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VOLUME XX
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., DECCEMBER 17, 1943
NUMBER 7
$12,601 in Bonds
Sold ai Senior High
During Campaign
In the recent AVar Bond drive, which
netted a total of !fl2,001.7n (cash
amount), Elmo Sellars, local senior
and active member of room 305, won
the $10 prize with $4,503.25 in bonds
to his credit. The campaign, conducted
by the student council, under the di
rection of Miss Sara Mims, was suc
cessful beyond expectations, according
to an announcement yesterday. Dur
ing the week of December T-14, nearly
half of the student body took an active
part in the intensive campaign for a
double triple-threat drive, which in
cluded two .1eeps, tw^o amphibious
jeeps and two ‘Grasshopper’ airplanes.
Our goal was reached and exceeded
by nearly $200.
Closely following Sellars was Harry
Turner, room 305, with a grand sum
of $3,243.75. Turner and Sellars are
both members of 305, the winning
homeroom, which accumulated $7,-
953.35 in bonds and stamps. Others
with high totals were: Colon Mc
Donald. $000; Mary Jo Usher, $393.75;
Avent Holland. $370; ,Tane Holt, .$225
and Athena Bappas $208.45. In stu
dent participation, Room 202 had 30
persons to purchase bonds or stamps
which is better than an 80 per cent
cooperation.
Credit for the success of the drive
i.'i due to the support of the committee,
which included Irwin Smallwood, Mar-
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(iiizenship Honor Roll
For 6 Weeks Released
Every six weeks two good citizens
are chosen for the citizenship honor
roll from every homeroom. These stu
dents, a boy and a girl, are selected
on the l)asis of character, leadership
and service.
Those who have been designated for
this six weeks are .limmy Green and
Iinogene Hammer, room 2; Stark Dil
lard and Mary Jane Doubles, room 3;
Jack Brewer and Frances Barwick,
room 4: Bill Bentley and Martha Bog-
gan. room 7: Arthur Mclver and Patsy
Lowe, room 8: Sara Foster and Ed
Gentry, room 0: Freddie Clapp and
Marion Cox. room 10. and Jerry Shu-
ping and Barbara Ann AVilson, room 14.
Kemp Foster and Dorothy Isley, room
102; Max Jlorgan and JIargaret Mot
ley. room 200: Jack Owen and Lucy
Kance, room 201 ; Joe Warner and
N'ancy Lee Tyson, room 202; Ed JIabry
and Margaret Parker, room 203; J. K.
Stone and Annie Charles Smith, room
204: Rill Kainpschmidt and Margaret
Hudson, room 200: Harold Schiffman
and Louise Rogers, I’oom 300.
Adger AVilliams and Betty AA’inecoff,
room 301: .limmy Truitt and Sally
AValdell, room 302; Dick Eichhorn and
-Maude Dixon, room .303: Charles Tate
and Nina Smith, room 304: Elmo Sel-
lar.s and Doris Pui*cell. room 305: Ed
Alexander and Jean Barry, room 306:
Gilmer Huffine and Margaret Hughes,
room 307: Kermit Coble and Barbara
Ulegg. room 313: Louis Thacker and
Allene Parks, room 315: Amos Lashley
and Billie McNeele.v, room 317.
Schopp and McSwain
Chosen For Positions
John Schopp and Dovie McSwain
''■ore selected as Junior Rotarian and
Junior Business Woman for December.
John attended the meetings of the Ro
tary club and Dovie attended a dinner
at the Greensboro Business Women’s
club.
Junior Rotarian and Business AVo-
uian are degnated each month. Those
previously chosen to hold these posi
tions this year are Howard Morris,
Irwin Smallwood, Ed Mabry, Allene
Parks, and Jean Barry.
NATIVITY PAGEANT GIVEN TODAY
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Shown above are the principals in the Christmas Pageant. Left
to right, they are: Mary, Betty Pristoe; Joseph, Howard Morris,
and Gabriel, Margaret Rhudy.
Christmas Dance Postponed
As Flu Epidemic Prevails
Because of an unpredieted epidemic of influenza, Senior high
hep-eats” will And it necessary to swing out at their Christmas
dance next year, according to Jimmy Rawlins, chairman of the dance
committee, in an announcement^^^
this morning. This decision was
nece^-xsitated when local students
decided at a poll yesterday morn
ing that not enough of them
could attend the long - planned
event.
The foregoing is not quite as had as
it sounds . . . the dance will he held
next year all right, within the first
two weeks when students, still full of
holiday spirit, trudge sadly back to the
old grind.
In order to encourage more boys to
bring dates, general admission will be
.50 cents both for stags and for
couples.
Sponsoring the dance will be mem
bers of the football team and their
dates, who will take part in the figure
at intermission.
The figure will he led by Ed Ma
bry, captain of the team, and his,
date. Dther members of the start
ing lineup and their dates will make
up the rest of the figure.
The school’s recreation committee,
under the head of Mrs. Estelle I-o-
Gnin and student director, Jimmie
Rawlins, are in charge of the dance.
Sevier, Smallwood Winners
In Journalistic Contest
Senior high’s entries in the an
nual Quill and Scroll writing con
test were recently sele-ted by Mrs.
(’harles Farrell and Miss Louise C.
Smith, journalism adviser. AVrit-
ten material from both advanced
and beginning jonrnalism classes
was considered : however, the three
best stories came out of the ad
vanced class.
The writing was done in three
different fields, with the topics al
ready made out from which the
participants could choose. The en
tries are; an editorial entitled
“Pearl Harbor, Bataan, Corregidor
—^Symhols For AA'hich AA’e Are
Fighting,” written by John Sevier;
a feature, ”My Place in the Post
AA’ar AVoi'ld,” by Irwin Smallwood,
and an advanced story on a .si^ort
event, also written by Irwin Small-
woed.
By being selected to enter their
material. Irwin and John have a
chan-e at $500. which is the prize
in the national contest.
Seventh Period Studies Provide Characters
For Annual Yulelide Program; Mims, Walker,
Blackburn Have Charge of Direction
Climaxing a pre-holiday week of events at Senior high, the annual
Christmas pageant which stars Betty Fristoe and Howard Morris
as Mary and Joseph, and Margaret Rhudy as the angel Gabriel, will
■^be presented at 3 o’clock today
in the school auditorium. It is
under the supervision of Misses
Sara Mims and Lily Walker.
Previously, only seniors have six)n-
.sored the pageant but this year both
juniors and seniors combined to pre
pare the program.
Yancey Culton, though a junior, \von
the coveted role of the reader because
of his fine voice and the sui)porting
cast is as follows: the three wisemen,
Douglas Lewis, Jimmy PhillipvS, and
“Sonny” Carnes; the shepherds, Phil
Feeney, Norman Leonard, Richard
Haeslip, Ra.vmond Ilepler, and J. C.
Crutchfield; and the soldiers, Robert
Baxter and Richard Hornaday.
Others in the cast are: David Mul-
vey as Herod, Thomas Morgan and
Joe AA'arner as the scribes, Stark Dil
lard portrays the innkeeper, with
Billie AleXeoley, his wife; Joe Line-
(mn, the rich man; Billy Carr, his
servant; and Dilep Edwards, Mary’s
mother.
A'arious women at the well are Dot
Russell. Carolyn Pleasants, Mildred
Stewart, Sara Foster, and Sylvia
Lewis; angels, Jean Morgan, Dawson
Alillikan, -Allene I’arks, Mary Ellen
Bernard, l‘at Carberry, .lean Barry,
Aileen Matecr, Carol.vn Ballard,
Alartha AToung, Barbara AA'ilson, LouLse
Coble, and Betty Sue Highflll. Esther
Alarie A’arborougli will serve as candle-
hearer.
This pageant, which was first staged
here in 1940 under the direction of
Mrs. Blackburn, Miss Mims, and Miss
AA’alkcr, has been considered one of the
most colorful and impressive ever
given here. Of course it isn’t ollicial
yet but tliere has been some talk about
making this the traditional high
s-hool pageant, to be given each year
in the school anditoriiim.
Mrs. Blackburn has had charge of
obtaining a complete set of new cos
tumes. They were' made l)y the home
economics department under the super-
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School Students
Organize Penguin Club
A'irginia Lowman. Harry Johnson
and Betty Lou Moore head the com
mittee which recently completed its
plans for the opening of the Penguin
club, which will be a series of informal
parties to be held at the Y. M. C. A.
every Saturday night.
The first in the group was held last
Saturday night between 7:30 and 11,
with an open invitation to all senior
and junior high school students to
attend.
The Girl Reserve clubs of the *city
will be sponsors for the club, which
will be similar to the open house affairs
that were so popular last' summer.
The clubroom will include a snack
bar, nickelodeon for dancing and games,
all in one large room on the third floor
of the Y".
Tickets for these parties will be sold
by any of the folowing representatives
from the schools of the city: Lewds
Thacker and A’’irginia Lowman, Senior
high school: Gloria Farnell and .Tames
Alexander Bryant, Central Junior high
school; Tel Hughes and Betty Lou
Aloore, Gillespie school; and Virginia
Gregg and Noll.y Vereen, Lindley jun
ior high school.
The senior advisers for the group
are Miss Carrie Phillips, chairman of
the Girl Reserves committee ; Mi.ss Sara
Forrest Thompson, Girl Reserves sec
retary, and Mrs. C. E. Baxter, a mem
ber of the Girl Reserves committee.
Quill and Scroll Makes Plans
To Initiate New Members
Initiation of four new members of
the Quill and Scroll national honor
society will take place next month.
Alaterinl has been submitted by Alar-
garet Barnes, Beverly Bell, Kay Hunt,
Leon Hayes, .Tuanita Kiinery. Laurenu
Booker, Ada Sue McBane, Sara Alli
son. Frank (’nrran. Only four of these
have been (‘hosen to become members
of (jnill and Scroll, but the names
have not yet been disclosed.
Those in charge of the program are:
Irwin Smallwood, president; Eleanor
Singletary, vice president; A'aughn
Mc-Vlister treasurer; and Sue Jarvis,
secrt'tary.
Variety of Vacationing Places Indicated by Teachers
Addresses Recently Announced by Principal A. P. Routh
Each year a list of the Christmas
addresses of teachers here at Senior
is published in High Life just before
the Christmas holidays for students
wlio wish to drop their teachers a
card during the Yuletide season. This
year the addresses are as follows;
Routh, A. 1’., 1312 Fairmont street.
Hall, Mrs. Beatrice. Rt. 2, Box 347,
Greensboro.
Harvell, Jliss Elizabeth, AA’eldon,
N. C., Box 083.
Horner, Mrs. Mildred B.. 353 AA’in-
demere avenue, Lansdowne, I‘a.
Alton, Mrs. Grace R.. 911 McGee St.
Avery, Mrs. Emma S., 311 S. Men
denhall St.
Blackburn, Mrs. Nellie, Route 2,
Box 46-A, Battleground Rd.
Braswell, Mrs. Callie 0., 307 Tate St.
Blackmon. Miss Mary Ellen. 204 E.
Dunlap St., I-nncaster. S. C.
Brendle, Jliss Cleo, Bboiiville, N. C.
Burnette, Jli.ss Louise, 1108 Jladi-
son Ave.
Burnside, Miss Lottie, Route 0,
Greensboro.
Caldwell, Jliss Amy A’., 521 Stirling
Street.
Cau.sey, Jliss Jlozelle, 634 Asheboro
Street.
Crawford, Jliss Loretta, 2810 Haw
thorne Ave., Riclimond, A'a.
Doty, Dabney, 200 S. Spring St.
Emde, J. C. JIason, 624 N. Elm St.
Epley, Jliss Katherine, Old Fort, N.C.
Farlow, Jliss Gertrude, Guilford Col
lege, N. C., Route 1.
Florance, JIrs. Christine, 1012 AA’’est-
over Terrace.
Hutchinson. Jliss Doris, 1824 Ewing
Ave., Charlotte, N. C.
Jamieson. Mrs. Eleanor, 3125
Friendly Read.
Jamieson, R. B., 3125 Friendly Rd.
Laliser, Conrad B., .3008 ('oilier Dr.
r>eGwin, Mrs. Estelle, 500 Lake Dr.
Lesley, Jliss Sarah, Lake Junaluska,
N. C.
JIann, G. O., 1121 Northwood St.
McEntiro, JIrs. Kathryn, Granite
Falls. N. C.
JIcNairy, Jliss Doi*othy, Route 2,
Box 71.
Jlims, Miss Sara. 404 AYalker Ave.
Jlitchell, Miss Estelle, Route 2,
Cleveland, N. C.
Mitchell, J. Harris, 508 Stirling St.
Jloore, Jliss Ida Belle, Burgaw, N.C.
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Semester to End Jan. 6;
Exams on Jan. 24 and 25
The semester for the fall of 1943
will end AA’ednosdny, .lamiary 26.
1944, almost a month after the
close of th(‘ year. Exams will be
held Jlonday and Tuesday, .lanu-
ary 24 and 25. respectively.
This will be the tliird time with
in the last two years that final
exams have been given at the end
of the semester. I.ast year they
were given at the end of the fall
semester and at the end of the
school year in June. Final exams
have bwn dropped by vote of the
faculty to try a new method: hut
scholarship tendi'd to droj) ami
graduates in -ollege were not doing
so well. Therefore, the final exams
were again introduced in Senior
last January. 1943.
Classes At Vick’s Are
Taught By Miss Causey
Jliss Jlozelle Causey, of the Senior
high English department, is teaching
an advanced English class at the
Vicks C’hemical works. The classes
are held every Jlonday and AA'ednes-
day from 4:4.5-5:45 in the afternoon.
This special class is held in order
to improve the w’orkers’ speech and
grammar. Fourteen people take an
active part in the class.