Taliaferro, Smith Vie For GHS Presidency
Smith
Taliaferro
Mullins
McKTeeley
McNairy
Parks
Wall
Sherry Mullins, Suzye McNeely
Contending ForVice-Presidency
McNairy Unopposed For Traffic Chief
Carol Smith and Penny Taliaferro have announced as can
didates for the 1959-60 student body^iresident, on an almost
all-girl slate.
Sherry Mullins and Suzye McNeely are contending for the
vice-president’s position.
Sophomore Roddy Stout and Ann Winchester have filled
for student body secretary.
Virginia Harmon is unopposed for treasurer and Sammy
McNairy is unopposed for traffic chief.
Jimmy Parks and Janie Leigh Wall are opposed for the
chairmanship of the Youth Recreation Council.
Dickie Bowen and Bayard von Hermann have announced
as candidates for senior class president.
Dale Kellar and Janet Rankin are opposed for the presi
dency of the junior class.
SENIOR CLASS: Vice-president, Mary Ann Crocker, Pres
ton Earle, Eddie Burton, Allan Cheek. Secretary, Lucinda
Clark, Ann Thayer. Treasurer, Judy Stone, Lynn Fifield.
JUNIOR CLASS: Vice-president, Sam Garren, Bill Good,
Jerry Craig. Secretary: Twink Gaskins, Jess McFarland, Sue
Foster. Treasurer, Dale Mauldin Sandra Boyles.
About 31 juniors reyistered as candidates for the Student
Council and 26 as candidates for the Youth Recreation Council.
Among sophomores 25 are running for Student Council and
17 for Youth Recreation Council.
There will be seven juniors and nine sophomores elected
to each council.
Spears Attends DE Meet;
DE-DO Presents Assembly
Benjie Spears, State President
of the Distributive Education
Clubs of America, will attend the
Thirteenth Annual National Lead
ership Conference in Tacoma,
Washington, April 1-4.
The program consists of speech
contests, various committee meet
ings, such as constitution and
charter committee, finance and
, audit committee, membership
I committee, and workshops in Civil
: Defense and Membership. Enter-
I tainment, such as tours, banquets,
and a dance, have been planned
and the students will have time
for shopping.
A field trip to the Greensboro
Daily News-Record has been made
1 by the DE students and Miss
; Peggy Outen, Woman’s College
; student teacher. Mr. H. D. Yandle
: conducted the tour.
“Striving for A Better Tomor-
I row Through VIC” will be the
I theme for the annual Vocational
and Industrial Club convention to
Meet April 3 and 4.
Representatives from Senior
: High and Page High Schools with
Mrs. Kathryn W. McEntire. co- won second prize in their division.
ordinator of DO office practice.
Mr. A. B. Racster, coordinator of
DO trades and industry, and Mr.
Richard Engard, coordinator from
Page High School will make the
trip to Asheville by chartered bus.
Miss Joyce Williams, of the Vo
cational Department City-Schools
is the state secretary of VIC.
The Co-operative Department,
DE, DO trades, and DO office
practice is planning an asembly
for the near future.
High Life Places First
Contest
HIGH LIFE, GHS’s own news
paper, has once again received
first place in the 35th Annual
Contest for school publications,
sponsored by Columbia Scholastic
Press Association.
HIGH LIFE, along with news
papers from other school with an
enrollment of 1,501 to 2,500 was
judged by a board of 30 press
specialists.
The Page High School paper
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the BiHhplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XXXV SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MARCH 26, 1959 NUMBER 11
Jr. (ivilan To Begin
Student Hall of Fame
GHS’s Junior Civitan Club will
begin a hall bulletin board in the
near future.
Labeled “Civitan Student Hall
of Fame,” the purpose of this
bulletin board is to recognize stu
dents for outstanding achieve
ments in the school. A diferent
student will be featured each
week. The club is still compiling
the Civitan Handbook, which will
be presented to all incoming
sophomores; ads are now being
sold to finance the book. The club
is planning to atten dthe North
Carolina Junior Civitan District
Meeting in Asheville, May 16-17.
Members helped usher at the
Triple A Tournament; and oranges
were given to the basketball play
ers. Dave Liner, president of the
senior class and member of Jr.
Civitan, has been awarded the
Scholarship for $2000 to Wake
Forest.
The Civitan Club meets each
Wednesday at the Mayfair Cafe
teria. Business meetings and pro
grams are on alternate weeks.
The club is led by Charlie Gar
ren, president; Penn Waldron,
senior vice president; Bayard von
Herrmann, junior, vice-president;
and Mr. Lody Glenn advisor.
GHS Seniors To Present
Annual Class Day May 28
The Class of 1959 will present
its annual Class Day, a two hour
progr.;m, to the ophomoie and
Junior Classes, May 28, 1959, as
a climax to their three years in
High school.
Committee chairman and work
ers have been chosen; however,
positions are still open on all
committees for those desiring to
help.
' The busiest committee at this
time is the script committee,
which is composing the written
part of the play. Sue Snow, chair
man, has been assisted by Jane
Gibson, Richard Windham, Sandra
Coe, Frank Harmon, Angie Davis,
and Carolyn Marks. Half of the
script has been written and turn
ed over to Sto Fox, student direc
tor, and June Rubin, director of
the scenery. The theme selected
will remain a secret until the
presentation.
Make-Up
Another commtitee which is get
ting an early start is make-up,
under the guidance of Margaret
Lester. Margaret has chosen Don
na Hinchee, Phyllis Hodges, Tom
my Clapp, Elaine Herndon, and
Carolyn Owens, to work with her.
The musical director for the
show will be Charles Richman.
Fred Wedler will conduct the
technical portions of the show.
Jane Darden has been asked to
be in charge of the props com
mittee.
Casting
Casting for Class Day will be
under the direction of Carolyn
Marks and Angie Davis, the stu
dent co-chairmen, Sto Fox, the
student director, and all members
of the writing staff. Try-outs
will be staged around the first of
April with rehearsals beginning as
soon as the cast is chosen.
All Seniors interested in par
ticipating in Class Day in any way,
are asked to sign with Mrs. Joan
Taylor, faculty adviser, or the
two co-chairmen.
Frank Starmer and his blue
ribbon science fair project.
Senior Is AAA Champion
Jamieson Selected MVP,
Edwards All Tournament
BY RELLE MOORE
Bob Jamieson will long re
member the year 1959. This is
not only the year that a basketball
team of his won the state cham
pionship for the first time since
the tournament system began, but
also, as a father, saw his son be
a unanimous selection to the all-
tournament team in addition to
being the unanimous choice for
the outstanding player award.
In racking up three high-
pressure wins the Whirlies equal
led the 19-4 season record of the
previous two squads, teams that
finished fifth and third in the
tournament for the last two years,
respectively.
Although Jamieson was the out
standing player, he was, by no
means, the only Whirlie to play
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