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volume XXIX
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
Buy the
19S3 Annual
Junior Marshals
Nairied for Year
Each junior homeroom has
elected a boy and a girl to repre
sent their class as marshals, mak
ing a total of 24 selected for this
position. Their duties are to act
as ushers and to pass out programs,
as well as any work to be done
on the production involved.
They will alternate for choir
programs, plays, and other func
tions which will arise. All the mar
shals will serve at graduation,
class day ceremonies, and May
Day.
Marshals for this year are:
George Artope and Ann Alexan
der. 24; Johnny Carroll and
Barbara Brown, 202; Stewart Col
son and Marion Cornelius, 16;
Allen Fry and Gloria Gilmore
from 106; Jimmy Griggs and Mary
Ann Hill, 204; David Lambeth and
Anna Huffine, 300; Kelly Maness
and Barbara Massey, 1; Burt Oz-
ment and Nancy Parer, 306; Don
Patterson and Martha Sue Ray,
2; Burdett Shope and Betty Saw
yer, 3; Bob Strandburg and Lila
Ann Tice, 303; and Larry Welker
and Patty Wolfe, 7.
On Wednesday, October 1, Mrs.
Pierce, the faculty adviser, called
a meeting to elect the head mar
shal and assistant marshal. Don
Patterson and Kelly Maness were
selected for these posts. Their
jobs are to see that all requests
are fulfilled and that the neces
sary business is carried on.
Boys will wear dark blue suits
and the girls will appear in white,
ballerina-length evening dresses.
(See picture page 3.)
Cast of Fall Play
Given by Causey
On Ocober 29-30 the dramatics
classes, headed by Miss Causey,
will present a three-act comedy,
‘■January Thaw,” which centers
around a remodeled New England
home.
Casting of the play is as follows:
FRIEDA, Shirley Stockard; HER
BERT GAGE, Forbes Ramsey;
SARA GAGE, Ben Nita Black;
PAULA GAGE, Joan Prince;
MARGE GAGE, Barbara Massey;
BARBARA GAGE. Nan Ahalt;
GEORGE HUSTED, Tommy
Pearce; JONATHAN ROCKWOOD.
Dale Pearce; MATILDA ROCK-
WOOD, Jennie Lou Wyrick; MR.
LOOMIS, Michael Temko; UNCLE
WALTER, Johnny Mills; MATT
ROCKWOOD, Billy Hiatt; CAR-
SON, John Black; CONTABLE,
George Cox.
Those working behind the
scenes will be student directors,
Nancy Cook and Gretchen Kelly;
prompter, Ann Falk; costume di
rector, Doris Jean Richmond; pro
gram chairman, Kity Holt; busi
ness manager, Sherold Klein;
property chairmen, Sandra Dyer
and George Cox; poster chairmen,
Richard Smith and Fran Hosley;
ticket committee, Jill Loman, Ann
Dumaresq, and George Artope.
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO. N. C., OCTOBER 10, 1952
NUMBER 2
Student Council^ Faculty Develop Plans
For Social Standards Day, October 17
Pictured above are the students who are planning Social Standards Day. They are: seated, Jimmy Powell
and Mary Henrie Arthur; standing, Joyce Steele, Kay White, Bill Greene, Ben Nita Black, and Chris
Velonis. After not having had a Social Standards Day last year, these students are working hard to
make the one this year a booming success. It takes a lot of good ol’ hard work to make the proper plans,
which include the selecting of discussion topics and speakers, but they’re looking forward to it just as
much as the rest of us are.
Students Sign Pledges
To Finance High Life
Pledge cards were distribut-
^ to all students at Senior
High on Monday, September
29, giving them an opportunity
to subscribe to High Life for
one year. Students who sign
pledge cards promise to pay
one dollar for the full year.
Half of this amount is to be
paid at the end of the first
semester, and the remaining
portion at the end of the year.
The first issue of High Life
was given free to the student
body in order to introduce
High Life to the incoming
Sophomores and other new
comers. Only subscribers will
receive the second issue of
High Life. As of today, 1163
members of the student body
have subscribed.
Junior Classical League
Elects Colson As Head
Election of officers was the main
order of business at the first
meeting of the Junior Classical
League, September 25, held in Mrs.
Madlin’s room.
Of the twenty-one members the
following were chosen as the
leaders of the club: president,
Stewart Colson; vice-president,
Bob Harrington; secretary. Kitten
Barringer; and treasurer, P^ul
Hennen. Mrs. Mary Madlin will be
the adviser. The chief project of
the year will be the state J.C.L.
convention to be held here in the
spring. The club was originated
last year but has just recently
been organized.
Former Teachers
Make New Homes
Seven members of last year’s
faculty have left G.H.S., and they
are now scattered from New
Orleans to Oklahoma.
Mrs. Hicks, who taught English
here at Senior High and served
as advisor to the senior class, is
now making her home in Macon,
Georgia.
Having accepted a position in
the Methodist Church. Miss Har-
rill is residing in Charlotte. North
Carolina.
Mr. Charles Baker, former
physical education teacher and
assistant football coach at G.H.S.,
is in the Naval Reserve. He is now
stationed in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Reynolds Is teaching mathe
matics at Aycock Junior High
School of this city. Last year she
held classes in history.
Mr. Sam Underwood, who was
adviser of High Life and English
teacher, as well as Quill and
Scroll adviser, has resigned to
further his graduate study.
Mr. Jack Luttrell, chemistry
teacher at Senior High last year,
has been called into service.
After rendering service at
G. H. S. in the commercial de
partment, Mrs. Sills has retired
and is making her home in Greens
boro.
Vacancies of last year’s faculty
have been filled or supplemented
by twelve new instructors.
Sophomores Name Class Officers
After Casting Second Ballot
Bill Mauldin was named presi
dent of the sophomore class after
a run-off vote October 6. Other
officers of the class are as fol
lows: vice-president, Jimmy Jor
dan; secretary, Rita Boggs; treas
urer, Charles Woods.
From a list of 42 candidates for
the positions of representatives
the following students were elected:
R. B. Arthur, Margie Boren, Lynn
Boren, Julianna Clark, Bob Cowan,
Julie Redhead, Sue Simmons, and
Kay Wrenn.
Large numbers of candidates
necessitated a run-off election fol
lowing the primary vote October
3. Duncan Cater, David Dillard,
Sally Durham, Vivian Morgan, Rob
Pearce, and Gene Smith, candidates
for the presidency, were elimi
nated on Friday. Arthur Balde-
racchi and Bill Mauldin vied for
the office on Monday.
Nine for Veep
Lila Malone and Jimmy Jordan
defeated Barbara Callisher, Craig
Gibbsons, Shirley Hinson, Brokie
Lineweaver, Mary Louise Shaw,
Burwell Shore, and Betty Sink in
the vice-presidential primary.
From the ballot Rita Boggs and
Sandra Shepherd were chosen as
the top candidates for secretary.
Their opponents were Mary Alala,
-Helena Frost, Pat Leary, and
Paddy Sue Wall.
Three for Treasurer
After John Schultheis had been
eliminated from the race for
treasurer, Wanda Slade and
Charles Woods vied for the posi
tion.
From a group of 42 sophomores
who conducted campaigns for the
office of representatives, Sally Arm-
field, R. B. Arthur, Johnnie Bolick,
Margie Boren, Lynn Boren, Juli
anna Clark, Bob Cowan, Betsy
Duke, Ann Fry, Susan Hege, Gary
Hester, Jerry Lee, Julie Redhead.
Sue Simmons and Kay Wrenn re
ceived enough votes to be placed
on the final ballot.
Run for Representative
Their opponents on the first
ballot were as follows: Martha
Bright, Martha Ann Burnett, Dava
Cashwell, Clyde Caudle, Taylor
Doggett, Peggy Goodwin, Carol
Gregg, Cathy Gryder, Marsha
Kreiger, Janet Loops, Sue Mc-
Entire, Tommy Mclver, Bobbie
Meeks, Anne Pearce, Patricia Pe-
gram, Alan Pulfz, Joan Smith, Kay
Stewart, Keith Stewart, Jean Suth
erland, Herbert Taylor, Frances
Thompson, Nancy Turner, D. Ann
Welch, Tommy Wharton, Bette
Whitt, and Martha Wilkins.
These officers will serve with
the Junior and Senior members
of the council who were installed
after last year’s spring election:
President, Bill Greene; Vice Presi
dent, Ann Carlson; Secretary, Betty
Bell; Treasurer, Bob Jackson;
Traffic Chief, Jim Kellum; Senior
President, Jimmy Armstrong;
Junior President, Barbara Massey;
and Representatives, Cris Velonis,
Mary Henri Arthur, Bob Bell, Ar
thur Scott, Joe LeBaur, Ben Nita
Black, Frances Strother, Joyce
Steele, Jimmy Powell, Becky
Schweistris, Kitten Barringer,
Gloria Gilmore, and Kay White.
Literary Contests Open
To Senior High Students
Two literary contests are once
more open to Senior High students
interested in comparing their
creative genius to that of writers
from other schools throughout the
nation.
Entries to the fifteenth annual
high school poetry contest must
be submitted by December 5, and
November 5 is the closing date of
the essay contest. Winning poetry
and prose selections will be pub
lished in the Annual Anthology of
High School Poetry or the Annual
Anthology of High School Essays.
No charge is required for the
inclusion of talented offerings in
the anthologies. The purpose of the
contest is to give recognition to
students’ work as well as to afford
personal satisfaction and prestige
to the student who views his own
writing in print.
Senior High students in previous
years have won top places in the
contests. Those interested in again
producing fine artistic work in the
fields of poetry and essays may
contact their English teacher or
Miss Mims, head of the English
department, for more information.
Speakers Follow Theme
From Shakespeare Play
Plans for Social Standards Day,
the first to be held here in two
years, are now in progress. The
day set aside, according to the
present schedule, is Friday, Oc
tober 17,
Program Theme
Theme of the program is one
of the most famous quotations from
Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”
“This above all:
to thine own self,
be true and it must follow as the
night the day,
thou canst not then be false to any
man.”
Planning groups composed of
members of the student council
will be advised by faculty chair
men Mrs. Nellie Blackburn and
Miss Lucille Browne; student
chairmen are Mary Henri Arthur
and Jimmy Powell. Council and
faculty members acting as com
mittee heads are:
Art, Mr. Illman and Ben Nita
Black; Program, Miss Matthews
and Chris Velonis; Recreation, Mr.
Earey and Bill Greene; Flowers,
Miss Blackmon and Joyce Steele;
Social, Miss Hall and Mary Henri
Arthur; Luncheon, Miss York and
Kay White.
Consider Attitudes
Social Standards Day is one set
aside for the students to consider
their attitudes toward their fellow
men, the community, and the
church, according to Mrs. Black
burn, chairman of the advisory
committee. She also observed that
students should reflect their
standards of living and think of
new ways to live up to the high
ideals set by them and the found
ers of their country.
Noted and interesting speakers
have been secured for the various
discussion groups. The proposed
schedule for the day is as follows:
8:45-9:00 A. M. home room per
iod
9:00-10:00 A. M. first period class
Return to home rooms
10:10-11:10 keynote speaker in
auditorium
11:10-11:20 recess
11:20-12:00 group meetings and
discussions
12:00-1:30 picnic lunch on school
grounds; recreation
1:30-2:15 evaluation of discus
sions
2:20 pep~rally for Winston-Salem
game
Discussion Leaders
Discussion leaders include Mrs.
Carlton Jester, Mrs. Richardson
Preyer, Mr. Lacey Anderson, Mrs.
Randolph, Mr. Philip Weaver, Mr.
Tim Warner, Mr. Joe Flora, the
Reverend Mr. F. C. Smathers, and
the Reverend Mr. Herman Duncan,
Mrs. A. K. Maness, Mr. Fred Carl
ton, Mrs. H. Holderness, Mr. Stark
Dillard, Miss Mims, Mrs. K.
Pierce, Miss Powell, Mr. Jones,
and students will serve on the dis
cussion panels.
Drama Group Makes
First TV Appearance
Members of the Playmasters,
in connection with Fire Pre
vention Week, presented a
skit, “The Intruder,” on Sun
day, October 5, 1952. This
presentation was featured on
WFMY-TV at 4:30 P.M.
Participating in the cast
were: Barbara Massey, Nan
Ahalt, Tommy Pearce, Forbes
Ramsey, Gretchen Kelly, Billy
Hiatt, Joe Clapp, and two
members of the Greensboro
Fire Department, Mr. Hobbart
Stubbins and Chief “Moon”
Wyrick.