VOLUME XXIX
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., MAY 8, 1953
NUMBER 14
72 On Special Roll;
Regular Honor List
Names 344 Students
A total of 344 students made the
honor roil during the fifth grading
period. Of these, 72 made the spec
ial honor roll.
The Senior Class led with 131
students making an average of 90
or better: the Junior Class had
118 honor students; and the Sopho
more Class, 95.
Those students with an average
of 95 or better are as follows:
SPECIAL
Seniors
Room 313—Bess Bach, Nancy
Bell.
Room 311—Ann Carlson, Richard
Chalk.
Room 307—Lois Duncan, Sandra
Dyer, Patsy Eways.
Room 12—Anne Falk, Barbara
Farley, Gardner Foley, Ann Full-
ton, Pat Gregg.
Room 21—Ann Hunter, Rachel
Ingold, Shirley Johannesen, Ruth
S. Jones.
Room 315—Joyce Lee, Ann
Mansfield.
Room 305—Betty Martin, Gwen
Melton, Mary Ruth Mitchell, Mar
tha Moore, Joan Osborne.
Room 302—Virginia Redhead,
Sylvia Phillips.
Room 304—John Sauvajot.
Room 309—Hugh Van Landing-
ham.
Room 22—Kate Wharton.
Juniors
Room 24—Patsy Addison, Ann
Alexander, George Artope, Kitten
Barringer.
Room 16—Betty Colmer, Stewart
Colson.
Room 204—Lucinda Holderness.
Room 300—Barbara Jamieson,
Mary Ellen Kaelen.
Room 1—Amanda McConnell,
George Makely, Kelly Maness.
Room 306—Marcelline Moss,
Joyce Owen, Burt Ogment.
Room 2—Forbes Ramsey, Mar
tha Sue Ray.
Room 3 — Barbara Sharpe,
Frances Stafford.
Room 103—LeReeta Stanley,
Frances Strother, Michael Temko,
Mary Ann Thomas.
Room 7—Rose Wharton.
Sophomores
Room 317—Rachel Allen, Janet
Anderson.
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Academy of Science
Welcomes Chemists
Several members of Miss Hall’s
chemistry classes will attend the
annual North Carolina Academy
of Science at State College today.
Students who have made projects
to enter in the state-wide exhibits
left for Raleigh this morning with
Miss Hall. Jim Bynum and Dickie
Chalke will enter clay and wire
models of atoms; Carolyn Hendrix’s
poster on nylon, “the wonder
fiber,” will also go on display.
The two-day annual session will
feature scientific lectures and dis
plays. Last year’s Academy was
conducted at Woman’s College.
Pat Gregg, IsAay Court
Visit Land of Fantasy
Strains of the processional ushered in the 1953 May Court
of Greensboro Senior High School at 5 p.m. on Thursday,
May 7, after rain cancelled Wednesday’s activities.
Fairy Tales and the stories from Mother Goose entertained
Queen Pat Gregg at the traditional exercises. Members of the
honor court preceded the queen and assisted in the festivities
I of the hour. In order of their appearance they were Frances
Strother and Eddie Yost with Ben Nita Black and Buster
.Tenkins. Frances and Ben Nita wore baby blue dresses; Tricia
Booth and Kay Wrenn, in pink formats, were escorted by Frank
Holt and Tommy Kirkman, respectively.
^ Third Couple Enters
Sue Simmons and Charles Woods
May Queen Pat Gregg and her attendant, Mary Henry Arthur, pose
sedately in their royal white gowns. Arrayed white lace, taffeta, and
net. Queen Pat reigned over her court yesterday; the maid of honor’s
dress was designed with white lace bodice and ruffled net skirt.
Faculty Members Select
Best Citizens of Classes
Citizenship honor roll students
have been chosen from the Senior,
Junior and Sophomore classes for
the past six weeks’ grading period.
Chosen from the Senior Class
were Pat Gregg, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. E. Gregg, 2219 Friend
ly Road; and Bill Greene, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Greene, 309
N. Tremont Drive.
Bettie Jane Upchurch, daughter
of Mrs. Elizabeth Upchurch, 319
South Chapman; and Forbes Ram
sey, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C
Ramsey, 901 North Eugene Street
have been selected to represent
the Junior Class.
Representing the Sophomore
Class are Phyllis Brooks, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Brooks, 415
Sunset Drive; and Norman Odyniec,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Olyniec,
822 Rankin Street.
Homerooms of each class se
lect a boy and a girl as repre
sentatives to enter the citizenship
competition near the end of every
six weeks’ grading period. The out
standing boy and girl of each class
for this six weeks are then de
termined by the faculty.
These six students were recog
nized in this week’s assembly by
Barbara Massey, chairman of the
student council citizenship com
mittee.
PTA President Chosen;
Mrs. Maness To Serve
.Mrs. A. K. Maness of 1914 Gran
ville Road has been named presi
dent of the 1953-54 Parent-
Teachers Asso-
c i a t i 0 n of
Greensboro Sen
ior High School,
at the final
meeting April
30.
Other officers
are as follows:
Mrs. H. S. God
win of 610 North
Mendenhall
Street, first
Mrs. Maness
vice - president;
Mrs. J. Dan Mc
Connell of 202 Waverly Way, sec
ond vice- president; Mrs. K. H.
"Odell of Route 4, secretary; and
Miss Lucille Browne, Jamestown,
treasurer.
Committee chairmen include
Miss Mary Ellen Blackmon, 814
Olive Street, welfare: and Mrs. C.
C. Bell, 300 North Chapman Street,
recreation.
Dr. George Douglas, family life
coordinator for the city of Char
lotte, was guest speaker at the
final meeting of the year. “The
Alert Teenager of Today—The Cit
izen of Tomorrow” was Dr. Doug
las’ topic of discussion. Empha
sizing that if the adults’ responsi
bility to set an example for teen
agers, Dr. Douglas carried his dis
cussion into a question and answer
session. Mrs. Hoskins presented the
guest to the audience.
Prior to his address, he was the
dinner guest of the P. T. A. board.
Board of Education, teachers, and-
25 civic organization representa
tives.
To Honor Students
Thirty-nine awards will be pre
sented to members of the student
body on May 12 at the annual
Awards Day assembly program.
Athletics awards to be presented
are: Wrestling Award, Bob Jamie
son Football Cup, McDaniel Lewis
Cup, Hendrix Track Award, Hoyt
Boone Baseball Cup, Philip Ham
mond Tennis Cup, Special Basket
ball Trophy, Swimming Trophy,
and the Golf Trophy.
The Robert G. Troxler Music
Cup, the Brietz-Hazelman Cup, the
H. Grady Miller Cup, and the Harr-
iman Trophy are the awards to be
presented in the music department.
Scholarship awards include the
Torchlight scholarships (two $100
cash awards), a scholarship award
of a $25 bond, a secretarial scholar
ship of $100 cash, and the Sears
Scholarship awards (ten $100
awards).
The Dramatics Department will
award the Playmasters Cup and
the Debating Club Cup.
Also two Journalism cups are
to be presented, the Journalism
Cup and the Sam J. Underwood
Publications Cup.
Other awards include the Alcohol
Essay Contest ($15 and $10 cash
awards). The O’Henry Award of
$25 cash, the Girls’ Alumni Cup,
the Civitan Best Essay on “A Sym
bol to Live By,” the D. A. R. award
on “Democracy or What,” the Sea-
well Bus Driver’s Award, the P.
T. A. Best All-Around Senior Boy
and Girl ($25 bond), the Frances
Jenkins Home Economics Silver
Platter, the D. A. R. Home Eco
nomics Pin, Gold Stars, Vocational
Awards ($25 bond each for Mechan
ical Drawing, Machine Shop, Wood
Shop, and Business Education), the
Civitan Best Citizen Award, and
the Danforth Foundation Award.
Library Books Due
Closing Day, May 18
AH library books must be re
turned to the charge desk by
May 18, according to Miss
Herring, librarian. A charge of
25 cents per day will be
charged for all books which
are kept over this deadline.
No final report cards or di
plomas will be issued to stu
dents having overdue library
books.
26 Officers Take Pledge
In Chapel Installation
Installation of officers for the
1953-54 school year took place in
the chapel program this morning,
following the devotion given by
Barbara Massey.
First to be installed were the
rising Senior Class officers. They
are Jimmy Powell, president; Tini
Rae Chambers, vice-president;
Rose Wharton, secretary; Jimmy
Griggs, treasurer; and Student
Council members, Bob Jackson,
Betty Bell, Kitten Barringer,
Beckie Schweistris, Stewart Colson,
and Frances Strother.
The rising Junior Class officers
installed for the 1953-54 school
year are Jimmy Jordan, president;
Paddy Sue Wall, vice-president;
Rita Boggs, secretary; and Charles
Woods, treasurer. Julianna Clark,
Margie Boren, Lynn Boren, Jerry
Lee, Sue Simmons, Kay Wrenn, and
Bob Cowan were installed as junior
Student Council representatives.
The climax of the ceremonies
was the installation of school offi
cers in the following order: Traffic
Chief, Pat Price; Treasurer, R. B.
Arthur; Secretary, Susan Hege;
Vice President, Stewart Cass, and
President, Kelly Maness.
Bill Greene, president of the
student body, and Ann Carlson,
vice president of the student body,
concluded the chapel program with
short farewell addresses to the
student body.
Students Embark
On World Tours
“Give the old world a spin,”
say Jane Fryman and Frank Bon-
durant, two Senior High School
students who are bound for far
away places.
Jan Fryman and Frank Bondurant
Their schedules call for two
European tours; Frank’s featuring
the coronation; Jan’s, an expense-
paid tour with her parents.
Frank boarded a plane last week
en route to New York, and on May
6 he walked up the gangplank of
the famous Queen Elizabeth bound
for France. A former member of
the professional Apollo Boys’ Choir,
the sophomore will tour Europe
with his director . and two boys
whom he knew as a part of the
choir.
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with Chris Velonis and Gary Shef
field were the third couples to
enter. Both Chris and Sue wore
green. Next in the procession came
Susan Hege and Delaine Turner
with partners Buddy Birgel and
Wallace Freeman. Susan and De
laine were dressed in yellow.
Betty Bell and Jimmy Armstrong
entered with Josie Ward and Joe
LeBauer. Betty and Josie had aqua
gowns. Ann Flaherty and Gloria
Gilmore, in pink formals, were es
corted by Donnie Evans and Jack
King. Beckie Schweistris and Pat
Joyce, dressed in turquoise, were
escorted by Bob Jackson and Don
Patterson. The sophomore and
junior maids of honor, Juliana
Clark and Marian Cornelius, with
escorts Kelly Maness and Arthur
Scott, came in next. These girls
were dressed in American beauty.
Senior maid of honor, Mary Henri
Arthur, who was escorted by Bob
Bell, entered just before the queen.
Mary Henri’s dress was white.
Flower Girls
Flower girls of the court were
Lauri Lake, Mary Jo Clark, and
Pat Martin. Tommy Booth was the
crown bearer. Queen Pat was
crowned by student body president.
Bill Greene.
Bill Mauldin, narrator for the en
tertainment, introduced the events
which fell into three general clas
sifications: Mother Goose, Fairy
Tales, and Arabian Nights. Mem
bers of the W.S.T. club danced to
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, and
the G.W.I.’s presented the story of
the Old Woman in the Shoe. El
liot Hole and Buck Carson with
their trampolin act,' performed un
der the story title of Jack Be
Nimble.
In the second part members of
the L.S.P. club danced the story of
the Sleeping Beauty, which was fol
lowed by Hansel and Gretel, dra
matized' by members of the high
school co-operative nursery. Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs was
presented by the D.D.T. club and
members of the Queen’s Court did
the traditional minuet in Cinder
ella at the Ball.
Part three. The Arabian Nights,
was opened with a dance solo by
Gretchen Kelley, Schaharizad. Ali
Baba and the Forty Thieves was
given by members of LesSoeurs.
This part ended with the May Pole
dance, done by members of the
girls’ physical ed classes. This
dance closed the program and was
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Garrett Elected Officer
Mrs. Margaret Garrett, sopho
more English teacher, has recently
been elected vice-president of the
English Council of Guilford Coun
ty.
Mrs. Garrett is a native of
Greensboro and a graduate of
Woman’s College and the Universi
ty of North Carolina. She taught in
the Rockingham schools before
coming to Senior last September.
The English Council is made up
of the English teachers in schools
and also in the local colleges.
Miss Edna Nicholson, also an
English teacher at Senior, is re
tiring president.
Mr. Painter, professor of English
at Woman’s College, will be presi
dent of the organization for this
year. Miss Ginn, of Greensboro
College, secretary, and Mrs. Brooks,
from Central Junior High, treas
urer, complete the roster of offi
cers.