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From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
High Life
volume XXVII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 20, 1950
NUMBER 2
117 Students Enrolled In D.O.-D.E. Prog ram
Tryouts Now Ended;
Playmaster To Give
Drama December 2
“Our Hearts Were Young and
Gay,” a comedy in three acts, will
be given Friday, Deceniber 2, as the
annual school play. Tryouts have
been completed,' and rehearsals for
the play are now progressing un
der the direction of Miss Mozelle
Causey.
Adapted from the book by Cor
nelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kim
brough, “Our Hearts Were Young
and Gay” was given its premiere
production ,by the Speech and
Drama Department of the Catho
lic University, Washington, D. ,C.,
under the direction of Walter Kerr.
Students Assigned Character Roles
There are seventeen character
parts. Carolina Skinner, a tall,
handsome, vital girl with a person
ality that is colorful and alive, will
be played by Tess Russell. Cornelia
is having an acting fling. Margaret
Underwood has been chosen to do
the part of Emily Kimbrough.
Emily, who is Cornelia’s best friend,
is a delicately pretty girl; but con
servative rather than shy, and
never flamboyant in the way that
Cornelia is.
The parts of Otis Skinner and
Mrs. Skinner, Cornelia’s parents,
go to Jack Ogburn and Norma
Veney. Mr. Skinner is always dig
nified and is expansive in a slightly
theatrical way. Mrs. Skinner, gra
cious and exquisitely refined, is
rather conservative, but never the
stock dizzy female.
Other Student Participants
In Play
Students who will dramatize the
remaining characters in the play
are: John Utley, Everett Ellen-
wood, David Wright, Lucinda Cal-
away and Gloria Hayes, Billy
Rhodes, John Bradley, Howard
Brewer and Garland Coble, Valerie
Yow, Frankie Ogburn, Jean Gar-
rity and Janet Davis.
Many students have volunteered
to take part by doing something
other than acting in the play, such
as working on scenery, becoming
part of the stage crew, helping with
the make up, or being in charge of
the properties. Student directors
have been appointed and Lila Bur
gess is the prompter.
What the Play Is About
The play takes place in 1923.
Cornelia Skinner and Emily Kim
brough are making a trip to Paris
on one boat, and Mr. and Mrs.
Skinner are also going to Paris, but
on another boat! They are travel
ing on different boats against the
better judgement of Cornelia’s par
ents. The predicaments into which
they get themselves and the troub
les they have on the boat and in
Paris are the theme of the play.
Presidents of the D.O. and D.E. classes are, left to right, David Welch,
Mrs. Illman’s second period D.O. class; Jean Mauldin, Miss Brown’s
D.O. second period class; Bob Patrick, Mrs. Illman’s third period D.O.
class, and Jim Covert, Mrs. Hodden’s D.E. class. Absent from the
picture is Jim Cockman, president of Miss Browne’s third period D.O.
class.
High Life Adviser
Gets Leave of A bsence
S. J. Underwood, the adviser
for High Life for the past two
years and teacher of English
and journalism, has requested
a leave of absence from the
faculty of Senior High School.
Mr. Underwood’s request effec
tive Wednesday, October 4,
was the result of ill health.
Mrs. Mary Hatfield has assum
ed his English classes and the
advisorship of High Life.
Speech Contests To Be
Held Within Next Year
Marie Sizemore Elected
President of Torchlight
Marie Sizemore was elected pres
ident of the Senior High School
chapter of the National Honor So
ciety at its first meeting of the
year. Other officers chosen at this
time were vice-president, Betsy
bright and secretary, Henrietta
Pell. The treasurer of the organi
zation will be elected from the new
Senior member to be inducted at
the regular fall tapping ceremony.
The Torchlight Society’s scrap
book from last year will be on dis
play in the library in the near fu
ture. The book is a cumulative rec
ord of the activities of the chapter
and was made by Carole Williams,
a 1950 graduate of Senior. It is to
be judged, along with those of
other clubs, at the State Conven
tion which will be held in the
spring.
Plans are now underway for the
Torchlight project of acting as
l^osts and hostesses for college
representatives during the annual
College Day.
The first contest open to Senior
High School students is the “I
Speak for Democracy” contest,
which will begin durig National
Radio and Television Week, Octo
ber 29 through November 4.
Students must be in good stand
ing scholastically and morally to
be eligible to enter this contest.
The entrants are required to write
a speech five minutes in length.
Content, delivery and originality
will be the basis of judging the
speeches.
Entered in the contest from this
school are: Phyllis Greer, David
Wright, Tommy Hubert, Jack Og
burn, Garland Coble, John Elling
ton, Jean Garrity, Janet Davis,
Andrew Bristow, Joe Hodgin, Billy
Rhodes, Joe Wilhem, and De Ar-
mon Hunter.
This speech contest is sponsored
by the United States Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, the National As
sociation of Broadcasters, and the
Radio Manufacturers Association.
‘World Peace” Is Second Contest
“How Can We Help to Build
World Peace in the Atomic Age?” is
the subject that has been chosen
for the second speech contest this
year. Students from speech and
dramatics classes will participate in
this contest under the supervision
of Miss Mozelle Causey.
The contest will be sponsored by
the Bar Association who pays the
registration fee of five dollars. For
this fee the entrants receive hand
books about this subject and the
winner of this “World Peace” con
test receives the “World Peace
Gold Key. , ^ .
■ Each speech shall not be less
than six minutes nor more than
twelve minutes in length. The
speech must be prepared and de
livered by the contestant, although
he may secure oral assistance in
preparing his speech and practicing
its delivery. The students will be
permitted to have their pap^s
before them as they speak. The
winner will be presented the gold
key and his speech will be sent the
University Extension Division at
Chapel Hill.
NROTC Aptitude Test
To Be December 9
This November, as in past years,
the hoys at Senior High will be
given the opportunity of taking
the Navy College Aptitude Test
(NROTC).
To be eligible to take the test
one must be at least 17 years old
and not over 21, physically sound, a
high school graduate and have no
moral obligation or personal con
victions which will prevent his sup
port and defense of the Constitu
tion of the United States against all
enemies, foreign or domestic.
The physical standards are very
important: nearly 50 per cent of
the candidates passing the Aptitude
Test have been turned down be
cause of physical dificiencies.
On December 9, the Naval Test
will be given to all applicants.
Those passing the test are to be
given physical examinations and
interviews , at a Navy Recruiting
Station. Candidates who are phys
ically qualified will finally be chos
en by state and territorial selec
tion committees.
The government pays the tuition,
cost of textbooks, laboratory and
other fees of an instructional or
administrative nature, and furn
ishes the necessary uniforms. Mid
shipmen receive $50.00 per month
for other expenses. In some cases
they get from $100 to $500 extra
per year.
Homerooms Elect
Officers for Year
In the Ust few weeks, home
rooms have been electing officers
for the homerooms. The newly
elected homeroom officers are:
SENIORS
Room 16—President, Lyndon An
thony; vice-president, Bill Beck;
secretary, Sallie Boren; treasurer.
Buddy Barker.
Room 202 — President, Carl
Brooks; vice-president, Connie
Mack Butler; secretary, Barbara
Cashwell; treasurer, Tiny Burtner.
Room 307—President, Bill Crow
der; vice-president, Evelyn Derma-
tas; secretary, Joy Covington; treas
urer, Garland Coble.
Room r2 — President, Richard
Gilbert: vice-president Victor Ev
ans; secretary and treasurer, Mar
gie Fowler.
Room 203—President, Pete Hall;
vice-president, Ruth Hawkins: sec
retary, Lura Holley: treasurer,
Mary Hudscm.
Room 20#— President, Arnold
Leary; vice-president, Charles Ken
nedy; secretary, Letha Jennings:
treasurer, Bob Kennerly.
Room 14—President, Frank Mat
thews; vice-president, Elizabeth
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Part-Time Work Schedule Followed;
School Credit Received for Job
As a part of the Vocational Program of Senior High School, classes
have been organized in both Diversified Occupations and Distributive
Education. The classes this year have a total membership of 117
students. Through these classes, a student may follow a half-day work
schedule, with his classes at school in the mornings.and a regular part-
time job, arranged for him by the coordinators, in the afternoons.
A student in the D.O.-D.E. program receives in class, training which
is designed to -hid him in succeeding on the job. Each pupil, for the
most part, works on individual assignments pertaining to his particular
vocation. However, the entire class studies together such things as
budget balancing, personality traits, social security, human relations,
and other topics which are connected with the vocational world.
Aside from this study in the Public Schools, arid both whole-
classroom, the student receives ac-, sale and retail establishments. The
tual on-the-job training at his place i type of office work which the stu-
of business. His vocation status is
technically that of an apprentice.
He is kept on one phase of his
particular field only long enough
to become familiar with it and is
then moved on to another type of
work. This enables him to become
known in more than one facet of
his chosen field and to learn, in
full, the details of the business with
which he is concerned.
Permanent Jobs for Many
Approimateiy 90 per cent of the
students in the D.O. and D.E.
classes stay on their jobs perma
nently after high school gradua
tion. The training received while a
student is in school is accredited to
his actual work experience record,
putting him ahead of those who
hold a regular job for the first time
after finishing school and enabling
him also to draw a larger salary.
In addition to these advantages, he
receives one academic credit per
semester for his class and one for
his job.
Diversified Occupations
The Diversified Occupations
classes are divided into two sec
tions, the trades classes, including
jobs in which the actual product is
handled and it making, and the
office or clerical workers. D.O. co
ordinators are Msis Lucille Browne,
Mrs. Grace Illman and R. T. Jones.
Miss Browne's students hold jobs
in the offices of banks, machine
shops, hospitals, chemical plants,
heating and insulation companies,
credit companies, textile plants,
telephone company, insurance offi
ces, an architect’s office, the offices
and libraries of the Greensboro
Project
of Senior Class
Is Selected - - Courtesy
The first project chosen by a
senior class committee this year, is
“courtesy.” Betty Bonner Jones as
chairman, and John David Elling
ton, Lura Holly, Elton Hough, and
Barbara .Cashwell decided with the
advice of Mrs. Jessie Gorrell, lan
guage teacher, that this senior
class project will “emphasize the
importance of courtesy all during
the year.”
The first six.weeks senior home
rooms displayed bulletin boards on
courtesy. They were graded on
clean-up day, October 11. Taking
first place for the best bulletin
board on courtesy was Miss Sara
Mims’ room 300. Miss Mozelle
Causey’s 307, and room 3, Mrs.
Pleasants’ took honorable mention.
The second six weeks the juniors
participate and the third report
period will be set aside for the
sophomore homerooms to make
their bid for “courtesy.” Each home
room is requested to make the im
portance of courtesy felt at all
times.
Mrs. Faver’s art classes have
been making slogans and posting
them in the foyer of the main
building every week.
A “monitor system” for the cafe
teria was rendered unnecessary as
another senior class project since
conditions in the cafeteria are
good.
Miss Margie Gabriel, head of
Girl’s Physical Education Depart
ment and Mr. L. W. Anderson, as
sistant principal 'have been station
ed in the cafeteria to cooperate
with the students in keeping their
lunch period orderly.
dents do is, of course, related to the
type of business in which they
work.
Jeanette Brown, who works in
an architectural office, types trac
ings on a veratyper, runs off blue
prints and types specification.
Becky Williams, who works in the
office of an insurance company,
mails letters, and statements of all
types to both agents and clients
of the company. Barbara Strick
land works in the office of a hos- •
pital. Her job is to admit patients,
file their statistic and record cards,
make out itemized statements, keep
a record book of bills and checks,
and to type notices to the various
departments of the hospital.
The class is planning a “get-
acquainted” party for students, par
ents and employers. Officers in the
second period are president, Jean
Mauldin; vice-president, Dara Lea
Basinger: secretary, Rebecca Clark;
treasurer, Martha Reagan. In the
third period class, they are presi
dent, Jim Cockman; vice-president,
Carl Brooks; secretary, Becky Wil
liams: treasurer lone Bulla.
Trade Classes
In Mrs. Grace Illman’s classes,
the most technical job is that of
Richard Beard as a draftsman in
the engineering department of a
textile mill. The most advanced
student in the class is David Welch,
who is completing his third and
last year of training as a projec
tionist at a moving picture theater.
In addition to being the highest
paid member of the program,
David is a member of' a closed
union.
Officers in the second period
class are president, David.Welch;
vice-president, Harold Owens; sec
retary, Carolyn Lentz; treasurer,
Ja^k Lackey. In the third period
they are president, Bob Patrick;
vice-president, Max Mitchell: sec
retary, Jean Philliph; treasurer,
Betty Hodgin.
Mr. Jones’ classes are made up of
boys in the trades field. A few out
standing positions in the classes
include that of Laddy Mingia as an
apprentice electrician. He does in
stallation, wiring and trouble
shooting, plus a variety of other
jobs. Bob McIntyre is a television
service man for a department store,
and Jerry Hinshaw also works a
service man for radio and televis
ion sets. Irvin Cobert works as an
apprentice machinist. His job in
cludes precision work and deals
with all types of machinery.
The Diversified Occupations pro
gram had its origin in the Federal
Offices of Education, where the
idea of on-the-job training was first
introduced. The D.O.-D.E. program
here at Senior is the oldest and the
biggest in the tsate.
Distributive Education
The Distributive Education pro
gram, of which Mrs. Margaret Hod
den is co-ordinator, includes ail
jobs dealing with the handling of
the actual product in its course
from the producer to the consumer.
Some of the students from the
class work in stockrooms, in dairies,
and in department stores. Bill
Johnson is employed by a retail
florist and Remie Taylor is con
nected with a wholesale bakery.
All students are members of the
D.E. Clubs of America, one of the
three national clubs on the campus.
The class is planning to attend the
all-day district meeting of the or
ganization at Mineral Springs, Va.,
on October 5.