HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME. XXXII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOV. 18, 1955
NUMBER 5
(. W. Phillips Spedks Thanksgiving Holidays
To StudenISr Faculty^
On 'Operalion Honor'
“Operaion Honor” was the theme
for the assembly program present
ed to the student body, Friday, No
vember 11.
Bill O’Brien, Junior Class presi
dent, awarde-d the citizenship pins
for the first six weeks period.
Those students receiving the pins
were Gail Kirkman and Leon
Boggs, seniors; Libby Garvin and
David Craig, juniors; and Sandra
Holdemess and John Burwell,
sophomores.
Scholarship chairman, Zade Tur
ner, presented the plaques to. the
winning home rooms. Receiving the
senior plaque was Mrs. Gambles’
home room with an average of
87.23, w;hile Miss Powell’s junior
home room won first place with
an 87.35 average. Mrs. Garrett’s
sophomore home room, with an
84.51 average, was presented the
sophomore plaque.
Houston GrOome, student body
president, conducted the devotion.
Choir president, Leon Boggs, led
the group .singing. Assisting him
were Eddie Gibbs and Ray Thomas,
both senior choir members.
To Begin November 23
Greensboro High School stu
dents will be dismissed on Wed
nesday, November 23, at 3:30
p. m. for the Thanksgiving holi
day and will return to classes
the following Monday, November
28. The annual vacation will
extend over the Thanksgiving
week-end as customary.
Orchesira Performs
In School Assembly
Conducted by J. Kimball Harri-
man, director, the Greensboro
Senior High School Orchestra pre
sented the assembly program,
Tuesday, November 8, in the school
auditorium.
For its first number on the pro
gram, the orchestra played “La
Folia,” which was followed by the
“Rhumba Mexicana.” Next, Rob
ert A. Frederiokson, assistant or
chestra director, conducted a selec
tion from Samson and Delila,
“Bacchanale.”
Ann Rountree, senior, was the
j piano soloist for “Dream of Olwen.”
To conclude the program, the or-
l chestra played several selections
Ifrom “Carousel.”
Members of Junior Class
To H ave Annual Pageant
“What An American Youth Can
Be Thankful For” will be the
theme for the traditional Thanks
giving Pageant which will be given
by the Junior Class in a special
assembly Wednesday, November
23.
The preEsentation is entirely pro
duced, written and directed by the
students with Jack Luttrell, Sen
ior High chemistry teacher, as
faculty adviser. The central plan
ning committee under the direc
tion of Mr. Luttrell who set up
the program are Bill O’Brien, Ann
Butler, Allen Thomas, Tom Hud
gins, Karl Ray and Camille Merri-
man. The pageant, divided into
five different acts and portraying
American Freedoms, will be nar
rated by Bill O’Brien.
Freedom Of Press—Act I
The frist act will be about the
freedom of press depicted in two
scenes. The first scene will be
the Zenger trial, which brought
out freedom of the press in Amer
ica; the second scene is a news
paper office in Russia which con
trasts the press in America
and that in Russia. This act,
with Buck Hoyle as chairman, has
these characters: Ed Lowary as
Peter Zenger, Ronnie Parks as the
judge. Cooper Null as Hamilton;
and the jury is composed of Ron
nie FulUngton, Fred Barringer,
Clyde Hunt, Cecil Little, Dennis
Maynard, James Ebert, Carl Tate,
Frank Dennis, Chuck Wrye, Doug
Orr, Alec Decker, and David Des
kins. These portray the trial of
Peter Zenger. The second scene
depicts a Russian newspaper of
fice with Eddie Butler as the
editor, Gary Massell as reporter,
Jimmy Phillips as party represent
ative, Charles Donahoe and Jake
Giles as policemen.
Freedom Of Assembly—Act II
The second act with Libby Gar
vin and Liz Sutton as co-chairmen,
portrays the freedom of assembly
using three scenes, a scout meet
ing, a pep rally, and a church
meeting. Acting in the scout scene
are: Roger English, Tom Hudgins,
Harvin Dickey, Joe Bowles, and
Bill Hanling. Taking part in the
pep rally are five cheerleaders,
Dianne Dixoi^ Gail Perkins, Brad
ley Anderson, Phil Causey, and
Dorothy Mattox. In the third scene,
Jimmy Powell, John Davis, Judy
Kellett, Jane McLennan and Bill
Butler, a small child will be at
tending a church meeting. This
act will portray how Americans
enjoy freedom of assembly with
part in tableau''' and the other in
actual acting.
The third act will be about the
educational system with James
Spence as chairman. The two
scenes in this act will be the
early American classroom and the
modern school, the second which
will be divided into three class
rooms. As students in the early
American classroom are Bob
Teague, Larry Rogers, Joe Hens
ley, Shirley Bernau, Jack Jessup,
John Gardiner, Laura Adams Nominees
To Attend St. Louis Music Convention
JOHN GARDINER
Claimet nominee to attend St.
Louis Music Convention.
Ann Elder, Caroline Gibbs, Guy
McGraw, Carol Stout, and Nancy
Tuttle. In scene two Pete Wyrick,
Bob Hubner, and Maxine Cal-
lisher are students in a chem
istry class. In typing class
are Patsy Martin, Elwood Hart
man, Peggy Lennon, Jane Park
ings, and Bill Cannon. David Mil
ler, Randy Dodson, Bobby Poe,
Mike Word, and Phil Wilson are
students in a drafting class.
The fourth act with Elizabeth
Antrim as chairman will be free
dom of speech which will portray
how America gradually got this
freedom. Excerpts of speeches of
these will be used: Patrick Henry,
Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. Hale, Susan
Anthony, and a chaplain. Acting in
this part are Stratton Eldridge,
Continued on Page Six
John Gardiner and Laura
Adams, members of the Senior
High band and orchestra re
spectively, were recently nomi
nated for positions in the na
tional band and orchestra
whi(ih will perform at the Gold
en Anniversary Convention of
the National Music Educators
in St. Louis.
John, first clarinet in both the
band and orchestra, was notified
of the honor at the fall band
concert on Thursday, November 3.
Music instructors and band di
rectors met un that day in Greens
boro for auditions of students from
all over North Carolina who were
interested in the trip to St. Louis.
Six nominations were made, and
approximately four will be chosen
for the band from this group on
the basis of instrumentation.
John feels that he has a good
chance of being selected, consider
ing the definite need for clairnets
in a 160-piece band.
Tryouts for orchestra positions
were held in Greensboro on Sat-
I iirday, November 6. Laura, first
violinist, was one of the six chosen.
Alternates from the Senior High
orchestra are Marcia Felt and Dan
McConnell, bassoon player.
Robert Frederickson, assistant
orchestra director, stated that he
is almost sure Laura will be with
the group traveling to St. Louis.
' Those selected for the trip will
have meet all expenses person-
aUv. A.il of the -state nominees are
planning to travel together.
Director of the national orches
tra will be Thor Johnson, director
of th-^ Cincinnati Symphony. Guest
I conductor will be Joseph Maddy.
head of the National Music Camp.
The five-day convention begin
ning on April 13 will feature in
addition to the national music
group, a performance by the GHS
orchestra.
Honor Code Discussions
Take Place In Home Rooms
The Thanksgiving Pageant plan
ning committee, left to right, is
composed of Carl Ray, Ann Butler,
Tom Hudgins, Jack Luttrell, ad
visor; Bill O'Brien, Junior CLlss
Presldent;4 Camille Merriman, and^
Allen homas.
Photo by IMcConnell
Friday; November 11, immediate
ly following the assembly program,
students at Greensboro Senior High
School returned to their respective
home rooms for a panel discussion
on “Operation Honor.”
Topics Of Discussion
The general topic of discussion
was “Measures of a School Citi
zen,” with specific topics covering
social behavior, honesty, atti
tudes, and responsibility. Under
the topic of social behavior was
behavior at school; in the class
rooms, in the parking lot, at pep
rallys, and in assembly. Also there
was behavior in public; at open
houses, at dances, at athletic
events, and theaters, and behavior
at home; courtesy in general, and
co-operation with other members
of the family.
The second topic was honesty,
which included honesty with one’s
self; cheating, taking advantage
of one’s opportunities, mooching
—both mental and material—and,
realizing that one gets out of any
thing as much as one puts into
it. Also there was honesty with
others; keeping one’s- word, re
fusing to give or receive help on
a test, and refusing to tell test
questions to next classes.
Attitudes was the third topic
and included attitudes toward au
thority; parents, teachers, school
officers, and law and rules in gen
eral. Attitudes toward rights of
others—right of individual to de
fend what he thinks is right, even
in the face of criticism, attitudes
toward personal self-discipline;
will power and determination—
going ahead toward success in
spite of setbacks or difficulties,
and atitudes toward responsibility.
The last topic discussed was the
degree of acceptance of personal
responsibility to raise the general
standard of all; what more needs
to be done to awaken in everyone
the sense of personal responsibility
for the general standard of the
school and what share of the re
sponsibility is one willing to as
sume.
Panel Moderators
Moderators for the home rooms
were Jane Lynch, room 1; Wayne
Griffin, room 2; Marcia Felt, room
3; room 4, Nancy Lamberth; room
5, Gordayne Egbert; Houston
Groome, room 6; Betsy McKeel,
room 7; Mike Powell, room 8;
Reggie Bell, room 9; room 10,
Maranell Pearsall; room 12, Nan
cy Neill; Joyce Jones, room 14;
and Michael Gardner, room 15.
Camille Merriman, room 16;
Jan Noah, room 20; room 21, Bill
Williamson; room 23, James
LAURA ADAMS
Violinist nominated for position in
St. Louis Music Convention.
Sales For Yearbook
fotal Only 925 Copies
Whirligig sales of the 1956 year
book have been completed for the
fall with approximately 925 copies
'^eiri'^ sold from Monday. October
*^1 through Thursday, November
3. The yearbook is sent to the
^ as'-'ter Press in Charlotte on
February 1 and takes from three
and one-half to four months to
be printed. The books are sent
back around May 20 to Senior
High.
The yearbook is rated by the
National Scholastic Press Associa-
'^TOn at the University of Minneso
ta. They rate service for school
newspapers and magazines as well
as yearbooks.
The yearbooks are rated on the
basis of overall design and plan,
quality of photography, copy, art
work, and engraving. This year
the WHIRLIGIG won an All-
American rating for the sixth con
secutive time.
The staff members of the year
book were especially commended
for quality of feature shots and
copy. Last year’s editor of WHIRL
IGIG was Susan Graham, who is
now studying at Duke University.
The engravers for the WHIRLIGIG
are John and Ollier Engraving
Company of Chicago, Illinois.
Spence; Nancy Key room 24; Leon
Boggs, room 25; room 27, Rick
Aderholt; rooms 60 and the Band
Room, Louise McGee; room 100,
Maxine Callisher; rooms 101 and
13, Buck Hoyle, Dick Lambeth,
room 102; Pete Wyrick, room 103;
Diana Harmon, rooms 106 and 11;
room 200, Tom Hudgins; room
201A, Manley Dodson; Bob Her-
fqrd, room 201B; Bill O’Brien,
room 202; room 203A, Valinda
Beall; room 203B, John Gardiner;
Karl Ray, room 206; room 204,
Harriet Wells; room 300, Dick
Robinson; Elizabeth Antrim, room
301; Tim Goodman, room 302; and
room 303. Bobby Ba5mes.
Other Moderators
Others are Shirley Smith, room
304; Janie Walters, room 305; room
307, Stratton Eldridge; rooms 22
and 309, Ray Thomas; Lisa Ander
son, room 311; Renie Sapero, room
313; rooms 315 and 306, Gail
Kirkman; and room 317, Zade Tur-