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44 Students Are Placed
On Special Honor Roll
Miss Blanche Smith announces
the honor students for the first six
weeks grading period of the 19,51-
52 school term. Students making
an average of 95 per cent with at
least four major subjects are eligi
ble for special honor roll. Stu
dents averaging from 90 to 95 per
cent make the regular honor roll.
The following students achieved
the honor roll:
SPECIAL
Seniors
Room 8—Barbara Beavers.
Room 27 — John Butt, Bobby
Clark.
Room 200 — Betty Jane Davis,
Janet Davis, Ann Ferguary.
Room 4—Nancy Haithcock, Bev-
eral Hall, Sheila Harris, Christine
Hill, Montey Hobbs.
Room 106—Mary Catherine Kirk-
man.
Room 25—Mary Katherine Latta,
Richard Ledbetter.
Room 301—Marion Osborne.
Room 317—Emily Sowerby, Nan
cy Stafford.
Room 309—Betty Talley.
Room 10—Valerie Yow, Carol3Mi
Welch, Norma Veney.
Juniors
Room 102—Lois Duncan.
Room 12—Mary Ruth Mitchell,
Martha Moore.
Room 6—Hugh Gerringer.
Room 315—David Heinman, Joan
Hester.
Room 305—Martha Jordan.
Room 23—Virginia Redhead.
Sophomores
Room . .—Raoula Bach, Norma
Jean Barbee, Dawn Barbour, Wil
lie Rae Barricks.
Room 203—Sara Ann Hastings.
Room 100—^Mary Ann Hill.
Room 308—Henrietta Reed.
Room 3—Barbara Sharpe, Nancy
Shelton.
Room 303—Iris Ann Smith.
Room 7—Michael Temko.
I Room 201—Jack Thurman, Ann
Vaden.
Room 15—Rose Wharton.
REGULAR
Seniors
Room 8—Bain Alexander, Chas.
Baker, Lawrence Beall, Carolyn
Beaver, Nancy Beeson, Billie Bell,
Nancy Bergil, Katherine Bobbitt.
Room 27 — Janet Brooks, Jesse
Brown, Larry Bumgarner, Moody
Burt, Betty Clark, Kathryn Clegg.
Room 200—Betty Lou Cresdy,
Franklin Davis, Patsy Eanes, Janet
Frederick, Opal Frye, Evelyn Ful
ler.
Room 4—Evelyn Greenberg, Mar
gie Goldman, Jennie Lee Griffith,
Rachel Hall, Don Haskins, Pat Har-
very, Greta Helms, Sara Ann Hick-
erson, Shirley Henshair.
Room 106—Dorothy King. Fran
ces Holt, DeArmon Hunter, Bar
bara Jackson, Doris Joseph, Betty
Jean Kale, Ann Kearney, Joanne
Xrieger, Hilda Langley, Betty Jean
Langston, Barbara Kelly.
Room 25—Betty Lawrence, Lane
McGregor, Jaynelle Martin. Shir
ley Mather, Jean Maudlen, Sylvia
Mayer, Steve Leonard.
Room 301—Meropi Meletiou.
Bobbie Mills, Alice Mitchell, Ron
nie Moore, Mary Jane Moring, Jack
Morris, Peggy Morrow, Kenan
Neese, Elbert Parrish, Eleanor Pat
terson, Sara Perkins, Edith Perry
man.
Room 206—Doris Phillips, Becky
Phillips, Barbara Pickard. Nancy
Pugh, Bob Nedburn, Freddie Rouse,
Cleta Mae Routh.
Room 317 — Tess Russell, Rita
Schneider, Carolyn Smith. Dorothy
Smith, Joanne Smith. Rene Solo-
Demonstrating his whirlwind speed
and agility above is one of Greens
boro High’s fastest and most out
standing football backs, Charlie
Sneed. He is shown eluding Reids-
ville linemen, Drum (70), Hoover
(88), and Turpin (62). Sneed has
been a consistent ground gainer
all season and has tallied quite a
few of the scores.
mon, Ronnie Stanley, Sally Stan
ley.
Room 309—Pat Stevens. Dorothy
Stevenson, Carol Stroud, John Stu
art, Bobby Stubblefield, Peggy
Stubblefield, Sally Talbert, Nancy
Lee Teasley, Dorothy Thomas, Peg
gy Thomas, Ann Thompson, Doris
Thompson, Betty Thore, Pat Tur
ner.
Room 10—Rose Waynick, Harriet
Vaughan, Patricia Vaughan, Patsy
Voncannon, Naomi Wade, Mary
Wisseman, Anne Wrenn.
Room 100—Claire Hilgedeck, Ma
rietta Henshaw, Lucinda Holder-
ness.
Room 204—Ann Inman, Barbara
Jamieson, Martha Jester, Marjorie
Johnston, Ernest Jones, Mary El
len Keelin.
Room 5—Margaret Kinsey, Mar
tha Leonard. Charles Lamb, Shir
ley Rose Lee.
Room 13—Enid Mayberry, Kelly
Maness, George Makley, Amanda
McConnell.
Room 300—Robert Moseley, Jane^
Mulrey.
Room 2—Harriet Perkins.
Room 306—Jimmy Powell, Jan
Rankin, Forbes Ramsey, Faye Reid,
Martha Sue Raye.
Room 3—Jean Robbins, Jo Rob
inson, Susan Rogers, and Beckie
Schweistris.
Room 303—Helen Smith, Nancy
Jo Smith, David Sox, Frances Staf
ford, Carolyn Staley, Mary Ann
Stamper, Le Reeta Stanley.
Room 7 — Joyce Steele, Toney
Stone, Robert Strandberg, Frances
Strother, Doyle Swoffard, Johnny
Taylor, Perry Teague, Mary Anne
Thomas.
Room 201 — Bill Turner, Alan
Tuttle, Betty Upchurch, Sarajane
Weinstein, Lillian Thrower.
Room 15—Jane Wharton, Bill
Wolfe, David Wright, Gladys Var
ner, Mary Lee Wells, Betty J. Wel-
born-
Juniors
Room 313 — Nan Ahalt, Shirley
Apule, James Armstrong. Mary
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Staiisfics Quoted
About Honor Roll
Two hundred and ninety-one stu
dents were recognized for outstand
ing scholarship in the first grad
ing period. Of this number, two
hundred and forty-eight made the
regular Honor Roll, with forty-
three reaching an average of 95
or better, to be placed on the spe-
ciol Honor Roll. These figures show
that 20.9% of the student body
made the regular Honor Roll, and
3% made the special.
The Sophomores had a total of
ninety-two on the Honor Roll. Sev
enty-eight were placed on the reg
ular Honor Roll, and fourteen on
th special. This means that 14.9%
of the entire class was on regular
Honor Roll, with 2.2% on the spe
cial Honor Roll.
Of the Juniors, seventy made
regular Honor Roll, and eight made
special. These figures represent
the 19.8% of the Junior Class who
achieved the regular Honor Roll,
and the 1.9% who reached the spe
cial group.
The Seniors, having the largest
number of honor students for this
grading period, had one hundred
students on the regular and twen
ty-one on the special. Of this class
32.6% attained he regular Honor
Roll, with 5.6% placed on the spe
cial Honor Roll.
Citizenship Honor Roil
Winners Are Announced
Citizenship honor roll students
have been chosen from the three
classes. Bobby Clark and Lane Mc
Gregor represent the senior class.
Juniors selected were Bill Qreene
and Pat Gregg. Chosen from the
sophomore class were Bob Jackson
and Betty Bell.
Merits required for this honor
are sufficient scholarship, outstand
ing citizenship, and leadership.
All of the honor students for the
first six weeks are active in the
student government. Bobby Clark
and Lane McGregor are president
and vice-president of the school,
respectively. Bill Greene is the
junior class president, and Bob
Jackson holds the top office of the
sophomore class.
At the close of each six weeks,
homerooms elect their citizens.
From these the faculty chooses the
six representatives.
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XXVIII SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOVEMBER 2, 1951 NUMBER 4
Twenty-fifth Annual Student Council
Congress Holds Meeting in Greensboro
The twenty-fifth annual meeting
of the North Carolina Student
Council Congress was held in
Greensboro, October 28-30. The
meeting was sponsored jointly by
Greensboro Senior High School and
Curry High School. Members of
student government councils from
sixty-five North Carolina high
schools attended.
The purpose of the Student Gov
ernment Congress is to exchange
ideas on student government and
improve present techniques on gov
ernment.
The Student Government dele
gates arrived in Greensboro Sun-
dy afternoon, October 28, and regis
tered at the Youth Center from
2:30 to 6:30. From the Youth Cen
ter, they were taken to homes
of Greensboro and Curry High
School students, where rooms had
been arranged for the delegates.
During the delegates’ stay at local
homes, they were furnished meals
for Monday breakfast and Tuesday
breakfast.
Monday morning the first session
of the Student Government was
called to order in the auditorium at
Senior High School. Gene Williams,
of Rocky Mount, called the meeting
to order. After the devotional by
Norma Veney of Greensboro, greet
ings were issued both to the new
and to the returning delegates by
Bobby Clark, treasurer. Mr. A. P.
Routh, principal of Senior High
School, and Mr. Ben L. Smith, su
perintendent of Greensbbro City
Schools. The roll call and minutes
of the twenty-fourth Congress were
read by Eleanor Smith, secretary
of the Twenty-fifth Congress. Gene
Williams then preceded with an
nouncements of mutual importance
to all delegates.
the delegates went to discussion
groups for the remaining part of
the day.
Monday evening at 6:30 the del
egates assembled at the Home Eco
nomics building on the Woman’s
College campus for a banquet sup
per. Following the banquet, there
was a dance at the Youth Center
for all representatives of the Stu
dent Government Conference.
Officers Elected
Gravely Speaks
The keynote address was deliv
ered by Mr. Lee L. Gravely, Jr.,
assistant vice-president of the
China American Tobacco Company.
He chose as his subject, “Tomor
row—What?”, intended to bring the
delegates into a further realiza
tion of the problems which they
face as members of the new and
forthcoming citizens of a fast
changing world.
After an informal lunch in the
Greensboro High School Cafeteria,
School Calendar
November 6—Mr. Emory 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.
Interesting Facts
Revealed by Survey
Janet Davis and Jack Crutchfield
took a survey of the number of
student at Senior High School
who have television sets, radios,
and take a daily newspaper. They
also asked how long each student
watched television and listened to
the radio each day.
The first period journalism class
tabulated the votes. The results
showed that almost as many peo
ple had television sets as those
who did not. The outcome proved
that 514 people have television sets,
while 552 do not. Of those who
have television sets, only 65 look
at it less than one hour a day. A
total of 309 people watch television
betwen one and two hours, and 151
students watch it longer than two
hours per day.
The survey showed that only ten
of the students in school do not
have a radio in the home. Of the
1,044 who did, only 194 listen to
the radio less than one hour a day;
522 students listen to the radio be
tween one and two hours, and the
remaining 259 listen to it more
than two hours a day.
Only 13 students do not subscribe
to a daily newspaper, compared to
the 1,048 who have dailies In the
home.
Tuesday morning, the delegates
assembled at Curry High School
for the final session of the con
ference. After the opening for-
mahties, an election of next year’s
officers took place. Elected to serve
for the Twenty-Sixth Annual Stu
dent Government Congress were:
president, Wright Langley, of Four
Oaks; vice-president. Walker Jones,
Kannapolis; secretary, Jo Padgett,
Chapel Hill. After the new officers
were presented, the Twenty-Fifth
Annual Student Government Con
gress was adjourned by the newly-
elected president, Wright Langly.
Miss Kate Parke Kitchin, the
advisor for the twenty-fifth Con
gress meeting, stated: “I think the
Congress has been wonderfully
planned. The students were well
poised and the delegates partici
pated wholeheartedly.” She com
mented, “Curry High School and
Senior High School have been un
paralleled in cordiality and hospi
tality.”
Mr. Vaughn, principal of Curry
High School, stated: “I have never
seen a group better behaved, more
business-like, or more industrious.”
Mr. Routh, principal of Greens
boro High School, had this to say
in regard to the conference: “I
think it’s a most worthwhile con
ference. Something good is bound
to come from a gathering such as
this, when representatives of stu
dent leaders from all over the state
assemble.”
Variety of Names
Found at G. H. S.
While rambling through the files
of G. H. S., your roving reporter
found a great variety of names
listed. There is such a great num
ber of us here with the same name
that there is great danger of some
one being confused with someone
else. (Confusin’, too, ain’t it?)
For the girls, Betty leads the
field with 42, and Mary comes sec
ond with 37. There are 35 Bar
baras, 30 Pats, 28 Margarets, 26
Nancys, 25 Shirleys, 24 Annes, 21
Carolyns, 16 Dorothys, 16 Joans,
and 15 Marthas. Raoula is probably
the most unusual name for the
girls.
Robert led the way for the boys
with 52. James revealed 44, John
41, William 36, Charles 28, Rich
ard 21, Thomas 16, Edward 14,
David 13, and Jerry 13. The most
unusual name for the boys is Fritz
with our little Eli next. And there
is only one “Pedab.”
'Whirligig' Receives
All-American Rating
Greensboro Senior High School’s
1950-51 Yearbook, “Whirligig,” has
received an All-American rating in
the National Scholastic Press As
sociation Contest.
This rating is the highest possible
rating a yearbook can receive. Only
eleven other high school yearbooks
from schools the size of Greensboro
High received this rating. G.H.S.’s
publication was entered in the Na
tional Scholastic Press Association.
A complicated procedure is used
in grading. The Whirligig was en
tered in the high school class which
has an enrollment between 1,000
and 1,399. Method of publication,
type letters, press work, photog
raphy, makeup, and general editing
are graded to determine the final
rating.
Last year’s editor of the Whirli
gig was Sara Ann Taylor and the
adviser was Mrs. Estelle LeGwin,
now living in Fayetteville.
Depicted above is one of Greens
boro High’s outstanding students.
Bob Clark. Bob was Treasurer of
the N. C. Student Council Congress
last year. In addition to this office
Bob is President of the Student
Body and a star back on the football
team.
Famous Documents
Displayed at Senior
G. H. S. has recently acquired a
Freedom Shrine. This shrine is
made up of plaques which are cop
ies of the documents in the Free
dom Train. Since few people are
able to see the real ones, photo
static copies have been made. These
are very nice because they will not
tear, break or scratch. The Greater
Greensboro Exchange Club bought
a set of these plaques and pre
sented them to our history depart
ment. They were given to us under
one condition—that we display and
use them.
Some of these documents are
quite rare, such as Jefferson’s orig
inal copy of the Constitution and
Ben Franklin’s Epitaph (in his own
hand-writing). We also have two
letters of Washington’s. He was
not much for letter-writing, so
these are also rare. Another is a
copy of Lee’s letter accepting the
presidency of Washington and Lee
College.
The three of which we are proud
est are Eisenhower’s appointment
as commander-in-chief of the al
lied forces, and the two surrend-
der documents from Germany and
Japan.
We at Senior should be very
proud and grateful for this gift as
it was very expensive. I^ is being
enjoyed more and more as the days
go by.
D. O. Club Elects
Officers for Year
On October 1, the second period
Diversified Occupations class held
a meeting to elect officers for this
semester. Becky Phipps will act
as president. She will be assisted
by Kenan Neese, vice-president;
Dot King, secretary; and Jackie
Fink, treasurer.
Committee chairmen include
Nancy Bell, social; Sara Perkins
and Judy Meece, bulletin board;
Sylvia Pickard, clean-up; and Betty
Ruth Austin, reporter.
Two young married girls are
members of this class. Hilda Lang
ley has changed her name to Mrs.
Bass, and Judy Cox is now Judy
Meece.
Functionaries of the third period
D. E. class are: president, Carol
Royal; vice-president. Jean Maul-
den; secretary, Betty Welborn; and
treasurer, Peggy Thomas. Gene
Stout will serve as reporter. Head
ing various committees are Mary
Teasley, scrap book; Lucille Alston,
social; Opal Frye, welfare; Esther
Hodgin, bulletin board; and Gene
Frederick, clean-up.