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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
Beat High Point! \
VOLUME XXXII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOV. 4, 1955
NUMBER 4
Torchiight, HHS, Taps
Many New Members
In Annual Ceremony
In the darkened auditorium and
to the background of Ave Maria,
14 seniors were tapped for mem
bership in Torchlight, Senior’s
chapter of the National Honor So
ciety on November 1.
The students inducted into the
society at the November 1 cere
mony were Michael Gardner, Betty
Adams, Zade Turner, Dick Robin
son, Diana Harmon, Bose Ravenel,
Barbara Jessup, Robert Hewett,
Louise McGee, Eve Purdom, Ed
mund Schenck, Bob Herford, Dan
McConnell, and Julia McNairy.
The new members were chosen
on the basis of service, character,
leadership, and scholarship. Each
of the five present members pre
sented these qualities to the stu
dent body and pointed out the im
portance of having all four.
John Gardner delivered the ideas
of scholarship; Janie Walters,
leadership; Gail Kirkman, service;
and Leon Boggs, character. Lisa
Anderson, the organization’s presi
dent, presided over the “tapping.”
In her speech, she stated that such
a personality as Torchlight strives
to mold is never perfectly achieved,
but is a growing concept.
The ceremony was preceded by
a devotional given by Jane Lynch.
Her topic dealt with one of the
phases of Torchlight qualifications
—character.
(Continued on Page Five)
O'Brien President of State Council
Hazelman Conducts Band’
At Year's First Concert
Greensboro Senior High’s Con
cert Band, conducted by Herbert
L, Hazelman, presented a concert
yesterday in the Senior High audi
torium.
Edwin ranko Goldman, conduc
tor of the Goldman Band of
New York City, was the guest
conductor for the occasion,
and James C. Harper of Lenoir,
who is the president of the Ameri
can Bandmasters Association, was
the honored guest.
The concert, which lasted ap
proximately one hour and fifteen
minutes, included “Choral and
Alleluia” by Hariman, “Pageant”
by Perchette, “Finlaudia” by Sibe
lius, and “Come Sweet Death” by
Bach. Mr. Goldman conducted the
band when they played “Illinois,”
“On The Wall,” and “Anniversary
March.”
All members of the North Caro,
lina Bandmasters Association at
tended the concert as well as all
those who had bought tickets and
the guests of those people.
The band had been practicing
for the concert since the first of
September. Their plans for the fu
ture include concerts in January,
February, and March, plus per
formances during assembly pro
grams.
Senior Class Members Far AKead
With 34 Special Honor Roll Pupils
Thirty-four seniors, 19 juniors,
and 12 sophomores made special
honor roll for the first grading
period ending October 17.
The requirements needed to at
tain special honor roll are not less
than an A- in conduct and a 95
average in all grades.
Seniors from home room 6 mak
ing special are Betty Adams, Lisa
Anderson, Linda Barham, Jeanne
Battle, and Reggie Bell. David
Bescherer and Angela Butt, home
room 201B; Shelba Creed, Jerry
Danford and Ann Deal, achieved
special from hoome room 201A,
Gracie Duncaii from the band
room, and Eddie Gibbs from room
2.
Senior Class
Seniors representing room 2 are
Emma Garvin and Phyllis Glynn;
while Diana Harmon, Jackie Hen
drix, Howard Hinshaw, and Hilda
Holt represent room 11. Ruby
Hough and Jerrie Kersey are the
students making special honor roll
from home room 24; with Kay
Kuykendall and Louise McGee rep
resenting room 25.
Specials from room 21 are Mary
Ann McNeeley and Beverly Mit
chell. In room 311, Eve Purdom,
Patsy Ray, and Dick Robinson.
Room 304 has as its representatives
Betty Sapp, Diane Schwartz, and
Jeanette Sigmon, while those from
room 203B include Toby Stanley,
Vickie Stewart, and Beth Stout.
Also making special honor roll
are Sara Toenes, room 302, and
Betty Lou Wills, room 15.
Junior Class
The juniors had 19 students mak
ing special honor roll.
Elizabeth Antrim, room 102;
Larry Brown and Ann Butler, room
202; David Craig and James Ebert,
room 106; Stratton Eldridge, Hen
ry Flynt, and Libby Garvin, room
307, and Elwood Hartman from
room 204.
Tom Hudgins, room 4, had a 95
average while Mary Katsikas, room
13, and Jane Lynch, Ruth McCul
loch, Jane CcLellan, and Jerry
Mann, room 303, also made it.
Jean Ogburn, room 1, Margie
Rose, room 306, James Spence,
room 3, and Kay Weston, room
103, conclude the list of juniors
making special honor roll.
The sophomores making the
special honor roll are from room
23, Ann Bolding; Susan De-
veny and Peggy Earle, room 101;
Nancy Hewett, room 20; Meyressa
Hughes and Robert Johnson, room
301, and Caroljm Patieshall and
Barbara Phillips, from room 27.
Other sophomores in the list are
Ellen Rankin, room 305; Harry
Smith, room 309; Carol Weitzel,
room 22, and Wallace Williams
from room 16.
Bill O’Brien, president of the Junior Class at Senior High,
was elected president of the North Carolina Student Council
Congress at the organization’s annual convention held this
year in Rocky Mount on October 23-25.
Bill, one of the three official delegates from Greensboro,
was elected from among the state representatives of high
school and junior high school councils during the closing ses
sion on Tuesday. Houston Groome and Bob Herford,
president and vice-president respectively, of the student body,
were the other Greensboro delegats who supportd Bill in the
nomination and flection.
40 Members Gf D. E.
Attend District Meet
Tuesday, October 25, 40 mem
bers of the GHS Distributive Edu- j selected from the student body at
> The session, presided over by
this year’s president Maurice Weis-
ner from Durham High School,
chose Ralph Holthouser from Char
lotte Central as its vice-president
and Nancy Rosenthal, of Shelby,
secretary. The treasurer will be
cation classes attended the Central
District Convention in Asheboro,
North Carolina, where Jimmy Sat
terfield of Burlington, president;
Junior Scott of Tri-City, vice-pres
ident; Calvin Anderson of Rock
ingham, associate president; Caro
lyn Wofford of High Point, secre
tary-treasurer; and Faye Myers of
High Point, editor promotion man
ager, were elected to serve as
this year’s officers.
Betty Ray Stanford, senior, won
first place in the job application
contest, while in the speech con
test Betty Simmons, senior, placed
second in the honors. Both are
from Senior High.
Mrs. Margaret Hadden, D.E. co
ordinator, accompanied the repret
sentatives from Senior to the meet
ing by way of chartered bus.
The morning session began at
9:45 a. m. and lasted until 11 a.
m. The group was conducted on a
field trip to the General Electric
Blanket Plant. The afternoon ses
sion lasted from 1:45 p. m. until
3:30 p. m.
Other clubs attending from the
Central District were Asheboro,
Bessemer, Burlington, Elkin,
Greensboro, Griffith, High Point,
Lexington, Pleasant Garden, Rock
ingham, Salisbury, Thomasville and
Tri-City.
Attending the affair were 225
New Hanover High School, next
year’s convention site.
The GHS group, accompanied by
Mrs. Kathryn McEntire, D.O. co
ordinator at GHS, reached Rocky
Mount on Sunday night in time
for the “get-acquainted” session.
The chronological list of events
began Monday morning with a key
note address followed by panel
discussions based on Student Coun
cil problems. The topics ranged
from financial to behavior prob
lem*.
Political activity began on Mon
day afternoon with a nominating
session. This phase of the conven
tion was organized by vice-presi
dent Harold O’Toole from the
Goldsboro High School. A banquet
on Monday night was followed by
an informal dance.
After the final assembly on Tues
day morning, delegates voted on
the slate of nominees. Results were
announced on Tuesday at noon.
Delegates stayed in Rocky Mount
residences for the three nights of
the convention. The meetings were
held at the newly constructed
Rocky Mount High School.
members from the Central District.
Mrs. Hadden commented on the
trip by saying. Our D.E. members
had a nice time, and the other
D.E. clubs were very hospitable to
Citizenship Honor Roll Students Chosen
BURWELL
HOLDERNESS
CRAIG
GARVIN
BOGGS
KIRKMAN
Representatives for the citizen
ship honor roll recently have been
chosen from the three classes at
Senior High School by the faculty
and student body.
The senior representatives are
Gail Kirkman and Leon Boggs;
juniors, Libby Garvin and David
Craig; and sophomores, Sandra
Holderness and John Burwell.
Serving as corresponding secre
tary of Torchlight, Gail is also a
Student Council representative for
the Senior Class. She reigned as
Homecoming Queen over the home
coming festivities and was select
ed as the most popular senior girl.
She is a gold star wearer and out
side school is a member of the
Mariner Scout Ship Davy Jones.
This year, Leon is president of
the choir, one of the Queen’s Men
and also is a Student Council rep.
resentative for the Senior Class.
He is a member of Torchlight and
is a gold star wearer. Outside
school, Leon is a member of the
Key Club, Leaders’ Club, and Hi-
Y and belongs to the Guilford Park
Presbyterian Church.
With ‘activities in and out of
school, Libby is vice-president of
her home room, secretary-treasurer
of the girls’ chorus, and a junior
marshall. She is a member of the
M. S. S. Davy Jones, attends West
Market Street Methodist Church,
and is a silver star wearer.
• Presiding over JCL is only one
of David’s activities. He is also
president of his home room and
on the band council. He is a mem
ber of the Key Club and the Lead
ers’ Club, and is a member of the
Church of the Covenant. He is a
silver star wearer.
Being a member of the swim
ming team, John also belongs to
the Key Club, the Sea Scouts, and
is a member of the West Market
Street Methodist Church. He has
made honor roll for the first 6
weeks period.
Acting as devotional chairman in
her home room, Sandra is a student
council representative for the
Sophomore Class. She has made
honor roll for the first six weeks
period. The First Presbyterian
Church claims her membership.
Each home room selects a boy
and a girl ond from this list, the
teachers select a boy and a girl
to represent each dass. To be
eligible, a student must not have
a grade lower than B- on .conduct
and no failing grades. These six
students were presented with a
silver citizenship honor roll pin
to be worn during the next 6 weeks.
BILL O’BRIEN
Luck of the Irish
Assembly Introduces
GHS Males To Army
In an all-male assembly on Tues-
day,October 25, the reserve train
ing programs of three branches of
the armed services were intro
duced to the students who are el
igible or will soon be eligible for
the programs.
Representatives from the Greens
boro recruiting offices of the
United States Army, Navy, and
Marine Corps explained briefly the
various systems which have been
enacted.
Commander Brown of the Navy,
acting as moderator, reviewed the
entire reserve program and dis
cussed the NROTC scholarships
which are available. The Army
representative Major Holland, out
lined two reserve programs. The
first included two years active
duty, three years active reserve,
and one year “stand-by” reserve,
in which an individual would be
subject to indirect call.
The second program involved only
active reserve status for the six-
year period with the reservist sub
ject to active duty at any time
during the period. Captain Turner
of the Marine Corps described a
third plan available to the 17-18;^
year-old age group. It included
only six months of active duty
with a corresponding increase of
two years active reserve.
In listing the advantages of the
voluntary reserve program. Com
mander Brown mentioned first,
opportunity to choose branch of
service; second, little or no inter
ference with high school educa
tion; and third, accumulation of
three years of drill time.
Yearbook Sales Begin
For 1955-56 Whirligig
Last week, Monday, October 31
through Thursday, November 3,
the 1956 WHIRLIGIG, Senior High
School’s yearbook, was on sale to
the students and faculty. The price
for the annual was $4.50. Next
semester the yearbook will also
be on sale, but the price will be
increased to $5.
Last year, approximately 125a
copies of the book were sold.
WHIRLIGIG staff members expect
that number to be exceeded this
year. Last year the WHIRLIGIG
cost $10,500 to be printed. For the
past five years, WHIRLIGIG has
won an ‘All-American” rating for
excellence and is one of only six
schools of comparable size in the
United States to win this award.
The adviser for the yearbook is;
Miss Virginia Powell.