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VOLUME XXVIH
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., JANUARY 18, 1952
NUMBER 8
Semester Exams To Begin Monday
Officers Discuss
Senior Projects
On January 8, 1952, the Senior
Class officers and Senior Class pres
idents held an hour session which
began at 3:30 p.m. Methods of rais
ing money for the Senior Class was
the main topic of discussion.
After DeArmon Hunter, the pres
ident of the Senior class, called the
meeting to order, he gave a report
of the money that the seniors now
have in their treasury. The amount
comes to about $212. Some of the
projects suggested to make money
were selling school class pins, sell
ing stationery, and pencils with
football and basketball schedules
on them.
The first method of selling school
class pins was voted to be the best
fund-raising method.
Publicity and poster committees
were chosen. Grey Egerton volun
teered as chairman of the publcity
committee. Doris Phillips and Jim
Betts were chosen as his assistants.
Bobby Gladwell was chosen to
make the posters for advertise
ments.
After much discussion the meet
ing adjourned.
Ten of the eleven senior home
rooms were represented at the
meeting.
(Continued, on Page Eight)
New Courses in Offing;
Curricula To Be Taughf
In Spring Semesfer
Several new courses will be added
to Greensboro Senior High's cur
ricula at the beginning of the sec
ond semester. Classes will be of
fered in the English and science de
partments.
Basic math is a new course being
offered next semester for sopho
mores who have failed their tenth
grade math. This course will give
them more background to begin
their sophomore math again.
Geography which will be taught
by Miss Blackmon is a new course
open to seniors. As most seniors
have enough credits to graduate,
only people who are interested in
world geography will be taking
this course.
Sociology will be offered to any
sophomores who have begun a sub
ject and have had to drop it for
some reason. This course will en
able sophomores to make up a
credit that they have lost. This
course will be taught by Mr. Long
and Mr. Glenn.
Shakespeare will be offered to
seniors next semester and will be
taught during the first period by
Miss Mims.
Physical Science will be offered
to sophomores mainly who have
failed biology. It will be a general
course in science and will be
taught by Mr. Luttrell.
Another science course is nature
study offered to seniors. This course
involves field trips and will be
taught by Mrs. Blackburn.
Regisfrafion Schedule
Is Given fo Sfudenfs
Registration for the second se
mester begins at 10:30 a.m. on
Thursday, January 24. Honor Roll
students are supposed to occupy
this time for their registration. All
people who have made the honor
roll either of the six weeks or both
are classified as honor roll students.
Therefore, all of these persons are
eligible to register on the twenty-
fourth.
Seniors are due for registration
of their classes at 8:45 a.m., Fri
day, January 25. Juniors’ registra
tion time is ten o’clock on the
twenty-fifth. At 1 p.m. on the same
day, sophomores will register.
Absentees or tardies on cither
Thursday or Friday are supposed
to register on Saturday, January 26.
Future Teachers Club
Organized atG. H. S.
On January 5, 1952, a Future
Teachers of America club was or
ganized here at Senior High school.
This club is made up of students
at GHS that are planning to teach
school. As the paper goes to press,
they have not yet named the club,
although it probably will be named
after some famous educator.
On Tuesday, January 8, they met
to elect officers for the club. Shay
Harris was voted President, Valerie
Yow was voted Vice-President, and
Christine Hill was chosen as Secre
tary-Treasurer.
The members of the club are as
follows: Pat Coble, Beverly Camp
bell, Janet Davis, Janet Frederick,
Christine Hill, Shay Harris, Mimi
Homey, Mary C. Kirkman, Lane
McGregor, Sylvia Mayer, Mary
Jane Moring, Mary Alice Mitchell,
Kenan Neese, Eleanor Patterson,
Carol Stroud, Joyce Strother, Mar
tha Stokes, Bobbie Stubblefield,
Sandra Summers, Shirley Taylor,
Patty Vaughan, Valerie Yow, and
Anne Wrenn.
Many Students Apply
For Drivers Course
At Senior High, one of the most
popular extra-curricular courses is
the driving class. This course is
offered to those students 16 years
of age or older, but due to its
popularity, there are usually more
applicants than can be handled.
Therefore the Seniors are given
preference. The class consists of
six weeks of instruction and prac
tice driving and at the end of this
time the students are able to apply
for their license. The course is
taken during the students study
hall, before school, or after school.
The driving course for the third
six weeks began January 7. In the
class from 8 to 9 o’clock are Billie
Bell, Beverly Campbell, Martha
Pierce and Beverly Shoff; from 9
to 10 o’clock, Pat Andehson, Gloria
Hayes, Delores Maness and Naomi
Wade; from 10 to 11 o’clock. Nan
Ahalt, Norma Jean Barbee, Mar
jorie Edwards and Peggy Gibbs;
from 11 to 12 o’clock. Jonny Kirk-
man, Frank Hall, Phillip Robbins,
and Richard Taylor; from 1:30 to
2:30, Duncan Mitchell, Albert In
gram, Donald Mitchell, and Richard
Smith; from 2:30 to 3:30, Mary Jane
Lassister, Betty Talley, Patricia
Stevens, and Nancy Herndon; from
3:30 to 4:30, Dorothy Brisson, Mar
tha Jordan, Frances Jenkins, and
Jane Zager.
Several local firms and organiza
tions have made it possible for
Senior High school to have this
course. The Junior Chamber of
Commerce sponsors the course and
furnishes the Ford car in which the
students receive instruction and
do their practice driving. The Ki-
wanis Club of Greensboro donated
the scientific equipment which is
used to check the vision, percep
tion, and reaction of the students
to determine whether or not they
will be good drivers. The Insurance
Exchange provides the insurance on
the car. Mr. Dixon, a member of
the Greensboro police department
is the instructor.
BULLETIN
The Senior High School Li
brary will be closed for in
ventory January 19-27. All
books should have been re
turned by January 19. A fine
of twenty-five cents per day
will be charged for all over
due books. It is necessary that
all books be in their proper
positions on the shelf for a
complete and correct inventory.
This regular semester task is
carried out by the librarian
and her assistants. The library
will re-open on January 28.
Members of the yearbook staff are shown making last-minute prep
arations for the Whirligig which will come out in May. Staff mem
bers are engaged in writing captions, making the dummy, and writing
corresponding material for the class pictures. Miss Virginia Powell,
faculty adviser, is shown with Nancy Beeson, Carole Stroud, and
Tommy Pearce as they check off final items before the February 1
deadline.
Yearbook Publication Is
Set for Sometime in May
The student body will see the
finished product of the Whirligig
staff’s hard work in May near the
date set for Class Day. At the pres
ent time, the staff members are
busy with final preparations for the
annual.
Betty Jane Davis, editor, assisted
by Nancy Beeson, is supervising
the work of preparing a ‘TDummy,”
or a layout for the engraver’s con
venience indicating the exact po
sitions of all pictures, correspond
ing information, captions, and ad
vertisements. A Chicago engraving
concern, Jahn and Ollier Engravers,
has set February 1 as the deadline
for this “dummy” preparation. For
this work proofs of all pictures are
used.
Captions for pictures and all copy
is being written by copy writers,
Barbara Beavers, Carol Stroud,
Shay Harris, Janet Brooks, and
Janet Davis. Mose Kiser, business
manager, is assisted by Dottie Dil-
List of Scholarships
Given for Sfudenfs
Each year some colleges and uni
versities throughout the country
offer scholarships to high school
students. These scholarships are
given for scholastic achievements,
outstanding ability, leadership, good
test grades, specialization such as
music, football, basketball, and the
like.
The Colleges and Universities of
fering scholarships are as follows:
Goucher College, Greensboro Col
lege, University of Chicago, Uni
versity of Wisconsin, Columbia Uni
versity, Yale University, Swarth-
more College, Davidson College,
Salem College, Rensselaer Poly
technic Institute, Tufts College,
Mary Baldwin Colege, Stevens In
stitute of Technology, Randolph-
Macon Woman’s College, Monmouth
College, University of Pennsylvania,
Cornell University, Washington and
Lee University, Radcliffe College,
Sarah Lawrence College, and Har
vard University.
If any student would like infor
mation concerning the scholarships
listed above see Miss Browne in
Room 64 of the Vocational Build
ing. You should check with her
soon if you want any information,
because the expiration date is near
for many of the scholrships.
lard. All sports features are han
dled by Tommy Fesperman. Dave
Wright, art editor, has completed
his duties in that capacity.
Preparations are made by the
staff during the Chirstmas holidays
until December 21 and were con
tinued on December 28 through
December 31. In addition to the
make-up of the Whirligig, members
of the staff must make all collec
tions from advertisers before the
books are bought.
The cover design for the 1951-52
yearbook has been made by an art
ist ‘connected with the Lassiter
Press of Charlotte.
Total cost of the annual will be
between nine and ten thousand
dollars, an average of $9 per book.
The student fee of $4.50 will be
supplemented by advertisers and
fund-raising projects of the staff.
Money for pages in the annual de
voted to various school departments
also will be added to the funds.
Profits of Christmas candle sales
will aid in paying the bills.
When the last details of their
work is completed, the Whirligig
staff is planning to visit the Char
lotte printing concern.
Whirligig Staff Sells
104 Additional Copies
The Whirligig staff has just re
cently held a re-sale of the school
yearbook, Whirligig. The net sales
of this last drive amounted to 104
books, Wednesday, January 16,
making the grand total sold thus
far 985 books.
The Senior Class is currently
leading in the number of books pur
chased with a total of 296. The en
rollment of the Senior Class up to
Friday, January 11, was 364. Com
ing in a close second is the Sopho
more Class with a total of 275 books
purchased. The current enrollment
of the Sophomore Class is 576 stu
dents, making it the largest class
in school. The poor Juniors are a
mediocre third place with a total
of only 250 books sold to a class
numbering 389.
The teachers have bought 48 of
the annuals. The alumni are re
sponsible for the purchase of 12 of
the publications. The drive was
carried on by 40 student salesmen
who canvassed the homerooms. The
drive was only 14 sales short of its
1,000 goal Wednesday, January 16.
Sfudenfs May Exempf
(erfain Examinaflons
Examinations schedules for the
fall semester of the 1951-52 school
year have been posted in each class
room of Senior High school. All
examinations will be completed
during the school week of January
21 through January 24.
Sixth Period Exams
On Monday, January 21, sixth
period class examinations will be
gin at 1:45 p.m. and run through
3:15 p.m. The regular morning
schedule will be followed through
fourth period on that day.
Tuesday, January 22, from 8:45
a.m. until 10:15 a.m. is the date
for the first period examinations.
Beginning at 10:30 a.m. examina
tions for 11 second period classes
will be taken until 12 noon.
Students having scheduled third
period exams will report to their
appointed classrooms at 8:45 on
Wednesday, January 23. The classes
will be dismissed at 10:15 a.m. The
fourth or fififth period examina
tions will be given on Wednesday,
from 10:30 a.m. until 12 noon.
Final Exam Thursday
On the final day of the examina
tion schedule, students having sev
enth period classes will take their
tests from 8:45 a.m. until 10:45 a.m.
on Thursday, January 24.
Silver and gold star wearers, be
cause of their superior grades, are
eligible for exemption from one
or two examinations on the sched
ule. Exemption blanks were dis
tributed last week to all capable
students. These reports were used
to notify teachers of candidates of
exemption.
Students having study halls are
permitted to take a holiday and not
report to school on days scheduled
for examination during their par
ticular periods.
Exemptions Listed
Exemptions from examinations
cover almost all fields: French,
Spanish, Latin, English, Math, His
tory, Chemistry, Physics, and the
Commercial subjects.
Four Seniors who are gold star
wearers and take five majors are
exempted on two subjects. They
are Beverly Hall, Steve Leonard,
DeArmon Hunter, and Ronnie Stan
ley.
The Seniors who wear gold stars
and have four majors exempting
one subject are Emily Sowerby,
Margie Goldman, Shelia Harris,
Christine Hill, Carolyn Welch, Nor
ma Veney, David Wright, Mary Lee
Wells, Valerie Yow, Bobby Clark,
John Butt, Doris Joseph, Janet
Davis, Franklin Davis, Bobbie Stub
blefield, Carole Stroud, and Doris
Thompson.
The Senior silver star wearers
taking four majors also may exempt
one exam. They are Greta Helms,
Sara Ann Hickerson, Shirley Hen-
shaw, Barbara Beavers, Rose Way-
nick, Mary Wisseman, Janet Brooks,
Larry Bumgarner, Patsy Eanes, El
bert Parrish, Billy Talley, Carolyn
Smith, Joanne Smith, and Nancy
Stafford.
Juniors and Sophs Exempt
The Junior silver star wearers
entitled to one exam exemption
are David Hunzman,^ Joan Hester,
Anne Hunter, Hugh Gerringer, Pat
Greeg, 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 Sauvojot, Martha Jordan,
Joyce Lee, Mary Crutchfield, and
James Armstrong.
Altogether there were thirty-six
seniors who had exemptions and
twenty-two juniors.
The math department headed the
list with twenty-two exemptions,
while the English department came
second with nine.
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