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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME xxxni
SENIOR inGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. OCT. 19, 1956
NUMBER
Senior Hish Schedules Annual College Day
Representing the many groups
which will be in charge of College
Day is a planning board consisting
of ten members. They are seated,
from row, left to right, Batty Wag
oner, library; Jean Ogbum, Torch
light; and Ruth McCulloch, DO-
DE. Standing in the second row
left to right are Ronda Lee, Home
Economics; Camille Merriman,
Student Council; Martha Harris,
DO-DE; and Linda Meyers, Miss
Lucille Browne’s secretary. The
boys standing left to right are
Stratton Eldridge, Library; David
Craig, Torchlight; and Bill
O’Brien, Student Council. Also on
the committee although not pic
tured is Nancy Brothers from
Home Economics.
Morning Conferences Are Planned
For Interested College Applicants
College Day, which is an annual event at Greensboro Senior
High, will occur October 24 from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m. with
representatives from approximately 75 colleges and universi
ties attending.
This year Guilford College and Curry High School will par
ticipate with Senior High in the day’s events.
From 9 a. m. until noon all
a. m. until noon
juniors and seniors at Senior who
wish will be excused from classes
for one hour to consult with the
college counselors of their choice.
Students will report to their reg
ularly asigned class and get from,
their subject teacher permission to
go to the boys’ gymnasium where
the conference will be. Possession
of a college preference blank
stamped “College Day” will be
the basis for this preference.
Blanks will be given to home room
teachers.
Merriman Receives Pin
At Local DAR Meeting
Camille Merriman, GHS’s out- stead of making a scrapbook as
standing citizen last year, received
her pin of recognition at the Oc
tober 12 meeting of the Rachel
Caldwell chapter of DAR and made
an acceptance speech for herself
and the seven other high school
DAR-sponsored best citizen who
also attended the meeting.
The DAR best citizen will fill
out a questionnaire this year, in-
Quill And Scroll Invites
Students For Membership
Quill and Scroll has issued let
ters of eligibility to 18 HIGH
LIFE and WHIRLIGIG .staff mem
bers, according to Ann Butler,
president.
In order to become a member
of this organization, a student must
be on either the HIGH LIFE or
WHIRLIGIG staff, and have a
scholastic average of 90 or above.
Another requirement for admit
tance to the club is that the pros
pective entrant must submit an ex
ample of his literary achievement,
such as an essay, poem, or short
story, to a panel of judges.
Around 12 of the 18 eligible
will be taken into Quill and Scroll.
Those notified submitted a literaiT
entry Wednesday, October 17, and
those accepted will be announced
in the next issue of HIGH LIFE.
HIGH LIFE staff members who
qualify for admission to the or
ganization are Elwood Hartman,
Bonnie Adelstein, Judy Shallant,
Frances McCormick, Betty Rose,
Jane Parkins, Add Penfield, and
Max Snodderly.
Kay Wood, Maranell Pearsall,
Angelyn Stokes, Al Hattaway, Ann
Wheeler, Katherine Polk, Doris
McCraw, Nancy Hewett, Peggy
Coming School Events
Shown On Calendar
Octoberl9—Football, Danville—
here. Open house.
October 22—Report cards.
October 24—College Day.
October 26—Football, Salisbury
here. Open house.
October 30—Assembly, juniors,
seniors, one - half
sophomores.
' Band Concert
Sink, and Susan Levine are the
WHIRLIGIG staff members in
vited to submit ^ork for judging.
The chief project of Quill and
Scroll is the publishing of HOME-
SPUN, a literary magazine con
taining original compositions by
GHS students. This magazine will
appear sometime next spring.
In addition to Ann the organiza
tion consists of Mary Lou Hutton,
and Jane McLennon, both seniors.
Miss Peggy Ann Joyner, HIGH
LIFE adviser, is also adviser to
Quill and Scroll,
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Five Delegates To Attend
State Council Convention
Delegates have been chosen from
the Student Council to attend the
North Carolina Student Council
Association Convention which will
take place at New Hanover High
School, October 21-23 in Wilming
ton, North Carolina.
Bill O’Brien, as state president
of the association, will head the
group which consists of Sandra
Holderness, school secretary
Buck Hoyle, vice-president of the
school; Bob Baynes, traffic chief;
and Jey Diefell, school treasurer.
Sandra, Bobj and Jey will at
tend as official delegates, each
having a vote. Sandra will be
nominated by the Greensboro
group for the office of state sec
retary. Bill, as president of the
convention, will conduct the busi
ness of the convention and has no
voting power except in the event
of a tie. Buck is planning to at
tend as a discussion leader. The
group will be in Wilmington from
Sunday, the 21, to Tuesday, the
23.
in previous years. This question
naire will consist of various sub
jects on which the girls’ own
opinions will be expressed rather
than just a compilation of facts
and figures. Two state winners
will be selected on the basis of
the questionnaire, and each will
be presented a $100 savings bond.
The national organization will
give one of the bonds to a win
ner from each state, while the
states themselves will give a bond
to the other winner.
DAR best citizens must come
from the Senior Class and should
be chosen by the following quali
fications, as written by the Na
tional Society of DAR: depend
ability, which includes truthful-
njess, loyalty, and punctuality;
service, which includes coopera
tion, courtesy, and consideration
of others; leadership, including
personality, self-control, and the
ability to assume responsibilities;
and patriotism, which covers un
selfish interest in the family,
school, community, and nation.
Class Sales, Project
To Support Whirligig
Senior High School’s Sopho
more, Junior, and Senior Classes
have been conducting sales for
the past few weeks to raise money
to support the publication of
WHIRLIGIG, Senior High School’s
annual.
Mrs. Martha Hundley and Mrs.
Eloise Keefer, members of the
commercial department, were the
faculty advisers for the Sopho
more Class pencil sale. According
to Mrs. Hundley, “The Sophomore
Class has had a very successful
sale of football ijencijs.” After the
selling of 1590 pencils, the goal
of 100 per cent sales was reached.
Leading the project was Mrs.
Joann Taylor’s home room 304
selling 117 pencils totalling $U.70.
Advising the Junior Class sale
was Mrs. Jean Newman. As of
the last report, the junior sta
tionery sale has taken in $201.
Boxes of monagram stationery
were in such demand that an ad
ditional order of 300 boxes, has
been placed. Another project of
the Junior Class is .the selling of
“relax-a-backs” which will be on
sale at all future football games
for the price of 25 cents.
'The Senior Class raised almost
all of its money for WHIRLIGIG
by the selling of football ribbons.
Parents are urged to come since
the purpose of College Day is to
arrange a situation in which high
school students and their parents
can conveniently confer with the
representatives from a number of
colleges and learn of the advant
ages and courses each offers.
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MISS LUCILLE BROWNE
Miss Lucille Browne, director of
the Guidance Service, Greensboro
Public Schools, suggests that all
students study the college cata
logues available in both the li
brary and guidance.center and in
quire also in the guidance center
about the available scholarships.
The things to look for are the
required entrance credits, c(Kts,
social life, curriculum, extra-cur
ricular activities, when to send in
applications, available scholarships
or self-help, and the specializa
tion of the college in line with
the student’s major, such as for
estry and business administration..
Working along with the traffic-
squad on College Day will be 49
hosts and hostesses, who will be
selected from Torchlight, the
Home Economics Department,
Student Council, D.O. office prac
tice classes and library assistants.
These are the student groups
sponsoring College Day.
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Twerp Night At Open House This Eve;
Youth Recreation Committee Has Plans
Many plans for programs and
activities were arranged by the
Youth Recreation Committee for
the coming weeks.
Bridge classes are scheduled for
each Tuesday afternoon begin
ning October 23 and continuing
through December 4, including in
struction for beginning and ad
vanced bridge players. The leader
of these classes will be Mrs. Wil
liam Holderness, an accomplished
bridge player. Libby Garvin, chair
man qf the youth Recreation
Committee says, “Opportunities
like this do not come but ever
so often, so all of those interested
in bridge be sure to give your
support to these lessons.”
For those who have not yet
learned to dance and those who
want to improve their technique,
dancing lessons will be given Wed
nesday afternoons in the girls’
gym. Al types of ballroom dancing
will be taught by Mrs. Eleanor
Lambert, the girls’ physical edu
cation teacher.
Every afternoon, Monday
through Thursday, from 3:30
through 5, the girls’ gym will be
open for informal open house. A
jukebox with the latest hit tunes
was installed in the gym by Fred
Ayers. Libby asks for the help of
the student body in keeping it
nice and in putting it to use. Mr.
Ayers has said that if this present
juke box is taken care of and
there seems to be a need for it,
he will see that Senior gets a new
and larger model. He also stated
that if it is not taken care of, it
will be removed.
“There will also be ping-pong
tables and other games. All these
afternoon classes and activities are
still in the trial stage and will be
continued as long as there seems
to be the interest and cooperation
from the students,” Libby said.
There will be three more open
houses during the football season.
Attendance has been exceptional
ly good thus far. Total profits
have reached slightly over $300.
This money will be used for the
Each remaining open house has
a special theme. Tonight, October
19, will be Twerp Night, when th§
girls escort the boys. The follow
ing two open houses will be Hallo
ween and Homecoming. The
Homecoming dance is going to be
from 10 till 12 and is tentatively
scheduled as a Sock Hop.
The folks on the Recreation
Committee say “ ‘Ya’ll come’ to
night ’cause we’re gonna ‘giddy-up
all night long’ but please remem
ber the serules of conduct.”
1. All activities are solely for
the high school students unless
otherwise specified, s
2. There will be no smoking in
the buildings at any time.
3. Conduct becoming ladies and
gentlemen is expected at all times.
4. Membership cards are not
transferable, and any violation of
this or the above mentioned rules
shall result in the removal of priv
ileges for Y. R. C. activities and
the removal of membership cards
benefit of Senior High Students. I for the remainder of the year.