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From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOL. xxra
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOVEMBER 1, 1946
NUMBER 4
Goodson To Keynote Social Standards Day
To Be Held Friday;
(o-Chairmen Are
McDade, Alexander
Membership Drive Is
Stupendous Success
Winner of the recent P.TJl.
membership campaign was the
homeroom of Mrs. Grace Alton,
with a percemtage of 175. Run-
nersi-up were the homerooms of
Miss Mims, with 150%, and Miss
Barger with a percentage of
138.
First! prize eod^isting of a
theatre party will be received
by Mrs. Alton's homeroom 202.
The lack of a sufficient number
of membership cards has delay
ed the ffistribution of those
cards. However, they will be
given to the membe*’s as soon as
they are available. A total mem
bership of 1081 was received in
the drive.
3A Students Make
Special Honor Roll
According to Mrs. Blanche Smith,
185 students made the honor roll
the first six-weeks period, 36 of
whom made special.
To be on the si)ecial honor roll
a student must have an average
of 95 or better and have a “B”
average on conduct. Isobel Arm
strong, Emily Ann Dees, Jane
Bong, Annie Maude Harrington,
Brown Patterson, Zack Piephoff,
Naucy Bowder, Bobby Michael, Joan
Phelps, Phillip Morrow, Margaret
Alston, Billy Sarles, Andy Bell
Patsy Wagoner, John Haesloop,
Nancy P. Smith, H. O. Pordham,
lora Boti Dallagher, Delores Duu-
stan, Nancy Burton, Carol Byrd,
Mary Ann Walser, Carolyn Wil
kinson, Chippy Johnson, Betty Bou
Moore, Jeannie Moore, Dorothy Bur-^
ton, Carrie Chamberlain, Glenna
DeWitt, Mary Reynolds, Betty
Bou Simpson, Frances Sue Mar
quis, Peter I>ang, Betty Jane
Thompson, Jean Thacker, and
Jackie Stafford made sjiecial honor
roll.
Also Mrs. Smith announced that
16 are eligible to wear silver stars
and 11 gold. To wear a silver star
a student must have made the honor
roll six times consecutively. Andy
Bell, Jack Bullard, Gloria Farnell,
Marcia Furnas, Annie Maud Har
rington, John Baubenheimer, Joyce
Bemons, Phil Morrow, Nancy P.
Smith, Clyde Taylor, Charles Wil
liams, Carol Byrd, Martha Graves,
Bora Lou Gallagher, and Carolyn
Wilkinson have met this require
ment.
Seniors are the only ones eligible
to wear gold stars, because to wear
them one must have made the
honor roll every time during his
sophomore and junior year. The
following have received this distinc
tion : Earl Betts, Nancy Burton,
Lucille Driver, Dolores Dunstan,
Betty Marie Jones, Prances Sue
Marquis, George Martin, Betty Bou
Moore, Jeannie Moore, Helen Mae
Sarles, Lillian York and Mary
Reynolds.
Those who have made the honor
roll in the science building are:
Room 1, Seymour Bates, Sue
Ellen Baxter, Anna M. Beeson, and
Dora Ann Bowden; room 2, Patsy
Carson, and Bob Clegg; room 3,
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Rogerson Employed
As English Teacher
Mis« Rogerson, a graduate of Win-
throp College, has been employed to
teach English classes here at Senior
High School. It is not known yet
what year of English' she will teach.
Miss Rogerson will report for work
on Monday, November 4th. At that
time the changes that have been
planned will be made. Miss Rogerson
i.s now employed and can not be re
leased for two weeks.
With enrollment at a new high
this semester, the English teachers
have been carrying too heavy a
burden. Miss Rogerson is a welcome
addition to the fcaulty.
Relaxii^ after busily plajnming the Social Standard Day Conference are: front row, left to right: Jean Kil
patrick, Mirvine Squire^ Ann Murphy, Virginia McDade, co-chairmen, Louis Walker and Pat Anderson; second
row: Jean Williinson, Miss Dorothy Scott and Mrs. Estelle LeGwin, both faculty advisere; back row: Andy
Bell, Ted Leonard, Pat Aldridge, Lora Lou Gallagher, Fran Peannan, Carolyn Wilke^n and Buddy Wdbb.
Absent when the picture was taken ai-e: Miss Lucille Browne, facutly adviser and Jim Alexander, co-chair-
(Photo by Les Davis)
man.
Four Oratorical Contests Announced;
Scholarship Awards To Be Given in Two
Tree Trounces
Senior s Terrain
A fierce gale was howling around
the Science Building. Leaves were
dancing across the lawn before the
icy blast. Trees were swaying back
and forth, especially one tall, stal
wart oak, in all the glory olf it’s
autumn, splendor. Suddenly there
was a heart-rending crack, and the
mighty oak crashed to the ground.
Squirels chattered, students
screamed, teachers fainted, but the
tree lay still—still on the grass, and
it’s still there.
Sammy Kaye Announces
Poetry Writers' (ontest
Announcement of a National Ama
teur Poetry Contest, under the spon
sorship of Sammy Kaye, nationally
known orchestra leader, has recently
been made by George Gingell, contest
editor for Mr. Kaye.
Judges of the contest are to be:
Kate -Smith, one of the country’s
foremost women of today; Ted
Malone, outstanding collector of
American poetry and featured on the
Westinghouse Ihogram ; and Vernon
Pope, editor otf “Pageant Magazine.”
Winning poems will receive as first
prize $500, isecond prize $200, third
prize ,$100, and twenty prizes of $25
each. They will be published in the
“Sunday Serenade iBook of Poetry,”
and will be read fc.v Sammy Kaye
on his weekly Sunday broadcasts.
The first prize poem will also appear
in Pageant Magazine.
In announcing the contest, orches
tra leader Kaye stated: “Writing
poetry is one of the fine arts and
should be encouraged as much as
possible. We are particularly in
terested in ireceiving entries from
college and high school students, as
some of the finest poetry emanates
from these sources. We are hoping
that this contest will uncover i)oets
who will thus be inspired to continxie
writing and achieve fame in this
field.”
All poems submitted must be ac
companied -by an entry form, which
may be otbained along with detailed
rules of the contest, by writing to
Sammy Kaye’s National Poetry
Contest, 607 Fifth Avenue, New
York 17, N. Y.
According to Mrs. Grace Wilson,
Debating club adviser, four oratori
cal contests with valuable scholar
ships awards are open, not only
to members of the Debating club,
but to the entire student body.
“North Carolina’s No. 1 Need—
Good Health” is the topic of an
oratorical contest, sponsored by the
North Carolina Good Health As
sociation. One boy and one girl from
each school will be selected to enter
the county contest. Winners in this
contest 'will go on to third and
fourth round contests. One boy and
one girl as final winners will each
be awarded a .$500 scholarship to
the college of the winner’s choice.
Another contest with scholarships
as prizes for the winning students
is one on the topic “Juvenile Delin
quency, Its Cause and Cure” spon
sored iby thqiSupreme Bodge, Knights
of Pythias. Regional contest win
ners will compete in the fiinal con
test at Beaumont, Texas. First prize
will be a $750 scholarship; second
prize, $500; third prize, $300; fourth
prize, $200. All scholarships are good
at the college of the winner’s choice.
Sponsored by the County Bar As
sociation is a speaking contest on
the subject, “Is World Government
the Path to Peace?” Not less than
three nor more than six students
will be selected from various schools
to enter a local contest, where the
winner will be selected by secret
ballot, with all persons over eighteen
years of age in the audience voting.
Plans for the 1946-47 annual High
School Debate Contest among North
Carolina schools are based on the
query, “Resolved; That the Federal
Government Should Provide a Sys
tem of Complete Medical Care Avail
able To All Citizens at Public Ex
pense.”
Tapping Planned For
Juniors and Seniors
Miss Sara Mims, adviser for
Torchlight, national honor society,
aided by the present members of
the organization, is preparing for
their annual tapping which will be
held some time this semester.
To be eligible for membership, a
student must have a high scholastic
average, be outstanding in leader
ship, render some service to the
school, and must be of good char
acter.
Traffic Chief Pleased
By Campaign Results
In a recent statement to High
Life Ed Coble, traffic chief,
stated that he was pleased with
results of the campaign asking
that students keep off the grass.
Traffic problrans have improved
in some situations but have not
in others.
In accordance with a new
rule in connection with puni^-
ment for traffic violations by stu
dents, a penalty of staying in
will be given for the first viola
tion and upon the second viola
tion, students will be susp^ided.
ILuicky Xooms
Up Zwacky Theory
Zuebulon Z. Zuicky, President of
Senior High’s local No. 47 of the
United Brotherhood of High Schooi
Students for the Promotion of the
Use of Left-Handed -Bottle Openers
in High School Cafeterias, an
nounced yesterday his formation of
a theory concerning left triangles.
Zeb, who held for several years
the professorship of theoretical
Greek for the first and second grades
of the State Institution at Morgan-
ton, said that he arrived at his
theory from looking from the back
of the page containing the proof of
the statement concerning the length
of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
G. H. S. Alumna Directs
Assembly Group Singing
After a long delay and a few
misunderstandingis the assembly pro
gram got under full swing last Tues
day under the able direction of Miss
Nancy Dixon King, who is a mem
ber of the Euterpe Club and directs
the Elm St. Christian Church choir.
Miss King is very talented and is
an alumna of G.H.iS.
The program started with Mirvine
Squire reading the devotions. Mrs.
BeGwin sang, “I Talked With God
Bast Night.” Buddy Webb then in
troduced the master of ceremonies.
Miss King.
B’nder the directoin of Mrs.
Estelle D. LeGwin, Miss Dorothy
Scott, and Miss Lucille Browne,
faculty advisers, and Jim Alexander
and Virginia McDade, co-chairmen,
plans for annual Social Standards
Day Conference to be held next
Thursday are rapidly being com
pleted.
Theme of the Conference will be
“Where Do We Go Prom Here?”
and Rev. Kenneth Goodson will de
liver the keynote address. He will
also conduct the open forum in the
afternoon.
According to Lora Lou GaUagher,
chairman of the group’s committee,
the discussion topics, student chair
man, room number and faculty ad
viser for each group are as follows:
photography. Prank Klages, room
103, David E. Diamond; marriage
(girls’ group), Janet Schopp, room
201, Miss Edwina Barger; marriage
(boys’ group), Andy Bell, room 203,
W. W. Huffman; choosing a voca
tion, Aaron Allred, room 202, Miss
Prances Sowell; journalism. Dot
Noell, room 10, Mrs. Jean L. Hol
land ; drama, Mirvine Squier, room
307, Miss Susanne Hurley; hostess
work, Nancy Smith, room 200, Mrs.
Pat Myrick; nursing, Sarah Swain,
room 303, Miss Gertrude Farrow;
personnel, Julian Culton, room 305,
Miss Lucille Browne; dietetics, Jean
Kilpatrick, room 204, Mrs. Cath-
ryne Kehoe; modeling, Martha
Graves, music room. Miss Dorothy
McNairy'; foreign diplomatic serv
ice, Boyce Nanc’e, room 302, Miss
Grace Alton; business management,
Mabel Page Bynum, room 9, Mrs.
Ruth Schmidt; radio, Ed Coble,
room 13, Mrs. Mabel Pleasants; gen
eral office work, Martha Nell Keith,
room 2, Mrs. Evelyn Durham; re
tailing, Frances Long, room 4, Miss
Maude Carter; science, Martha
verett, room 16, Miss Audrey
Worthington; trades, Betty Jen
nings, room 1, Miss Sarah Lesley;
teaching, Dot McCormack, room 300,
Miss Sarah Mims; aviation, Frances
DeLoach, room 6, Miss Lottie Burn
sides ; medicine, Jim Finch, room
7, Miss Mary York; music, Marcia
Furnas, orchestra room. Miss Eula
Tuttle; religion, Helen Mae Sarles,
room 7, Mrs. Octavia Edwards; law,
David Clodfelter, room 301, Mrs.
Cordelia Walke; designing and in
terior, Carrie Chamberlain, room
304, Mrs. Blanche Smith; profes
sional sports, Ted Leonard, room
106, Miss Nan Fisher; armed forces
(professional), Billy Fred Black,
room 313, Howard Thomas; en-
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Three Pupils To Serve
On Make-Up Commiltee
Larry Lambeth, president of the
Dramatic Club, apimlnted Dolores
Hada-way and Sue Ellen Baxter -to
-serve as a make-up committee at the
weekly meeting held Monday, Oc
tober 21.
Duties olf this committee include
checking the make-up now on hand
and securing more make-up when it
is needed.
Jimmy Davis, business manager,
set -today as deadline for imyment
of dues, which are 50 cents a semes
ter.
Members discussed again the
selection of a play and agreed to
have the play-reading committee
order several plays for the club to
read.
Frank Klages, vice-president, was
in charge of the program; and he
and Larry Lambeth presented a
short comedy skit for the group.
Attendance was checked by
Prances Sue Marquis at the last
meeting, and members (were re
minded that they would be dropped
from the roll of the club after three
unexcused absences. Excuses may be
obtained from either Miss Susanne
Hurley, adviser, or from Frances
Sue Marquis.