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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Congratulations
to
Ann Edwards!
VOLUME XXVI
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEBRUARY 14, 1950
NUMBER 10
Whirl ies Whip Bison; Damages Are 26-16
Contests To Be Held
During April, May;
Five Fields Covered
participation in five scholastic
contests will be open to Senior High
School students, it was announced
by A. P. Bouth, principal. Mr.
Kouth received the information in
a letter from E. R. Rankin, Secre
tary of tihe Academic Contests, from
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. The examinations
are given in connection wirh the
Universityy Extension Division pro
gram.
The contest fields, with the latest
date for entrance of each, are as
follows: Physics, April 7; Mathe
matics, April 14; Datin, May 5;
Spanish, May 11; and French,
May 12
The tests will be given' on the
following dates: Physics, April 14;
Mathematics, April 21; Latin, May
12: Spanish, May 18; and French,
May 19.
In the Latin, Spanish, and French
contests, separate examinations will
be given to the various different
year groups. In the Latin contest,
a first prize of $5.00 is being of
fered : the second and third prizes
will be named. In the Spanish
and French cont^ts ,the three best
papers from each group will be
chosen to be sent to the Univer
sity for judging. These teams of
three will be judged and prize win
ners will be announced. For the
Physics and Mtahem acietsonTT
Physics and Mathematics contests,
three winners and several honorable
mentions will he announced for each.
Three copies of each test will
be sent to each high school, and
copies over and above that number
will carry a charge of two cents
Campbell and Brown
Lead in Upset Over
Once League Leaders
Executive Board Meets
In Senior High Library
CHmie IVfack Butler and Ken Yarborough tussle after a “loose ball” in the Whirlie-Bison game shortly before
Connie suffered a “shiner” in the tilt. (Photo, courtesy Greensboro Record)
The Executive Board Meeting of
the North Carolina High School Li
brary Association was held in the
Greensboro Senior High School Li
brary January 21, 1950. The main
purpose of this meeting was to make
plans for the State Convention
which will be attended by delegate
from thirty-two High Schools who
are members of the Association.
Committee' A|H>omted
Gil Murphy, president, appointed
a nominating committee 'for the elec-
'tion of next year’s officers. The
committee members are Janet Britt,
Chairman, Lumberton High School;
Prances Mull, High Point High
School: and Ann Sellers, Spring
Hope High School. This commit
tee will make its report at the State
Convention at which time eledtion
^'ill be made.
Constitution Changed
The motion w’as made and car
ried that a committee be apxwinted
to make necessary changes in the
constitution ito fit the needs of
district associations. Gil Murphy
was selected chairman.
Awards Offered
_ It was decided that the Associa
tion would .offer an award to the
Outstanding club of the year. This
sward would belong to Ihe Associa
tion and ^would be passed along
each year to the club chosen as the
winner. Betty McCorkle, Reynolds
High School and Eugene Bray,
Reidsville High School were ap-
Pf^in'ted to make several recommen
dations at frhe> State Convention.
The Lihrarian.5, Miss Annie Graham
Caldwell and Miss Mary Ellen Hob
son of Reynolds High School and
Reidsville High School respectively,
were chosen to help tlie students
^ake the decision.
ft was announced that there are
now 457 members in the associa
tion and 50 NOHSLA pins have
ooen sold.
Torchlight To Attend
Convention March 3
The National Honor Society con
vention will be held in Concord on
Friday and Saturday, March 3 and
4. It is the annual State conven
tion. The three official delegates
will be Alex Panas, who will lead
a panel discussion. Sue Purdom and
Elinor Wrenn. Miss Mims will ac
company the group.
In addition to the official dele
gates, a cardoad of about eight or
nine .Torchlight members are ex
pecting to go dowm to witness the
convention. A registration fee of
$3.50 will be charged to cover a
limcheon, banquet, and various other
expenses of the con\'ontin.
Plans were made at the last Torch
light meeting for a talent show to be
given on April 11. Alex Panas was
appointed chairman of a committee
The purpose of having this show is
of seven to plan for this program,
to raise $17.50 for payment of the
chapter’s page in the Whirligig, plus
$100 for the annual scholarship.
Plans w’ere also made for a spring
tapping ceremony to induct a few re
maining Seniors and several Ju
niors. It was announced, too, that
five members of Senior’s Torchlight
Society will be eligible to take the
annual National Honor Society Test
to be given sometime in March.
BULLETIN
Ann Edwards, a senior at
Greensboro High, won the sec
ond prize, a scholarship of $500,
in a Safety Forum contest spon
sored by the American Mutual
Life Insurance Company. Ann
is the 17-year-old daughter of
Mr. land Mrs. Aubrey Edwards
of Camden Road. The contest
was held in Charlotte, N. C.
G. H. S. Speech-Makers Participate
In Oration and Declamation Meets
February and March might well be labeled “speech-making
months” at Senior High School. Three contests have been sched
uled, and Miss Mozelle Causey, supervisor of dramatic activities,
is expecting more to be held later on.
American Legion
The American Legion Oration Con
test will be given on February 15.
ITiose working on the contest include
Alex Panas, Thomas Ginis, Billy
Ferguson, Jack Ogburn, and Lining
Buniett.
Lions’ Club
Miss Causey is planning to attend
the Greenville, North Carolina,
Lions’ Contest on February 18. She
will take with her students wiio will
participate in the speech tourna
ment to be held on that day. There
are three divisions to the competi
tion : Division 1. for students who
have never entered an oratorical
contest prior to this time: Division
2, for students who will deliver an
oration, w^ritten originally, and five
or six minutes in length: and Di
vision 3, for a six- or seven-minute
declamation.
Soil Conservation
The Soil Conservation Contest
will l>e held March 3. The speeches
will be original, written before de
livery, and twelve minutes in length.
All high school students are eligible
to enter, with the exception of last
year’s winner. I’rizes of .$*».0O, $3.00
and $2.00 are being offered to the
first three winners by the Guilford
Dairy and the FCX Stores of Greens
boro and High Point.
The debate try-outs on the subject
of popular election of the President
will be held on February 13. Then
the four winners will start work
in, preparation to meet the debate
teams from High Point and ‘Winston-
Salem on March 31.
Studenis Attend (SPA
Convention,NewYork
Seven journalism students with
Mr. Sam J. X’^nderwood, Director,
will leave March 8 l)y chartered-bus
to attend the annual convention of
the Columbia Scholastic Press A.sso-
ciation. Those going are Rosalind
Fordham, Martha Mackintosh. Bar
bara Hutton, Irene Hurchinson, Anne
Lewis, Richard Whittemore and
Jackie Aulbert. The group plans to
stay March 9-11 to attend the con
ferences and group meetings cli
maxed by a banquet at the Waldorf-
Astoria.
The purpose of this convention
is to give the results of the an
nual contest for new’spapers and
magazines in which HIGH LIFE
is represented.
The chartered bus will leave here
the night of March 8, and go
through Burlington to pick up Bur
lington students who are also at
tending the convention. The bus
will stop in Washington for break
fast and then on reach New’ York
l).v noon on March 9.
Besides the regular meetings,
there are theatre parties and radio
shows to attend, plus any amount
of shopping or sight-seeing tours
desirable.
Sam .1. ITnderwood, advisor to
High Life, has been invited to speak
about “Editorials — Materials and
Policy.”
Football or basketball?
The score of last Friday’s Whir-
lie-Bison basketball tended to re
semble that of a football game. But
football or basketball, the Greens
boro boys completely dumfounded all
experts by whipping a highly rated
High Point quintet to the tune of
26-16.
The brilliant floorwork of cap
tain Lindy Brown surely was one
of the main factors in the upset
w’in. He guarded high scoring Jack
Powell well and held him to only
eight points. Powell had averaged
20 plus points per game until this
one. Also Lindy swished the nets
for 10 points enough to throw him
into a deadlock with teammate
Bill Campbell, also with 10 points
for the night.
Nevertheless, the usually offen
sively minded Bisons were led by
Pow’ell whio garnered exactly half
of the team’s points. Center Ken
Yarborough gathered 5.
Whirlies Grab Lead
The victors jumped off into a
quick 6-0 lead early in the first two
quarters on quick points by Brown,
but the losers bounced back and
made a small threat. When half
time ended with Greensboro ahead,
11-7, the fans were well pleased
with the fine showing that the home
team was making. After the second
half had begun, the Bisons took a
short-lived 15-13 lead. . Campbell
drove through many players and
dropped in a one-hander to tie the
score, 15-15, then n^ade a set shot
and this put the Whirlies out in
front for good. Thomas made a
foul shot 18-16. A ten point margin
w’as then piled up by G’boro with
Brown, Kennerly, and Kincaid tal
lying. This ended all scoring for
the night and final score stood,
Greensboro 26, High Point 16.
This ended the season long reign
the Bisons had held on the Western
Conference. Now they are dead
locked with Burlington, Greensboro
is only one-half of a game behind.
Seven hundred persons viewed the
contest.
The local jayvees won the pre
liminary over High Point, 57-44. Ken
Callender was high scorer with 23,
followed by Johnny MacDonald
with 14.
The box score is given below:
Greetisboro
Pos. Player g fg pf tp ftm
F Brown 4 2 4 10 2
F Minor 0 0 0 0 0
F Callender .... 0 0 1 0 1
P Kennerly .... 1 0 0 2 1
F Thomas 0 1 0 1 0
C Jarvis 0 0 0 0 0
G Kincaid 1 1 2 3 1
G Butler 0 0 0 0 0
G Campbell .... 4 4 0 10 4
10 6
High Point
7
26
9
Pos. Player
pf
tp
ftm
F Powell .
.... 3
2
3
8
3
F O. Kelly
.... 0
0
0
0
0
F Hassell
.... 0
0
0
0
0
F Prve ...
.... 0
0
2
0
0
C Yarborough .. 2
1
2
5
0
G Bryant
.... 1
0
2
2
0
G Paschal
.... 0
1
2
1
0
6
4
11
16
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Citizenship Honor Roll
Announced
By Blanche Smith
Mrs. Blanche Smith, announced
this six week’s citizenship honor
roll.
They are: From the Senior class,
Billy Ferguson and Sue Purdom;
the Junior class, Jerry Bryan and
Camille Schiffman; the Sophomore
class, Jimmy Betts and Cynthia
Baker.