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VOLUME XX
GREENSBORO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., MARCH 24, 1944
NUMBER 12
340 SENIORS TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS JUNE 2
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Greensboro Debaters Split Honors With Reynolds High
Dr. J. Clyde Turner
Alslon, Cullen Win
Contest Here; Lewis,
Glasgow Suffer Loss
Reynolds higli school debaters met
the Senior high debate team, repre
sented by Edgar Alston and Yancey
Culton, in the Senior high auditorium
Wednesday morning at 9:30. Alston
and Culton, debating on the affirmative,
took the honors over the Winston two
by a vote of 3 to 0.
Query for the debate was, “Resolved
—That the United States should join
the other nations in a program of world
security, and that the association so
formed should have an adequate police
force.”
A meet was held in Winston-Salem
also, in which Dewitt Glasgow and Rob
ert Lewis took the negative on the
same subject. This clash resulted in a
Winston vistory over Senior by a 3-0
vote of the judges.
Since school started, the debaters
have been practicing among themselves,
taking both sides of the queetion. Sev
eral meets have been scheduled, but all
were called off because of bad weather
and sickness.
All the boys are first year debaters
except Edgar Alston, who has had two
years’ experience. He took second place
in the state class “B” debates at Wake
Forest his first year on the team.
In addition to his duties at presi
dent of the debate club and star de-
dater, Alston won first place in the
American Legion 11th district oratory
contest in High Point, March 15.
Although the Senior negative team
has been defeated, Alston and Culton
still may compete in the next contest.
Daphne Lewis Presented
In Graduating Recital
Miss Daphne Lewis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Harry Lewis, of Greens
boro, and former student of Senior
high school, was presented in grad
uating voice recital by the Woman’s
college school of music last Tuesday
night at 8 o’ciock in the music build
ing recital hall.
Miss r^wis, a pupil of Mrs. Eliza
beth .Jensen, during her four years, has
sung in the college glee club and choir
and been a member of the Music Edu
cation club.
Pictured above are nine members of the home economies and diversified education classes at Senior
high. They are, left to right, facing the camera, Louise Stockard, Leland Cox, Bernard Shepherd and
Mary Terrell; with backs to camera, Sarah Karnegay, Sue Jarvis, Ellen Groome, Cora Belle Schumm
and Jackie Bateman.
Clothing Conservation Topic of Discussion
By Home Economics and D. E. Classes
Senior High Orchestra
Plays At Assembly
Senior high schools’ orchestra,
under the direction of Philip Har-
rinian, will play at the student as
sembly next Tuesday, March 28.
Hariy Horlick’s “Two Guitars”
will be a stellar offering. This num
ber was featured a few weeks ago
by Phil Spitalny and his all-girl
orchestra during the General Elec
tric “Hour of Charm.” Dave Rose’s
“Holiday for Strings” is frdm the
pen of one of America’s younger
composers of jiopular music. In
the program, music in the lighter
vein will be used.
Other numbers are “Hungarian
Dance No. 5,” by Brahms; “La
Cummadsita,” by G. H. M. Rodri
guez, and “In a Monastery Gar
den,” by Albert W. Ketelby.
Veteran Of Yank Raid On Ploesti
Oil Fields Interviewed By Editor
“Why did I come back over here?”
“Well it’s this way,” said Tech. Sgt.
William ,1. Murphy, former turret gun
ner on a B-24 Liberator, based in Eng
land who has been stationed at BTO
10 as an aviation cadet, “when I first
got in the army air forces I wanted
to be a pilot, but since gunners were
in such demand I decided to fill in
there. However, since flying as a gun
ner for 25 missions, including the All-
American raid on the Ploesti oil fields
in Rumania, I want to learn to pilot
one of the big boys and return to the
Sergeant Murphy,, who was born in
Buffalo, N. Y^., and who has been in
the army for two years, made this
statement when interviewed by your
High Life editor last week when he
visited Senior high school to speak to
the students in the regular assembly
program.
“My most exciting mission, of
course,” said Sergeant Murphy, holder
of the Purple Heart, Air Medal with
three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross with an Oak
Leaf Cluster, “was when we flew from
our base in Libya, across the Mediter
ranean, up through Yugoslovia and
finally over the Ploesti oil fields in
Rumania. On our way to our objective,
we passed over several small villages,
and the people would just stand there
staring and wave at us, as though
they had never seen that many planes
anywhere before. It was a hard battle
all the way over the target. We came
in at an extremely low altitude, mak
ing the flak extremely dangerous.
“We could see planes all around us
and they were all pasting the fields
with great accuracy.
“After the boinbs were all dropped,
the planes that were left—ours was
the only one in my squadron—kept
flying north and then doubled back
and flew across Italy and landed on
Malta. After repairs there we went
on back to our base in Africa.”
It was on this great raid that Ser
geant Murphy won the D.F.C. and
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According to a joint report made by
Misses Cleo Brendle, Louise Burnette,
and Frances Sowell to Miss Catherine
Dennis and A. S. Proctor of the State
Department of I’ublic Instruction, Ra
leigh, X. C., “Greensboro high school
is carrying out an experiment in a
series of joint Home Economics and
Distributive Education classes,” for the
develcpment of closer cooperation and
better understanding of both consumer
and retailer problems.
Plans for the joint classes were made
at a conference held between the two
Home Economies teachers, the Dis
tributive Education coordinator, the
state suiiervisors of Home Economies
and Distributive Education, and the
Distributive Education teacher-tr.ainer
at Woman’s College. Each teacher took
certain responsibilities in the program,
planning carefully for student par
ticipation as much as possible.
Because clothing Conservation seemed
to be a current,problem for both cu.s-
tomer and sale person. Miss Burnette’s
class in “Clothing” and Miss Sowell’s
Distributive Education students met
jointly one period each day for a
week to discuss this topic. Goal for
the entire unit of study is to make
it meet the needs of both groups of
students.
Projoer occasional and necessary daily
care of clothing was the topic of dis
cussion on the "first two days of the
week, with occasional demonstrations
of how to launder sweaters, hose, and
rayon blouses. Each step was carefully
explained and all questions concern-
(Con f inned on Page Seven)
Six Girls Serve
As Usherettes
From the choir and girls’ chorus,
six senior girls were selected as usher
ettes for the Cleveland Symphony
Orchestra program which was held at
Aycock auditorium last Fridav, March
17.
Aileen Mateer. .lean Bradley and
Dorothy Rives Hunter were selected
from the choir along with Martha
Cheek, Mary Glendenning, and Martha
Boggan.
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Moore, Torchlight Plan For
Annual College Day Program
■With the annual celebration of
College Day in the offing. Miss Ida
Belle Moore and Torchlight are
making definite plans to receive
the various college representatives.
All accredited four-year colleges
in X'orth Carolina, South Carolina,
and I'irginia, as well as some of
the leading colleges in other near
by states, have been invited to
send a representative.
In order that all questions con
cerning college entrance may be
answered, the guests will be in
the school library. In previous
years, the College Day program
has proved most successful. In
1041 a large registration book was
made and placed in the library for
the representatives. It will be
there again this year for registra
tion.
To Preach Sermon;
Committees Named
Approximately 340 seniors will t^e
part in this year’s graduation pro
gram and win receive their high school
diplomas June 2 at 8 p.m. in the
school auditorium. The annual activi
ties will begin May 26 with the Class
Day exercises and are scheduled to
continue through June 2.
Rev. J. Clyde Turner will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday, May
28, at the First Baptist church on
West Market street. Individual pic
tures of all the class of ’44 will ap
pear in a special edition of High Life.
In addition to this, the class poem,
prophecy, history, last, will and testa
ment and superlatives will be an
nounced. Definite plans have not been
made yet, but there will be a grad
uation dance sponsored by the co
recreation committee.
The various student committees, as
announced by Mr. Routh, are as fol
lows : Invitations and cards—Juanita
Spencer, 304; Bob White, 302; Doris
Oaviness, 313; Mary Glendenning, 101;
Ada Sue McBane, 317; Carolyn Pleas
ants, 305; Thettis Hoffner, 206; Bill
Fox, 313; and Grady Allred, 306. Col
lege Day committee—Eleanor Single
tary, 304; Wilbur Turrentine, 302;
Laurena Booker, 313; Clyde Friddle,
101; Ada Sue McBane, 317; Margaret
Rhudy, 305; Doris Loflin, 206; Phyllis
Fincher, 303; and Gertrude Archer,
306. Caps and gowns—Buddy Stoffel,
304; Helen 'Waynick, 302; Betty
Cooley, 313; Anne Goff, 101; Robert
I.ewls, 317; Tom Sasser, 305; Leon
Hayes, 200; Claudius Dockery, 303;
Ed Alston and Jim .4.1ired, 306.
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Schedule For Senior
Pictures Announced
Since a contract has been made with
the Me.ver’s studio and Senior high
school to have the seniors’ pictures
made free of charge, the schedule for
the sittings have been made.
Appointments for sittings are : March
13 and 14, room 313; March 15 and
16, room 317; March 17 and 20, room
315; March 21 and 22, room 306;
March 23 and 24, room 304; March 27
and 28, room 305; March 29 and 30,
room 303; March 31 and April .3, room
302; April 4 and 5, room 206; and
.\pril 6 and 7, room 101.
Large Number of Students Make
Honor Roll for Fourth Six-Weeks
Out of the 968 persons enrolled in
Senior high, 127 students meet the
scholastic requirement of 90% or more
for the honor roll. Of these, fifteen
made special honor roll, which re
quires an average of 95. Students who
received this high average were:
Tommy Weisner, room 301; Barbara
Collins, room 10; Janice McFalls,
room 14; Thettis Hoffner, room 206;
Gertrude Archer, room 306; Max Mor
gan, room 200; Sara Foster, room 101;
Stark Diilard, room 6; Richard Hais-
ioop, Imogene Hammer, Z. N. Holler,
room 2; Annie Charles Smith, room
204; Ruth Peeples, room 201; Patsy
Lowe, room 8.
Ninety to ninety-five per cent was
attained by the following;
Room 2; Willard Gourley, James
Groseclose, Douglas Haislip, Bob
Hauser; room 4, Sarah Allison, Fran
ces Antrim, Barbara Bell, Frances
Barwick, Jack Brantley, Jane Brad
ford ; room 6, Margaret Anne Donald,
Jean Dunivent, Nancy Fogleman, De-
Witt Glasgow; room 7, Bill Caffey,
Bill Chambers; room 8, Mary Ellen
Knight; room 10, Byron Benbow, Ray
mond Bryant, Buren Burns, Margaret
Church, Lynn Cox, Eileen Curry; room
14, Bett.v Jo Kirby; room 101, Carson
Grantham, Ellen Groome, Sara Gwyn;
room 102, Kemp Fester, Juanita Kim-
rey; room 200, Margaret Motley, Bill
Moore, Jack Matlock ; room 201, Lucy
Nance, Athena Pappas, Eleanor Pat
ton, Juanita Pettigrew; room 202,
Alice Thacker, Martha Tucker; room
203, Ed Mabry, Don McCormick, Mar
garet Parker, Margaret Patterson;
room 204, Louise Smith; room 206,
Leon Hayes, David Hepler, Mary Cath
erine Hodgin, Bill Kampschmldt, Doris
Loflin, Margaret Hudson, Mary Cath
erine Ingram; room 300, Jean Petrea,
Martha J. Rogers, Mary L. Rogers,
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