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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the lUrthplace of O. Henry
VOLUME XXX
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C„ MARCH 5, 1954
NUMBER 11
Slate Music Contests To Be March 6;
Choir To Be Represented By Soloists
Dumaresq Takes Honors
In Oratorical Competition
Ann Dumaresq, a surprised but
happy girl, walked off with top
honors in the 19th district annual
American Legion Oration contest
on February 24 in Leaksville, North
Carolina, and gained the area elim
inations which were held in Greens
boro last Wednesday.
Ann’s only competition in Leaks
ville was Joyce Ewing, of Stone-
ville, North Carolina.
Eligibility for the district contest
was gained by defeating Barbara
Massey, Bill Simpson, and George
Cox in the local contest on Feb
ruary 15.
She gave a 12 minute prepared
State music contests will be held
tomorrow, March 6, at Davidson
College and Duke University. Sen
ior will be represented by vocal
solos and small orchestra and band
emsembles.
Representing the choir in the
vocal department is June Tew, a
soprano, who will sing “The Jas
mine Door.” Mary Ann Thomas,
singing in the mezzo-soprano classi
fication will perform Mozart’s “La-
crymosa” from, the “Requiem.”
They will be accompanied by Lisa
Anderson
Tony Stone will represent the
bass section of the choir with his
selection of the famous “Matten-
atu” by Leoncavallo. Bill Rightsell
speech on the Constitution, and a '^'^n the decision to be the baritone
four minute extemporaneous speech ! soloist, and he will sing “When
on an amendment to the Consti-j^^^S Sweet.” George Bartholo-
tution. Her four minute speech ( niew will accompany them,
was on the taxing powers of Con
gress in Greensboro, and trial by
jury in Leaksville.
Leaksville judges for the con
test were Russell Byrd, Willis
Thrash, and James Webster.
Miss Mozelle Causey, speech and
drama coach, and Ann leh Greens
boro at 11:30 a. m. on Feb. 24
and arrived in Leaksville at 1
p. m.
Tenor soloist is Fritz Apple and
his selection is “The Jasmine
Door.” Lisa Anderson will accom
pany him.
The degree of the performance
will be decided by music teachers
from different high schools in the
state. Emphasis is placed upon
the knowledge of the music, interp-
(Contmuea on Pone Five)
Gloria Gilmore Chosen Queen
To Reign Over May Festivities
Gloria Gilmore, senior, was elect- ;
ed last week to reign over the
May Day festivities as the classes ;
chose the members of the court. [
Marian Cornelius, Julianna ■
Clark, and Bobbie Williams are to ^
represent their classes in the cere
mony May 5 as the maids of honor. I
Marian will be escorted by Wad- I
dell Solomon, Julianna by Pat,
Price, and Bobbie Williams by
Eugene LeBauer. I
Other members of Queen Glor- j
ia’s court will be: Seniors—Betty I
Bell withj
Charles High- j
fill, B e c k i e I
iSchweistris with
Bob Jackson,
Joyce Steele
with Joe Ker-
ley, Frances
Strother with
Don Patterson,
, Lila Ann Tice
Marian Cornelius with Jim Jones,
and Patty Wolfe with Wayne
Wyrick. Juniors—Susan Hege with
Buddy Birgil, Sue Simmons with
Charles Woods, Kay Wrena with
Tommy Kirkman, and Paddy Sue
Wall with Phil Crockett. Sopho
mores—Madeline Holley with Tony
Schiffman, Joan Moring with Don
nie Evans, Ann Poole with Jerry
Varner, and Zade Turner with Bill
Williamson.
The May Court was elected by
the student body. Three girls were
selected from
Queen Gloria Gilmore
fine, Barbara Kennerly, Martha
Leonard, Donna Lineberry, Gloria
McQueen, Mecia Marsh, Pattie Ann
Mumford, Doris Oldham, Nancy
Payne, Harriett Perkins, Martha
Sue Ray, Henrietta Reed, Beckie
New members for Torchlight National Honor Society are pictured here after their induction Tues
day. Kneeling from left to right are: Julie Redhead, Joyce Owens, Delsie Butler, Susan Hege, Pat
Helgeson, La Reeta Stanley, Harriett Perkins, and Mary Ann Hill. Standing, left to right are: Phyllis
Brooks, Barbara Brown, Jean Griggs, David Sox, Alan Tuttle, Sandra Farmer, Bob Gamble, Charles
Woods, Rita Boggs, and Rob Pearce.
18 Inducted In Honor Society Tapping
Whirligig Officials
For '55 Announced
Editor and Business Manager for
the 1954-55 WHIRLIGIG have been
announced by Miss Virginia Powell,
book adviser.
Juniors Susan Graham and Sally
Durham', respectively, will fill the
top positions. Other members of
the literary and business staffs will
be announced later in the spring”.
Plans for the new book are
already under way, and Susan is
supervising the making of pictures
and making a tentative layout
Sally is planning the financing o
next year’s annual.
Susan came to GHS last fall from
Curry High School and is at pres
ent assistant copy editor of the
WHIRLIGIG, Sally was a member
of this year’s business staff.
Wood Wins Oration
On Patriotic Subject
With patriotism as a subject.
Dan Wood, a senior, was declared
the school winner in the annual
oration sponsored by the Patriotic
Order of the Sons of America on
Thursday, February '25.
On March 22 Dan will compete
in the county contest. If, however,
things happen as they have in past
years, Dan can go straight to the
state contest due to lack of partici
pation in the county and district
Schweistris, Carolyn Staley, Mary 1 Ann purnaresq received honorable
Ann Stamper, Joyce Steele, Fran- mention in the oration
ces Strothers, June Tew, Lila Ann
Tice, Rose Wharton, Kay White,
and Patty Wolfe.
Those who ran for Sophomore
c^ass attendants were: Jessie Al
len, Ann Aust-,:
When Dan enters the state con
test, he will be competing against
students from all over North Cam-
New inductees into Torchlight,
National Honor Society, were chos
en Tuesday during the spring tap
ping.
President of the local chapter,
Joyce Steele, - challenged the 31
present members to select those
deemed worthy for membership on
the basis of their scholarship, lead
ership, character, and service.
Joyce stated that no one truly
achieves these four ideals but that
it is the goal of Torchlight to de
velop a unified character and per
sonality.
“Scholarship is the goal toward
which every high school student
has been striving for four years,
stated Rose Wharton, who explain
ed that her gold stole stood for
the wealth of scholarship.
Royal purple, the color of royal
ty, was worn by Ralph Bright who
told the qualifications of a leader.
Mary Helen Shelburne, wearing
the blue scarf, the emblem of a
noble character, defined service
as the object of all.
White, the color of purity, was
worn by Joe Clapp who mentioned
the worth of a pure character.
Mrs. Edna Earle Randolph, Bible
instructor, led the Traditional
Torchlight devotional, and Susan
Leonard, Ann Cole, and Janet
Loops provided the musical ac
companiment for the program.
New York Excursion
Planned By Staffers
Planning to embark March 10
on an excursion to New York are
six members of the High Life
staff.
D. O.-D. E. Banquet
Set For March 25
each home room Ginger Bass,;
as the candi-j-f“™ ^1“”:
dates. From the Margaret
lists compiled Brooks, Leslr
of these names j Brown, Ginger
eight seniors, Cole, Shelba
and five sopho-i ’ „
imores were^^®®^’ Nancy
schosen to be in' Dale, Peggy
Hhe court. The Durham Mich-
Julianna Clark girl receiving ^ ® 1 Gardner,
the most votes in the Sophomore •
and Junior Classes automatically! Sydna Hall, Diaim Harmom Pe y
became the maid of hanor. The Hines, Nan^cy Hodgin Madeline
queen, however was selected by , Hcjjcy. Hdda H^t, Sally Jordan,
the student body from a ballot | Gad Kirkman, Sonya_^ L^better,
composed of the eight highest sen-
“Wishing Can Make It So, If . .'
lma.aThe top prize then will be $75 Se’’'^eleTnrh‘"fun^l
For the past _two, years, the is to be held
winner
ha's been sSara Massey! 1
but this vear shp was inpllipihip I banquet, which is designed
This was due to thr/ecent ?u^ ^"^^er relationships be-
that past state winners
Bobbie Jean
Williams
Torchlight Schedules
Annual Talent Show
March 17 has been set as try- students, representatives of Greens-
out day for the acts which will be
ployee, will be one of the largest
of the 10 previous ones, with more
than 300 people attending, includ
ing approximately 95 employers.
Besides the employers and the
ior girls. The runner-up became
senior maid of honor.
Nominees for senior attendants
were; Ann Alexander, Kaye Ban
ner, Betty Bell, Barbara Brown,
Jo Frances Bullard, Betty Carson,
Tini Rae Chambers. Mary Frances
Colvert, Marian Cornelius, Rose
Edwards, Bootsie Fowler, Edna
Freeman, Gloria Gilmore, Pat Har
rison, Pat Helgesen, Mary Ann
Hill, Lillian Holland, Anna Huf-
Jean Loverne, Louise McGhee
Bunnye Marshall, Barbara Mon-
nett, Joan Moring, Shelvie Oakes,
Carolyn Paschal, Peggy Phillips,
Ann Poole, Ann Rountree, Betty
Sapp, Caro!Iine Sikes, Shirley
Smith, Vicki Steward, Joanne
Stone. Nancy Turner, Zade Turner,
Becky Walters, Fran Welch. Bob
bie 'Williams, and Jackie Williams.
Candidates for junior attendants
were: Margie Boren, Lynn Boren,
(Continued on Page Six)
presented in the annual Torch
light Talent Show on March 23.
Forbes Rampey, treasurer of the
society and chairman of the pro
gram, has issued invitations to par
ticipate to the various organiza
tions and to individual students
suggested by ^he student body.
Proceeds from the talent show
will be used by the society for
two scholarships to be awarded at
Awards Day later in the spring.
The amount of student support
will determine the size of th'
grants.
Approximately 30 acts were sug
gested by the students and put
into the suggestion box in the front
hall of the main building.
boro Senior High School, the City
School Administrative unit, the
Chamber of Commerce, the State
Department of Education, the
Greensboro Merchants’ Associa
tion, the Greensboro Industries
Inc., and the press will attend.
The decorations will follow the
wishing theme, with wishing wells
the predominate feature. The pro
gram c^ors will be white, yellow,
and green.
Those students who are on the
planning committee are Jerry Var
ner, Carol Apple, Burt Ozment.
Jerry Stanley, and Joyce Owen.
Mrs. Kathryn McEntire, Mrs. Mar
garet Hodden, and Mr. A. B. Rac-
ster are the co-ordinators of the
D.O.-D.E, classes.
Staffers who are going to attend
the annual Columbia Scholastic
Press Association Convention at
Columbia University are Martha
Jester, editor; Nancy McGlamery,
feature editor; Martha Ann Burnet,
proofreader; Marilyn Neerman, ex
change editor; Lynn Cochrane,
headline writer: and Miss Paula
Abernethy, adviser. Mrs. Arthur
Burnet will also accompany the
group.
They will register at 9 a. m.
on Thursday and attend several of
the sectional meetings, clinics, and
lectures offered at the convention.
The grand finale of the meeting
will be the convention luncheon
at 12:45 p. m. on Saturday to be
held in the Grand Ballroom of the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Time spent in the “wonderful
town” will be used in seeing sev
eral broadway plays including “Me
and Juliet,” “Solid Gold Cadillac,”
Cinerama, Radio City Music Hall,
and television shows. Sight-seeing,
shopping, and a little sleeping at
the Hotel Taft are also on the
agenda.
On Sunday at 6 p. m., the happy
High .Jl-ifers will board a south
bound train for home. They will
arrive here in time for two or
three hours of sleep before they
present bright and shining faces
in homeroom at 8:45 Monday morn
ing .
Bible Club Hears Flora
At Monthly Supper Meet
Over 100 members of the GHS
Bible classes heard Mr. Joe Flora,
minister of youth at the First
Presbyterian Church, speak at
their monthly supper held at the
Mayfair Cafeteria on Tuesday.
Mr. Flora spoke on future voca
tions and the importance of young
people’s choosing their professions
carefully. He cited several inci
dents where people were unhappy
in their work because of lack of
satisfaction.
Miss Lucille Browne, director of
guidance, was present to answer
questions concerning scholarships
and jobs available to students.
Allen Fry has been elected vice-
president and is therefore in charge
of planning the programs. Presi
dent of the club is Bootsie Fowler.
Club adviser is Mrs. Edna Earle
Randolph.