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From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry ^
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Annual Staff
volume XXV
SENIOR mCH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO,N. C., MAY 2», 1M9
NUMBER 15
GHS Installs Officers
For Term of 1949-50;
Bob Carlson Speaks
student officers for 1940-50
vrere installed Tuesday, May 10,
in a ceremony conducted by Rob
Carlson, student body president.
First tlie new officers were sworn
into their posts. Kemp Clendenin,
as president of the student council;
Nancy Beal, vice-president: Henri
etta Bell, secretary; and Bill Fer
guson, traffic chief.
Others Take Offices
Installed as the new senior officers
for next year were Sheow Fu Seen,
president; Edith Trosper, vice-pres
ident; Joan Bignon, secretary; and
Elizabeth McCulloch, treasurer. New
officers for the rising junior class
are Jerry Bryan, president; Norman
Schiosser, vice-president; Julia
Thomas, secretary; and Billy Eller,
treasurer.
Council representatives for the
rising junior and senior classes also
took their oath of office.
Carlson Expresses Thanks
When the new members of the
student council took their places.
Bob Carlson thanked the retiring
council, A, P. Routh, Mrs. Estelle
LeCwin, and the whole student body
for a successful year.
“I enjoyed working with them,
and it will be hard to find another
as good,” Bob said as he revealed
his feelings about the council.
Objects Obtained
A report of what the council had
done during the year was given.
Those accomplishments were out
lined to be concessions at basket
ball games, an annual, cabinet for
council material, gravel in front of
the boys’ gym, a new flag, station
ery, and they sponsored a bam
dance and tried to promote better
spirit between the faculty and the
pupils.
“We’ve tried hard to re-esrablish
tiie annual, and good people will be
chosen for the staff. It will take
lots of hard work and enthusiasm,”
Bob announced as he turned his
long year of work for the annual
over to the new council and next
year’s student body.
From his own experience Bob
said, “If you put something into
your three years at high school, you
really hate to leave. Your school
life and friends will reflect on your
future life.”
Advice Is Given
Speaking to the juniors and soph
omores, he said that students should
take more interest in school affairs
and their fellow students: they
should make more friends, pay more
attention to school life, and not put
all their time into extra-curricular
activities.
“The future council will do .a- fine
job, I’m sure, because they are good
kids and can work hard,” Bob re
assured the Juniors and sophomores.
In closing he said, “It’s t>een an
experience that I w'ouldn’t trade
for anything.”
I’leasanis Wins First
In Slate Physics Test
Repopf of the high school physics
contest of 1949 brought news be
cause Greensboro Senior High had
more winners than any other school
in the state.
Rill Pleasants was one of the four
students to tie for first place. The
other winners were from Greenville.
Durham, and Wilmington. Honorable
mention or second place was given
to Marion Mason, Richard James
Painter, Fredrick W. Sarles. Jr.. Sid
ney Smith, and William Vaughn
Wright.
This test was given April 15.1949.
by Mr. Stanley Johnson, teacher of
physics.- Thirty-five schools partici
pated. and 480 stduents took the
test. The four students tying for
first place were from different
schools, and only eight schools had
W’inners.
STAFF MEMBERS JOIN QUILL AND SCROLL
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Pins To Be Presented
To Seven Members
Members of the High Life staff of 1948-49 are pictured above looking at the magaizine Quill and Scroll.
Members who have just become members of Quill and Scroll are left to right, Anne Rudd, Alice Hardin,
Tommy Neal, Yvonne Schweistris, Treva Adams, Gordon Nelson, and Julia Ann Doggett.
Exam Exemptions Given To
Gold, Silver Star Wearers
As the school year comes to an
end, and exams are in sight, 80
.seniors and 25 juniors find them
selves with the privilege of exempt
ing exams. To wear a silver star
one must make the honor roll seven
consecutive times; a silver star
wearer taking four majors may
exempt one exam. To wear a gold
stjtr a student must make the honor
roll 18 consecutive times. A gold
star wearer taking four majors may
exempt one exam, while one tak
ing five majors may exempt two
exams.
There are five seniors who take
five majors and are thus entitled
t() two exemptions. They are; Oscar
Paris, Chippy .Johnson, Julia Ann
Doggett, Bobby Michael, and Treva
Adams. Gold star wearers with
one exemption are: Dick Painter,
Tommy I’aine, Jean Thacker, Jackie
Miles, Lois Rosencrans, Jean Sharp,
Sidney Smith, Anna Beeson, Bill
Wright, Delores Whisonant, and
Harry Y'oung.
ThOvSe seniors with silver stars
who are exempting one exam are:
Gordon Nelson, Bjirbarn Oakley,
Magdalene Carter, Carolyn Gibson,
Rebecca Fondren. Mildred Hedrick,
Marianne Stanley, Bertha Tilley,
Josephine Langley, Peggy Craven,
Geraldine Fletcher, Herman Rier-
son, Ray Showfety, and Jane Wells.
GHS Students Receive
Honors at Art Exhibit
Gold ril)l)ons and first prizes were
awarded to three Senior High stu
dents at the A.A.l’.AV. art exhibit
on May 12. The winning students
were: Sidney Smith, water color:
Leonard Allred, pencil sketch: and
James Palmer, abstract design in
tempera. Other Senior High stu
dents who had honorable mention
and w'hose paintings were exhihkel
were: Frank Hough. Eugene Foy,
Jean Mills, Roger Lowe, Beverly
Coble, and Geneva Minor. Roger had
an oil painting, and Beverly had
a fashion drawing. Both Geneva
Minor and Bobby Wagner had ab-
.stract designs for ceramic plates.
There were six gold star wearers
and seven silver star wearers in the
senior class w'ho had no exemptions
because they were taking only three
major subjects.
Juniors exempting exams are:
.Teanne Martin, Mary O. Clymer,
Fred Upchurch, Bill Wrenn. Elinor
Wrenn, Carol Williams, Rowland
Wissman, Edith Trosper, Emma
Belle Pickett, Alex Punas, Marga
ret Pearce, Doris Hill, Bonnie Hon
eycutt, Frank Hough, Nancy Hud
son, Elizabeth Ann Allred, Nancy
Benson, Edwin Boyd, David Brad
ley, Dorothy Deckard, Ann Ed
wards, Marian Faison, Billy Fergu
son, Nancy Ix)U Foust, and Sue
Purdon.
Senior issue To Have
New Type of Paper
Big plans are in the making for
the last issue of HIGH LIFE which
will come out on Cla.-'S Day, June 8.
Money Is Needed
Each senior is asked to pay 25
cents extra to make this issue a
second to an annual In return he
(Will receive two copie.s of the paper.
This money will be used to pay for
a better paper—one that will not
browm with age. By psiiig this
DeSota English Book type paper
the pictures will be clearer.
Pictures To Be Larger
With hopes of having larger pic
tures and personality sket-cdies of
all students who have returned their
blanks, the staff also plans to have
pictures of various school activities.
The Last Will and Tesrament and
the Prophecy will be included a
usual.
It is important that each senior
pay. his 25 (*ents now. If this extra
money cannot be obtained, then the
completion of all of these plans will
not be possible.
All library books
must be returned
on or before June 1
Best Citizens Named
After Teachers Meet
Best Citizen Awards w'ent to
two students from eaeh class
for this six weeks grading peri
od. They were nominated for
the honor by students and elect
ed by the faculty.
Clint Jackson and Yvonne
Schweistris were elected from
the Senior Class, Edith Trosper
and Ci*aig Galloway of the Jun
ior class, and Betty Jones and
Bill Jarvis of the Sophomore
class.
Word recently came from
Quill and Scroll International
Honorary Society that the seven
High Life staff members who
sent in stories for approval were
accepted for membership in this
well-]5nown organization.
It has been about three years
since Senior High had such a club.
Miss Catherine Pike, an English
teacher, was the adviser at that
time.
In a special assembly, the Quill
and Scroll pins will be presented to
Julia Ann Doggett, Alice Hardin,
Anne Rudd, Yvonne Schweistris,
Treva Adams, Gordon Battle, and
Tommy Neal.
Candidates may be elected from
the newspaper, yearbook, magazine,
or handbook staffs, but they must
Officers Are Selected;
Hardin Is President
Officers for the Quill and
Scroll International Honorary
Society were elected last Mon
day.
Named as president was Alice
Hardin, while Julia Ann Doggett
was selected vice-president and
Anne Rudd, secretary-treasurer.
Samuel J. Underwood is the
adviser of the club.
have certain requirements before
they can be a member.
Requirements Needed
First, they must be of junior or
senior classification, or post-gradu
ate ; second, they must be in the
upper third of their class in gen
eral scholastic standing at the time
of their election; third, they must
have done superior work in writing,
editing, or business management;
fourth, they must be recommended
by the school principal and publi
cation adviser, and last of all, they
must be approved by the Executive
Secretary of the Society,
223 Attain Places on Honor Roll;
60 Students Take Special Honors
Having announced the fifth sixth
weeks grading period of 1948-49
school year, Mrs. Blanche Smith
found 223 people making honor roll.
Included in this number were 60
making special honor roll .
SPECIAL HONOR BOLL
Seniors
Room 3—Gordon Nelson, Barbara
Oakley, Dick Painter, Oscar Paris,
Tommy Payne.
Room 4—Joan Cornelius, Magda
lene Carter.
Rbom 5—Delore.' Whisonant.
Room 8—Carolyn Gibson, Mildred
Hedrick.
Room 24—Jackie Stafford, Clara
Stanley.
Room 206—Josephine Ijangley.
Room 301—Margaret Craig, Julia
Anil Doggett.
Room 30!1—Nancy Lowder, Bobby
Michael, Jackie Miles.
Room 309—Lois Rosecrans, Jean
Sharp, .Teaii vSkees, Sidney Smith.
Room 317 — Sue Ellen Baxter,
Anna Reesiin.
Juniors
Room 6—Mary Martin, Jeanne
Martin.
Prom 302—Carole Williams.
Room 304—Edith Trosper.
Room 305—Margaret Pearce, Em
ma Belle Pickett. Alex Panas.
Room 306 — Sallie Gray Hicks,
Dorl'^ Hill.
Room 311—Nancy Benson, David
Bradley.
Room 313—Ann Edwards, Marian
Faison.
Room 315 — Sue Purdom, James
Robertson.
Sophomores
Rflxrni 10—Georgia Smith.
Boom 7 — Elizabeth McPheeters,
Betty Mitchell.
Room 12—Lyndon Anthony,
Boom 14—Betsy Wright, Jo Ana
Wilkinson.
Room 16—Henrietta Bell, Betty
Jo Benfield, Sally Boren.
Room 21—Norman Scholosser.
Boom 23—Julia Thomas.
Room 25—Betty Jones.
Room 200—Billy Crowder.
Boom 202—William Tutterow.
Room 203—Jim Fulton.
Room 204—Ruth Hawkins, Ellea
Holt.
Room 300—Jerry Ann Moore, Jo
Ann Moore, Frankie Ogburn.
REGULAR HONOR ROLL
’ Seniors
Ro6ni 3—Bill Parker.
Room 4—Audrey Coleman, Addie
Belle Clemmons, Richard Clemmons,
John Clemmons, Ann Collson, Pat
Car.son, Wilma Comer, Dorothy Co-
zart, Beverly Chalk.
Room 5—Mary Frances Vaughn,
Doris Jean Walker, Inez York,
Harry Young, Helen Joyce Warner,
,tane Wells, Dorothy Mae Wright,
Bill Wright.
Room 8—Jean Fogleman, Becky
•Fondren, Jackie Foster, Pauline
Foushee, Betty .lean Freeman, Clara
Freeman, Margie Gillie, Camilla
Greeson, Anne Gross, Alice Hardin.
Joyce Harris, Betty Hendricks,
Helen Greer.
Room 24—Doris Spencer, Mari
anne Stanley, Barbara Stewart.
Dorothy Stout, Iris Sumners, Sara
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