GH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXI
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. GREENSBORO, N. C., APRIL 8, 1955
NUMBER 12
Heath And Varner Sing,
Win Torchlight Omnibus
In the annnual Torchlight Tal
ent Show presented Tuesday,
April 5, in the school auditorium,
Don Heath and Jerry Varner won
the first prize of $10. The boys
sang “Sweet Lips” an original
composition t>y Don Heath, who
accompanied himself on the elec
tric guitar..
With the playing of “Tuxedo
Junction,” the senior jazz band,
the Melotones, took second prize,
and Jean Ogburn and Ruth Hunt
received honorable mention for
their rag doll tap dance interpre
tation of “No More.”
Judging the group were Miss Pat
Basinger, of the City Recreation
Department, Mrs. Luther Blue,
youth worker at the Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant, and Mr.
Harold Hipps, assistant pastor and
youth worker of the West Market
Street Methodist Church.
Other acts included in the talent
show were Randy Dodson playing
“Star Dust” on the piano, Carol
Stout, doing a whistling panto
mime of “Goldilocks and the Three
Bears,” Jerry Mann, accompanied
by Hellen White, sin^ng *^Be-
cause of You,” and Agnes Tate
and Jimmy Stanley indulging on
a jazz dancing routine. Warren
Wall tap danced to “Five Foot
Two.” ^e Queen’s Men sang
“Clementine,” the sophomore band
played their version of the jazz
number, “Shake, Rattle, and Roll.”
Ruby Hohn accompanied on the
piano by Ruby Huff sang “Open
Up Your Heart.” Singing “Sin
cerely” were Janice and Ruth
Matthews accompanied by Junie
Faye Blake.
The variety show was narrated
by Bob Grant, a member of Torch
light Honor Saciety.
Each student paid 25 cents to see
the performances. This is the only
paid regular assembly, and the
proceeds will go for a Torchlight
Scholarship. It will be awarded
to some member of the Senior
Class on Awards Day.
Student Literary Work
To Be Published Soon
HOMESPUN, Senior High
School’s literary magazine
sponsored by the Quill and
Scroll members of GHS, is
scheduled to come out late
this month. The magazine con
tains poems, essays, short-
stories, and sketches which are
written and submitted by the
students who wish to have their
creative work published.
Parents, Teachers Elect
Mrs. McConnell Prexy
Mrs. J. Dan McConnell was
recently elected president for the
coming two years of the Greens
boro Council of PTA and will be
installed in May.
The Greensboro Council serves
as a general council for the 21
city school PTA organizations.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
J. Q. Seawell Jr., first vice-presi
dent; Mrs. W. H. McCuiston, sec
ond vice-president; Mrs. R. Kenne
dy Harris, recording secretary, and
Mrs. Hoyle, corresponding secre
tary. Carry-over officers include
Mrs. J. M. Dodson, third vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Arthur Freedman,
fourth vice-president; and Mrs. S.
A. Helms, treasurer. These and
the new officers make up the exec
utive board.
Mrs. McConnell states, “The
Parent Teacher Association is a
service organization with its pur
pose to make better homes, and a
better community. There are 12,000
jmembers here in Greensboro alone.
Our potentiality for service is too
j limited.”
j Mrs. McConnell was asked to
join the PTA in 1942, before her
oldest daughter started to school.
I Since that time, she has been an
j active member of the organization,
! serving as vice-president of the
i Greensboro Council of PTA for
' two years, vice-president of the
! Senior High PTA for two years,
i (Oontinued on Page Eight)
Groome Selected Student Body Head;
Classes Choose Robinson and O Brien
Approximately 1,500 students cast their vote for the candidate of their choice on April 1
when school wide elections were held. Houston Groome was elected to be prepdent of the
GHS student body beginning next September. The president of next year’s Senior Qass will
he nirk Rohin.son. and Bill O’Brien will be president of the rismg Jumor Clap. Named p
was Bob Herford. Maxine Callisher
will be the school secretary, and
Manley Dodson will assume the
duties of traffic chief. Tom Hud
gins was voted to be the next
treasurer of Senior High School.
Houston Groome defeated John
Gardiner, who has been president
of his Sophomore and Junior Class.
Dick Robinson, defeated John
Homey for the office of Senior
Class president.
Vice-president of the Senior
Class and Junior Class, respective
ly, will be Jim Martin and Libby
Garvin. Shirley Smith and Camille
Merriman were named as secre
taries. Treasurers elected for the
next year classes were Robert Hew-
ett and Susan Martens.
Representatives from the rising
Senior Class who will sit on the
Student Council next year are Leon
Boggs, Wayne Griffin, Gail Kirk-
man, Zade Turner, Janie Walters
and Bill Williamson.
Bob Baynes, Susan Brooks, Buck
Hoyle, Nancy Lambeth, Jane
Tiynch, Karle Ray, Harriet Wells,
and Pete Wyrick are members of
the rising Junior Class who will
represent the juniors in the Stu
dent Council next year.
Results of the elections were
announced last Friday night by
Miss Dorothy McNairy, adviser to
the elections committee. Aiding
Miss McNairy in the elections were
Rob Pearce, chairman of the elec
tions .committee, Phyllis Brooks,
Jimmy Jordan, Sue Siihmons, and
Bob Cowan.
“Installation of the new officers
will be held in May, and they will
begin their duties in September
when the 1955-56 school term
opens,” said Mr. A. P. Routh, prin
cipal.
Martin To Edit High Life
During Next School Year
Filling the top position for 1955-
1956 on the HIGH LIFE staff will
be Jim Martin, taking over the
job of this yearns editor, Martha
Ann Burnet.
Donna Oliver and Diane Schwartz
will be the two associate editors,
and taking the responsibility of
managing editor will be Dick Rob
inson. Mary Lou *Hutton will be'
business manager, and Ginger :
Bass, advertising manager. I
As leading member of the staff, j
Jim’s duties will include the re- j
sponsibility of printing negotia
tions, and general production man
agement of HIGH" LIFE. On his
shoulder will rest all the major
decisions.
The duties of the associate edi
tors are headline supervision, fea
ture, assignments, and make-up.
The job of the managing editor will
be heading the news staff and as
sisting publication. Ad planning
and make-up will be the business
of the advertising manager, while
financial matters will be handled
by the business manager.
Jim, a rising senior, served this
year on the sports and news staffs
taking care of assembly reports
and special sports assignments. In
his junior high days at Gillespie
Park, he served as associate editor
of the GILLESPIAN. In addition
to his journalistic interests, Jim
is a participator of the golf team.
He also makes honor roll.
Jim was recently elected vice-
president of the Senior Class.
Donna, also a rising senior,
served HIGH LIFE this year in
the capacity of assistant editor. In
recognition of her journalistic
achievements this year, Donna was
inducted into Quill and Scroll.
She wears a silver star.
Feature editor of HIGH LIFE
this year was Diane Schwartz. As
a result of her work in journalism,
she was also taken into Quill and
Scroll, Diane has a silver star,
, also.
I Dick is active in school politics,
I having been treasurer of his soph-
' omore class and now treasurer of
the school. He has held the posi
tion of news editor this year. Dick
I too has a silver star.
; In the past election Dick was
chosen president of the Senior
i Class.
I The business staff will be head-
i (UoHtinued- on Page Eight)
Aoove is the wheel which will be the nucellus of GHS’s student gov
ernment beginning next September. The hub about which the wheel
will revolve is the president of the student body, Houston Groome.
The names of the newly elected officers are, clockwise, Bob Herford,
vice-president of the student body; Maxine Callisher, school secre
tary; Tom Hudgins, GHS treasurer; Manly Dodson, traffic chief;
Dick Robinson, president of the rising Senior Class; and Bill O’Brien,
president of the rising Junior Class.
For the position of Senior High treasurer, neither of the opposing
candidates had a majority in the school wide elections held on Friday,
April 1. Monday a special vote was taken, and Tom Hudgins won out
over Mary Lou Hutton. ^
April 25 Deadline In
Annual Story Contest
Monday, April 25, is the dead
line for entrants in the annual
O. Henry Short Story Contest.
The contest is open to seniors
only. The requirements are that
the stories be original, and be
typed. Stories must be turned in
to Miss Mims in room--300 no later
than April 25.
A $25 war bond for the first
place entry and $15 cash for the
second place entry will be present
ed to the winners on Awards Day.
The stories may be any length
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Slaving over printing problems
that arise in the publication of a
newspaper are the students who
will fill the key positions on next
year’s HIGH LIFE staff. Left to
right they are Diane Schwartz and
Donna Oliver, who will serve in
the capacity of associate editors,
and Jim Martin, who takes the
position of editor. With their hands
in the money are business mana
ger, Mary Lou Hutton, and ad
vertising manager. Ginger Bass.
School Views Convention,
Selects Names For Ballot
March 29 students at GHS wit
nessed the annual electorial con
vention, consisting of an assembly
followed by a meeting of the dele
gates, at which they placed the
two nominees receiving the great
est number of votes on the ballot.
Tabulating on the board during
assembly were Jimmy Jordan and
Sue Simmons. The parliamentar
ians included Miss McNaip^, Stu
dent Council advisor, Margie Boren
and Phyllis Brooks, and Miss Cau
sey, speech instructor.
Roll Call
Following the parlimentary pro
cedure, Rob Pearce, Senior Class
president, introduced Gail Kirk-
man, school secretary, who called
the roll of the delegates.
At the second roll call during
the assembly programs, nomina
tions were open from the floor
for president of the student body.
Candidates nominated were Bill
Franklin, John Gardiner, and Hous
ton Groome.
With the third roll call, Houston
Groome, received the greatest num
ber of votes and was placed first
on the voting ballot. John Gardi
ner, received the most votes on the
second roll call, and was placed
second on the ballot.
Nominations for vice-president
of the student body were given
at the next roll call. Nominees were
Lisa Anderson, Nestus Gurley, and
Bob Herford.
With the second roll call for
vice-president, Bob Herford was
placed first on the voting ballot,
and. Lisa Anderson was placed
on it second.
After assembly the delegates met
m the auditorium to finish placing
the nominees on the ballots. Max
ine Callisher and Liz Sutton were
placed on the ballot for secretary
of the student body.
With the roll call for treasurer
of the student body, the voting
was deadlocked twice between the
three candidates, Mary Lou Hut
ton, Tom Hudgins, and Jack Jessup.
Mary Lou Hutton was elected on
the third ballot after the deadlocks.
At the fourth and fifth roll call
the voting was deadlocked between
Tom and Jack. The delegates de
cided on a direct primary, but
later decided to place all three
students on the ballot.
Nominees for traffic chief of
GHS were Manley Dodson, Charles
Pemberton, and David Wible. Man-
ley Dodson was placed first on the
ballot with David Wible placed
second. •
John Homey and I^ick Robinson
were placed on the ballot for presi-
Kfontivuca ov Page Si.cj
Matherly Gets Grant
Available To Seniors
j Jerry Matherly, senior, received
a telegram March 22, stating that
j he had . won a General Motors
' scholarship valued at approximate-
, ly $700 a year to Wake Forest
College.
In order to hold his scholarship,
Jerry must maintain a scholastic
average in the upper quarter of
his class. While majoring in Eng
lish, he plans to take two foreign
languages during his freshman
year.
Jerry, who was at Wake Forest
March 19, was interviewed by a
panel of professors who gave him
oral and vocabulary examinations.
At Senior High, Jerry is in Torch
light, Quill and Scroll, assistant
editor of HOMESPUN, and a staff
writer for WHIRLIGIG. He is on
the Class Day and Washington
committees, treasurer of the North
Carolina Association of Young
Writers, and was elected most in
tellectual by the Senior Class.