HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. OCT. 21, 1955
NUMBER 3
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Senior Class Selects Superlatives
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Pictured above are superlatives Houston Groome and Gail Kirk-
man, most popular; Ann Armstrong and Jerry Farber, wittiest; Fran
Welch and Mark Foster, cutest; Louis Glascock and Martha Yates,
most athletic; Leon Boggs and Lisa Anderson, most talented; Janie
Walters and Bob Herford, most courteous; and Bobbie Jean Wil
liams and Wayne Griffin, the best looking.
CHS Students Offered
New Scholarships To
Many N. C. Colleges
Last year the seniors of Greens
boro High School received in schol
arship money approximately $48,.
000 and this year’s Senior Class
is expected to receive a larger
amount.
Several scholarships are offered
this year for the first time. The
National Merit Scholarships are set
up by national companies and are
offering 500 full scholarships in
the United States, which can be
used in any college desired. Twen
ty-six are offered here to those
seniors that are in the upper 10
per cent of their class in grades-,
leadership, character, and service
to school and community. The first
examination will be given at
Greensboro High School October
Mims' Homeroom Wins
Miss Sara Mim’s homeroom No.
300 was awarded the CaroI|Lna
Theater party for having the larg
est number of PTA memberships
from any homeroom. A total of 97
members came from her homerom,
and in second place with 69 mem
bers was the homeroom of Mrs.
Mary Blackmon. Her class mem
bers will have a “coke” party for
their second largest number of
memberships.
26. Those passing will take the
second extmination by going be
fore the college board ,and then
the persons chosen will send in
formation to the examiners re
garding their activities. All those
who have the qualifications may
sign up by seeing Mr. Anderson.
The Morehead Scholarships of
fered by the University of North
Carolina are awarded to the most
outstanding boys in the state. Ap-
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Operation Honor^ Theme
Of Special Honor Day
Honor Code Day on Friday, No^
vember 11, will culminate a full
week of emphasis on “Operation
Honor,” the occasion replacing
Honor Code Week and Social
Standards Day sponsored by the
student council in past years.
Keynote speaker at an 11 o’clock
assembly will be the Rev. Kenneth
Goodson.
The chronological list of events
for the day begins with the usual
first period class from nine to ten
o’clock. Then students council
members and other students will
lead panel discussions in all 51
home room groups on the chosen
theme, “Operation Honor.”
Due to a district teachers’ meet
ing in High Point the school day
will end at noon after the assem
bly.
Student chairman for the entire
program is Gail Kirkman. The
committee of council meihbers as
sisting in preparations’ are Zade
Turner, Pete Wyrick,. Buck Hoyle,
Janie Walters, Bill O’Brien. -Miss
Sara Mims, English Department
head, is working in conjunction
with the regular council advisor.
Miss Dorothy McNairy in arrang
ing this project designed to help
improve the general trend of ac
ceptable behavior and standards.
The discussion panels of three
members each will be composed of
student council members, home
room presidents, several members
of dramatics and English classes,
and other people who have ex
pressed interest in the project.
. These discussions will center
around three specific topics. First,
social behavior at school, in other
public places, and at home will be
examined. Honesty with self and
others will be a second considera
tion. Third will be attitudes toward
authority, the rights of others,
personal self discipline, and re-
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Superlatives for the 1956
graduating class were elected
by the Senior Class members
on October 14. Votes were
counted by Miss Ida Belle
Moore and the four Senior
Class officers: Dick Robinson,
president; Jimmy Martin, vice-
president; Shirley Smith, sec
retary; and Robert Hewett,
treasurer. The identity of the
28 superlative winners was
kept secret by these people in
order that HIGH LIFE could
break the story to the student
body in this issue.
Houston Groome, president of
the student body, and Gail Kirk
man, Homecoming Queen, were
named as the post popular boy
and girl in Senior High School.
Chosen as the wittiest couple in
the Senior Class were Jerry Far
ber and Ann Armstrong.
The most athletic superlative
was awarded to Louis Glascock and
Martha Yates, while Bob Herford
and Janie Walters were named as
the most courteous couple.
Mark Foster and Frannie Welch
were voted as the two cutest sen
iors On the campus. The boy and
girl named as possessing the most
talent were Leon Boggs and Lisa
Anderson.
The best looking couple in the
Senior Class was listed as Wayne
Griffin and Bobbie Jean Williams,
while Dick Robinson and Zade
Turner received the best personal
ity honor.
Named as the most likely to sue.
ceed were John Gardiner and
Louise McGee; David Bescherer
and Sara Toenes were selected as
the most intellectual pair.
Manley Dodson and Shirley
Smith were voted as the most de
pendable couple, and Don Rothrock
and Sally Jordan the friendliest.
The sweetest seniors were named
as David Wible and Peggy Durham.
Buddy Johnosn and Lina Henley
Farr completed the list of Senior
Superlatives as best dressed.
In the first vote held on October
5 each senior was given a ballot
with the superlatives listed. Each
voter put down the boy and girl
they thought most suitable for the
award. On October 14 a second
vote was held to determine those
superlatives which were so close
that they could not be selected
from the first ballot.
Other superlatives are Zade Turner and Dick Robinson, best
personality; Don Rothrock and Sally Jordan, friendliest; John Gard
iner and Lou McGee, most likely to succeed; Peggy Durham and
David Wible, sweetest; Sara Toenes and David Bescherer, most inte>
lectual; Buddy Johnson and Lina Hendley Farr, best dressed; and
Manley Dodson and Shirley Smith, the most dependable.
Kirkman To Reign Tonight
AsQuecn Of Homecoming
Oulll And Scroll Club
Takes New Members
Today marks the announcement,
after final tabulation of votes of
those students who have been
chosen for membership in Quill
and Scroll, honor society for high
school journalists.
Out of the eligible nominees,
Barry Frahm, Robert Hewett, Mary
Iicu Hutton, Betty Adams, Ann But
ler, Diana Harmon, Martha Wil
liamson, Jane McLennon and Dan
McConnell were issued invitations
to join the organization./
In addition to having a scholas
tic average of 90 or better, being
in a junior or senior home room,
and working on one of Senior’s
two publications, HIGH LIFE and
WHIRLIGIG, the students each had
to submit a sample of his literary
work, such as poems, theme, es
say, or short story. These entrants
were then in turn judged and
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Reigning as queeh of the Home
coming celebration tonight at the
Greensboro-Reidsville game will be
Gail Kirkman, escorted by Hous
ton Groome, the student body pres
ident.
Greensboro’s co-sponsors who
were chosen by the Student Coun
cil are Janie Walters and Zade
' Turner. They will be escorted by
Edmund Schenck and Dick Robin
son, respectively.
Betty Bell and Kelly Maness,
from the class of 1954, and Sue
Simmons and Jimmy Jordon, from
the class of 1955 ,have been chosen
as the alumni sponsors.
Betty Bell, who was secretary
of the student body in 1953-54,
was a member of the Student Coun
cil her sophomore and senior year
was in Torchlight during her junior
year and secretary during her sen
ior year. She was a cheerleader
during her three years at Senior
High and was voted Most Court
eous Girl in her Senior Class.
Serving as president of the Stu
dent Council in 1953-54, was Kelly
Maness. He was a member of the
WHIRLIGIG staff, the^ Key Club,
choir. Torchlight, Youth Center
Council, and the Hi-Y Club. He
was voted the Most Popular Boy
in the class of 1955.
Sue Simmons, Senior High’s
sponsor for the Homecoming Game
last year, was a member of the
Student Council for two years and
was vice-president of the student
body in 1954-55. She was in the
May Court all three years she was
at GHS and was in the choir dur
ing her last two years,
j President of the student body
last year, Jimmy Jordon was also
the Junior Class president during
his junior year and was voted
Most Popular Boy ii^ his Senior
Class.
Reidsville High will elect their
own sponsors for the game.
The enter^inment for the cele
bration will be furnished by the
band and choir. The numbers
which they will do together include
“The Surry With the Fringe On
Top,” “Oh What A Beautiful Morn
ing,” “People Will Say We’re In
Love,” and “Oklahoma.”
The sponsors will be presented
during the half-time program.
The committee that worked on
plans for the program include
Wayne Griffin, Nancy Lambeth,
Jane Lynch, Bill O’Brien, and Buck
Hoyle.
Kay Wrenn, graduate of 1955,
was the Homecoming queen for
last year during the Greensboro-
Salisbury game. She was escorted
by the student body president, Jim
my Jordan.
Voice Of Democracy
Subject For.Contesf
During the week of November
14, the Voice of Democracy Ora
tion Contest will take place at the
City Hall, with the subject being
“I Speak For Democracy.”
Students who are competing in
the contest and who are members
of Miss Mozelle Causey’s speech
classes are now working on the
writing and delivery of their
speeches which are to be five
minutes each.
For the basis of their judging
the judges for the contest will
count the contents of the speech
as 40 per cent, the delivery as 40
per cent, and the originality as 20
per cent.
In the Greensboro - Guilford
Coutny contest there will be three
winners.
Last year all three places were
won by Senior’ High Speech stu
dents. The first place went to Ann
Dumaresq, who is now a student
at Woman’s College. Ann is ma
joring in Dramatics. The second
place went to Bill Mauldin, whe
is now working at a local radio
station. Peyton Neal, a junior at.
Senior High, won the third place.