i
Carrie Chamberlain
. . . who has received joint honors in being elected both Greensboro
high May Queen, and Daughters of the American Revolution pllgrtoage
winner for the State of North Carolina. (Photo by Manning)
Carrie Chamberlain Wins
D. A.R., May Day Honors
Makes Triumph Over
Girls From Entire Slate
Winning first place from a group
of 62 high school seniors from the
state of North Carolina at the
conference of the North Carolina
Society, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, in High Point
Wednesday, March 3, was Carrie
Chamberlain, senior class repre
sentative to the student council and
co-chairman of the recreation com
mittee.
Carrie will attend the annual
D.A.B. pational congress in W’^ash-
ington, next month, along with
winners from other states. She was
si>onsored by the Guilford Battle
Chapter of the D.A.R.
liasis of Judgii^
Candidates were selected by their
schools “on basis of dependability,
service, leadership, and patriotism.
At the conference judging was
based on scrapbooks they had pre
pared covering school activities.
(Continued on Page Three)
Will Head Traditional
Ceremony May Fillli
Announcement of the election of
Carrie Chamberlain as the Greens
boro high school May Queen of 1&48
was made in assembly Tuesday
March 9.
Honor attendants from the junior
and sophomore classes are Yvonne
Schweistris and Nancy Beal. Other
attendants in the court will be:
from the senior class, Marie Carter,
Marcia Furnas, Betty Hendrix,
Helen Lathan, Pat W'agoner, and
Louise Walker; from the junior
class, Bonnie Jean Crawford, Chip
py Johnson, Jackie. Miles, and
Theona Pierce; and from the sopho
more class, Peggy Everitt, Sallie
Gray Hicks, Ashley Holland, and
Elinor Wrenn.
Various kinds of entertainment
have been planned for the event
which will take place on May 5,
if_ weather permits. There will be
a May pole dance, folk dances, and
attendant dances, and music.
Band Preparing for State Contest;
District Eliminations To Be Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning will see sev
eral members of the Senior high
band and orchestra embarking for
Winston-Salem for the annual dis
trict music contest, fore-runner of
the State music contest to be held
at Woman’s College April 20-23.
Four instrumental ensembles and
six soloists, representing nearly
every section of the band, plus two
soloists from the orchestra, will
attend the district eliminations.
The state is divided into .six dis
tricts. The schools of each district
send .their entries first to the di>;-
trict contest, then, if they get at
least a one rating in the district,
they are eligible to go on to the
state contest. Any group which
ets a one rating in the state con
test is then eligible to return tin
following year without first attend
ing the district contest. The GHS
antly received highest ratings h
band as a whole, which has cousist-
the state contest for the past few
years, will not have to attend the
district contest. The marching con
test, which the band is entering
for the first time in a number of
years, does not require a district
rating.
Instrumentaists who will repres
ent Greensboro high at the district
contest tomorrow are:
Clarinet quartet: Bill Black, Carl
Tharin, Leon Bullock, and Mait
land Freed.
Comet quartet: Bob Ritch, Earl
Dean Shaw, Jimmy Crumpler, and
Charles Irving.
Brass quartet: Alec Panas, A.lan
Neese, comets,^ and Carl Baxter,
Jack Fields, trombone.
Trumpet trio: Jim Scott, Alec
Panas, and Alan Neese.
Soloists are: Margaret Pritchett,
oboe: Sid LeBauer, clarinet: Clark
Mitchell, bass: Carl Baxter, trom
bone: Jim Scott, trumpet; Don
McCollum, baritone: and, from the
orchestra, Jane Collison, cello; and
Ann Russell, piano.
Student Transcripts
A re Sent to Colleges
Transcripts of High School
work have been sent to one
college for 82 students, to tw'o
colleges for 15 students, and
and to three or four colleges
for two students each. Mss
Marj- Ellen Blackmon recently
revealed.
UNC leads the list with WC
having 17 applications, Caro
lina next with 14, and State
wtih 10. Guilford College will
have 15 of our auinni and alum
nae, if and when; while Duke
is due another 10. G.C., David
son, and Wake Forest have
respectively 5, 4, and 2 students
applying from this schooL
Two students have made
application at Jone^s College
and two at Sophie Newemuh
College for Women at Tulane.
One student each has applied
to the foHoking Colleges: Elon,
Maine Institute of Technology,
Hollins, University of South
Carolina, Rider College, Edge-
wood Park, Briarcliff Manor,
j^inc^ Pratt Institute, St.
Leo^s, Presbyterian CoUege,
Davis Hospital, SuUins, The
Citadel, Radeliff, Bryn Mawr,
Univeersity of the ^uth, and
the University of Tennessee.
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOL. xxrv
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N, C., MARCH 12, 1948
NUMBER 12
Council Has Open Forum
Hag-Drag-Stag Dance
Is Set for Tomorrow
In the Leap Year Tradition,
girls will invited boys to the
Youth Center dance tomorrow
night, for which Paul B^l and
his omhestra will furnish music.
Starting time for the affair
is eight-thirty, and adimssioii
will be one dollar and twenty
cents.
Choir and Glee Club
Entering State Contest
Choir and Glee Club entries in
the District Music contest to he
held tomorrow at Winston-Salem
have been working for the past
several weeks on their selections.
Boys Quartet—composed of Bill
Utley, Larry Lambeth, Lyndon
Sykes and Gene Foushee—and four
soloists will enter the contest from
Greensboro. The alto soloist
June Blumenthal; soprano solist—
Betty Costner; baritone soloist—
Lyndon Sykes; tenor soloist—Larry
Lambeth.
The choir’s most recent program
was given to the Bk>tary club,
March 1. On Tuesday, March 16,
they will present a chapel program
to the students and faculty of
Greensboro College. They have ac
cepted an invitation to lunch after
wards as guests of the college. A
chapel program will be given April
11 to the Guilford College students.
Plans (or Senior
Gass Revealed
Spring activities for the gradu
ating class were discusseed in the
assembly held March 2.
The calendar of events as given
by Jimmy Alspaugh, Senior class
President is as follows: Washington
trip. April 29, 30, May 1, 2: May
Day. May 5; Class Day, May 25:
Senior Examinations, May 26, 27,
and 28; Senior Prom. May 28: Bac
calaureate sermon at First Bap
tist Church, May 30: and Gradu
ation Exerci.see, June 1.
Faculty advisors have been named
for the various committees. At press
time no student had been appointed
to serve on committees except for
the Invitation committee. Faculty
advisor is Miss Lottie Burnside
while student chairman is Jack
Fields. Others on the committee
are Charles Neeley, room 14; Jen
nie Lee Moser, 12: Earl Shaw. 16:
Betty Lou Van Hook, 204: Lynne
Goodman. 20.3; Elizabeth Dockery,
300: Anne King. 200; and I.sabei
Armstrong, 202. No orders will be
taken for cards and invitation.s after
today and they must b.e paid for
Faculty advisors for the Gratia-
ation committee are MLss Sara
Mims, and Mrs. Nellie Blackburn
assisted by ilr.s. Grace Alton.
Class Day Program advisors are
Miss Mozelle Causey and Mrs.
Estelle LeGwin. Mis.ses Audrey
Worthington and Eula Tuttle have
charge of the Senior luncheon.
Caps and gowns are also under
direction of Miss Burnside.
Measurements for the caps and
gowns will be taken sometime in
April and rental fee will be $1.25
to be paid on delivery.
Diplomas will cost $1 each this
year.
Only those with tickets will be
admitted to the Graduation Exer
cise June 1, Approximately four
tickets will be allottel each seniors.
Summer school begins the day
after graduation and students who
will have enough credits at the
end of that time wdll be granted
their dipomas then. These stu
dents will be permited to take part
in all Senior class activities.
Graduation pictures have already
been made of all senioi-s at a local
studio.
Opporfunlly To Express Opinions Given
Students by Novel Assembly Program
An open forum m^eeting of the Student Council in assembly last
Tuesday, March 9, brought forth lengthy discussion between the
council and members of the student body on numerous topics,
among which were included the Youth Center, the food situation
in the cafeteria, and the possibility of obtaining a school annual
or yearbook for G. H. S.
Reporting on a poll recently taken in the homerooms, council
members revealed that only 86 students held annual cards of
membership to the Youth Center, and that only 84 had purchased
cards for the month of March. Reports, however, were not given
from homerooms 6, 2, 8, and 204; and homeroom 307, Miss Mozelle
Causey’s room, was reported to have claimed that it did not have
time for council reports.
Heated discussion which followed
the Youth Center report r^ulted in
the appointment by President Andy
Bell of a committee composed of
George Seay, Mirvin Squire, Jackie
Fruitt, and Jean Wilkerson, to in-
v^tigate the Youth Center situation.
Cafeteria Problem
Following the ending of the Youth
Center discussion, a suggestion by
Barry Farber that the council inves
tigate the situation concerning the
poor food in the school cafeteria
brought forth a lengthy ovation of
applause from the audience. After
wards Andy Bell informed the group
that the council had nothing to do
with the cafeteria, but that he would
speak w'ith authorities about the sit
uation.
Concluding the cafeteria discus
sion, George Seay reported to the
audience on the incident occurring
in the cafeteria last week when over
100 students, in protest over the food
and high prices, held a conference
with Mrs. Henrietta Hester, G. H. S.
cafeteria manager, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Miller, director of Greensboro
public school cafeterias, and later
with Principal A. P. Routh, which
resulted in promises to see if some
thing can be done to improve the
situation.
A question from the audience con
cerning the Annual brought forth
a report by senior class president
Jimmy Alspaugh, who claimed that
an Annual or Yearbook would cost
between three and seven thousand
dollars, require a full-time faculty
adviser, a special class, 'and much
preparation in advance of the senior
year. He also stated that the many
colleges and schools in Greensboro
would give a considerable amount of
competition to the project. Proposal
that the present sophomore and jun
ior classes begin to work soon for
an Annual if they wanted one ended
the discussion.
Clean^iq> Day
Bill Black, chairman of the Clean-
Up day committee, reported that this
function will be held Wednesday,
March 17. Classes will clean their
rooms, while study halls clean the
(Continued on Page Three}- - •
Travelers
?«54,»yr
' ' '
Getting ready to leave for the Columbia Scholastic Convention in
New Ik ork are the High Life representatives, Jennie Lee Moser, George
Seay, Betty Jean,Po|)e. David Buckner, and Frances Newton. Other
members of the party, Mai*y Diirlaiid Sapp, and Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Holland, were late, but did not miss the train. (Photo by Dryzer)
High Life Staff Members Attending
Columbia Convention in New York
Now representing Greeusboro high school and High Life at the 24th
annual convention of the Columbia Scholastic Press association at Colum
bia university in New' York City are sports editor George Seay, feature
editor Betty Jean Poi>e, associate editor Prances Newton, social editor
Jennie I^e Moser, special correspondent and copy editor Mary Durland
Sapp, editor-in-chief David Buckner, faculty adviser Mrs. Jean L, Holland,
and her husband, R. John Holland.
Delegates left Greensboro for the convention last Wednesday morning,
nd will rf^turri Suudnv ThAv will nt-f-pnH Trariftiio mOiatimyo
forums, a luncheon to be given in honor of the delegates, and will take
part in various other planned activities.
Announcement of the newspaper and magazine ratings earned by high
school publications entered in the competition will be made during the
course of the convention. Last year High Life was placed among news
papers receiving a first place rating: it did not, however, receive the
highest or Medalist award, which is limited to a few outstanding news
papers selected from those receiving the first place award. That High
Life might receive a lower rating than last year, possibly a second place,
was seen as possible by several members of the staff, due to the increased
number of ads that the paper has been forced to run to enable it to meet
rising expenses.