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High Life
Rededication
Somewhere in the history of High Lite a
wise editor and his staff, realizing the ne
cessity and importance of an inspired, pur
poseful editorial policy, penned this most
appropriate platform and attempted to fol
low it throughout the entire publication.
We wish to rededicate our paper of 1952-
53 to the same principles and ideals that
have upheld this school and this publica
tion.
G et and preserve the history of our
school.
old individuals together under
high standards.
S eparate the worthwhile from
the worthless and promote
the highest interest of stu
dents, teachers, and school.
November 21, 7952
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A Gym Dandy
The long awaited, the badly needed, the
answer to Senior’s long and securely found
ed plea, is to be a reality. At the beginning
of the 1953-54 school term, possibly, the
doors of a beautifully designed and sturd
ily constructed gymnasium will be opened
to the students of one of the states best
equipped and most progressive schools.
This new building will replace the crumb
ling and condemned structure which has
dangerously and often doubtfully housed
Greensboro’s outstanding basketball team
and its endangered but enthusiastic spect
ators for several years. The now sagging
rafters will be torn down as modern brick
walls rise up; the expansive edifice will be
equipped with facilities and space for all
indoor sports and school activities. Once
again Senior’s fighting five will meet com
petitors on their home ground instead of a
foreign gymnasium or a building that
groans under the weight of spirited stu
dents.
With the christening of this fulfillment of
great expectations Senior High School stu
dents will have another feature of which
they may be justly proud. Although some of
us may never enter the gym as members of
this student body, we shall join all to come
in gratitude to the wise and experienced
administration, school board, and state of
ficials who have realized our need; they who
will continue to plan, discuss, and design
until that need becomes another asset.
After the construction is completed, it’s
all ours — the enjoyment, the school spirit,
the fun, and the responsibility of uphold
ing our pride by giving our support to the
projects which the gym may shelter. We
feel that such a necessary facility will
boost progress on both the school campus
and in the entire community.
Thanks Be to Him
For weeks you’ve expectantly awaited
the arrival of 'Thanksgiving Day. Why?
Because of the family’s reunion around
the groaning dining room table laden with
the evenly browned turkey, crimson cran
berry sauce, spicy pumpkin pie? Because
HIGH LIFE
Publishwl Senii-Montlily by the Stuttente of
Greensboro Senior High School
Greensboro, N. C.
Aiming for a Better Goal
Founded by the Class
of 1921
Revived by the Spring
Journalism Class
of 1937
Entered as second-class matter March 30,
1940, at the post office at Greensboro, N. C
under the Act of March 3 1879
Editor-in-Chiet Martha Moore
Associate Editor Martha .Tpster
Feature Editors Alfred Williams
„ ^ Dan Haley
Sports Editors Fred Marshall
Don Williamson
Girls Sports Editors Joanne Gourley
Cordelia Goodnight
Exchange Editor Patsy Eways
Business Manager Fullam Cashion
Circulation Manager Patsy Eways
Art Editor Fran Hosley
Photographer David Carter
Proofreaders ... Lois Duncan, Joan Osborne
Make-Up-Editor Marilyn Neerman
Reporters Dick Frank, Don Morrison
Adviser Miss Paula R. Abernethy
Financial Adviser Mr. A. P.'Houth
of the first official holiday of the
school year? Because HE is coming
home from Duke or Carolina or the
service for the week end? Because
Thanksgiving means only 30 days
until Christmas?
Or will you really seriously pon
der your many blessings on the
day that has increased in depth of
meaning since the sacrifices of the
Pilgrims? Above all, you, the youth
of America, can picture the inno
cent, uncomplicated gifts of democ
racy—love; friendships; free edu*
cation; religious freedom, the free
dom of the press; comfortable, un
plundered homes; peaceful, sleepy
nights; clear, cool Autmn days; the
softness of snow; the gentleness of
rain; privacy and triumph of
original thoughts; a hot dog after
Friday night’s thrilling game; the
serenity and comfort in your min
ister’s sermon; the bank account
that insures your college education;
the breath-taking view from a
mountain top.
Will you take Thanksgiving as a
day for gratitude and dedication
and take your thanks to the One
Who has bestowed these blessings
upon you and your nation?
To Honor and Uphold
We offer our heartiest congrat
ulations to the new members of
Quill and Scroll. As this organiza
tion is an International Honor So
ciety, its standards should be, and
are, very high; requiring of pros
pective members much the same
qualifications as does Torchlight,
National Honor Society. However,
inactivity has long marked the name
of Quill and Scroll and we look to
these and future journalists to up
lift the name and standing to their
rightful, honored place in school
activity; someday to rand with its
sister organization. Torchlight.
A wareness—Maturity
Are you aware o'f your surround
ings, of the people who so un-
noticably but necessarily make your
life a little brighter, the building
which houses you for the most part
of your young life? In other words,
do you know your school and the
people who make that school what
it is?
It is one of High Life’s purposes
to acquaint you with the facts and
faces of those who contribute so
much to your school life, both stu
dents and teachers. From time to
time we will attempt to bring to
your attention the names and notes
of dignitaries and ordinary folks.
In doing so we hope to stimulate
the interest and spirit that you, the
student, have in your school life.
“Awareness IS maturity.”
Carter s Corner
By David Carter
WeU, once again I’m back to inform
yo on the latest news and “hearsay”
about your best friend. My motto is,
“If they won’t tell you, ask me and I’ll
tell you—maybe.” You know, reading
this column is just like taking an
autopsy of a goat. You don’t know what
you might find!
It seems that BILL MAULDIN is
looking for some more prospective mem
bers for a new club he is attempting to
form. It is known as the S.P.C.S. (So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Sophomores.) Charter members so far
are “VELVET VOICE” MAULDIN, AR
THUR BALDERACCHI, FREDDY HUT
TON, RADDY HOLTON, BILL HUN
TER, and CHARLES WOODS. ’What’s
the matter—you fellows having it kinda
rough?
I wonder what (Or perhaps I should
say whom) LILA ANN TICE, IRENE
THOMAS, and BETTY THOMAS talk
about in home room! Could it be JIM
TUNSTALL, RICHARD TEAGUE and
—oh—oh—I better leave myself out of
this, otherwise. I’ll be preferring roses
again. Red ones, please.
By popular demand (Of FRED STAN
LEY), there will be an extra added
attraction at the Drive-In all next week.
Twenty minutes of silence.
Several people, in response to my
pleas of two weeks ago, have requested
(Ouch! Quit twisting my arm .FRANKIE
EVERHART), that I insert their names
in this “column.” Read on, friend.
CHARLES HARRIS, CHARLES HES
TER. and PAUL STANTON seem to have
trouble breathing. (Lack of oxygen up
there, you know.) BOB “REMBRANDT”
LYON is still mass producing stick figures
in art. BOB LAVIETES still does trig
in his sleep. JOE LEBAUER and BUS
TER JENKINS might make “Daily
Doubles” some day. DAVID LAMBETH
and PEGGY WELCH just wanted to see
their names in print. RAY “PERFECT
FIGURE” LUTZ says he was so large
when he was born, that the doctor was
afraid to “pat” him on the back. EMILY
SMITH continues beating — uh — the
drum, that is. JIMMY WILLIAMS,
DICK FITCHETT, RONNIE BOWMAN
and VAROVJ YEGEHIAIAN are prob
ably still asleep backstage. NANCY
TURNER! SUE McENTIRE, and KAY
STEWART seem to enjoy “roaming” the
halls during first lunch. BOB “MONEY
BAGS” PEARLMAN is now selling $10
bills for $7.98. Somebody is going to
give CORDELIA GOODNIGHT a stick
of “hot chewing gum” some day, and
boy, is she going to be “burned up.’’
And, speaking of burning, it reminds
me of some recent explorations here at
Senior. Ahhhh, yes. From the deeeep
darrrrrk jungles—uh, I mean parking
lot of G.H.S. comes the horrifying cry
Your Opinion
By Alfred 'Williams
High school students are usually
a crazy crew, hut at certain times
of the year they can he serious.
Thanksgiving is one of these times.
Below several students express their
opinion of thankfulness on this oc
casion.
Thanksgiving! The orators and the
ministers will tell us that, we have a
priceless heritage—freedom, and for this
we are thankful. Actually, this matter
of thankfulness takes in so many little
things that we, the American people,
seldom stop to consider. Our nation —
where every boy and girl may play,
study and dream to their hearts’ con
tent; where banker and bum sit side by
side in a ball park and boo the umpire
and yet love and are a part of this much-
loved sport; where families or couples
ride roller coasters and eat hot dogs
at amusement parks and fairs—where
heated words fly in political campaigns,
and men and women unite under the
newly-elected leader.
This is our land where rich and poor,
regardless of nationality, race, or creed;
work, worship, and live together as one
people. That these things may be kept
and cherished; may we, students of
America, bow in prayer to Almighty God
this Thanksgiving Day.
Alan Sharp.
The first thing that comes into our
minds when we think about Thanksgiving
are the holidays, turkeys, and pumpkin
pie; but there is more to this day than
that. We in America must be ever mind
ful of the victories of the land that our
forefathers fought and died for. This
day was set apart for the giving of
thanks to God.
We are endowed with many blessings.
The things we should be thankful for
are very appropriately worded in this
poem by Ellen Tupper;
For all that God in mercy sends.
For health and strength, for home and
friends,
For comfort in the time of need,
For every kindly word and deed.
For happy thoughts and pleasant talk.
For guidance in our daily walk,
For all these things give thank.
For beauty in this world of ours.
For verdant grass and lovely flowers.
For song of bird, for hum of bees.
For the refreshing summer breeze,
For hill and plain, for streams and woods,
For the great ocean’s mighty flood,
For all these things give thanks.
For the sweet sleep that comes with
night,
For the returning morning’s light,
For the bright sun which shines on high,
For stars that glitter in the sky,
For these and everything we see,
O Lord, our hearts we lift to Thee,
And give Thee hearty thanks.
David Dillard.
The true meaning of Thanksgiving
is a day set aside to thank God for the
blessing He has bestowed upon us. Some*
times I think that we don’t exactly take
it this way because it’s not as realistic
now as it was in the time of our fore
fathers. Now all we have to do is run
down to the Super-Market and buy 3
turkey or some other food symbolic of
Thanksgiving, and there’s always the
school holiday or maybe a trip to the
country. We call all of these Thanks
giving. But the main things that we
should do it to be thankful to God be
cause we have something for which to
be thankful. We live in a free and pros
perous country. So when Thanksgiving
comes around, I hope that we will look
about us and realize that we have been
blessed. Most of all, let us thank God.
Jimmy Jordon.
of the SMOKEY BIRD —Smoke ah
Luuckeeey! With this terrifying thought
in mind, I bid you farewell. Until next
time (If there be one), take it easy.