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High Life
Oct. 18, 1957
Guest Editorial
YOU ARE THE FOURTH "E"
By Paul B- Calroun
Ed. Notes
Greensboro Police Chief Paul B. Calhoun
wrote the following editorial expressly for
High Life in connection with the recent em
phasis on traffic safety around city schools.
As law enforcement officers, we are
prone to point to the three 5’s Education,
Enforcement, and Engineering as being the
solution to the all impotant problem of Traf
fic Saftey. To the accepted three E’s of
Traffic Control, I feel that the fourth E,
Example, should also be added. AH too often
we, as citizens, are content to allow our
designated representatives in the field of.
Education, Enforcement, and Engineering
to grapple with the problem of Traffic
Safety, while we personally fail toi be con
cerned with the appaUng situation. As citi
zens of the community, me fail to realize
the impact of the Example we are setting
by our apathetic attitude and poor driving
habits.
Humans Key To Solution
The dedicated efforts of men and woment
in the Field of Education pointing the way
with inspirational teaching, cannot issue a
graduate certificate guaranteeing a safe
journey through life, or beyond. Competent
Engineers may alleviate the highway and
build safer hiphways; Enyineers can de
sign and build high-powered cars, but the
sense of responsibility cannot be engineered
into it, nor can you buy it as a handy ac
cessory. Enforcement agencies cannot de
velop the desirable skills, habits and atti-
tudep necessary" for safe driving—evep
when working at the highest level of pre
ventative enforcement. With the combined
efforts of Education, Engineering and En
forcement at work, there is still the human
element factor, the citizen, which is the
key to the solution.
Observe the Spirit of the Law
Our city is exactly what we make it.
As citizens, we build respect or disrespect
for the laws designed to protect the indi
viduals’ rights and property. Civilized gov
ernment could not exist for long without
the obedience of its citizens, and while vol-
unta^ obedience is preferred, enforced
obedience is sometimes necessary if gov
ernment is to remain stable for all. Compli
ance with law and regulation is obtained
by developing a public wUlingness to con
form to the desired pattern of behavior, or
by compelling people to conform by punish
ment. Compliance with minimum enforce
ment is the democratic process—^it is a basic
characteristic of good law enforcement. No
real progress is made in the development of
order and security except as an attitude
favorable to law observance is developed
in the people. While this is true, it is also
wholly impossibe for any law enforcement
agency to maintain order, protect the rights
of citizens, or to build respect for our laws
HIGH LIFE
Published Semi-Monthly by the Students of
Greensboro Senior High School
Greensboro, N. C.
Founded by the CJlass
of 1921
Revived by the Spring
Journalism Class
of 1937
Entered as second-class matter March 30,
1940, at the post office at Greensboro, N. C.,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Editor-in-Chief ....
Assistant Editors
Managing Editor -
Assistant Managing Editor
Copy Editors
Girls’ Sports Editor .
Boys’ Sports Staff ....
Reporters .
- Max Snodderly
Frances McCormick
Betty Rose
.— Add Penfield, Jr.
Rinda King
Linda Harrison
Sue Snow
Angie Davis
Bill Barrier
Relle Moore
Kent Apple
by overlooking or accepting disre
spect or permitting violations to
occur unrestrained. All laws must,
be enforced with impartiality and
with a high degree of consistency.
Traffic Safety is the joint re
sponsibility of all citizens in the
community. The combined efforts of
Education, Enforcement, and Engi
neering will fail to produce the de
sired level of traffic safety as long
as citizens are indifferent in their
support of Traffic Safety Programs.
Carefully analyze your attitude and
driving habits—Your Example as a
citizen is the deciding fattor in our
Traffic Safety Program.
Hall
Tales
By Rose
Go play in traffic!
I’ve gone a long way for dope, haven’t
I?
As an outsider, what do you think of
the human race?
OUR traffic !S a problem, but...
Bobbie Cook, Lois Lynch, Carolyn
Marks, Clyde Wilson.
Photographers Henry Zwicky
Rufus Russell
Cartoonists —- Charles Mills
June Rubin, Jerri Pittart
Volume XXXIV
Sept. 20, 1957
No. 1
Students’ Column
Once upon a time an old man
called his sons around him when
he was about to die. He wanted to
impress upon them that union is
strength, and so he showed them
a number of small sticks of wood.
He handed one to each son and
said, “Break it.” Each stick was
broken easily. Then he took sticks
of the same size, fastened them
together in one bundle, and said
to the strongest son, “Break it.”
The son exerted all his strength,
but he could not break it.
This little story, in some way,
shows what sticking together can
do. We know, though, that in or
der for our bundle, which is our
school, to be strong, each of us
must strengthen those twigs. Pri
marily, we must be faithful in our
work. Then each of us must make
the best use of:
1. Our time, conscious of the
fact that education today is a
very real privilege.
2. Our abilities, confident that
the future shines brightest for
those who have developed their
greatest potentialities.
3. Our opportunities, convinced
that ours is the chance that is
unparalleled for growth in every
aspect of life.
Walter Malone in his poem,
“Opportunity” says,
“They do me wrong who say
I come no more
Courtesy Los Condes
When once I knock and faU
to find you in;
For every day I stand outside
your door
And bid you wake, and rise to
fight and win.”
Then, only, will our school con
tinue to accomplish much in in
tellectual achievements, to lead
in cultural attainments, and, in
a well-deserved sense of things
“well done,” work harmoniously
with each other.—Ad.
Roy Michaux: Jane darling, I’R be
miserable every minute while I’m away
from you.
Jane Darden: Oh, Roy, if only I could
be sure of that; it would make me
happy!
Tom Kat strolling into a barber shop:
Are you the barber who cut my hair
last time?
Barber: No, I’ve only been here two
months.
A TWICE-TOLD TALE
Her story: When he started talking,
there was no stopping him. I couldn’t
get a word in edgewise. Yakkity-yakkity-
yak!
His story: Boy was it tough talking
to her. I had to carry the whole con
versation myself!
Her story: When he came to pick mi
up and I saw -that ridiculous outfit hi
was wearing, I almost ditd of embarasf
ment.
His story: Man did I look cool. Real
sharp. You should have seen the look on
her face when she first come to the door!
H^ story: The way he carried on at the
movies was atrocious, bellowing like a
mule. I wanted to crawl in a hole!
His story: What a stiff she turned on
to be. The funniest movie I ever sav
and she sits there like it was a funerai
Her story: All I wanted was a cofo
but he insisted on ordering a whole mea
for me. It was awful. I wasn’t even hui
gry!
His story: Was I burned! After sh
lets me order the most expensive thin,
on the menu, she didn’t even touch on
bite!
Susie had a golden lock
But that she has no more
For what she thought was H202 (hj
drogen peroxide.
Was H2 S04 (sulfuric acid)
BUD
Merci Beaucoup
With an average of 375 cars per
,.day being brought to Senior High
parking them was, at one time, a
grave problem. Now, however, ac
cording tb Lody Glenn, assistant
principal, the students are “doing a
very fine job and deserve to be
complimented.”
The football stadium parking lot
is being used for student parking
and the areas behind the Science
' and Cafeteria Buildings are desig
nated for teachers.
Some time ago, yellow five-gaUon
cans were placed in the football
parking lot to make a driveway for
the lot. In the past few days the
Council Corner
Greensboro Senior High is privileged
to have College Day as an annual event
in our school. The Council feels that
this day is one that is certainly 'wanted
and needed by each student. In order to
give more emphasis to College Day, the
Council is sponsoring a Bulletin Board
Contest. We urge every home room—
sophomore, junior, and senior—to work
up a bulletin board based on College
Day, which will be judged Tuesday,
October 22 at 3:30. The two home rooms
having the best bulletin boards will re
ceive prizes.
The problem of students throwing
bottles and trash in the parking lot has
been of great concern to the Council.
Several members of the student body-
have complained about their tires being
punctured from driving over broken
glass. Hhe Council asks each student to
please throw all trash and bottles where
they belong—in the trash can. This prob
lem can be solved only by your coopera
tion.
Once again, I want to tell each member
of the student body that your Council is
here to strve you! We welcome any sug
gestions that you may have. Please call
on us at any time!
cans have been moved or run ovei
Students are asked not to moles
these cans, as they are placed ther
to provide a convenient entranc
and exit. It is necessary that the
remain there at all times, so that i
case of emergency, any car can ge
out of the parking lot, if necessar)
All students, including senior
with part time schedules, and th
drivers of the 34 cars that habitu
ally are parked on the east side o
Westover Terrace and on the sid'
streets in front of the school, ar'
supposed to park in the parking lot
Says Mr. Glenn. “We feel that if w
can get the students parking oi
Westover and the side streets fc
park in the football parking lot, w
wUl have received perfect coopera
tion from the students in the mattei
If they don’t, the City Council wU
probably make these streets two
hour parking zones. When Senio:
High students take up all the park
ing space in those areas, it incon
veniences the property owners b;
rnaking it next to impossible fo:
visitors, delivery men, or even doc
tors to park close to their houses.’
In summary, Mr. Glenn report
that the situation has improved 10(
per cent over last year. “Mr. Routh
the faculty, and I wish to thank thi
students for their very fine coopera
tion,” says Mr. Glenn.