A Team
We’ve Got
HIGH LIFE
But....
A Gym
We’ve Not
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
volume XXVIII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO. N. C., FEBRUARY 22, 1952
NUMBER 10
Members of the Senior High School May Day committee are pic
tured above. They are, left to right, Bobby Clark, president of the
student council; Ann Carlson, Junior council representative; Ben
Nita Black, secretary of the student council; Beverly Campbell,
chairman of the May Day committee. Back row: Bill Greene, presi
dent of the Junior class; Bob Jackson, president of the Sophomore
class; Bob Bell, Junior class representative; and DeArmon Hunter,
president of fhe Senior class.
Student Council Wor\s
Require Varied Talents
What important event is eagerly
anticipated by all incoming sopho
mores? What annual spring affair
is greeted enthusiastically by all
G. H. S. students? What vital school
organization is run solely by the
students themselves? Why, the
Student Council and its exciting
elections, of course! The most col
orful student activity during the
school year is the thrilling conven
tion with waving banners, blaring
brass bands, earnest speeches, and
humorous campaign surprises. All
ambitious sophomores hopefully
await the campaign results after
running in the sophomore election
held very shortly after they begin
their high school careers. The
Greensboro High School Student
Council, composed of less than 30
members, is sueh an important or
ganization here at our school that
it affects every individual student.
Why? Because it embodies the very
principal that our constitution is
founded on. That vital factor is
representative government. Anoth
er very outstanding feature of our
student council is that it gives high
school age boys and girls a chance
to actually participate in conven
tions, primaries, voting, and serv
ing as a representative of their
fellow students.
The members of the student
council include president of the
student body, vice-president, sec
retary, treasurer, squad chief, class
presidents, and one representative
for every 75 students from each
class. There is also one faculty ad
visor who attends each meeting
who is selected b y the student
council members. The council
members are elected for the term
of one year.
Weekly Meetings
The students meet every Tues
day at 7th period. The members
arrange their schedules so that they
have 7th period study and will not
miss a class. The council has var
ious committees that are assigned
their respective duties. The com
mittees for this year are the May
Day, Clean-Up, Welfare, Scholar
ship, Social Standards’ Day, and
the Election committee. Every
member of the council is included
in one committee. The upperclass
men are the committee chairmen
in most cases. The committee
I chairman presents a report of the
I Week’s progress at each meeting.
At present the May Day commit
tee is busily preparing for the an
nual spring affair. This commit
tee is headed by Beverly Canip-
bell who is assisted by Miss
Nicholson of the faculty.
The student council sponsors
h^any other beloved annual affairs
such as the mid-term square dance,
Christmas Dance, Social Standards
Day, and the Spring Prom. The
proceeds from the square dance
plus an allotment from the P.T.A.
are used to fill up the treasury.
I Such expenses as acting as host
to the student council convention
last fall are constantly making de
mands on the treasury. The stud
ent council congress was the big
gest project that the council has
undertaken this year. This was the
first time that Greensboro had
acted as host to the congress. Miss
McNairy and council members
agree that it was a big success.
Students Informed
The student body is kept con
stantly informed of the council’s
activities. One chapel program
every semester is presented by the
council. This consists of, besides
the installation of currently elect
ed officers, various committee re
ports. Each week a council report
is prepared by the secretary to be
taken to the homerooms by the
council members. It is at this time
that students are given the oppor
tunity to express their opinions to
the council members on a condi
tion that ^ey believe needs cor
rection and other matters that the
student wishes to be discussed in
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Students Hear Four
Speakers Accentuate
World Brotherhood
Assemby for Tuesday, February
19 was highlighted by a panel of
men representing different faiths
and belonging to the National Con
ference of Christians and Jews who
discussed the place of brotherhood
in our present day world.
The Boys Glee Club, under the
direction of Miss Eula Tuttle, began
the program by singing “America
the Beautiful,” immediately after
Lane McGregor called the assembly
to order. Larry Russell was soloist
on one verse of the song.
Aims Listed
Lane introduced the first speak
er, Mr. Harry S. Jones. Mr. Jones
commented upon the purposes of
Brotherhood Week and the aims of
the N. C. C. J. Mr. Jones in turn
introduced the Catholic representa
tive of the group, Mr. John M. Hen-
nessy of Louisville, Kentucky.
Mr. Hennessy began his discer-
tation by commenting upon the
“beauties” of North Carolina. He
stated that kindness was the legal
tender with which we purchase our
way to Heaven. He declared that
the Conference was not out to evan
gelize, but that it had as its purpose
was to show that we all can live
harmoniously under the same flag.
Adivce Given
The next speaker was Mr.
Maurice Weinstein, ah attorney and
representative of the Jewish faith.
Mr. Weinstein, commented that
America differed from other coun
tries in that the individual worth
instead of his birth was considered.
He added that the right to worship
as one pleased was guaranteed here
in the U. S. A. Weinstein had this
bit of advice to the students: that
one should not judge a group by
one of its members, but that one
should consider the individual char
acter of the person and his worth.
The last speaker was Dr. Loyejoy,
representing the Protestant faith.
By means of several humorous ex
amples Dr. Lovejoy got this point
across: we tend to form opinions
without the necessary facts. Love-
joy warned the students against
being the person who shudders at
the strange because he doesn’t
know it.
After Lovejoy’s speech Mr. Routh
concluded the program by making
various announcements.
High School Musicians
Attend Music Festival
The North Carolina All-State
High School Orchestra held its an
nual clinic in the new Music and
Arts Building on the camp'us of
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege in Boone on Friday, and Sat
urday, February 15 and 16.
Mr. Paul Painter, director of the
Music Extension of the University
of Illinois and a nationally recog-
Anne Wrenn has recently been
elected by the student body to
reign as Queen over the May Day
festivities in early May. She will
be crowned by Bobby Clark, presi
dent of the student body. Story and
pictures of other attendants will be
found on page seven.
nized musical figure, served a s
conductor of the group. The or
chestra consisted of 105 students
from 13 high schools throughout
the state.
The students registered for the
clinic at 9:00 A.M. on Friday, and,
after attending rehearsals through
out the day Friday and Saturday,
presented their concert at 7:30
P.M. on Saturday. Included in the
program were the London Sym
phony of Haydn; the Overture to
Titus, Mozart; Adoration, Borow-
sky; Chop Sticks, arranged by Ev
ans; Dance of the Rose Maidens,
from the Gayne Ballet, Khacha
turian; and the Enchanted Castle,
by Hadley.
Twenty-seven students from Sen
ior High Schools were selected for
the All-State Orchestra. They left
by bus from Senior High School
at 6:00 A.M. Friday. Mr. J. Kim
ball Harriman, supervisor of or
chestras for the city schools, and
Miss Susan Deyton, member of the
instrumental music faculty of the
city schools, accompanied the high
school orchestra players. They al
so acted as viola section leaders
at the clinic.
The North Carolina Chapter of
the American String Teachers As
sociation met in conjunction with
the clinic. The time set for this
meeting was 1:30 P.M. on Satur
day, February 16. Mr. George Dick-
ieson, member of the Woman’s
College music faculty, was the pre
siding officer. Mr. Painter, clinic
leader for the All-State Orchestra,
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Robert B. House To Speak
New Members Received
By Quill and Scroll
Quill and Scroll, International
Honor Society for high school
journalists, will feature Chancelor
Robert B. House of the University
of North Carolina in the March 4
Assembly.
Chancelor House is reputed to
be a most entertaining as well as
educational speaker, and the group
is highly honored to be able to pre
sent him at this time. Chancelor
House was at one time a teacher
here at Senior High School; and
at present, he is dean of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Cha
pel Hill. He is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, national schoolastic
honor society, and the Tau Kappa
Alpha fraternity. He is the author
of “Miss Sue and the Sheriff,” as
well as the editor of the Public
Letters and Papers of Governor
Thomas W. Beckett. Mr. House, a
resident of Chapel Hill, was feat
ured in “Who’s Who in America”
and “Who’s Who in North Caro
lina.”
The program will conclude with
the awarding of pins to new mem
bers of the O. Henry chapter of
Quill and Scroll. This is strictly an
honor group and being taken into
the society is the recognition given
students for outstanding work in
journalism. Members receiving pins
are: John Butt, Betty Jane Davis,
Dottie Dillard, Patsy Eways, Janet
Frederick, Ann Fullton, Pat Gregg,
Shay Harris, Mose Kiser, Jr., Dick
Ledbetter, Martha Moore, Lois
Pond, Carole Stroud, Joyce Stroth
er, Mary Lee Wells, and Bill Whed-
bee.
Teacher Convalesces
After Major Operalion
Mrs. Grace Faver, head of the
Art Department at Senior High
School, is at Wesley Long Hospital
recuperating from a major opera
tion undergone on Monday, Feb
ruary 11.
Mrs. Faver, who is especially
skilled in crafts, has also done a
great deal of work in oil painting
as well as in other media. She re
ceived her degree from Columbia
University and also attended Texas
State Teachers College. She has
been teaching art at Senior High
for five years and in addition to
teaching in North Carolina, she
has taught in 'Texas and Georgia.
Since living in Greensboro, Mrs.
Faver resided at the home of Mrs.
W. C. Ashworth at 116 S. Spring
Street.
After about two weeks in the
hospital, Mrs. Faver plans to go
with her sister to California where
she will remain during the spring
months.
Miss Dacia Lewis, the art teacher
who was appointed to replace Mrs.
Faver,' resigned from her duties as
of February 15 to accept a position
as a civilian employee in the United
States Air Corps. Her duties in this
new field will take her to Guam.
The new substitute art teacher.
Miss Martivonne Dehoney, is a
graduate of Woman’s College. She
began teaching yesterday.
Corrections
In the February 8th issue
there were two mistakes which
High Life would like to cor
rect. One of the mistakes was
in the article about the male
instructors dining at Guilford
Clubhouse. The Master of Cere
monies was not Reverend Fol-
ger as stated, but the Hon
orable Mayor Mr. Robert Fraz
ier.
Another error which High
Life would like to correct is in
the article about the resigna
tion of Mrs. Martha Ellington.
The new secretary is not Miss
Joan Hansen, but Mrs. Joan
Hanson.
Chancellor Robert B. House
P.T.A. Meeting Held
In Senior Auditorium
On Thursday, February 21, 1952,
a P.T.A. meeting was held at
Greensboro Senior High School in
the auditorium at 8:00 P.M. Many
of the parents of students enrolled
in Senior High attended the meet
ing.
The program began with a short
business meeting. Mr. Herman
Davis, President of the Parent
Teachers Association, presided.
After the business meeting, an
address was given by Dr. Franklin
H. McNutt, professor at Woman’s
College of the University of North
Carolina.
Following the address, a “Go to
school program” was given in
which the parents went to school
in the place of the students. After
getting the schedule of their own
son or daughter, the parents went
to the specified classes for ten min
utes.
This P.T.A. meeting was espec
ially beneficial for the parents in
that it enabled them to become
beter acquainted with their child’s
new schedule and it also helped
them to become acquainted with
the teachers.
Robert Wagner Wins
Council Election
The newly installed officers of
Greensboro’s Youth Center are:
Robert Wagner, Presidentr* Ann
Carlson, Vice-President; Ben Nita
Black, Secretary; and George Ferg
uson, Treasurer.
The new Council Representatives
are as follows: Bob Bell, Arthur
Scott, Suzanne Chamblee, Betty
Bell, Joe Lee Bauer, Buster Jen
kins, and Virginia Anne Redhead.
The following chairmen and their
committees have been appointed
to carry out the
necessary duties
of the organiza
tion. House and
Maintenance—Ar
thur Scott and
Bob Bell; Mem
bership and Fi
nance—G. W. Fer
guson; Publicity—
Ben Nita Black
'• % and Virginia Anne
Redhead; Public
Relations — Joe
Tot Wagner LeBauer and Bus
ter Jenkins: Snack
Bauer and Buster Jenkins; Snack
Bar—G. W. Ferguson; Program—
Ann Carlson and Betty Bell; Dis
cipline—Arthur Scott and Tot
Wagner; Elections—Bob Bell.
The Youth Council wishes to en
courage all members to use the
Youth Center after the basketball
games even though they are play
ed at Guilford College. Open house
is held after every game. Sherman
Williamson and his band will play
at the open house after the High
Point game.