Congratulations hh h n
H1G H
On Class Day Success
LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Cheers To
Nancy
Our Prom Is Best
VOLUME XXXII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. MAY 25, 1956
NUAIBER 16
Merriman is Elected
Good Citizen OtDAR
During 1956>57 Year
Camille Merriman, rising senior,
has been elected good citizen by
the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Secretary of this year’s Junior
Class, Camille has recently been
elected to next year’s Student
Council. She is a member of
Torchlight and is a junior mar
shal. This year Camille was on
the Youth Council and in this
past May Day was a jimior at
tendant.
Camille, along with other DAR
winners from Guilford County,
will make a scrapbook of all her
activities since ^e ninth grade
in school. .The county winner
will enter her scrapbook in the
state contest, where the winner
will receive a $100 bond. All AAA
state high schools winners will
compete in this contest. The state
winner will go into national com
petition,
A pin will be presented to Ca
mille by the Guilford Battle Chap
ter of DAR, which will sponsor
Senior High. School’s DAR and
DAR chapters in the other schools
of the county.
Last year’s DAR good citi25en
was senior Janie Walters,
CAMILLE MERRIMAN - - -
• - - DAB Good Citizen
^^Senior High Story^^ Theme
Of Annual GHS Cl ass Day
Narrated by Marcia Felt, Jim Martin, and Dave Plyler, Class Day, this year in the form
of a movie, “The Senior High Story,” took place today, May 25, in the auditorium.
The story, presented for the entire student body, was directed by Mrs. Julie I. Roe, Mrs.
Eloise W. Keefer and student director Dick Robinson.
Written by members of the Senior Class, the scenes featured a combination of comical epi
sodes and reminiscences.
Scene one, narrated by Jim
Martin, featured superlatives in
troduced as the celebrities attend
ing the preview of “The Senior
High Story.”
'The workmen in this scene were
portrayed by Bob Herford and
Bob Guffey, with Reggie Bell
Local Hi-Y Groups Elect
Officers For Coming Year
Literary Group Elects
Ann Butler, President
By Secret Ballot Vote
Ann Butler, rising senior, has
been elected by the members of
Quill and Scroll to serve as presi
dent of the organization for next
year.
The election was held by secret
ballot May 19. Results have been
kept undercover in order that
HIGH UPE could announce the
new president. Other junior mem
bers in the organization are Mary
Lou Hutton and Jane McLennon.
Ann’s first job next fall will be
to make the initial movements to
ward resuming the activities of
Quill and Scroll. The other two
jimiors will work with her on this
until an induction is held for new
members.
Diane Schwartz and Donna Oli
ver have held the position as co
presidents this year; with Mary
Lou Hutton serving as secretary-
treasurer; and Diana Harmon act
ing as the editor of HOMESPUN.
Senior High School’s Hi-Y or
ganizations elected new club of
ficers last week, Monday 14, at
the local YMCA. The newly elect
ed officers will govern the ac
tivities of the clubs when the
three service organizations resume
weekly meetings next fall.
Bob Herford, president of the
Les Preres Hi-Y chapter, presided
over the club’s elections. Bob
Baynes, who had previously held
the office of vice-president, will
replace Herford as the president,
and Pete Wyrlck will assume the
position of vice-president. Lee
Cory will replace Mark Foster as
the new secretary. Bill Goode,
previous Les Preres treasurer will
yield his office to Jim Murphy,
and Joe Bowles will replace James
Spence as chaplain.
New president of the Les Amis
Hi-Y is Currie Singletary; he
will replace Robert Hewett. Den
nis Maynard will take over the
position of vice-president, which
was previously held by John Mob
ley. Carl Tate -will retire Mike
Powell from the office of secre-
AWARDS DAY—A sad occasion
for many—including the Whirli
gig-bird. Awards Day coverage on
page ten.
tary, while Bob Ham will assume
the position and responsibilities
of treasurer Bill Franklin. Robert
Willett has been elected chaplain
for the Les Amis club. Bill Morri
son previously held this position.
Manley Dodson, retiring presi
dent of the Alpha Omega Hi-Y
club has announced that the new
ly elected officers are Guy Mc-
Graw, president; Buck Hoyle, vice-
president; Jimmy Phillips, secre
tary; Bobby Johannesen, treas
urer; and Stratton Eldridge, Chap
lain. Previous officers of the club
were Don Rothrock, vice-president;
Guy McGraw, secretary; Bobby
Johannesen, treasurer; and Buck
Hoyle, chaplain.
All Hi-Y clubs will dispurse
for the summer months and re
sume regularly Monday night
meetings next September when
school reopens. Bruce Galloway,
who is Secretary of Boys’ Work
at the YMCA, advises the service
organizations in addition to an
adult adviser which is selected by
the clubs.
Routh Releases Schedule
For Summer High School
Plans for the 1956 summer
school session which will be here
at Senior High School, June 4
through July 11. have been an
nounced by A. P. Routh, princi
pal.
Summer school has long been
established to serve three pur
poses. Probably the chief purpose
is to give a student s.,: opportun
ity to make up deficiencies in
work and thereby obtain the cred
its necessary for graduation. More
aggressive students attend sum
mer school in order to strengthen
themselves by taking extra work.
Still others go to get certain en
richment courses which they may
not get during the regular school
year. '
This year, as in years’ past,
any subject for which hve or more
students register will be offered.
The school will operate six days
per week, and the hours will be
I from 8 a. m. until 1 p. m. Each
[subject will meet for a two and
I one-half hour period with no stu-
I dent taking more than ' two
I courses. Wednesday, July 4, will
I be the only holiday during the
I six-week session.
A tuition fee of $15 will be
I charged per subject taken or $25
I for two subjects. 'This fee must
I be paid on the day of registration
jin the school auditorium, Mon
day, June 4, at 9 a. m.
Credit is received by any per
son who successfully passes his
courses, but because summer
school session is so short, no stu
dent with more than one unex-
!cused a.bsence or two unexcused
I tardies will receive credit.
I *1116 faculty will be selected
I from among the teachers here at
I Senior, and A. P. Routh will serve
as principal.
High Life Staff Adds
First Year Students
Miss Peggy Ann Joyner. HIGH
LIFE adviser, has announced that
six members of the first year
journalism class have been pro
moted to positions on next year’s
HIGH LIFE staff.
Gay Garrison, Judy Shallant,
Cooper Null, Betty Rose, and Pat-
! ty Slade are being added to the
J1956-57 staff. Betty Rose will fill
i the position of feature editor, re-
I placing Betty Adams. Judy Shal-
j lant along with Bonnie Adelstein,
I a member of this year’s staff, will
; serve as co-associate editors, a
' position now held by Donna Oli-
! ver and Diane Schwartz. Patty
Slade will act as circulation man-
I ager. She is filling Anne Greeson’s
[previous job. Cooper Null will be
photography editor, a new post on
HIGH LIFE. Gay Garrison will
act as a reporter with Sue Hoff
man.
Several people are being placed
on the staff. They are Liz Hodges,
Linda Harrison, Mary Higgins,
and Max Snodderly. Liz and Linda
will be in charge of proofreading
and writing headlines. Mary Jane
will serve as advertising manager,
a position now filled by Ginger
Bass. Max will assist Add Pen-
field with boys’ snorts.
Other positions have been pre
viously announced. They are El-
wood Hartman, editor-in-chief;
Frances McCormick, managing
editor; Mary Lou Hutton, busi
ness manager; Add Penfield, boys’
sports editor; Jane Parkins, girls’
sports editor; and Nancy Tuttle,
exchange editor.
portraying Ceaseless B. De Smell
and Dan McConnell acting as
Andyrouth.
Scene two, composed only of
senior choir members and narrat
ed by Dave Plyler, depicted a hall
scene at GHS.
Queen’s Men Chain Gang
The third scene, a satirical pre
sentation of the sophomore year,
had a prison theme and featured
the Queen’s Men rendering,
“Workin’ on the Chain Gang.”
The prisoners were enacted by
Bill Franklin, Leon Boggs, Ray
Thomas, Charlie Quinn, and Ed
die Gibbs, with Ed Schenck and
Robert Hewett as the traffic squad
members.
A biology class was the setting
for scene four, which starred Faye
Puquay as the teacher, Harvey
Daktor as the gorilla, Mac Riley
as the messenger, Jerry Farber
as the cadaver, and Tim Goodman
as Mr. Luttrell.
The fifth scene, naicrated by
Dave Plyler and Marcia Pelt, fea
tured sketches recalling the sen
iors’ lives here at GHS.
The Recalling of Time
Taking part were the dancing
couple, Wayne Griffin and Louise
McGee; Torchlight members Lisa
Andersbn, Kay Kuykendall, John
Gardiner, and Ann Rountree;
reader, Houston Groome; the
cock, track, and Bose Ravenel,
tennis.
Last Will and Testament
Scene six featured the last will
and testament of the Senior Class,
set on a Brooklyn theme.
The Brooklynites were Barry
Startz and Zade Turner, with Don
Kivett enacting the part of the
corpse.
The seventh scene, featuring a
prophecy, took place in a Paris
street cafe.
In the scene were John Gardi
ner as the bartender; Diana Har
mon, the artist; Kenl Carter, the
model; Jay Brame, the policeman;
and Chic Forbes and P^gy Dur
ham as the criminals.
Personnel: Scene Seven
Also in this scene were the
Texan, Jerry Danford; models,
Lina Hendley Farr and Renee
Sapero; fasWon designer, Ed
Schenck; customer, Emma Gar
vin; entertainer, Jerry Farber; bal
let dancers, Carole Homey and
Gloria Shaw; and the organ
grinder. Bill Hanna.
Concluding the seventh-scene
actors were Larry Hoyle and Bose
Ravenel, hunters; Ed Sapp, the
sailor; Julia McNairy, the date;
Bill Williamson, businessman;
Phyllis Glynn and Glenn Dyer,
swimmers; Eve Purdom, time
keeper; Faye Kivett, vocalist; Reg
gie Bell, science fiction writer;
cheerleaders and majorettes; and Dave Plyler and Kay Kuykendall,
the outstanding athletes, Don
Rothrock in football, Wilson Car-
ruthers in basketball, Paul Sams,
baseball, Charlie Whedbee, wrest
ling, Sydney Oliver, swimming.
Buddy Watkins, golf, Louis Glas-
the radio couple; and Sara Toenes
and Shelly Morganstern, politic
ians.
The eighth scene featured the
finale, with the entire cast taking
part.
Redhead To Be
For Senior Bdccdlaureate
Dr. John A. Redhead, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church,
will deliver the traditional bac
calaureate sermon to the graduat
ing seniors on Sunday night, May
27, at the First Presbyterian
Church.
A native Mississippian, Dr. Red
head was graduated from South
western College, Memphis, Ten
nessee, and earned the B. D. and
ThM. degrees from Union Theo
logical Seminary, Richmond, Vir
ginia. Davidson College awarded
him the D. D. degree in 1937.
Dr. Redhead is a speaker with
much experience in graduation
exercises. He has spoken on col
lege and high school campuses,
in addition to his work on the
Columbia-Church-of-the-Alr over
the CBS radio network. In 1954
and 1955, he was guest speaker
on THE PRO'TESTANT HOUR
for the Presbyterian U. S. series.
He was one of the four ministers
appearing on the television se
ries in 1955 and 1956, sponsored
by the National Council of Church-
GETTING TO KNOW GOD and
LEARNING TO HAVE FAITH are
two books which Dr. Redhead has
written. He has also contributed
to the books, PULPIT IN THE
SOUTH and HERE IS MY METH
OD. Moreover, he contributed a
sermon for the book titled SER
MONS ON MARRIAGE AND
FAMILY LIFE.
The choir will sing several se
lections at the service, which is.
directed to future ambitions and
attainments of the seniors. Miss
Eula Tuttle will lead the choir
members in singing “Breathe On
Me, Breath of God,” and “Gloria.”
Dr. J^m Redhead of the First
Presbyterian Church is ^own
above. He will deliver the Bacca
laureate Sermon on Sunday night
to the graduating seiii^