Congratulations
Football Team
Good Luck
To The Cagers
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., JANUARY 17, 1947
VOL. xxin
NUMBER 1
EXAMINATIONS BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON
Sixlh Period Exam
Beginning at f;45;
Registration Thurs.
BREEDON WINS COVETED AWARD
'Peahead' Walker
Presents Trophy
To Whirlie Player
Last Wednesday evening at 9 p.m.,
in the 16th annual Senior High
School Football Presentation Night,
held each year 'On the stage of the>
National Theatre, Joe Breedon
was awarded the gold trophy that
distinguishes him as the outstand
ing personality in playing ability
and sportsmanship on the Western
CJonference Champion Whirlwind
team of 1946.
Breedon was a leading figure
in the Whirlies victorious team and
was considered the outstanding
player of the year by both the
team, who named him for this
honor by secret ballot, and the many
fans who witnessed the Whiries in
actio'n this year.
Ceremonies were begun in the
impressive program to the soft
strains of the Senior High School
Song rendered by the Band. High
lights of the show were the cheers
led by the cheerleaders, the ex
planation of the purpoise of the
program by Mr. Wooten, manager
of the National Theatre, and the
introduction of the many distin-
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Health Week Held
From February 2-8
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State (Super
intendent of Public Instruction, has
announced that Good Health Week
will be observed in all North Caro
lina public schools February 2-8.
Letters have been sent from
Superintendent Erwdn’s office in
Raleigh to all public school princi
pals and superintendents of city
and county systems urging their
fullest cooperation. During Good
Health Week greater emphasis on
health as a regular part of the
school curriculum is called for by
Dr. Erwin.
In his letter to principals and
superintendents, Dr. Erwin express
es the belief that much good can
be accomplished in stimulating in
terest and enthusiasm for the Good
Health program on the part of
school personnel.
“Citizens throughout the State
have become aroused to a need for
action in solving our health prob
lem by the activities and recommen
dations of the Medical Care Com-
mision and the Good Health Asso
ciation,” Dr. Erwin points out.
“School people will readily recog
nize the benefits to accrue to school
children from a medical care and
hospital program such as that ad-
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$100 Will Be Given
In Model Contest
Morrison-Neese Furniture Com
pany has offered a prize of $100 for
the best model of a G.I. home built
by any member of the drafting class
at Senior.
Boys who are entering the con
test, which will cose late this month,
are: Dennis Fortune, Horton High
fill. Box Stallings, “Chigger” Qualls,
Tommy Williams, Glenn Hodges,
and Frank Parkes. Plans which the
boys are folowing under the super
vision of G. O. Mann wpre drawn
by Henry Zenke, Greensboro ar
chitect.
Prom the plans, each boy first
drew six plates of the house, all
elevations. They have now started
actual construction of the models
out of plywood and pine. The finish
ed mdel will measure 52 inches by
88 inches, all houses being built to
a one-inch scale.
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Seniors Earl Betts and Mary Reynolds have been'eleeteu best citizens
by the popular vote of their classmates and teachers.
Betts and Reynolds Chosen
Senior High Best Citizens
Photography Begun
For Senior Pictures
Each year, as soon as Christmas
vacations have been completed, each
member of the senior class of
Greensboro Senior High School is
photographed for the Senior class
mass photograph. The photography
for the picture of the class of 1947
began Monday, January 13, and will
continue until each Senior has been
photographed.
This year, according to a state
ment issued by Mr. A. P. Routh,
the contracting photographer is the
Meyer’s Studio and all work is
being done in their ofEces. Late in
the spring of this, year, each Sen
ior will receive a composite iricture
of the entire senior class of 1947.
Each senior homeroom has been
allotted three days for the comple
tion of the photographs of the
pupils in that room. Students with
a seventh period study hall are
being excused by Miss Blackmon
at two-thirty for an earlier appoint
ment than would ordinarily be pos
sible and photography will continue
each day until 5 o’clock.
The members of the senior home
rooms are being photographed in the
following order: 200, 303, 302, 206,
317, 315, 306, 313, 203, and 304.
‘Playmasters’ Is New
Dramatic Club Name
Acording to Frances Sue Marquis,
secretary, members of the Dramatic
club voted in a recent meeting to
name the organization “The Play-
masters.”
A play has not been decided upon
by the club yet due to the interrup
tion caused by the recent holidays.
However, they do hope to get start
ed early in February on a play to be
presented in the spring.
Earl Betts and Mary Reynolds,
outstanding members of the current
senior class, have been chosen best
citizens of 6.H.S. for the second
report period by popular vote among
their classmates and teachers, and
they will represent the school at a
local civic club for a luncheon.
Earl, an eagle scout and also a
sea scout, was recently tapped into
Torchlight, National Honor Society.
He played halfback on the Whirlie
football team and can usually be
found with Larry Crawford and
H. C. Fordham, also Whirlie players.
After graduating from High School,
Earl plans to stud,v medicine and
later to marry some cute girl.
Also a member of Torchlight,
Mary is a reporter on High Life
and is president of Quill and Scroll
and is a member of the Debating
and Dramatic clubs. A former editor
of High Life, her ambition is to
study journalism in college, after
which she aspires to a job on a
fashion magazine in New York. If
this doesn’t turn out, she wants to
work on a newspaper, preferably a
small country one. She should be
well qualified for she now holds the
Journalism cup which was awarded
to her at the end of her junior
year, and now writes the fashion
column for High Life.
Carrie Chamberlain, secretary of
the student council and noted for
her achievements in art, and Billy
Hogshead were chosen from the jun
ior class as their best citizens.
Chippy Johnson and Richard Clem
mons represent the sophomore
class.
In the selection of candidates, the
homeroom teacher makes a list ot
those who have the requirements of
eligibility from conduct and scholar
ship records, and then the home
room students nominate one bo.v
and one girl for their class. The
names of the homeroom nominees
arc- then submitted to the faculty
who elect one boy and one girl
from each of the three classes—
sophomore, junior, and senior.
Two Students Killed
In Sailing Accident
Holiday festivities were sad
dened on December 29 by the
sudden and tragic deaths of two
of Senior high’s most popular
students, John H. Laubenheim-
er, Jr., of 1106 Hill Street, and
Clinton Prenzel, 17, of 1203
Latham Road. Victims of a sail
boat accident in High Rhck
Lake, Davidson County, Lau-
benheimer met death as the re
sult of drowning, followed by
Prenzel, as the result of a heart
attack at the scene of the acci
dent. The other live occupants
of the craft escaped with only
slight injuries and exposure.
Laubenheimer is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Laubenheimer, and paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Madleline
Laubenheimer, and Prenzel by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Prenzel, and his grandfather,
George Prenzel.
Routh To Conduct
Navy College Test
Approximately 107 boys will be
on hand at Senior tomorrow to take
an aptitude test in regard to U. S.
Naval college training programs,
NBOTC, and NACP.
The test wil be conducted by
A. P. Routh and will last approxi
mately half-a-day. Those boys who
rate high enough and are chosen
by the Navy will be itermitted to
participate in one of tw’O college
training programs. First of these
is the Naval Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps. In this program a success
ful candidate will have his tuition
and other exjjenses paid to anyone
of 52 colleges throughout the U. S.
These colleges carry the naval pro
gram and the candidate will be
allowed to major in any subject but
he will required to take a course
in naval science and certain other
subjects subscribed b.v the navy. The
candidate will remain in college 4
years and then become a commis
sioned ofiicer in the U. S. Navy. He
will remain in the nav.v for 2 years
and then in the reserve for 6 years.
The second program is a Naval
Aviation College Program. Require
ments for this program are practical
ly the same as the fir,st with a few
exceptions. The candidate will have
the opportunit.v to go to any college
of his choice. He will spend three
years in the Navy instead of two,
and he will be a commissioned ofli-
cer in the Naval Air Gorp.
Applications for the test had to
be sent to the navy before December
17, 1946. Apptitude tests will be
given throughout the TJ. S. and its
possessions.
Face-Lifting Received
By Boys* Gym Floor
“Go to ftoach Jameison and get
a story on the new gym floor,” said
the cruel editor, thus leaving the
reporter with no alternative but to
trudge, in the rain at that, over to
the field house for info’ on the floor.
With pencil and paper poised for
any forthcoming statements from
Coach, we asked the approach ques
tion, “How about a story on the
new floor!
After five minutes of jibber-jab-
I)er with his fellow athletes he look
ed up with a half smile and half
lear and said, “Its clean!!” For a
minute we were stunned, bewildered
and what have you. “Is that all,” we
asked meekl.v. “That’s it,” replied
Jameison. That did it! Sticking our
hands deep in our pockets we
trudged back to the editor shouting,
“I refuse to write a story on. two
little words ! Draw your own on con
clusions about the story being writ
ten. Anyway, students, the floor is
clean.
Beginning this afternoon at 1:45
will be Senior High’s all important
exams, for which a majority of stu
dents have been feverishly studying
for several weeks. Classes vvill be
conducted in their regular order
until the beginning of the sixth
period exam this afternoon.
Registration
For the following three school
days students will be required to
come to school only to take their
tests, after which they will be dis
missed.
On Thursday following exams,
registration for the second semester
will begin, with the seniors coming
to register at 9:00, followed by the
juniors at 11:00, and the sopho
mores at 2:00.
Exam Schedule
Friday, January 17, 1:45—6th
period
Monday, January 20, 10:30—2nd
period
Monday, Januai’y 20, 8:45—1st
period
Tuesday, January 21, 8:45—3rd
period
Tuesday, January 21, 10:30—4th
or 5th period
Wednesday, January 22, 8:45—7th
period
To assist students in deciding
what courses they should register
for, principal A. P. Routh along
with members of the faculty has
met in assembly with the three
classes to discuss and explain the
graduation requirements for Senior
High and the entrance requirements
of North Carolina’s colleges and
to answer any question that the
students may have concerning this
subject.
Graduation Requirements
Requirements for graduation from
Senior High School were listed in
the following order:
English—4 units.
American History—1 unit.
Science—1 unit.
Mathematics—1 unit.
Electives—9 units.
Monetti Sails With
A ntarctic Expedition
A former student of G.H.S., Mr.
Michael Monetti, known to many
of his friends in Greensboro as Mike
“The Mole,” is now sailing with the
Byrd Antartic Expedition acting as
personal advisor to Admiral Byrd
on Supoinfuenza butterflies.
Bom in Annabelle, Australia, Mr.
Monetti naturally was in Senior’s
precinct when at the age of twenty-
seven, he entered G.H.S. as a
promising sophomore. He majored in
gunnery, and for three years, held
the state junior championship medal
for twelve-inch guns. Mr. Monetti
was also brilliant in chemistry, his
favorite subject, and often he re
mained far into the night perfecting
a process for the manufacture of
heroin. Through his experiments in
chemistry as related above, Mike
earned a scholarship to Mr. A.
Capone’s Finishing School at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas.
He became interested in his new
hobby, butterflies, while vacationing
at exclusive Devil’s Island some
eleven years later. One day, while
swimming between Devil’s Island
and the mainland, “The Mole” hap
pened to notice a beautiful butter
fly, which he immediately recog
nized as the nearly extinct Supoin-
fiuenza and follow^ it to its haunts
deep in the jungle where he studied
its habits for the next three years.
He later obtained his M.S. (Master
Safecrackers) from Bastile Univer
sity in Paris and after graduating
with highest honors, he enlisted
with the Byrd expedition with a
rank of chief bilolgist.