■ i HIGH LIFE From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry VOLUME xxvni SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MARCH 28, 1952 NUMBER 12 Pictured above are the three candidates for presidency of the student body. They are left to right: Bill Greene, Tot Wagner, and G. W. Ferguson. Ferguson was eliminated at the convention on Tuesday. Wagner and Greene Face Voters Today; Carlson, Redhead Vie for Veep Position Students Are Given Scholarship Exams Five students from the local Torchlight chapter of the National Honor Society gathered Tuesday morning March 18, 1952 to take a General Aptitude Test which if passed with high enough grades would yield most helpful scholar ships. Eligibility rules require that the candidates be members of an ac tive and authorized chapter of the National Honor Society, and those members who will graduate and be admitted to some accredited college between September 1, 1951, and September 1, 1952. Those students of- the local chap ter and who were chosen by their fellow members to represent Greensboro High School were: Bain Alexander, DeArmon Hunter, Richard Ledbetter, Ann Wrenn, and Steve Leonard. If a scholarship is won by one or more of the candidates he or she may use the award for any fees that the college requires with the same classification as scholar ship winners, such as tuition, lab f®es, gymnasium, etc. In addition to the fifty-five moneyed scholar ships there is one travel scholar ship to Brazil, expenses paid. The trip will last for several weeks during the summer of 1952. A scholarship Board of five nationally known school adminis trators for the National Associa tion of Secondary-School Princi pals and the National Honor Society will administer the scholarships. The fund is largely provided by the L. G. Balfour Company of Attleboro, Massa chusetts and the Josten Company of Owatonna, Minnesota as a pu bic service. The winners will be announced around May 15, 1952. Favor is Replaced As Art Instructor Miss Martyvonne Dehoney has ^‘ecently filled Mrs. Favor’s place 3s art teacher here at Senior. Miss Dehoney, who hails from Mont- Clair, New Jersey, was graduated trom Woman’s College. She was ^e first to receive the Master of Fine Arts Degree from W. C., as It IS a recently new degree there. Miss Dehoney taught design to jion-art majors at Woman’s Col- [ege during 1951 and 1952. During this time she was also assisting 3t the Burlington Mills Corpora tion here in Greensboro as designer tor displays and posters. ohe then went to New York 'vnere she was manager of the re tail sales outlet for Esther Gentle Reproductions. Here she' was not hU'ectly connected with art, how ever. Annual High School Triangular Debates To Be Held April 1 On April 1, 1952, the annual triangler debate contest between High Point, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro will be given. The competition will be held on neu tral grounds. The topic for the debate is as follows: RESOLVED: Every citi zen of the U. S. should be sub ject to conscription for essential service in time of war. Greensboro’s negative team will go to Winston-Salem to debate High Point’s affirmative team. Our affirmative team will then go to debate the negative team from Winston-Salem’s R. J. Reynold’s High School at High Point’s affirmative team here. The winners of the triangler debate will go to Woman’s Col lege next month for district elimi nation. State finals will be held in Chapel Hill, N. C. The debaters to represent Greensboro are as follows: De Armon Hunter and Ann Falk on the negative team, and Dave Wright and Barbara Massey on the affirmative team. Alternates will be Kitten Bar ringer and John Black. The debaters are being advised by Miss Mozelle Causey, dramatics teacher here at Senior. Three of the four debaters are new this year. Dave Wright is now in his second year debating. The contests are sponsored by the North Carolina High School debating unit. Annual High School Day To Be Observed April 19 The ninth annual North Caro lina High School Day will be held at Chapel Hill on Saturday, April 19 1952. The members of the Senior Class and their parents and the faculty are invited. Other students and their parents will be welcomed. An interesting program has been planned for this occasion. Guided tours have been planned for the visitors. These tours will be through the different depart ments, buildings, dormitories and campus of the University. Exhibits are being planned by the depart- mints along with special shows to be given in the Morehead Planetarium. , , . Coach Snavely, the head coach at the University, has arranged a regular football game in which the team will be divided into two sections as opponents. The visitors will be guests of the University for the game that will be held in the stadium. The entire student body awaits the official announcement of the results of the final election for school and class officers of 1952- 53. Today eligible students cast their votes for candidates nomi nated and elected at the conven tion on Tuesday, March 25. De Armon Hunter, chairman of the elections committee, presided over the convention with Miss Causey as parliamentarian. The names of Bill Greene and Tot Wagoner were placed on the ballot as candidates for the presi dency of the school; G. W. Fergu son was eliminated from the presidential race. A majority of votes were cast for Ann Carlson and Virginia Ann Redhead as candidates or the vice-presidency of GHS, thus eliminating Gretchen Kelly as a nominee. Betty Bell and Henrietta Reed were selected as candidates for secretary, defeating Dawn Barbour. Jim Armstrong and Joyce Lee were automatically named candi dates for the presidency of the rising senior class. Barbara Sides and Alice White were placed on the ballots as candidates for the office of vice-president of their class. John Sauvajot was unop posed for the office of senior class treasurer. Delegates from each homeroom cast a majority of votes for Iris Starr and Fran Hosley as candidates for the position of secretary; Martha Jordan was de feated at the convention. The following candidates for office of student council repi^e- sentative were selected at the convention: Mary Henri Arthur, Dickie Chalk, Patsy Eways, Bar bara Farley, Margot Hammond, David Heinzmann, Joe LeBauer. Tommy Pearce, Arthur Scott, and Chris Velonis. From this group six representatives will be chosen. Sandra Dyer, Barbara Still, and Henry Thomas were eliminated as nominees. . Nominations for rising junior class officers followed. Barbara Massey and Michael Temko were placed on the ballot as candidates for the presidency. Delegates cast votes for Stuart Colson and Frances Stafford as candidates for the position of vice-president, thus omitting the names of Fritz Apple and George Cox from the ballot. The delegates from sophomore homerooms cast a majority of votes for Lillian Holland and Mary Leonard as nominees for secretary of their class; Jean Bate man was removed from the ballot Jimmy Griggs and Lucinda Hol- derness appeared on the ballot as candidates for the office of treas urer, excluding Benton Ham from the race. The following representatives for the rising junior class were selected from a list of 45 nomi nees: Kitten Barringer, Gloria Gilmore, Don Patterson, Becky Schweistris, Francis Strother, Pat (Continued on Page Five) Six-Weeks* Report Reveals 264 Attain Honor Status Mrs. Blanche Smith has released the names of the people making honor roll the fourth six weeks period. There were sixty four people making the special honor roll. From the Senior Class twenty nine people made special, and there were twenty people making it from the Junior Class and fifteen from the Sophomore Class. Two hundred forty five students made regular honor roll for this grading period. Making regular honor roll from the Senior Class were eighty eight, from the Junior Class sixty six, and from the Sophomore Class ninety one. The students making the honor roll are as follows: SPECIAL HONOR ROLL Seniors Room 8—Cynthia Baker, Bar bara Beavers Room 27—Janet Brooks, Larry Bumgarner, John Butt Room 200—Betty Jane Davis, Franklin Davis, Patsy Eanes Seniors' Production Wins Drama Contest The One Act Plays were pre sented by the Playmasters of Greensboro Senior High School on March 20, 1952. The faculty di rector was Miss Mozelle Causey and the student managers were Barbara Jackson and Tommy Pearce. The winning play, “Highness” by Ruth Giorloff, was presented by the Senior Class. The setting was an office in the Kremlin in Moscow, and the cast of charac ters was as follows: Gregory Stroganov, a Russian soldier, Dave Wright; Anna Boradin, a scrub woman, Norma Veney; Paul Orlov, a secretary, DeArmon Hunter; Masha Petrovna, a prisoner, Tess Russell. Evelyn Greenberg and Doris Irving were the student di rectors. The Junior Class play, “Two Crooks And A Lady,” was by Eugene Pillot. The scene was the library in the old Fifth Avenue mansion of Mr. Simms-Vane in New York. The characters were as follows: Miller, The Hawk, Billy Hiatt; Lucille, his accomplice, Jill Loman; Mrs. Simms-Vane, Ann Falk; Miss Jones, her companion, Ann Hobbs; Police Inspector, John Black. Nan Ahalt and Jennie Lou Wyrick were the student directors. “Finders Keepers” by George Kelly, was the Sophomore Class’ contribution. The setting was the living room of Mr. Aldrid’s home, located in the suburbs of Phila delphia. The characters were as follows: Eugene Aldrid, Forbes Ramsey; Mrs. Aldrid, his wife, Barbara Massey; Mrs. Hampton, a neighbor, Frankie Ledbetter. Kit ten Barringer and Cynthia Bivins were the student directors. Miss Sally Schumann, a practice teacher from Greensboro College was the assistant director. The following students were on the technical staff: tickets, Mar garet Moore; publicity, Julia Blanchard, Barbara Jackson, Tom my Pearce; make-up, Gloria Hayes, Nancy Pugh; lights, Phal Hodgin and stage crew; property, student directors; programs, Barbara Jack- son, Tommy Pearce; marshals, Kay Bobbitt, Doris Richmond, Frances Strickland, Pat Bobbitt. Following the plays came the judges decision and the awarding of the Dramatics cup to the win ning play. Asheville Scene of Teachers Convention Asheville, North Carolina is the scene of the State Teacher’s Con vention this year. The delegates from Greensboro High School who are attending this convention are: Miss Nicholson, Miss Causey, Miss Howell, Miss Browne, Mr. John son, and Mr. Luttrell. At this gathering teachers from all over the state assemble in the Ashe ville auditorium where they at tend general assemblies and special group meetings. The con vention began Thursday, March 27, and will continue through tomorrow morning. Also attend ing the meeting are some future teachers from various North Caro lina colleges. Room 4—Margie Golman, Shay Harris, Pat Harvey, Greta Helms Room 106—Doris Joseph, Mary K. Kirkman Room 25—Richard Ledbetter, Steve Leonard Room 301—Kenan Neese Room 206—Becky Phipps Room 317 — Carolyn Smith, Emily Sowerby Room 309—Carol Stroud, John Stuart, Bobbie Stubblefield, Doris Thompson, Betty Talley Room 10—Mary Lee Wells, Bill Whedbee, Dave Wright, Valerie Yow Juniors Room 311—Ann Carlson, Magda lene Crutchfield Room 102—Lois Duncan, Patsy Eways, Barbara Farley Room 6—Pat Gregg, Hugh Ger- ringer Room 315—David Heinzman, Ann Hunter, Rachel Ingold Room 305—Martha Jordan, Bob Lavietes Room 12—Martha Moore Room 23—Sylvia Phillips, Vir ginia Redhead Room 304—Barbara Shields, Rachel Shores Room 302—Barbara Stanford, DeLaine Turner Room 22—Kate Wharton Sophomores Room 24—Kitten Barringer Room 307—Betty Colmer Room 14—Bob Gamble Room 100—Claire Hilgedick, Mary Anne Hill Room 204—JoLen Jamerson, Martha Jester, Mary Ellen Kaelin Room 3—Jean Robbins, Bar bara Sharpe, Nancy Shelton Room 303—Helen Smith, Fran ces Stafford Room 201—Henry Turner Room 15—Rose Wharton REGULAR HONOR ROLL Seniors Room 8—Bain Alexander, Law rence Beall, Nancy Beeson, Jim Betts, Mary Blundell, Katherine Bobbitt, Bill Bost Room 27—Jesse Brown, Moody Burt, Bobby Clark, Kathryn Clegg, Pat Coble Room 200—Lois Cox, Janet Davis, Grey Egerton, Pete Flowers, Janet -Frederick, Opal Frye, Eve lyn Fuller, Ann Fuquay, Betty Lou Cresdy Room 4—Evelyn Greenberg, Jennie Lee Griffith, Nancy Haith- cock, Beverly Hall, Don Haskens, Sara Ann Hickerson, Christine Hill, Shirley Henshaw, Esther Hodgen, Rachel Hall Room 106—Cecil Holmes, Fran ces Holt, DeArmon Hunter, Col leen Hurley, Barbara Jackson, Ann Kearney, Regina Kearney, Dorothy King, Mose Kiser, Betty Jean Langston, Hilda Langley Room 25—M ary Katherine Latta, Lane McGregor, Catherine McLean, Jaynelle Martin, Shirley Mather, Jean Maulden, Sylvia Mayer, Irene Matthews Room 301—Meropi Meletiou, Bobbie Mills, Mary Alice Mitchell, Margaret Moore, Mary Jane Mor- ing, Lucille Obston, Elbert Parrish, Sara Perkins, Edith Perryman Room 206—Doris Ann Phillips, Barbara Pickard, Peggy Pickard, Ralph Rierson, Freddie Rouse, Cleta Mae Routh Room 317—Tess Russell, Bar bara Showfety, Virginia Sink, Ann Smith, JoAnne Smith, Nancy Stafford, Ronnie Stanley Room 309—Pat Stevens, Dot Stephenson, Gene Stout, Peggy Stubblefield, Mary Lee Teasley, Dorothy Thomas Room 10—Norma Veney, Naomi Wade, Evelyn Wall, Rose Marie Waynick, Betty J. Welborn, Caro lyn Welch, Mary Weisseman, Ann Wrenn, Rene Zapata, Evelyn D. Wall Juniors Room 313—Mary Henri Arthur, Bess Bach, Johnny Black, Tricia Booth Room 311—Betty Cox Room 102—Pattie Davis, Larry Emerson, Charlotte Evans, Joan Edwards, Ann Falk, Ken Fergu son Room 6—Gardner Floey, Ann Fullton, Lora Ann Gregory, Shir ley Guthrie, Margot Hammond, Mary Hargrove, Jim Harrington Room 315—Carolyn Hendrix, Billy Hiatt, Ann Hobbs, Bobbie Holler, Bebe Hudson Room 305—Ruth Jones, David Kersey, Joe Le Bauer, Geraldine Ledbetter, Joyce Lee, Shirley Jo- hanneson Room 12—Evelyn McCanless, Gail McGutcheon, Shirley Mc Intyre, Fred Marshall, Betty E. (Continued on Page Three)