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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Cheer for
The Team Tonight
[VOLUME xxrv
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C, OCTOBER 31, 1947
NUMBER
[Stadium Is Fast Becoming Reality
Ed^r Ansel MowTer, Pulitaser prize>winning correspondeiitt is shown
being interviewed by Don Har^son, High Life Staff reporter. Mr.
Mowrer spoke on “The Chances of World Government” at Woman’s Col
lege on Friday, October 17, during the state-wide World Federalist con
vention held there.
Correspondent Sees Need
For World Government
By Donald Hardison
The United World Federalists of North ‘ Carolina held their
first state convention at Woman’s college the week end of Octo
ber 17 and 18. John McNeil Smith, Jr., a local attorney and
I member of the World Federalists group, acted as executive direc
tor and presided over all meetings.
Among the severa distinguished*®’
Parade To Highlight
Activities for Game
Taking the form of a pep
rally before the High Point foot
ball game Friday, Novembca* 7,
will be a parade jointly spon
sored by the Senior high cheer-
leading squad and the student
council.
Starting from the Carolina
. theater, the parade will proceed
to the south end of Elm Street
near the traffic circle, and then
advance down Elm to the 0.
Henry hotel where is will turn
and terminate near the fire
station.
In announcing the event Pat
Anderson, head cheerleader, ask
ed that all students who are able
to do so decorate their auto
mobiles and take part in the
parade, which will be led by
the school band followed by
several i®splays.
spM.kers at the Convention was
[ Edgar Ansel Mowrer, Pulitzer Prize
i winning correspondent, who stated
an interview that chances of
[ organizing a limited world govem-
I ment are about 50 to 50, and that
I the main hindrance lies in the fact
I that Americans are not willing to
I sacrifice their national sovergnity
I for an international government.
When asked how the American
I student could participate in the
j campaigning for a United World
I government program Mr. Mowrer re-
I plied: “Actulally, the student can
I take no directly active part in insti-
I tuting such a program. But, and I
] hasten to add, the student should be
I familiarized with the actual political
I conditions which do exist in the
I world today. And also, he should
I see the dire need for some means
I by which war and other such forms
I of aggression could be completely
I obliterated. One could hardly even
I imagine there bemg no government
I what-so-ever in the United States.
I For instance, no Congress, no Presi-
I dent, no mayor; well, that is exact-
I ly the state of affairs in the World
I today. The present veto-ridden
(Continued on Page Eight)
I Band Directors Review
| G. H. S. Music Makers
Annual Fall clinic of the North
Carolina Music Educator.s associ
ation, sponsored by Womans’ col
lege in connection with the state
music contest last week at the col
lege. The meeting was attended by
instructors in the band, orchestra,
and vocal fields.
On Monday afternoon of last week,
the band directors attended a march
ing demonstration put on by the
senior high school band. Under the
direction of Mr. George T. Bennett,
native of Augusta, Georgia, and
i an authority on marching, methods
executing counter marches w’ere
, 'demonstrated by the band. From
fifty to sixty directors from all over
^ the state were present.
Mr. Herbert Hazelman, director
of the senior high band and also
president of the North Carolina
;|Bandmasters’ association, has an-
. nounced that a meeting will be held
in Charlotte in the near future to
select the music for the state band
Ifcontests to be held here in the
Spring.
Superintendent Cites
Graduation Essentials
In a message recently received by
High Life from Superintendent of
Schools Ben L. Smith, a compre
hensive report on the requirements
for high school graduation and col
lege admission was given. The fol
lowing is his complete report:
Requirements for High School
Graduation and College
Admission
High School graduation is grant
ed upon the successful completion of
sixteen units of credit; including
four in English, one in natural
science, one in social science (Amer
ican history and government), and
one in high school mathematics. In
order that there be thorough know
ledge of some particular fields, one
is required to have in addition to
English,.at least eight units of credit
in not more than four subject fields.
The choice of subjects is left to you
with the counsel of your principal
and teachers, and with the approval
of your parents.
High School graduation does not
guarantee college admission in a
particular institution of higher
learning. College admission require
ments vary from institution, to insti
tution, depending upon whether it
(Continued on Page Seven)
High Point Trampled
Weeks Before Game
One dark night this week some
loyal High Point (Whisper her
name!) studes slipped behind the
lines and attempted to sabotage our
headquarters with a beautiful apple-
green shade of points. The tables
were turned, however, becauise the
words “High Points” painted on the
front walk were covered with sand
and trampled into the dust by 1300
pairs of shoes belonging to 1300
loyal Greensboro-studes.
We highly recommend that if
High Point intends using such
sticky paint, i>erhaps -she ought to
leave some paint remove—for her
own good! Perhaps, too the paint
would look better adoring some of
that famous furniture with the fine
finish.
Masquerade Is
Tomorrow Night
Scheduled for the Youth Cen
ter tomorrow night is a Mas
querade beginning at 8:30 with
music furnished by Clyde Wat
son and his orch^tra. In the
customary Hallowe’en fashion,
it will feature costumes of all
sorts, fortune telling, a tunnel
of horror, and other traditional
Hallowe’en activities. Costumes
are not required, but everyone
should have a mask. A prize
will be offered for the best
costume, which will be judged
on originality and effectiveness.
They may be as simple or elab
orate as desired.
At intermission a skit, “The
Ghost Hunters,” will be pre
sented by members of the Youth
Center dramatics club, under
the direction of Mrs. Mildred
Mashbum.
The Senior High Recreatiojn
Committee, headed by Carrie
Chamberlain, has been w'ork-
ing in close cooperation with
Miss Katherine Monsees, pro
gram director, and the Youth
Council’s recreation committee,
of which Julia Anne Doggett is
chaiman. The high school com
mittee is in charge of decora
tions and special departments,
such as the tunnel of horror and
(the fortune tellers.
Stock To Be
By Group of
Issued
Citizens
25 Students Make
Special Honor Roll
Greensboro high school’s long lived and well preserved dream
of completing the athletic stadium on its campus was transformed
into reality at the meeting of the city school board Wedn^day,
October 22, when a proposal that a group of local citizens to he
known as the Stadium Corporation complete the stadium and
^in turn sublease it to the school
board of the Senior High School
Athletic association was present
ed by W. H. Holderaess and
accepted by the board subject to
the approval of the board’s at
torney.
The horseshoe-shaped stadium,
located on the northwestern end of
'the school campus wajs begun in
1943 and scheduled to be completed
during the summer of 1946. The
school board invested $40,000 for
the excavation and turfing of the
field, but the lack of sufficient funds
for the construction of the concrete
stands and other features of the
stadium has delayed completion.
Estimates of the amount needed to
finish the structure range from $125,-
000 to $150,000.
To Issue Stock
Nonprofit stock will be issued to
local athletic and civic minded citi
zens by the corporation in order to
finance the project. Holderness
stressed the fact that the corpora
tion had no other aim than to com
plete 'the stadium and retire the
stock.
That the stadium be dedicated to
the Senior high boys who were slain
(Continued on Page Four)
* Among the students making honor
roli were 25 on special and 205 on
the regular honor roll for first six
weeks.
Making special honor roll were six
sophomores, ten juniors, and nine
seniors, as follows: Sophomores—
From . Room 6: Jeanne Martin;
Room 302: David Bradley, Edwin
Boyd, Ronald Britt; Boom 305: Sue
Purdon; Room 313: Frank Hough;
Juniors—^Boom 4: Julia Ann Dog
gett ; Boom 7: Bobby Michael; Room
8: Barbara Oakley, Oscar Paris;
Room 10: Sidney Smith, Jackie
Stafford; Room 15: Mildred Hed
rick ; Room 24: Delores Whisonant;
Room lOO: Lois Bosecrans, Billy
Sarles; Seniors—Room 12: Jim
Murray; Room 14: Zack Piephoff,
Betty Pearl; Room 16: Betsy Smith,
Nancy Smith; Room 200: Bill Led
ford; Room 203: Roger Gibbs, Bill
Hooke; Room 300: Glenna DeWitt.
C>n regular honor roll, were 75
seniors, 77 juniors, and 53 sopho
mores.
Sophomores:
Room i: Jean Marjorie Scott,
Mary Blair Smith, Donald Southern.
Room 2; Carole Williams.
Room 23: Edith Trosper, Fred
Upchurch, Bert Wade, Carole Tur-;
ner, Dorothy Vuncannon.
Boom 25: Betty Talbert.
Room 27: Anna Larsen, Burt
Keister. Barbara Kearns, Sue King,
Marie Jennings.
Room 206: Hope Brown, Sue Bull,
Lining Burnet, Joan Butler, Mary
Catherine Clymer.
Boom 301: Gilbert Murray. Mabel
Ruth Nease, Bobbie Jean Oldham,
Paul Osborne.
Room 302: Nancy Benson, Peg
Bowman, Barbara Blaylock, Keith
Bowman, J. W. Bolejack, Carolyn
Birgel.
(Continued on Page Six)
Portrait of the President
Shows Divided Personalities
The best looking girls in the I
state are in this echool” was the
casual remark of our blue^eyetl.
blond-haired president, Andy Bell,
when approached for an interview.
After this Andy dropped his head
and continued poring over a wicked [
trig problem. [
Andy was born right here in j
Greensboro, but he has lived almost
everywhere. He doesn’t know exact
ly liow many times he has moved j
but he quit counting at 36. His j
present residence is 413 North Cedar i
Street.
Andy has had a long and success-;
ful political career beginning with j
the presidency of Central Junior
High School. Upon arrival at Sen-1
ior High his friendly personality!
and smile won him the office of|
president of the sophomore class
and then, that May, he was elected]
president of the junior class. His I
greatest triumph was the presidency !
of the school, achieved after a color-1
ful campaign.
Our. president’s love life centers
around a cute little blond sophomore
named Nancy Beale. They really
make a cute couple when seen to
gether in the halls at G.H.S.
Andy’s favorite sports are basket
ball, tennis, and swimming. He was
a tennis regular last year, and he
played some fine basketball with the
Whirlie jayvees.
ANDY BELL
A few of Andy’s achievements are
Torchlight, Eagle Scout, Order of
the Arrow; and he has made the
special honor roll thirteen consecu
tive times here at Senior. Andy’s
ambition is to do something im
portant. At the rate he’s going now,
he can’t miss.
'Jive Joint' Is Slated
To Be Reopened Soon
“Jive Joint,” recreation room for
dancing and lounging which has
been closed during the first few
weeks of school, will be reopened
w'ith many improvements soon. The
delayed arrival of a new nickelo
deon has hWd up things, but it is
expected to arrive within a few
days. Carrie Chamberlain and Clyde
Collins are co-chairman of -the re
creation committee, which is in
charge of the room.
The vocational woodw'orking class
is making benches to be used in the
room, and Carrie Chamberlain is
painting a mural depicting recrea
tional scenes around the top of the
room.
A new autograph bulletin board
is being set up, with separate sec
tions provided for the autographs of
both students and alumni.
As soon as classes in room 100 can
be moved to room 5, w^hich is now
under repair, room 100 will resume
its place as the ping i>ong room.
Since 102 is a classroom, the Quie*^
Corner cannot be held there. How
ever, Mrs. Estelle LeGwin has an
nounced that if students are careful
to neither scar the tables and chairs,
or btoher irhe Council schedule on
the blackboard, the S-tudent Council
room will be opened for study at
the usual times—before and after
school and during the lunch periods.
French Glasses Learn
Of Country’s Culture
Miss Estelle Mitchell’s French 3
classes have departed somewhat
from the usual course of study in
that they are taking side-trips into
French history and culture along
with their regular work. First topic
was the fine arts, and the class
heard and made reports on painting,
sculpture, and music.
Some topics were the Loruve
Museum, artists, as Rosseau, Millet,
and others; Rodin, the sculpture,
and Debussy, Saint-Saens, and others
in the field of composers and musi
cians. Miss Mitchell stated that
later studies would deal with the
literature, scientists, and inventors
of France.