Page Two
High Life
October 19, 1956
College Day, A Time To Put
Our Besf Foot Forward
Greensboro Senior High School has al
ways put its students first. This fact has
been proved by the variety of courses
made available to suit individual tastes
and needs, as well as by the extensive
extra-curricular activities which are offer
ed to our students to give them useful out
lets for their energy.
Each year GHS goes to great effort in
planning and organizing a College Day
at which time representatives from the col
leges and universities of North Carolina
and surrounding states are brought togeth
er in our gym to help us decide about our
future educational plans. Year after year
representatives from 70 to 80 schools have
returned to GHS, each time forming lasting
opinions of our school and its student body.
During previous CoUege Days comments
have been made about the seriousness with
which the members of the student body
contemplate their college future. The
crowds which press the visitors eagerly
asking them questions, the attentive lis
teners seeking to learn all they can about
their possible Alma Maters — all these
things have left good impressions with the
College Day visitors. In addition to out-of-
town visitors other students from Guilford
County and Curry also join in our college
preparatory program. Parents, school per
sonnel and numerous outsiders attend Col
lege Day, each one getting inside views of
life at Senior.
During the preceding time the impress
ions made have been favorable ones .Of
course we cannot afford to rest on our
laurels; this year we must try to present
an even more pleasing picture of our school
life. By everyone’s preparing himself for
College Day by deciding on definite ques
tions he needs answered, informing himself
as much as possible about the colleges in
which he is interested, and thirdly, don
ning his best manners, surely the opinion
of GHS that is carried away by our guests
well be a good one.
Let us remember that what we learn at
College Day may greatly influence our lives.
Let us think seriously about this day, get
the most out of it, and leave the best im-
, presslon with our visitors. If these things .
are done, others will certainly be as proud
of Seniors as we are.
Senior s Increasing Enrollment
Presents A Problem
We the Class of 1957 have vidtnessed the'
rapid growth of Senior High in the few
years we have been here. Even as sopho
mores we were aware that every year the
number of incoming students far surpass
ed the number of graduating seniors. Thus,
HIGH LIFE
Published Semi-Monthly by the Studenta of
Oreeiuboro Sralor High School
Green^oro, N. C.
Fonnded by &e Glass
of 1921
Revived by the Spring
Journalism Class
of 1937
Entered as second-ctass matter March 30,
1940, at the post oMce at Greensboro, N. C.,
under the Act of Martdi 3, 1879.
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Feature Editor .
Business Manager —
Advertising Manager.
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Boys’ Sports Editor
Sports’ Staff
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Exchange Editor
Circulation Editor —
Photographers
Cartoonist
No College Daze .
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LET’S PUT OUR BEST FOOT
FORWARD AGAIM THIS YEAR!
Elwood Hartman
Bonnie Adelstein
Judy Shallant
. Frances McCormick
. Betty Rose
it is an evident fact that GHS is
becoming more and more crowded
as time goes on.
The addition of two new build
ings will of course ease much of the
tension. Split assemblies, unpopular
as they are, have helped in solving
the problem; however, enrollment
promises to increase by such leaps
and bounds that even more drastic
steps will have to be taken next
year.
Contracts have been signed for
a new senior high school, which
will take care of a great number
of students; yet because of lack of
funds and red tape the erection
of the school has been delayed, mak.
ing it quite certain that the new
building win not be completed by
the 1957 fall term.
According to figures compiled by
the Board of Education, GHS is ex
pected to have approximately 2,076
students by September, 1957. Of
course such numbers would cause
emergency action, although definite
plans are stUl to be made about the
situation.
Ben L. Smith, superintendent of
Greensboro public schools, has writ
ten a guest editorial giving his
views of the problem.
COUNCIL
CORNER
By Bill O’Brien
The major fail project of the Student
Council will be Careers Day, November
29.
The schedule for this day is as follows:
8:45- 9:00 Home room period
9:05- 9:50 First period
9:55-10:40 Second period
10:45-11:00 Home room period
11:00-12:00 Assembly with keynote
speaker
1; 00- 2:00 First careers group
2:10- 3:10 Second careers group
You chose three careers last week, and
it is now the job of the Council to
schedule you according to your wishes
as much as possible. The main purpose
of Careers Day is to help you decide
what career you will choose for life and
let you know the various requirements
for entering your chosen field.
The girls’ gym is now open after
lunch periods for dancing and ping pong.
We hope all of you will enjoy these
recreational facilities nqw available.
More activities will be added as your
participation calls for them.
Don’t forget Homecoming, November
9, the last game of the year.
'Pon my soul, that time is here again!
I’m referring to report card week, of
course. In some select circles around
GHS, this time is getting to be known
as teachers revenge. Ah well, that’s the
' way the cookie crumbles..
Speaking about grades and sech, here
is a cherry thocght to take along with
you over the weekend:
Now I lay me down to sleep,
Before tomorrow’s test,
If I should die before I wake
I won’t have that awful test to take!
Senior: Is your girl spoiled?
Sophomore: No, it’s just the perfume
she’s wearing!
Here’s a few scintillating synonyms
I hope will give you a giggle or two.
Scrip
Tease
FREEDOM
By Johnny Davis
Freedom, God’s gift to have, to keep;
Freedom, whose meaning’s so sacred, so
deep.
Men of the past have fought and died,
So that we living may walk with pride,
With heads uplifted, with minds brisk
and clear;
We live, we think, we act without fear.
’Tis our nation that’s known the world
around
To be the place where peace is found.
'Tis our gift to pass on unharmed.
So that our children will not be alarmed,
When they look at this nation we’ve
given to them.
Without these burdens so heavy, so grim.
’Tis our duty to fight, to give
Our aid, our lives, that freedom may
live.
We have a duty we must fulfill—
To leave freedom’s record unblemished
still.
Let us not fail, lest we put out the.fire,
That restrains, that rinders man’s selfish
desire.
For we have a duty we must accept—
To pass on this land, as for us it was
kept.
Perhaps one of them is your theme song.
3:30 Bell—Heaven on Earth
Journalism Class—Work For the Night
Is Coming
Classroom Loafer—^Beautiful Dreamer
Homework—Forever Darling
Band—Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, The
Boys -Are Marching
Books—16 Tons
Seniors—The High and the Mighty
Report Cards—Nobody Knows the
Trouble I’ve Seen
Library—Where you read the maga
zines your family doesn’t subscribe to at
home.
Cafeteria—Study hall with food.
Playmaster Rehearsers — It’s Thr^e
O’clock in The Morning.
A glance at some ancient High Life
showed some interesting facts—The El
vis of 1939 was Nelson Eddy; most popu
lar band was Paul Whiteman, and the
Bob Poole of that era was . . . Bob
Poole!
The sharpest greeting in these halls
in 1928? Greetings mate, let’s conju
gate!
Way back in 1936 Miss Mitchell wrote
Etes-vous un chat (Are you a cat) on
a test, and many girls obligingly wrote
yes! Times change, but people don’t.
Comment in an English 7 class studying
Chaucer and the monks of the time:
“Did the monks have tales too?”
Inscriptions on tombstones can have
their funny side—on one reads this: He
fought a good fight, but his razor was
dull. “Rest In Peace” was often abridged
to R. I. P. Hence, the following is
chiseled on a tomfstone in a Winston-
Salem cemetary:
Here lies Susan,
Let her R. I. P.
Some suggest that I serve coffee with
such puns—
Perky Poetry—
My love has went, he done me dirt;
I did not know he were a flirt;
To you my friend, let love forbid.
Lest you be done like I been did!
Short Story:
Sail, Gale Pale Rail!
By the way—
This business of thinking up jokes
Has got me a little daunted—
If you think these jokes are too corny
Please tell me the ones you wanted.
Wal, that’s all for now, just remember
this—
There are only three things that are
really worthwhile—to be good, to do
good, and to always smile. He who
laughs, lasts!
- Mary Lou Hutton
, Mary Jane Higgins
Linda Harrison
_ Add Penfield, Jr.
Cooper Null
Max Snodderly
Jane Parkins
Gay Garrison
. Patty Slade
Over 2000 Students Expected ?\[ext Year
. Claiborne Cordle
Bob Hale
Charles Mills
June Rubin
Proofreaders Carolyn Marks
Judie Bittinger, Liz Hodges, Sue Hcrffman
Angie Davis, Kinda King
Adviser —— Miss Peggy Ann Joyner
Financial Adviser Mr. A. P. Routh
No. 3
Volume XXXIII
October 19, 1956
The Greensboro City Board of Edu
cation and I are most happy that we
have been able to provide for the stu
dents at the Senior High School weU
appointed and improved facilities for
the Departments of Home Economics
and Music, thus relieving other facilities
for the use of classes in other subject
fields.
You will be interested to know that
plans are under way for the construct
ion of a standard quarter mile track
in the stadium.
Plans and specifications are in pre
paration for the erection of another
senior high school to be located in the
northeastern section of the city and to
accommodate the pupils from Joyner,
Irving Park, Aycock, Proximity, Porter
and Caesar Cone Schools. Just as soon
as the plans have been completed and
approved, bids will be called for and
a contract let. Such a large project takes
several months for completion. It is not
expected that the facilitites will be ready
for the opening of school next fall.
The prospect is that there will be
an increase in the enrollment of pupils
at Senior High School in the fall. All of
us regret that we are confronted with
the rather crowded conditions. If all the
pupils in the junior high schools pass
their work this year and remain in
school, we shall have an enrollment of
approximately 2,000 pupils. Every effort
will be made to make the best of the
situation. The cheerful acceptance and
cooperation of students and teachers
will be appreciated.
All of us are proud of the Greensboro
Senior High School and its fine attain
ments in various fields of endeavors.
Let us continue our high record of at
tainment.
Because of the increased number of
students seeking admission to college, it
is increasingly important that you secure
along with your graduation from high
school the highest possible attainment in
scholastic proficiency.
B. L. Smith
Superintendent