POSSIBLE LOSS OF YOUTH CENTER SEEN
Displaying the eheerful smile wHIiich helped her win the title of “Miss
Front Page,” Margaret Osborne sits surroumled by the regal splendor
which acconipaiues her |>osition.
'Miss Front Page^ Crowned
In Belated Ceremony
Margaret Osborne Gains
Hard-Foughl-For Title
Ending a heated three-weeks cam
paign for the High Life sponsored
title of “Miss Front Page,” Marga
ret Osborne was crowned by asso
ciate editor Frances Newton in a
ceremony at the Carolina theater,
Friday night, February 20.
News editor Don Hardison, who
served as master of ceremonies for
the event, presented the 22 girls as
pages in a newspaper, beginning
with page two and ending with the
front page. Humor w^as added to
the serious nature of the program
by the presentation of High Life
reporter Bobby Lominac, dressed
as a girl with the odd look, as
“Miss Comic Strip.”
Margaret is a member of the jun
ior class and was sponsored by the
choir. Runner-up w’as Sally Gray
Hicks, a sophomore selected by the
D. D. T. club.
Girls who took part in the con
test were Dawn Leach, Jackie Mil^,
Elinor Wrenn, Rebecca Frazier, Gail
Schaffert, Annie Maude Harrington,
Maxine FieldSr. Pat Wagoner, Mar
garet Osborne, Nancy Smith, Betsy
Smith, Polly White, Jennie Lee
Moser, Sally Gray Hicks, Yvonne
Schweistris, Helen Latham, Dot
Burton, Marcia Ann Furnas, Carrie
Chamberlain, Dot McLaughlin, Glen-
na DeWitt, and Martha Everitt.
Jam Session Planned
For ‘Loft’ Tomorrow
One of the biggest noises to
hit Greensboro since the tornado
of ’36 is scheduled for tomor
row night at the I^oft, accord-
inig to director Weddie Huff
man. And that is just one of
the activities planned by the
Loft for the Spring.
The “noise” will be in the
form of a jam session, with
anyone who owns a musical
instrument eligible to partici-
patCv What comes out will be
anyone’s guess. In addition to
the “noise,” several outstapd-
ing soloists of Greensboro will
perfoiin, including Dick Zim
merman, the pianist who per
formed for the Lofters some
time ago.
Tonight Lofters will be able
to see a special dress rehearsal
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce minstrel sho^v, to be
given next week. The show will
feature members of the Jaycees
as well’ as several high school
students and some of the top
talent in that held.
March 13 is the date set for
the “Hag-Drag-Stag” dance to
be given at the Youth Center.
It will be a girl-invite-boy
affair.
Hazelman Composition Introduced
“Jefferson Standard,” a march
composed by Herbert Hazelman,
director of G.H.S. band, was one
of the features of the band’s annual
Mid-Winter concert February 19.
The march, dedicated 'to the
memory of the late Julian Price, is
one of several of Mr. Hazelman’s
compositions, and was played for
the first time at the concert.
In addition to the march, the
band also played “Sleppers Wake”
by J. S. Bach; the complete sym
phony, “From the New World,” by
Antonin Dvorak; “Ampai’ito Roca,"
by Jimmie Texidor; waltzes from
“Die - Fledermaus.” by Johann
Strau®; “Chat Polka,” also by
Straus; selections from “Okla
homa!” by Richard Rogers; and
the overtrue to “Phedre,” by Jules
Massenet. Encores w'ere “Cotlosus
of Columbia March” and “Canton
Aero Club March.”
The money obtained from the ad
mission charge will go to pay for
several new uniforms needed by the
band. Though new uniforms were
bought for the entire band last year.
groTvth of the organization has
brought about the necessity of extra
uniforms.
Another concert is planned for
the Spring, before the state music
contest, according to Mr. Hazelman,
but the exact date has not been set.
The state music contest here is
the main event of the year for the
band. This year the GHS band will
not only take part in the instrumen
tal contest, but will aso enter the
marching contest.
Loss of the G-reenSiboro Youth.
Center to the teen-agers of the
city was seen as possible last
Friday, February 20, when
“Loft” director Weddie Huff
man and Norris Hadaway, treas
urer of the adult board of man-
agement, spoke to the Greens
boro high school student body
in assembly.
They announced a membership
drive to begin immediately to raise
the paid membership of the Youth
Center from the new low of be-
Small Membership May Force Close
tween 200 and 300 members to the
necessary figure of some 850.
Another goal of tbe drive is to
establish membership on an annual
rather than a monthly basis, since
the center operates on a yearly
basis.
The center was designed to ox>e-
rate on a budget of $11,000, with
$6,000 being furnished by the city
and the Community Chest, who di
vide the amount between them. The
remaining $5,000 is to be raised
through membershii)s and special
functions similar to the recent Gene
Kiiipa dance.
Although monthly memberships
have been raised to one dollar, an
nual cards may still be purchased
for five dollars, which represents a
saving of seven dollars for the mem
ber.
It has been pointed out by Mr.
Huffman that if the students of
G. H. S. are not willing to support
the “Loft” through their member
ship and attendance, other groups
w'ill w^elcome the use of the center.
HIGH LIFE
from the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOL. XXIV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEBRUARY 27, 1948 NUMBER H
Drama Group Gives Play Today
“The Inner Willie,” a comedy in
three acts, concerning the difficulties
presented an average high-school
boy in the sudden appearance of
his ‘inner man,’ wil be presented
this afternoon at 2:30 to the stu
dent body and again tonight at
eight o’clock.
Zack Piephoff is cast as Inner
Willie who turns up to haunt Wil
loughby Adams, an average, well-
behaved boy of sixteen, played by
Jimmie Richards. Willoughby’s
three maiden aunts, each determined
that Willoughby should go to the
college of her choice, are played
by Nancy Ferris, Jean Klutz, and
Nancy Low^der. Cast in the role
of Carol Martin, the girl whom
Willoughby secretly admires,' is
Betty Jean Pope. Gail Schaffert
takes the part of Marybelle Turner,
the girl w^hom the aunts wish Wil
loughby to take to the graduation
dance. Fred Price is cast as Stanley
Clark,’ the slightly tough boy whom
Carol goes with. Mike—Stanley’s
best friend, who has trouble with
hi® shoes--“ is—-played by David
Breedon. Betty Jane Thompson and
Martha Walker are cast as twins,
who, finding themselves dateless for
the graduation dance, invited Wil
loughby to take them. Difficulties
are encountered when Willoughby
somdiow manages to get himself
three dates for the dance.
Stage manager, Neil Sheffield;
Bill Utley, and: lights manager,
Frank Klages, have been devoting
their afternoons and other free
times to working on lighting, wiring,
painting sets, and other technical
details necessary to give the pro
duction a finished effect. Fred Price,
in addition to helping the stage
crew, is acting as property manager.
Costume manager, Sylvia Smith's
job, in addition to costuming all
the east, included the making of
Zack Piephoff’s rather unusual cos
tume. Assistant director, Larry
Lambeth is also acting as publicity
manager. In charge of sale of ad
vanced tickets as well as tickets at
the door is Jean Thacker. Ruth
Scarborough is in charge of make
up. U^ers, programs, etc. are being
handled by Ruth Underwood and
Cheri Soiberman.
Weddie Asks:
Is the Youth Center Worth Saving?
By Weddie Huffman
Since August 1, 1947, the Greensboro Youth Center has had
approximately 40,000 people to sign in the registration books
as members or guests of the center. This figure does not mean
that half of the population of Greensboro has been served, but
it does mean that the persons who do frequent the Youth Center
have returned a-gain and again to enjoy the facilities provided.
If figures alone-could-4)e weighed as -evidence, it. would ap.pear .
Y-Teens Laying Plans
To Attend Conference
Thinking ahead into plan.s for
this summer, the Y-Teens Clubia are
electing their delegates to the North
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,
Washington, D. C. annual conference
to be held August 23-30 at Camp
Illahee, N. C.
To date the Junior Y Teen club
is the only club that ha.s elected
its delegate. From this club, Wil-
heminia Motley has been cho.sen.
Jackie Miles, state Y’^-Teen presi
dent, also from this club, is eligible
to attend the conference. A carni
val is planned for April, where each
Y-Teen club in the city will have c
booth. Funds gained from thi"
affair will be used by each club to
help bear the expenses of its con
ference delegate.
To the state conference of the
Negro Y-Teens and their activities
North Carolina have been invited
The purpose of these ten girls, one
of whom will be from Greensbov-
is to get better acquainted with the
Negro Y-Teenis and their activities,
in 'the hope that with knowledge o
others comes a feeling of brother
hood.
Other plans for the spring monfh.s
include ping-pong-badminton tour
nament, April banquet at which
Mrs. Letta Gapin, National Y'-Teen
program Director will be guest
Imnor: Fun-Fair, March 16 to raise
funds for Y-Teen Rumpus Room.
Hi-Y Plans Party
Members of the senior class Hi-Y"
club have made plans to hold their
first party of the spring social sea
son Saturday, March 6, at the
Friendly road home of Vice-Presi
dent Clyde Taylor.
Members of the club have been
managing the soft drinks and hot
dogs concession at the YMCA during
the current^ Golden Gloves contest.
Through this activity they hope to
raise sufficient funds to finance their
spring projects.
that the Youth Center has been an overwhelming success, but
if we go deeper into the subject we find thta mere figures do not
spell success. Let's review the picture and see for ourselves
whether or not the Youth Center is worth supporting—physically
as well as with our dollars and cents.
WEDDIE HUFFMAN
who has written the adjoining arti
cle to make clear the serious situ
ation now facing the Greensboro
Youth Center . . .
loft' Dancing Class
Led by Louis Felicia
Free dance classes under the in
struction of T.fOuis Felecia, of Felecia
Studio of Dance, are currently being
offered at the Loft on Wednesday
afternoons from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Any member of ithe Youth Center
is eligible for the free lessons which
will include all types of ballroom
dancing, as well as some of the
popular South American dance
steps, such as the Rumba and the
Samba.
During the first four mouths of
operation the membership and at
tendance was swelled by such activ
ities a® “open house” after football
games, dances, contest, clubs, and
I various other social functions. The
I average monthly membership during
j this period was 860 with November
attaining the highest with a total
of 960 paid members. The attend
ance for the same four months vras
24,920 which means that the aver
age member visited the Youth Cen
ter approximately 8 times a month,
not counting the “open houses” or
I special club meetings. If we could
accept these figures as an indica
tion of the year round response
on the part of all members, then
the Youth Center could be consi
dered a success, at leas^, from a
financial standpoint.
However^ the sad part of our
story begins in December when both
membership and attendance took
a 50% drop, creating a deficit in
the budget on the part of member
ship dues and snack bar receipts.
Why the sudden drop at a time
when membership could have gone
over the top with 1,000 menffiers?
Some say they had to work during
Xmas, others say they had too
much to do, and still others just
passed it off with the “I don’t know,”
attitude. Whatever the reason, the
outcome has had a decided effect
in changing the very nature of the
Youth Center.
Mr. Felecia, who is giving his
time without charge to the You/th
Center, says, “It is unfortunate that
I can spare only that hour on Wed
nesdays, which i® 'when most people,
including myself, should be eating
supper, but it is the only time T
■have free. Perhaps better arrange
ments can be made.”
The slump continued in January
and again only 450 persons paid
their dues—thus a crisis was at
hand, and a satisfactory solution
had to be reached.; or else the
Youth Center would have to face
defeat for two reasons: (1) lack of
interest on the part of members to
attend and support their club and
(2) lack of paid membership dues
to keep the Youth Center out of
the “red.”
With unpaid bills mounting and
less money co'ming in, the . Youth
Council had a called meeting late
in January to decide what should
be done. Since the budget called
for $5,000 to be raised annually
(Continued on Poffe Bight)