HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXVII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEB. 17, 1961
NUMBER 8
Tommy Whiteside and Charles Thompson chat with Miss Mary
Ellen Blackmon, Senior Guidance counselor about their future col
lege plans. Both boys are finalists in the Morehead Scholarship
Competition. Photo by Bill Good, HIGH LIFE photographer.
Thompson, Whiteside Compete
With UNC Scholarship Finalists
Charles Thompson and Tommy
Whiteside, seniors, have been se
lected as two of the forty finalists
for the Morehead Scholarship
Competition.
The scholarship appropriates
$1250 yearly, beginning in 1960,
but the figure is subject to change
any year. Any winner who does
not choose to attend the Univer
sity of North Carolina, has to for
feit the scholarship.
Tommy has served the school in
many capacities, including serving
as president of the sophomore
class of 1958-59, and president of
the band, as well as president of
Senior High this year.
He is an active member of Guil
ford Park Presbyterian Church,
and plans to major in religion
and eventually become a mission
ary. His favorite extra-curricular
activities are hunting and fishing.
What was Tommy’s first reac
tion when he learned he was a
Morehead finalist? “My mother
told ' me when I walked in the
door,” he laughed. “I don’t know.”
Charles, who has been home
room president for three years, is
now serving as vice-president of
Torchlight Honor Society, vice-
president of Key Club, and presi
dent of the Spanish Honor Socie
ty. He has just finished serving
as Chairman of Honor Code Day
Committee.
Quill And Scroll Screens
Works For HOMESPUN
Quill and Scroll, according to
adviser Mrs. Jean Neuman, is
still (screening manuscripts for
HOMESPUN,
Manuscripts may be submitted
in room 305 by any GHS student.
HOMESPUN is an all-school
publication, containing poetry or
prose writings submitted by stu
dents and approved by Quill and
Scroll.
Linda Scher, sophomore; Ann
Barham, junior; and Grace Penny,
junior, were inducted into Quill
and Scroll on Monday, January
23.
Mrs. Thompson informed her
son, also, and Charles commented
with a grin, “1 thought it was a
good deal,” when questioned about
his first reaction.
He enjoys tennis, reading, and
“smoking my pipe.” Charles wants
to be a professor of philosophy
so that he will also have the op
portunity to write.
Tommy and Charles have ap
plied to the University of North
Carolina, Duke University, David
son, which they visited Wednes
day, January 25, and Harvard,
which is their preference.
Out of fifteen applicants from
this district, five boys were chos
en. Mr. John Motley Morehead
will make the final devision con
cerning the number of boys to
receive his scholarship.
Fred Wedler, 1959 Senior High
graduate is now studying at UNC
on such a scholarship which he
won two years ago.
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Medical Club Members
Plan State Hospital Visit
Seven members of the Medical
Club visited the North Caro
lina Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill February 10.
Students making the trip which
Was sponsored by the Greensboro
Heart Association, are Mary Fran
ces Lund, Bob Buchanan, and
Dave Meyer, seniors, and Martha
McMakin, Sandra Parker, Joyce
Weinrich, and Sammy Pegram,
juniors.
Jo Ann Knight, Betti McNairy,
and Camilla Walters, juniors were
alternates.
In Chapel Hill the seven who
went viewed the latest machines
and heard of the latest develop
ments in medical research. They
met with eight students in
terested in medical careers from
Winston-Salem.
At the January 30 evening
meeting of the organization. Dr.
George T. Wolffe, a Greensboro
physician, told the club members
of his duties as a family doctor
and of the satisfaction he derives
from his work.
Forty-Nine Pupils Make
Special Honor Roll List
Forty-nine students place their
names on the special honor roll
list for the last six weeks grading
period of the first semester.
In the senior class from home
room 7, Jeannie Anderson claims
special honors. Room 103 boasts
Sandra Boyles, Judy Brady, and
Bob Buchanan, while room 206
claims only one special honor roll
student, Wayne Daniel.
From room 17 come Joel Drink-
ard, Mary Kay Duncan, and Adele
Freedman. Room H.E. 202 boasts
Celeste Frontis, Twink Gaskins,
Don Grimes, and Irene Gulledge,
and from homeroom M202 are
Jess MacFarland, and Bill Mc
Nairy.
Mike Patterson from room 11,
Pam Pfaff and Boyd Perry from
room 23, and Shirley Whitman
from room 16 complete the list
of seniors.
Juniors making special honor
roll include Pete Bondanella from
room V65, Jim Freedman and
Robert Groat from room 24 and
Brenda Hanna and Elizabeth Hart
man from room 25.
Others are room 311, Sherry
Kellett; room 6, Jayne Marsh;
room 301, Sandra Neal and Sher
rill Newnam; and room 5, Sammy
Pegram and Sandra Parker.
From room 313 come Daniel
Richman, Kay Riley, Kay Sawyer,
and from room 22, Dale Smith,
Vickie Sorenson, and Dale Stans-
bury. Camilla Walters and Jane
Walters from room 102 and Bev
erly Ann Wilkinson from room
H.E. 100 complete the juniors.
Only one sophomore homeroom
boasted more than one special
honor roll student and this was
room 309 with John Weisner and
Janet Williams. Others from the
sophomore class were Johnny
Bercaw from room 202, David
Fesperman from room 15, David
Layton from room 12 and Kaye
Nelson from room 21.
Completing the special honor
roll list are William Norman from
room 306, James Powell from
room 3, Alan Robinson from room
V61, Chini Smith, room 10, and
Phyllis Winston, room 8.
“ ... if winter comes, can
spring be far behind?” Photo by
Janies Stratford, HIGH LIFE pho
tographer.
HonorSociety Inducts
14 Seniors^ 7 Juniors
Members of the Torchlight Na
tional Honor Society inducted 14
seniors and 7 juniors at the semi
annual induction ceremony Feb
ruary 14.
Seniors inducted were Suzanne
Anderson, Patsy Boone, Judy
Brady, Bob Buchanan, Joel Drink-
ard. Gene Eagle ,and Harriett
Eiler. The remaining seniors in
ducted are Adele Freedman,
Cherrie Miller, John Monroe, Lois
Moser, Dale Neese, Caralee Pruitt,
and Tommy Sloan.
The seven juniors inducted were
Barbara Barney, Pete Bondanella,
Cede Boren, Sherry Kellett, Lib
by McComb, Sherrill Newnam,
and Carol Sheets.
Short speeches were made on
the four qualities considered for
induction: scholarship, leadership,
service, and character. Don
Grimes, senior, spoke on scholar
ship; Bill McNairy, senior, spoke
on leadership; Virginia Harmon,
senior, spoke on service; and San
dra Boyles, senior, spoke on char
acter.
Pam Pfaff, president of Torch
light, presided over the program,
and Sam Garren, senior, gave the
devotions.
Mrs. Mary Madlin and Miss
Sara Mims are the advisers for
Torchlight. Mrs. Madlin accepted
the students into Torchlight.
A previous activity of Torch
light was its annual midwinter
party for the new members tapped
in the fall at the home of Irene
Gulledge,
Speech Contest Features
United J^ations Subject
“Resolved: That the United Na
tions Should Be Significantly In
creased” will be the topic of this
year’s speech contest, according
to Miss Mozelle Causey, speech
teacher.
This subject is one of many such
contests this year to present op
portunities to students wishing to
try their hand at public speaking.
The United Nation’s subject will
be discussed pro and con.
Greensboro Senior High has
been placed' in the usual triangle
with High Point High School and
Winston-Salem Reynolds High
School for this first competition.
Adviser, Member Attend
JCL Executive Meeting
Pam 'pfaff, state secretary of
the Junior Classical League, and
Mrs. Mary Madlin, adviser of JCL,
attended a meeting in Chapel Hill,
Saturday, January 28, of the state
Executive Board.
At this meeting it was the duty
of the Executive Board, in con
ference with delegates present, to
settle upon two candidates for
each state office to be voted upon
at the State Convention in Chapel
Hill, March 11.
Members of the local chapter of
JCL are formulating plans for a
Roman banquet Saturday, April
29, in the school cafeteria. Don
Grimes, president, has named sev
eral committee chairmen, and oth
ers are to be appointed. The fol
lowing have already been ap
pointed: entertainment. Sherry
Kellett; food, Margaret Cranford;
decorations, Beverly Wilkinson
and Sammy Pearman; programs.
Mike Patterson; tickets, Don Cun
ningham.
Both of the other contests deal
with a different aspect of the
United Nations, and each will
pay the winner well. The “High
School World Peace Study” is
sponsoring competition on the
question of “The United Nations
and World Peace.” The first prize
is a three-day trip to the UN.
The Oddfellows organization
will sponsor a speech contest on
the same subject. The winner will
be awarded a two-week trip to
the UN and the New England
states in June. These two contests
will take place at Senior in March.
Knights of Pythias wiU award
a $500 scholarship to the winner
of the competition “Changes That
I Would Make.” In a previous
contest sponsored by this group.
Senior had a first place national
winner, winner of the fourth place
in the nation, and two other stu
dents who went into the semi
finals.
Boys under 16 years of age are
invited to participate in a contest
sponsored by the Optimist Club
having as its subject “Optimism—
Ingredient to True Leadership.”
Miss Causey has been asked by
the club to work with boys from
all the different schools. Thirty-
seven boys have enlisted her help.
As the semester continues, there
will be other speech contests open
to high school students. Miss
Causey suggests that anyone in
terested stop by room 106 and
check the bulletin board.
For those who would rather
write than speak, there are con
tests available on the subjects of
“Employ the Physically Handi
capped” and “Opportunities in
Agriculture.” These two essay
competitions will award college
scholarships and cash prizes.
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