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High Life
October 7, 1955
TAe Purpose of High Life Is To
G et and preserve the history of our
school.
'old individuals together under
high standards.
"Separate the worthwhile from
) the worthless and promote
the highest interest of stu
dents, teachers, and school.
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We Face A Crisis In Disgusting Library Situation;
Who Is Guilty; And What CanBeDone About It?
It may seem like utter disregard for the consistently good
record of Senior High to make these facts public in a medium
which spans our state from Wilmington to Asheville; but much
more than a superficial reputation is at stake. We are confronted
by a disgusting problem, and one of its repercussions will un
doubtedly be a blemish on our list of achieve
ments in the eyes of the other schools. A
large number of books from our library have
been stolen by students. The number increases
each week.
Book theft is not uncommon in public
school libraries. The thieves are not found just
amo»g grade school students and the even
more predatory high school groups. There are
records of such incidents even on the college
level, among both graduates and undergrad
uates. All libraries have to cope with the
problem.
If this kind of activity on any level can be
called normal in the farthest stretches of the
imagination, then Greensboro’s problem is cer
tainly abnormal because of our exaggerated
loss. Four per cent of the 9,000 volumes on
the library shelves may as well have never
existed—they will never be seen again. This
alarming figure is considerably more than
that of last year. Comparable schools seldom
report such losses.
The damage is not necessarily to any in
dividual or to the school. We are the ones
suffering at the hands of a group which has
not and does not hesitate to disregard our
basic moral and ethical laws. When reference
work and book reports are due, the best
material will not be available. Most of the six
hundred dollars worth of stolen books will be
replaced, leaving little room in the library
budget for new volumes and revised additions.
There are, of course, books which cannot be
replaced.
The situation could deprive us of many
priviliges. Few colleges will tolerate losses of
this type. As a result they have evolved a plan
which makes “browsing” impossible. Every
book checked out from the library must be
called for individually and obtained from the
shelves by staff-workers. If such a plan be
comes necessary and is practicable at Senior,
our freedom of searching among the hun
dreds of books for the one most suitable for
individual tastes or needs will be lost. Even
worse would be the possibility of no outside
reading, allowing no one to take books out
of the library. Neither plan has been seriously
considered yet.
Who is guilty??? Someone has started a
home library.
There is a tray in the library full of cards
separated by protruding red markers. Each
red tag represents a stolen book. In the
titles and classifications of these volumes is
a key to the identity of these “greedy and per
verted enemies to education.”
A large group includes fiction on the Bel
gian Congo, science fiction, fantasy level.
Apparentlf some neurotic individuals are vi
cariously substituting tales of exploits and
adventure for their childish desires to get out
and play Tarzan or Flash Gordon. This may
sound unbelievable, but many of the apparent
ly coveted books were in this category. Anoth
er group embraces books dealing with voca
tions, social problems, and avocations such as
cooking and sewing. Perhaps these people who
took these books had a real need for the
knowledge they afford, but they certainly are
not normal people if they have to steal the
books to get them.
Surprisingly, the classification which is hard-'
est to keep in the library is any book dealing
with law or parliamentary procedure. There
absolutely is not a book on the shelf dealing
with automobiles—they have been stolen!
The variety of the list is endless, and at the
present rate so is the number. If the present
trend continues there will not be a volume
left in our library in 1980. This is making a
farce out of our Honor Code. Until the leaders
and other high-principled people in school dis
play some uncompromising indignation and
resentment, this flood of waste can be ex
pected to continue.
Counsel From The Council
"snCKi/ FINGERS
In Memoriam (1954-1955)
We have lost a friend, an integral part of our school. His
memory will live on though, and overtime a high school stu
dent “kills a fifth,” our friend will probably turn over in his
grave on Abstainence Hill. He was nobel and idealistic, but
never healthy. You could tell that his health was failing dur
ing those last few months. Many have pondered the aspects of
his infirmity. It is, of course, too late for this type of phil
osophizing. His contributions to the world were not particu
larly tangible; they were for a while, however, a strong moral
force. We need more people like him, but we may never find
another Allied Youth.
After the task of acquainting
sophomores with the vastness of
Senior High on orientation day,
council members met in various
steering committees and worked
out a tentative agenda for the year.
Almost -all of the traditional events
have been retained on the “must”
list, and several new plans have
been added.
Preparations for the third annual
homecoming game are well under
way with Wayne Giffin, senior as
representative chairman of the
group. The event is scheduled for
the home game with Reidsville.
A modified counterpart of last
year’s Honor Code Week is also
developing. Honor Code Day this
year will replace Career Day and
will retain many of its features
including a keynote ‘address, a
; long lunch hour and discussion
! groups.
j Heading the long list of custo-
! mary programs is the Midwinter’s
^ Dance. No plans have been formu
lated for this school wide function.
May Day seems to have become
an uncontested part of life at GHS.
This rite will be held in the spring
without the voting and discussion
which preceeded it in 1955.
The Senior Prom, considered a
complete success last year, will
also be held sometime during the
last days of school.
The general spring election,
which includes candidates from all
three classes, will naturally be a
job handled by the council.
Other suggestions which have
not been acted on were the possi
bilities of a point system and a
junior high school visitation day.
HIGH LIFE
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Greensboro S^ior High School
Greensboro, N. C.
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. Jerry Farher
By Judy Shallant
Congratulations to all the new
sophomore officers and council
members! We wish you loads of
luck and know you’ll do a great
job.
Isn’t it grand that the Syitt Club
cleaned up the parking lot? With
all those trees, stumps, and holes,
it certainly needed something done
to it. Thanks a million, boys for
cleaning up! Sorry the rain goofed
the works!
“A hundred and one.”
“What’s the world record?”
Coach Jamieson: What this team
needs is life!
Buddy (Cherokee) DeBruhl: Oh, no.
Coach. Thirty days is enough.
. Mary Jane SeaweH
Nancy Tuttle
Jane Perkins
Dan McConnell
Diana Harmon
Jane Lynch: Golly, my dates are
just pouring in.
Judy Schaffer: Yeah, so are mine
. . . drip by drip.
After many weeks of studying
exponents, a bright sophomore
raised his hand and asked Mrs.
Alton, “We have been on expon
ents for three weeks—when are
We going to begin “y-ponents?”
Bobby Johannesen: I can tell you
the score of the game tonight
before it starts.
Betty Kernodle: Oh, yeah? What
is it?
Bobby Jo: Nothing to nothing.
Jerry Mann
Judy Shallant, Paula Tuttle
Typist Kay Vaughn
Reporters. Anne Greeson, Jane P-arkins
Adviser Miss Peggy Ann Joyner
Financial Adviser Mr. A. P. Routh
The girls’ social clubs* have done
a nice job in making the front
hall more attractive by putting
flowers there.
And then there w^re the two
ink drops who were c^in’ because
their mother was in the pen and
they didn’t know how long the
sentence would be.
Larry Rogers, Whirlie halfback,
in bed with a cold was told that
he had a temperature. “How high
is it, Doctor?” Larry wanted to
know.
Mary: Let’s cut up!
Jasper Jones. Cut what?
See ya at tke game tonight—
GO WHIRLIES!
Clublicity
The RAINBOWS have elected
these girls as their officers for the
year: Mary Jane SeaweH, worthy
adviser; Carolyn Gibbs, worthy as
sociate adviser; Ann Poole, sister
of Charity; Dotty Sherill, sister of
Hope; Betty Rankin, sister of
Faith; Suzanne Martindale, drill
leader; Sylvia Willard, recorder;
and Margaret Soots, treasurer. The
formal installation of officers was
Wednesday, October 5, at 8 p. m.
The SIGNETS are making plans
for a hayride and a Plantation
Club party. The main subject for
discussion at the present time is
plans for their dance with the
BSC’S scheduled for November 12
j at the King Cotton Ballroom. Har
old Gale’s band will play for the
dance.
LES SOEURS met Wednesday,
September 21 at Jackie Mabie’s
home for their picture for WHIRL-
' IGIG. They also met September
29 at the home of Ann Davis.
The VENETTES have had their
initiation for new members. It be
gan with the traditional supper
meeting and the attending of the
first football game in “correct” at
tire. The slate of officers for this
year consists of Hilda Holt, presi
dent; Gordayne Egbert, vice-presi
dent; Betty McDaniel, secretary;
Betty Thorp, treasurer; and Sue
Kimel, social chairman.
The SLC’s have elected their
officers for this year. They eire
Marie Caldwell, president; Marcia
Felt, vice-president; Ann Deal,
secretary; Livie Doggett, treasurer;
and Angela Butt, publicity chair
man. The first meeting was at Carol
Barber’s home. Selling doughnuts
is one of their projects for this
year.
The BSC’S gave a tea for new
members and their mothers Sep
tember 25 at the Dolly Madison
Room. Their plans for November
include a dance with the Signets
at the King Cotton Ballroom. The
officers for this year are Peggy
Durham, president; Elaine Kithas,
vice-president; Jane Gravely, sec
retary; and Petitesa Klenos, treas
urer. '