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High Ln«
April 27, 1956
Youth Canteen Has Potential;
Students^ Attitude Important
The Youth Canteen, a new experiment in
the attempt to provide some type of orga
nized recreation for the teen-agers of
Greensboro, wiU initiate its interesting pro
gram tonight. “It’s in your hands” is the
challenging description of the students’ re
sponsibility in this first significant attempt
to re-establish the Youth Center.
Before evaluating the program, which
may reverse the unfortunate trend in youth
recreation in our complacent city, we should
examine the original Youth Center program
which began in 1946. Established to pro
vide opportunity for wholesome weekday
as well as weekend recreation for every
one of high school age that was interested,
the Center was an immediate success. Of
course, a dedicated nucleus worked for the
notable success of its program. The “loft”,
in its earlier days, was the veritable center
of GHS social Ufe. It was respectable, well
supervised, and attractively furnished.
(This description may be surprising to to
day’s students who saw the Center only in
its declining days.) The basic elements for
the success of the “loft,” municipal sup
port, enthusiastic leadership, conscientious
advisers, and an interested student body,
were aU available during that period.
Eventually these prerequisites for success
began to disappear. Perhaps the City Coun
cil and the Recreation Department neglect
ed their responsibilities to the youth of
Greensboro; perhaps the adult advisers lost
interest in the activities; perhaps the lead
ership was not of the calibre necessary
to maintain success of the Youth Center.
This is merely speculation. We can definite
ly attribute part of the failure, however,
to the attitude of the Center’s members
during those last few years of declining
activity. The students at GHS lost interest
in the “loft.” Membership drives fell short
of their goals; attendance at open houses
became embarrassingly sparse; and the
quality of the facilities as well as of the
program gradually deteriorated. The final
and inevitable blow to youth recreation was
dealt by the City Council. Their action to
eliminate what was becoming an onerous
problem was understandable. Their neglect
in not establishing an alternate plan for
recreation was not so plausible. We were
left only with open houses after a few home
footbaU games.
The YMCA and YWCA-sponsored “Youth
Canteen” can be the origin of a new Youth
Center. Designed to provide a place on
weekend nights for dancing and other ac
tivities, these open houses are experimental
in nature. With any degree of success the
open houses can develop into a more com
prehensive program. The Greensboro Rec
reation Department may even catch up with
recreation programs in cities of comparable
size and provide adequate facilities for this
new attempt at establishing a decent place
for dating couples to go after the movies.
The program has potential.
The vital element of student interest is
again -the deciding factor. An organization
of tremendous capability has provided its
full support for this endeavor. The leaders
of the movement are working hard to make
~mGH LIFE
Published Semi-Monthly hy the Students of
(jreensboro Senior High School
Greensboro, N, C.
Founded by the Claes
of lf>21
Revived by the Spring
.Tonrnalism Class
of 1937
Entered as second-ctass matter March 30,
1J)40, at the post office at Greensboro, N. C.,
under the Act of March 3. 1879.
. Jim Martin
Editor-in-Chief
Assistont Editors —
Managing Editor —
BiiaiTiess Manager —
Advertising Manager
Copy Editor
Donna Oliver
Diane Schwartz
Dick Robinson
Mary Lou Hutton
Ginger Bass
Mary Wheeler
Feature Editor — Betty Adams
Boys' Sport Editor Add Penfield, Jr.
Sports Reporter Max Snodderly
Proofreaders — - Fanla Tuttle
Linda Harrison, Sue Spence and
Lou Spence
Reporters —- - --- Judy Shallant
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Frances McCormick, and
Elwood Hartman
Adviser - Miss Peggy Ann Joyner
financial Adviser -- Mr. A. P. Routn
it a success. The third ingredient
is available in the form of 1700
students at GHS. WiU you take ad
vantage of this opportunity to es
tablish a very much needed Youth
Center?
Oh, Brother.
What A Line!
As the balmy winds of spring
permeate the halls of GHS with
giddiness, the local Casanovas come
out of winter hibernation. This is
the season of amorous soUloquies
and of one track minds. Love, they
say, is a wonderful thing, but^do
the local exponents of the subject
have to be so obvious in pursuing
their avocation?
Besides impeding traffic, there is
reaUy nothing wrong with the prac
tice by couples of floating down
the halls in a trance whUe holding
hands and gazing into one another’s
eyes. Of course, these twosomes un
wittingly trample sophomores un
der foot occasionaUy; but this is a
mUd phase of “puppy love”, the
ridiculous art, as practiced at GHS.
Some of the extemporaneous son
nets which the infatuated ones are
overheard whispering in each oth
er’s ears are enough to make Broth
er Sidney turn over in his ancient
tomb.
“When I consider aU your charms
Which make me take you in my
arms,
I fUp my golden, crewcut locks
And shiver down to my sweat
socks ”
(Ad nauseum.)
The classroom courtships become
progressively worse as the spring
dissolves into summer. The male
is soon draped in all manner of
feminine jewelry from dainty rings
to social pins, while the female de
velops chronic hunchback trying to
support the weight of a signet ring
suspended on. a chain around her
neck. Another unmistakable sym-
tom is the tete-a-tete behind water
fountains. Both members of this
conspiracy-against-school-work de
velop a glassy stare and mutter
unintelligible sounds at inopportune
moments. Then suddenly one morn
ing the contagious disease has run
its course and the two are normal
again. Pretty silly, isn’t it?
“O wad some power
The giftie gie us
To see oursels
As ithers see us!”
HaU Tales
by JtJDY SHALLANT
It sounds as though the orchestra
had one swell bla.st! Coming back with
high honors, Dixie ieft a good mark on
St. Louis; which I imagine is now a
much quieter.place. How'd you dig that
French food while they fiddled away
“Dixie?"
The FTA’s presented a grand assem
bly last week, and Jim Tatum topped
it off. Quote Nancy Neill: “He’s so
coachified.”
“Ha, ha! that’s a yoke on me."
laughed the lady as she dropped an
egg on the front of her dress.
Manley Dodson: I wish I had a nickel
for every girl I’ve kissed.
Ray Thomas: What would you do, buy
a pack of chewing gum?
Nowadays w'hatever is not worth say
ing is sung.
Betty Rudd: I’d like to see the captain
of this ship.
Sailor: He’s forward, Miss,
Betty: Oh, that’s all right. This is a
pleasure trip.”
Toby Stanley driving in the car with
Robert Hewett: Can’t you use two
arms?
Robert: I’ve got to use one for driving.
’They say kissing spreads germs:
So ’tis stated.
So kiss me, ’cause I’m vaccinated.
IN SPRING I r
^ young man’s fancy should ium io.A
SCRIPT ' “'' TEASE
A DEPRESSED DESIRE his cotton-filled mouth is entirely be
A DEPRESSED DESIRE
For just once in my life, I’d like to
change places with my dentist. I’d like
to become the doctor and have him
become the patient. Yes, I’d like to
slip right into his starchy, white coat
and assume his business-like dignity.
I think the very first thing I would do
would be to walk happily into the small
operating room, slap my good friend
and patient on the back, and inquire
eagerly about his health. Then the
moment he opened his mouth I’d cram
in a solid wad of cotton and snap on
a molar clamp. Next, I’d start hum
ming, just as he always does when he
gets me at his mercy, and begin to
tinker around with fUlingls, knives,
pliers, or just anythii^ that makes loud,
clattering noises. Then I’d walk over
to the big drill, locate very conven
iently right above the patient’s head,
start it up. and let grind away for a
few minutes in his ear. Man, that
ought to get him!
“Well, now, let’s take a look at those
teeth,” I’d say in a nonchalant man
ner. “Ummm . . . yes . . . My that’s
a nasty-looking fellow.” At about this
time I’d spy something that seems to
have a great deal of interest and, while
keeping an eye on a big. luscious cavity,
reach for one of those long, silver
needles that dentists. use . for probing
about in a guy’s mouth. After the pa
tient had let out a yell that could be
heard all over the building,. I’d ask
very casually, “Did, that bother, you?”
The next part would be the most fun
—filling the tooth. The first step in this
delicate operation is to stuff even more
cotton into the patient’s mouth and
insert a few more clamps. This way
the poor guy doesn’t have a chance.
The next step is to grind out the cav
ity. When this is being done, it is cus
tomary to tell the patient to “just let
^me know if it hurts.” Of course, the
fact that the man in the chair couldn’t
Tiossiblv get out a cry of protest through
y y ^
his cotton-filled mouth is entirely be
side the point.
When everything is over, and the
patient, with a miserable swollen mouth,
would have begun to wish that he’d
“stayed in bed that morning,” I’d make
the classic remark—“Now that wasn’t
so bad, was it?”
Leon Roggs
A WOMAN AT THE WHEEL!
To most men who have ever been
behind a woman driver on the highway,
women seem to fall in four classes. The
first type is the double-parker. She is
the one who gets out and goes shopping
while cars line up behind her for blocks.
This lady is a frequent cause of traffic
jams.
Next on the list is the signal-crosser
She may completely confuse the opposi
tion (more commonly known as men
drivers) by turning right out of the left
lane or suddenly darting from the right
lane to turn left. Suppose this driver
gives a signal for a right turn. Watch
out! She may do any one of three
things: turn left, not turn at all, or, if
you are very lucky, turn right. Of course,
she might be pointing to an airplane
that is flying over.
The most common of the “frightening
four” is the gazer. While weaving in
.and out of traffic like a snake,.she ad
mires the lovely scenery or the cute
hat in the window of a store. She can
be a real problem, especially if you are
trying to .pass.
Last, but not least, comes the. worst
of .the four classes. This one is the arm-
flapper. If she sticks out her arm, it can
mean one of many things. It proy^
definitely that the window is opien. How
ever, she may be drying her fingernail
polish or waving to a friend. Then too,
she could be trying to find out if it’s
raining.
All women drivers are not really that
bad. It seems, nien must get behind only
the bad ones!
Buddy Rives
CLUBLICITY
Friday night, April 6, the ESA’s
had a Plantation Party for their
members and dates. Last Saturday,
April 21, the girls had a tea for
rising sophomores at Cookie Wil
son’s house. The second week end
in May, they will go to Wrights-
ville Beach where they will stay
at Randy Burnett’s cottage.
Each night last week, two LES
SOEURS members collected for
the cancer drive at the Carolina
Theatre. Officers for next year
vTll be Virginia Sparling, presi
dent: Dorothy Mattox, vice-presi
dent; Molly White, secretary;
Nancy Tuttle, treasurer; Ruth
Mary Stanley, chaplain; Nancy
Brothers, social chairman; and
Glenda Jackson, publicity chair
man.
The SYITT Club had a house
warming on April 20 to break in
theii* newly constructed dance
floor at the Syitt Country Club.
The members’ dates brought food.
Phil Causey and Bill Hanna put
on a gymnastic show as part of
the entertainment.
Next year’s officers of the DDT
dub will be Nancy Lambeth,
president: Jane Lynch, vice-presi
dent; Mary Lou Hutton, secreary;
Elizabeth Antrim, treasurer; Liz
Sutton, publicity chairman; and
Margie Rose, scrapbook chairman.
For the second week end in May,
the girls are going to Crescent
Beach and stay at the Seacrest.
The second week end in May,
the G-30’s are going to Windy
Hill Beach and will stay at Ron
nie Murrelle’s cottage. New mem
bers recently inducted into the
organization are Benny McKee,
David Albaugh, and Butch Bailey,
Later, other members will be se-
lectefi.