HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O, Henry
VOLUME XXX
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MARCH 19, 1954
NUMBER 12
35 Students Receive High Ratings
At Duke, Davidson Music Contests
The Winnah!
Thirty-five members of the
music department won eight su
perior and six excellent ratings
at the state solo and ensemble
contests that were held at David
son College and Duke University.
Out of the five ensemble groups
sent to Duke University to be
judged, three groups received su
perior ratings while two brought
back excellent.
The clarinet quartet composed
of John Gardiner, Maxine Wells.
Mary Lou Wall, and Sara Toenes
was one of the three coping a su
perior rating. The others were the
brass sextet composed of Leigh
Winslow, Bill Kellam, Jerry
Eller, Harold Nicholson, Bob Phil
lips, and Dick Frank, and the
Brass Choir consisting of Leigh
Winslow, Bill Kellam, Bob Phillips,
Zade Turner, Gerey Steed, Shelly
Morgenstern, Jerry Eller, Helena
Frost, Benton Ham, and Gwen
Christiansen.
Eugene LeBauer, Barbara Ken^
nerly, and Eleanor Zwicky playing
the Flute Trio received an excel
lent rating along with the Horn
Quartet composed of Dick Frank,
Becky Motley, Jimmy Griggs, and
Tom Hill.
Nine members of the GHS- con
cert orchestra brought many hon-
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Three Vocal Groups
Leave For'54 (onlesf
Three vocal choruses left
Greensboro today to represent GHS
in the state music contest held
in High Point.
Miss Eula Tuttle is the director
of the groups which consist of a
girls’ chorus, boys’ chorus, and
the mixed choir.
Each group will sing two selec
tions, and they are judged by three
teachers from high schools over
the state.
The selections made by the girls’
chorus are “Greetings” by Brahms
and “Adoramustte, Christe” by di
Lasso. The boys’ chorus is singing
“Come Now Sweet Death” and
Jesus, Joy of My Endeavor,” both
written by Bach.
The choir, which will sing about
p. m., has elected to perform
“The Last Words of David,”
work by Randall Thompson, and
“Salvation Is Created.”
Last year the choruses went to
Salisbury and received superior
ratings for each group.
The groups left early this morn
ing by chartered busses and will
return late this afternoon.
Winthrop TaBe HosI
To J. C. L. Convention
Twenty-two members of the local
Junior Classical League will at
tend the annual Latin Forum
which will be held at Winthrop
College in South Carolina on Sat
urday, March 20.
These GHS delegates will ob
serve the functioning of South
Carolina's state Latin meeting. The
airn of the Forum is to bring to
gether as many Latin students as
possible and to demonstrate to
them that Latin is not dead but is
still making a rich cultural con
tribution to our civilization.
Last year South Carolina’s For
um attracted national attention by
a write-up in TIME magazine. This
year it will be covered by LIFE.
Highlighting the agenda for the
day will be a play presented by
students of Dresher High School,
Columbia: a lecture on the daily
life among the Romans by Gladys
Martin, who is on the faculty of
Mississippi State College for Wom
en; and a panel of ‘ Roman Quiz
Kids.
The J. C. L. members planning
to go to the convention are Zade
Turner, Angela Butt, Joanne Sa-
leeby, Paddy Sue Wall. Charles
Younce, Mary Anne Culpepper
Freddy Hutton, Paula Tuttle, Put-
sie Dunn, Mary Ellen Sharpe, Hilda
Haithcock, D. Ann Welch. Martha
Wilkins, Linda Biddy, Julia Mc-
Nairy, Diana Harmon, Ann Roun
tree, Richard Johnson, Gail Erik-
son, Jackie Mabie, Elizabeth Mar
tin, and Mrs. Mary B. Madlin,
Latin instructor.
Et Tu, Paddy Sue
Classes Schedule Plays
For April 2 Presentation
On April 2 at 8 p. m., the Senior,
Junior, and Sophomore Classes will
each present a one-act play to de
termine which class shall take a
winner to Chapel Hill for the An
nual State Drama Festival.
The Opening of a Door, a drama,
will be presented by the seniors.
Members of the cast include Mar
garet Kinsey, Gloria McQueen.
Barbara Massey, Forbes Ramsey.
Dale Pearce, Mike Temko, and Jo
Frances Bullard. Raoula Bach;
Bootsie Fowler, David Sox, Robert
Landreth, and George Cox make
up the technical crew.
The Running Tide, another
^ama, will be given by the jun
iors. Those who make up the cast
include Eleanor Pearman, and
Harvey Knox at the present. The
rest of the cast will be announced
at a later date.
For Whom The Telephone Rings
a comedy, will be draipatized by
the sophomores. The cast is com
posed of Carol Mae Homey, Mich
ael Gardner, Shirley Smith, Bob
Herford, Gail Apple, and Mike
Powell The technical staff will
be announced later.
The winning class will receive
the One-Act Play cup.
97 To Run For Offices;
3 Vie For Chief Position
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Class Day (onimllfee
Selects Bell As Head
FORBES RAMSEY
Ramsey Receives $1,250
In '54 Morehead Awards
“I wasn’t sure that it was my
name they called,” replied Forbes
Ramsey when questioned about his
winning the $1,250 Morehead
scholarship, renewable each of his
four years at the University of
North Carolina.
“For three days we had been in
terviewed and questioned. Then
after waiting for an hour for the
result of my efforts, I was so
nervous that it didn’t register when
my name was read off with the
others,” he explained.
Forbes, who is classified by his
teachers an a well-rounded student,
went through stages of elimination
before he was finally chosen. The
first stage was here at Senior when
he was interviewed by a represent
ative of the county committee. After
successfully completing the district
finals at Winston-Salem, Forbes
was notified that he was one of the
six chosen to compete with 33
other boys from North Carolina
and Virginia in the finals of the
contest. On Monday and Tuesday,
March 8 and 9, Forbes was inter
viewed at Chapel Hill by members
of the Morehead Scholarship Com
mittee.
Tuesday night he and the other
boys were feted at a banquet in
the dining room of the Morehead
Planetarium. After the banquet
the boys received a letter inform
ing the winners of their selection
for the finals. The 22 boys whr
were left were interviewed again
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Committees have been appointed
to begin work on the 1954 Class
Day which is to be held May 23.
Betty Bell was selected by the
general committee to serve as
over-all chairman for the annual
fastivities. Miss Eula Tuttle will
serve as faculty adviser for the
group.
Senior English teachers will
compose an advisory board to aid
the committee in compiling the
program. They include Mrs. Edna
Earle Randolph, Miss Mozelle Cau
sey, Miss Sara Mims, Miss Edna
Nicholson, Miss Virginia Powell,
and Mrs. Louise Morgan.
Committees have been chosen to
decide the outstanding events in
the seniors’ three years at high
school: sophomore year, Cordelia
Goodnight and Martha Jester; jun
ior year, Gloria Gilmore and
Amanda McConnell; and senior
year, Bettie Jane Upchurch and
Joe Clapp,
Members of the committee are
working on a central theme around
which to base the entire program.
Others besides those on the ..years’
committee are Stewart Colson,
Dawn Barbour, Kittep Barringer.
Beckie Schweistris, Barbara
Sharpe, Kelly Maness, and Jimmy
Powell, who is Senior Class pre.^i-
dent and chairman for all gradu
ation plans.
Included in the Class Day will
be the Last Will and Testament
the Prophecy, and the superlatives.
This, the most humorous of th
graduation exercises, will take
place in a special Thursday morn
ing assembly.
Cilizens Of Monlh
PADDY SUE WALL
Wall Voted JCL Prexy
At Asheville Convention
Paddy Sue Wall of Greensboro
Senior High v/as elected president
of the state-wide Junior Classical
League at the annual convention
held in Asheville last Saturday.
Latin and Greek students make
up the group which Paddy Sue
has served as vice-president. Paddy
Sue, who is a second year Latin
student under Mrs. Mary Madlin,
was elected last year when the
convention was held in Greensboro.
Her main job as yice-president has
been editing TORCH which is the
state J. C. L. newspaper.
At the convention this year, Pad
dy Sue was nominated and sup
ported by the High Point club.
D. Ann Welch was Paddy’s cam
paign manager.
After lunch on Saturday the
candidates were presented and 1
elected. Paddy received the honor’
late in the evening session.
As president Paddy’s main job
will be the planning of next year’s
convention which will be held in
Chapel Hill.
Boren To Represent
F. T. A. Ai Conclave
Members of the Citizenship Hon
or Roll for the first six weeks of
the spring semester have been
announced.
Kitten Barringer and Ralph
Bright are the seniors who receiv
ed this honor.
Rachel Allen and Banks Ritchie
were chosen from the Junior Class.
Sara Toenes and Walker Lockett
I are best citizens from the Sopho-
j more Class.
These people were chosen for
their achievements in scholarship
and citizenship.
Ninety-seven sophomores and
juniors have signaled their desire
to be candidates in the spring
election.
Three boys have decided to run
for school president. They are
Jimmy Jordan, who will be boosted
by Ken Cates, R. B. Arthur, sup
ported by Jimmy Jones, and Don
nie DeSanto, who has Barbara
Massey as his campaign manager.
For vice-president of the school,
two girls, Julie Redhead and Sue
Simmons ,are campaigning for this
honor. Their boosters are Arthur
Balderacchi and Becky Schweis
tris, respectively.
Running for secretary are Janie
Walters, supported by Don Patter
son, and Gail Kirkman boosted
by Betty Bell.
Two sophomores, Dick Robinson
and Leon Boggs, are the aspirants
for treasurer. Harriett Perkins is
booster for Dick and Bill Turner
for Leon.
In the race for traffic chief
Steve Arthur and Bob Cowan are
vying for the head of the patrols.
They are boosted by Jack King
and Bob Grant, respectively.
For class representatives are
Brokie Lineweaver, Phyllis Brooks,
Kay Wrenn, Lynn Boren, Holly
Deifell, Terry Arih Garrison, Syl
via Kimbro, Carolyn Scott, Pat
Frazier, Deanna Dickson, Susan
Hege, Dava Cashwell, Rachel Allen,
Clara Alexander, Julianna Clark,
Alan Pultz, and Margie Boren.
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Six GHS Teachers
Attend NCEA Meet
Attending the North Carolina
Education Association meeting
starting today in Raleigh are Miss
Estelle Mitchell, Miss Edna Nich
olson, Miss Virginia Powell, Miss
Mildred Herring, Miss • Mozelle
Causey, and Mrs. Jeannette Mc
Arthur.
These six Senior High School
teachers are going to the meeting
as official delegates, but Mr. A.
P. Routh, principal, is going as an
unofficial delegate. Their time will
be taken up with both general and
departmental meetings and lighter
entertainment in the form of lunch
eons and teas.
Schools from all over North
Carolina are allowed one delegate
for every 10 teachers on the fac
ulty; hence six were chosen from
the 60 teachers here.
For several years past the meet
ing was held in Asheville.
Lynn Boren, junior, left yester
day to represent the GHS chapter
of Future Teachers of America
at the meeting of the North Car
olina Education Association in
Raleigh which will continue
through Saturday.
Members of the Senior High FTA
chapter elected Lynn to represent
them at this meeting. All of the
FTA chapters of the state will
have a representative who will be
recognized at the NCEA gathering.
FTA representatives will attend
meetings at the Capitol Building,
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. The
New Highway Building Auditorium,
and the Ambassador Theatre.
New officers of the state FTA
for 1954-55 will be elected today
by all the North Carolina repre
sentatives.
Citation Awarded Store Salesman
For Service Beyond Call of Duty
Homespun BoxPlaced
For Creative Entries
Students wishing to have any
of their creative work publish
ed in HOMESPUN, a literary
magazine sponsored by Quill
and Scroll, may place their
contributions in the white box
in the main hall.
If possible the entries should
be typed.
As a crowji was placed upon his
brow by a smiling admirer, the
following citation was read to a
salesman in the school store on
the mornng of March 10, 1954:
This citation is awarded Coach
Robert L. “Lody” Glenn in rec
ognition of service above and be
yond the call of duty. As driver
of the “Whirlibird,” Coach Glenn
has let neither rain nor sleet
nor snow nor slush nor broken
windshield wipers keep him from
taking the Whirlies on their way
of conquest. Nor has a roasted
left leg, and a wet, freezing
right leg prevented him from
completing such a remarkable
feat as driving the “Whirlibird.”
Thoughts of the “Whirlibird”
out in 20 degree weather with
a radiator filled with water were
enough to cause Coach Glenn
to leave his family circle in the
middle of the night to drain
its radiator.
This devotion to duty has earn
ed Coach Glenn the undying
respect of all.
Presented by his co-workers on
the coaching staff of the basketball
team in conjunction with the man
agers of the school store, this ci-
Coach Jamieson is shown pre
senting the hat of award and honor
to Mr. Glenn for being the effici
ent driver of the “Whirlibird.”
tation of honor and the crown of
trinkets on an express cap brought
a watermelon grin to the face of
the coach, who, at the time, was
working at the store counter sell
ing term paper cards to frantic
seniors.
Credit for the idea has been
given to Mr W. E. Taylor, Coach
Bob Jamieson, Mr. Stanley John
son and Cordelia Goodnight, who
decorated the headgear.