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High Life
February 8,1957
^Crip Course/ ^No Homeworl^„ Signs of College Entrance Troubles
alone. High school is a time to
grow in ways other than mentally.
Nothing can handicap a person as
much as a lack of service whether
in club or school organizations. A
self-centered student who doesn’t
work for and with others does more
harm to himself that his loss of a
group could do.
Advice has been tabbed as that
stuff which elders pass on but don’t
use. Perhaps it is true in this case.
Nevertheless these thoughts are
meant to save others from the pos
sible doom of being raught short.
Hall
Tales
Curriculums can be dangerous items if
not handled properly. “Crip courses”, “no
home work” subjects, and “just those I
like” varieties possess a veneer of fun and
innocence; how often beneath their de
ceptive smiles' lies a dangerous pit—one
of disappointment to many.
Too many students judge a high school
curriculum as a mixtui;e of those required
demons—a generous sprinkling of courses
that are fun, topped with study halls and
free periods used for working around the
school. Often they find, when it is too late,
that the courses they have chosen won’t
get them in college, much less be of any
value to them there.
Sophomores usually view the entire sit
uation concerning college requirements as
pure folly, for it seems like decades away.
They assume the attitude that there wUl
always be plenty of time later to take the
necessary things. Many 10th graders, fresh
ly packaged from junior high, don’t have
the vaguest idea what college entrance re
quirements are anyway.
Juniors, a step nearer salvation or doom,
sometimes persist to shun the three R’s and
race on for the “dessert courses.” By the
time they are seniors the realization hits
them that a total of six majors and 11 min
ors is not an attractive score for high
school work. Of course diplomas are not
out of the question; after aU 34 credits is
34, regardless of how they are obtained.
Fire plus Panic Equals Disaster
How often have you heard of a sensa
tional fire where people driven by panic
have trapped and killed themseves making
the entire incident much worse than it
should have been?
In any kind of situation where there are
uninformed or unprepared people involv
ed, panic is a sure companion of danger.
It is possible, very much so, that on the
high school level a very similar and in
deed such a serious situation could occur.
Fire has always been considered a great
hazard, one that is guarded against by ex
tinguishers and wrought iron escape stairs;
however, the fire safety program has
seemed to go little further than this. Of
course GHS has fire drills, but consider
the number.
With a large student body where sched
ules periodically change, and new teachere
and classrooms are fairly common, it is
imreasonable to expect orderliness and
s?fe evacuation without enforced prepara
tion. What would happen if fire broke out
during assembly, or lunch, or any time
other Jhan the morning period? It could
happen, you know. Disaster would be cer
tain, for not one-fourth of the students
would know what to do
HIGH LIFE
Fubliahed Semi-Monthly hy the Stadents of
Greembofo Senior High School
Greensboro, N. C.
Another majority of students,
whether they choose wisely or not
in their ourses, fails to see any
point in good grades. Again the
sophomore who cannot conceive of
graduation feels his A or D irrela
tively unimportant. Nevertheless,
come college entrance time when
mom and dad explain the art of
finances and budgets to Junior and
the tone of expectance is used when
speaking of scholarships, the re
cent A’s of his senior year (one
major, three minors, and two stud
ies) cannot compensate for the not
so high grades of the past.
Another fact often reveals itself
as a chief, if not ultimate, oppon
ent to scholarship hopefuls, that is
a lack of extra curricular activities.
Good grades and solid subjects are
necessary, but they cannot stand
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Volume XXXIII
February 8, 1957
No. 9
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CAYINESS ADDS TALENTS TO SENIOR;
ACTS AS PRESIDENT OF SOPH CLASS
Each year Senior is blessed with
the arrival of a new class, the
lowly sophomores, bringing new
ideas and personalities with them.
Among the surprise packages
placed on GHS’s doorsteps with
the class of 1959 was Susan Cavi-
ness, president of her class.
Formerly an Aycock student,
Susan still has fond memories of
those days as president of the
school, May Queen, and president
of the honor society. Chosen “Best
All Round,” Susan displayed abil-
COUNCIL
CORNER
By Bill O’Brien
Now that exams are behind, we hope
that you did well and that you are off
to a good start on this second semester
—^which will be the last for many of us.
The Mid-Winter Dance was fun, and
we are delighted that every one had a
good time. We appreciate your comments-
of satisfaction. We are also most appre
ciative of the backing that the PTSA has
given us and the interest it has con-
st^tly shown in all that we have done.
It always makes us feel good to see
the “ole familiar faces” of our aliunni.
Many of them have dropped in during
the interim before the new semester.
We realize that Senior High and our
experiences here will always be a part
of us, but the return of those that have
finished makes us realize this all the
more.
One problem that the council is con
cerned with at the present time is our
lunch-time recreation. You voiced your
desire for it; we have attempted to make
it possible. Your council truly wants to
serve you in every way it can—but only
you, the student body in mass, can de
termine the future of it. If all of us will
simply bear in mind point VI of our
Honor Code: “To foster proper conduct
at school and away from school,*’ our
lunch-time recreation problem would be
solved-
Our athletic teams have really made
a great showing. I think all of all you
would like to join us in saluting all of
them, boys and girls basketball, boys
and girls swimming, and wrestling.
ities in different fields.
Having been at Senior only one
semester has not kept Susan from
continuing her record of achieve
ment. She was chosen for the
Citizenship honor roll the first
six weeks and also became a DDT
member.
Hobbies are things Susan has,
but rarely gets to use. Scarcity of
time prohibits her sewing and
playing the cello and piano to a
certain degree; however, she at
tends the string institute at W.C.
each year, and swimming ranks
high in her favorite’s list.
In scouts Susan has attained
the Curved Bar award. A past
member of the Y-Teens,^she has
been to New York City aiid Wash
ington with that group.
As to her future, Susan sees a
classroom through the mists in
her crystal ball. She wants to be
a teacher in the primary grades.
“Just give me the little folks; I
don’t think I could handle the
high school students.”
This end is my tale
ends my tale.
Diane Evans
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TEASE
My Friend Loud Light
You tick and tock all around the clock
but at seven, you’ve ridiculous! Now,
I’m not a hard guy to get along with,
but when you turn on that blasted light
and flaunt it openly in my face . . . well,
I can take only so much. Five days a
week, rain or shine, heck or high water,
at seven o’clock you have the blessed
audacity to start that nasty blinking
... on and off, on and off. You don’t
say anything—no, not you, you just
blink on and off; on and off. Some of my
friends used to say that an alarm clock
with a light couldn’t wake anyone up—
the fools—^little do they know—but I
know—on and off, on and off—out you
go over the sill. Bye now!
By Judy Shallant
Dear Hall,
After “germ” papers are returned to
the seniors, I recommend a Pass Day
before Class Day! Our champion swim
ming team (and congrats!) can well
practice over here at the school’s swim
ming pool—between the Main and Sci
ence Buildings! “Watch out for that mud
puddle!” I heard someone warn me.
“What mud pu . . . glub . . . glub . . ?”
_ Yours cruelly,
Frank Lee Speaking
My cousin is learning to steal so he
can follow in his father’s finger prints.
Kay Weston: I don’t need you. I've
been asked to get married dozens of
times.
George Varsamis: Really? Who asked
you?
Kay: Mother and Father.
“Those are my brother’s ashes on the
mantel,” she said sadly. ,
“Oh, your poor brother has passed on
to the great beyond.”
“No. He’s just too lazy to find an ash
tray.”
Valentine’s Day is this Thursday, so
start sharpening your arrows! Wonder
who’ll get shot?
“I guess I’ve lost another pupil,” said
the professor, as his glass eye rolled
down the kitchen sink.
Buddy Rives: My dachshund died.
Judy Schaffer: I’m sorry. What hap
pened?
Buddy:: He met his end going around
a tree.
Timid Jack decided to ask Blanche’s
father for her hand. "I suppose,” he be
gan, “you are aware that I’ve been mak
ing advances to your daughter?”
“Yes, put it there, son,” answered
her dad. “And now what about her poor
old father?”
A chorus girl gets her education by
stages—a college girl by degrees.
The dowager was instructing the new
maid just before the big reception.
“From six to six-thirty I want you to
stand at the drawing room door and
call the guests’ names as they enter.”
“Oh, that ought to be fun, ma’am!’’
Dorothy Kluttz: I’ve got Edgar eating
out of my hand.
Jan Phillips: Saves an awful lot of
dish-washing, doesn’t it?
I mean, this