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Congratulations,
Baseball
Team!
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Congratulations,
New Class
Officers
vni.UME XXVll
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MAY 11, 1950
NUMBER 12
New Class Officers Inaugurated
Jenkins Scholarships
Available to Seniors
About this time of year many
firms and various organizations are
making it possible for deserving
and outstanding students here at
Greensboro Senior High School to
receive scholarships. Perhaps the
most outstanding one before the
graduating class at the present
time is the Jenkins Scholarship,
made possible by the Sears-Roe-
buck Foundation and Mr. Ort Jen
kins, general' manager of the Sears
Mail Order House in Greensboro.
These scholarships, ten of them
in number and amounting to one
hundred dollars each, are given
annually to ten members of the
graduating class. To choose the
ten students to receive the scholar
ships a committee composed of
the following persons is used; the
principal of our school, Mr. A. P.
Routh; the Dean of Students. Miss
Mary Ellen Blackmon; the chair
man of the Senior Class Faculty
Committe. Mrs. Nellie Blackburn;
and the chairman of the part-time
students, Miss Lucille Browne.
To be eligible to receive one of
these scholarships, a student must
fill out an application blank on
which questions of this type are
asked: the size of your family,
how you plan to finance your col
lege education, whether you plan
to be a day or dormitory student,
and various other data. The appli
cant is also asked whether or not
he or she has been accepted at the
college of his or her choice. Also
taken into consideration is the po
sition of leadership held by an
applicant while in Senior High
School.
Applications are available at the
office and will be presented upon
request. The winners will be an^
nounced at a later date and the
presentation will take place while
at an assembly.
Seniors To Have Many
Varied Activities
The next few weeks will be full
of events and happenings condu
cive to the grand night of June 1;
that is, the seniors will be quite
bus^ for the next few weeks pre
paring for graduation.
Events get into sway on May 21-
May 23. Starting then, caps and
gowns are to be used for what a
light fee of $2 25 is charged. The
sp.iors are reminded of the three
times they are to wear them . On
May 25 at 9 A.M. the class day
exercise is slated, followed by a
12:30 luncheon at the Starmount
Country Club (which will cost
S1.50); and this in turn is followed
by a dance at the Youth Center
from 9 P.M. to 12 P.M.. Two days
later the Seniors will congregate
at the First Baptist Church for the
Baccalaureate Sermon by Dr.
Claude Bowen, the pastor of the
church.
Next comes the only dark shad
ow on this Senidielis calendar—
exams; on May 28, 29 and 30. the
Seniors will be taking their exams.
And they are reminded that all
fees must be in on or before May
31- Also any make-up or re-exams
inay be taken (or must be taken)
on May 31.
Sure to follow after May 31, of
course, is June 1 and this is the
night. Graduating seniors are
esked to come to school or be at
school at 10 A.M. until ??? for a
rehearsal of the graduation lineup.
Incidentally, their attendance is
compulsory. At 8 P.M. their last
few hours at G. H. S. will be spent,
l^cy speaker at the graduation ex
ercise is Rev. Kenneth Goodson.
All girls are requested to wear
white dresses and white shoes with
heels. The boys are requested to
Wear suits preferably dark, and
h^ack shoes, although whites are
permissible.
For the seniors not so fortunate
to be able to graduate, a certain
routine known as summer school
^hted to begin June 4. The cost
IS $15 per subject or $25 for two
subjects. (Better hurry to regis
ter—the line is getting longer!)
Pictured above is Martha Van Link, May Queen, with her escort, Jerry Bryan, President of the Student
Body. In the background is a group of spectators who witnessed the beautiful event.
Fifty-one Students Are
Placed on ^Special^
Mrs. Blanche Smith has released
the names of those students who
made honor roll for the fifth six
weeks grading period. There was
a total of 51 students who made
the special honor roll, 28 from the
Senior class. 14 from the Junior
class, and 9 from the Sophomore
A total of 204 students were
placed on the regular honor roll,
93 from the Senior class, 66 from
the Junior class and 45 from the
Sophomore class. Those on the
honor roll are as follows:
SPECIAL HONOR ROLL
Seniors
Room 3—Ellen Parker, Delbert
Parrish.
Room 5—Marie Sizemore, Faye
Snyder.
Room 12—Jim Fulton, Janet
Greene.
Room 14—Carolyn Lentz. Bar
bara Mclver, Elizabeth MePhee-
ters.
Room 16—Jackie Aulbert, Lyn
don Anthony, Henriettat Beil.
Room 24^Becky Squires, Jan
Thomas.
Room 202—Bobby Brown.
Room 203—Jane Higgins, June
Idol.
Room 204—Letha Jennings, Dor
is Johnson, Betty B. Jones.
Room 300—Jerry Ann Moore,
Jo Ann Moore, Frankie Ogburn.
Room 307—Billy Crowder, John
David Ellington, Connie Curry.
Room 309—Mary Lee White. Bet
sy Wright.
Room 4—Christine Hill.
Room 27—Janet Brooks, John
Butt. Bobby Clark.
Room 106—Steve Leonard.
Room 206—Nancy Stafford, Car
ol Stroud.
Room 303—Barbara Beavers.
Room 317—Norma Veney, Car
olyn Welch, Mary Lee Wells, Vale
rie Yow.
Room 7—Margie Goldman, Shie-
la Harris.
Sophomores
Room 22—Kate Wharton.
Room 23—Virginia Redhead.
Room .102—Patsy Eways, Bar
bara Farley.
Room 201—Hugh Gerringer, Pat.
Gregg, Gardner Foley.
Room 301—Rachel Shore.
Room 315—Ann Hunter.
REGULAR HONOR ROLL
Room 3—Barbara Pickett. Kath
ryn Poag, Hettie Lou Raiford, Peg
gy Marie Rayle.
Room 5—Lurlei Routh, Frances
Royal, Patty Rumley, Patsy Saun
ders, Camille Schiffman, Evelyn
Sink, Jean Skelton, Barbara Smith,
Georgia Smith, John E. Smith Ruth
Shelburne.
Room 12—Patsy Fargis, Rosalind
Fordham, Margaret Fowler, Jean
Garrity, Phyllis Greer, Mereleen
Gregory, Terry Gaulden.
Room 14—Carol Lee, Elaine
Leonard, Mary Ellen McNeal, Bob
bie Magness, Martha Malone,
Charles Mansfield, Frank Mat
thews.
Room 16—Susie Banks, Jean
Bass, Betty Jo Benfield, Sally Bo
ren.
Room 24—Jerrine Steifle, Janie
Stanley, Barbara Strickland, Myra
Teasley, Helen Thomas, Peggy
Thrower, Bill Tutterow, Bob Stew
art, Sara Ann Taylor.
Room 202—John Bradley, Billy
Brown, Jeannette Brown, John
(Continued on Page Six)
Summer School To
Commence June 4;
Cost Is Revealed
Principal A. P. Routh
States Purpose
Of Summer Classes
Summer school will begin on
Monday, June 4, and will adjourn
Wednesday, July 11. It will be
held at Senior and all subjects hav
ing at least five students register
ing for the particular subject will
be taught. The school week will
contain six days with two periods
of two and a half hours each.
The cost will be $15 for one
subject, while two subjects may
be taken for $25. There will be
no refund for withdrawals after
enrollment. Registration will be
held on Monday morning, June 4,
at 9 o’clock. The student must
have his tuition fee at that time.
Classes start on the following day,
Tuesday, June 5, at 8 o’clock.
The following regulations must
be observed. No credit will be
given on a subject if the student
has more than one unexcused ab
sence, or more than two unexcused
tardies. Two subjects is the max
imum work that can be taken. Any
subject passed in summer school
will be given full credit towards
eventual graduation.
Mr. Routh said that the purpose
of summer school was to give stu
dents an opportunity to make up
deficits on work, to strengthen
themselves by taking extra work,
and to get certain enrichment
courses that they may not have the
time to get during the regular
session.
EvenI Takes Place
In Regular Assembly
On May 8, the student body wit
nessed the induction of next year’s
scliool officers.
Jerry Bryan, retiring school pres
ident, swore in 25 new officers and
representatives for the new school
year. Bob Clark was installed as
president of the student body in
an impressive ceremony. Following
Bob were the vice-president, Lane
McGregor; secretary, Benita Black;
treasurer, Bob Bell; traffic chief,
Fred Ayers. They took over offices
formerly held by Jerry Bryan, Bet
ty Jo Benfield. Anne Wrenn, Jim
Beits, and Bill Sartin.
Senior Class Officers Named
The rising Senior Class officers
were; DeArmon Hunter, president:
Janet Davis, vice-prseident; Carolyn
Welch, secretary: and Nancy Haith-
cock, treasurer. The representa
tives for this class are Eli Attayek,
' Beverly Campbell, Beverly Hall,
Billy Michael, Mary Lee Wells, and
Anne Wrenn.
Junior Class Officers Installed
Bill Greene was installed -as
president of the rising Junior Class.
He will be assisted by Hugh Sam
ple serving as vice-president, Mar
got Hammond as secretary, and
Jimmy Armstrong, treasurer. Rep
resentatives of the class number
six. They are Mary Henrie Ar
thur, Ann Carlson, George Fergu
son, Joyce Lee, Virginia Redhead,
and Chris Velonis.
Bryan Makes Farewell Talk
Jerry Bryan gave the student
body his thanks in his retiring
speech. Jerry said that he was
glad to have worked with so fine
a student council and student body.
He thanked the various teachers,
who had been the advisers, and
ended saying that he “would al
ways remember the fine time and
gratifying experiences his sojourn
at G. H. S. had made possible.’’
The retiring vice-president, Bet
ty Jo Benfield, said: “This has been
the best experience of my life,
serving as vice-president for so
fine a student body.”
Both talks were greeted by thun
derous applause and as Jerry re
tired the student body unanimous
ly sang “Auld Lang Syne.”
Before installation began, the
student council gave a summary
of the work accomplished this year.
The second part of the assembly
was taken up with information on
DO-DE courses, furnished by Miss
Browne and Mr. Jones. This part
was witnessed by Juniors and Soph
omores, and the Senior Class re
turned to homerooms.
Torchlight Society
Gives Inductees Party
Members of Torchlight attended
an outdoor supper held at the Bur
lington Mills’ Club last night, May
10. The party was given in honor
of the new members who were
inducted into the organization in
the spring tapping. The party fea
tured a weiner roast. Afterwards,
members entertained themselves
bowling, playing ping-pong, and
dancing. Members were allowed
to bring guests to the party. Spe
cial guests for the occasion were
Mr. and Mrs. Routh.
Chairmen for the party were
Evelyn Dermatis, Coonnie Curry,
and Beckey Squires.
Chosen for this six weeks
citizenship honor roll are the
^following students. From the
Senior Class those chosen were
Jerry Byan and Marie Size
more. The students who were
selected from the Junior Class
are Bobby Clark and Mary Lee
Wells. From the Sophomore
Class the following boy and
girl were chosen: Arthur Scott
and Ann McKay.