MERRIEST
of
CHRISTMASES
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
HAPPIEST
of
NEW YEARS
volume XXVIII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., DECEMBER 19, 1951
NUMBER 7
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT PRESENTED
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Program Written by
Two Faculty Members
Gold and Silver Star
Recipients Are Listed
Gold and silver stars always look
good to those who wear them, but
right now they look wonderful, be
cause they mean exemption on one
or two examinations coming up next
month. Those who wear gold or
silver stars may exempt one sub
ject, if they carry four major sub
jects. Gold star wearers with five
majors may exempt two subjects.
This privilege of exemption came
about several years ago when mem
bers of the Student Council re
quested the faculty to recognize in
this way the continued good work
of the honor roll students.
Soon after the Christmas vaca
tion, Mrs. Blanch Smith will send to
the home rooms the exemption
blanks to be filled out by the
lucky students and returned to her.
If your name belongs on this list
and has been omitted, please see
her right away so that the correc
tion can be made.
Gold Star Wearers:
To be a gold star wearer you have
to make the honor roll thirteen
times straight. The gold star wear
ers are as follows: Margie Goldman,
Beverly Hall, Sheila Harris, Chris
tine Hill, Carolyn Welch, Norma
Veney, Anne Wrenn, David Wright,
Mary Lee Wells, Steve Leonard,
Bobby Clark, DeArmon Hunter,
Doris Joseph, Janet Davis, Frank
lin Davis, Marion Osborne, Carol
Stroud, Bobbie Stubblefield, Doris
Thompson, Emily Sowerby, Ronnie
Stanley.
Silver Star Wearers:
To be a silver star wearer you
must make honor roll seven times
straight. The senior silver star
wearers are as follows. Evelyn
Greenberg, Greta Helms, Sara Ann
Hickerson, Shirley Henshaw, Law
rence Beall, Barbara Beavers, Va
lerie Yow, Rose Waynick, Mary
Wisseman, Janet Brooks, Larry
Bumgarner, Patsy Eanes, Opal
Frye, Elbert Parrish, Mary Lee
Teasley, Betty Talley, Nancy Staf
ford, Joanne Smith, Carolyn Simth.
The junior silver star wearers
are as follows: Hugh Gerringer.
Pat Gregg, Dorothy Hart, Gardner
Foley, Mary Ruth Mitchell, Martha
Moore, Sara Walters, Kate Whar
ton, Jeanette Oliver, Notra Pegram,
Virginia Redhead, Patsy Eways,
Barbara Farley, DeLaine Turner,
John Sauvajot, Martha Jordan, Ann
Hunter, Joyce Lee, Mary Crutch
field, James Armstrong, David Her-
myan, Joan Hester.
Insurance Offered
To Studenfs Here
The Pilot Life Insurance Com
pany offered again this year the
Blanket Scholastic Accident Insur
ance for School Children and the
Teachers. The price of the policy
for the second year in former years
has been one dollar. Due to the
fact that the fee is due in Decem
ber, which is inconvenient to some,
this year the fee will be sixty-five
cents and the length of the policy
will be shortened so the premium
will be due next September.
The benefits of this policy are as
follows: All fees of legally quali
fied physicians, surgeons, and pro
fessional nurses, ambulance fees,
and hospital bills, not to exceed
$1,000, will be paid for each acci
dent. Expenses for dental care, in
cases where dental treatment is re
quired, not to exceed $100.00, will
be paid for each accident. The pol
icy provides for a payment of $1,000
for loss of life; $7,500 for loss of
both hands or both feet; $7,500 for
loss of one eye and one hand or
one foot; $2,000 for loss of sight of
both eyes or one hand or one foot,
and $1,000 for loss of one eye.
This policy is effective one hour
prior to the intake of school and
one hour after adjournment. Ap
proximately one-third of the stu
dents have subscribed to date. ;
The quiet serenity of the ages is reflected in the above scene, and the supreme gift: of
God to mankind is typified by Mary and the Christ Child. The star in the background
seems to represent the hope of man on this Christmas, 1951.
Greensboro Senior High
Band Presents Concert
The Greensboro Senior High
Band presented it Fall Concert on
Friday, December 14, 1951, at 8:00
p.m. The band was led by Herbert
Hazelman, Director, and David Ar-
ner and George Toenas, Assistant
Directors.
The first selection on the pro
gram was the “Slow March from
Scipio,” by Handel-Leidzen. This
march from one of Handel’s lesser-
known operas was originally writ
ten for wind instruments and has
been re-arranged by the contempo
rary arranger, Eric Lidzen. Next
the band played the “Egmont Over
ture,” by Ludwig van Beethoven.
This popular oerture has long been
a standard orchestra number and
has been arranged for band by N.
Clifford Page. Following this, the
group rendered the “Military Sym
phony in F,” by Francois Joseph
Gossec. The three movements of
this symphony, Allegro Maestoso,
Larghetto, and Allegro, are played
without pause. The dignity of the
first movement contrasts with the
cantabile-like second and energetic
third. Mary Lee Wells next starred
in “A Trumpeter’s Lullaby,” by
Leroy Andeson. Also by Mr. An
derson is “A Christmas Festival,”
which the band next played. Just
before intermission came “‘The
Silken Ladder.” Of all the over-,
tures of Gioachino Rosini this one
has the best features.
The second half of the program
opened with a stirring march, “Old
Comrades,” by C. E. Teike. In the
next number, the exotic color of
nineteenth century Spain had been
artfully woven into a musical ap-
estry, “Espana Rhapsodic,” by the
French composer, Emanuel Cha-
brier. Following this came “River
Jordan,” a fantasy on Negro spiri
tuals, by Maurice Whitney. The
band concluded with the currently
popular “The King and I,” by Rich
ard Rodgers.
Immediately following the con
cert a Christmas reception was
held at the Girls Gym for all band
members and their dates.
NROTG Examination
Administered Here
On Saturday, December 8, from
9:00 o’clock unti 12:30, the Naval
Reserve Officers Training Corps
exam was given at Senior High
School. This was the first entrance
exam for membership in the N.R.O.
T.C. If the applicant passes the
first exam he must take a physical
examination at Raleigh, N. C., after
which he will be given a final exam
ination.
You may be wondering what the
applicant gets for all this worry
and “brain strain.” The benefit of
the N.R.O.T.C. is that with the
promise of serving two years in the
Navy after graduating from College
he is given a scolarship to the Col
lege of his choice plus a salary.
The boys who took the entrance
exam Saturday are as follows: Bain
Alexander, Toby Brockman, Bobby
Clark, Benny F. Craven, Grey Eger-
ton, Doug Hall, Bob Laughon, and
Jere Woltz.
Strike Controversy
Reaches Settlement
The controversay between the
school bus drivers, their assistants,
and school officials was ended on
Tuesday, December 4, when the
threatened bus strike was definitely
canceled. The dispute arose from
a discoverey that the six city-owned
buses were not covered by liability
insurance.
Several meetings occurred be
tween the drivers and school, of
ficials prior to the designation of
December 5 as a day for action.
On Monday evening, December 3,
a meeting of the school board was
convened to discuss the threatened
strike and the possibility of sub
scribing to insurance. At this tinie,
the school officials voted to carry
the requested insurance. Follow
ing this business session, Senior
High School Bus Supervisor, J. L.
Seawell, announced the outcome of
the board meeting to the bus
drivers and their assistants. This
announcement prompted the stu
dents to call off the strike.
This insurance will cover the cost
of a recent accident which occurred
when a city-owned school bus col
lided with a privately-owned car.
Paul Henkle, a junior at Greens
boro Senior High School, was the
driver of the school bus.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to the senior
class on their fine portrayal of
the Christmas Story in today’s
assembly. Mr. Long and Mrs.
Hicks are to be congratulated
on their fine direction of the
drama.
The senior class presented the
traditional Christmas program for
the student body today, December
19. Assisted by the choir and or
chestra, the class of '52 gave the
Christmas pageant told in story and
song.
The program opened as the audi
ence sang “Adeste Fidelis,” accom
panied by the organist. Bob Stigall.
An organ solo followed entitled:
“Old Dutch Lullaby,” by Dickinson.
Written by Mrs. Frances B. Hicks
and Mrs. Clifford L. Long, the pag
eant was divided into eleven scenes.
Bain Alexander was the narrator
throughout the presentation. De
Armon Hunter appeared in the
opening scene as the prophet who
fortold the birth of the Christ-
Child.
Mary, portrayed by Mary Wisse
man, appeared in the second scene,
with the Annunciation Angel rep
resented by Norma Veney.
Bethlehem, the city of David, was
shown in the following scene. “Jesu
Bambino,” by Yon, was played as an
organ solo during this scene.
In the following scene Bill Whed-
bee portrayed the innkeeper of
Bethlehem. Mary Wisseman and
Jimmy Betts appeared as the weary
travelers, Mary and Joseph.
The manger scene followed with
Mary, Joseph, and the Christ Child.
Scene six showed the Holy Family
and the rejoicing angels.
Shepherds abiding in the fields
were shown in scene seven with
Larry Barber, David Wall, Edwin
Pearce, John Stuart, Bob Showfety,
Bob Laughon, and Ralph Rierson
as the flock-keepers. Appearing as
the multitude of heavenly hosts
were Joyce Strother, Beverly Hall,
Carol Stroud, Mary Alice Mitchell,
Rita Schneider, Do.ttie Dillard,
Nancy Haithcock, Aylette Craw
ford, Janet Brooks, Mary Lee Wells,
Beverly Campbell, Jackie Scott,
Betty Ruth Clemmons, and Mary
Ellen Rierson. Barbara Billyings-
ly, Sandra Tilley, and Mary Jane
Kellett were costumed as little an
gels.
Scene eight depicted the gather
ing of the worshipping shepherds
at the Bethlehem stable, surround
ed by angels.
The wise men were represented
in scene nine by Moody Burt, John
Buchanan, and Oakley Frost. Bob
Stigall at the organ played “Star
of the East,” as background music.
Members of the court of Herod
the King appeared in scene ten.
Mike Floyd took the part of the
ruler. Soldiers were portrayed by
Bobby Clark and Tommy Fesper-
man. Charles Baken took the part
of the scribe.
In the final scene the wise men,
with their gifts of gold, frankin
cense, and myrrh, joined the Holy
Family, the shepherds, and the
angels in Bethlehem. During this
scene Donald Cuthbertson, Jack
Morris, and Joe Brown were solo
ists.
The program closed as the audi
ence sang “Joy to the World.”
Miss Eula M. Tuttle directed the
choir during the presentation; J.
Kimball Harrirnan conducted the
orchestra. Accompanist for this
group was Joan Osborne. Costumes,
sets, and properties were arranged
by members of the senior class and
faculty advisers.
Junior Red Cross
Visits ^Home^
On Monday, December 17, the
members of the Junior Red Cross
visited the County Home. They en
tertained the old people by sing
ing Christmas carols and then dis-
tributeing candy. The members of
Miss Causey’s speech class told
some original Christmas stories.
The new members of the Junior
Red Cross of Senior High school
are: Carole Greenberg, Joanne Os
borne, Betsy Walker, Nancy Schlag,
and Virginia Williams.