Page Two
High Life
March 8, 1955
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The presiding officer’s relentless gavel
wrenched the audience temporarily to com
posure as an avalanche of shredded paper
cascaded onto the lower floor from the
balcony; outlandish signs and banners
floated above the sea effaces while dele
gates, expounded the virtures of their can
didates; the gavel reiterated its demand
for quiet and the roll call was resumed.
What’s it all about?
We, the most privileged student body
in North Carolina, have just exercised
another of the rights encountered democ
racy—the convention, nomination and se
cret ballot election of the candidates of
our choice.
“Well, so what?” cries Complacent Stu
dent. “That’s over and let’s forget it.”
Forget about it—and that is exactly
what a lot of people have already done or
are in the process of doing. But now, after
selecting our leaders, we are confronted by
another right, or rather obligation. We owe
these leaders our support.
What constitutes leadership?
In a totalitarian, communistic, or any
other despotic state, fear and unchallenged
power are leadership.
Then, of course, there is the socialistic
government with its “welfare "State” atmos
phere and a leadership which tends to strip
the individual of his initiative.
Certain religion factions, some with dic
tatorial power, provide a leadership which
controls their followers’ minds and hinders
to a great extent any type of beneficial
progress.
What constitutes leadership in a democ
racy?
There are a number of considerations.
Most important though is the fact that dem
ocratic leadership is the American people;
it is the everyday man and administers to
his needs; it is the sounding board of every-
everybody’s interest. Its every existence
depends on the support of the people.
What constitutes leadership at Senior
High School?
We do have leaders here, you know. It
may come as a shock to some of you to
learn that we have an active student council
and ambitious, progressive class officers.
There are accomplishments for which on
ly these groups can take credit. There are
also people at GHS who limit their political
activity to getting a sore throat at the an
nual convention—people who never give
the elected officers a second thought. These
are the individuals who are capable of
making democratic leadership a mockery.
To flourish and bear fruit, leadership must
have the support and enthusiasm of every
one.
Lend your support to your leaders for a
better school.
HIGH LIFE
Published Semi-Monthly by the Students of
Greensboro Senior High School
Greensboro. N. C.
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under the Act of March 3. 1870.
LEND YOyR SUPPORT FOR A BETTER SCHOOL
High Life Salutes Tou
Many students and organizations
of GHS deserve a hearty pat-on-the
back for bringing much recognition
and many honors to the city of
Greensboro and Greensboro Senior
High School. The members of the
Concert Band and orchestra should
Hall Tales
receive special notice for their good
will tours to Chicago and Boone,
and the New Orleans trip made by
the choir. The participants on the
Whirlie football, basketball, base
ball, and swimming teams should
all take a bow for showing fine
sportsmanship and a fine record.
Coaches and instructors should also
be recognized for a job well done.
The Key Club should be given a
snecial salute for the publication of
the school directory. The traffic
squad has done an excellent job
this year in directing the students
to their destination and keeping
the between-period-traffic running
smoothly.
Buttons and Bows
Editor-in-Chief Jim Martin
.Assistant Editors Donna Oliver
Diane Schwartz
Managing Editor Dick Robinson
Business Manager Mary Lou Hutton
Advertising Manager Ginger Bass
Copy Editor Mary Wheeler
Boys’ Sports Editor » - Jerry Farber
Girls’ Sports Editor Mary Jane Seawell
Circulation Manager - Nancy Tuttle
Exchange Editor ' Sylvia Willard
• Photographer Dan McConnell
Proofreaders Betty Adams
Anne Greeson, Shirley Dowd
Reporters Anne Harris, Sylvia Kimbro,
Janice Lamb, Jane Markowitz, Suzanne
Martindale, Susan McGlammery, Jane
Parkins, Noretta Pearman, Serena Politis,
Clara Roberts, Faye Watson, Doris Boyd,
Joanne Ellington, Joanne Bloome, and
Nancy Johnson.
Adviser Miss Peggy Ann Joyner
Financial Adviser — Mr. A. P. Routh
Posters, posters, posters! GHS
was really decked out like a fair
during the past week with all of its
electional devices. The campaigning
managers for the various candidates
did a terrific job in helping to make
the election of school officers a big
occasion.
By looking at the posters, one could
tell that some were done very hur
riedly while "others required much
time and effort which resulted in
something almost professional.
Many were very artistic and origi
nal. High Life feels that the Art De
partment of the school should re
ceive seme of the credit for its part
in the excellent guidance of the
amateur artists. Senior High saw a
successful campaign this year, and
one of the main factors was the
artistic signs, posters, and cards
that were distributed over the cam
pus by the candidates and campaign
managers.
’Pinion Poll
CLUBLICITY
By Nancy Tuttl®
Les Soenre
The sisters and the GWI’s are having
a dance April 16 at Sedgefield Inn, at
which Bennett Simpson and his or
chestra will play. The members are also
planning a beach trio.
WST
For their Easter project, the girLs
are taking a box of canned foods to an
unfortunate family with an Easter basket
for each child in the family. The group
had a hayride April 2.
DDT
The girls are planning a beach trip
to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina the
last week in July.
G-30
A hayride and a weekend beach trip
are being planned for May. Another
beach trip is planned for a week in late
July when Mr. Jack Luttrell, adviser
to the club, will chaperone.
Signets ^
The Signets are inviting outside guests
to their dance, April 22, which will take
place at the Elks Club. The sophomore
dance band will play. Dottie Sherrill
is in charge of making the invitations,
the girls are also making Easter baskets
for underprivileged children.
ESA
The girls are selling doughnuts to
raise money. They will spend the week
end at Wrightsville Beach in May in
the Burnet’s cottage.
Their adviser, will chaperone.
SLC
The members are pranning a beach
trip for ten days after school is out.
Ocean Drive is their choice, with Miss
Flo Bynum, the adviser, chaperoning.
Rainbows
The girls are having a public dinner
and bazaar to raise money for a beach
trip and camp fund. Articles for the
bazaar were' made by the members. They
are going to go to the Grand Assembly,
after which they are planning a beach
trip.
LSP
To help the cancer fund, the members
of this club are asking for contributions
in the Carolina, National and Center
Theaters each night for a week in April.
Mariners
BY JANICE LAMB
Well, hello you beautiful dolls and
handsome guys!
. Is the Easter bunny gonna’ be good
to ya? Sure hope so.
Hey, I overheard a couple of seniors
talking about a few of GHS’s favorite
movies. Some of them were
“Elephant Walk”—the pathways to
lunch.
“The High and The Mighty”—seniors.
“I’ll See You In My Dreams”—those
straight A’s on your report card.
“The Long Wait”—’til June.
“Battle Cry”—when the bell rings at
3:30.
You brains around here get out your
paper and pencil. I’m gonna’ ask you
some questions^
Have you ever wondered if:
1. Doug White will ever buy anything
except a Ford?
2. Kat Satterfield’s hair is natural?
3. The sophomore band will be a sec
ond Harry James with Ed Wall
leading?
By the way, the next time you try
going through the parking lot, you bet
ter put on a good suit of armor. With
all that paper flying around someone
just might be injured.
Geeall these posters hanging around
in the halls made GHS look like a
carnival. Anyone coming through would
have known it was election time. No
joke, kids, you did a swell job of sup
porting your candidates.
Daffynitions:
Friend: A man who will eventually
borrow money.
Russia: Where a guy can talk his
head off.
Synonym: The word you use in place
of the one you can’t spell.
Naturalist: A guy who throws sevens.
Scrip
Tease
Since a new staff will be taking over
next year and because this is the ex
perimental issue, the staff thought this
would be a good time for suggestions
on improving HIGH LIFE. When asked
what they thought should be added or
detracted to improve the paper, these
are the suggestions that some of the
students made.
The following theme is one of the con
tributions which members of Miss Maude
Carter’s English 6 classes turned in to
this column.
Memoirs of a Safety Pin
As I view my past, I realize that mine
has been a hazardous and eventful exist
ence. I have become aware of the fact
that those who depended on my services
also led a precarious life. You can
imagine the state of confusion in which
I always seemed to find myself, for my
job consisted of holding some things
up but hplding other things down. Per
haps you can appreciate and forgive
what appeared to be negligence on my
part, as occasionally the articles which
normally should remain down would go
up and those which normally should
remain up would go down.
I have caused many embarrassing and
painful moments during an average
working day, though I cannot be blamed
for all of them. I shall never forget
the time that I was carelessly left open
and then dropped into a chair. Being
unable to remove myself, what could
I do when I suddenly realized that a
poor, unsuspecting victim was about
to encountef an unhappy and painful
experience?
Then there was the time that a very
precise little lady was cheerfully hurry
ing down the street with an arm load
of bundles. The strain was too great
for my already weakened condition, and
my back gave way. Was I really to be
blamed for the distressing predicament
in which she found herself? Although
I possess many faults, the world could
never' get along smoothly and conven
iently without the aid of a safety pin.
Perhaps you are wondering why I am
speaking of the past. Well, I have just
retired after many faithful years of
maintaining the good standing of my
fellow safety pins by supporting my
duties. I did not actually retire, for I
was very well suited. I am merely suf
fering from a strained back and weaken
ed joints, but I am very proud to an
nounce that I plan to resume my pointed
efforts very shortly.
Hilda Holt
I think HIGH LIFE is very interesting
and informative, and I think it contains
many fine articles. But, I don’t think
it puts enough emphasis on sports!
Tommy Nance
I think the HIGH LIFE staff does a
very nice job in putting out our school
paper. I Particularly enjoy the articles
that make the paper more personal such
as “Hall Tales” afid “’Pinion Poll.” I
think we should have more articles writ
ten especially about students; I particu
larly liked th^ one in the October first
issue—“Senior Students Relate Embar
rassing Incidents ”
Lou Spence