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HIGH LIFE
December 13, ign)
HIGH LIFE
I^ubJished Serni-Monthly
by the Students of
Greensboro Senior High
School
Greensboro, N. C.
Founded by the Class of 1021
Revived by the Spring Journalism Class of 1037
Entered as second-class matter March 30, 1040,
at the ix»8t oflice at Greensboro, N. C., under the
Act of March 3, 1870.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chicf Eleanor Dare Taylor
Editorial Assifftants Aurelia Dunstan,
Janet Cox
Feature Editor Irma Estes
Head Copy Header Douglass Hunt
Headline fiuperviser Billy Brinkley
Make-Up Editor Arleen Whitener
EportH E-dilorH Solomon Kennedv, Garland
Wolfe
Photof/rapher Purnell Kennedy
Proof Header Faye Thomas
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
■BuHine.Hs Manager Rachael ^\^liteside
Advertising Mawiger Ella Mae Norman
Circulation Manager Clarice Crutchfield
liooJckeeper Walter Hiatt
Mailing Clerk David Evans
Junior Journnlint Chairman Dianne Page
Advertising Agent Paul Miller
Advertising Holieitor Betty Roiitli
REPORTERS
Marie Ilarriss, Ed Faulkner, Lois Hutton, and
Ihme Israel.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Faeultii Advisers Mrs. Olive Betts, Miss
Emily Ilarris
Financial Adviser Miss Dorothy McNairy
Gift Selections
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World’s End
Deem.s Taylor, in one of liis musical talks which
liappencd to fall on the birthday of Jan Sibelius,
said with ratlier bitter .sarcasm, “The remaining
civilized world remem})ers and pays tribute to
him on this day.”
Sibelius, and all other great artists who strive
to create beauty, are the symbols of civilization.
They stand for courage and hope in a world seem
ingly intent on destroying itself. Man may con
tinue to destroy, but as long as the few great re
main, civilization cannot die.
Did Christmas Come On
Thanksgiving?
(}. II. S. minds are sagging with bags! Santa’s
bag, sliopi)ing bags, and the bag in which the
'Whirlwinds liave so “breezily” sewed up the
State football cliampionship!
Maylie it was a “do your .shopping early” plug
for the Merchants association, })ut there was not
a (I. II. S. rooter who, on November 28 at about
b :80, didji’t feel tliat Christmas liad come on
Tlianksgiving. To make tilings perfect, there were
Ooaclies -Jamieson and Day, as twin Santas, hold
ing tile reins, while the squad, a.ssuming the posi
tions of reindeers, presented Greenslioro with
the lionor of its first state football champion-
siiip. In addition, tlie Cato City can claim the
best .sjiirit, cooperation, and teamwork on tlie
liart of its gridmen, in North Carolina.
Thanks, boys, and a Merry Christmas to you!
"H You Can Wait and Not Be
Tired by Waiting . . .”
A great many jileas have iieen heard for some
sort of school dancing, and at last permission
to sfioMsof dances at school has been secured.
Hut despite all tins and de.sfiite tlie many ex-
])lanations wiiicli have hi'cn niadi* of the situation.
IIkjm* are some .students wlio are iiielined to treat
tlie vvhoh* mailer utireasouably. Not sati.stied with
the slow hut. steady jirogress alnuidy made, tliey
wi.sli to phing(‘ headlong into a series of seliool
dances wilhoiii making the necessary jirejiarations
for (‘liapcroiiage and rules of (conduct.
It siMMiis to this organ that, if W(‘ wish to make
school dancing a ixn-mammt thing at Senior, siii-
dmils had lu'ller liave siilhcii nt patience to wait
niilil a woi'kahle. s(‘l, ol‘ |•lll(*s can la* nnnh* out hy
the eoiiimill(‘* in eliai'gi*.
The sehool hoiinl has granted to llie rc'enuilion
coinniillee of the Cn'enshofo Coiineil of Social
agencies llic iisi* ol llie sehool huildings foi* diuiees,
and that eommillee lias aiiiioiineed that it is woi-k-
iiig oil a set of |•^‘gNlal ions. The active eoopenit ion
of the sliideiiiK and piirenls here at Senior lia.s
been re(|iieslel, and as soon as possible rurllier
niiMoiini-emeiils will be miid('. In the meantime.
Jest we, IliriMigli our own rash actions, losi* the
privileges we iiavi- ohtaiiied, a lillli* |>alienee would
be (|iiile in order.
In the Christmas Kush—
You won’t have to hurry
If you’ll be wise
And start real early.
Thi.s One Hurts
M’hat faculty member thinks that coffee
.should bo served with all these puns?
“IJugaroo”
One of the “smart’’ remarks overheard at
“Spring Fever’’:
Martie (on stage) : ‘AVhat do you call a
woman ‘biologist’?’’
Bright soul in audience: “Lady bug!’’
Be good Citizens!
Don’t be Heels;
Buy your share
Of the Christmas Seals!
Thanks!
G. II. S. rooter.s appreciated the remark
made by the radio announcer of the Greons-
boro-Rocky Mount game after the local’s
touchdown. It was, “This is a great game,
now!”
Christmas Pun
Santa Claii.s — an.v
English teacher could
fill the clause part.
Reindeer—The weath
er man knows all about
the rain, dear. CJ'liis re
mark with all due
apologies to Quill and
Scroll.)
(!edar trees—Ce-dar presents under the
tree.
Christmas Eve
Santa Claus,
Or l iicle Steve
With Spanisli moss!
Kiih-cho.o
Did you know that :\Iiss Bike referred to
the Blaymaster’s lu'oduction as “Hay
Fever?”
Talking It Over
By Mrs. Oiristine Florance
December: the month of empty pocket-
books and heads empty of all except the
thoughts of “Nuts an’ fruits an’ canny”
and “what you gonna gimme for Christ
mas.”
Heart and “Sole”
It has l>een reported that JEAN WHIT
COMB’S cla.sses are taking up a collection
to pay for the .shoes she had to cut up in
protecting an ingrown toe-nail.
Chajiel conduct,
When good, a boon—
“Spring Fever”—
Talked too soon!
Miss Mo.ser—A “pink”
slip.
Bill Hancock—A gradu
ation cap and gown.
Ilioir Life—Some new
life.
Hitler—“The Grapes of
R. A. F.”
Students, here are a few questions to test
your I.Q. (Initiative Quotient). Please an
swer yes or no to the following questions.
1. Do you go directly to your .seat as
soon as the bell rings?
2. Do you hand in papers when they are
due without being reminded?
3. Do you pick up scrap paper on the
floor without being asked to do so?
4. Do you seek new tasks to do when the
old ones are finished? Do you make good
u.se of all your class-time?
There are a hundred other questions I
could ask you, and they all add up to one
idea: Can yon look at a situation, visualize
the be.st action, and then do it? If you can
see such needs and can do something con
structive about them, you have one of the
rare.st qualities needed for success on any
job.
You Aren’t Bom Willi It
And don’t assume that you’ve got this
faculty as a part of your birthright! Do you
know why I think you don't always have it?
Becau.se employers complain more about the
lack of initiative in employees than aliont
any other quality. On the rating sheets sent
out recently on our part-time student work
ers, over half of the group was rated aver
age or below in initiative.
What Is Initiative, Anyway?
“Well, Mrs. Florance, what is initiative
anyway?” several worried students wanted
to know. And then the fun began! We spent
an entire period discussing it. First of all
we checked on Webster’s opinion. (We have
a very thorough-going respect for Web
ster’s ideas about things). He gave a choice
of several definitions, but the two we pre
ferred are as follows: “Power of originating
something; the self-reliance or energy re
quired to begin or dare new undertakings.”
In our o\m words, and by a gradual proc
ess of adding here and subtracting there,
we framed this definition; “Initiative is the
ability to see what needs to be done for the
best benefit of the most people, and then, by
gravy, doing it without being told!”
“Yep, that sounds all right,” Virginia
Mitchell grumbled, “but how do you have
initiative on your job?”
Part-Time Students Are Finding Out
And that w’as when I got the idea for
which Virginia will most likely be tarred
and feathered, ily students are now at w'ork
on a paper in which they must present their
ideas about the meaning of initiative and to
find out also their employer’s opinion on
the subject. With his help and the help of
others in the organization, they are listing
as many definite, concrete ways of display
ing initiative on their jobs as they can.
We believe that if we can learn what
initiative is and how to practice it, our next
Who Says So?
What did one Christmas decoration say
“This one is on ‘tree’.”
to another?
1’. S.—C. S. P. A., this is original!
(Don’t you think they’ll know it? Copy
Editor.)
Theme Songs
Monday Morning—“Melancholy Mood.”
Crying Cold—“You Go to My Head.”
All-State Team
First Team—1‘urple Whirlwind eleven.
Second 3'eain—G. H. S. reserves.
Will Bradley has recorded mnri* of that
eiglil bar mu.sic in Eemh Me Mama With a
Hooi/i,- Hub, the .scijih*] to Heat Me, Daddy.
The Anvil ('horns and / Dreamt 1 Dwelt in
Haiirm are llie m-w disks experlly delivered
by CIciiii .Miller.
Kay Kyser’.s The Had Humor Man bi'ings
in a good splallering of notes from jilalli'i*
btigs, .\ new band from .Michigan—Sonny
Biirli’s l.s i-lKing in lln* ixipiilaril.y scale
wllli hi.s Jimmy .\fects llie. Count and on llie
illi(‘r Midi*, Hliii' Sonatii.
Classieals
Sibelius’ The S'lean of Tuonela, iilayi'd liy
(In* Chicago S.vnitdiony orclieslra, under
Fredi'i-lck Slack, is one of the finest of the
gnait. Finns’ shortc'r works, and is beauli-
fully arranged by (he orchestra. His Infer-
mezgo and March from the Karelia Suite,
witli rrnet(*r Goer directing the London
Philharnionic orchestra, is next on the Classi
cal Hit jiarade.
--'I'liri'c Vi(*nne.se waltzes, among them the
lilting The Merry Widow, is an exquisite col
lection. More waltzes can he found in
Strauss Hosenkavalicr Waltzes, by the bril
liant lwo-i>iano team of Uvonsky and Baben,
a ii(*w v‘rsion of a imivorsal favorite.
It is gratifying to notice the gradual
change from “swing” to music of a more
classical nature. A major reason for this
was slated by ClilTord Fadiman in a recent
l(‘cl:uro at W. C. wlien he declared, “Radio,
with all its rx)ne Rangers, and heart-break
ing .serials is, nevertheless, helping America
to think painlessly as much of Beethoven as
Benny Goodman.”
rating sheets will make for a happier lot of
faces. The same idea might work in school
too! At lea.st, it’s worth thinking over.
Here's to Santa Claus
And
Your Longest Stocking
Are you going to hang up your stocking?
Whether it he Nylon, size 8^, long red
woolen socks, or men’s rowdy orange and
brown striped hosiery, many supposedly
“adult” sophisticates at Senior high still
cling firmly to this old custom, some for
purely sentimental reasons, others ’cause “I
get more that way!”
Setting a virtuous example, Dianne Page
and Charlotte Hume, both adherents to the
lengthy crimson .stocking fad, laugh; yes
they’re going to hang up both theirs. John
JIaness agrees with Henry Reynolds in that
they will use the biggest ones they can
find: and Janet Cox, in a singular predica
ment sorrows, “We don’t have a fireplace, so
I guess I’ll have to hang mine over the
furnace!”
On the opposite side, Phillip Newman
wrinkles his nose, growls, “Huh-unh—no
Santa Claus for me!”, while Kenneth Knight
chimes in with “Naw—no stocking—a great
big ole box!”
Regardless of either opinion, Ye Scribe,
like most senior high-ltes, is inclined to say,
“Here’s to bigger and better stockings!”
In the last issue of the paper this column
mentioned the fact that four candidates were
already looking forward to the spring elec
tion for president. Because of an oversight,
their names w'ere not given. Since that time
one of these potential candidates has ab
solutely dropped from the scene. The three
juniors still in the limelight are Mell Alex
ander, James Dobbins, and Charlie Fogle-
man-. We wonder if the time is ripe for a
girl president.
Let’s Look at the Record
In a very hot campaign last spring, Doug
lass Hunt defeated three candidates in the
presidential election. He set forth a platform
including a number of points which aided
him no little bit in his drive. Now that he
has been in office for approximately half
of his terra, let us see what the student
council has done this year, and also how
far those campaign promises have gone.
Campaign Platform
The following are the planks of Douglass
Hunt’s platform : introduction of school danc
ing, school forum, inter-school council, close
cooperation with nearby schools, distribu
tion of jobs—especially committee chair
men, cooperative council of parents, teach
ers, admini.stration, and students, and stunt
night. Four of these planks have been car
ried out—school dancing plan, school formn,
inter-scliool council, and distribution of jobs.
Although not half of the year is over, one-
half of these objectives have been or are in
the process of being accomplished.
Acts of Council
In addition to these items, the council
has completed the following ])rograms: es
tablishment of a home room program com
mittee, supervision of elections, including se
lection of cheerleaders, sale of football but
ton's, trip to state conference at Greenville,
supeiwision of supply shop, and supervision
of the jobs of the twelve regular standing
committees.
Here is the record. If you still think the
student council has done nothing, let them
know what you want done.
Poefs Corner
Summer Night
The moon . . .
In haughty grandeur . . .
Looks down . . .
And the katy-did . . .
Singing . . .
Above her silver,
Compelling voice,
Tries to subdue her,
And fails ...
—Daisy Belle Anderson.