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High Life
February 5, 195i
Contest Winners
Offered $6,575
Over $6575 in first prize money
is being offered in the various
oratorical contests open to senior
high school pupils.
February 15 is the deadline date
for the American Legion Oration
Contest on the Constitution. The
prepared speech should be from
10-12 minutes and after this a four-
six minute speech on one of the
amendments which will be assign
ed at the contest. First state prize
is $500 and national prize is $4000.
Patriotism Subject
A contest with the subject of
patriotism is being sponsored by
the Patriotic Order of the Sons
of America. It should be a five-
eight minute speech with any pa
triotic subject. Top prize in the
state is $75.
This contest is not open to any
past winners. Senior’s Barbara
Massey has won it for the past two
years and is thus ineligible
Pythias Oration
Courteous Motor Manners and
How to Promote Them is the theme
of an oration sponsored by the
Knights of the Pythias. The first
prize is a $1500 scholarship. The
maximum time limit is 10 minutes.
Barbara also won this contest last
year.
A new contest sponsored by
North Carolina bankers is called
the Big Change. Entrants must
write a 10 minute speech on the
Progress of Industry in this county
and submit it by February 22,
$1000 is offered as first prize.
World Peace Talk
A final oration is one on World
Peace. It should be from 5-12 niin-
utes. District winners receive an
expense paid trip to the United
Nations and Washington, D, C.
The date for this oration has not
been set as yet.
For any further information, one
may see Miss Mozelle Causey,
room 106.
Whirligig Marathon Over;
Staff Takes A Breather
After the terror of mid-term
exams loomed only the horror of
February 2, the day which signified
to the industrious, but dazed
Whirligig internees that the long
marathon which required reams of
paper and forests of pencils to
finish was at long last over.
The fog has lifted, but the un-
Air Wickable odor of Carter’s Ce
ment glue remains an unforgettable
reminder of the “dummy” that did
get to press after all.
Bettie Jane Upchurch no longer
stands in the middle of the first
floor hall, eyes fixed in a glassy
stare. She no longer needs to assure
herself that the vivid objects danc
ing before her can’t possibly be
the late copy she was so certain of
escorting to the printers in person.
Gone are the days Dan McCon
nell spent attempting to track
down the culprit who simply signed
his name “J. D.” to the list that
was necessary for attaching the
proper name to the endless sheets
of face^.
The mention of captions now
brings only an atomic sigh from
Joe Clapp, and Kitten Barringer
no longer calmly utters the words
that mean “that it is that something
has done gone and went wrong.”
The deadline has been met, and
all is quiet on the Whirligig front.
Sophomore Class Sales
Nel $324 - Mrs. Madlin
The new gym has gone from the mud bog in the middle of the picture to the beams in the bot-
tom. This skeleton-just may get a covering by May, in time for graduation.
Civitans Present Honor Roll Pins
To Three Decades Of Students
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930 E. Bessemer Ave.
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Sporling Goods Co.
119 North Greene St.
We carry a complete line
of Higlf School Sweaters
Over three decades ago'the first
honor roll pins were awarded to
eligible students by the Civitan
Club of Greensboro.
In 1921 the Civitans, looking
for a way to reward students who
had achieved superior Standing
scholastically, began the practice
of presenting honor pins in bronze,
silver, and gold to those who were
placed on the honor roll consistent
ly.
Distribution Changed
Today the pins are distributed
in much the same way that they
were 32 years ago. There have
been several changes necessary as
the school system has changed.
When there were four grades in
the high school the pins were
awarded on the basis of semester
work; when there were three
grades they were presented by
years; and when only two grades
were taught in high school the
semester system was reinstated.
Present System
At the present time anyone mak
ing the honor roll is awarded a
bronze star. After being on the
roll for seven consecutive grading
periods he is entitled to wear a
silver star. Those who have made
superior marks for 13 consecutive
periods are given gold stars. At
graduation, those seniors who hold
gold stars are given stars to keep.
GLADYS
SHOPPE
BANNER BUILDING
119 NORTH ELM
New Pins Bought
According to Mrs. Blanche
Smith, chairman of the scholarship
committee, the Civitan Club re
cently presented the school with
$250 worth 6t pins for use this
year.
Gold stars have been presented
to 32 seniors this term. Sixty-one
seniors and juniors are wearing
silver stars, and more than 109
students are eligible for bronze
awards.
Three Seniors Told
Of Superior Grades
Receipts from the 21 home rooms
mounted to $324 at the conclusion
of the Sophomore Class sales cam-
paign, it was announced by Mrs,
Mary Madlin, class adviser.
The goal of $200 for the yearbook
was exceeded by more than $100,
establishing a new record for soph
sales.
Room 6 topped the list with $114,
capitalizing on the sale of mono^
grammed stationery. A elose sec
ond was room 4 with $104.
Sophomore sales representatives
pushed gift wrapping paper, rib
bons, stationery, and Christmas
cards in their home rooms and
those of upperclassmen.
Mrs. Blanche Smith, Miss Ro-
wena Montague, Mr. Stanley John
son, Miss Rebecca Frazier, and Mrs
Mary Madlin, members of the fac
ulty committee, assisted the class
officers in publishing and arrang
ing sales campaigns.
Totals by home rooms are: room
2, $35; room 4, $104; room 6, $114-
room 9, $39; room 13, $25; room
15, $88; room 20, $40; room 21, $40-
room 22, $19; room 25, $49; room
60, $44; room 201, $45.
Students in the band room col
lected $28; 302, $58; 303, $73* 304
$79; 307, $41; 309, $57; 311, $44'
313. $53; and 315, $79.
Sludenfs To Be Chosen
For Stale-Wide Debates
Four students will be chosen
to represent Senior High School
in the state debate (Resolved that
the President of the United States
be elected by a direct vote of the
people) to be held on March 26.
Tryouts for the school debate team
will be today.
Affirmative and negative teams
of Greensboro, Reynolds, and High
Point high schools will meet and
debate on neutral grounds for the
district contest.
Winners of the district controver
sy will meet with the winners of
the other districts and compete for
the state championship. Winners of
the state debate will be presented
with a gold loving cup for their
school.
TIPPETT’S
VARIETY
STORE
Anything You Need
At TIPPETTS
1106 Asheboro St.
Three seniors, Jimmy Atwater,
Bob Phillips, and Charles Davis,
have been notified that they made
superior grades on the Naval Re
serve Officers Training Corps ex
amination held at the school De
cember 12.
This means that the boys must
now pass a physical examination
and a board of Navy officers. They
must then file application for one
of the NROTC colleges which are
Duke and the University of North
Carolina in North Carolina.
On being accepted into the
NROTC, a boy receives a scholar
ship covering tuition, books and
monthly allowances. In addition to
the regular college courses, he
takes Naval Science, and his train
ing includes cruises each summer.
After graduating from college, he
may be called to serve three ac
tive years in the Navy and three
more years in the Naval Reserve.
Homespun Is Coming
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and
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