HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O, Henry
VOLUME XXX
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEBRUARY 5, 1954
NUMBER 9
Cenfer Members SelecI '54-'S5 Council;
Lineweaver To Replace Temko As Proxy
President of the Greensboro
Youth Center for 1954-55, Brokie
Lineweaver, was chosen during a
two day election held last week
end at the Loft.
Others elected to major offices
on the council of the local youth
center were Don Wall, vice-presi
dent; Sue Simmons, secretary; and
Bill Hanna, treasurer.
Helping the leaders to supervise
and plan the operations of the
Center will be additional members.
Those elected were Charles Woods,
D .Ann Welch, Susan Hege, Ar
thur , Balderacchi, Mary Anne
Boone, Joan Moring, Norman Ody-
niec, Kay Wrenn, Ann Pearce,
Margie Boren, Lynn Boren, Rita
Boggs, J. C. Clark, and Phyllis
Brooks. ITie council will be assist
ed and ,advised by Bill McCormick,
the youth center director.
This makes the eighth Youth
Council in the history of the Cen
ter. It began in 1947 with Weedie
Huffman as director. The first
council was headed by Jim Finch,
president; Fran Pearman, secre
tary; and Betty Lou Moore, vice-
president.
Official opening of the Center
was in September, 1947, with a
semi-formal dance. Music was pro
vided by Michael Brooks and his
orchestra. There was a special ded
ication ceremony held that night.
The Youth Center is open to the
younger set of Greensboro be-
bet^en the ages of 15 and 20. A
membership fee of $5 per year en
titles students to participate
such activities as dancing, pool,
ping-pong, and other games.
Space for quieter methods of
recreation such as checkers and
cards is also provided. A well-
stocked snack bar and a juke box
climax some of the special features
of the Center.
Michael Temko, present presi
dent of the Youth Center, an
nounced the newly elected mem
bers *of the council in assembly
Tuesday.
Choir, Band To Give
Annual Night Concert
Next Thursday evening at 8 p.
m. the choir and band will present
their annual program in the school
auditorium.
For the first part of the program,
the band will play five numbers
including the Ringling Brothers
“Grand Entry March” and the
overture “Jerico” by Mortan Gould.
The choir will join the band for
the second half of the program.
Included in this part of the pro
gram will be two excerpts from
the “Song of America” and the
popular “While We’re Young.”
The band and choir, which are
under the direction of Mr. Herbert
Hazleman and Miss Eula Tuttle,
respectively, will close with the
traditional “Battle Hymn of the
Republic.”
Out goes the old and in comes the new. Brokie Lineweaver, newly
elected Youth Center president, is shown exchanging handshakes with
Mike Temko, retiring president, while Bill Hanna, treasurer, and Sue
Simmons, secretary look on. Absent when the picture was taken was
Don Wall, vice-president.
Williamson Insiructs
Three-Week Course
Student driving courses, under
the guidance of Mr. Oscar William
son, started on Monday, January 4,
and lasted until last Wednesday.
Morning classes are: 8-9, Lucille
Childress and Joan Rearden; 9-10,
Lillian Thrower and Virginia Mc
Kinney; 10-11, Ginger Cole and Joy
Trollinger; 11-12, Jeanne Wilson
and Delores Squires.
Afternoon classes are: 1:30-2:30,
Margaret Lucas and Peggy James:
2:30-3:30, Jane Mulvey and Nancy
Shelton; 3:30-4:30, Carolyn Grif
fin and Wilma Beard.
Bible Club Council
To Represent Classes
Students of the Bible classes
have selected Bootsie Fowler to
serve as president of the club
council this semester. The other
offices will be filled at the first
meeting, this month.
Representatives for the Bible
Club council were elected last week.
One boy and one girl represent
ing each of Mrs. Edna Earle Ran
dolph’s five classes will be in charge
of planning the monthly club meet
ings.
Bobby Barnes, Patty Mumford,
Rita Boggs, Joe Kerley, Mary Ellen
Rierson, Bill Manson, Margie Earle,
Wayne Wyrick, Annette Patton,
and Ed McConnell will compose the
council.
Mrs. Randolph announced that
the other club officers will be
elected at the next regularly sched
uled club meeting in February.
They usually meet at the Mayfair
Cafeteria for dinner and a speaker.
Changes, New Members
Announced By Editor
New staff members and changes
have been announced by Martha
Jester, editor-in-chief of High Life.
Fritz Apple, former sports’ edi
tor, has been promoted to the
position of managing editor.
Mary Ellen Kaelin has assumed
the position of copy editor and
Deane Darnell that of caption edi
tor.
Eugenia Hickerson, and Dale
Pearce were advanced from first
year journalism to become proof
readers on the staff, while Jim
Turner and Dick Robinson are
additions to the sports’ writing
staff.
Calendar Of Events
pro-
School-wide events and assem
blies have been tentatively sched
uled for the second semester. The
majority of these are listed below:
February 11—Choir-Band show,
evening performance.
February 16—Girls’ Glee Club in
assembly.
February 23—Brotherhood Assem
bly. Mr. Howard Butts, speak
er.
March 5—Duke Glee Club
gram.
March 17—Presentation of candi
dates for school offices.
March 30—Student council nomi
nating convention.
March 31—Registration for voting.
April 2-—Election of officers.
April 2—One-Act plays, evening
performance.
April 6—D. E.-D. O. Assembly
April 7—Installation of Student
Council and class officers.
April 13—Orchestra Assembly
April 15—Band Assembly.
May 6—Choir Assembly.
May 11—Awards Assembly.
May 11—Class Day Practice begins.
May 21—Class Day.
May 27—Graduation.
GHS Orchestra Members
To Play In All-State Group
Smith To RepresetTt
State At Conclave
Superintendent Ben L. Smith
wdll represent Greensboro and
North Carolina as a discussion
leader at the American Associa
tion of School Administrators Con
vention to be held at Atlantic
City, New Jersey, during the week
of February 15-19.
Mr. Smith’s topic for discussion
will be “Superintendents Look
Anew at School Library Service.”
Another North Carolinian, Mrs.
Mary P, Douglas, who is supervisor
of library service for the Raleigh
public schools, will present the
subject. Various faculty members
from all over the United States
will participate in the discussion.
Mr. Smith stated, “I accredit my
appointment as discussion leader to
the wide reputation for excellence
of the Greensboro libraries, and
I am looking forward to the trip
very much.”
Mr. Thorpe Jones Appointed Head
Of City Audio-Visual Department
Happy to be back at work in the
Greensboro City School system is
Mr. Thorpe Jones, newly appointed
head of the audio-visual depart
ment.
Mr. Jones, who was formerly the
co-ordinator of Distributive Educa
tion at Senior High School, attained
his new position in December.
Duties Vary
The duties of his new post include
seeing that films are made avail
able to the schools when they are
requested, assisting the schools in
selecting the latest equipment, and
maintaining the movie projectors,
films, and other supplies connected
with the audio-visual department.
Films are ordered by the schools
from the audio-visual office on
Asheboro Street and delivered to
the schools daily.
Films Shown
In December, at Senior High
School alone, 323 films and film
strips were shown to a total of 8,911
students.
A native of Virginia. Mr. Jones
is a graduate of North Carolina
State College, and he earned his
masters degree at the University of
North Carolina.
When he is not busy tracking
down films, Mr. Jones’ favorite
pastime is his two children, ages
three years and two months. Mr.
Jones also indulges in golf some
times, but he considers himself
“strictly amateurish.
Best Citizens Selected
For Third Six Weeks
Outstanding students from each
of the three classes have recently
been chosen as best citizens for
the third grading period.
Senior Class members receiving
the honor were Martha Leonard
and Kelly Maness. Martha is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. D.
Leonard of 504 Northridge St.
Kelly, who has been given the
award for the second successive
time, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
K. Maness of 1918- Granville Road.
Charles Woods, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Woods of 200 W. Avon
dale Dr., and Susan Hege, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hege of
1515 Lovette St., were the junior
honorees.
President of the Sophomore
Class John Gardiner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Gardiner of 2803
Spring Garden St., and Gail Kirk-
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
T. Kirkman of 1403 Pinecroft Road
were chosen for the special roll
from the Sophomore Class.
Delegates Attend
J. C. L. Conclave
Twenty-eight members of the
Greensboro Senior High School
Orchestra have been selected to
play in the annual All-State Or
chestra which is being held this
year at Duke University from last
Thursday through tomorrow.
Allen Bone, band and orchestra
director at Duke, is the guest con
ductor.
The group left Greensboro early
yesterday to arrive at the Universi
ty in time for registration and the
morning rehearsal. The orchestra
has spent its time preparing for a
concert to be given this afternoon
for children of the Durham City
Schools. A banquet was given last
night in honor of the musicians.
Those members of the GHS or
chestra who were selected to at
tend were violinists Susan Leon
ard, Laura Adams, Libbey Anne
Eldridge, Amanda McConnell,
Anne Corle, Ed Fisher, George
Makeley, and Betty Bell.
Betty Brooks, Marcia Felt, Rita
Boggs, Gloria Gilmore, Lila Ma
lone, and Mary Frances Colvert
were selected as violists.
Cellists Martha Leonard, Ronald
Lambe, Alan Tuttle, and Katharine
Leonard were invited to the clinic,
as were bass players Tom Wagg,
Jim Atwater, and Sandra Rod
gers.
Barbara Kennerly is the flute
player from GHS and Maxine Wells
is the clarinet representative. Bas
soon player Marcia Anderson is
also at the meeting.
Trombonists Bob Phillips and
Jack Thurman, French horn player
Dick Frank, and percussion repre
sentative Jan Rankin complete the
list.
NEWS BRIEFS
Two Junior Classical League del
egates, Mary Ellen Kaelin and Pad
dy Sue Wall, represented Senior
High at a state planning board
held in High -Point last Saturday.
Mary Ellen is the local president
of the J. C. L., while Paddy Sue is
vice-president of the state organiza
tion.
All of the J. C. L.’ers were in
vited to lunch at the home of Mrs.
Vera Walden, Latin instructor in
High Point High School. The pur
pose of the meeting was to discuss
the agenda for the annual state
Junior Classical League program
which is to be held in Asheville
this April. Last year this conven
tion for all Latin students was
held at GHS.
Through this meeting Paddy Sue
gained much information which
will aid her in publishing the state
Latin paper, TORCH, N. C. Mary
Ellen also learned valuable infor
mation on program planning.
93 Students Attain Special Honor Roll
Attaining ratings as special honor
roll students for the past six weeks
were 93 members of the GHS stu
dent body.
The 35 seniors attaining this hon
or were listed as: Patsy Addison,
Dot' Bristow, Sue Bryant, Helen
Fields, Bootsie Fowler, Sharron
Friddle, Jane Gerringer, Lucinda
Holderness, Ann Inman, Martha
Jester, and Mary Ellen Kaelin.
Also listed were Martha Leonard,
Nancy McGlamery, Joyce McNama
ra, George Makely, Kelly Maness,
Marceline Moss, Jean Monnett,
Burt Ozment, Joan Prince, Jan Ran
kin, and Martha Sue Ray.
Completing the list of seniors,
were Henrietta Reed, Jean Robbins
Barbara Sharpe, Nancy Shelton,
Nancy Jo Smith, David Sox, Frances
Stafford, Joyce Steele, Frances
Strother, Perry Teague, Henry Tur
ner, Bettie Jane Upchurch, and
Rose Wharton.
The Junior Class ran a close
second to the seniors with a total
of 32 on roll.
Listed were Clara Alexander,
Rachel Allen, Glenda Amos, Jan
Anderson, Rita Boggs, Martha Ann
Burnet, Phyllis Brooks, Jewel Cart
er, Barbara Callisher, Bob Cowan,
Sally Durham, Margie Earl, Jeniel
Edwards, Barbara Flynn, Peggy
Goodwin, Susan Graham, and Bob
Grant.
Other juniors listed were Susan
Hege, Eugenia Hickerson, Martha
Hyams, Rachel Kincaid, Barbara
Moorefield, Rob Pearce, Julie Red
head, Sue Simmons, Betty Sink,
Celia Jo Strader, Ramona Teller,
Paddy Sue Wall, D. Ann Welch,
Beth Westphal, and Charles Woods.
Sophomores claimed third place
with a total of 26 special honor roll
students.
Heading the list of sophomores
were Laura Adams, Linda Barham,
Leon Boggs, Angela Butt, Jerry
Danford, Ann Deal, John Gardiner,
Phyllis Glynn, Tim Goodman, Ruby
Jessup, Jerrie Kersey, and Nancy
Key.
Louise MeGee, Betsy McKeel,
Mary Ann McNeeley, Horwood
Myers, Jo Ellen O’Briant, Dubose
Ravenel, Richard Robinson, Sara
Jane Toenes, James Turner, Mar
tha Yates, and Martha Ann Wil
liamson completed the list.
GREENSBORO C O L L E G E’S
Music Club was entertained by the
Queen’s Men Quartet January 14,
at their weekly meeting. The
Queen’s Men which is composed
of Stewart Cass. Bill Turner, Eddie
Robbins, and Fritz Apple gave a
fifteen minute program. The pro-*
gram consisted of several spirituals
and a few popular numbers. Miss
Eula Tuttle was the accompanist
for the quartet.
MISS ROWENA MONTAGUE
and Mrs* Kathryn McEntire, mem
bers of the GHS faculty, have been
elected officers of the Delta Phi
Epsilon, a commercial sorority.
Miss Montague is the editor of
the club’s news bulletin, and Mrs.
McEntire is the new historian.
GOAL NOT REACHED
In the recent Polio Drive,
GHS students contributed
$194.50. This was $45.50 under
the goal set for $5 per home
room. The average amount col
lected per person was 13 cents.
SUPPLEMENTING THE Li
brary Council for the second
semester are Elwood Chipchase,
John Hoover, Pat Harrison, Joan
Prince, and Giles Sheffield.
John, a senior, was recently
elected the ne^Y treasurer of the
Library Council at their meeting
on Wednesday, January 27.
ICE AND SNOW CAUSED THE
postponement of the annual mid
winter dance from January .21 until
tomorrow, February 6.
Tickets may be purchased from
any member of the student council
for 50 cents per couple or stag.
Clyde Watson will play for the
dance from 8:30 until 11:30 at the
Youth Center.
JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE
at GHS was recognized in an in
formative article on the club by
the TORCH: U: S: national Latin
paper. Highlighting the article was
the proposed trip to attend the
national convention in Texas this
summer by the members.