r 11 L Page Two The Purpose of High Life Is To G et and preserve the history of our school. H old individuals together under high standards. S eparate the worthwhile from the irorthless and nromote the highest interest of stu dents, teachers, and school. Hit The Deck! A long, urgent bell, a sudden shuffling of feet and desks, a hurried walk towards the door, crouching by the lockers, and then a deafening silence. Those w’ords describe conditions in Senior High School at approximately 9:45 a. m., Wednesday, April 27, the date of the first Civil Defense drill at this high school. Behind the general good conduct that was exhibited during .the drill there was hard work, and a medal should be given to those who were able to make this student bodv reali7e the seriousness that lay behind that long bell. To the leaders of the pro gram go this paper’s congratulations and thanks. The drill was not a tremendous thing in itself, but it was a start toward the full preparedness that we should have. Too many people would rather ignore the shad ow in which we live, but today is not a time for blissful ignorance. It is reassuring to think that there are at least 1600 people are preparing themselves for the unknown, in Greensboro who have faced realitv and It is even more reassuring to know that there are leaders at school who will not let us slide along totally unable to face what someday might be grim reality. A Cloud Of Dust And A Hearty . . . H6igh-ho jalopy! There they go again—the little boys with the new toys! Yes. there are those silly little boys from Senior High enjoying their daily sport of Let’s Raise a Lot of Dust. It’s played like this: the little fellows wait impatiently in classes for three or four hours. Then a starting bell resounds and the competition is on. 'They scramble to their cars, step on the backfire distributor, and in a minute they’re invisible. It seems that approximately two minutes after that first bell, a veU of dust descends upon the boys; a few seconds later there is naught to be seen but some dusty little toy cars. The observers who have been quick enough to don their dust-preventing goggles in time for the game have stated that, “Little boys must play, but they should find a sport that is more considerate of their galleries. ’ HIGH LIFE Published Semi-Monthly by the Stnrlents of Greensboro Senior High School Greensboro. N. C. Pminaet* hv the Class of 1ft21 Revived by the Spring Journalism Class of 1937 High Life May G 1955 Entered as second-class matter March 30, 1940, at the post office at Greensboro, N. C., imder the Act of March 3. 1879. Editor-iU’Chief ..... Assistant Editors . Martha Ann Burnet Lynn Cochrane Donna 01 ver Business Manager .... Advertising Manager . Copy Editor - Feature Editor News Editor Boys’ Sports Editor Girls' Sports Editor ... Circulation Manager . Mary Louise Shaw Barbara Lindley Eugenia Hickerson Diane Schwartz Dick Robinson Jerry Farber Mary Jane Seawell Pat Frazier Exchange Editor Sylvia Williard Photographer Dan McConnell Rei>orters Joanne Bloom, Barbara Field, Nancy Johnson, Jim Martin, Virginia McKinney, Anne Pearce, Hugh Price, Wan da Slade, Ann Spence. Adviser Financiol Adviser - Miss Peggy Ann Joyner Mr. A. P. Routh CLUBLICITY By Anne Pearce DDT During 1955-56 Janie Walters will act as President of the DDT’s. Ann Roun tree has been chosen vice-president; Becky Walters, secretary; Caroline Sikes, treasurer; and Michael Gardner, social chairman. These officers were elected at the April 27 meeting. Les Soeurs Jackie Mabie has been elected presi dent of the Les Seeurs Club. Lisa Ander son was elected vice-president with Diana Harmon, treasurer; and Mary El len Sharpe, secretary. The “sisters” are making plans for their annual beach trip in August. WST Officers of the WST Club for next year were elected April 19. Lou Spence will serve the club as president with Helen Sharpe, vice-president; Patsy Ray, secertary; Sue Spence, treasurer; Bobbie Tice, devotion chairman; Betty Smith, publicity chairman; and Sydna Hall, pro ject chairman. BSC The BSC CIi:^ is planning a Planta- Party for May 6. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams will chaperon. The club is also planning a beach trip to Ocean Drive, South Carolina, the first week after school is out. GRAD GAB A Greensboro student at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, Constance Curry, has been aw^d- ed a Fulbright Scholarship for a year’s post graduate study in France. Constance, who graduated from Senior High in 1951, was recently elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity and is president of the college student government. She will attend the University of Bordeaux. David Wright, graduate of ’52, has been elected president of the senior class at Lenoir Rhyne Col lege for the 1955-56 school year. Robert Weinstein has been elect ed to a frat, he is a graduate of ’54. Eddie Robbins, a graduate of ’54 has been elected to a music fra ternity at Elon College. Helping with the Freshman dance was Anna Neese Huffine, graduate of 1954. Kenneth Cates, graduate of 1954 has arrived at the U. S. Naval Base at Yokosuak, Japan for duty with fleet activities. He is a seaman in the Navy. Alan Tuttle is in a language frat at Wake Forest. She is a graduate of 1954. Carol Stroud, graduating in 1951 has been elected Secretary-treas ure of her class at Wake Forest. Graduating from Kesslu Air Force Base, Bidox, Mississippi is Spencer Satterfield, graduate of ’54. William G. btewart, gi.:duate of 1954, is now serving in the Army and was stationed at Ft. Carson. Cuntil his transfer to the atomic testing grounds at Las Vegas, Ne vada. He has been in the army since June 1954. Marietta Allen, graduate of 1951, has just been given membership in the Omicron, Nu, National Hon or society for home economic stu dents. SIGNETS For their May project the girls are collecting small bottles with screw-tops which they will take to the Cerebral Palsy School. The instructors there will punch a small hole in the top of the bot tle for the children to stick their paint brushes through without spilling the paint. The Club is also discussing plans for next year. ESA Betty Adams has recently been chosen to head the ESA’s next year. To aid her in the-club’s leadership will be the fol lowing officers, Emma Garvin, vice-presi dent; Kay Kuykendall, secretary; Put- sy Dunn, treasurer and Randy Burnett club representative. Last Saturday the girls had a tea at the home of Randy Burnett for rising sophomores from the junior high schools. Well, now that the seniors are back from Washington, GHS is normal again and graduation is the next big thing on the schedule ... I won’t predict the weather, for'the last time I predicted sunshine, it snowed. “lover-boy” Younce walked up to a girl and said, “I’m writing a phone book and I’d like to include your number.” Just in case some of you sophomores are wondering about the glassy-stare in seniors’ eyes, it’s “graduationitus” . . . MERCIBEAUCOUP Here’s a couple of dillies to start this mess goin’. Dilly. Dilly. One last bit of humor (?)... Do you know why the little ghost was sad? Because he lost his “ghoul” friend. That’s all brother . . . see ya. No, it can’t be! No broken bottles in the parking lot! No debris, no junk, no general disorder! It is true, though. In ©nly one day our tires have felt the difference. These tires should send their grateful thanks along with their owner’s to the members of the Student Council. Rake and shovel in hand they attacked the parking lot and left it in a more parking shape. For mak ing that area of trees and holes a little safer all parkers of cars are thankfid- More thank you’s are in order. The May Day was a success, as usual, but this year it seems that more work than ever was put into it. It is not an easy job to get a group of students together to practice, practice, practice. Yet the advisers to the celebration of May Day achieved just that, and the work they must have put into it as clearly ex hibited. Being a teacher is a full time job, but when it comes to getting together a May Day it must seem time and a half. Belated as these thanks may be, we would still like to render them to all members of the Key Club. All too often clubs going under yie heading of service organizations slip into purely social ac tivities, but the Key Club has consistant- ly done things for the school other than throwing parties. In particular we are grateful for the large, framed copies of the honor code which were placed in each room by the Club. They should do much to keep us reminded of the importance of the code. Seriously (?) though, the news is out that Mr. Luttrell is manufacturing love potent in the chemistry lab and selling it to the faculty ... it really works doesn’t it? HAVE YOU NOTICED .... How slowly the weeks pass? That Lawrence McCranie is really a snow-man? How the juniors "show^jff” those new rings? Counsel From the Council Miss IVKms: “What’s a metaphor, “A place for cows to graze.” Margie Boren, chairman of the Senior Prom committee has announced that Jimmy Perkins’ Band has been engaged ♦n play at the dance, which is planned for May 27 from 9 to 12 o’clock in the Senior High Gymnasium. The Sun is hot The water’s cool Yet all of us Must slave in school. - (I honestly, don’t know what I’d do without these bits of poetic beauty.) We heard that Bob Covert had tough time keeping his class ring , . Pat was determined, wasn’t she . . . ? Claude Ward: “What happened to your hand?” Buddy Watkins: “I was down town get ting some cigarettes and some clumsy idiot stepped on my hand.” and then there’s the time that The i-heme of the prom will be “Now is the Hour” and a figure will be pre sented by the Senior Class officers, home room presidents, and council represen tatives. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are invited to attend. There has’ also been some mention of a Junior High Day this spring. The pur pose of this occasion would be to give the rising sophomores a chance to be come acquainted with Senior High School. Principals of the junior high schools are to be contacted and notified of the tentative date of May 24 or 25. May 6 is the date which has been set for installation of officers and dedica tions of the Honor Code plaques.