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Page Two HIGH LIFE May 26, 1944 HIGH LIFE Published Semi-Monthly by the Students of Greensboro Senior High School Greensboro, N. C. Founded by the Class of 1921 Revived by the Spring Journalism Class of 1937 Entered as second-class matter March 30, 1940, at the post office at Greensboro, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Irwin Smallwood Associate Editors—John Seviea-, Adger Williams, Aileen Mateer Feature Editor Beverly Bell Assistant Feature Editor Shirley Flowers Sports Editor Irwin Smallwood Assistant Sports Editor Carl Cochrane HeadUne Editor Bill Boprt Exchange Editor Sara Long Allison Reporters—Amelia Cloninger, Yancy Culton, Jean Freeland, Jimmie Hedgpeth, Jane Holt, Jimmie Rawlins, Sally Waddell. Ethel Wil liams, Joy Blumenthal, Ted Williamson BUSINESS Business Manager Dovie MeSwain Advertising Manai^er Jean Freeland Circulation Managers Shirley Flowers, Jimmie Rawlins Typists—Vivian Baker, Betty Ann Caudle, Amelia Cloninger, Jean Coble, Marion Ellis, Jimmie lledgpeth, Anne Keyes, Sally Waddell, Jean Morgan Adviser Miss Louise C. Smith Financial Adviser Miss Frances Sowell May 26. 1944 CMember Est.l92l) War Year BcTiior students this year, more than ever, have really proved their mettle. The going has been tough, hut despite the wartime conditions, the students here who leave to go out into the world afk'r next Friday night have worked hard and made it one of the best years ever at Senior high. Inlerseholastic athletics were continued, and on a large scale too. The debating club kept up the good work. The music departments didn’t quit functioning. High Life was published. The cafe teria kept serving the best meals for the lowest prices possible. Our library was restocked with the newest books. And we are having the regular complete graduation program students have had for all these years. It has been a prime year at Senior. We of the High Ivife staff sincerely believe that the seniors this year, to a great extent, deserve more praise than any former graduating class. They have been under the biggest strain ever and have come out of the struggle in the true championship form. Nice gting seniors! To Sail Beyond As Time Goes Prophecy “What’s all the crowd for?” I asked a mail on the fringe of a huge gathering at the Greensboro station. “Didn’t you know? Leon Hayes, the great chemist, is returning from the Himalaya mountains where he has spent the la.^^t ten years studying .special rock formations—” But I had ceased to listen. Leon Hayes, the great internationally known expert, who wa.s an old school mate of mine, was paying a visit to Greensboro! I wondered nervous ly if he would remember me. AVhen the train arriveil and the great man stepped upon the platform, he was swallowed up by the cheering crowd. AVhen at last I elbowed my way to him, he grabbed my hand. “Joe! Gosh, Pal, it’s good to see you! Let's go some place where we can talk.” Seated in my library, he relaxed in his comfortable chair. “Tell me where everybody is and wdiat they are doing,” he commanded. “Well ” The radio which we had .iust turned on suddenly warmed up and blared out, interrupting me. The raucous voice of the announcer was saying: . . dead or alive. This announcement comes from Pete Miller, chief of police. “News from A\’’ashington: Congressman Edgar Alston broke the record today in the House of Representatives when he held the floor for seven and a half hours. Con gressman .John Sevier, opposing Alston on the question, said today as he left the Capi tol (and we quote) : ‘The only conclusion which may possibly be drawn is that the evidence is evident’ (unquote). “Rear Admiral AA'ilbur Turrentine of An napolis and Army Air Corps General Dan AA’arren are said to be conferring in AVash- ington upon important military affairs. “Ed Gentry, new commandant of the Unit ed States Marine Corps, announces a change ill the uniform of that branch of the service. Says General (ientry, from the nation's capi tal. ‘The uniforms are to be purple and gold instead of the traditional gray-green.' “Flash! Nobel prize winner for 1954 is the current best-seller, ‘Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles,’ by the most famous writing team since Addison and Steele, Jimmy Rawlins and Beverly Bell. “Flash! Jase ‘Lefty’ Rawls,' famous big- leaguer, has signed with the St. Louis Car dinals as No. 1 pitcher. His former school pals. Joe Show'fety and Bill Ballinger, are with the New York Giants at present. “And so we end our daily news analysis. Stay tuned to this station for the cominentary by Irwin Smallwood, famous sports commen tator, on the football game between the fam ous professional teams captained by Louis Shores and Robert Apple. And don’t forget that on their weekly presentation of the opera, the Metropolitan Opera company pre sents the famous Phyllis Fincher, golden voiced queen of stage and screen, supported by the celebrated quartet consisting of Jean Bradley, Mary Glendinning, Brantley Gree- son and Numa Knight, in ‘Faust.’ “And now we wish to .switch to the Colum bia Broadcasting System for a program from Radio City featuring Dick Eiehhorn at the Console.” Willi anb Cesitament “To sail iK'yond tlie sunset till I die; to strive, to seek to dud, and not to yield ...” These were the words of the great Greek warrior TTlysses as he faced the last years of his life. To us today, on the very tlireshold of things yet to come, tliese words must hold a challenge . . . a goal to he i-eachcd. How wc go about this de- I)cnds on two things . . . the way we have trained ourselves to do things in the past and what we sliall do with our lives in the future. If in our scliool years, we have learned to work for a thing, to keep trying until it is achieved and above all. not to (juit or be turned back by seem ingly large, odds, then it is certain that future obstacles can be overcome without too much diffi culty. On the other hand, a person whose school record is a succession of failures or courses dropped, needs to make a clean break with his past. And now is the time. The set of the sail determines the course of the ship. D-Day Wlum D-Day is on the calendar, we do not know. But we know that as the tides of war reach this climax many men will die—men who wanted to live but died that otliers may live. (’asualty lists may bear the name of someone yon know or iterhaps your father or brother. The inscription on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier will describe scores of Americans who fell before a rntldess foe: “Here lies in hoinm'd glory an American soldier known but to God.” AVe, the members of the Senior class of 1044, being sound of both mind and body, do hereby will and bequeath these our most valued possessions to the following: Allene and Irwin, the periietual twosome, leave their romancing to Bertha and AA^ayne. Ed Alston surrenders his radical ideas and ffery orations to Yancey Culton. Kay Hunt bequeaths her “come hither” look to Virginia Groomo. Gene Thomas leaves his perfected teeh- iiKlue to Harrison Barbee. “Butch.” Sarah, and Alice leave their ma gic touch with a basketball to anyone who can match their record. “Jase” Ralls passes on his athletic ability to l*aul Lawhorne. Eleanor Singletary bequeaths her “mile- a-minute” conversational ability to Corinne Grimsley. Ed Alexander donates his hair, eyes, etc., to Jack Elkins, who is doing all right with out them. Dorothy Hunter wills the grand piano in the music room to anyone who promises to dust it. Bill Jones is the fortunate recii)ient of Pete Miller’s sarcasm. Sally Waddi'll leaves her vim. vigor and vitality to Jane Holt. Suzanne Ellis donates her sweater stretch er to Mary Anne Chamberlain. Margaret Barnes leaves her unfinished short stories to anyone who can uutagle the plots. “Hep-cat" (Jlendiiining wills his dancijig to Jay Schenck. Shirley Flowers leaves her collection of .Icwelry to another collector, Margai-et Ann Dcuiald. The graduating Sea Scouts leave the pros pect of happy sailing at High Rock next year to their younger brothers. Anne Keyes beineaths her winning per sonality to Pat Hole. Annie Ben Beale wills her grey “knitty- knub" sweater to Jean Tucker, another of Nnma's ex-flames. Thettis Hotlner present.s her intolleetual ability to Annie Charles Smith, who is get ting along very well without more. Alargie Cook beciueaths Phil Baker's iden tification bracelet to all the junior girls. Howard Bell leaves his mns-nlar physique to Bobby Brimmer. Don Eviu'ett wills his famous comic strip. “Perils of Aliss Pike." to Ray Dilly. Bill Bogart wills his B-Press copyright to Adger AA’illiams. Senior Statistics K ij TlEfT TIFF By JIMMY RAWLINS AA’e had listened intently to the whole broadcast. Now, a.s I switched off the radio, Leon glanced at his watch. “.Just time enough to make my train,” he said. “I have to be in AVashington to confer with the President about some im portant discoveries which I have made.” As we rounded the corner by the station, we almost collided with a beautiful blonde equipped with field glasses and peering in tently in all directions. Leon stared after her. “Pat CarbeiT.v! Is she still looking for a man?” Once again inside the station, we ran across a group of well known socialites, Jean (k)ble. Aleogie Cloninger, Anne Keyes, Anne Millikan, and Susan Ellis, escorted by local playboys Ed Alexander, Bill Bentley, Bill Anton, Gene Thomas, and Kaii Kanoy. As his train came in. I suddenly remem bered something w’hich I wanted to ask him. As he jumped on the train he answered : “Laurena? Oh, she’s taking her M.A. at Harvard.” "Oh, well, hope I see you again soon,” I called. “Say ‘hello' to Franklin 1). for me!” AA’^ell, gang, this is it—the end toward which we have all been bleeding, sweating and toiling, some for two years, others for three years, and a few of us for longer. It’s been a long, hard grind, but it has been fun, too. I only hope the rest of you have gotten as big a kick out of it as I have. Of course each graduating class thinks it is about the best one that ever came along, but I think w^e ARB a pretty good one. If you folks who are staying over for one reason or another have one next year that is half as good, you’ll be doing pretty well. AA^hen you have been over here a while and get ready to graduate, you think right much—not especially the important thing.s, but something that just sticks in your mind for some reason or other. Little things that have happened that make going to high school the experience it is. Jimmy Brown leaves his yellow' suspenders to Rill Lybrook. Ed Mulvey bequeaths his false teeth, the kind you can take out at will, to Carl Coker. ('onnie Hock leaves her gay sparkling wit to Nancy Sew-ell. Howard Morris leaves to Ed Mabry lots of luck in leading our school next year. The seniors hope Ed will do as good a job as Howard did for u.s. Joy Blumenthal leaves her many letters from Chapel Hill to “Reedie” Graham. Jimmie Rawlins leaves his ability to get along with Miss Pike to Leland Greenberg, another “gink.” Since the time of our sojourn is fast draw ing to a close, we do bequeath to the junior class our seats in chapel, and our dignity, boiling they will make better u.se of them than We have. They are welcome, too. to all the chewing gum hastily deposited by us beneath the desks in our classrooms. In Avitness whereof we do set our hands and seals this 2t)th day of May, 1924. THE SENIOR CLASS The majority of the things I think about have to do with sports. For invStance, the day in 1941 I went to the doctor with Tom Aydelette twm weeks after it hapi>ened and found out that the leg he thought he had twisted was broken . . . the look on Gus Paschal’s face when he missed a shot in the final seconds of a state championship basket ball game with Greensboro two points be hind . . . Gene Gottschalk’s pitching the AA’hirlies right into a state championship in baseball . . . “Jabbo” Johnson who kneAv almost as much baseball as he did physics— or maybe it w’as the other way around . . . Sarah Conrad being voted the best looking girl in her graduating class—a selection we have never disputed . . . Douglas Hunt’s ora tory . . . Sheepie Lamb, Bennett Newell, Tom Aydelette and Jase Ralls—four of the best all-round athletes G. H. S. ever produced . . . Louis Allen making all-conference, all-state and all-southern as tackle from the AA’hirlies . . . The junior-senior prom two years ago when Burrhead Sanders w’as in charge, and Freddy Johnson’s outfit furnished the music and I dated an angel . . . Rocky Mount lick ing the AA’hirlie gridders 34-6 in 1949 and meeting them again for the state champion ship and losing 7-0 .. . Max Trull’s driA’ing for the touchdoAvn in that game. A'irginia Lowman gleamed these statistics of the senior class from the many files hop ing that it Avould be accurate down to the very last pound. Tlie senior class giant this year weighs 38,465 pounds or 19 tons, 465 pounds, is 1802 feet in height, and 4,945 years old. Some fellow', isn’t he? AA’ith some of the boys beckoned into the army by Uncle Sam, the girls reign supreme in numbers, at least, Avith 2(M) of the fairer sex to 125 males. But of these x’emaining 125, only six may be classed as nice, shA’ boys, Avith all the rest ansAvering to the name of ‘“wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Of the 325 seniors, 263 are graduating after spending only two years at high school, Avhile 60 have lH*en here for three years; and. of course. Jimmy Rawlins. Bob Apple and Don Everett. Avho have become insti tutions rather than students. Tlie lucky survivors of the 27 fights this .\eai number three, AA'ith the remaining 51 existing but sadly hindered in their educa tion by black eyes, broken teeth, etc. AVindows seemed to have the same allure ns usual for boys' hands, and 212 met their fate with the all-time Ioav of only two con fessions of this crime. Not only that, but you think of people too. Mr. Routh, who has a job you couldn’t pay me enough to take. He’s punished you in one way or another, perhaps. I knoAv he has me, but perhaps yon think you got a raw deal; I don’t. If you Avill think back and take everything into consideration. I think you Avill find that he’s been pretty square with you . . . Coach Jamieson, who has con sistently turned out more good football and basketball teams, I suppose, than any other man in the state . . . Jase Ralls, one of the best by-products of Jamieson’s handiwork. He played Ua’o years of basketball and base ball and Avas a cheerleader for the football team. Then this past season he came out for football and made one of the best quar terbacks G. H. S. has had in a long time. His coolness in the hot moments of the game paid oft more than once, not only in foot- l)all, but in basketball as AA'ell. You can have your hot and fiery felloAvs Avho work themselves and the team into a neiwous frenzy, but for my money gimme a steady guy like Jase drivin’ them Avinners home . . • ATrginia Peoples, a blonde vision of loveli ness. One of the only girls I have ever seen Avith short hair that I thought ^vas good-looking . . . The Fayetteville football game of this past season Avhich Ave Avon 3S-0 • . . Bob Apple aand Frank Curran repre senting G. H. S. in the annual Shrine all-star game in Charlotte and making a fine shoAV- ing for themselves (in more Avays than one. They tell me that Apple took all the rest of the boys’ money in a little game of .skill and chance) . . . Bill Piephofif, AA'ithout a doubt the best iniler in the state, and the look on his face Avhen he rounded the last turn and headed into the final stretch of the mile at the state meet this spring . . . Little Phil Feeney romping home Avith both the 100 and the 220-yard dashes at the state meet. They've all been Avonderful and it thrills me to think about them, but one of the big gest thrills I haA’e gotten OA'er here has been Avriting this column. I don't see hoAV you have put up Avifh me for nine months, and I Avant to thank you all for the many com pliments you have paid me. You liaA'e all been Avonderful and in ease I don't get tb^ chance to see some of you I Avant to take the opportunity iioav to .say, “Good by. good luck, and God bless you !” J
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