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High Life
May 31, 1965
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Spring " Stolen Kisses and Romance
A Toung Man’s Fancy Is Js[ot T^ew
Whirligig Appears On Scene
Signers And Autographs Buz
Spring is a time of budding romance, or as one author stated, “When a young man’s fancy
turns to thoughts the young girl has been thinking of all winter!” It is not unusual to see a
stolen kiss, but have you ever stopped to think how this custom originated, or that kiUjoy
curfew when you are having so much fun? Well, here is the history of these sacred customs:
Q. What is the origin of kissing?
A. According to Pliny, it was
BY JOHN TAYLOR
the
the opinion of Cat© that kissing
first began between kinsmen and
kinswomen, in order that the for
mer might know whether their
wives or daughters has tasted
wine.
A. The band on a man’s hat
is said to have its origin in
medieval times, when a knight
tied the scarf of his lady around
his helmet.
Q. Why does one speak of some
thing not wanted as a white ele
phant?
A. It was the custom of the
King of Siam to send a white
elephant to a courtier whose for
tune he wished to destroy; hence
something one has and does not
know what to do with.
Q. How did the ringing of the
curfew originate?
A. The word is derived from
the French courvefeu—cover fire.
The ringing of the curfew origi
nated in England by William the
Conqueror who ordered that at
the ringing of the bell at 8 o’clock
all lights and fires should be
distinguished.
Q. Why is a girl kissed when
caught under the mistletoe?
A. Authorities differ. The mis
tletoe is belieevd to have been
given to the goddess of love to
keep, and everyone who passed
under it received a kiss to show
it was the emblem of love. Ac
cording to myth, only happiness
could enter under the mistletoe;
hence the tradition of the kiss.
ALL HAIL
Continued from Page Three
Robert Voight—WCC
Sally Von Aspern—ECC
W
Q. Is kissing a universal cus
tom?
A. Kissing as a form of greet
ing and affection is comparatively
recent. The Polynesians, instead
of kissing, press noses; the Lap
landers also apply their noses
against the person they wish to
salute as do the Eskimos. Neither
the Japanese nor the Chinese
kiss. In many African tribes the
natives kiss the gi’ound over
which the chief has trod. How
ever, according to Lombroso, kiss
ing is a Caucasian habit and Ori
entals are strangers to it.
many people
Q, Why are so
married in June?
A. In Ancient Rome, Juno, the
wife of Jupiter was the patroness
of happy marriages. May named
for the goddess Moia, was con
sidered unpropitious, while March
was named for Mars, the god of
war and would therefore be a
poor time to marry, since family
disputes might follow.
Q. Is the origin of a hat band
known?
FLASH!
Bill Wagoner—^UNC-G
Martha Wagoner—^ECC
Anne Walker—^UNC-G
Beth Walker—ECC
Beth Wall—Wake Forest College
Leslie Wall—ECC
James Wallace—Colonial Stores
David Walz—^UNC-CH
Pam Warren—ECC
Chuck Watkins—UNC-CH
Linda Watson—^UNC-G
Bill Wyat—Wingate Jr. College
Candy Weimerskirch — Kings
Business School
Phil Weaver—Duke University
Freddy Weinberg—NC State
Alice Weldon—Duke University
Lynne Wentworth — Hollins Col
lege
Linda Weston—Meredith College
Cynthia Wharton—UNC-G
Sam White—NC State
Anne Whytsell—UNC-G
Jimmy Wilkins — Wake
College
Linda Willard—Winthrop
lege
David Williams—NC State
Gail Williams—Appalachian State
Teachers College
Ginger Williams—ECC
Gloria Williams—Greensboro Di
vision of Guilford College
Continued on Page Ten
Forest
Col-
The sparkling twirlies of GHS
are ready to start the 1965-66
season next year with the fol
lowing slate of majorettes:
Head^—^Pat Martin
Senior majorette—Jackie Craw
ford
Junior majorettes—Mary Ellen
Dunn, Sherry Allen, Reeta
Lewis, Donna Hildebrand.
Blair and Johnson
Tailors
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Scholarship
Plaques
Sophomore Mrs. Tripp 100—
80.68
Junior Miss Montague 23—
87.32
Senior Miss Alton 202—89.37
This year’s award-winning pub
lication, Whirligig, has appeared
on the GHS scene. Students who
had eagerly antcipated their hand
some blue-boimd yearbook all
year were not disappointed. The
Whirligig, as always, lived up to
its high standard of excellence.
The first thing I, representing
the average student, do is turn
to the teacher’s pages to find
out what my respective teachers
like and dislike so that I can
butter them up for the rest of
the school year.
Next on the agenda is to turn
to the page on which my picture
rests in glorious oblivion of the
fact that it is undoubtedly
worst in the annual.
When it comes time for me to
try to get my friends to sign
my annual, I force myself into
the lai'gest crowd I can find, look
for someone who knows me, ap
proach them, and cram my annual
down their throat saying, “Sign-”
This is the only method I have
found acceptable because I must
fill up the autograph pages and,
besides, the only way I can get
someone to say something nice
about me is to place them in
jeopardy of losing their lives if
they do not.
After someone has signed my
Continued on Page Ten
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