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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLITME XXXm
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO N. C., JAN. 18, 1957
NUMBER 8
January 17 Deadline
For All Library Books
All books in circulation, rfrom
the Senior High School li&ary
should have been checked in by
4 p. m. yesterday, January 17, ac
cording to Miss Mildred Herring,
librarian.
Beginning with today a fine of
25 cents per book per day will be
charged, and no student owing
money will be permitted to regis
ter for the second semester until
his library fines have been paid.
Seniors' Veep Is Finalist
In Morehead Competition
Buck Hoyle, vice-president of
the Greensboro Senior High
School student body, is one of the
seven Guilford County finalists in
the regional competition for a
$5000 Morehead Scholarship to the
University of North Carolina.
Ten other GHS boys sent their
applications to a county committee
as did other seniors jn the Guil
ford County area. From this group
there were three winners from
High Point, two from Jamestown,
and one from both Sumner and
Senior high schools.
Applications of the seven win
ning boys will be sent to a com
mittee in Winston-Salem. Prom
these competitors, representing 14
counties, approximately six will be
chc^en sometime in February to
advance to the Central Committee
finals.
GOOD LUCK BUCK . . .
la'keTiace'jSSw 12 'Northern Lights' To Array Gymnasium
For Oncoming GHS's Midwinters Dance
Saturday, January 12 marked
the date for the college entrance
Scholastic Aptitude Tests given to
61 students at Senior High School.
Thirty-five of those students
taking the examination were from
Senior, while the others wore from
the Greensboro area. Many col
leges require their applicants to
take the exam, while some only
recommend it.
Everyone taking the test arrived
at the sdiool by 8:30 a. m. with
his ticket of admission. Candidates
were seated between 8:30 and 9
a. m., after which the exam, last
ing until approximately 12:30 p.
m., was given. No candidates were
admitted after the test had begun.
Anyone wishing to leave the room
during the exam time had to se
cure permission from the instruc
tor.
No one was permitted to bring
books or papers into the room, and
anyone using such materials was
asked to leave. The use of slide
rules, protractors, stencils, coin-
passes, or rulers was also prohibit
ed. Students could not use scratch
paper to work out the mathematic
problems but could do the scratch-
work in the margins of the test
booklet. Special pencils were used
on all the answer sheets.
Students wishing to send their
score to various colleges listed
those schools on their exam ap
plication.
The only other date for the exam
to be given at Senior High School
is Saturday, May 18.
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Thomas Mitchell, Star
Makes Trip To Senior
Only two more school days
are left to buy tickets to the mid
winters dance, “Northern Lights,”
January 23 in the girls’ gym from
8:30-11:30 p. m.
Fifty cents, stag or drag, will
purchase from any Student Coiui-
cil member a ticket to a semi-
formal evening of dancing to the
music of Ranny Dodson’s band.
wMy-
In addition to being vice-presi
dent of the student body. Buck is
a member of Torchlight and the
Key Club.
Last year, Dick Robinson' presi
dent of the Senior Class, won this
$5000 scholarship.
Eight GHS'ers To Vie
For Merit Scholarships
Eight GHS seniors have been
selected as finalists in the Nation
al Merit Scholarship Examination
on the basis of their scores taken
from the scholastic test given here
October 24.
Out of the 28 GHS students who
were applicants eight were named
as having reached the final round
in the examination. They are Jane
McLennan, Jean Ogbum, Mara-
nell Pearsall, Kay Weston, Henry
Plynt, Elwood Hartman, James
Spence, and Robert Willett,
•niese eight are now competing
Thomas Mitchell, portrayer of for scholarships ranging from the
O. Henry on the weekly television j $100 honorary award to $2,000 per
series O. Henry Playhouse, talked
to about 300 students from the
second period English classes
Monday morning, January 14,
from 10-10:30 a. m. in the audi
torium.
Discussing mainly his role as
O. Henry, Mr. Mitchell followed
his short talk with an informal
question period. Greensboro, birth
place of the famed short story
writer, was host to Mitchell’s visit
from January 13-15, during which
he spoke at the dedication cere-
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year grants which will be pre
sented to students whose high
scores on the College Entrance
Examination Board Scholastic Ap
titude test marked them as win
ners from all over the United
States.
Financial need is not considered
in choosing winners; however, it
is considered in alloting the
amount of the stipend. The money
Libby Garvin and Nancy Lam
beth, Student Council members
in charge of the Midwinters
Dance, have chosen “Northern
Lights” as its theme.
refreshments, and entertainment.
The dance, sponsored by the
Student Council, is usually an an
nual affair, with the exception of
last year. Nancy Lambeth, social
chainnan of the Council, and
Libby Garvin, Student Council
member, head of the mid-winters
dance committee with the assist
ance of Boots Antrim and David
Craig, seniors, from the student
body.
Carrying out the theme of
“Northern lights” will be approp
riate decorations of a scene of
northern lights over the bandstand
and various winter ornaments,
such as icicles and snowflakes.
Council members will start decor
ating the gym Wednesday at about
10 a. m., and anybody is welcome
to help.
Mrs. W. Beatty Farr, adult chair
man of the Youth Recreation
Committee, is in charge of sup
plying an adequate number of
chaperones at the dance.
Many GHS Pupils Exempt
Various Semester Exams
Twelve seniors have the oppor-
tionity to exempt two final exami
nations for the first semester,
while 86 other students are eligi
ble to exempt one.
To exempt two exams, the fol
lowing ^ld Star wearers, indicat
ing 14 successive Honor Roll
grades, take five major subjects:
Elizabeth Antrim, Ann Butler,
Alec Decker, Bill Hanling, Elwood i
Hartman, Buck Hoyle, Tom Hud
gins, Ruth Hunt, Jane McLennan,
Maranell Pearsall, Kay Weston,
and Robert Willett.
Senior High students must have
a phobia against math, for that
department leads the number of
exemptions with 34, while the
English Department closely trails
with 27. Twenty-one exemptions
their exams.
Exemptors of their English finals
are Julia Adams, Bonnie Adel-
stein, Helen Allen, Larry Brown,
Judy Campbell, Alec Decker, Hen
ry Flynt, Gilbert Frank, Hilda
Garrett, Bill Hanling, Elwood
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may be used for any coUege, but j foUow from the Language Depart-
the applicant’s choice must be ment, including three from French,
made by February 1, or the grant
must be forfeited.
Wilder Rates First Team Standing
As Only Tar Heel On All-American
Bert Wilder, Whirlie football ■ credits wrestling for most of that, North Carolina, but several other
and wrestling star, last week added
two more awards to his long list
when he made two high school
All-American teams.
Bert was selected on the first
team All-American by the Wig
wam Wisemen of America and a
similar selection by the Scholastic
Magazine. He is the only North
Carolinian to make either squad
this year. He is also the first boy
from Greensboro Senior High to
be named to an All-American
team.
When asked how it felt to be an
All-American, Bert only said, “It’s
pretty great!” In typical Wilder
fashion he said that he never ex
pected such an honor to come to
him.
Bert began his high school ca
reer as a starter on the 1956 Jay
it enabled him to gain much
needed confidence in himself.
Spurred on by the coaches at
GHS and his father, Bert’s play
was outstanding enough to enable
him to be named on several all-
star aggregations in the state.
1956 was a fine year for Bert.
In March he won the state cham
pionship in wrestlii^ in the un
limited dass. He was named to
an All-Southern team after the
season’s end. Bert was selected to
play in the Shrine Bowl in DecMn-
ber and received the trophy as the
Mast Valuable Player. The High
Point American Business Club also
honored him as the Most Out
standing Player in the Western
AAA Conference. Now the selec
tion on two All-American teams
climaxes, at least for the time
vee ball (dub, which went unde- | being, the list of awards won by
feated. As a junior he was the first Bert Wilder.
string varsity tackle. During his
senior year, Bert came into his
own, playing defense and leading
the hard-charging offensive line.
More consistent play as a sen
ior was a feature of his play. He
schools are beating on the door
of Mr. Wilder’s residence, seeking
his services.
12 from Spanish, and foiu: from
Latin; the Science Department,
with seven exemptions in chemis
try and three in physics, claim
a total of ten exemptions; ax
exemptions come from the History
Department; and the lowest num
ber, two, are exempting shorthand.
An inclusive total of 98 pupils are
exempting exams this semester,
which is only 6% of the student
body. Silver and gold star wearers
are the priviliged ones entitled
to abstain from one or two of
Of all the honors that have
come his way this season, Bert
says that being an All-American
is the biggest and best. i
As far as college goes, Bert is
leaning toward the University of
photo by Greensboro Record
Burt Wilder, first string All-American Tackle ....
New Teachers Come
To Senior This Term
When the second semester be
gins here at Greensboro Senior
High, three new faculty members,
Ml'S. Ralph Edwards, Mrs. Mary
Siler, and Mrs. Max Gamer, will
teach classes in English, biology
and family life.
Mrs. Ralph Edwards, who is re
placing Mrs. Evelm Stanton, ha®
oiready begun her classes in Eng
lish. She will teach three classes
in junior English and two classes
in s^ior English.
Having first attended Guilford
High School, Mrs. Edwards grad
uated from Guilford College.
Mr. Edwards is assistant per
sonnel manager at the White Oak
Plant of Cone Mills Corporation
here in Greensboro.
Replacing the family life teach
er, Mrs. Lucille Hillman, who has
moved to Maiden, N. c. with her
husband, is Mrs. Max Gamer.
Mrs. Gamer attended New Sal
em High School in Monroe, N. C.
and is a graduate of Mars Hill
Junior College and of Tift College
in Georgia. Besides being interest
ed in church work and sewing,
Mrs. Gamer is a basketball fan"
She spent the past two years as
girls’ basketball coach at South-
mont High School in Davidson
County.
Mrs. Gamer’s husband is maJe-
ing the change with her Current
ly at Pfeilfer College, he will
ti'ansfer to Guilford College at
mid-semester.
Mrs. S. B. Deal, a senior at
Woman’s College, is conducting
classes until Mrs. Gamer’s arrival.
Mrs. Deal is a native of States
ville, N. C.
Mrs. Mary Siler, who taught
Biology during the second semester
last year, will replace Miss Patsy
Craver who is leaving to get mar-
I ned.