HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XXVII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., DECEMBER 15, 1950
NUMBER 5
Christmas Pageant To Be Given
Dallas Wallace Receives
Appointmenf to Annapolis
Dallas Wallace, a former student
of Greensboro Senior High School,
has had the honor of receiving an
Dallas Wallace
N&val
appointment to the U. S.
Academy.
He joined the Navy after grad-
uating in the class of 1949, -and
he received his appointment to
Annapolis through Congressman
Lari T. Durham. Dallas is now
h^idshipman fourth class and is
also a member of the academy’s
h^arching band.
Valuable Oratorical Contest Is
Available to Juniors and Seniors
One of the biggest contests open
to juniors and seniors this year
is an international oratorical con
test, “Live Safely . . . Live Hap
pily.” The award for the interna
tional winner of the contest is
$4,000.
This award will be a $4,000
scholarship whicli will be present
ed to the high school junior or
senior who delivers the best opa-
tion on the theme, “Live Safely . .
Live Happily.” This award will be
set up in a trust fund for the win
ner. .To the school that produces
the winner, $1,000 will be award
ed to be used for any purpose the
school principal chooses.
There will be international, reg
ional, state and local contests. In
each contest there will be three
judges. Each judge will base his
decision on both the composition
and delivery. The judge will not
see the oration in its written form,
but will make his decis'ion, both
the composition and tHe delivery,
as the oration is given by the con
testant.
No exact dates have been set
except fo^ the regional and inter
national contests. However, a win
ner must be chosen from Senior
by February 3.
CONTEST gULES
1. Contestants must be either
juniors or seniors.
2. The oration must be the orig
inal of each contestant. The same
prepared oration must be used
throughout the contest.
3. The oration must require not
less than 10 minutes nor more than
12 minutes.
4. The contestants will memorize
his oration but may use cards for
reference while giving the address.
Mutual of Omaha will provide
transportation for regional win
ners from their homes to New
York for the international contest.
For further information concern
ing the contest contact Miss Mo-
zelle Causey in room 307.
Stage Crew Members
Are Announced
Mr. L. W. Anderson, Dean of
Boys, announces that the stage
crew members for 1950-51 have
been chosen. Mr. Anderson is the
faculty advisor.
It is the job of the stage crew
members to regulate the lighting
sound effects, and props, connected
with the assemblies and produc
tions. The following boys have been
selected: Buddy Barker (stage man
ager), Sam Sox, Robert Dever,
Joseph Hall, Jack Carter, Jay Roy
al, Everett Ellinwopd, Moses Scar
borough, Garland Coble, Frank
Matthews. Bob Bell, Billy Luper,
Buddy Haynes, Jack Coleman, Jim
Utley, Jimmy Spears, Sam Price,
Harry Haynes, Milton Aderfor, and
Bobby Kriegsman.
Yuletide Dance To Be
Held af Youlh Center
Council Sponsors Annual
Event; Michael, McPheet^s
and Velonis Are Chairmen
Tuesday night, December 19,
Senior’s annual Christmas Dance
will be held. This dance, sponsor
ed by the Student Council, is to be
staged at the Youth Center from
8:30 to 2:00. Admission to the affair
is $ .50 “stag or drag.”
Elizabeth McPheeters, Bill Mich
ael, and Chris Velonis are co-chair
man. Elizabeth stated that all
G.H.S. students, faculty, members,
and, recent alumni are cordially in
vited G.H.S. students may take
dates who are from other towns.
The “hop” will be semi-formal.
Boys are urged not to send flowers
to their dates. Music is to provided
by the complete Jaycee Orchestra.
Due to new and stricter regula
tions of the Fire Department, the
theme of “Winter Wonderland”
can not be carried out as fully as
originally planned. No crepe paper
is alowed and all shrubbery used
must be fresh and has to be re
moved the day after the dance. •
Making up the figure will be rep
resentatives of the school’s vari
ous organizations. They are as fol
lows: The Student Council. Whirli
gig, High Life, Band, Orchestra,
Choir, the two Girls’ Glee Clubs,
Boys’ Glee Club, D.O.-D.E., Torch
light, Speech Club, Dramatics
Club, Library Club, Weel Club, Y-
Teens, Key Club .Monogram Club,
Junior and Senior HiY, Sophmore
HiY, and the following social clubs,
C.d:l., D.D.T., G.W.I., Le Sours,
L.S.P.. Nu Phi Mu, San Souci.
Venettes. W.S.T., and V.B.A.
Mrs. Estelle LeGwin is the fac
ulty adviser for the dance. The
sponsor for the Parent-Teacher As
sociation is Mrs. Jim MpGregor.
Special Programs Are
Presented by WGPS-Ft4
WGPS-FM, like all other city
school units, will wind up the 1950
season on December 19. Broad
casting will resume on January 3,
1951.
December 15, 18 and 19 will see
many special Christmas programs
on WGPS. Scheduled for Decem
ber 15 is the famous John Charles
Thomas in a program of the world’s
best loved Christmas carols. Also
featured with Mr. Thomas will be
the Caffey College Choir.
Monday and Tuesday, December
18 and 19, will see special programs
of Christmas music on the “Fore
most in Music.” Charles Dickens’
“A Christmas Carol” will be the
presented by the Greensboro Little
Theatre on Tuesday, December 19.
To add to all this, Dave Wright has
several Christmas features lined up.
Marie Sizemore Will
PorlrayMary;Aiidrew
Brislow To Be Joseph
The traditional Christmas story
will be told in a pageant, to be
held in the Greensboro High School
auditorium on Tuesday morning,
December 19. The program will
not be given at the regular 9:00
o’clock chapel period, but will be
held at 11:00 o’clock. This change
in time has been made so that par
ents and other outside guests may
attend the program with less in
convenience.
The pageant will depict the spir
itual side of the Christmas season,
telling the Biblical story of the
birth of the Christ Child. It will
be given in pantomime form, sup
plemented by a narrator.
Characters Chosen
Members of the cast are from,
the Senior class, and any Senior
member of the seventh period study
hall was eligible to participate in
the production. Marie Sizemore
will take the part of Mary, while
Andrew Bristow will portray Jos
eph. Betty Mitchell will be the
Angel Gabriel. A choir of 20 of
the heavenily host will also be used
in several Scenes.
Wise Men will be Tiny Burtner,
Bob Johnson and Charles Casey.
The part of the shepherds will be
taken by Norman Schlosser, Jerry
Bryan, Vance Scoggins^ill Luper,
Joe Wilhelm, Rene Zapata and El
liot Solomon.
Mary’s moth^^ will be portrayed
by Carolyn Ldntz. Lyndon An
thony is to be the innkeeper. Bob
Murray will take the part of a
rich man, and Jim Mos.ec will be^
his servant. Scribes will be Ralph
Barnes and Berman Royal, while
George Ribonson and Clifton Metz
wil be Roman soldiers. The part
of Herod the King will be taken
by Mike Floyd. Bob Murray will
be the minister.
Women in the scenes will be
Jan Austin, Margie Fowler, Elaine
Leonard and Patsy Rierson. Chil
dren from the nursery school, held
in the cafeteria building, will also
take part in some of the scenes.
The reader throughout the entire
program will be Jack Ogburn.
Music Furnished
Music for the program will be
furnished by the orchestra, under
the direction of J. Kimball Harri-
man and Robert Fredrickson, and
by the choir, under the direction
of Miss Eula Mae Tuttle. Two spe
cial innovations are to be in store
for the students. These will come
as complete surprises to the audi
ence, and have never before been
used in the Senior High School
Christmas pageant.
Faculty Participation
The pageant is’being given under
the direction of Mrs. Nellie Black
burn and Miss Sara Mims. Mr. Jack
S. Luttrell is in charge of the
various props, the lighting and the
speciar effects.
True Christmas Spirit
Among those donating to a worthy cause are Charles Casey, E. N.
Hale, Jackie Aulbert, Rosalind Fordham, Carol Ann Lee, Jerry Gold
stein, and Skippy Montgomery.
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