D. E. Club Members To Attend Convention
161 Eager Seniors
Will Make Annual
Washinglon Tour
Approximately one hundred and
sixty-eiffht seniors will take the
annual Senior trip to Washington
this year. This group, largest of any
previous class, will leave for the
nation’s capitol on Thursday, April
27. The chaperones for this group
are Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Roxith,
Miss Ida Belle Moore, Miss Juanita
Wales, Miss Louise Smith, Mrs.
Jeanne Newman, Mrs. Mary Madlin,
Miss Lucille Browne, Mr. R. B.
Jamieson and Mr. J. T. Sewell. The
party will stay at the Ambassador
Hotel at 14th and K Streets.
Students Listed
Those making the trip are divided
into 108 girls and 60 boys. The
girls are Mary Louise Ahern, Lora
Allred, Nancy Ballanger, Nancy
Beale, Margaret Beane, Phyllis
Bell, Nancy Benson, Joan Bignon,
Carolyn Birgle, Betsy Bishop, Bar
bara Blaylock, Peggy Boner, Audrey
Brady, Barbara Braxton, Hope
Brown, Roberta Burgess, Helen
Capps, Dorothy Carter, Merle Cates,
Marlene Christiansen, Mary L.
Clement, Barabara Cornelius, Caro
lyn Cornatzer, Iris Cox. Barbara
Crutchfield, Elaine Darneell, Anne
Day, Frances Dixon, Peggy Danes,
Marie Essa, Shirley Evans, Nancy
Paries, Marian Faison, Nancy Faust,
Bobby Joe Fee, Doris Frank, Rebec-
co Frazier, Theresa Freeman, Joan
Gamble, Dale Gibson, Norma Jean
Glass, Anzalette Homm, Carol Har
rison, Margaret Haynes, Sallie Gray
Hicks, Syreta Hodges, Ashley Hol
land, Barbara Holloway, Anne
Howe, Nancy Hudson, Joan Hug
gins, Lois Johnson, Lorraine John
son, Norma Kcrley, Ruth Knight,
Betty Lane ,Martha Lashley, Rachel
Lashley, Nancy Latham, Nancy
Leonard, Sara Nell Maness, Betty
Lou Marsh, Mary Martin, Bobbie
Jean May, Charleen May, Elizabeth
McCulloch, Pat McMahan, Peggy
Montgomery, Anna L. Myrick, Ida
Ruth Nall, Eloise Nance, Louise
Nance, Louise Nance, Ruth Over
ton, Becky Pappas, Margaret
Pearce, Millie Pegram, Phala Per
kins, Doris Petree, Emma B. Pic
kett, Mickey Pickett, Janet Price,
Peggy Reele, Annie Laurie Rogers,
Carmen Saleehy, Iris Sharp, Ann
Shepherd, Jeweldine Smith, Mary
Blair Smith, Suzanne Sparling, Nor
ma Stewart, Editha Sto^ne, Betty
Talbert, Beverly Talley, Carleen
Tate, Virginia Tippett, Ann Trip,
Edith Trosper, .Tune Van Horn, Dot
Vuncannon, Peggy Walker, Ann
Ward, Carol Williams, Mary Ellen
Wilson, Anne Wofford. Elinor
Wrenn, Dorothy IVulff, Frances An
drews, Sara Frances Warren, Mil
dred Hartzoge.
Masculine Travelers
The boys attending are Bill Best,
J. W. Bolejock, Keith Bowman, Ed
Boyd, David Bradley, Howard Bree-
don, John Bulla, Donnie Clemmons,
Kemp Clendenin, John Colson, Bill
Cox, George Cranford, Boh Dyer,
Billy Ferguson, Craig Galloway,
Thomas Ginis, Charles Gladwell,
Bobby Greeson, Bobby Highfill,
Prank Hough, Hilliard Humphrey,
Vernon Hurley, Charles Isley, David
Jackson, Shay Kincaid, Joe Kirk-
Rian, Joseph Kirkman, Sidney Le-
Bauer, Billy Lippard, Don McCol-
him, Hutson Moody, Thomas Neal,
Alan Neese, Sidney Overstreet,
James Palmer, DickPatterson, Gre-
SOTy Patterson, Marvin Perrin,
Charlie Phillips, Murray Politis,
Gilbert Powell, Bill Price, James
Robertson, Edw-ard Routh, Robert
Russell, Jimmy Schenck, Frank
Shepherd, Don Smith, Edward
Smith, Thatcher Townsend, George
^elonis, Bert Wode. Duncan West
Edward Wilson, Roland Wisseman,
Billy Wrenn, Billy Zuckerman, Leon
oiler ^nd Bonnie Britt.
Sunday Night
The party will leave Greensboro
from Sears’ parking lot Thursday,
April 27, at 6 a.m., stop in South
Virginia, for rest, lunch in
Richmond, and arrive in Washing-
at 6 p. m. Approximate time to,
arrive in Greensboro is 9:30 p. m.
Ounday night.
Smiling over a job well done are the members of the Torchlight Talent Show planning committee. Mem
bers of the committee are, from left to right, Kowdand Wisseman, Elinor Wrenn, Carolyn Birgel, Nancy Loi
Foust, and Alex Panas, chairman.
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XXVI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., APRIL 7, 19.50
NUMBER 14
School Will Elect Officers;
Candidates Are Presented
The time has now arrived to elect the new officers for the class
of next year. The students who are runnin-g for offices were pre
sented to the student body in chapel last Tuesday morning, April
4. Students have been given time to debate and decide which
of these candidates will best fulfill the required job.
Registration day will be April
at the regular places—in the ends
of the halls, if the plan of last year
is used. All students of Senior High
School are eligible to register and
vote, but under no circumstances
will those who do not register be
allowed to vote.
Actual voting for candidates will
occur April 25, 1950. Students are
urged to .vote for candidates during
the regular voting time; since only
the registered voters’ ballots will be
officially counted in the tally.
The nomination convention will
be held April 24 also. Delegates to
the convention from the homerooms
will be elected shortly after the
presentation of candidates in chapel.
Candidates Are Announced
Candidates for the several offices
as announc*ed by Shoew Fu Seen,
President of the Senior Class, fol
low :
Officers of the school: president,
Carl Brooks, Jerry Bryan, Jack Og-
burn; vice-president, Betty Jo Ben-
field, Connie Curry, Martha Van
Link; secretary, Kathryn Clegg.
.Ann Wrenn; treasurer, Jimmy
Betts; and traffic chief. Bill Sartin.
Officers of the Senior Class: pres
ident, Floyd Rollins, Norman
Schlosser, John Utley; vice-presi
dent, Charlotte Collson, Betty Bon
ner Jones, Faye Snyder; secretary,
Thomas; treasurer, Louis Bates, An
drew Bristow, Kacky Holt, Jerry
Ann Moore, Frankie Ogburn, Anne
White; and representatives of Sen
ior Class, Lyndon Anthony, Lacy
Baynes, Henrietta Bell, Sally Boren,
Bobby Brown, Connie Mack Butler,
Barbara Cashwell, Joy Covington.
Evelyn Dermatas, Jane Edwards,
Jackie Gilmore, June Idol, Elaine
Leonard. Elizabeth MePheeters,
Eva Newlin, Betty O’Connor, Bev
erly Oden, Barbara Pickett, Cathy
Poag, Ruth Shelburne. Marie Size
more, Barbara Smith, Carolyn
Welch.
Jimioir Class Officers Listed
Officers of the Junior Class: pres
ident, Fred Ayers, Bobby Clark,
De Armon Hunter, Ronnie Kriegs-
man ; vice-president, Catherine Bob
bitt, Bill Shields, Elliot Solomon,
Harriet Vaughn; secretary, Marjory
Carter, Evelyn Greenberg, Mary
Wisseman; treasurer, Joseph Hall,
Ruth Ann Nelson; and representa
tives of Junior Class, Eli Attayek,
Cynthia Baker, Nancy Beeson,
Nancy Birgel, Beverly Campbell,
B. G. Campbell, Betty Jane Davis,
Nancy Haifhcock. . Beverly Hall,
Shay Harris, Christine Hill, Jojinne
Lila Burgess, Hettie Lou Raiford,
Lurlie Routh, Becky Squires, Julia
Krieger, Lane McGregor, Bill Mich
ael, Alice Mitchell, Becky Phoenix,
Tommy Neese, Carol Stroud, Mary
Lee Wells, Dave Wright.
D. 0. Class Sponsors
Career Day Program
Friday, April 14, 1950 has been
set aside as Career Day. Blanks
have been sent to homerooms giv
ing students opportunity to fill
in speakers or topics of their
choice.
Fields Represented
Speakers from many of the fol
lowing fields will be represented:
advertising, agi-tculture, armed
forces, art, aviation, business ad
ministration, architecture, construc
tion, dietetics, drama, engineering,
fashion designing, diplomatic ser
vice, general office work, homemak
ing, hostess, interior decorating,
journalism, law, library, marriage,
medicine, modeling, music, nursing,
personnel work, photography, pro
fessional sports, radio-television,
recreation, religion, retailing, sales
manship, science, teaching, and
trades.
Speakers and Counselors
To Answer Questions
Mrs. Grace B. Illman is in charge
of the program sponsored by the
D. O. class. Counselors and speakers
in the above mentioned fields will
speak to interested groups, give
interviews, and answer questions.
Torchlight Sponsors
Annual TalenI Show
To Fund Scholarship
The Torchlight Society sponsored
its annual talent show in Senior’s
auditorium on April 6. The pro
gram, featuring twelve acts, was
held during the first period. Money
raised will go toward the fund for
the $lt)0 scholarship given annually
to a Torchlight member.
The first act on the program was
a skit by the sixth i>eriod dramatics
class. Participants were Bill Fer
guson, Phyllis Greer, Virginia Har
ris, Dora Allred, Jack Ogburn, Tom
my Hubert, Don Potter, Paul Smith,
and Jean Tribble. Bill Zuckerman
was reader for the pantomime.
The skit was followed by a violin
and piano duet by Jack Gooch and
Julia Deskins. Senior’s boys’ quar
tet, the Queen's Men, was next on
the agenda, followed by a vocal solo
i)y Paul Smith and a baritone solo
by Don McCollum.
Sixth on the program was a piano
duet by Iris Sharpe and Jeanette
Hester. Torchlight then presented
its “Mystery Man,’’ who had been
publicized throughout the advertis
ing caini)aign for the show. “The
Voice,” Roger Gil)bs, former student
at G. H. S., gave a vocal solo.
Roger was followed by Dot Wulff,
who also sang. Carl Brooks and
Bert Wade and Carl Brooks
won first prize of $10 with
their rendition of “Call of the
Wild Goose.” The Queen’s Men
took second place and $5 sing
ing a medley of old favorites.
Paul Smith’s “Easter Parade”
received Honorable Mention.
Bert Wade were the next perform
ers with a vocal solo and piano
accompaniment.
Dancers from the Felicia Studio
appeared on the program as an
added attraction. Coach Smith had
trained a group of boys in his phys
ical education classes for a tumbling
act at this time. And concluding
the program was a love duet by
Roger .Tewett and Nancy Lou Foust.
A first prize of $10 and a second
prize of $5 were awarded to the
winners. Judges for the awards
were Dr. Carl W. McArthur, Mr.
Lome Grant, and Mrs. Blanche
Smith.
Forty-two Stales Send
Representalives;
Burton To Preside
Fourteen members of the D.E.
club of G. H. S. will attend the
national convention of Distribu
tive education in Asheville from
April 16-19.
They will leave Greensboro
Sunday morning at 10 o’clock
by bus for Asheville. In Salis*
bury they will be joined by mem
bers of the club from Boyden
High School. The group is to
stay in the George Vanderbilt
Hotel. After registration and a
short rest there wall be a social
hour Sunday night.
Regular sessions will open on
Monday morning. Greensboro
High’s own Prank Burton will
give the welcoming address.
Frank is the local president,
president of the ‘Western Dis
trict, and state president of the
Distributive Education clubs.
There will be many delegates
from 42 states attending the con
vention. On Monday night there
is to be a square dance wdth a
regular mountaineer string or
chestra and all the rest of the
trimmings. .
On Tuesday night, the high
point of the whole convention
will be reached — the banquet.
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction,
will deliver the main address.
Mr. D. Hiden Ramsey will be
on hand to introduce Dr. Erwin.
A Man from Greensboro
Mr. D. 0. Tice, of the local
Belk’s Department Store, who is
most interested in the work of
the D. E. clubs, will attend the
convention.
This is the first time that
North Carolina has ever played
host to the national convention.
Last year, the national meeting
w^as held in Topeka, Kansas.
There have been only five meet
ings before this one.
The group will return by bus
on Wednesday night, April 19.
Delegates Listed
Those who are going are Frank
Burton, Ronnie Britt, Jeaneen
Wells, Doris Vaughn, Esther
Wooten, Rachel Slate, Jim Co
vert, Jean Wells, Dennis Bell,
Christine Johnson, Barbara Kil-
lebrew, Vernon Hurley, Oraa
Foushee, Charles Barber, and
Mrs. Margaret G. Finch, adviser.
Submit Your Story
To 0. Henry Contest
Say, Seniors, how was your Jun
ior short story? Did it rate an A?
Would you like to have $25.00? or
$100.00? Well, by all means, enter
the O. Henry stort story contest for
Seniors.
You may write a new story es
pecially for the occasion, or, if you
don’t feel sufficiently inspired to
spin a yam, just re-work your last
year’s masterpiece. Add to it all
you like, for there’s no word limit.
Just be sure that your entry is your
original brain storm!
The contest is sponsored annually
by the O. Henry Study Club. The
first prize of $25.00 and the second
prize of $10.00 are offered by the
group to two Senio.rs writing the
best short stories. The awards will
be presented on graduation night.
Judges are members of the English
Department here at Senior and are
appointed by Miss Mims.
The deadline for entering the
short stories is April 21. Submit
the story to your English 8 teacher
or, if you do not take this course,
to Miss Mims in Room 300.