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Tony Pastor, the original Mr. Pive-By-Pive is shown above with
Carl I ritchard, local leader of the Senior ^^Serenaders,” when the
former played at tlie National theater during the Christmas holidays
(Staff photo by Louis Thacker.)
Tony Pastor Gives Advice
To Pritchard in Interview
HIGH LIFE
Fiom the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
\OLlMK XIX OKKENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO. N. JANl ARY 15. 1948 NCMBER 9
■Stick tojrether and keep going if if
i:; at all possible,’’ was the reply of
'J'ony Pastor when quizzed by your
reporter and Carl Pritchard, leader of
hical "Serenaders,” on December 29
at the National theatre, as to what a
vouag band should do in this time when
the future is so uncertain. ‘’The States
au' in need of some young talent now,
iu.;re than ever, since so many of the
former musicians are being drafted,”
I’astor continued, “and a group of young
'.iugsters who are able to stick to-
‘ther have a very good chance of
i'ancing."
Pastor, who wa.s born in Middletown.
Pomi.. started his career with a band
Hartford, Conn., approximately 15
■ars ago. playing the tenor sax and
arinet. Before forming his own band
tliree years ago. he played with a nuin-
b('r of famous bands, including Vincent
Lwpez and Artie Shaw.
Biggest Thrill With Artie Shaw
l\Iy biggest moment." I’astor con
tinued. "was when I first sang with
Artie 81uiw on the Old Gold show a
few years ago. and probably the next
largest thrill that I ever had was when
my own orchestra played before an
audience at New I'ork’s Paramount
theater."
As for his personal life and tastes,
Pastor is married and has two bo.vs,
one 12 and the other about six, and
lists Kathryn Ileptnirn and Bob Hope
as his favorite stage personalities.
One of Pastor's featured players,
•lohny ilorris. better known as “Para-
diddle .loe." al.so had a gool word for
young musicians, saying that he also
thouglit that any new band should
stick together, if at all possible.
This is the second time in recent
years that Pastor has appeared at
Greensboro's National theater, and he
tated that he was glad to be back
in the Gate City, even for just one day.
The draft has already taken 10 mem
bers of his band. Pastor's bi-ofher,
Stubby" Pastor, has taken his physi-
al examination for the army.
Juxfice, Andrews Talk
A} Vfctery Corps Neel
'I'he secret of the success of the
\’ictovy Corps is giving young people
a ])art in the responsibilities the world
' Jinw facing. This was the keynote
't the high sc-hool victory corps coun-
il meeting, Speakers for the confer-
iicc were -Marian Justice, of the divi
sion of vocational education.,and Ralph
. .\ndrews. state coordinator for the
ictory corps.
"Students should be ph.v.sically and
•outnlly adopted to the division they
ave chosen : they can belong to one
of the five branches of the coi’ps,’’
a ted Justice.
*'aps or arm insignias will be worn
distinguish the various brandies,
'I'he conference was informal and
enabled school heads to make sugges
tions. 'Pile following educational
leaders were presented: Justice and
Viidrews. both of the State Department,
Raleigh: Ben D. Smith, city school
•iiperintendent. Green.sboro: II. G.
aters. Rankin high. Rankin, N. C.;
tlph Bremley, Army school, Greens-
•oro, N, C.: Dean B. Pruette. Junior
Righ. High Point. N. C.; Paul B.
Ilockett. I’leasant Garden .school.
Reasant Garden, N. C.; W. E. Younts,
Bessemer high, Greensboro, N. C.;
H. Cude, Colfax school, Colfax,
C.; R. H. Carter, Sumnierfield high,
^nmmerfield, N. C.; A. D. Ca.rly,
'■^tokesdale high, Stokesdale, N. C.;
h Bunford, William Penn high
(colored), High Point, N. C.; and
-V. Tarpley, Dudley high (colored),
Breensboro., N, C.
Term End Changes
Plans For Chapel
A t Senior High
The whole assembl.v led by Mrs.
Ella r^c Brunette, .school secretar.v,
sang tlie .tirst and la.st verses of ‘Aly
Countr.v ’Tis of Thee’’ to open the
Chapel program Tuesday, January 4.
This was followed by the devotional,
led by Miss Catbleen Pike, Engli.sh
in.structor.
Then Arvil Meser. a student at
G. H. S.. sang “The Lord's 1‘rayer”
and ElizalaUh Delaney, a former stu
dent of Senior high, sang two popular
songs, "Dearly Beloved’' and "If You
Were But a Dream.” David Evans
accompanied her. The semi - annual
Quill and Scroll initiaticn followed.
The general assembly was then di.s-
missed. However, the seniors remained
to hear P. Routh. principal, di.scu.ss
the new .schedules.
"Chapel will not be held Tuesday
because of the change of .semesters,’
iinnounced Mrs. Nellie Blackburn, who
has charge of the assembly program
this week. "The Senmaders.” who were
to'have played, will probably perform
sometime next .semester, .said Mrs.
Blackburn.
Best Name For Poster
Gets Merchandise Prize
A prize of one dollar in merchandise
will be offered for the title given the
poster to be displayed in the supply
shop show case beginning Monday, ac
cording to Stanley Johnson.
The poster portrays ITicle ^^am and
Hitler—what they are doing is up to
the contestant to decide.
Icy Menace
or
Johnny’s Delight
Wham I: Bang : Cr-r-a.sh !!
“Ouch 1”
The above could represent many
things, such as a scene from “Maggie
and Jiggs,” ‘Alutt and .Teff.” or “Pop-
eye.” Perhaps it could be an airplane
crash or a cat pulling or pu-shiug
antique vase over the edge of the table.
However, dear, unsuspecting reader,
it is only an enactment of that famil
iar picture—the hapless soul who bliss
fully .stepped from his portals to a
sidewalk, gleaming and glistening with
new frozen ice.
Undoubtedl.v, many similar tableaux
occurred over this fair city that bleak
rainy night when Old King Winter
blow his frigid breath, spreading a
sheet of ice over all iinprotected sur
faces.
In addition to po.stponing Johnnie
and ^Mary’s Icng-planned. .special date,
that thin glistening menace held up
irtually all transportation—the taxis
wore “grounded” along with the crowd
ed buses, which, passengers complained,
were a full two or three hours in get
ting them home: the missing hours
were spent parked next to the curb.
The brave dare-devil, who attempted
to drive on the slick pavement, fre-
(luently found himself sliding and
twisting across the city streets.
If Johnny and Mary did brave the
icy terror, all the grim a.spects were
meaningless to them: for Mary, acci
dentally or not. was probably continu
ously falling in to her big hero’s pro
tecting arms. Of course Johnny hoped
that it would freeze once more.
Students To Begin 70
Courses Here Tuesday
Warring Alumnus
iJL.
F. 51. Ghunents, shown ai>ove, wa.s
awarded the honor of the Purple
Heart for his gallant fighting in North
Africt).
Quill And Scroll Club
Iniiiates New Members
()uill and Scroll, the international
honor society for high s-hool .iournal-
ists, initiated four new members in a
program given Tuesday. January 5.
Miirgaret I »aniel Wilkersen. presi
dent of the club gave a short talk on
the purpose of (Riill and Scroll after
which tlie new members took the oath
and received their pins.
The four sttulents initiated into the
club were Frances Paschal. Nanev
Clendenin. M, C. Anderson and Irwin
Smallwood.
Frances Paschal, second ,vear .jour
nalist, holds the important jiosition of
copy editor on the High Life .staff’.-
Irwin Smallwood, also on the staff,
is Sports editor and staff photogi-apher.
51. G. -Vndersen. honor roll student
and Torclilighter. is make-up editor
and cartoonist for tlu' paper.
Nancy Clendenin. though not a mem
ber of the High Jilfe staff at the pre--;-
ent. held the position of advertising
solicitor last year.
-Vlso prt'sent on the stage were Bobl)y
Lloyd, vice-president, and Sue 5Ic-
Fadyen. .secretary cf the society.
t)nill and Scroll is an international
honor society which recognizes talented
ihgh school journalists. Its head(niar-
ters an* in Chicago.
LI. Clements Awarded
Purple Heart,Sliver Star
“There s('emed to be about a dozen
generals and commanders here,” com
mented Lt. Fahiu.s 51. Clements recent
ly in a letter home to his mother
5Irs. F. 51. Clements, 50“ Simpson
street, in whicli he related how he and
a group of his men wiped out an
‘neni.v machine gmi ne.st durirg the
allied invasion of Algeria and liow he
was awarded the Order of the Purple
Heart and the Silver Star for this
valiant deed.
Lt. (’h'lnents is originall.v from
Greensboro where, in hi.s high scliool
da.vs. he attended Greensboro Senior
high school. In State college, he was
a member of the R. O. 4'. (’. and in
June. 11)40. he was commissioned a
second lieutenant. July 81 ct the same
Four Pre-Induction Courses
To Lead Aggregation Of
New, Wartime Studies
After Greensboro high .school's regis
tration for the se-ond seme.ster of this
school .vear 51onday, its thousand pu
pils will study nearly 70 different
coursi's, including 12 new wartime
topics.
“5Iemhers of the senior class will
register for classes at 11 a.m. 5Ionday,
and will he followed at 1 p.m. that day
by all other students,” deedared Prin
cipal A. P. Routh yesterday.
A lialf-day schedule on Tuesday will
he provided so that pupils may famil
iarize themselves wifli their new sche-
lnles and pa.v their l)ook fees.
New Courses Offered
Among the new .subjects to be offered
11 the coming semester, four pro-induc
tion (‘ourses are included. A pre-indne-
iou mathematics topic will constitute
I general review of numerical mathe
matics. while a similar course iii Eng
lish wil contain an intensive study of
grammar.
Courses of study in pre-induction
hemistry and physics will tea'h those
who liave had no insfnu-tion in either
subject a general outline of the two
sciences. These four course.s arc in
tended primarily for pupils who are
18 years old and expect to enter the
armed forces in June.
All three advanced mathematics
courses, trigonometry, solid geometry
and college algebra, will start Tuesday.
The Fnited States Dllice of Education
strongly advises these topics for pros-
l)ective soldiers or sailors.
Tliree-Hour Shop (’ourse Begins
A special three-hour course in shop
will be taught lu'xt semester as part of
tin* new victory cnrricnlmn. wliile an
advanced typing course will pr(‘])are
skilled typists for gov(>riinu*ii( and ci-
■ilian jobs.
Other special courses of study in-
lude a thre(‘-hour macliine shop fo[)ic.
.vear saw him enter active service. Lt. |a three-hour drafting class and a single
Clements was pi-oinoted to the rank of
lieutenant early l.-ist spring.
His wife is the former 5Iiss Fr;uicrs
Sirickbind of Blowing Rock, N. (’. In
cidentally. ilie hirtli of a sen to 5rrs.
(’ienu'nts was announced day iiefore
yesferda.v.
In his Iett>i'. Lt. Clements de.scrihed
tin* nali\-e French: “Tlie French are
v‘i',v happ.A- to see ns liere and do
everything to make us feel at home.”
s(*mesfer radio course.
These three latti'i' courses have lieeil
offer(‘d at Senior during tin* tirst S(>mes-
ter and will again i)e taught. The.v are
e!i)ecial,v valualde to anyone intending
to enter war woidc oi' tlie armed s{‘r-
vices. Boys passing tliese su!)j(‘cls are
sorely nee(h>d by tlie government a.s
w(>ll as piavale manufacturers. Tlu'y
ma.\- oidnin ready employment lliroiigli
I he T’nited States employment service.
Inventory Of ^The High School
Student’s Mind^ Examination^
Blackmon's Condition
Reported Improving
According to A. I'. Routh. i)rin-
cipal, 5Iiss 5Iary Fllen Blackmon,
head of the Senior high school his
tory department, who lias been ill
for some time, has Iteen showing
st'ady improvement in tlie Cliar-
lotte 5Iemorial hos[)ital. where she
lias lieen since iH'fore Christinas.
Rcndh states that 51iss Blaclc-
nion's general physical condition is
very miicli improved, and that she
will soon l)egin severe treatments.
5Iiss Frances Bris*iidine. local dis-
tributive education instructor, was
the last person from Greenslioro to
see 51iss Blackmon. 55’hen in Char
lotte last w«‘ek on business, she
visited her at tlie hospital.
Some years ago. educational advisers
didn't deem Ij very wise to give* stu-
(U'Hts a final (‘xani wliich would cover
a wliole yc'ar's work, 'I'liis claimed the
mental strain would Ik* too great.
Since Senior higti’s faculty is opi'ii
to conviction on ])rogressive (“duca-
tion. if decided to eliminate formal
e.xaininations from the sehednle and to
substitute unit tests. How(*ver. th(*ro
was such a marked d(*cline in .scholar
ship and students iiecame so soft men
tally that when tliey came up against
(•oll(*ge or service testing i)rograins
they were at a disadvantage.
Ill view of these facts and with the
best interests cf tlio student body in
miml. the lreensl>oro Jiigh school fac
ulty group has restored examinations.
Fnder tlie present plan, examination
grades count one fourth and the tliree
six weeks grades three fourths.
'Flu* s-h('dule for examinations is a.s
follows : M'odnesday. January 18, 1 :00
o’clock, .sixrii period exam, at 2:80,
seventh i)eriod exam: Thursday. Janii-
aiy 14. !):(li) o'clock, tirst period exam.
al 10:45. .second period exam and at
1 o'clock, fourth and tiftti period
('Xanis: Friday, .lanuary 15. 9;1.”
o’clock, fliird period exam and at 1
(i (-lock, make-ni) (*xams will be givi'ii
to those .seniors oiil.v. who w(‘re unable
to report on giv(*n date.
Students an* to ‘nt('r classrooms
only with pap(‘r, pencils and their
cleaned text hoiiks whicli will Ik* col
lected.
In eoniiecticn with the exams the
anti-ehealing committee lias r*solved
that an.\’ student discov(>red in the act
of cheating will he given a zero on the
exam. 'J’lu? committee ha.s also ro-
in(*sted that students use covi*!* sheets
and that teachers to lx* on (heir vigil
ance.
During all (*xaiiiinations there will
be a 15-minnte intermission period.
Students do not have to r(*port to
school Thursday or Friday at any time
except for their exams.