HIGH LIFE
From the Gate CUy of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXIU
SENIOR IHGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO. N. C. MAY 27, 1957
NUMBER 16
CIRCUS PROVIDES THEME FOR 1957 ClASS DAY
“The Greatest Show on Earth”
was the title of the 1957 Class
Day which was produced by the
graduating class of GHS Friday,
May 24, in the school auditorium,
under the direction of Peyton
Neal, chairman.
Central Committee
With Mrs. Edna Nicholson and
Miss Mildred Maddox as faculty
advisers, the central committee,
headed by Peyton and Nancy Neill,
assistant director, consisted of Ann
Butler, Judy Shallant, and Caro
lyn Pearson, who were in charge
Moonlight and Roses
24 Prom Theme
of the wi'iting and producing of I with central were the properties—[Lambeth; and costumes Connie
the entire program. 1 William David Miller, Bob Baynes, . Daniel, Judy Shaffer, Peggy W^il-
Other committees functioning I Ed Lowi’y, John McCurry, Nancy'son,
Buck Hoyle, Alec Decker, and
May
“Moonlight and Roses” was the
theme of the Junior-Senior Prom
given in honor of the Senior Class,
Friday, May 24 in the boys’ gym.
The gym was decorated with
hundreds of roses, both real and
artificial. The railings on the sec
ond floor were draped with tiered
crepe paper with clusters of roses
at the point of each tier.
Bennett Simpson and his band
were silhouetted against a back
drop of a garden scene made in
a 3-d manner. The letters for the
backdi'op were made by members
of the Los Condes Club. In the
center of the dance floor was an
other garden scene around which
members of the figure danced dur
ing the intermission. The figure
was composed of the Senior Class
■officers, council representatives,
and home room presidents.
GHS’s Service Clubs Choose Officers
To Head Organizations For Next Year
GHS’s four service clubs, the
Civinettes. Junior Civitans, Key
Club, and Los Condes, recently
elected officers to head their re
spective organization^ during the
next school year 1957-58.
Deifell Heads Key Club
Jey Deifell. rising senior, recent
ly has been elected president of the
Senior High Key Club for the 1957-
58 school year.
Jey heads a list of five new
officers for the club. He succeeds
Tom Hudgins as president. Jim Mc
Gregor moves up to the vice-presi
dency, taking over from Davis Bow
en. Buddy Rives assumes the treas
urer's job from David Craig. Bill
Hoyle will be the successor to Jim
McGregor as secretary.
Civitans Choose Sockweil
The Greensboro Junior Civitans
>er>u.c club prcMdonts who will lead their various organizations
next year take time out from lunch to discuss upcoming plans. Left
to right are Edgar Sockweil, Junior Civitan; Laura Pearce, Junior
Civinettes; Paul Tobin, Los Condes; and Jey Deifel, Key Club.
elected Edgar Sockweil, presdent;
Lan*y Wachter, vice-president;
Roger Durham, secretary; Tommy
Tuttle, treasurer; and Charles
Garren, chaplain, for the next
school term.
lobin Elected President
Paul Tobin, rising senior, was
elected to succeed Charlie Williams
as president of the Los Condes Ser
vice Club.
Other officers include Toinmy
Smith, vice-president Johnny Stev
ens, secretary Billy Banner, trea
surer; and Jim McCormick, service
chairman. They succeed retiring
officers Tucker Mason, Johnny Dav
is, Ed Lowry, and Putney Jones,
vice-president, secretary, treasurer,
and service chairman, respectively.
Tobin Elected Prexy
Permission from A. P. Routh,
principal of Senior, was granted
to the Hamilton Lakes Civitan
Club to organize a Junior Civi
nettes Club at GHS.
Group officers, elected from the
charter members, are Laura
Pearce, president; Jean Medearis,
first vice-president; Carol Eich-
hom, second vice-president; Con
nie Coltrane, secretary; Pat Hut
chins, treasurer; Janet Coble,
chaplain; Dorothy Kluttz, sergeant
at-arms; and Jan Phillips, Jane
Darden, and Nancy Hewett, di
rectors.
Other charter members include
Sue Ellen Barker, Susan Caviness,
Mary Win Corcoran, Peggy Earle,
Robin Farr, Jane Flynn, Sandra
Holderness, Margaret Humphrey,
Suzanne Humphrey, Lynn Mc
Gregor, Barbara Phillips, Judy
Phillips, Mimi Rldenhour, Sheila
Sapero, Dottle Sherrill, Peggy
Sink, Betsy Stevens, and Ann
Wolff.
Peyton Neal, director of the
Class Day program, had to do
some tugging to get the show on
the road. Nancy Neill, assistant
director, was there to help, though,
Bob Baynes, the clown, hated to
leave the circus, but he was be
hind the ‘'Greatest Show on
Earth” to push when necessary.
Elva Howard.
The scenery committee of Judy
Nail, Sylvia Sox, Lou Ellen Richey,
Stratton Eldridge, Gilbert Frank,
Boots Antrim, David Craig, and
the make-up committee of Polly-
ann Young, Frances Blake, Ruth
Hunt, Diane Hill, Marie White
were also responsible to the main
committee.
Critics, Publicity
Jerry Mann and Robert Willett
served as critics while Elwood
Hartman acted as publicity chair
man. Nancy Tuttle was in charge
of casting; Bob Teague, stage
manager, had Jerry Kenon and.
Richard Parker working with him,
Robert Turner, in charge of light
ing, and Rufus Russell, working
on sound, handled the technical
end of the performance. Joe Sa-
leeby, Al Hattaway, and Elwood
Hartman were responsible for pro
grams.
The five act program parallel
ed the history of the present Sen
ior Class to the life in a circus.
The show began with Bob Baynes
as the old clown telling Liz Sut
ton, a little girl, about his past
experiences under the big top.
Scene I
Act one, scene one, entitled
“Looking Back,” recalled sopho
more days. Members of this scene
were Judie Welch, Jane McLen
nan, Putney Jones, Judy Kellett,
and Charles Donohue, Eddie But
ler, Larry Brown, Bill Neese, Don
Marshburn, Marie White, and
Myrna Autry also appeared in it.
Mary Pat Elig, Fred Barringer,
Phil Wilson, Henry Von Herrman,
Molly White, Kay Weston, Bonnie
Adelstein and Carol Newton had'
parts the scene also, Judee
Rivers, Bob Waddell, Charles Wil
liams, Cary Cottle, and Howard
Carr complete the list.
Scene two, “Into the Big Tent,”
depicted an introduction to Mr.
Continued on Page Ten
Studeuts Win Recognition
At Awards Day Program
Many students received recogni
tion and awards for outstanding
scholarship and extra-curricular
achievements in the annual
Awards Day assembly, Tuesday,
May 14 in the auditorium.
Phillip Weaver, director of in
struction for the city schools, was
the main speaker for the occasion,
over which A. P. Routh, GHS prin
cipal, presided.
Senior High itself won a sports
manship award for conduct by
students at athletic events in the
Western North Carolina AAA Con
ference basketball games.
Several awards were given for
the first time. Miss Dorothy Mc-
Nairy, principal of General Greene
School and former mathematics
teacher here, presented the first
annual Mathematics Award to
Tom Hudgins, senior.
Bill O’Brien, retiring school
president^ received the Civitan
Club’s best citizen award. Polly-
ann Young, receiving a cup and
$25, was the winner of the Civitan-
sponsored citizenship essay contest,
with David Holt placing second
and receiving $10. Stratton EJd-
ridge, who recently won the valued
Angler B. Duke Scholarship, also
won the Junior Civitan Award.
Certificates of Merit
National Merit Scholarship re
cipients, Robert Willett and El
wood Hartman, were recognized
along with Henry Plynt, Jane Mc
Lennan, Jean Ogbum, Maranell
Pearsall, James Spence, and Kay
Weston, National Merit certificate
winners.
Bobby Baynes received the $400
Marvin B. Smith Jr. Memorial
Scholarship to the University of
North Carolina,
Jerry Mann was named receiver
of the Delta Kappa amma $100
award for Future Teachers of
America.
O. Henry Prize
O. Henry Short Story Contest
winners were Bonnie Adelstein,
first place, and Judie Bittii^ger,
second place. The Bus Drivers
Continued on Page Ten
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Summer School To Run
June 3 Through July 10
Summer school will begin Mon
day, June 3 and will operate^ six
days per week from 8 a,, m. until
1 p. m., with the school being con
cluded July 10 with a one-day
holiday, July 4.
The purpose of summer school
is to give students an opportunity
to make up deficits on work, to
strengthen themselves by taking
extra work, and to get certain en
richment courses that they may
not have time to take during the
regular school session.
Two subjects will be the maxi
mum any student will be allowed
to take. A fee of $15 per subject
will be charged, or $25 for two
BiiWecIs. This fee is payable on
the day of registration. Each sub
ject will have a two and one half
hour period.