HIGH LIF
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXIV
SENIOR mCH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. ,OCTOBEB 4, 1957
NUMBER 2
PeSSy Sink Reigns As Homecoming Queen
Sophs Name Carroll Inman To Key Position
Casroll Inman, Sohomore from Aycock Junior High School,
was named tx) the Presidency of his class when a large num
ber of Sophomore election participants went to the poUs Wed
nesday, October 2.
Having presided over the Aycock student body last year,
Carroll lists JV activities and membership in Junior Civitans
a? his extra-curricular activities. He defeated Swink Saunders.
Assisting Carroll in 13ie running
of Sophomore Class affairs will be
Joe Gray, vice-president; Betty
Tucker, secretary; and Sherry Mul
lins, treasurer. These newly elected
officers were victorious over Dickie
Bowen, Toni Carter, and Sallaye
Flowe, respectively.
Ed Black, Lacy Coble, Crickest
Conner, Libby Cooke, Elaine Ellis
and Billy Flynt are among the 12
persons chosen to be Student Coun
cil Representatives. Others are
Babs Lands Berger, Patsy Parker,
Johnny Sink, Carol Smith, Penny
Ta’iaferro and Bayard von Herr
mann.
Competting with these 12 persons
in the run-off were Pat Adams,
Lynn Bowles, Sandra Childress,
Carolyn Crutchfield, Judy Edwards,
Barbara Ellis, Ann Kiuttz, Sue La
tham, Kay Lindley, Sammy Mc-
Nairy, Sally Ogbum, Harrieit
Thompson, and Scottie Troxler.
Sophomore YRC Representatives
are Martha Anderson, Lynn Boyce,
Fred Cleaves, Janet Edwards, Ann
Glascock, Skip Jones, Laurie Lamb,
Marilyn Mills, Jimmy Parks, Mick-
ie Turner, and Sue Ann Wrenn
Defeated YRC candidates were
Jo Ann Cannon, Mynebte Clark,
Lynn FiField, Nancy Freeland,
Tommy Gruehn, Bobby Jessup,
Sharon Oates, Bev Setton, Berry
Thompson, Linda UpKrhurch, Lynn
Westmoreland and Betty Uyrick.
Los Condes Sponsor
Si-Monthly Column
“Los Condes, a GHS service
club, intends to sponsor a bi
monthly column in HIGH LIFE on
a student leader or faculty mem
ber.” said Paul Tobin, president
of the club.
Other projects for the year in
clude providing a $300 scholar
ship for a graduating senior. The
scholarship, as last year, will
be awarded on a competitive basis.
Pi-esently the club is contribut
ing an “Athlete of the Week” dis
play in the front hall of the Main
Building.
Officers of Los Condes, besides
Paul, are Tommy South, vice-
president; Johnny Stevenson, sec
retary; and Billy Banner, treas
urer.
The newly-inducted members
are Paislye Gordon, James Ap
ple, Carey Matthews, Joe Ritchie,
Wade Gresham, Benny Team, and
Bobby Dickson. Also inducted were
Phil Ennis, Johnny Christopher,
Tommy Hill, Ashley James, Phil
Needles, Tommy Kitzmiller and
Hal Greeson.
Paul said that Los Condes plans
‘To work closely with the other
clubs and the student council to
help make Senior High “a school
dedicated to the highest ideals
and the finest flowering of the
intellect.”
Homecoming Queen Peggy Sink
and couiKil sponsor, Lynn Mc
Gregor, are shown above and to
the left respectively. They will be
taking part in the ceremoni^ at
the Homecoming Game tonight.
Members of the GHS Whirlie
football squad last week named
student body vice-president Peggy
Sink to reign over tonight’s Home
coming festivities.
Escorted by Roy Micliaux, Sen^-
ior Class president, Peggy will
have Lynn McGregor, senior, as
her council sponsor. Yynn’s escort
is Jey Deifell.
Various Activities
In addition to fulfilling her
vice-presidential duties, Peggy is
a member of Torchlight and the
WHIRLIGIG staff. Last year She
was May Court attendant and
junior citizen of the month. Also
a member of Torchlight, Lynn
participated in last year’s May
Day activities and was a junior
good citizen. She is a member of
the choir.
Miss Eula Tuttle, choir director,
and Herbert Hazelman, band di
rector, have been working togeth
er for the annual combined Home
coming half-time program. Vocal
and instrumental arrangements,
along with unique formations will
be performed to tunes from the
Broadway hit, “My Pair Lady.”
Fireworks will climax the program.
Homecoming Setup
This year the queen and her at-
tendent will not make the usual
tour of the field via convertibles.
Consti-uction of a GHS track strip
necessitates the presentation of the
queen in a band-choir formation.
Student Council officials issued
invitations to former Homecom
ing Queens. Accepting were Libby
Garvin, 1956-57. escorted by Bill
O’Brien; and Gail Kirkman, 1955-
56, escorted by Houston Groome.
Pete Banner, junior, is chairman
of Home-coming festivities.
youth Recreation Council
To Sponsor Open Houses
Senior High’s Youth Recreation 1 Student identification cards
Council sponsored the year’s open | were distributed Thursday, Sep
tember 26. Linda Cashwell, chaii--
man of the Youth Recreation
LYNN McGREGOB
Students To Observe College Day
In Boy’s Gym Thursday, October 24
house in the Girls’ Gym, Friday,
September 27, following the
Greensboro-Gastonia football con
test.
The music was provided by a
band made up of two GHS stu-
Council. stated that it is very im
portant that eveiT student who
desires to attend an open house
obtain a card since no one
dents and three others. Jerry Rob-' without a card will be admitted.
College Day will be obseiwed
at GHS Thursday, October 24,
when representatives from 70 to
75 colleges in and out of the state
will be available for studerit-
pai'ent conferences in the Boys’
Gym.
Juniors and seniors, along with
their parents if possible, may at
tend these discussions from nine
to 12.
Lunch for Counselors
Then the Home Economics De
partment will serve luncheon to
the counselors in the Home Eco
nomics Building, From 1:30 to
3 students from CuiTy and Guil
ford County high schools are
invited for conferences.
“The purpose of Collie Day,”
says Miss Lucille Browne, director
of Guidance Department of the
Greensboro City Schools, “is to
arrange a day when the students,
parents, and college counselors
may talk and exchange informa
tion useful to all three.”
She explained that in order to
niake these conferences as mean
ingful as possible, students and
parents should give thought as to
what they would like to discuss and
with whom. Questions about scho
larships, costs, procedure for
transcripts, entrance requirements,
the type of college, etc., can then
be cleared up.
To help students get an idea
of the questions they will want
to ask, college catalogues are
available in the Guidance Center
and the Library.
Seven GHS oi^raiiizations axe
sponsoring College Day: the Stu
dent Council, Torchlight, Future
Teachers of America, the Home
Economics Department, Library
assistants, Department of Guid
ance Services, and the office prac
tice classes of Diversified Occupa
tions.
Student Sponsors
Ann Elder, secretary of the
Guidance Department, and Janet
Coble, president of FTA, are stu
dent co-sponsors.
Sandra Holdemess, as student
co-ordinator, will head a commit
tee of hosts and hostesses se
lected from the sponsoring or
ganizations.
The Traffic Squad will be work
ing with this committee in guid
ing the visitors and directing the
parking. The Art and the Draft
ing Departments will make signs
to place around the school.
ertson. Junior Class president,
played the bass, and Wally Mid-
kiff. junior, played the electric
guitar. The others were Bobby
Gamer, electric guitar; Troy Ca
ble. drums; and Terry McDonald,
piano. The added attraction was
Odell McCoy, a vocalist. [
Admission prices will be 35 cents
per ticket, the same price as last
yeai’.
Recreation council members
spent an afternoon decorating the
Girls’ Gym in preparation for the
open house. Linda said that be-
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Shown decorating for open house are Youth Re creation members Ronnie Jordan, Eddie Hines, Nan
cy McDowell, Rachel Jessup, Mary Win Cocoam, an 3 Pat Phillips.