is a lot of
fun.
April 24 will be the date for play
day in High Point. The following
list of events will take place: vol
leyball, horse shoes, the 50 yard
dash, the 500 yard dash, tennis,
(singles and doubles), a softball
throw, a basketball throw, the
running broad jump, and a softball
game.
Look them over and see if any
interest you! If so, get in touch
with “Gabe” about going to play
day. You’ll be glad that you did!
Just because one player stars in
a game, let’s not forget that the
rest of the team makes that star
possible.
Clublicity
BY EUGENIA HICKERSON
Y-TEENS
The GHS Y-Teens have been
conducting a sale of twenty-five
cent bags of potato chips for the
past two weeks to raise money
for sending Greensboro represent
atives to a Y-Teen conference to
be held at Transylvania .Music
Camp in Brevard, North Carolina,
for two weeks this summer. Vivian
Morgan, president, has announced
that the girl making the largest
number of sales will win a free
trip to either New York or Daytona
Beach, Florida.
G. W. I.
As warm weather peeps around
the corner following a cold win-
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ter, the ever-popular hayride ap
pears on the party list again. The
first one to be planned by the
GHS clubs is by the G. W. I. Club.
Girls from this club and their
“tag alongs’ will go to Charles
Pemberton’s on the Alamance Road
for the party tomorrow night at
7:30 p. m. After a long ride along
the country roads the party will
gather for a weiner roast with
lots of good eats.
G. W. I. officers and their dates
include: Anna Huffine, president,
with Woody Smathers; Sandra
Bentz, vice-president, with Fred
Jones; and Mary Helen Shelburne,
treasurer, with Bill Rightsell.
The party will be chaperoned by
Miss Rebecca Frazier, club adviser
with Jack Blackwood.
SIGNETS
“April Showers” bring May
flowers, but also it provides a nice
theme for a spring dance. This is
to be the theme for the dance to
be held by the Signet Club mem
bers and their dates next Satur
day night. Pleasants Club House
is the setting for the occasion and
is to be decorated in green and
yellow.
For their welfare project for
March the Signet girls sent a $10
Care package overseas.
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