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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Welcome Music
Clinic Members
volume XXV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GEEaENSBOEO, N. C., JANUARY H, 1949
NUMBER 7
Senior High Is Outstanding in Scholarship
Alumni Are Honored
In Annual Ceremony;
Dr. Smilh Is Speaker
Honoring the oldest living alum
nus of Greensboro High, Dr. Henry
Louis Smith, and the past student
body presidents was the theme lor
tbe homecoming ceremonies of Alum
ni Day, December 30.
Smitii Speaks
Dr. Smith, who Is 89 years old,
stressed three things that every per
son should do. They were, “Increase
your vocabulary, make friends, and
do your best in everything.”
Answering to tlie call of their
names were the presidents: P. B.
Whittington, 1925-26; Charles Rives,
1928-29; Bill Murray, 1936-37; Ed
ward Hipp, 1937-38; James Wolfe,
1938-39 ;Tim Warner, 1942-43; How
ard Morris, 1943-44; Ed. Mabry,
1944-45; Bill Moore, 1945-46; Jim
Finch, 1946-47; and Andrew Bell,
1947-48.
Fonner Student Talks
Zack Piephoff, who was an out
standing student last year and is
attending Duke University this year,
said that Senior High taught the
“know how of living” to its stu
dents.
Superintendent of the City
Schools, B. L. Smith praised the
high record of local alumni.
Among those participating in the
progam were singer Lyndon Sikes
and impersonator Merlin Bynum.
Bob Carlson, president of the stm
dent body, presided.
Mrs. Jean Newman was faculty
chairman, and Betsy Bishop, stu
dent chairman.
Appointments Made
For Senior Pictures
Meyer’s Studio has again agreed,
as they have in years past, to make
the pictures of the graduating class.
This agreement is without financial
obligation to the seniors.
Appointments began last Monday,
January 10. Each senior home room
is alloted three days for having the
pictures made.
The schedule is as follows :
Room 317—Monday, Jan. 10: Tues
day, ,Jan. 11; Wednesday, Jan. 12.
Room 4—Thursday, Jan. 13; Fri
day. Jan. 14: Monday, Jan. 17.
Room 301 — Tuesday, Jan. 18:
Wedne.sday, Jan. 19; Thursday,
Jan. 20.
Room 8—Friday, .Tan. 21: Mon
day, Jan. 24; Titesday, Jan. 25.
Room 206—Wednesday, Jan. 26 ;
Thursday, Jan. 27: Friday, .Tan. 28.
Room 30.3—Monday, Feb. 7: Tues
day, Feb. 8: Wednesday, Feb. 9.
Room 3—Thursdav, Feb. 10; Fri
day. Feb. 11: Monday, Feb. 14.
Room 309 — Tuesday, Feb. 15
Wednesday, Feb. 16: Thursday,
Feb. 17.
Room 24r—Fridav, Feb. 18: Mon
day. Feb. 21: Tuesday, Feb. 22.
Room 5 — Wedncsdav, Feb. 23:
Thursday, Feb. 24: Friday. Feb. 25.
Students Wear Stars
As Merit for Grades
roll 12 or more consecutive times since coming to
Pictured above are the seniors who have made the honor
Senior High. They are, front row, left to right, Anna Beeson, Jackie Stafford, Bobby Michael, Hope Leon
ard, Tommy Payne. Second row. Chippy Johnson, Delores Whisonant, Jean Thacker, Lois Rosencians, Jackie
Miles. Third row, Bill Wright, Dick Painter, Sidney Smith, Emily Ann Dees, Oscar Paris, Beverly Chalk, and
Julia Ann Doggett. Not present when the picture was made was Bill Sarles.
Honor Roll Released for Second
Report Period; Seniors Lead List
For the second report period the
total number of students making
the honor roll was 253, and from
this number, 51 persons made special
honor roll. The senior class led
the other two classes with 94 stu
dents making regular honor roll and
27 making special. The junior class
had 53 members on the regular
honor roll and 11 special honor roll
students, while there were 55 soph
omores on the regular and 13 on the
special honor roll.
Special honor roll students must
maintain an average of 95 to 100
and regular honor roll students must
Room 101—Ruth Larson.
Room 202-—William Tutterow.
Rbom 203—Thomas Ginis.
Room 204—Ruth Hawkins.
REGULAR HONOR ROLL
Seniors
Room 3—Gordon Nelson, Barbara
Oakley, Dick Painter, Bill Parker,
Betty Jean Pope.
Room 4 — Penelope Caloyianis,
Magdalene Carter, I^at Carson, Ad-
die Belle Clemmons, John Clemmons,
Riehai’d Clemmons, Audrey Cole
man, Joan Cornelius, Betty Costner,
Catherine Covington, Bob Carlson,
average from 90 to 95. Those people Charles Collins, Ann Coilson.
Room 5—Doris Jean Walker, John
R. Way, Marjorie Weatherly, Doro-
who have this average are:
SPECIAL HONOR ROLL
Seniors
Room 3—Oscar Paris, Tommy
Y-Teens Invite Students
To Square Dance at T
Shednled for tomorrow night at
J p.m. at the “Y” is a box supper
for all Y-Teen club members and
their dates. After the box supper
mere will l)e a square dance opened
1^0 these couples as well as other
high school students with an admis
sion charge of 50 cents per couple,
falvin “Moon” Wyrick, local fire
chief, will call the figures.
Treva Adams, Patricia McMahan,
gnd Betty Wilson, .senior, junior,
nod sophomore representatives res
pectively, are in charge of the ar
rangements.
Carolyn Gib-soh was hamed chair-
loan of the committee to make pre-
Paratalons for weekend camping
trips, and Dorothy Hussey, chair-
loan for a summer trip.
Payne.
Room 4—Beverly Chalk, Wilma
Comer.
Room 5 — Delores Whisonant.
Peggy Wicker, Bill Wright, Inez
Y^ork, Janet Whittemore
Room 8—Camilla Greeson, Mildred
Hedrick, Betty Hendricks, Rel>ecca
Fondren, Anne Gross, Alice Hardin.
Room 24—Jacki? Stafford, Sarah
Swain.
Room 206—Chippy Johnson.
Room 301—Julia Ann Doggett,
Betty Duck.
RK>m 303—Nancy I^owder, Jackie
Miles.
Room 309—Lois Rosecrans, Bill
Sarles, Jean Sharp, Helen Smith.
Room 317—Sue Fllen Baxter,
Juniors
. Room 6—.Teanne Martin.
Room 304—Edith Trosper.
Room 305—Emma Belle Pickett,
Alex Panas, Margaret Pearce,
Room 306—Sallle Gray Hicks.
Room 311—Carolyn Birgel, David
Bradley.
Room 313—Dorothy Deckard, Ann
Edwards, Nancy Lou Foust.
Sophomore
Room 7 — Eliza)»eth MePheeters,
Betty Mitchell.
Room 10—Georgia Smith.
Room 12—Lyndo?i Anthony.
Room 14—Betsy Wright.
Room 16—Betty Jo Benfield, Hen
rietta Bell.
Room 23—Julia Thomas.
Room 25—Betty I^onner Jones.
thy Wright, Harry Young, Jo Ann
Zimmerman.
Room 8—Jean Fugleman, Pauline
Foushee, Betty Jean Freeman, Clara
Freeman, Carolyn Gibson, Margie
Gillie, Helen Greer, Joyce Harrie
•Tackle Foster, Frances Frederick.
Room 24—Doris Spencer, Clara
Stanley, Marianne Stanley. Barbara
Stewart, Dorothy Stout, Iris Sum
mers, Dorothy Swaney, Jackie Swice-
good, Grace Taylor, Jean Thacker,
Betty Thompson, Janet T'hoiniison,
Bertha Tilley, Ann Townsend, Leroy
Tutterow, Lois Smoot, John Story-
Room 206—Anza Hudgins. Anne
Irving, Bobbie Jane Johnson, Luther
Jordan, Josephine Langley, Hope
Leonard, James Lindley, Maybeth
Lowman, Rachel Hussey, Jean Klutz.
Laddie Landau.
Room 301—Clara Margaret Craig.
Peggy Craven, Emily .Ann Dees,
Thelma Dowd, Flossie Edwards
Jackie Ferguson, Geraldine Fletcher
Room 303—Edna Martin. Betty
Matthews, Elsie Matthews, Bobby
Michael, Juanita Millikan, Peggy
Morris, Sharon McQueen.
Room 309—Herman Rierson, Pat
Sharpe, Ray Showfety, Norma
Smith. Sidney Smith, iiary Eliza
beth Sampson, Yvonne Schweistris
Jeanne Skees, .loan Schiffer, iSnn'.
Rudd. Tonuny Simmons.
Room 317—Treva Adams, Emogen?
Apple. Barbara Beaufort, Anna
Beeson. Betty Bethune, Julia Brown.
Eloise Brandon.
Juniors
Room 2—Betty Lane, Sidney Le
Bauer. Don Johnson.
(Continued on Page Three)
Best Citizens Named
In Faculty Meeting
Mrs. Blanch Smith has an
nounced the best citizens for
the second report period who
were selected by the faculty
from the candidates submitted
by the homerooms. These stu
dents are: from the sophomore
class, Abbie Keyes and Elizabeth
MePheeters; from the junior
class, Kemp Clendenin and Caro
lyn Birgel; from the senior
class. Bob Carlson and Jackie.
Stafford.
At Senior High there are al
ways those people who hold high
the scholastic standards set in
the school in years past. This
year there are 18 people who
wear the gold stars as merits of
good grades. Besides the geld
star wearers, there are also those
who wear silver and bronze stars.
To earn a gold star one must
make the honor roll throughout
his sophomore and junior years.
No one but seniors are eligible
for these stars; however, both
juniors and seniors may receive
silver stars after making the
honor roll six consecutive times.
A bronze star is presented to
those making the honor roll for
the first time. If a student does
not continue to make the honor
roll, he must return his star to
Mrs. Blanche Smith.
Furnishing the stars is one of the
many projects of the Civitan Club.
The system was begun in 1921; and
one of its founders was Mr. Guy B.^
Phillips, who was at that time prin
cipal of Senior is now head of the
Department of Education at the
University of North Carolina.
The Civitan Club replaces the
stars on graduation night as per
manent gifts to those seniors who
have continued to make the honor
roll for three years. Other than the
gold stars presented that night all
other stars must be returned or paid
for at the end of the school year.
Those people who are gold star
wearers are; Oscar Paris, Dick
Painter, Tommy Payne, Beverly
Chalk, Delores Whisonant, Bill
Wright, Jackie Stafford, Jean
Thacker, “Chippy” Johnson, Hope
Leonard, Emily Ann Dees, Julia
Ann Doggett, Bobby Michael, Jackie
Miles, Lois Rosencrans, Bill Sarles,
Sidney Smith, and Anna Beeson.
Those wearing silver stars are:
Gordon Nelson, Helen Greer, Mildred
Hedrick, Rebecca Fondren, Anne
Gross, Sara Swain, LeRoy Tutterow,
.Josephine Langley, Geraldine Flet
cher, Peggy Morris, Herman Rier
son, Jean Sharp and Treva Adams.
College Day' Is Observed
For First Time Since War
College Day was observed yester
day at G.H.S. by the seniors and
uniors for the first time since the
war.
epresentatives Present
Representatives from 28 colleges
and universities in North Carolina
were present to tell students and
parents about their colleges.
The purpose of College Day was
to give the students a chance to talk
about the requirements, expenses,
scholarships and other things they
wanted to know about the colleges
of their choice; another purpose
was to give the co’llege representa
tives an opportunity to meet stu
dents,
Senior Go First
In the earlier part of the day the
seniors went to the library by home
rooms to talk with 'the representa
tives, and juniors were given a
'hance to see the representatives
luring their studies and for a half
an hour after school.
Hosts and hostesses were Torch-
ight members, who sponsored the
{ ollege Day. Jackie Stafford is presi
dent of the Torchlight Honor Soc
iety. and Miss Sara ilims, adviser.
Other faculty advisers were Miss
Lucille Browne and A. P. Routh.
Miss Browne and her D.O. stu
dents were responsible for all the
correspondence while Miss Mary
York’s Home Ec classes prepared
the luncheon for the guests and the
Torchlight members. The favors
were made by the art classes under
the direction of Mrs. Grace Faver.
Lowder Is Declared
Cedar Chest Winner
Winner of the Lane Cedar Chest
awarded on the basis of scholarship
during the second report period was
Nancy Lowder, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Lowder of 1613 Marion
Street. Nancy, a senior, was de
clared the winner of the contest on
the basis of the five A’s or perfect
grades she had earned in the past
report period.
There are 14 other girls who made
A’s or A—’s and who were also eli
gible for the cedar chest which was
given by Rnstin’s Furniture Com
pany. These girls were: Sue Ellen
Baxter, Julia Ann Doggett, Ann Ed-
wai’ds, Mildred Hedrick, Betty Mat
thews. Jackie Miles, Jean Sharp,
Sarah Swain, Peggy Wicker, Julia
Thomas, Edith Trosper, Delores
Whisonant, Betsy Wright, and Inez
York.