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High Life
March 22, 1957
Measles, Measles, Measles
The Ivy League look this season has
switched from stripes to red spots. Instead
of belts and buckles, a few measly dots
will put you in the height ot fashion—at
least for three to five days!
This new fad can be acquired in a num
ber of ways, if you are among the hopeful
unfort.unates who have not yet attained
its ranks.
1. Get that big date you were hoping
for—9 times out of 10 your date
turns out to. have the measles or else
you’ll feel same spot coming on!
2. Borrow a few left-over germs from
your classmates who have passed out
of the mode. Students are generous
when it comes to things like that.
3. Pretend you really don’t want them
and that you’d die if you had to
leave school for any length of time.
You can usually come down with a
federal case of these red threats when
they think you don’t want them.
4. Study hard for that big test. It’s al
ways a challenge to make up a test
after three days of rest during which
you forget everything except scratch.
(Measles have strategy.).
5. And, as a last resort, a few dabs of
Upstick well-placed during this spring
season will produce startling effects.
When the clinic calls up to see what’s
ailing you, how about creating a new name
for the splotching disease? Hundreds of
the same disease get rather monotonous.
Our conclusion is that the best solution
would be to get all your “measly” friends
together, have a blast and paint the town
red!
Para’ Phrasin’
A P. S. on teenage litterbugs. In spite
of Council cleanups and removal of trash
by conscientious persons from the cafeteria
lately, it seems that Mr. and Miss Average
GHS’er feel no need for their eating place
to even border on sanitation. Trash baskets
have been converted into targets for ris
ing hoopsters and there seems to be a
prize for the group making the biggest
mess. In view of the messy situation per
haps the school nickname should be
changed from Whirlibirds to something
more apropos, say Piggy Wiggles.
Just a note of thanks to our male faculty
members plus the queen herself. Miss Tut
tle, for their delightful performance in the
talent show. GHS can be proud of many
things, but high in the list should be the
faculty. It’s nice to have such good sports
for teachers.
HIGH LIFE
Published SemFMoathly by the Students of
Crreensburo Senior High School
Greensboro, N. C.
Founded by iSie Class
of 1921
Revived by the Spring
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of 1937
Bhatered as second-class matter March 30,
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The following letter recently came to
A. P. Routh’s office. Knovnng that the
student body would be interested in the
content as the two boys mentioned were
well-known last year, he passed it on to
HIGH LIFE for publication.
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
March 11, 1957
Mr. A. P. Routh, Principal
Greensboro Senior High School
Greensboro, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Routh:
I just wanted to drop a note of con
gratulations to you and to your faculty
on the fact that two of the boys in the
class of superior students made all A’s
during the semester. Only five students
out of the 25 made all A’s, and two
came from the Senior High School in
Greensboro.
They are Dick Robinson, a Morehead
Scholar, and John Gardiner, who was
a . Morehead alternate and subsequent
ly won a General Motors scholarship.
I know that you and your faculty
take pride in the good work your stu
dents do at Chapel Hill. I hope the mem
bers of your student body are aware of
the fact that you send us more Phi Beta
Kappa students than any other school
in the stae.
Faithfully yours,
Roy Armstrong,
Director of Admissions
Sophomore Sharpe Wins
Free Trip To New York
Sandra Sharpe, sophomore, won
an ^1 expense-paid 14-day trip
to New York as first prize for a
speech, “My Community in World
Affairs.” given Tuesdayi March
12, in the Odd Fellow’s Hall.
Nations Building, take guided
tours, see shows, shop, and in
general “live it up”.
This will be Sandra first visit
to the world’s largest city. “Just
going is a thrill,” she commented,
“and meeting all the other people
will be an even bigger one.”
Sandra, a member of Miss
Mozelle Causey’s speech classes
has also won $50 as second prize
for her speech, “What the Repub
lican Party Can Do for Me.”
Hall
Tales
Spring is popping out all over with,
measles. Ah, but remember that when.
spring comes, can summer be far be
hind??
Squad member Phil Causey (pointing,
to cigarette-end on hall floor) Woody,
is this yours?
Woody Fordham (pleasantly) Not at all
sir; you saw it first.
Betsy Stevens—Who is the man in.
the blue coat?
Tommy Glascock—That’s the umpire.
Betsy—Why does he wear that funny
wire over his face?
Tommy—To keep him from biting the:
ball players.
He was walking in the Easter Parade
with Marilyn Monroe on one arm and.
Jane Man^ield on the other—what a
beautiful job of tattooing.
Roy Michaux—I’m tired. I was out
late last night with a nurse.
Harry Smith—Cheer up. Maybe your
mother will let you go out without one
sometime.
Miss Freight Train of 1957 was prom
enading along Fifth Avenue in the Eas
ter Parade. She looked like a million—
and not much younger. She was wear
ing a strapless potato sack with open
toed army shoes. Her Easter hat was
loaded with lemons, watermelons, cher
ries, and all kinds of fruit. She paid
the grocer five bucks just to follow her
around and water them. She was a love
ly girl. She had her mother’s eyes and
her father’s hair, but it was her father’s
-turn to wear it. She had a face that
grows on you. If it grew on me, I’d have
it chopped off. She had an hourglass
:igure. it took an hour to figure out
what it was. She was so ugly her family
gave her up for Lent.
Smart girl: one who can hold a man
at arm’s length without losing her grip
on him.
Women are like newspapers because
they have forms;
Are made up;
Have bold type;
'ifiey always nave the last word;
Back numbers are not in demand;
They have a great deal of influence;
They are weU-worth looking over;
They carry the news wherever they go.
They are never afraid to speak.
See if you can punctuate this.
That that is is that that is not is not
is tnat not so.
Mayonnaise to the idebox—Shut the
door; I’m dressing.
In closing—
Coni'ucious says, “Man who sits on
tack is better off.”
Romantic equation
X equals boy
Y eguals girl
Z e*quals chaperone
X-|-2Y=jealousy
X-|-Y 4-Z=mise^
X-j-Y—Z=rbappiness
O'BRIEN REVIEWS COUNCIL ACTIVITIES;
URGES PARTICIPATION IN ’57 ELECTIONS
Gay Garrison
Judie Bittinger
Liz Hodges, Judee Rivers
ClaibcH*ne Cordle
Bob Hale
Alex Sapp
Charles Mills
June Rubin
Charles Ridiman
Sari Lynn Wiafree
Sue Hoffman
Angie Davis, Rinda King
Miss Peggy Ann Joyner
Mr. A. P. Routh
Volume XXXIII
March 22, 1957
No. 12
SANDRA SHARPE
The contest wa.s sponsored by
the United Nations Pilgrimage for
Youth. Sandra, along with 125
other high school students from
all over the United States, will
journey to New York for the
June 19 through July 3 trip.
Ellen Hackney and Harriet Liv
ingston, second and third place
winners 'both from Guilford High
Sch'ool, will be included for the
trip. Frances Demetriou, sopho
more at GHS, was named by the
judges as Sandra’s alternate.
The girls will leave from Win
ston-Salem June 19 and travel
by bus to New York with a one
night stop in Washington. In New
York they plan to visit the United
By Bill O’Brien
It is gratifying to see that the lunch
recreation program seems to be going
nicely and that many more of you drop
over for a portion of the period.
Oim last Council report made a re
quest of the student body for two-fold
cooperation in the cafeteria: first,
taking your normal place in the lunch
line and, second, carrying your tray
back to the window and any trash resi
due to the waste cans. As we said in our
report, when each individual assumes his
oum responsibility in this connection,
there is no problem. The condition has
improved greatly since our report to you;
however, some are still among those who
“fail to think.” We believe in Senior
High—is it too much to hope for 100
per cent cooperation here?
GHS has ‘Real Stuff’
Our congratulations go to the Torch
light Society for presenting an interest
ing talent show in assembly last week;
our congratulations also go to a student
body that revealed it knew how to re
spond to the various types of acts in-
cJuded on this program. We feel a real
pride every time Greensboro High
proves she has the real “stuff” within
her!
Congratulations seem to be the order
of the day when we are rejoicing over
many good things—so to the singing
groups who brought away Superior rat
ings, to the Playmasters who staged four
good one-act plays last week, and to the
many individuals of our studest body
who are now reaping outstanding col
lege scholarships, may we add our con
gratulations!
Election Time Important
In closing the Council Comer this
week, I should like to leave with you
a message which is perhaps my most im
portant one of the year. Spring elections
now loom on our horizon. What are we
doing about them? Are we asking the
best-qualified persons in our student
body to run for office? We can expect no
better school from the standpoint of
student leadership than those we elect
to represent us. I shall not be here next
year, but I shall always be interested in
Senior High. Here’s hoping that she
will always have class officers and a
Student Council that are individuals who
may be respected for their integrity,
their dependability, and their willingness
to serve unselfishly their school—for
the “common welfare of aU.” Yes, elec
tion time is an important time for every
one of us, for only our individual votes
decide the outcome!