Hiih Life Announces
Outstanding Dates
For G. H. S. Seniors
c'ommexcejient calendar ;
Friilay, May 21—Senior Class Day
exercises ivill be lield under su-
pervi^oii of iliss Mozelle Causey.
Sunday, May 23—The Baccalaure
ate Sermon will be preached at
Greensboro’s First Presbyterian
church, with Dr. Charles F. My
ers, pastor, officiating.
Monday, May 24—Senior exams will
begin.
Tuesday, May 25—Senior exam.s
will continue.
Wednesday, May 26—Final Senior
exams will be given.
Friday, May 28—Commencement.,
exercises will be held in the
G. I-I. S. auditorium at 8 o’clock,
when some 375 senior.s will re
ceive diplomas, certificates and
special awards. Si>eaker for the
occa.sion had not been chosen at
the time High Life went to press,
but further announcement will
be made at an early date.
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XIX
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO. N. MARCH 19. 1943
NOIBEK 13
McDaniel Lewis Explains
Drive For Informalion
McDank-l Lewis, prominent Greens
boro citizen, announced at a teachers’
meeting at ('entral .lunior high school
last week that the city schools will be
called upon to cooperate in the dj'ive
lo get information concerning all Guil
ford county natives connected with the
armed forces in the second World War.
This information will be filed along
with the other historical records of
Guilford county. Students are asked to
obtain blanks from Stanley Johnson
at the supply shop and till them out
for any mein!)er of their families in the
armed forces.
The Guilford County Museum has
also requested relics of this war. Knives !
of natives of Guadalcanal have already I
been sent in. I
High Life Delegates
AMend 4-Day Confab
In New York Cify
Bob Lloyd, editor-in-chief, and M. C.
Anderson, as.sociate editor of High Life,
attended the nineteenth annual conven
tion of the Columbia Scholastic Press
association in Xew York city, at which
the publication was awarded a first
place rating in competition with over
(00 high school newspapers all over
the T'nited States.
''I’he boys heard such famous speakers
as John Ilershey. associate editor of
Time magazine and author of ‘-ilen of
Bataan: Chaides II. Corbin, chief of
the press division of the Office of
('ensorship; and Herbert F. H.-iwkes,
Dean of Columbia T’niversity.
Lloyd and Anderson themselves spoke
in a round talffe meeting on “Make-Up,
Writing and Kditorial ProI)lems of a
High School Staff.’’ while High Life
editor Lloyd reported the speech of
William I>. Bontwell. deputy commis
sioner of education of the U. S. Office
of Education, by means of an inter
view in the Columbia Speefator, which
is the daily student publication of the
university.
The High Life editors stayed at the
Woodstock hotel in the city from
March 10 until March 13 at the con
clusion of the conference.
The theme of the scholastic press
cenvention was '‘Student Publications
In the Nation's Service.’’
375 Seniors To Receive Diplomas
On May 28 Commencement Night
Graduaficn Exercises Will Climax Week
Of Intensified G. H. S. Senior Activities
Pass Cigars, Please
On Friday, March 12, Olive Pat-
terson Cochran Betts made her ini
tial ajipearance at the Wesley I-ong
impsilal, where an anxious family
awaited her arrival.
A head covered with black hair
and big blue eyes are her main
cliaiacteristics so far. The little
lady is all of six pounds and is
reported gaining every day.
Miss Betts is (he daughter of
Jlr. and Mrs. John Betts, and her
mother was High Life adviser and
English teacher here at Senior high
school for a number of years.
Witli the journalistic ability that
she must have inherited, High Life
is looking forward to the day when
she will become a member of its
staff, but so far no signs have
pointed to the outcome of what her
abilities might he.
Baccalaureate Speaker . .
DR. CHARLES F. MYERS
Torchlight, National Honor Society,
Taps 15 Students In Assembly
Torchligbf. the national honor
(.iety for high school students, tapped
15 students in the solemn ceremony
held in assembly Wednesday.
Those tapped in semester six include
Jimmy Allred, Rita Pearl, Ed Mabry,
Ada Sue McBane and Eleanor Single
tary.
Wilbur Turrentine and Joe Showfety
of semester seven were tapped.
In semester eight those tapped wei*e
Exie Barker, Alice Varner, Katheryn
('assidy, Betty Sue Beaman, Marvin
Bornm, Ruth Lowe, Carolyn Brown and
Mary Frances Stack.
Martha Weicller, president of the or
ganization, led the members of the so
ciety to the stage. Speeches were made
by Martha Ann Current, scholarship;
Allene Parks, character; Betsy Holt,
sei'vice; and Harold Carpenter, leader
ship.
Martha then challenged the members'
to go forth and tap the eligible mem
bers of tbe student body.
During the ceremony, members of
the choir sang “Are Maria.’’
Teachers Make Lisfs
Of Study Suggestions
Mims Selects Partial
Cast For Council Play
Miss Sura Mims held try-outs for
the play "Gottlng Pinned.” in her room
Monday aftonioon and the main char
acters were selected. Dinah Sterling,
the heroine’.s troublesome sister, will
be either ‘Alaggie” C'loninger, Helen
Page Dees, or Jean Barry. The heroine
will be portrayed by “Mickey” Black.
Luther Saiising the hero will be play
ed by Buddy Bullock, and Harold
Eord, a dumb football hero, will he
played by Decatur Cunningham. Bill
Lambert will take the part of a typical
equotistical jerk, Hayward Dorrance.
Verna Garson, a beautiful flirt, will be
played by Nancy Curtis.
The hopes are, at the present that
the play will be presented sometime
this spring.
Production of tliis play promises to
be an outstanding entertainment fea
ture of the season. Proceeds will be
Used for council expenses.
In connection with the anti-cheating
committee, teachers from various de
partments have compiled lists of sugges
tions for study, since it is felt that
there would be less cheating if stu
dents studied properly.
The different list.s vary greatly, but
most of the teacher.s suggested study
ing in a quiet place and having, if pos
sible, a definite time and place for
studying.
Miss Lottie Burnside suggests that
students take advantage of all oppor
tunities to stiulj’ at school and that
they should have a definite plan to
follow.
Miss Jessie Belle Strickland on her
plan for Pb'ench students states that
they should translate and learn their
vocabularies at the same time. They
should answer questions in question
naires and then write their exercises.
The secret of studying Latin suc
cessfully. Miss Sara Leslie discloses,
is mastering each lesson as you come
to it. Things to be memorized should
be really memorized, and if possible
associated with the derivation.
Miss Gortrnd-t'- Farlow suggests par
ticular thoroughness iii the study of
Latin one and two .since the reading
of passages in tliree and four depends
so mnch on previous knowledge.
Attention in cla.ss, Jliss Estelle Mit
chell says, is important, and systematic
study is preferred over "cramming.’’
The radio, newspapers and movies,
says Mrs. Blanche Smith, should help
in learning history. The pnifil should
road the assignment and be able to
pick out important points.
Jlr. W. G. Slattery adds that one
should have an aim in studying an as
signment and that study should be an
unfolding of closely connected ideas,
not just reading without an aim.
Reading refereiu.-es in the library,
and listing imiwrtant ideas, are help
ful. Mrs. Emma Avery points out.
Mi.ss Dorothy McNairy insists that
students do not copy homework and
that they avoid cheating.
American Legion To Sponsor
Essay And Oratory Contest
The American Legion has announced
that an oratory contest conducted by
the North (’arolina Department and an
essay contest conducted by the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary will be conducted
this spring. Representing Senior High
in the oratory contest will be
Miss Sara Mims, head of the English
department, will sponsor the essay writ-
contest, and Miss Mozelle C’ausey
will sponsor the speech contest.
The orations will take place .some
time between March 20 and April 2.
North Carolina is divided into 20 dis
tricts and five areas in which elimina
tion contest^ will take place, the final
orations to be at Asheboro, N. C., April
3 at 7 :30 p.in.
The oration will Ik^ composed of two
parts: a prepared oration of not less
than 10 nor more than 12 minutes, and
an extemporaneous oration of not less
than four nor more than six minutes.
The subject for the prepared speech
is to be “The Freedoms of the T’nitel
States Constitution,” and the subject
for the impromptu speech is to he on
the “First Ten Amendments to the
Constitution of the United States (Bill
of Rights)." Each contestant in the
latter class will draw his sub.ic‘t from
a hat fi\-c minutes before he is to .'^peak.
This prevents the contestant from con
ferring willi anyone on the subject or
seeing any literature on the same.
Frizes and awards vary in different
sections of the state and country. For
furtlier information it is advisable to
see Jliss Causey.
The essay contest Ls to be on the .sub
ject entiricKl "Making America Strong.”
The essays shall be not more than 5(X)
words in length. To be eligible for
consideration the entrants should .su!)-
mit their essays to the American Legion
Auxiliary Americanism (’hairman of
North (’arolina by May 1. 11M3.
High Life has carried an article pre
vious to this concerning the essay eon
test, but if anyone desires further in
formation it will 1h‘ found on numerous
bulletin boards around the school.
Not as many students as had been
hoped have responded to the call for
contestants: conseiiuently, G. 11. S.,
which rates among North (’arolina’s
largest schools, will not have adecpnite
representation unless a greater response
is made.
You Can’t Stir Them
With A Spoon
“Ouch! I'on're drivin' me eara-zy!”
Will you kindly remove your foot
from my face?” ‘■:Move. Stoop, you’re
sitting on my clavieal."
These snatches of conversation heard
by our roving reporter are typical of
hat goes on in the buses after a mad
scramble from the school building. Of
course, there is one benefit of all tliis,
there is not possibility of anyone being
seriously injured in falling when the
bus rounds a hairpin curve. M’hy? Be
cause he would be cushioned by a bevy
of arms, legs and torsos. One slndent.
when asked his opinion of the bus situ
ation. replied lackadaisically, "Well,
I'm getting accustomed to it now. and
sometimes it can be inite jolly.”
Seniors Vote To Omit
Newspaper Pictures
Pictures of the graduating cla.ss will
not be })ublished in the commencement
issue of High Life this year, a.s was the
case in years past.
A vote concerning the pictures was
taken by the senior elas.s, and only 162
members voted in favor of having their
picture.s printed in the Senior issue.
D. A. R. Honorable Mention
Goes To Mell Alexander
Judging serai)l)ooks on “Leadership.
Patriotism. Depeiidabilit.v and Service,”
the Datighters of the American Revo
lution annonneed that Mell Alexander,
local senior, won lionoral)h* mention in
the contest for scrapbooks l)ased on four
years of high school activities.
0\'er 40 girls rei)resenting high schools
all over the state snbinitted similar
scraplKxoks early in Decvmber, and tlie
final selection of the best books oon-
elnded the annual D. A. R. convention
held in Winston-Salem last week.
Mell, who was s‘lecred senior high's
l)est citizen for this event, attended the
luncheon and convention at the Rolnu't
E. Ix^e liotel last Wednesday.
She was presented to the 1). A, R.
members, along with the other “Good
Pilgrims” at the convention, and they
in turn presented her with the official
D. A. R. eertilicate. announcing that
she was one of the toj) nine girls from
whose scrapbooks the final first place
was given. With this, the ecnivention
was brought to a close for another year.
Selwtion of representative to attend
the D. A, R. convention is based upon
•haracter. scliolarship, leadership and
service.
(’limaxing years of public schooling
and one week of intensified graduation
activities, approximately 375 Greens
boro high school seniors will receive
dii)loinas Friday night, ilay 2S, at 8
o’clock in the Greensboro high school
auditorium.
The usual graduation activities will
be lield during the preceding week, be
ginning Friday. May 21. with (’lass
Day exercises, plans for which have
not been completed. Dr. C’harles F.
:\Iy(‘rs, pastor of the First Fre.sby-
terian eliureh of Greensljoro, will de
liver the Baccalaureate Sermon, Sun-
da.v. May 23. and the following Mon
day, Ma.v 24, senior examinations will
b(‘ given. These test.s will last through
Wednesday, May 26.
A special graduation issue of High
Life will appear Friday, May 28, in
which .seniors will be honored.
M'hile no dates have been set for
cap and goAvn measurements to be
taken, the traditional apparel Avill be
word and rental tees of $1.25 i)er stu
dent will be charged.
Orders for engraved invitations and
visiting (‘ards have been mailed, as
have tliose for diplomas.
Although the main speaker for com
mencement niglit had not been an
nonneed at press time, it is exi>ccted
that an announcement will be made
s(!on. Prominent educators and public
officials are e-xpected on the stage for
brief messages.
Siiecial awards, of which an incom
plete listing appears below, will be
given outstanding seniors for scholar
ship, athletics, and essays. They are:
the U. I). C. cni) for historical essay,
(he McDaniel Lewis Athletic Trophy,
the Best All-Round Student enp, the
O. Henry Award in English, the
I). A. R. cup, and the Highest Scholar
ship award.
Two marshals from each junior home
room have been chosen on the basis
of good citizenshii> and dependability.
They apiKuir below: room 306, Jean
Barry and Phil Allred; room 305, Mar
garet Rliudy and Elmo Sellars; room
0, Phillis Fincher and Ross Fogelman;
room 101, Connie Hock and Harold
Howill; room 315, Elizabeth Osborne
and Richard Person; room ;103, Marjo
rie Cook and .\llen Cornelius; room
206, \’irginia Lowinan and Numa
Kniglit; room .313, Barbara Boren and
Jimmy Brown; room 302, Doris Vareon
and Billie Tucker; room 317, Barbara
IMurray and Ed Mabry; room 12,
Fi-ances Gregg and Carson Grantham;
room 304, Jean Story and Buddy
Stoffel.
The following commitlees have been
set up:
Invitations and Cards—Stanley John
son. chairman. Betsy Holt, Ruth Mel
vin, Mary Sue Harrell. Dave Sewell,
(Continued on Page Eight)
High Life Staff Adds
Beale, Albright, Murray
Y'e.s, it's happened again! Barbara
Mm-rny, 317, Cynthia Albright, 3(M). and
Annie Ben Beale. 306, have reached (he
first rung of Hifjh Life's ladder. These
rbive girls have oiitained over 1.35
inches of advertising together by using
"team work” and are now advertising
.solicitors.
This is the first time in years that
tliree girls that are outstanding in the
same thing wert^ promoted at the same
time. Next year when flie High JJfe
staff starts looking for someone to fill
the iMisition of fashion editor, it will
have its eye on all three of these
girls, but, alas, only one can be chosen.
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