HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLCMB XXlim
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., SEPT. 21, 1956
NUMBER 1
Many Students To Attend
New Senior High School
To Be Constructed Soon
Approximately .600 to 700 stu
dents will attend the new senior
liigh school, for which plans are
now being drawn up by the archi
tectural firm of McMinn, Norfleet
and Wicker.
The school, to be located near
Caesar Cone elementary school,
will consist of one main building,
but will have various projecting
wings and many connecting corri
dors and covered walkways which
will take students to the different
parts of the school.
Incliided in the plans are two
academic wings, featuring the sci
ence, mathematics, and language
classrooms; a library, cafeteria,
gymnasium, shop, kitchen, music
section, and a mechanical section.
The gymnasium will be outside,
yet will be connected to the main
briilding by an inside corridor.
Concrete will make up the frame
of the school, which will be built
of brick and will have many mod
em features.
Enrollment Reaches Record High With 1756 Students
Seniors, Juniors, Sophs
Attend Split Assemblies
GHS has more students than
the auditorium can accommodate
at one time, there were three as
semblies last week on three differ
ent days, September 10, 11, and
12.
The asemblies followed the same
procedure for all three classes.
Buck Hoyle, vice-president of
the student body, presided over
the assemblies, while Bill O’Brien,
student body president, explained
the reasons for parking in the
stadium parking lot. First, the
former parking lot will be land-
First High Life Free
In accofdance with the policy
and tradition of this paper, the
first issues of HIGH LIFE is
distributed free of charge to
each student and faculty mem
ber of the student body.
Staff members wUl b^rin the
subscription drive some
time next month. Rates will be
50 cents per semester.
scaped soon and, too there will be
kindergarten students using it as
a playground.
Libby Garvin, chairman of the
youth recreation committee, an-
noimced that the Y. R. C. will
sponsor lessons in bridge and
dancing, also open houses after
home football games, and that
the committee hopes to start a
teenage T. V. program.
The junior and senior members
and officers of the Student Coun
cil, which originated in Greens
boro in 1921, were introduced to
the assemblies.
James Spence, Bill O'Brien, and
Buck Hoyle explained the purpose
and interpreted the meaning of
the Honor Code.
Preceding the end of assembly.
Mrs. Nellie Blackburn, Dean of
Students; Miss Mildred Herring,
school librarian; Lody Glenn, as
sistant principal: and A. P. Routh,
principal, made general announce
ments concerning tbeir specific
fields of work.
Senior’s greatly increased enrollment has caused a dire need for
expansion due to the overcrowded conditions in the school, but in a
year or two the situation will be altered by the construction of a new
high school. Below is a graph depicting the number of students at
tending GHS from the years 1935 to 1956. The enrollment decreased
during the years of World War II and has sharply gained in recent
times. From 1935 to 1956 there has been a gradual increase of about
842 pupils.
Enrollment here at Greensboro
Senjor High School reached an
all-time high with a record-break
ing number of 1756 students reg
istering for the 1956-57 school
term.
As a result all available class
room space is beir^ utilized.
Rooms 15 arid 17, which were pre
viously part of the Home Econom
ics Department, have been con
verted into biology labs, and study
halls are meeting in the balcony
of the auditorium during each
period of the day.
These crowded conditions will
be relieved soon, however. The new
Home Economics and Music Build
ings, which are expected to be
completed by the second semester,
will alleviate a great deal of the
congestion.
The present Sophomore Class is
the largest in the history of GHS.
Having approximately 700 students,
it is also larger than either the
Senior or Junior Class. There are
approximately 500 in each of these
classes.
The large number of sophomores
are representative of the five jun- '
ior high schools in the city. TTiere
are 234 students from Lindley, 151
from Central, 140 from Aycock,
103 from -Proximity, and 71 from
Gillespie. In addition to these stu
dents, there are also quite a few
sophomores from out of town or
from county or private schools.
Bob Baynes Heads
New Traffic Squad
“Senior’s traffic squad is very
conscientious in performing its
duties because of the two new
buildings and the parking lot sit
uation,” states Bobby Baynes, traf-
fice chief.
The traffic squad is made up of
29 boys. They are: Jimmy Phillips,
Phil Causey, Cecil Little, Owen
Johnson, Robert Willett, Stratton
Eldridge, Joe Saleeby, Carl Tate,
Ranny Dodson, Doug Albright. Joe
Bowles, Brad Anderson, Lee Cory,
David Craig, Davis Bowen, Butler
Bennett, Buck Hoyle, Fred Hitch
cock, Tom Tudgins, Rick Ader-
hold, Bobby Johannesen, Guy Mc-
Graw, Dick Lambeth, Larry Gill,
Jake Giles, James Spence, Richard
Cates, Cooper Null and Bob Par
rish.
Junior Civitan Sponsors
Operation School Spirit^
Home Rooms Elect Slate of Officers
For Year 1956-57 At Senior High
Junior Civitan Club members
started off the 1956-57 year with
a campaign entitled “Operation
School Spirit.”
The boys’ club made 80 posters
and had them distributed over
the school by the time the sopho
mores registered. Along with the
posters the boys made the banner
“Go Whirlies” which is hanging
on the front of the main building.
Thursday, September 13, the
boys had printed schedule cards
of the coming football games pass
ed out to each student and teach
er. The members plan to come out
every month with schedule cards
similar to the ones already re
ceived to keep the students posted
on further Whirlie activities.
The Junior Civitan Club, in co
operation with the O. Henry Sen
ior Civitan Club, worked hard to
Senior High’s 54 home rooms
have recently elected officers for
the coming school year with 15
of th« rooms being seniors, 16
juniors and 23 sophomores.
In Mrs. Blackmon's home room
102, Doug Albright is president;
Elizabeth Antrim, vice-president;
Valinda Beall, secretary; and Fred
■ Barringer, treasurer.
Bobby Brown is president of
Mrs. Alton’s home room 202, with
Davis Bowen, vice-president; Max
ine Callisher, secretary; and Joe
Bowles, treasurer.
David Craig was elected presi
dent of room 106 and Lee Cory,
vice-president; Barbara Clifton,
secretary; and Phil Causey, treas
urer.
Room 101 elected John Davis,
president; Barbara Dunlop, vice-
president; Connie Daniel, secre
tary; and Roger English, treas
urer.
Newly elected officers of room
307 axe Jim Geiger, president;
Jake Giles, vice-president; Libby
Garvin, secretary; and Carolyn
Gibbs, treasurer.
Serving ' as officers in room 4
are Bob Hubner, president; Bobby
Johannesen, vice-president; Ruth
Hunt, secretary; and Jack Jessup,
treasurer.
Room 303’s officers are Dick
Lambeth, president; Nancy Lam
beth, vice-president; Betty Ker-
rodle, secretary; and Cec*l Iiittle
treasurer.
Coming School Events
Listed For 2 Weeks
September 21—Football, Charlotte'
—here. Open House
September 25—Assembly, Juniors
and Seniors
September 27—Presentation of
Sophomore Candidates
September 28—Holiday
Football, Gastonia—
there
October 1—Sophomore registra
tion
October 2—Sophomore election
October 3—Run-off election
October 5—^Football, Asheville—
there.
Officers in room 300 are Guy
McGraw, president; Patsy Martin,
vice-president; Jerry Mann, secre
tary; and Ed Lowry, treasurer.
President of room 306 is Dennis
Maynard, with David Miller, vice-
president; Camille Merriman, sec
retary; and Cooper Null, treas
urer.
Room 3’s officers are Jim Phil
lips, president; Jim Powell, vice-
president; Jean Ogburn, secretary;
and Gail Perkins, treasurer. New
officers for room 103 are Larry
Rogers, president; Roger Shep
herd, vice-president; and Margie
Rose, secretary-treasurer.
Serving as officers in room 8
ai'e Bill Ward, president; Henry
Von Herrmann, vice-president;
Carroll Walker, secretary; and
Kitty Wagoner, treasurer.
Room 313’s officers are Chuck
Wrye, president; Polly Ann Young,
vice-president; Merry Wrye, sec
retary; and Molly White, treasurer.
Junior home room 206 has as its
officers Kenny Aydelette, presi
dent; Allen Andrew, vice-presi
dent; Brenda Alvis, secretary; and
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promote attendance to the Dur
ham game, the first home game,
by helping to decorate a band
wagon with banners, posters, ap
proximately 30 band men^rs and
several cheerleaders, urging peo
ple to come to the game, toured
Greensboro from 3:30 to 4:30 Fri
day, September 14, and then went
to the WFMY television station
to appear on the Old Rebel
show. Also in cooperation with the
O. Henry Senior Civitan Club
eight members of the Junior Civi
tan Club will usher at each home
game.
The Junior Civitan Club’s main
objective in taking on this project
is to keep school spirit at GHS
at an all-time high. In an attempt
to do this they will continue the
project “Operation School Spirit”
through the basketball season.
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