Vote in the
Youth Center
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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Don’t Forget
About Those Exams
Over the Week End
VOLUME XXIV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., JANUARV 16, 1948
NUMBER 8
'LOFT' ELECTIONS SET FOR TOMORROW
Candidates for Prexy
Are Bobby Maitland,
D. Breedon,C. Collins
^The Inner ^X^illie^ To Be Presented
For GHS by Dramatics Club, Feb. 27
“The Inner Willie” a comedy in
three acts, will he presented ar
G.H.S., February 27, by the Play-
masters.
The play concerns Willoughby
Adams, a well-behaved boy of six
teen, played by Jimmy Richards.
He has been given a “beautiful
and sheltered life” by his three
maiden aunts; and Willougby’s
eoncienee or “inner-self”—the “In
ner Willie,” played by Zack
Piephoff. Inner Willy appears in a
•berp” to help “aunt-pecked” Willy
?aiu the courage to a.sk the girl of
his choice to the school dance. The
fun b^ins when Willy aided and
a little confused by Inner Willy,
tries to summon the tact and
courage to tell his aunt that he
wants to invite Carol Martin, play
ed by Betty Jean Pope, to the
dance, instead of the girl next-
door. whom the aunts have select
ed for him to take. Things are
fuirther complicated /when Willie
learns that Carol is going steady.
In addition to helping Willy along
with Carol, Inner Willy also de
cides that it is his duty to help
Willy rebel against such things as
cod-liver oil and turnips.
Parts of Willy’si aunts. Aunt
Hester, Aunt Alfa, and Auni
Louise, will be taken by Jean
Klutr;c. Martha Walker, and NaiU'y
Ferris. Gail Schaffert plays the
part of Marybelle Turner, the^girl
next door; and Fred Price plays
Stanley Clark, a tough guy who is
Carol's steady. The par't of Mike—
Stanley’s friend will be played by
David Breedon. Sixteen year old
twins, Janet and Frudy Marshall
will be dharaOterized by Xancy
Lo^^'d€r and Betty Jane Thompson.
Roth afternoon and night re-
hearsal«» have been planned. Re
hearsals began last Monday after
noon. The production is under the
direction of Mrs. Grace B. Wilson,
advisor of the Dramatics Club, and
Larry Lambeth, assistant director.
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Examinations Begin
Monday, January 19
Beginning at 1:40 Monday
afternoon, JanuaiT 19, and
continuing through Januai-y 22,
will be Greensboro high school’s
exam on Monday will be the
fii*st semester examinations.
Following the sixth period
first' and second period exams
on Tuesday at 9:00 and 10:45
Tespectively, on Wednesday the
third and fourth or fifth period
exams at 9:00 and 10:00, and
on Thursday the seventh peri
od exam at 9:00.
During the days of examina
tions students will be requii’ed
to come to school only to take
their tests, and will be dismiss
ed following the exam.
Registration for the second
semester will begin Friday,
January 23.
Classes will be conducted in
the regular order until the
beginning of the sixth period
exam Monday afternoon. Stu
dents will not be required to
report to school for study hall
periods during exams.
Members of the play cast are shown above rehearsing the “Rough” scene from “The Inner Willie.” Left
to right are Martha Walker, Jean Klutts, David Breedon, Fred Price, Jimmie Richards, Zaok Piephoflf, and
Nancy Ferris. Kneeling are Gail Schaffert, Betty Pope, and Betty Jane Thompson. (Photo by Dryzer)
Stadium Drive Ends With Success;
$151,134 Raised for Structure
Month-long drive to raise funds
for itbe building of a Greensboro
high school football stadium ended
last December 81 with .$1,184 over
the set goal of $150,000.
Those citizens who purchased
stock in The stadium will l)e paid in
full from gate receipts once the
Lstadium is in actual operation. An
official tabulation shows that a
total of 581 persons t>ought shares
of stock of $100 A'alue. which
amounted, at the close of the drive,
to a Slim total of $151.1.84. Active
participants in the drive were
C. Wimhisli. Chairman.' John
Rockwell, Chairman of the Greens
boro Touchdown Club, and Bol)
Jamieson. Athletic Dire*ror of
Greensboro high. *
Topigraphical maps pertaining
to the contour of' the held have
already been drawn up under the
supervision of the coporation. and
the plans of the Bowman Gray
Memorial Stadium in Winston-
Salem have been reviewed in hopes
liai some suitable plan of construc
tion can be found. The high sclioo’
was closely examined Ity the group.
Bids by local construction com-
•anies to build the stadium have
already begun, but as yet have nor
een decided upon. It is doubtful,
owever, that actual work will be
^^ttarted before the latter part of
March, or at the latest,. the first
'art of April. Completion of the
stadium is hoped to be reached in
‘ime for ithe opening of the high
ichool football season next fall,
hich would be September 1.
Youth Center To Give
WFMY Radio Show
Radio production is becoming
one of the most- popnlju* activities
at the Youth Center.
It began October 17. 1947, when
the tirst broadcast of “Y'outh on
the Air” was made from the Loft.
This program, a talent show, is
produced by teen-agers every Sat-'
urday morning ovef station WGBG.
When station WFMY'. an FJl
-Station, goes into operation some
time in the Spring, another show
will go on the air. This program
will be varied from week to week,
presenting a talent show one week,
a dramatic show next, a musical
show the next, and so forth.
It was in connection with this
second program that what is tenta
tively known as the “Y'outh Center
Radio Workshop” was set up,
though the activities of the work
shop will be broadened so as to
take in the “Youth on the Air’'
program, also.
Workshop was begun two weeks
ago, and the first meeting was at
tended by about 18 Lofters interest
ed ill radio production, wi'itting,
directing, acting, sound effects, etc.
Mr. Ted Austin of WFMY has
volunteered to Instruct the group.
Class is open to any member of the
Youth Center who is interested in
radio.
No Money Taken
During Break-In
Evidences of malicious petty
thievery done in the offices,
library and class-rooms of
&.H.S. during the weekend of
Dec. 27, were discovered by
A. P. RouTh. Monday, Dec. 20.
Mr. Routh stated that the
thieves apparently were look
ing for money, and in their
search for it through The offices
and library, broke open locks
to several desks and did other
damage. Since all school funds
are kept on deposit in rlie
hanks and no meuey is kept in
office or library, the purpose
of the thieves was no: accom-
pli.shed. However, they are be
lieved to have taken .-^everiil
articles from the Los^aml
Found Department.
Band and Orchestra
Lay Spring Plans
Band anl orchestra plans for the
Winter and Spring months
elude many concerts and per
formances by both groups, high
lighted by the state music contest
at Woman’s Co’llege in April,
Though separate organizations,
certain sections of the orches'lra,
such as the brass aud the clarinets,
are also members of the band.
The band, 'under the dir^tion
of Herbert Hazelman, played for
the assembly program last Tues
day. Among the selections heard
were excerpts from “Oklahoma!”
"Phedre,” an overture; and “Bugle
Call Rag.”
In February the band wull give
its annua Winter concert. The con
cert will be at night and admission
will be charged. The money from
this concert will go toward pur
chasing equipment and additional
uniforms.
Representatives from the band
will attend both the Eastern All-
Srate Band in Greenville, N. C.,
February 18 and 14; and the
We.steni All-State Band in High
Point. February 20 and 21.
First on the schedule of con
certs by the GHS orchestra,
'according to .1. Kimble Harriman,
director, will be at Aycock audi
torium on Founder’s Day. Feb
ruary 8. On April 6, they will play
for assembly here.
In addition to preparing for the
state music contest, the orchestra
i.s also planning to send representa
tives to the All-State Orchestra at
Winston-Salem In February.
T’nset date." for orchestra i)er-
formances include appearances at
Guilford high school and at Guil
ford -olIege.
Mr. Harriman describes' January
as “concerto month" for the orches
tra. They are working on two piano
concertos, one by Edward Grieg
aud the other by P. I. Tchaikovsky.
He also stated that several mem
bers of the orchestra have api>ear-
ed us »,;loists before the Euterpe
Symphonia.
French (lasses Will Send Clothing Abroad
Miss Estelle Mitchell, head of the
language' department, has an
nounced The imminent sliipping of
packages of clothing from Senior
to La Bresse, France. The clothing
was collected by all French classes
and is being shipped by Miss
Mitchell as soon as possible. These
Friendship Packages are packed
into either 11 or 22 pound bundles
and shipped direitly to France,
the trip taking three or four weeks,
La Bresse is a small village of
three or four hundred siTuatetl in
the Vosges Mountains. The climate
of these mountains, which are on
the border of France* and Ger
many. is, from Januar.T" to May,
roughly comparalile to a Vermont
winter. In fact, the average tem
perature, summer and winter, in
Epinal. a valley town, i.s only 40.
Miss Mitchell stated that she
chose La Bresse from the names
she had because of both its very
severe climate and the fact that
when the French Alliance in
Greensboro, of which Miss Mitchell
is a member, sent supplies to La
Bresse. their prompt reply indi
cated that the packages had gotten
through quickly.
JComorrow is election day at the
Youth Center. Beginning at nine
o’clock tomorrow morning the seven
or eight hundred members of the
Loft will ha\’e a chance to select
the three officers and seven coun-
cilmen to serve ais the Youth Coun
cil and to operate the center for the
coming j’ear.
Present council served since
August when the Loft unofficially
opened. Jim Finch has served as
president, Betty Lou Moore as
vice-president, and Fran Pearman
as fsecretary. The council was
appointed at that time from the
eleven-man committee that appeared
before the Council of Social Agen
cies last spring when plans for the
actual work on the center were
made.
Nominations were posted at the
Loft last Saturday, with Bobby
Maitland, Clyde Collins, and David
Breedon heading the list as the
candidates for president. Loft mem-
ber.ship cards must be shown in
order to be eligible to vote.
Function of the Youth Council
is to be responsible for the opera
tion of the center and to establish
all committees and by-laws neces
sary for its efficient operation.
Nominees, three for each tbe
offices and twenty-five for the seven
council posts, are as follows:
President—David Breedon, Bobby
Maitland, Clyde Collins.
Vice-president — George Seay,,
Jean Whitley, Bobby Michael.
Secretary—Anza Hudgins, Caro
lyn Gillespe, Pat Wagoner.
Seven Councilmen—Carolyn Wal-.
ters, Dolores Hadaway, ,Don Hal-
dison, Bobby Whitley, Nancy Ben
son, Molly Dillard, Annette Wade,
Jo Mingia, Barbara Crutchfield,
Bobby Spencer, Neal Sheffield, Jim
mie Richards, Tal Henry, Patsy
Carson, Mary Lane Clemments, Dick
Elkins, Julian Mc*Gee, .Beverly
Chalk Julia Ann Doggett, June
Blumenthal, Polly White, Nancy
Beale, Bob Deal, Bryan Jones, Fran
Pearman.
Books Due in Library
At 8:45 A.M. Monday
The Grensboro High School
library will close at 1:30 Mon
day, January- 19, 1948, and re
main closed until Monday
morning, Januai*y 26, 1948, at
8:45 a.m.
Ail books should be returned
to the librarj- by 8:45 Monday
morning.
Part: of the yearly inventorj-
will be taken while the library
is closed, stated Miss Mildr^
C. Herring, librarian.
Several changes will be made
in the library student staff
Names of the new staff will
be released in the near future.
D.O.-D.E. Earnings
Total $31,608.55
During the first four months of
the school year, from September to
December, the 110 students in the
D.O.-D.E. dei)artment have worked
for a total of .51,:871 hours, and
earned $81,608.55 in wages, an
average hourly wage of sixty-one
and one-half cents.
Average Total earnings per pupil
is $265.60: and average weekly
earnings per pupil are $16.60. These
.students are employed by seventy-
eight places of business and travel
an average of six and one-half miles
a day in going from school to their
work.
Seventen is the average age of the
D.O.-D.E. student, and each carries
an average of three hours of work
at the high school.
Recently elected president of the
Eastern Region of (the Distributor’s
club is Bob de Vane, a member of
the Vocational guidance department.
The highest student wage earner
in the state is a pupil in (the depart
ment.