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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXI
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEBRUARY 11, 1955
NUMBER 9
Third Special Honor Roll
Shows Juniors Top List
Juniors led the special honor
roll for the third six weeks grad
ing period as 33 students attained
an average of 95 or better.
Next on the list is the Senior
Class with 28 honor grade students.
Sophomores placed third with 16
for a total school list of 77 pupils.
Seniors
Students placed on the special
honor roll in room 317 were Elaine
Anderson, Rita Boggs, Johnnie Bo-
lick, Lynn BQi!re\n, and/ Margie
Boren; room 23, Phyllis Brooks,
Martha Burnet, and Dava Cash-
well; room 200, Bob Cowan; room
5. Margie Earl, Barbara Flynn.
Ann Fry, and Terry Garrison:
room 14„ Bob Grant, Edith Har
grove, and Eugenia Hickerson;
room 101, Judy Johns and Rachel
Kincaid; room 8, Pat Leary; room
9, Kay Overstreet; room 206, Julie
Redhead; room 100, Betty Sink
and Wanda Slade; room 20, Kay
Stewart; room 305, Herbert Taylor.
and Barbara Thomas; room 22,
Paddy Sue Wall, and Charles
Woods.
Juniors
Linda Barham is the special hon
or roll student from room 6. Those
from room 11 are Reggie Bell,
David Bescherer, Leon Boggs, and
Angela Butt; band room, Vivian
Campbell, and Shelba Creed; room
203, Jerry Danford and Mary Dun
can; room 2, Barry Frahm, Faye
Fuguay, and John Gardiner; room
Torchlight Group Elects
Six To Try For Grant
At a Thursday, February 3 meet
ing of Torchlight, National Honor
Society, Julie Redhead, president,
welcomed the 16 new members
who then discussed with the old
members plans for coming events.
The organization elected'six of
their group to represent Senior
High in competition for a scholar
ship offered by the National Honor
Society. Members of Torchlight
from all over the world are to
compete for the prizes which will
be awarded to those people at
taining the highest score in a gen
eral achievement test. The test, to
be given on March 22, will be taken
by Engenia Hickerson, Rob Pearce,
Julie Redhead, Phyllis Brooks,
Banks Ritchie, and Bob Cowan.
In addition to selecting those
people, the new members placed
orders for pins. Plans for the* an
nual Talent Show to be held April
5 came up for discussion. Banks
Ritchie, Torchlight’s treasurer, is
in general charge of the project.
The group also talked about the
annual spring tapping.
27, Diana Harmon and Robert Her-
ford; room 25, Howard Hinshaw
and Ruby Hough; room 21, Nancy
Key, Kay Kuykendall, and Kath
erine Leonard; room 315, Louise
McGee, Betsy MceKel, Julia Mc-
Nairy, and Mary Ann McNeely;
room 311, Donna Oliver; room
203A, Mike Powell, Eve Purdom,
Bose Ravenel, and Dick Robinson;
room 303, Diane Schwartz; room
302, Nancy Stout; room 304, Sara
Toenes, and Zade Turner; room
15, Martha Yatlis.
Sophomores
From room 12 is Doug Albright;
room 201, Judy Bittinger; room
106, Stratton Eldridge; room 204,
Hal Haskins, and Elwood Hartman;
room 309, Jane Lynch, Ruth Mc-
Cullock, and Jane McLennan; room
300, Jerry Mann, Dorothy Mattox,
and ‘Camille Merriman; room 1,
Thomas Myers, Jean Ogburn; room
7, James Spence; room 313, Joan
Weinstein, and Harriet Wells.
Calendar of Events
Tentative plans for most as
semblies for the spring semes
ter have been made. The ma
jority of these and other events
are listed below.
February 15—Girls’ Glee
Club in assembly
March 3—Sophomore As
sembly presented by * sopho
mores.
March 4—District music con
test.
March 15—Presentation of
candidates for school offices
March 21—PTA meeting
March 24—Band concert, 8
o’clock
March 29—Try-outs for the
Torchlight Talent Show
April 14—Orchestra assem
bly
April 18—PTA meeting
May 3—Awards Day
May 9—PTA picnic
May 10—Choir program
May 17—Installation of offi
cers.
All-State Orchestra Held January 20-22:
31GHS Members Participate tn Groups
Several members of the Greens
boro Senior High School orchestra
attended the All-State Orchestra
held in Winston-Salem from Thurs
day, January 21 throu’gh Saturday,
January 22.
Greensboro had 31 members se
lected for the orchestra, ten vio
linists, six violists, four cellists,
four string bassists, two trumpet,
and one flute, one oboe, one clari
net, one bassoon, and one trom
bone player. The complete orches
tra numbered 118 with students
from over the state entering.
Directors.for the event were Mr.
George Toenes, Mr. Ivor Brown,
Mr. Frits van de Steur, Miss Mar
garet Pritchett, and Mr. J. Kim
ball Harriman, director of the GHS
orchestra. All the concerts and
practices were held at Reynolds
Auditorium.
Several members of the orches
tra from Greensboro placed high
in the All-State group. Susan Leo
nard was assigned third seat in the
first violin section; Marcia Felt,
first chair in the viola section;
and Katherine Leonard, second
chair in the cello section.
On Friday afternoon the entire
orchestra presented a concert for
Reynolds High School, and that
night a banquet and a dance was
held for the members and direc
tors.
The final concert was held Sat
urday at 2:30.
Senior High’s Mr. Robert A.
Fredrickson was chairman of the
State Orchestra Directors Associa
tion and a member of the selec
tion committee.
Mr. Harriman stated, “We left
for home satisfied by a job well
done.”
The 31 members for the Senior
High orchestra were Laura Adams,
Rita Boggs, Lynn Boren, Angela
Butt, Anne Cole, Bob Cowan,
David Deskins, Marcia Felt, Helena
Frost, John Gardiner, Bob Grant,
Kay Kinsey, Katharine Leonard,
Susan Leonard, Lila Malone,
Louise Matthews, Max Miller, Dan
McConnell, Kay Overstreet, Lynn
Rankin, Sandra Rogers, Bill Sides,
Carolina Sikes, Tom Wagg, Ed
Wall, Janie Walters, Charles Ward,
Joan Weinstein, Helen White, Mar
tha Wilkins, and Martha Yates.
iaycees To Sponsor
World Peace Contest
Miss Mozelle Causey, speech di
rector at Senior High School, has
announced the World Peace Ora
tion Contest which is available to
all high school students sponsored
by the Jaycees.
A speech titled “The Role of the
United Nations in Building World
Peace” is the only requirement.
The entrant may memorize or
read his speech. He may use notes
if he prefers to recite.
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School Board Dedicates Gymnasium
Preceding Whirlie-Burlington Tilt
Greensboro Senior High’s new gymnasium, opened w'ith the
sixth annual North Carolina High School All-Star Basketball
Game last August 10, was officially dedicated Tuesday night,
February 8. The dedication program came as a preliminary to
the Whirlie-Burlington basketball game.
Mr. D. E. Hudgins, chairman of
Of Greensboro Youlh
There are two television pro
grams given once a week that are
dedicated entirely to the young
people of our city. “Youth Gives
Its Views” is seen and heard every
Tuesday afternoon at 5:15 p. m.
and “Teen-Age Traffic Quiz” is
heard every Friday afternoon at
5:15 p. m.
“Youth Gives Its Views” is spon
sored by the recreation depart
ment. It consists of a narrator and
a panel of two boys and two girls.
Questions are sent in by all TV
fans and are deposited in a gold
fish bowl. The narrator draws the
the school board; Mr. W. C. Rags
dale, chairman of the finance com
mittee of the county board of com
missioners; and Mr. Howard Hold-
erness, chairman of the school
board’s capital improvements com
mittee, participated in the dedica
tion ceremonies,
Mr. Benjamin L. Smith, superin
tendent of Greensboro City
Schools: Mr. A. P. Routh, Senior
High principal; and Mr. Bob Jam
ieson, Senior High athletic direc
tor and coach, were also partici
pants in the formal dedication.
In 1953 the $500,000 building
went into construction. The chron
ological history dates back as far
as 1953 with the construction of
the old boys’ gym. This supposed
ly temporary building costing only
$4,000 was to be retained for only
five years.
After 15 years, it lost its “tem
porary” title and became a perm
anent fixture on the campus. To-
questions from the bowl and the day, 22 years later, the temporary
panel attempts to answer them. ^ g.vm is going out of existence to
Mr. Oka Hester from the Greens- i make way for progress,
boro Recreation Department is the The modern spaciousness of the
narrator for this pragrom. ! new gymnasium, considered one of
“Teen-Age Traffic Quiz” is spon- | the finest in the South, adds much
sored by the Greensboro Police contrast to the old facilities.
Department. The program is on the
air every Friday evening. It con
sists of Chief Jeter Williamson
who acts as narrator and four pan
elists, two boys and two girls.
Questions are sent in by TV fans
all over the .state and are screen
ed by thief Williamson. The send
ers of those questions used on the
program are rewarded for their
interest and participation by a free
gift from one of the local mer
chants. The panelists are given
a free meal at one of the co-operat
ing restaurants and are treated by
the Carolina Theater with two free
passes for each panelist.
These programs give the young
people of our school and city a
chance to get on TV and prove
that teen-agers can give and are
giving intelligent answers to the
many questions discussed on these
programs.
The 14,'400 square feet of maple
floor with a total anticipated seat
ing capacity of more than 3.500
now serves as home court for the
local Whirlies. who have traveled
to Guilford College gym for their
home games during the past two
years.
This addition to the athletic de
partment not only serves as a draw
ing card for talent on the high
school level, but also is host to
games between the varsity squads
of the Carolina. Wake Forest, and '
Virginia basketball teams.
Already, the gym has served as
the meeting place for the North
Carolina Wrestling Clinic, loca
tion for the Navy Band Concert
sponsored by the GHS Band to
aid them in their trip to Chicago,
and will in the future be the site
for the N C. A. basketball con
ference.
Teachers Select Citizens
For Third Grade Period
Best citizens, elected by their classmates, are shown doing various that indicate g^
zenshiD The seniors. Bob Cowan and Margie Boren, are shown cleaning the schwl grounds. The
junior^ David Wible and Sarah Toenes, are washing the Wackboar^. Cai^le Memm^, sophomore,
is fixing the bulletin board. The sophomore boy, Jim Geiger, was absent from tiie picture.
Six GHS students representing_
each of the three classes have"
been announced as recipients of
the Citizenship Honor Roll for the
third six-week grading period.
Selected to this slate were Mar
gie Boren and Bob Cowan, seniors;
Sara Toenes and David Wible,
juniors; and Camille Merriman and
Jim Geiger, sophomores.
As senior girl representative
Margie Boren has been a Student
Council member during her, three
high school years and this year is
the social chairman of the Council.
Music occupies a large majority of
Margie’s time as she is a member
of the school orchestra. Her other
extra-curricular activities include
Future Teachers of America Club,
Allied Youth, Youth Center Coun
cil, DDT social club, and cheer
leading. A consistent honor roller
Margie attends the Muir’s Chapel
Methodist Church.
Traffic chief of GHS. Bob Cow
an, was selected as the Senior
Class’ best boy citizen. An active
member of the Student Council
Bob also is a Key Club, Torchlight,
and oand member. Bob is a regular
special honor roller and he attends
the West Market Street Methodist
Church.
One of GHS’s special honor roll
er’s Sara Toenes, was selected as
one of the junior representatives.
Sara is a member of the band and
Future Teachers of America Club.
A member of the Ebenezer Luth
eran Church, Sara also finds time
for membership in the SDC’s, a
newly formed social club.
The president of home room 15,
David Wible, has been chosen as
the best male citizen of the Junior
Class. David was a member of the
1954 champion football squad. He
spends a large amount of time
as a Sea Scout and a Key Clubber.
David is a member of the First
Presbyterian Church.
Camille Merriman adds to the
roll as a sophomore representative.
Program chairman of Y-Teens and
membership in the LSP social club
compose a lot of Camille’s outside
activities. She also is secretary
of her home room and is on the
committee now planning the sopho
more program. A special honor
roller, Camille is a member of
Allied Youth.
The' male member of the Sopho
more Class in the spotlight is Jim
Geiger. He was a member of the
JV’s football team. At present he
is in the DeMolay’s and treasurer
of his home room. Jim attends the
College Place Methodist Church.
Local Theatres Offer
Student Ticket Cards
Identification cards, which give
reduced rates to all shows, are
being issued by the Carolina, Cen
ter and National Theatres.
These cards are being issued to
students over 12 years of age In
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