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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLtTMB XXXm
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., OCT. 5 1956
NUMBER Z
Student Council Head
Attends Safety Meet
To Plan New Project
Bill O’Brien, student body presi
dent, attended a meeting of the
National Education Committee On
Safety Education in Washington,
D. C., September 28-30.
Bill, president of the North Car
olina Asociation of Student Coun
cil, was selected to be a delegate
by the National Association of Stu
dent Coimcil. Ht left Greensboro
Friday morning and returned late
Sunday night. His expenses were
paid by the Automobile Industries,
an organization which sponsors
a committee on safety.
He, along with nine other young
people and 15 adult advisers who
were representative of the 48
states rather than individual
schools, spent the three days dis
cussing ways to make youth safe
ty conscious. Their chief aim was
to set up a safety education pro
gram for the high school youth
of America with principal em
phasis placed on promoting safe
ty among youthful drivers. At
present the campaign is being con
ducted on a national level; how
ever, it will be set up on a state
and local basis later.
It is the hope of the committee
that their campaign can be con
ducted in conjimction with the
other school organizations which
work to promote safety in schools.
Stil the promotion of the cam
paign will be a major- council
project. Later in the year. Student
Council members will present an
assembly prc^ram telling the stu
dent body about their campaign
plans. The results of the safety
drive in each school -will be dis-
ciisses at the National Student
Council Convention in New Mexi
co, June 1957.
Libby Garvin, Homecoming Queen for 1956. and Nancy Lambeth^
council sponsor to the queen, will be presented during the half at
the Burlington game November 9. Libby will be escorted by Bill
O’Brien, student body president, and Buck Hoyle, student body vice-
president, will escort Nancy.
^Whirlies^ Choose Garvin
GHS Homecoming Queen
Libby Garvin, senior, was chos
en by the football squad Thurs
day, September 20, as Home
coming Queen of 1956, having' as
her council sponsor Nancy Lam
beth.
Bill O’Brien,, president of the
student body, will escort Libby at
her coronation, while Buck Hoyle,
vice-president of the school, will
be Nancy’s escort.
Libby, who hails from Aycock,
was tapped into Torchlight in her
junior year. She was also a Junior
Class attendant in the May Court
and was elected marshal from her
home room. This year she is serv
ing as chairman of the Youth
Recreation Committee, is in the
choir, and is president of the
ESA’s.
Nancy, who was elected by the
Tom Hudgins Spearheads
Three Key Club Projects
Tom Hudgins, president of the
Senior High Key Club, has spea^
headed the projects of the club
during the early part of the year.
The Key Club has engaged in three
big projects this year. The annual
Key Club School Directory, which
is given free to every student and
teacher, is the first project. The
boys began working on this before
Key Club members took 30 boys who would not have otherwise been
able to attend the game to the Charlotte-WhirUe football game here
on Friday, September 21. The Club hopes to continue this practice
for each home game. v
the school year started. They so
licited a large volume of adver
tisements, whereby the club makes
its profit. David Craig, treasurer,
is in charge of the compiling of
the book. It is slated to come out
early this month.
During the first week of school
the Key Club furnished name tags
to every student and teacher for
the purpose of letting everyone
get acquainted with each other.
At the Charlotte football game
the club started a practice which
they hope to continue for the
other home games. The club se-
cui-ed the names of 30 boys who
■^.^oud not otherwise have been
able to attend the game, and took
these youngsters to the game.
They were admitted free and sat
as a group next to the Whirlie
cheering section. Joe Bowles was
chairman of the project.
At a meeting September 19, the
club voted to make Bobby Johan-
nesen, senior, an active member
to replace Pete Wyrick, who has
gone away to school this year.
Pete’s name, however, will be left
on the permanent roster.
This year Fred Preyer replaces
Bill Craft as adviser to the Key
Club. Mr. Craft has now become
head of the three Greensboro Key
Clubs, the one here at Senior,
one at Curry High, and one at
Bessemer.
Judy Sliallant Writes
InGreensboroRecord
Judy Shallant, senior, is writing
City School News, a daily column
which appears Monday through
Friday in the GREENSBORO
RECORD, this school year.
The column includes all news
and events occurring in the 21 city
schools and is the only way for
any school, excluding Senior High,
to be represented in the news-
pa jjer. The first article was printed
Monday, September 17, and has
and will continue daily.
City School News is about 15
years old and was started origi
nally as a project of the Distribu
tive Education Department here
at Senior High, although now it
is solely an individual responsi
bility. No other newspaper in the
country has an article exactly the
same as this column, and in the
journalism pi\>fession it has arous
ed many inquiries and national
attention.
This is Judy’s first attempt at
such an article, but she has had
journalism experience, as she is
associate editor of the HIGH
LIFE.
Council as sponsor, is secretary
of Torchlight to which she was
also inducted during her junior
year. Nancy was chosen as attend
ant from the Sophomore and
Junior Classes to the May Court
and has been on the Student
Council since her arrival here.
She too, is a member of the choir
and is president of the DDT’s.
Alumni representing the class
of 1956 will be Gail Kirkman and
Houston Groome, while from the
class of 1955 will be Sue Simmons
and Jimmy Jordan. Gail reigned
as Homecoming Queen last year,
and Sue was the Council sponsor
for 1954. Houston and Jimmy
were school presidents for 1955-
56 and 1954-55 respectively.
NANCY LAMBETH
Council Sponsor
Future Events Listed
In School's Calendar
October 5—^Football, Asheville,
there
October 9—^Assembly, sophomores
October 9-15—WHIRLIGIG sub
scriptions
October 12—Junior Civic program
October 12—^Football, Winston-
Salem, here
October 12—Open House
October 16—End of first six weeks
October 16—Junior Civic program
Sophomore Class Presents Candidates;
Many Students Vie ForElectionToOffice
. - ... . iptt onH T.ila Wolff. The six per-
Approximately 104 sophomores,
all of whom were seeking a class
effice, were presented to their
fellow classmates at an assembly
pi>ogram, Thursday,. September
27.
Seven of the 104 candidates
' were entered in the presidential
mores, were elected.
Pi'esidential candidates and their
boosters were given a chance to
speak at the assembly Thursday.
Candidates and their boosters were
Susan Caviness boosted by Sheila
Sapero; Rodger Dudham boosted
by Fred Wedler; and Judy Har-
were entered in the presiaennai oy rrea weaiei , aua
contest, while there were six run- rill boosted by Carol Eichhorn
ning for both vice-president and
secretary. Only four people were
candidates for treasurer.
The race for Student Council
representative accounted for a
large number of the 104 candidates.
Fifty sophomores vied for this
office, from which nine were elect
ed. Positions on the Youth Recre
ation Committee, a comparatively
new organization at Senior High,
were sought by 31 students. Nine
people, one for every 75 sopho-
Renny Jordan’s'booster was Jane
Spence; while Kenneth Tutterow
boosted David Patrick. Boosting
Jerry Robertson was Pete Banner.
Tommy Tuttle’s booster was Frank
Harmon.
Those seeking other offices were
recognized at the assembly al
though they were not permitted
to speak.
Vice-presidential aspirants were
Don Brame, Bob Poster, Betsy
Glynn, Penn Waldron, Mike Wil
lett, and Lila Wolff. The six per
sons running' for secretary were
Hal Greeson, Robert Hamlin, Bob
by Loverin, Sarah Newby, June
Rubin, and Jane Spence.
Maureen Ferrell, Michael George,
Pat Hutchins, and Carolyn Jones
were in the race for treasurer.
Those running for class repre
sentatives included Pete Banner,
Sue Ellen Barker, Mary Jean Bid
dy, Mildred Blakey, James.Busby,
and Ronnie Butler. Others were
Becky Chambers, Harriet Cole,
Marty Cone, Michaux Crocker,
Jane Dardin, Martha De Vane, and
Mary Egerton. Also seeking this
office are Carol Eichhorn, Donnie
Elliott, Robin Farr, Ellen Fields,
Jane Flynn, Bill Gaiely, and
(Continued on Page Seven)
Scholarships Available To Seniors
Having High Scholastic Standing
Seniors here at Greensboro High j
School have an opportunity to
compete for many scholarships a j
number of which are most out- !
standing, j
Of interest to boys is the Naval j
Reserve Officers Training Corps
(NROTC) scholarship.
Sponsored by the Department of
the Navy this contest is open to
any male high school graduate
17-21 years of age who is in ex
cellent physical condition and who
scores high on the exam.
All students who wish to vie
for this scholarship must have
an application sent to the Edu
cation Testing Seiwice, Princeton,
New Jersey, via the principal’s
office not later than November
17, 1956. The aptitude test will be
given December 8, 1956 and those
who are high scorers will be
notified January 18, 1957.
The Angler B. Duke Scholar
ship fund provides grants of $1,000
per academic year.to eight men
and three women who graduate
from a school in the state of North
Carolina.
Winners of these grants will be
selected on the following basis;
high school scholastic record, col
lege aptitude as shown by tests,
breadth of interest and native
ability as indicated by extra-cur-
jricular activities, participation in
!chm*ch and civic activities, with
particular reference to leadership
qualities, and personality , ap
pearance, stability, poise, and vit
ality as evidenced in personal in
terviews.
To be eligible for this scholar
ship, all candidates are required
to take the Scholastic Aptitude
Test. This test will be given De
cember 1, 1956 and January
1957.
Caviness Is President
Of Sophomore Class
Susan Caviness was named
president of the Sophomore
Class after a run-off vote be
tween Ronnie Jordan and hCT-
self last Wednesday October 3.
Other officers are Penn Wal
dron vice - president; Jane
Spence, secretary; and Pat Hut
chins, treosurer.
Pete Banner, Sue Ellen Bar
ker, Marty Cone, Carol Eichom,.
Robin Farr, Margaret Humph
rey, Suzanne Humphrey, Carol
Overstreet, Sheila Sapero, and
Anne West were elected to serve-
as Sophomore Class representa
tives.
Those elected to the YoutK
Recreation Committee are Bren
da Britt, Jane Bundy, Carole
Coble, Mimi Ridenhour, Kay
Smith, Angie Davis, Sudie Davis,
Pat Phillips, Kaye Remmey, and
DoUie Sherrill.