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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Work Hard
This Third
Six-Weeks Period
VOLUME XXVI
SENIOB HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., DECEMBER 2, 1949
NUMBER 7
Operetta To Be Staged Tonight
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McKinley High School, in Hono
lulu, Hawaii (shown above) boasts
a student body of 2,400.
GHS'ers Asked For
Opinions on Hawaii
Coiiege Scholarships
Available to Seniors
i Again this year, many valuable
scholarships are being offered to
high school seniors. These will be
effective for next year. Most of
these awards are based on general
intelligence, interest in a given field,
and possibilities in future accom
plishments. Ail seniors in the up
per third of their class have an
(‘xcellent chance to obtain a schol
arship and are urged to compete.
History students have had a let
ter from a Hawaiian student brought
to their attention—a letter to Sux>er-
itendent Ben L. Simth and forward
ed to Miss Blackmon here at G.H.S.
The letter from Jane Okubo of Mc
Kinley High School of Honolulu
tells of local school life and also
asks for local student opinion on
the statehood of Hawaii.
McKinley, one of the largest
schools in the territory, has a stu
dent body of approximately 2,400
students—^practically twice that of
Senior High. The letter states that
the school has a beautiful front lawn
with trees lined along each side
and a sftatute of President McKin
ley erected in the center. It has a
large athletic field, a dance hall,
and other interesting buildings.
The school has a one-sheet daily
newspaper, The Daily Pinion, which
is published every day of the school
year by the Pinion staff.
The purpose erf the letter is to find
how “the people of North Carolina
think about ‘Statehood for Hawaii’.”
Students are asked to contribute
ideas on this subject and should
turn these opinions in not later than
Monday in order that they may be
mailed to Honolulu this next Tues
day.
Senior Class Presents
Christmas Pageant
The Christmas pageant will be
presented on Friday, December 16,
by the Senior class. It will consist
of ten scenes depicting the birth of
Christ.
Miss Edna Garlick is responsible
for decorations. In charge of cos
tumes will be Mrs. Madlin and
Mrs. Blanche Smith. Miss Wales
will take care of the stage proper
ties. The music for this program
will be furnished by the orchestra,
choir, and the Girls’ Glee Club.
Bulletin
The following students of G.H.S.
have applied for and received nom
inations as candidates for the An-
gier B. Duke scholarship: Nancy
Benson, Carolyn Birgel, Sue Pur-
dom, Elinor Wrenn, David Brad
ley, Billy Ferguson, Alex Panas,
Fred Upchurch, and William Row
land Wisseinan. The deadline for
mailing applications to the college
is December 15. (For additional in
formation, see page seven.)
Many Fields Listed
Scholarships are available in spe
cialized fields—art, science, music,
economics, as well as general fields.
They'range from a minimum of one
hundred dollars to full tuition for
four years.
Colleges are beginning to consider
candidates for next year. Miss Lu
cille Browne, who is in charge of
the awards, said that a bulletin will
be sent to senior homerooms next
Wednesday giving detailed informa
tion.
Anyone interested in trying for a
scholarship is asked to see Miss
Browne immediately. She stated
that new ones are coming in, but
if a student is interested in a col
lege on 'which there is information,
she will be glad to try to obtain it.
Boys’ scholarshii>s that are avail
able include the following: Univer
sity of Chicago, Cornell University,
Tufts College, Davidson College,
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy, Colgate University, Duke Uni
versity, University of North ,
lina, California' Institute of Tech-^^
nology, and Milwaukee School of
Engineering. Those open for girls
are Salem College, University of
Chicago, Agnes Scott College, Cor
nell University, Tufts College, Sweet
Briar, Beaver College, Mary Bald
win College, and Radcliffe. Others
are coming in daily.
Who will win the girl? Roger Jewett, Bob Murray an^ Mary Jane
Komegay, hero, villain, and heroine, respectively, enact a dramatic
scene from “The Tragedy in the Tavern.”
Extra-Special
B. Smith Lists Students
To Be Exempted on Exams
Stars Are Murray,
Kornegay, Jewett;
Orchestra Performs
The annual choir and orches
tra production was given yester
day afternoon and will be pre
sented again tonight at 8 p.m.
This year’s presentation, an orig
inal operetta, is entitled, “The
Tragedy in the Tavern, or The
Fearful Fate of Gentle Jennie
Jones.”
Tests To Be Taken on
Tuesday, Routh Says
A. P. Routh, principal, has an
nounced that on next Tuesday, De
cember 6, all students in the high
school (and in all of the other
schools in the city system) will be
given a group of comprehensive and
achievement tests. These tests will
be given by the homeroom teach
ers ; they will be given in 38 sec
tions, in the 38 homerooms.
Time Element Giv^
Students will reiK^rt to school
at the r^ular time on Tuesday, at
8:45 a.m. The tests are scheduled
to last two hours and 45 minutes.
School will let out approximately
at noon. Although students receive
a half-holiday, teachers will remain
for the rest of the school day to
gmde the group of tests.
Tests Important To Record
These tests will be kept for per
manent files ini order that they be
referred to at later dates. They
are to be used with college appli
cations sent to the school,, and for
other important uses. Students who
are absent on Tuesday will find it
necessary to make up the tests at a
later date.
The toting program is under the
direction of Dr. Car MacArtha,
who is the recently-appointed Direc
tor of Instruction for the Greens
boro city school system.
“Silver and gold star wearers are allowed to exempt one sub
ject if they take four majors,” stated Mrs. Blanche Smith, honor
roll faculty supervisor. Gold star . B’earers who take five-majors
are allowed to exempt two subjects.
After reports go out and the honor roll is recorded for the sec
ond six weeks, there will be several who will move up from silver
to gold star wearers, and some will win the silver star for the
first time. The exemption list will he made up from the star
wearers at the end of the second report period.
Hunter Reports on
Thanksgiving Fund
Ml'S. Martha B. Hunter, scliool
secretaiy, has announced that
$71.62 was cdlected at the annual
Thanksgiving offering. This fund
is used to help those who do not
have sufficient means to purchase
lunches, and to offer general ffnan-
eial aid.
Instructions for Students Listed
Students whose names belong to
the list published below and whose
names have been omitted should see
Mrs. Smith in 304 in order that she
may make the correction before time
for exemptions rolls around.
Gold Star Wearers Listed
The following students are gold
star wearers and are entitled to
exemptions, as are the silver star
wearers: Doris Hill, Frank Hough,
Bonnie Honeycutt, Dorothy Deck-
ard, Marion Faison, Nancy Foust,
Billy Ferguson, Sue Purdom, Emma
Belle Pickett, Margaret Pearce.
Jeanne Martin, David Bradley, Mary
C. Clymer, Fred Upchurch, Carole
Williams, Ann Allred, Nancy Ben
son, and Edwin Boyd.
^Iver Star Wearers Listed
Listed below are the silver star
wearers of G. H. S.: Audrey Brady,
Hope Brown, Rowland Wisseman,
Elinor Wrenn, Edith Trosper, Sal-
lie Gray Hicks, Mary Martin, Tom
Neal, Alex Panas, Frances Dixon,
Ann Edwards, Nancy Hudson, Billy
Crowder, Connie Curry, Evelyn Der-
matas, Jim Pulton, Frankie 5gburn,
Betty Mitchell, Jerry Ann Moore,
Elizabeth MePhetters, Betty Jones,
Blaine Leonard, Marie Sizemore,
Norman Schlo^er, Georgia Smith.
Becky Squires, Julia Thomas, Bill
Tutterow, Betty Jo Benfield, Bobby
Browm, Lyndon Anthony, Henrietta
Bell, Sally Boren, Jo Ann Wilkin
son, Betsy Wright, Thomas Ginis,
Ruth Hawkins, Ellen Holt, and Bar
bara Hutton. ,
Pageant Given Wednesday
By Junior Class Members
Ben L. Smith Says
Senior FM Station
is Near Completion
The G. H. S. radio broadcasting
station, originally scheduled to be
opened on November 30, will begin
operation as soon as equipment for
its completion is secured, it was
announced by Ben L. Smith, Super
intendent of City Schools. The de
lay in obtaining the equipment was
unforseen, he explained.
An order for the construction of
the station was placed at a meeting
of the Board of Education on Sep
tember 20. Provisions were made
for the physics classes here at Sen
ior to operate the station during
broadcasts, under the supervision
of Dale Kellar, Audio-Visual Direc
tor. The building of the station is
expected to come to a total cost
of $8,413.54. This includes materials
and construction contracts. The me
chanics of broadcasting will involve
no overhead, for it is considered
a part of regular physics instruc
tion.
Under the terms of the building
permit, the station must be complet-,
ed by April 1, and no construction
may be carried on after that date.
It is expected, however, that it will
be ready for broadcasting by the
first of the year.
The setting of the drama is in
Kim and Queenie’s tavern (which
is located in the middle west) ; the
year is sometime in the late 19th
century around 1888. Although the
drama lasts approximately an hour
and a half, there is only one scene—
all the action takes place without
the hindrance of the interruption
by curtains.
Stars Named
The stars of the unpredictable
presentation are Mary Jane Kome
gay, Roger Jewett and Bob Mur-
rayi who play the roles of heroine,
hero and villain, respectively. Others
taking part in the operetta—which
combines the elements of comedy,
music, drama, dancing and much
else — are the following: Jeanette
Hester, Patty Vaughn, Iris Sharpe,
Joan Bigmon, Garey Gibte, Abbie
Keyes, Joe Cox, Ginny Parsons, Jim
Moser, Jerry Smyre, Bob Greeson,
Craig Galloway, Kemp Clendenin,
Keith Bowman, and Mary Louise
Ahern.
Tuttle and Harriman Direct , _
The' hour-and-a-half drama is un
der the direction of Miss Eula Tut
tle and Mr. J. Kimball Harriman.
Miss Tuttle has charge of the choir’s
participation and Mr. Harriman will
direct the orchestra.
Other Posts Named
Other faculty members who are
helping with the production, include
Mrs. Blanche Smith, who is in
charge of publicity; Miss Mozelle
Causey and Miss Lottie Burnside,
who are in charge of make-up; and
Mrs. Mickey Garrett, local dancing
-studio director, who is directing one
of the specialty numbers, a real can
can dance.
Specialty Numbers Announced
Miss Tuttle announced that the
fast-moving production includes an
actual murder on the stage and also
‘a real can-can number.”
At the special matinee yesterday
afternoon at 3 p.m., the students
from Senior as well as from local
Junior high schools attended the
production. A large group from both
the senior and Junior highs were
present.
Oionis Mend^ers Listed
Members of the chorus who will
sing in the production tonight are
Prances Andrews, Fred Ayers, Vir
ginia Barton, Ernest Brown, Peggy
Boner, B. G. Cami)bell. Winifred
Cates, Bill Durham, .Timmy Eller,
Nancy Lou Foust, J. B, Gardner,
Sara Katherine Foster, Charles Is-
ley, Mildred Hartzoge, Morva Ker-
ley, Ruth Hawkins, Joan Kreiger,
Sue Lambeth, Martha Lashley, Bill
Martin, Annette Moore, Lane Mc-
(Continued on Page Eight)
The Thanksgiving Pageant was
presented Wednesday morning, No
vember 23, by the Junior class. Ad
visers were Mrs. Blackburn and
Miss Mims.
The program was entitled “From
Full Hearts.” The reader was Jack
Ogburn. The five scenes depicted
the Thanksgiving of 1623 and other
historic scenes, through the present
day.
Panas Is Selected
Torchlight Treasurer
At the first meeting of the
newly-elected members of Torch
light, National Honor Society,
Alex Panas, one of the new
members, was elected treasurer
of the organization. Each year
the treasurer is selected from
the new group of seniors who
are tapped.
Richard Chase Speaks
To English Classes
Mr. Richard Chase, noted folk
lorist, author and lecturer, spoke '
to several English classes Friday,
November 18.
He taught the group several folk
songs and dances which he used
that night at the Youth Center.
As he told the tale of “Wicked
John and the Devil,” everj’one sat
on the edge of his seat and died
with laughter when the Devil gave
Wicked John some fire and told him
to start a hell of his own.
He hag spent many years gather
ing folk tales, songs and dances,
and telling and teaching them to
young and old across the country.
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