FOUR PROBLEMS DISCUSSED IN ASSEMBLY
Student Council Gives Functions of Committees;
Routh, Browne, Beeson State Statistics to Students
Lane McGregor called the fifth
assembly of the school year to
order on October 12. The Student
Council was in charge of the pro
gram. Various announcements
were given, among which Miss
Browne outlined the College Day
plans, and Mr. Routh warned the
student body of the possible ex
tinction of the high school year
book. ^
After the devotions had been
read, Miss Tuttle took over the
program and gave Fred Ayers as
sistance in a community sing which
folowed. The various songs which
weer sung by the assembled group
were: “Onward Christian Soldiers,”
school fight song, “Red River Val
ley,” “Let Me Call You Sweet
heart,” “LLittle Tommy Tinker,”
and “The Battle Hymn of the Re
public.”
Clark Takes Over
Bobby Clark, president of the
student body, explained the func
tions of the Student Council. Jim-
fy Betts told the group of the pro
posed meeting of the Student Coun
cil Conference that will be held
in Grensboro on October 22-23.
The manner in which the sopho
mores elected their class officers
was praised by DeArmon Hunter
who was in charge of the elections.
Giving the vital statistics, Hunter
reported that 70 per cent of the
lower classmen registered and that
15 per cent of the sophomore class
ran for office.
Jackson Elected
Bob Jackson was elected presi
dent by the sophomores; vice-pres
ident, secretary and treasurer were
Pat Price, Anna Huffin, and Jim
my Griggs, in that order. Betty
Bell, Gloria Gilmore, Joyce Steele,
Becky Schweistriss, Frances Stroth
er, Kay While, Don Patterson, and
Jimmy Powell were elected repre
sentatives to the Student Council.
Miss Browne asked for coopera
tion concerning College Day. She
asked the ones who seek counsel
with the various representatives
from the colleges to be sure to
have prepared a list of questions
before they meet the college offi
cials. Miss Browne announced
that 6 Scolleges are to be repre
sented.
Students Warned
An informal discussion was then
called by Mr. Routh. He discussed
four outstanding problems which
confront the student body. Mr.
Routh mentioned the fact that
Greensboro Senior High is the orig
inator of the student government
in North Carolina. He asked that
students take registration blanks
for the delegates who are coming
to our school for the Student Coun
cil meet.
Problem number two was the
fact that Mr. Routh wanted to make
clear that the high school was not
actively sponsoring the Billy Gra
ham Revival, so the pamphlets that
were given out were not school-
sponsored. Mr. Routh stated that
Mr. Graham has been invited to
speak at the high school, but there
has been no official action taken
on the invitation.
The third question discussed was
the giving away of samples of chew
ing gum. “The school is not en
dorsing the chewing of gum in
class, but we shall give out the
free samples which were left with
us. Stick them in your pockets
and have a chewing good time
after school,” Mr. Routh said.
Statistics Given
Then Mr. Routh gave the his
tory of the yearbook. He stated
that Senior did without an annual
for twenty years. ‘“We now have
one; I disapproved of it for twenty
years, but I changed my mind when
I realized that everyone wanted one
but me.” Mr. Routh continued, “I
was against it because of the large
amount of money involved. Now
that we have one, I would be the
last to want it to be discontinued.
However, we are now facing that
fact.”
Giving examples of how the cost
of the publication has advanced,
Mr. Routh said that the cost had
advanced from $3.50 in 1949 to
$4.50 in 1951.
Nancy Beeson, associate editor
of the yearbook, said that the first
issue cost $8,137. The present year
book budget is $9,175.
Mr. Routh continued by warning
the group that a thousand books
must be sold to have a yearbook
this year. Sponsorships represent
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XXVIII SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 19, 1951 NUMBER 3
State Student Governments To Assemble
Upon Site of Founding in Gate City
On October 28-30, the North
Carolina Congress of Student Coun
cils will hold its annual meeting
for the first time in Greensboro.
There will be delegations from
every school in the state that has
a student council. Each delega
tion will consist of one adviser and
three delegates.
At these meetings the students
discuss the various problems of the
individual schools. Smoking on the
school grounds and ways of hold
ing elections are some of the many
problems that come up each year.
They also discuss the many ways
that a student coucil can influence
the student body.
Officers Listed
Gene Williams of Rocky .Mount
is the president of the association,
with Carl Kassell of Goldsboro act
ing vice-president. Eleanor Smith
of Reidsville is secretary, and Bob
by Clark of Greensboro Senior
High is treasurer.
This congress of the student
councils is an outgrowth of stu
dent cooperative government in
North Carolina. Student govern
ment in the high schools of this
state began in 1921 in Greensboro.
Greensboro High School then stood
on Spring Street, the present site
of Central Junior High School. The
student body of the school was a
‘huge” 550. iMss Jane Summerell,
who is now in the English depart
ment at W.C.U.N.C., could be called
the originator of this ideal of let
ting students take part in the gov
erning of the school. She was the
chairman of a committee of fac
ulty members whose job it was to
look into the idea. At the time,
Mr. Guy B. Phillips, who is now
Dean of the School of Education
at the University of North Caro
lina, was the principal of Greens
boro High School. Mr. Archer was
the Superintendent of Schools at
the time of the origination of the
idea. At the mention of the idea
the students, parents, and towns
people became very much inter
ested. Their support gave the idea
momentum and soon the dream was
realized. Since Miss Summerell
had been so instrumental in “moth
ering” the idea, she was made the
first advisor. i
Some of the first projects to
come up before the new group
were the honor system, class room
procedures, and dealing with vio
lations of the honor code.
Former Officers Listed
Mr. Norman Block, now a suc
cessful lawyer here in Greensboro,
and Mr. P. B. Whittington, a suc
cessful dentist here, were two of
the outstanding pupil presidents.
The group was representative of
other similar organizations which
son sprang up all over the state.
In fact, it was so representative
that Dr. H. D. Meyer, Associate
Professor of Sociology at U.N.C.
in 1926, in his book, “A Handbook
of Extra-Curricula Activities in the
High School,” published in 1926,
used the Constitution of Greens
boro High School as an illustration.
The Greensboro High School stu
dent council’s constitution of 1926
or thereabouts was quite different
from that of today in some respects.
At that time the council was com
posed of one representative each
from Semesters II, III, IV, and
one each from the High Life staff.
Boys’ and Girls’ Athletic Associa
tions, and one from the student
body at large. The Senior Class
was represented by two members.
The secretary of the group was
elected from within the council.
In the absence of the president,
he or she, as the case might be,
presided over the meetings.
History Given
Down through the years the
group of active student cooperative
associations has extended and now
includes many high schools all
over the state. These organiza
tions saw fit to band themselves
together and have a meeting at
least once a year where they could
discuss problems of common in
terest. This meeting in Greensboro
will be the 25th for the Congress.
The students from Greensboro
taking part in the planning and
various activities concerning the
meeting are: Lane McGregor and
Jimmy Betts, co-chairman of the
Planning Committee; Virginia Red
head and DeArmon Hunter, co-
chairmen of the Housing Commit
tee; Ann Wrenn and Eli Attayek,
co-chairmen of the Recreation Com
mute; and Beverly Hall and Ben-
Nita Black, co-chairmen of the Pub
licity Committee. Albert Gordon,
president of Curry High, will pre
side at the banquet on Monday
night, and Lane McGregor will in
troduce Mr. R. B. House, Chancel
lor from , Chapel Hill, who will
speak at the banquet on Monday
night.
The registration of the delegates
will begin at 2:30 P.M. on Sunday
and will last until 6:00 P.M. At
7:00 there will be a “get-acquaint
ed” supper at the Youth Center.
On Monday they will hold the
meeting at Senior High School, to
be followed by a banquet Monday
night at the new Home Economics
building at Woman’s College and
a dance (for delegates only) at the
Youth Center.
Senior's Marching
Band To Attend Few
Out-of-Town Games
The Greensboro Senior High
School marching band will not be
able to attend and participate in
all of the remaining out-of-town
football games, as was previously
planned. The Athletic Association,
which provides expenses for the
band trips, is financially unable to
send the band on any remaining
trips. The games left to be played
away are in Winston-Salem on Oc
tober 19, Salisbury on November
s, and Burlington on November 16.
The band members voted unani
mously to charter three buses with
band funds and individual contri
butions in order to attend the Win
ston-Salem game.
The Athletic Association, which
is supported by gate receipts at
the home games, has received much
less than was anticipated at each
game because of the small crowds
attending. The band trips have
been included in this fund here
tofore, but it will barely be able
to cover athletic expenses now.
The Charlotte trip, alone, cost the
Athletic Association $300 to send
the marching band to present a
half-time show.
Appearing above are several members of this year’s student
council. The members shown above are also on the various
committees preparing for the Congress meeting. They are left to
right: Virginia Redhead, Ben-Nita Black, Bob Bell, Eli Attayek,
Ann Wrenn, DeArmon Hunter, Bevery Hall, Lane McGregor, and
Beverly Campbell.
a large amount of the cost. The
classes have pledged, $700. “But
what is really the problem is the
subscriptions,” Mr. Routh declared.
At the present time the subscrip
tions number 297. Teachers have
bought 43, seniors have bought 127,
Juniors have purchased 88, and
sophomores have purchased only
82 yearbooks.
“We must either subscribe, re
duce the quality of the yearbook,
or quit publication entirely,” Mr.
Routh finished.
Norma Veney and David Wright
finished the program with a skit
featuring subscriptions to the year
book, “Whirligig.”
DeArmon Hunter
Announces Drive
DeArmon Hunter, president of
the Senior Class, has made va
rious plans for raising money.
Chief among these is a movie,
“Across the Wide Missouri,” to
be sponsored by the seniors. It
will play at the Carolina Theatre
the week of November 4. In this
picture the popular song hit of
the same name originated. It
stars Clark Gable and John Ho-
diak.
If this fails to raise sufficient
funds the class will sell Christ
mas cards. Also the telephone
company offered to donate all the
old telephone directories to a
paper drive benefitting the Sen
ior Class.
Press Association
Sponsors Contest
The Columbia Scholastic Press
Association is endorsing the 1951
School Award Program of Free
dom’s Foundation. The program
will enable editors and advisors to
place in nomination the editorials
devoted to the major objective of
the Foundation—to recall to the
minds of all Americans what their
priceless freedoms are, how they
were attained, and what must be
done to retain them.
All selections should be forward-,
ed with the official nomination
form and should reach Valley Forge
before November 1, 1951. To the
publications whose editorials are
selected will go a cash prize and
an honor medal.
In the final analysis, however, it
is not the prize nor the medal
that counts, as much as the fact
that you, as patriotic Americans,
are aware of your heritage.
Freedom’s Foundation at Valley
Forge is dedicated to the funda
mental principle that freedom be
longs to all the people, and that
only by the thoughts and acts of
their everyday lives can the Amer
ican people preserve and extend
their freedom.
To this end. Freedom’s Founda
tion acts to encourage all citizens
to “speak up for freedom,” and
grants these awards for doing so:
1. Each school or school system
will receive a Freedom’s Founda
tion Certificate of Participation and
a copy of the Credo suitable for
wall display.
2. The schools or school systems
which win principal awards will
be invited to choose one teacher
and one pupil each for an expense-
paid, round-trip to Freedom’s Foun
dation headquarters.
Membership Drive
Nets 1496 Members
Greensboro Senior High School
closed its annual P.T.A. member
ship drive with a grand total of
1,496 members. This is an all-time
high here at Senior, topping last
year’s previous high of 1,487. Last
year’s total of P.T.A. memberships
was the highest number of mem
berships for any one school in the
state, and consequently, Greens
boro High School was presented
the Blair Trophy, awarded each
year to the school with the great
est number of P.T.A. memberships.
We are hoping that this year’s total
will be high enough to win the
Blair Award again.
In the contest between home
rooms, Miss Tuttle’s homeroom,
309, won first place with 95 mem
berships. Homeroom 309 gets a
theater party as the winner. Sec
ond place went to Mrs. Madlin’s
room, 6, with 60 memberships. Miss
More’s homeroom, 315, ran a close
third with 59 memberships.
College Day To Be
Observed Nov. 1
College Day, which is held annu
ally at G. H. S., is scheduled this
year for November 1. This is the
time that the seniors and some jun
iors have the opportunity of talking
with representatives of various col
leges. On that day the represen
tatives will be in the library from
9 A.M. to 1 P.M., and those seniors
who are interested in talking with
them will be excused from class to
do so.
There will be approximately 60
or 65 colleges participating in this
event. Their representatives are
faculty members of the college.
Each college in the state of North
Carolina is extended an invitation
to send their representatives, and
those collegs outside of the state
that request it are also invited.
College Day is sponsored by the
Torchlight Society and the'^D.O.
students of the office practice
classes. They act as host and host
ess and make the necessary ar
rangements for the occasion.
Lunch is to be served to the
guests and hosts by the Home Ed.
Department, and Mrs. Faver’s art
classes will make the favors.
To those students who plan to
interview these representatives, it
is suggested that they a^k for the
following information: expense,
courses that are offered, extra
curricular activities, required cred
its for entrance, when and how to
send in applications, and available
scholarships.
Coming Attractions
October 30—Band in assembly.
October 31—Youth Center Hal
loween Carnival.
November 1—College Day.
November 6—Mr. Emery Nel
son (Y.M.C.A.). Hi-Y Club
sponsorship.
November 9—Fisher Body pro
gram—boys only.
November 14 — Three-act play
by Dramatics Club.
November 15—Night perform
ance of three-act play.