Page Two
High Lifg
October 21, 1955
The Purpose of High Life Is To
^et and preserve the history of our
T school.
An Analysis Of The Late A. Y.
H
old individuals together under
high standards.
S eparate the worthwhile from
the worthless and promote
the highest interest of stu
dents, teachers, and school.
Apple-Polishing ....
Has become an everyday word,
yet it is frequently applied errone
ously. Often a student will see
another student approach a teacher
after class to ask a question on the
day’s topic. Perhaps the teacher and
student will even walk down the
hall together to further discuss the
subject. Immediately the student
who witnessed this will label his
classmate as an Apple-polisher.
There are synonyms for this word,
and they too are often misused.
Actually it is to the credit of the
person who is intelligent enough
and interested enough in learning to
seek outside counsel with his in
structor. It is a very fine thing when
a close student-teacher relationship
is created. One teacher with a sin
cere interest in You can change
your whole outlook on life. It is a
wonderful feeling to know that you
can turn to a wise person. Your
teacher, for advice and understand
ing.
There are, of course, rotten ap
ple in every barrel; and so there
are always those who really do “pol.
ish apples for the teacher.” How
ever, these people usually work in
a manner quite obvious to their fel-
lo-students and teachers. For them
this may be the only method to at
tain good grades. That is then-
choice and also their mistake.
Another rotten apple is the stu
dent who, to avoid the unpopular
title of Apple-polisher, is unfriend
ly and often sarcastic to his teach
ers. He tries to impress all with his
indifference and lackadaisical ways.
He fools only himself.
The important thing is to recog-
ni2e sincerity of manner and eager
ness to learn and to respect those
who have found true friendship on
the other side of the desk.
An Analysis....
The spontaneous, almost unanimous ac
ceptance was, perhaps, an indictment in
itself. But what else contributed to the
death of Allied Youth?
You may recall the day when the late
Roy Bregg, national chairman of the AY
movement, made his appeal to the student
body in the fall of 1954. His message was
inspiring and certainly worthwhile. We
werq given a glimpse through films of the
highly successful organization in Coral
Gables, Florida. There was a significant
difference, however, between the initiations
of the two clubs. The Florida group began
with a small, dedicated nucleus of people
who were sincerely interested in doing
something positive in their community
about what is becoming an increasingly on
erous social problem. Their numbers grew
slowly but their organization was stable
and thus has been permanent.
It was an entirely different situation in
Greensboro. Fully ninety per cent of the
student body remained after that assembly
(perhaps to avoid second period classes) as
testimony of their desire to organize a
similar chapter. And for many of those
people Allied Youth was just another novel
ty. There was very little idealism or thought
about the possibilities of this body.
This then was the situation when officers
were elected and some sort of formal or
ganization was established. There was little
room for expansion. Practically everyone
was already involved. All movement was
unfortunately retrogressive. The collapse
of the group last spring has been attribu
ted to the lack of interest on the part of
the students. This is a logical explanation
for part of this complete flop. Why was
there lack of interest though? There are
two possibilities.
First of all. Allied Youth was not a very
attractive arrangement if not enough of the
originally enormous membership could be
retained to make the club worthwhile.
Or second perhaps, there was no need in
our school for its services. This first con
tention is plausible. We never saw much
activity even at the beginnmg of its brief
existence. Apparently the officers were not
much more interested than its complacent
members in making the meetings conven
ient to attend, appealing, and at the same
time educational.
The second opinion which has been ad
vanced many times by people around
school is absolutely absurd. There was and
still is a need for an organization of this
type. Anyone with a contrary opinion is
blind to the facts. Drinking is a disgusting
and alarmmgly prominent element in many
parties on the high school level today
We’ve already lost a good opportunity to
do something about it.
Thanks, Girls ....
Plannmg, buying, and serving a
luncheon for College Day is no
.small undertakmg. The third year
Home Economics students have
been doing this ever since College
Day was first introduced to Greens
boro Senior High.
The average student does not
know of the lengthy planning and
preparing that these girls have done
for this luncheon. From this occa
sion the representatives of the
many colleges learn more about our
school from a different angle. Last
Wednesday, the girls carried on as
professional hostesses instead of
amateurs. We at Senior High know
by what we have heard in the past
years that thtse luncheons are real
ly gay and tasty. GHS thanks these
girls for their fine work as grace
ful hostesses to our guest on Col
lege Day 1955.
COUNSEL
FROM THE
COUNCIL
Themes have little significance. If
there is no thought and discussion be
hind them. ‘Operation Honor” is an ex
pression you will be hearing frequently
during the week of November 6-12. The
purpose of this week culminated by the
Honor Code Day is to examine reflective
ly the intangible but important quality
of honor.
The theme chosen for the occasion
which replaces both Honor Code Week
and Social Standards Day of last year
is, we think, appropriate. “Operation
Honor” implies urgency, stressing the
importance of doing something about
our honor at home and at school. “Ope
ration” suggests'a communal effort—
one in which everyone is involved, and
nothing could be more true of honor
and its application at GHS.
Here is an opportunity for students
to express opinions and to make school
life more meaningful.
The outline for home room discussion
is as follows:
1 Social Behavior
A. At school
B. In public
C. At home
II Honesty
A. With self
B. With others
III Attitudes
A. Toward authority
B. Rights of others
C. Personal self-discipline
D. Responsibility
IV Degree of acceptance of personal re
sponsibility to raise the general
standards of all. Think about these
these points.
HIGH LIFE
Published Semi-Mmithly by the Students tA
Greensbtiro S^ior High School
Greensboro, N. C.
Founded hy the Glass
of 1921
Revived by the Spring
Journalism Class
of 1937
Entered as second-class matter March 30,
1940, at the post office at Greensboro, N. G.,
under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Editor-iU'Chief - Jim Martin
Assistant Editors Donna Oliver
Diane Schwartz
Managing Editor - Dick Robinson
BiLsiness Manager Mary Lou Hutton
Advertising Manager Ginger Bass
Copy Editor Mary Wheeler
Feature Editor - - Betty Adams
Boys’ Sports Editrr ». Jerry Farber
Girls’ Sports Editor Mary Jane Seaweli
Exchange Editor — Nancy Tuttle
Circulation Editor —L.,..- Anne Greeson
Photographer Dan McConnell
Cartoonist .. - - Diana Harmon
Proofreaders — - Jerry Mann
Judy Shallant, Paula Tuttle
Tj/pist — —- Kay Vaughn
Reporters- Anne Greeson. Jane Parkins
Lou Spence and Sue Spence
Adviser — Miss Peggy Ann Joyner
Finaneidl Adviser Mr. A. P. Routh
YALL’S HALL TALES
By Judy Shallant
Things are really flying around Senior
these days, and I do mean “flying.”
Paper airplanes in the .balcony of the
auditorium and smoke bombs seem to
be soaring full speed around here. “This
ain't no joke.”
Ever wonder what it feels like to be
a canned sardine? The crowded con
ditions in the auditorium during assem
bly surely make me feel like one! Speak
ing of assemblies, the last program
was just great with Bob Poole serv
ing as moderator for “I’ve Got a Se
cret.” Everybody fully enjoyed the show.
Anyoie for some “SEILRIHWS”?
Last week was Fire Prevention Week
and in accordance we had quite a few
fire drills. Beforehand someone went
from room to room explaining what to
do in case of fire. The pupils listened
with respectful attention until he came
to his final instruction. “Above all
things, if your clothing catches fire,
remain cool.”
Policeman: Pull over t© the curb,
young lady! Do you know you were do
ing 70 miles an hour?
Roberta Hutchins: Isn’t that marve
lous! And I just learned to drive yester
day!
Judge: What are you going to do
when you get caught for speeding again?
Jack Sebastion: Don’t worry, judge,
I’m not planning on getting caught next
time—I’ll get a faster car!
“And what is this man charged with?”
asked the judge.
“Bigamy your honor,” explained the
clerk of the court. “He’s got three wives.”
“That ain’t bigamy,” said a voice in
the court room, “that’s trigonometry.”
Why bother to write jokes when a
dialogue like this was heard at the Bu
reau of Naturalization!
“Where were you bom?”
“Poland.”
“What part?”
‘All of me.”
“Why did you leave Poland?”
“I couldn’t bring it with me.”
“Where were your forefathers born?”
“I only got one father.”
“Where is Washington?”
“He’s dead.”
“I mean the capital of the United
States.”
“Oh, they loaned it all to Europe.”
“Do you promise to support the Con
stitution?”
“Me? How can I? I’ve a wife, six
children and a dog to support.”
Miss Burnside; And so the solution of
the problem is, X equals zero.
Bill Godfrey: All that work for noth-
ing! ^
Let’s a’l support the open houses after V
our football games, because if we show ;
enough interest and enthusiasm, next
year we might have our own Youth Cen
ter!
Joan Harrill: Why are hurricanes
named after girls?
Carroll Lupton: Did you ever hear of
a himicane?
As the cocker spaniel said about the
dachshund, “So long!”