HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME xxxn
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREE NSBOBO, N. C., APRIL 29, 1956
NUMBER 1«:
McLennan, Wood, Whirligig Editors
For 1956-57 Yearbook Publication
Top positions on the WHIRLIGIG staff for the 1956-57 yearbook will be filled by co-editors
Jane McLennan and Kay Wood, rising seniors.
Other key posts will be fiUed by Maranell Pearsall and Carolyn Pearson, co-business mana
gers, and assistant editors, Susan Levine and JuUa Graham. Literary editors for the coming
year will be Sonia. Howell, Charles Price, and Bob Hammers (sports.)
In charge of photography will i —^— —
Los Condes, New Club For Boys,
Organizes and Undertakes Projects
be Judy Schaffer and Kay Wes
ton, while art editor will be
Charles Mills. Serving as engrav
ing editors for the next WHIRLI
GIG will be John McCurry, Kath
erine Polk, and Angelyn Stokes.
As printing editors will be Pat
Howell and Doris McCraw. Senior
editors for the book will be Ann
Wheeler and Mary Pat Elig. Nan
cy Hewett and Peggy Sink will
be Junior editors.
The business staff will consist
of Charles Pratt, A1 Hattaway,
Ann Heitman, and Betty Maulden.
The Sophomore editors will be
chosen from among the sopho
mores entering next fall.
Work on the 1957 WHIRLIGIG
began several weeks ago with the
planning of a general design, lay
outs, art work, and other general
items. The staff for the next
yearbook is composed mainly of
members of the WHIRLIGIG
class, most of whom are taking
this course for the first time.
About half of them are taking
this for credit. Prom now until
the end of the year each staff
member will work more specifical
ly on the particular duties that
Los Condes, the Counts, a new
service club here at Senior, con
sisting of 19 members, was or
ganized in January of this year
and has as its purpose service to
the school and community.
The club is under the direction
of the Junior Chamber of Com-
PlanisI,Nancy Hewett
Wins ExcellentRating
in State Music Contest
Sophomore, Nancy Hewett was
awarded the rating of excellent
for her piano talents which were
exhibited in the North Carolina
Stajte High School Music Contest-
Festival held a Woman’s Collie
April 21.
Prom a field of 53 contestants,
all vying for the superior grade,
Nancy was the only representa-
actual production of the yearbook i tive from Greensboro Senior High.
Two weeks ago at High Point
will demand of each.
A contract has already been
signed with ^Ik’s Studio for the
class portraits' in next year’s book,
Jahn and Ollier Engraving Com
pany in Chicago will do the en
graving work, while Martin’s Stu
dio will do the informal and group
pictures.
College, Nancy received the su
perior rating which entitled her
to play in the festival held last
Saturday.
Selections played by Nancy were
Bach’s “Two Part Invention, Num
ber 14”; a Mozart Sonata: and
“Improvisio” by Pinto.
Franklin Named Candidate
For NROTC Scholarship
Bill Franklin, Senior Class mem- i Grady Phillips who has been
her, was informed by Commander selected as the alternate from the
G. P. Carney of the United States
Navy in a letter received April 12,
that he had been selected as a
principal candidate for the Naval
Reserve Officers Training Corps
scholarship, which is valued at ap
proximately $4,000.
Bill, who is president of his
home room, has made application
at the University of North Caro
lina. and upon enrollment he will
receive the rank of midshipman.
Naval Reserve. After graduation
from college, Bill will assume the
responsibilities and privileges of
the rank of ensign in active naval
service.
Application for the NROTC
scholarships was made December
10, 1955 by hundreds of boys all
over the state of North Carolina.
From the number of applicants,
15 boys were chosen to represent
North Carolina, with Bill being
the only Greensboro representa
tive.
Dave Bescharer Wins
Math Contest k\ GHS
Dave Bescherer, senior, was the
school winner in the state math
contest which took place Friday,
April 13, in which 12 seniors, all
of whom were members of the ad
vanced math classes, competed for
a $150 scholarship to the Univer
sity of North Carolina,
Honorable mentions were re
ceived by Barry Prahm, Dan Mc
Connell. Eve Purdom, Jack Weav
er, and Martha Williamson.
Greensboro region, is also a final
ist in the Carolina Steel and Iron
Scholarship valued at $150 a year.
Political science, and courses
leading to a career in law plus the
required NROTC training, will
compose Bill’s study program for
the next four years.
Besides beiz^ active in home
room. Bill is a member of the
Les Amis Hi-Y Club, the G-30’s,
and the traffic squad.
Bill Franklin, senior, has been
awarded a full scholarship for
four years of college work by the
NROTC Program. Bill plans to
apply the grant at the University
of North Carolina.
merce and has for its adviser Jack
Coble, a Jaycee. The club was or
ganized in early January at a
meeting of Alan Atwell. Charlie
Williams, Putney Jones and Jimmy
Kistler. Later this group met with
John P. Neal, president of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
made further plans for the club.
Los Condes has undertaken sev
eral projects, such as sending 400
pounds of foodstuffs overseas
through the Care organization and
helping the Jaycees in paper
drives.
Members are chosen on the basis
of interest In service and willing
ness to put forth an effort to
better the school and community.
They meet every Wednesday night
at the City Recreation Department
at 7 p. m.
The club has as its limit 21
members, 12 of whom are charter
members. They are Bob Guffey,
Alan Atwell, Bill Rierson, Bill
Moffitt, and Andrew Smith,
seniors; Miles Frost, Joe Hensley,
Putney Jones, Jimmy Kistler,
Benny McKee, and Charlie Wil
liams, juniors; and Tucker Mason,
sophomore.
Others who have joined are Mike
Powell, Doug George, and Harry
Smith, seniors; Ronnie Parks and
Johnny Davis, juniors; and
Tommy Smith, sophomore,
^ Officers are Alan Atwell, presi
dent; Charlie Williams, vice-presi
dent; Bob Guffey, treasurer; Mike
Powell, secretary; Tommy Smith,
chaplain; and Ronnie Parks, ser-
geant-at-arms.
Members of Key Club
Choose 1956-57 Officers;
Hudgins New President
At a meeting on April 11, the
Key Club elected officers for the
coming year and also admitted ten
new members.
The officers were elected after
a careful interrogation of each
candidate to determine his plans
for next year. Tom Hudgins, a
rising senior, was selected to suc
ceed John Jester in the presidency
of the GHS service organization.
Davis Bowen, also a rising
senior, next year will fill the po
sition of vice-president, currently
held by Lou Glascock.
David Craig was elected to hold
the office of treasurer, which will
be vacated by John Gardiner,
Buck Hoyle’s succesor as secre
tary will be Jim McGregor, rising
junior.
Of the ten new members ad
mitted to the Key Club, five were
juniors and the other five were
sophomores. Juniors Bobby
Baynes, Joe Bowles, Bob Hubner,
Jimmy Phillips, and Pete Wyriok
were inducted at the Wednesday
evening meeting. The sophomores
Charles Mills, Add Pen-
field, Buddy Rives, George
Murphy, and Carter Strickland.
At the present time the mem
bers of the Key Club are helping
the Student Council with the pro
duction of May Day.
Pictured above are the four girls who will assume duties as
WHIRLIGIG’S top staff members next year. Standing are the new
editors, Kay Wood and Jane McLennan, rising seniors. Seated
are Maranell Pearsall and Candyn Pearson, also rising seniors, who
wUlbc co-business managers for the 1957 edition of the yearbook.
School Choir Stays Busy
Preparing For Programs
During the past weeks members
of the Greensboro Senior High
School Choir have been preparing
for two programs; one of which
was presented April 20 at the Jef
ferson Club and the other which
is to take place tonight at Aycock
Auditorium.
All the high school choirs from
all over the state are now attend
ing the annual Music Festival at
Woman's College. They practiced
all day yesterday, last night, to
day, and will end with a public
performance tonight under the di
rection of Don Craig and Mr.
Hooverbom.
The selections that they will
sing tonight are: “Ain’t That Good
News,’’ by William L. Dawson;
"Down in the Valley,” by George
Mead; “Russian Picnic,” by Harvey
Enders; “Come Thou Holy Spirit,”
by Peter Tschesnokoff; “O Rejoice,
Ye Christians, Loudly,” by Johann
Sebastian Bach; “My Bonnie Lies
Over the Ocean,” an old folk tune;
“Onward Ye Peoples,” by Jean
Sibelius: and "When Love Is
Kind,” by Thomas Moore.
Thirty members of the choir will
attend this event.
Friday night, April 20, they en
tertained members of the Jefferson
Club at a banquet.
The group presented a 30-minute
program of varying music. In
cluded in the selections they ren
dered were, “A Tribute to Rom
berg,” “Give Me Your Tired, Your
Poor,” and “Barefoot.” As is their
tradition, the choir ended their
urogram with “Battle Hymn of
the Republic.”
An added attraction to the pro
gram was Jerry Danford and his
specialty, “Yallar Rose of Texas.”
Assisting Jerry were David Besch
erer, Linda Barham, Barbara
Jessup, and Emma Garvin, all
seniors. The Queen’s Men also
performed.
The members of the choir and
their dates were invited to stay
for the remainder of the banquet.
The program was under the
direction of Miss Tuttle, choir
director, and Mrs. Virginia Toenes,
assistant choir director.
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Recreation Program
SponsoredByCouncil
Since the beginning of this
semester, the Student Cooperative
Association, with Leon Boggs, Bill
O'Brien, and Tom Hudgins head
ing the group, has been planning
and carrying out the present
lunch-period activities in the
girls’ gym.
' “Up until now,” states Leon,
“there has been nothing for the
students to do during the lunch
periods. Now, we have dancing,
ping-pong, and horseshoes. Next
year, we are planning to build a
good, hard-surfaced volley ball
court.” ,
Previous lunch-period activities
which had been planned failed
because of lack of equipment and,
n^ainly, lack of student interest
and participation.
To quote Leon, “Recently, we
liave equipped the girls’ gym with
two ping-pong tables, a good se
lection of records, and have set-
up some horseshoe pits.”
It seems that none of the girte
come to the gym; if they wooWl
come, there would be a better
chance to strengthen the activities
and possibly add more, according
to the committee.
“If all the students will whole
heartedly support these activities,
they can become a big thing in
GHS’s extra-curricular life,” Leon
stated.