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High Life
February 24, mo
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How’s Your Conduct?
Have you been caught behind a door lately ?
"Wasn’t it just the other day that while stroll
ing sedately between classes, that two-legged
cyclone tore by you with half your books—or
were you the cyclone? And did you see Pat’s
face Tuesday, when she had to walk clear
from the back of the room to make a down
payment of chewing gum to the waste paper
basket? How about all that fuss concerning
the matter of teacher’s breaking in line at
lunch—aren’t you just as guilty?
They say all kinds of people make the
world—aU kinds—but are you honest enough
to yourself to face which kind you are ? Good
or bad, we must have some moral codes to
live by—good taste, etiquette, courtesy, and
manners. To fully understand this, let us
take a look at the situation here in our own
school;
We’ve all been guilty at one time or the
other of complaining about the teachers break
ing into the lunch line in order to be served,
so much so that a few weeks ago it was even
brought up before the Youth Council. This
is what was said about it: For many years,
as long as anyone can remember, it has been
more or less an unwritten law at Senior to
allow this as a courtesy to the teachers. One
of their few privileges. But remember, this
doesn’t hold water as far as we the students
are concerned. When one of us takes up a
friend or is taken up by a friend, it is abso
lutely nothing but a plain discourtesy — a
bad reflection on our intelligence and our
integrity.
Approximately two weeks ago something
of a very, very discourteous nature occurred.
During first period at the northern end of the
Science building, the squads, whose duty it
was to keep students from going through that
door, were actually shoved by main force by
five or six boys and aided by the support of
those behind them who wanted the use of this
exit. Those few got by with it, not once, but
two or three times. Will this discourtesy hap
pen again? Exchange the squads for police,
and the five boys for law-breakers, and then
think whether or not they would get by with
it even once. Then it’s not just a matter'of
being discourteous, but it’s against the law
as well.
Students chewing gum in class present a
typical example of relatively bad taste. If
you’ve ever had the occasion to make a talk
in front of a large group or assembly, you
would undoubtedly realize the disgust and
consternation which this revolting little scene
leaves impressed upon the speaker’s mind,
and, after due thought, the next time you
started to put that delicious little morsel called
gum into your mouth—you just wouldn’t.
It’s only too clear what must now be done.
Even if we have to read “Emily Post” all
HIGH LIFE
Published Senii-lMonthly by the Students of
Gi'eensboro Senior High School
Greensboro, N. C.
Founded by the Class cihtersationaI^
of 1921
Revived by the Spring
Journalism Class
of 1937
Entered as second-class matter March 30,
1940, at the post office at Greensboro, N. C.,
under the Act of March 3, 1879,
Editor Tom Neal
Associate Editor Elizabeth McCulloch
Feature Editor Barbara Hutton
Sports Editor Richard ‘^^Tiittemore
Girl's Sports Editor Barbara Moffitt
Exchange Editors — Evelyn Sink and Barbara
Moflitt
Make-Up Carolyn T^entz
Business Manager Dara Lea Bassinger
Circulation May^ager Dick Ilerbin
Art Editor Don Vaughn
Photographer Charles Manfield
Proofreader Jody Wilkinson
Reporters—Anne I-ewis, Elaine Darnell, Rosa
lind Fordham, Rodney Harrelson.
Adviser Mr. Sam J. Underwood
Art Adviser Mrs. Grace Faver
Financial Adviser Mr. A. P. Routh
FEBRUARY 24, 1950
Have you been caught behind the door lately?
the way through, let’s try to be a little
more courteous.
Has School Spirit
Improved?
“Do you think that school spirit
at Greensboro High School has im
proved over last year?” was a ques
tion asked of a number of students.
Prom all, the reply was an enthusi
astic “yes.”
Basketball games have shown us
that students are really interested in
their school activities. If you don’t
think so, just take a look at how many
tickets were sold at the annual High
Point-Greenshoro game last Friday
night. Why, it was practically a com
plete sellout! The crowd yelled as
they have never yelled before. The
entire effect was overwhelming. Many
fans left the game with smiling, hap
py faces. Greensboro had beaten their
arch rival, High Point, with a score
of 26-16.
“Open House” was held after the
game at the Youth Center and a great
enthusiastic crowd turned out. All
possessed the school spirit which is
vital to the general welfare of the
entire .student body. Basketball is
truly a wonderful tool with which
to carve a better school spirit.
The Last Word
by MERLE CATES
Hello, everybody! Since poor ole Elaine
Darnell has been batting her brains out
over this column for weeks and weeks,
I’m gonna give the gal a long-needed rest.
'' Hope she enjoys the leisure from having
to commune for hours with the principals
and casualties resulting from Journalism!
She really has been doing a swell job.
The election of the May Court Attend
ants was really a “fingernail-biting” affair.
The queen and senior maid-of-honor will
be announced later. The results of the
election were: from the senior class, Eli
nor Wrenn, Roberta Burgess, Mickey Pick
ett, Carolyn Birgle, Suzanne Sparling,
Anne Wofford, Sally Hicks, Nancy Beale;,
junior class, Martha Van Link, junior
maid-of-honor, Pat Mateer, Betty Jo Ben-
field ; sophomore class, Carolyn Beaver,
Elaine Lanier, Janie Thomas, and Lane
MacGregor. Ann Wrenn is the sophomore
maid-of-honor.
'You THINK
Just to prove that manners at Sen
ior are not entirely a thing of the dark
ages, we would like to give thanks
where thanks is deserved. We think
that the a«embly in which the girls’
glee club was in charge, was excellent.
The audience was attentive, quiet,
clapped only when they were sup
posed to, and left promptly after the
Alma Mater, instead of lingering and
yelling for more as we usually do.
Once more we say thanks for such
wonderful cooperation and try to have
more of it in the future. Eememher, as
always, the best rule to follow is. “Do
unto others as you w'ould have them
do unto you.”
You Have Problems'
Inquiring Photographer
By Clint LeGette
Since there seems to be a great deal of
interest in the H-bomb and its possibili
ties, High Life decided to interview sev
eral of the students to discover their re
actions to the following question;
Q.: What is your opinion of the
H-homb in as far as you think it will
influence your life now as ivell as in
the future?
Dora Allred;
Fear of the great
power of theH-bomb
may prove a safe
guard to our peace.
If this power can
be used for good, a
great step has beea
made toward im-
proving the world
i we live in. Other-
“ wise this weapon
can mean the destruction of our civiliza
tion as we know it.
By Roberta Burgess
Dear Miss Dix;
I need some advice on family troubles.
It seems that Mother and I disagree on
many things, such as getting the car, smok
ing, drinking, and money problems. What
should I do, quit?
A Frustrated Junior.
Dear Frustrated Junior;
You do need help! You should be able
to get the car at convenient times, but
as for smoking and drinking, is this really
necessary for a good time?
Dear Miss Dix:
My problem is this: About three months
ago I started going steady with a cute
sophomore boy. We -were seen out to
gether every weekend and he never failed
to call or come over, until lately. Lately,
he has gone for weekends without even
bothering to call. Yet he acts as sweet
at can be on Fridays at school, as well
as on Mondays, after the weekend. If on
Mondays I act a bit peeved, he wonders
what is the matter. Everyone at school
thinks we date all of the time, but I
know’ better. MTiat shall I do?
A Blue-Eyed Sophomore.
Dear Blue Eyes:
If I were you, and I liked the boy lots,
I believe I would bear with it. A while
anyway. Maybe he just hasn't realized
your sitting home on weekends. I say
this because when you have first entered
high school, dating is sort of new (to most
of us, anyw’ay). The boy really doesn’t
know what it’s like to have a steady, and
I daresay the girl does not either. There
fore, you should give this boy time fo
appreciate you. If he does like you, and
he must or he w’ouldn’t have asked you
to go steady, all will turn out in the end.
Be patient.
_Steve Agapion :
The H-bomb, as I
I see it, is very defi-
i nitely here to stay.
Somewhat it is like
I the atom bomb in
I that the government
I of the United States
j is w’orking hard to
\ be the first posses-
I sor of it. Now that
we have it in sight,
I am convinced that we should hold to
it as a device to be used as a last device.
Let’s hope that Russia has not secured
the correct formula.
As far as the future is concerned, I
think it will help protect the United States,
for if Russia knows we have the A- and
H-bombs they wall think tw’ice before mak
ing trouble.
Sheow Fu Seen:
From the stand
point of safety, the
atom bomb gives
me a feeling of
half - security; the
H-bomb gives me a
complete feeling of
security. If the na
tions of the w’orld
can find an accept
able way to use it
constructively, the future will be much
brighter from my standpoint. *
Lining Burnet:
Dear Miss Dix:
I need some quick advice on my love
life. The girl I go with expects me to
report to her all the time. She gets mad
w’hen I speak to other girls, but she can
flirt with any boy she wants; in fact,
she even writes to another boy. I think
she’s doing me dirty. What should I do?
Mistreated Junior.
Dear Mistreated Junior:
This is a problem! I don’t think either
should ask the other to report all she
or he doees. When you go with someone,
you should be able to trust them and cer
tainly not have to report everything you
do to them. Have a frank talk with her
and I believe she’ll see the light.
I am of the opin
ion that the H-bomb
is going to force a
showdown of the
world. Unlike many,
I am not pessimis
tic about this show
down becaase I feel
that with this new
weapon we will all
eventually come to
our senses and realize that war is not
only costly but absolutely useless.
Dick Herbin :
I This H-bomb can
: be greatly overesti-
’ mated by the scien
tist. Despite reports
that the bomb can
easily destroy the
whole world, and
until actual tests
are made, we will
have to take the sci
entists’ word for it-
Dear Miss Dix:
If you find out your boy friend is going
steady with another girl, but keeps call
ing you up and asking for dates on the
side, what can you do?
Lonely Junior.
Dear Lonely Junior:
Be nice to him when he calls, but ex
plain to him that you woudln’t feel right
dating him. Praise his girl and make him
feel ashamed he called. If you do this,
I believe you tw’o will remain friends.
At any rate, it is a serious problem. If
the bomb gets into the wrong hands,
sure that everyone knows the conse
quences. However, the hydrogen bomb,
along with the atomic bomb, has tremeo-
dous possibilities. If tbe world lives te-
gether in peace, the Invention of the hy
drogen bomb could be a great asset to
humanity.
Prison Warden: “I’ve had charge
of
this prison for twenty years today,
going to celebrate, so what kind of party
do you boys suggest?”
Prisoners: “Open house.”