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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
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VOLUME XXV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., DECECMBBR 3, IMS
NUMBER 5
Plans for Publication of Yearbook Started
Exhibit Is Displayed
On Religious Heritage
A. S. Arnold, known as Dad Arnold,
retired executive secretary of the
Cone Memorial YMCA in Greens
boro, presented a visual program of
religious heritage here at the Senior
High School Library. His program
featured a bibical collection built
upon the 25 to 50 articles which
Arnold and his wife, Mrs. Clara
Nease Arnold, brought home from
Palestine in 1934. It now includes
thousands of authentic relics having
biblical significance.
Of equal worth to each of the
three living religions; Christianity,
Judaism, and Mohammedanism—
Arnold’s visual program of religious
heritage appeals to Protestants,
Catholics and Jews. Animated talks
by Arnold add attractiveness and
value to the display.
With a collector’s sense of values,
he gathered for his project all
kinds of worthy materials including
costumes of the Near East, pottery
from the Holy Land, she shepherds’
instruments, geological specimens,
products and ornaments of the arts
and crafts, jewelry, statuary, carv
ings, photographs, pressed flowers
and glassware.
Out of thousands of relics Arnold
had on display, some of his favorites
comprises a camel’s bell, pieces of
the window from over the grotto
of the Church of the Nativity, a
scroll of the book of Samuel written
in Hebrew, a piece of carbonized
bread from 1800 B.C., an aerial
photograph of the seri)entine-iike
Jordan River, and several stones
from the Mount of Temptation.
Dance Is Scheduled;
To Be Held in Gym
Recreation committee members
met November 19 with Mrs. M. T.
Clements, Mrs. J. W. Carson, Mrs.
M. Robins, Mr. Jim Cates, Mrs.
Estelle LeGwin, and Mr. A. P. Roiith
to make plans ifor ihe school Christ
mas dance.
The semi-formal dance will be
held in the girl’s gym Friday, De
cember 17. The admission price will
be $1.20 a couple or stag. The boys
have -been asked by the committee
not to send flowers.
All Classes To Work on Project;
Adviser and Editor Are Needed
Permission being secured from' but we don’t want one we would
the school board, plans for publish
ing an annual are underway. Thus
far only the student council has been
active in this move, but soon stu
dents from all three classes will be
approached for both work and ideas.
Since there are many phases in
publishing an annual, the work has
been outlined into six major pro
ceedings. A printer has not yet
been decided ui>on; therefore, a
conference with printers comes first
so that an approximate date for
distribution may be known. Quality
of printing must be investigated, for,
as Mr. Ruoth told the student coun;
cil cabinet, “We want an annual.
Calendar Announced
Pictured above is Jackie Miles, DAR candidate from Senior. Jackie
was chosen because of her outstanding qualities and her interest in the,
school, home, church, and community.
Jackie Miles Chosen As
Candidate From Senior
A large, lighted Christmas tree
will be the main decoration this
year with other seasonal arrange
ments throughout the gym. The
recreation committee aided by the
girl’s physical education classes will
begin decorating Thursday after
noon after school and decorating
will continue Friday under the direc
tion of the committee of parents
and teachers.
Music will be furnished by the
Carolinians from Chapel Hill.
The meeting planned for last Mon
day night was postponed but will be
held later to choose a theme, the
time, and the committees, for the
dance.
Pope Resigns Duties;
New Editors Chosen
Upo’n receiving the resignation of
Betty .lean Pope as editor-in-ehief
of High Life, former associate edi
tors Alice Hardin and Julia Ann
Doggett now head the staff. Betty
Jean’s resignation comes as a result
of her taking a part-time schedule.
^ Alice came to GHS last year from
New Mexico, while Julia Ann came
to Senior from Lindley Junior High
School. Both girls are seniors and
^ their second year of journalism.
Other Positions Unchanged
Other members of the staff are
Tomm Neal, feature editor; Gordon
Battle, boys’ sports editor; Yvonne
Schweistris, girls’ sports editor;
Anne Rudd, copy editor; Betty
McCraw, proof-reading editor; and
Joan Klein, exchange editor.
Jackie Miles, an outstanding mem
ber of the Senior Class, was chosen
by a faculty vote as the candidate
for Senior High in the annual
Good Citizenship contest conducted
by the North Carolina Society,
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion.
The members of the Senior class
had chosen by popular vote three
leading candidates from a list of
eligible students, Monday, Novem
ber 14. The three girls were Anna
Beeson, Julia Ann Doggett, and
Jack Miles. The qualities required
of the leading candidates were De
pendability, Service, Leadership, and
Patriotism. Jackie-will be sponsored
by the Rachel Caldwell Chapter of
the D.A.R., Mrs. W. Beatty Farr,
Introducing ...
, . , Steve Agapion
This boy Steve Agapion is really
quite a politician . . . when he was
in the ninth grade at Center junior
high, he was president of the stu
dent body there, and also president
of the Junior Hi-Y. Since coming
to Senior, he has been very active.
Last year, his sophomore year, he
as president of his class. This
year, again, he is president of his
class—this time it is the junior
class. He is also a member of the
newly formed Key club, and he
‘■hopes to be on the basketball team.”
Basketball, by the way, seems to be
his favorite sport ... at Central,
he was the m-anager of the basket
ball team!
Steve’s favorite foods are French
frjed potatoes and steak. He enjoys
all sports likes to go to the Youth
Center, the show, and other popular
places of entertainment in Greens
boro. He has no femal attachments,
either . . . girl.s, how about it?!
His inggest desire is, that all of
“Rob Carlson’s plans can be carried
out, and also anything else that the
Council has underway.” Just ask
anyone who knows Steve . . . they’ll
all' tell you that he’s a grand guy,
and WELL liked by all.
Jr., regent, and Mrs. C. W. Clonin-
ger, citizenship chairman. She will
have the title of Senior High’s
“Goorl Citizen of the Year,” and will
compete with other girls from Senior
classes of high schools throughout
the state for the grand award, won
last year by Carrie Chamberlain,
also of Senior High here in Greens
boro. Each girl from the different
schools must compile a scrapbook
on which the final decision will be
based.
Jackie was a recent candidate for
Torchlight Honor Society, and be
came a member in the Tapping cere-
rnony which took place November
15. She is also a member of the
Student Council, chairman of the
Welcoming Committee, and holds a
permanent place on the Honor Roll.
It is an honor to be chosen a candi
date for the Good Citizeshq) award
and D.A.R. Pilgrim from Senior
High, an honor which is fully appre
ciated as well as deserved.
Youth Center Has
Good Thanksgiving
The activities at the Youth Center
over the Tranksgiving holidays were
attended and enjoyed by many.
On Thursday night the Sam Dona
hue dance was a great success as
was the weiner roast and hayride
on Friday night. Satimlay night
saw the Rhythm Kids again per
forming.
On Tuesday night before Thanks
giving, there was a banquet at the
Center sponsered by the Optimist
Club of Greensi)oro. Invited as
guests were about 175 small boys,
and the football team, and Coach
R. B. Jamieson. Mr. Sydney Cone,
chairman of the Youth Center hoard
of directors was the main speaker.
After the banquet, dancers from the
Feli‘ia Studio of Dance performeI.
Those girls serving were Nancy
Beale, Pat Wagoner. Julia Ann
Doggett. Yvonne Schweistris, Chippy
Johnson, and Margaret Talley.
This year because the polio
epidemic required the delaying
of school, there has been con>
fusion in the minds of many in
regards to the school calendar.
The Christmas holidays will
begin on Friday, December 17,
at 3:30 o’clock. School will be
resumed December 28. Easter
holidays begin April 15 at noon,
and school will reopen the fol
lowing Tuesday.
The last school month b^ins
May 16 and the last teaching
day is June 10.
Photographers Club Meets
The members of the Photo
graphers club are: Charles Mans
field, .John Utley, Marvin Isreal,
Don Tomlin, Sheow Fu Sheen, Rob
ert Devers, and Chris Woodcock.
The club was organized to take
pictures as a service to High Life.
No dark room has been provided
yet, so the developing is done
commercially; • however Mr. Keller
is setting up a dark room for the
club.
be ashamed of.”
High on the list of “musts” is
a faculty adviser. This person must
be one who has had experience in
the journalistic arts. It is probable
that if for this position a teacher
In this school is chosen, he or she
must be released from other duties
or an adviser must be secured else
where. In close connection with
this, a student will have to be
chosen as editor-in-chief. A student
board, consisting of about sixteen
people who are willing to work dur
ing school, after school, and through
the summer months will be chosen.
Money Must Be Obtained
It has been learned through cor
respondence with the larger of the
schools in North Carolina who have
annuals that there are three main
sources of money. These are: the
actual sale of the annuals; paying
for the individual pictures and each
organization paying for its own pic
tures ; and advertising. Senior High
School Is probably most concerned
with advertising at the present. Be
fore advertisers may be solicited,
negotiations must be made with
the Merchants’ Association and per
mission granted to sell ads in their
members. Some schools have also
undertaken class projects to make
money.
Last Step Is Important
In making plans for an annual,
student cooperation and approval is
important. Before actually publish
ing this book each student must pay
a certain amount. In this way those
people responsible for the annual
may know if the project is worth
while. If there are not enough sub
scriptions, a contract could not be
signed with the printer.
In many eases the annual is a
project of the senior class. Not so
at Senior. The annual will be a
school project with working com
mittees from each of the three
classes.
Louise Smith Ta\es a Boat
Trip in J^ew England'
starting from Greensboro last
summer, Miss Louise Smith went to
Richmond, Virginia on her way to
Camden, Maine where she planned
to take a sailing trip. At Richmond
Miss Smith had an interesting visit,
as some of the points of interest
were the Confederate Museum and
the three important buildings that
Thomas Jefferson built—Monticello,
Ills home: the capitol at Richmond,
and the University of Virginia.
Jefferson’s Horae Visited
On the way to Monticello Miss
Smith stopped at Patrick Henry’s
birthplace. While at Monticello she
saw many things that .Jefferson
had invented. Besides making the
plans for the Declaration of Inde
pendence and the Constitution.
Thomas Jefferson designed buildings
for all of his friends.
After going throu.gh New York and
reaching Camden, Miss Smith pro
ceeded to have a new adventure.
On the sailboat much fun was had,
because about 20 people, including.
Miss Smith, did all the work of
running the boat.
Five days were spent sailing, but
each evening they would drop anchor
at some little town, visit antique
.shops, make new friends, and have
dances to which everyone came.
If dances hadn’t been planned, that
didn’t bother them; they’d just plan
one themselves.
People Are Fiiendly
In showing how friendly the
people are especially to teachers.
Miss Smith said, “One bus driver
stopped four times showing me in
teresting things although everybody
else o,n the bus thought we were
crazy.” /
Boston, too, proved to be interest
ing; at the burying grounds Miss
Smith was surprised to see the
graves of Benjamin Franklin’s
mother and Mother Goose, who was
a real person.
“Wayside” Is Inspected
“Wayside,” Nathaniel Haw
thorne’s home, was viewed at Con
cord. Two other famous people
beside Hawthorne lived in this
house, they were Louisa May Al-
eott and D. Lathrop, who copyright
ed “Five Little Peppers” in 1881.
D. Lathrop’s daughter is now living
in the house. Girls who are working
their way through college work
here as guides, they know all tlie
history concerned with Concord and
“Wayside.” Paul Revere rode on a
road very close ‘ to “Hawthorne’s
home.
Old Prescott Inn, which was the
headquarters of the Americans at
sunrise and by sundown the head
quarters of the British, and the
bridge with the Minute Man were
also seen.
Other Places Visited
Two other places in Concord that
Miss Smith saw were Ralph Waldo
Emerson’s home and Walden Pond,
where Henry David Thoreau spent
his life in seclusion. Leaving Cam
den. she traveled to Portland, the
birthplace of Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow — another American
writer.
In New Y’ork Miss Smith lost the
key to her locker, and she had only
two dollars in her purse. So her
next problem was to get to Washing
ton where her niece lived.- She did
this all right and arrived back in
Greensboro safely.