Creative Geaius or Destroying Idiot
The opinion of most people here at Senior seems to be that
the parade last Friday before the High Point-Greensboro game
was one of the most colorful pageants yet displayed by G H S
students.
. The various vehicles were carefully decorated and the
organizations that sponsored cars are to be congratulated
The creative effort displayed was most effective, and the
originators themselves seemed pleased with the results Both
the faculty and students enjoyed the floats, as did the towns
people, for once. The parade called attention to the many
creative abilities of Senior. Originality was the key word
But ....
We also had a display of some of the work done by other
students of G. H. S. This display was not one of creative
abilities. It was not representative of Senior High at least
we hope not. It was not seen by the faculty or most of the
student body.
It was a low sneaking display of cowardice and asininity.
Paint, rocks, and other rubbish were vigorously applied
to—not trucks or floats—the High Point High School in a
scandalous act. Windows were broken, walls were defaced,
and, above all, friends were lost. These brigands have nothing
to be proud of, do they?
Which shaU it be in the future—Creative Ability or Com
mon Banditry?
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XXVin SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOVEMBER 16, 1951 NUMBER 5
Superlatives Names Released for *52;
Trad jtion Broken in Making Story Public
Senior High School’s 1951-52 su
perlatives have been announced by
Miss Estelle Mitchell and her com
mittee. Usually this information
is withheld until “Whirligig” is dis
tributed i nthe Spring “to surprise
the student body.” The senior class
voted two weeks ago during the
homeroom periods; Miss Mitchell
and Janet Davis tabulated the bal
lots.
The complete list of class supers
lattives follows;
1. Most athletic: Bill Whedbee,
Shay Harris.
2. Best dressed: Edwin Pierce,
Patsy Eanes.
3. Most handsome: Dick Routh;
most beautiful: Nancy Birgel.
4. Most courteous: Jim Melvin,
Beverly Hall.
5. Cutest: Tommy Fesperman,
Carol Stroud.
6. Most dependable: Mose Kiser,
Betty Jane Davis.
7. Most dignified: Jim Batts, Em
ily Sowerby.
8. Friendliest; DeArmon Hunter,
Lane McGregor.
Scholarships Listed
To Various Colleges
Each year various colleges award
scholarships to deserving students
at Senior High. These scholarships
will be given for scholastic achieve
ments, outstanding ability, good
test grades, leadership, specializa
tion such as music, football, bas
ketball, and the like. Some of these
scholarships will be given to stu
dents who would not be able to
go to/college without them because
of the lack of funds.
Some of the colleges that give
scholarships are Sarah Lawrence
College, Harvard College, Hollins
College, Radcliffe College. Wash
ington and Lee University, the
Mercy Hospital Collegiate School
of Nursing, Cornell University,
Duke University, and the Naval
R.O.T.C.
Skeleton Is Ordered
For Science Classes
Have you ever heard of having
a skeleton in the closet? Senior is
no exception.
While studying the structure of
the human body, it is quite impor
tant that students have material be
fore them in order to make the
subject alive—if skeletons can do
such!
Not only does the Science De
partment have this morsel of realia
(a healthy term, xiz. Webster’s Col
legiate Dictionary), but Mrs. Black
burn, head of the Science Depart
ment has announced that the de
partment has just ordered one
thousand dollars worth of torsoes
and bone specimens to be used in
the study of the human body. This
will come in appropriately handy in
studying such things as the cir
culatory system, digestive system,
nervous system, muscular and res
piratory systems, and the excretory
system.
The torso is that of a female!
It is fully colored and has three
hundred and thirty-two structures
labeled on the model.
Mrs. Blackburn is shown lecturing
to one of her biology classes. Her
classes are now engaged in nature
study and before each field trip,
Miss Blackburn carefully explains
the formation of the plants and
flowers the class will look for.
The winners of the 1951-52 superlatives are shown displaying their victory smiles. Front row, left to
right: Valerie Yow, Beverly Hall, Anne Wrenn, Betty Jane Davis, Dottie Dillard, Nancy Birgel, Carol
Stroud, Nancy Beeson, Patsy Ruth Eanes, Cynthia Baker, and Steve Leonard. Second row, left to right:
Bob Clark, Tom Fesperman, Bill Whedbee, Shay Harris, Norma Veney, Lane McGregor, and Mose Kiser.
Third row, left to right: Bill Michael, DeArmon Hunter, Bob Stigall, Jimmy Betts, and Dave Wright.
Fourth row, left to right: Fred Ayers, Ed Pearce, Dick Routh, and Jim Melvin.
OlFicers Elected
At D. E. Meeting
On Thursday, October 25, Greens
boro D.E. club members and their
co-ordinator attended the North
Carolina Distributive Education
Meeting in Leaksville.
The morning session of the meet
ing was led by the State Sponsor,
W. G. Slater. Taking part in the
panel were five Leaksville business
men, James Hinson, N. V. Dehart,
Herman Kessler, Macon Miller, and
Maurice O’Mansky.
A luncheon was served by the
Leaksville High School home eco
nomics class. A Leaksville student,
Maurice Richardson, was master of
ceremonies at the program held
during the luncheon. Betty Jane
Thompson from Pleasant Garden
gave the invocation. Music was fur
nished by The Dan River Rangers.
At the afternoon meeting officers
to serve during the coming year
were elected. May Long prsided
during the election. She is associ
ate president of the Piedmont Dis
trict of the North Carolina D.E.
Club. Elected to the top office was
Jaynelle Martin. Emma Williams
was chosen vice-president. Selected
for associate president and secre
tary were Robert Goldberg and
Mary Kay Johnson. Installed as
promotion manager and national
delegate were May Long and Wal
lace Joyce.
The newly-elected officers were
installed by Mr. T. Carl Brown,
state supervisor of the State D.E.
Club. Jaynelle Martin adjourned
the meeting.
Mrs. Margaret G. Hodden is the
D.E. co-ordinator for Senior.
Education-Industry Day
To Be Given at Senior
On November 16, 1951, Educa- Industries Visited
tion-Industry Day will be held in
connection with American Educa
tion Week.
Every year all over the country
in November, some week is set
aside as American Education Week.
This year the week set aside is No
vember 11-17. The general theme
is “United for Freedom.”
For the past two years in Greens
boro teachers and businessmen
have gotten together and convened
for a social session.
The Greensboro Industries will
come to the individual schools to
make a tour of the school plant
and visit various classes. They will
tour the schools from 11:00 a.m.
until 12:00 noon. At 12 o’clock the
schools will serve lunch to the busi
nessmen and teachers in the school
cafeterias.
After lunch about 400 teachers
in the city school system will be
given an opportunity to see Greens
boro industrial plants in operation
from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Following the
tour discussion groups will be held.
At 7:00 p.m. the businessmen will
give an Education-Industry dinner
at Starmount Forest Country Club.
The speaker of the evening will be
I^uther Hodges, who recently re
turned from a trip through Europe.
He is the former executive vice-
president of Marshall Field and
Company. Mr. Hodges is assistant
director to Paul Hoffman, E.C.A.
director. Mr. Hodges has his doc
torate from the University of North
Carolina.
Plants to be toured by teachers
include Blue Bell, Inc., Burlington
Mills Corporation, Carolina Paint
and Varnish Works, Coca-Cola Bot
tling Company, Cone Mills Copora- book. The Junior’s present project
9. Most intellectual: Steve Leon
ard, Valerie Yow.
10. Most original: Dave Wright,
Cynthia Baker.
11. Most popular: Bobby Clark,
Anne Wrenn.
12. Sweetest: Billy Michael, Nan
cy Beeson. ,,
13. Most talented: Bob Stigall,
Norma Veney.
14. Wittiest: Fred Ayers, Dottie
Dillard.
Although graduation plans are
quite tentative as yet, it has al
ready been announced that the su
perlatives would be given a promi
nent part in graduation exercises
and in Class Day festivities.
Customarily the superlatives are
announced by “Whirligig,” but
those in charge decided to release
the list now. The idea is that the
information belongs to the senior
class, since it is they who made the
choice. Also, people who have been
chosen to an honor should be given
an opportunity to appreciate that
honor publicly.
D. Hunter Announces
Senior (lass Project
Fairly Successful
In order to raise some of the
money for the yearbook, the senior
class sold movie tickets to the Caro
lina Theatre to see “Across the
Wide Missouri.” They have to pay
$300 as their share in the yearbpok,
while the juniors and sophomores
pay only $200, because the seniors
take up more space than the other
two classes.
There were 3,000 tickets issued.
Some 1,292 were sold while 1,669
were returned. The seniors got
nine cents on each ticket, making
the profits come to a total of
$118.86.
The three students in charge of
the ticket sale were Nancy Haith-
cock, chairman, Carolyn Welch, and
DeArmon Hunter. Mrs. Hicks and
Mrs. Harrill were the advisers of
the sale.
The highest seller in the drive
was Roy Blake, who sold seventy-
five tickets. He gets six passes to
the Carolina Theater as first prize.
Don Tidwell, who sold forty-seven
tickets, and Tommy Steele, who
sold twenty-nine tickets, were the
other high salesmen. Don receives
four passes, and Tommy gets two as
third prize.
Some of the other plans for mak
ing money for the seniors are spon
soring paper drives and selling
Christmas cards.
The other classes are also spon
soring class projects for the year-
tion, Container Corporation of
America, Fleetwood Coffee Com
pany, Guilford Dairy, Mock-Judson-
Voehringer, Inc., Monarch Elevator
and Machine Company Newman
Machine Company, the mail order
plant of Sears, Roebuck and Com
pany, Vick Chemical Company, and
Wysong and Miles Company.
The purpose of Education-Indus
try Day in Greensboro is to give
school teachers more information
about local industry, and to give
the industries more information
on our local school system.
NewMembersNamed
To Quill and Scroll
is that of selling the blue and white
fight ribbons for the football games.
The ribbons are sold at the school
store for ten cents. The Sopho
mores’ endeavor is that of selling
stationery and wrapping paper. It
also is available at the school store.
This week, members from the
High Life and Whirligig Staff were
selected to be members of the Quill
and Scroll, a national society for
outstanding journalists throughout
the nation.
The members selected are; Henry
Ferrell, Betty Jane Davis, Martha
Moore, Norma Veney, Mary Lee
Wells, Pat Gregg, Marion Osborne,
Mose Kiser, Jr., Janet Frederick,
Dottie Dillard, Steve Leonard, Shay
Harris, Ann Fullton, John Butt,
Bill Whedbee, Dick Ledbetter, Pat
sy Eways, and Janet Davis.
Depicted above is Bill Jackson,
head Fire Chief. Bill was elected
to this post by student homeroom
representatives.