HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
■VOUJME xxxm
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MAY 10, 1957
NUMBER 15
Greensboro Students
Win Physics Contest
Larry Brown, senior, won first
place in the 1957 state high school
•physics contest, J. Stanley John
son, GHS physics teacher, has an
nounced.
All four of the top positions in
the exam, which was given under
the auspices of the University of
Korth Carolina, went to GHS stu
dents. Along with Brown second
place was awarded to Waldo Hin-
shaw, junior. Honorable mentions,
the next two highest honors, went
to Harwln Dickey and Howard
Carr, both seniors.
The exam, which consisted of
30 questions, lasted for one hour.
Holderness, Other Officers Installed May 7
Sandra Holderness, newly elect
ed student body president, along
with the other recently elected
officers was installed in office be-
f(Jre the student body in assembly
May 7.
The Student Council report of
the year’s activities, given by San
dra (this time in her capacity as
secretary of the student body)
began the program.
With Bill O’Brien, student body
president, in charge, the swearing-
in ceremonies then began. First
on the list was Roy Michaux,
succeeding James Spence as
Senior Class president. The re
maining rising Senior Class offi
cers were then recognized but not
given the oath of office.
Several Seniors Receive
Valuable College Grants
Word has been received here
that a number of GHS’s gradua
ting seniors have either received
outstanding scholarships or cer
tificates of merit.
Myrna Autry has been selected
to receive the Burlington Mills
Foundation nursing scholarship.
Chosen from a field of Senior High
applicants, Myrna will receive $500
for her freshman year at the
University of North Carolina
School of Nursing, if she keeps
her grades high, she may then
renew her scholarship through her
four-year study, thereby receiving
a total of $2,000. This particular
scholarship will be awarded fco her
by a Bur-Mill representative at
the Awards Assembly Tuesday,
May 14.
Hudgins Wins Grant
Receiving scholarships to David
son College is Tom Hudgins. He
along with 26 other high school
seniors who won similar scholar
ships, will enter that college next
fall under this scholarship.
National Merit Scholarships have
been won by Robert Willett and El-
wood Hartman. Qualifications for
this scholarship were merit, lead
ership, and need. These boys, list
ed with 1800 other winners, will
attend the college of their choice
next fall.
Jerry Mann and Doug Albright
will be attending Duke University
next fall under Duke scholarships.
Jerry has received a $650 grant
for her freshman year. She may
reapply for the scholarship fo^
the following three years provicted
that her grades are high, she
shows potential ability, and she
has a need of the scholarship.
Doug has received a similar schol
arship amounting to $800.
ROTC Winner
Winner of the Naval ROTC
scholarship is Harvin Dickey. He
will use this grant at Georgia Tech
next fall. The initial scholarship
will cover his tuition, special fees,
and books. In addition to this he
will receive $600 per year for in
cidentals, Forty other persons have
been selected to receive a similar
scholarship and another GHS stu
dent, Alec Decker, has been chos
en as an alternate if one of the
40 fail to accept.
Student Council representatives I Class of 1958 Youth Council rep-
from the rising Senior Class were resentatives were next introduced
administered the oath of office. 1 to the student body.
Scholarship Plaques
GivenTo HomePooms
For This Six Weeks
Senior, junior, and sophomore
home rooms have received the
last scholarship plaques of this
school year.
The sophomore home room win
ner was room 302 with an average
of 84.58, and room 2Q3B came in
second with an average of 84.52.
Home room 301 won the junior
scholarship plaque with an aver
age of 87.83. Second place was
won by 305 with an average of
87.50.
Home room 306 had the high
est average of the senior home
rooms with 87.73, while room 3
had the second highest average
of 87.32.
Sandra Holderness, recently in
stalled president of GHS> is pic
tured above receiving the gavel,
the symbol of her office, from Bill
O’Brien, out-going president. San
dra is the first girl ever to be
chosen for this office.
Jerry Robertson was sworn in
as Junior .Class president, taking
the reins from Wallace Williams.
Rising Junior Class officers were
then recognized.
Class of 1959 Student Council
representatives were administered
the oath of office, and Youth
Council representatives were pre
sented to the audience.
Next Bill b^an installing
school officers. Linda Cashwell
replaced Libby Garvin as Youth
Recreation Committee Chairman.
Bobby Baynes was replaced as
traffic chief by Roger English.
Both of these officers will be oc
cupied by seniors. Jey Deifell gave
up his position as treasurer of the
student body to Pete Banner, and
Susan Caviness succeeded Sandra
Holderness as secretary. These of-
officer will be occupied by juni ."s.
After a short speech Buck Hoyle
turned over his position as vice-
president and his job of presiding
in assemblies to Peggy Sink, rising
senior.
Last on the program was the
installation of Sandra as president,
.^ft-er Bill ^ i-* ih.* oaf',
of office. Bill O’Brien symbolic-'
ally surrendered the gavel to San
dra, who then gave a short ac
ceptance speech.
74 STUDENTS ON SPECIAL HONOR ROLL
AS JUNIORS LEAD SOPHOMORES. SENIORS
special honor roll students for I Flynt, Gilbert Frank, and Hilda
the second grading period of the
second semester totaled 74, which
included 23 seniors, 28 juniors,
and 23 sophomores.
Home room 102’s special stu
dents are Bonnie Adelstein and
Boots Antrim, and from 202 is
Larry Brown. Other seniors who
made special are, from 101, Strat
ton Eldridge, Mary Pat Elig, and
Diana Ev^s; from 307, Henry
Work Begun On Next Year’s Annual
Sue LevineTo Edit WHIRLIGIG During 1957-58;
Hewett, Sink Head Business Staff Of Yearbook
Staff members for the 1957-58 t Powell, adviser, with Sue Levine,
WHIRLIGIG have been chosen | this year’s assistant editor, head-
and announced by Miss Virginia I ing the staff as editor-in-chief.
Newly elected WHIRLIGIG staff officers are left to right) Sue Levine, editor; Peggy Sink, assistant
business manager; Nancy Hewett, business manager; Angelyn Stokes, Lterary editor; and Pat Howell,
managing editor.
Nancy Hewett, who is now Jun
ior Class editor, will serve with
Sue as business manager and Peg
gy Sink, rising senior, as assistant
business manager.
Managing Editor
The posts of managing editor
and literary editor will be filled
by art Howell and Angelyn Jtokes.
respectively.
Other positions were named as
follows: engraving editor, Mary
Lee Adams; assistant engraving
editor, Wayne Hicks; photography
editor, Janice Thompson; and as
sistant photography editor, Ann
Wolff.
Organization Editors
Working jointly as organization
editors are Sandra coe and Lila
Wolff, while Nancy Williams has
the title of feature editor.
Also paired together are Donnie
Elliott ad Janet Coble who will
be caption editors for 1958. Bobby
Dorsett will be in charge of sports,
while the class editors will be
Ann Robinson and Jan Phillips
for the Senior Class and Susan
Noah and Carolyn Dahlfues for
the Junior Class.
Completing the staff are the
sophomore editor and advertising
salesmen who have not been chos
en of yet. Most of these posts will
be filled by incoming sophomores.
Plans for the 1958 edition have
already ben worked out by the
rising staff members.
Garrett; and from 204, Elwood
Hartman and A1 Hattaway.
Representative from room 4 is
Ruth Hunt, while Judy Kellett
and Nancy Lambeth come from
303. Jane McLennan, Gary Mas-
sel, Jim Phillips, and James
Spence are special students from
300, 306, 3, and 13, respectively.
Room 8’s specials are Florence
Weaver, Kay Weston, and Joan
Weinstein, and room 313’s are Kay
Wood and Rollyann Young.
Room 23’s Representatives
Mary I^ee Adams, Helen Allen,
Brenda Alvls, and Anne Baldwin, •
room 206, are juniors making spec
ial. others are Brenda Borders
and Denny Broadhurst, 201A;
Janet Coble and Connie Coltrane,
room 5; Peggy Earle, 14; and
Joanne Home and Meyressa
Hughes, 301.
Robert Johnson and Charles
King represent room 201M, and
Frapees McCormick and Lynn Mc
Gregor are from 317. Coming from
23 are Carolyn Manuel, Jean Me-
dearis, and Rhoda Miller, and
Betty Rose is the special student
from room 9.
Concluding the juniors making
special are Peggy Sink and Max
Snodderly, 203A; Edgar Sockwell,
Angelyn Stokes, and Don Stokes,
room 2; Frances Taylor, 22; and
Anne Wilson, Anne Wolfe, and
Prissy Wyrick, room 16.
Mildred Blakey is the lone soph
omore from room 311 to make
special, and Brenda Britt repre
sents room 17. Prom the band
room come Susan Caviness, Lu
cille Coltrane, and Sandra Coe,
and from room 1 are Marty Cone
and Bob Cunningham.
Completing The List
Jimmy Pinison, room 24; Rod
ney Hill, room 6; and Rinda King
and Wanda Kinney, 201B also
made special, Mike Morton, Carol
Overstreet, David Patrick, and
Sheila Sapero come from rooms
60, 7, 200, and 203B respectively.
Remaining sophomoi^s are Ann
Shadoin, 302, Sue Stanley, 304*
John Stevenson, 15; Toni Thomp
son and Susan Tilley, 12; Steve
Vaughn and Anne Weinstein, 27;
and Judy Williams, H. E. 200.