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High Life
February 11, 1955
Don’t §uit Js[ow!
A recent display of fondness for mem
bers of Senior High’s athletic coaching
staff to the tune of half a dozen tele
vision sets and a 1955 Dodge station
wagon raises some questions in our
minds. There is not a more deserving
group of gentlemen in the state as HIGH
LIFE has pointed out before. We are
glad to see the citizens of Greensboro
finally adopting the attitude which most
students have fostered since their sopho
more days. The 1954 football season was
a complete success—a fact attested by
all the populars of Greensboro and we
dare say isy various and sundry other
communities situated “right close to the
home town of Greensboro Whirlies.”
When the locals started winning, the
crowds swelled, the local following grew,
the press and radio took up the clamor,
and everything was culminated at the
season’s end by awards banquets, and
etc.
Here is where we take issue with the
band wagoners, the clear weather friends
—more specifically, the Greensboro
sports “fans,” both citizens and students
who break out the “blue and white ban
ner” for the winning coaches and teams
and even contribute to the afore men
tioned gifts only to desert a slightly
less illustrious basketball, baseball, or
wrestling squad. There are even those
with such short memories or rather
narrow minds that the recent coaching
success combined with team effort will
be shoved to the farthest recesses of
their minds and at the first loss they
will begin asking, “What’s wrong with
the Greensboro coaches? Don’t those
boys ever win?”
Enthusiastic support, after all, is vast-
contributive to the final outcome of al
most any athletic contest. The psycholog
ical effect of a packed gymnasium and
the volleys of sometimes organized but
more often spontaneous cheering from
fellow students and home folks is unbe
lievable. The feeling it promotes is not
particularly tangible, but ask any letter-
man whether or not it makes a differ
ence. Look what it did for the gridders!
Greensboro’s school spirit in this respect
needs to he rejuvenated.
Bouquets
Praise is a very nice thing to hand
out, and often it seems there are too
few opportunities to give it deservedly.
HIGH LIFE, however, happily feels that
right now is the time for a little well-
earned praise.
The annual Mid-winter’s Dance was, as
anyone who attended can testify, a
complete success—well-planned, well-
run, and just a good, all-around dance.
The Student Council committee headed
by Margie Boren deserves our hearty
HIGH LIFE
Published Semi-Monthly by the Students of
Greensboro Senior High School
Greensboro, N. C.
intiiwationa6
Founded bv the Class
of 1921
Revived by tbe Spring
Journolism Class
of 19S7
Entered as second-class matter March 30,
1940, at the post othce at Greensboro, N. C.,
under the Act of March 3. 1879,
Editor-in-Chief Martha Ann Burnet
Assistant Editors Lynn Cochrane
. Donna Oliver
Business Manager Mary Louise Shaw
Advertising Manager Barbara Lindley
Copy Editor Eugenia Hickerson
Feature Editor Diane Schwartz
News Editor Dick Robinson
Boys’ Sports Editor Jerry Farber
Girls’ Sports Editor Alma. Ruth O’Briant
Exchange Editor"' Mary Jane Seawell
Reporters Nancy Johnson, Barbara Fjeld"
Virginia McKinney, Joanne Bloom, Ann
Spence. Sylvia Willard, Wanda Slade, Anne
Pearce, Josie Ward, Hugh Price.
Adviser - Miss Peggy Ann Joyner
•' tnancial Adviser Mr. A. P. Routh
congratulations. Margie and her co
horts did not have an easy job. With
no Youth Center, a suitable place
had to be found. The weather and
elements combined to do everything
in their power to put a monkey
wrench in the affairs, and the in
terior of the girls’ gym presented
rather awe inspiring problems
when envisioning it in the light of a
“Stardust” theme. An observer at
the dance, however, could never
have guessed any of the problems,
for it appeared to be an effortless
success. Because it did succeed so
well, it might he very easy to just
accept the entertainment. We feel
the students should be reminded it
took weeks of planning and work
by Margie and the Council to pro
duce just such a success. It’s not
too late to say “Thanks,” for a job
so well done.
Letter To The Editor
DEAR EDITOR:
P. S.: Those members of the
choir who entertained during in
termission deserve plenty in the
bouquet department!
Hall Tales
Hello there . . .
FLASH . . . there won’t be any more
cold weather ... the groundho.g didn’t
see his shadow . . . dum de dum dum . . .
somebody stole it.
Well, it will soon be time for ole
cupid to be roving around again ’cause
Valentine’s Day ain’t far away. Believe
me, it seems like a lot of GHS’ers think
everyday is Valentine’s Day with all
these marriages taking place. The big
Question used to be “Who did you date
this weekend?” Now it’s “Who did you
marry?”
I’m just kidding folks . . . Gosh, Miss
Brown, maybe it’s catching . . .
PAT HALEY: “Do you know what the
big octopus said to the little octopus?”
MARY ELLEN SHARPE: “No, what?”
PAT: “One of these days, pow, pow,
pow, pow, pow, . . . right in the kisser.”
Since Saint Patrick’s Day is right
around. the corner . . . we’ll give a
preview of those, crazy mixed-up valen
tines . . .
I’m just a lone wolf
Who’s howling for you.
Life would be purr-feet
If you’d be my Kat’s Mee-ow.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Your sister I’ll take
If I can’t have you.
That’s the limit
See ya!
’Pinion Poll
May Day has been a tradition for
nearly as long as anyone at GHS can
remember. The Student Council has
been discussing whether or not we
should continue this annual event. Those
opposing this festival believe that the
tremendous amount of time and money
spent in preparation is wasted. These
are some ^of the varied opinions:
If the GHS May Day is eliminated,
there will be a lot of disappointed people
when spring rolls around. I feel that
not only do the students enjoy this
festivity, but also the citizens of Greens
boro. Of course, doing away with May
Day would make the Senior Proni more
spectacular but there would not be the
annual spring event everyone looks for
ward to.
JOANNE ELLINGTON
The fact is, that just a few of the
students, not participating, attend May
Day,,and the people who come to watch
are younger children, who are brought
for a change in regular baby-sitting. It
really doesn’t appeal to the majority
of the high school students as far as I
can sjee.
I agree with the solution of having
the May Court appear at the Prom. If
possible, I think it would be a good
idea to keep the results secret until the
night, of the Prom. The element of
secrecy would draw more student.s to
the Senior Prom and raise their interest.
TOM TOLAR
standing by this old jalopy Coach Bob Jamieson is dreaming of a new
’55 Dodge station wagon. The citizens of Greensboro presented it to. him
for his outstanding coaching of the football team.
I would like to continue having the
traditional May Day. I realize that there
is a lot of conflict connected with this
blit I tniely believe that something that
is as beautiful as our May Day is worth
working for. I believe that this May
Day has become, not only a school af
fair, but something to which the whole
city of Greensboro looks forward. I
think that all of the students will agree
with me that the May Day is one of the
most beautiful things of our school year
and I hope the students will get behind
it and support it because “A thing of
beauty is forever.”
ZADE TURNER
The student body of GHS, or the ma
jority of it, should go back to elementary
school. There they could learn some
manners. Certainly, if the audience to
“MEN ARE LIKE STREETCARS” is
any measuring stick, they need some.
Some twelve hundred people saw the
play on the first of this month; and of
those twelve hundred students, three-
fourths were either talking loudly
throughout the play or injecting cute
remarks into it. The other one-fourth
sat quietly through the play, then got'
up and tromped, pushed, and in general,
acted like savages to get out when it
was over. This minority didn’t wait
for a curtain call by the cast or any
thing like that. That would be too
civilized!
To the students that talked during
the play: go home and do homework and
use the telephone to make dates, but
shut up so the ones that do want to
enjoy the performance can.
To the students' who injected cute
remarks into the script from the audi
ence: until you can write a complete
p’ay, shut up; the cast’s script was fun
nier than your childish remarks.
To the whole student body: “We’re
adult young people of today’s world;
show us some consideration and treat
us like grown-ups,” you say; then you
can’t understand why the real > adults
of this world say, “I think these reckless
teen-agers are still too young to accept
responsibility and act their age.” The
students of GHS act their age all right:
not 15, 16, or 17 (which are the chrono
logical ages), but 9 or 10 (their mental
age). The play, the chapel programs,
Careers Day, and the like are privileges,
not rights.
BILL HOLDERNESS
Why not combine May Day with the
annual Senior Prom? People who are
connected with planning May Day know
how hard it is to get participants other
than members of the court. Also, GHS
is the only school in the state which
has retained this program.
SHELLY MORGENSTERN
I think that Senior High School should
continue to have a May Day on the
front lawn of the school. Through the
years. May Day has become a part of
our school life, and I think we would
find something lacking if we did not
have a May Day this year. Our May
Day concerns not only us, but many
interested citizens of Greensboro who
come to the May Day program every
year. Nothing can take the place of May
Day, and regardless of what compli
cations may arise, I think we should
have the same type of May Day that
we have had in the past.
ALAN PULTZ
MICHAEL GARDNER was booked on
a 543167770-B—stealing the show . . .
dum de dum dum.
Speaking of romance, valentines, and
all that stuff, we hear Marilyn is no
longer Frye but Swinson (Wonder who
she married?) and that Joyce is no
longer Cummings but Hester . . . Con
gratulations ...
TERRY KING is the answer to the
Horror Movies prayer, with that laugh
(and I use the term loosely).
Say, that sure is a slick car SALLY
DURHAM is cruising around in these
days!
Mercy, if you think you’ve got troubles
listen to this ... A student in Miss
Louise Smith’s English 7 class reported
that Hamlet was Chaucer’s greatest work.
Since I have worked on the May Day
program for six years, I am concerned
as to the future of the program. Here
are the facts as I see them. First, it
is extremely hard to find students who
are willing to take part in the program.
How many of you will stay after school
or come to school at eight in the morn
ing to practice the various dances and
activities to be presented in the pro
gram? In the past years, we have had
to beg and even threaten students to
get them to be in the program. To me,
this is a very unpleasant situation.
Secondly, the May Day activities are
not an outgrowth of any school program
on our campus. Any school activity
should be an outgrowth of the class
room work in order to hold its place
in the school program.
All of us agree that our May Day
program is very beautiful but very ex
pensive for the parents of the students
who are represented in the May Court.
As I see it, the purpose in having a
May Day program is to present to the
students and the public the most beau
tiful girls at Senior High School. If we
want a May Queen and a May Court,
why not elect these girls at the first
of the school year? When various things
. come up during the year that call for
beautiful girls to represent Senior High
School, let these girls, whom you have
chosen, represent you. As the year
draws to a close, these girls with their
escorts can be presented to the student
body, faculty, and parents as the “figure”
during the Junior-Senior Dance or at
a May dance. In this way we will have
mlfilled the purpose of the May Day
program and our May Court will be
able to represent us on more occasions.
MARGIE GABRIEL