Vote in the Youth Center Elections Tomorrow 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. in :r 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.

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