T"
Rose, McCormick Become
Editors Of HIGH LIFE
second semester brings with it j staff tor three years. Frances came
change in the staff of HIGH
I LIFE, as former associate editors
■ Betty Rose and Frances McCor-
Imick move up to the positions of
up to the staff at the end of the
first semester of her sophomore
year. That year she "worked, on
the news staff, in her junior year
co-editors. i Frances was managing editor.
This came about at the end of ) Betty spent her first year in a
the semester when the editor of | beginning class in journalitsm.
I the first semester, Max Snodderly,
■had to step down because of sched-
|ule conflicts.
The two girls are the first of
Itheir sex to hold the position of
■ editor in the last four years. Mar-
Itha Ann Burnet was the last girl
■ to be the editor when she held
I the post on the 1954-55 HIGH
I LIFE.
These girls have "worked on the
I History Department Gets
I Replacement For Smith;
I Platt Assumes Position
Mrs. Eugene Pfaff, new history
land economics teacher at GHS,
lhas been secured for second se-
|mester to replace Mrs. Blanche
Smith, who has resigned because
|of the illness of her husband.
Mrs. Pfaff, who is teaching three
■history classes and one economics
\lass, attended the University of
■North Carolina, where she re
ceived her Master’s Degree. She
■also completed a post-graduate
■course at Coker University in
Hartsville, South Carolina.
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MBS. PFAFF
Her first full year on the regular'
staff came last year when she was
feature editor.
Former Duties
This year as associate editor the
first semester, Betty was again
in charge of the features for the
paper. Frances not only performed
the duties of an associate editor,
tout also served as head of the)
business staff.
Working closely with Betty and
Pamces will be Add Penlield, who
will retain his managing editor's
position. As such he will supervise
news coverage and the writing of
headlines. Add, too, is a three-
year HIGH LIFER.
Also retaing first semester po
sitions ■will be Angie Davis, girls’
sports editor; Sue Snow, copy ed
itor; and Jane Thompson, circu
lation manager.
Other Additions
Three additions and one deletion
were made to the news writing
stall at the semester's end. Jimmy
Perry was added to the staff to
aid in the sports department and
Genie Black came in to join the
general news staff. Rhoda Miller
has been named advertising mana
ger and Brenda Veasey, a transfer
from Gray High in Winston-Salem
and a former asociate editor of
the Gray paper, has joined the
staff. Rinda King, assistant man
aging editor, is leaving the staff to
go to school at St. Mary’s in
Raleigh.
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. FEB. 7, 1958
Students From Senior High Participate
In N. C. All-State Orchestra Program
GHS participants in this year’s
North Carolina All-State Orches
tra pr^ram, February 6-9, left
yesterday for the host city, Bur
lington.
In the gi'oup were Julia Adams,
Peggy Earle, Kay Easterling, Hal
Greeson, Nan Hedrick, Janet Sni
der, Betty Harrell, Dorothy Kluttz,
Janice Thompson, and Jenna
Ward, violinists. Those in the vio-
la section included Susan Deveny
Beth Needles, Jan and Judie Phil’
lips, and Peggy Sink while Linda
Cashwell, Susan Caviness, Susan
Levine, and Betsy Stevens made
up th'e cello section. Completing
the group were Jerry Robertson
and Jerry Smith, basses; Ronda
Dandliker, flute; Bob Poster and
Rufus Russell, oboes; and Linda
Harrison, trombone.
An All-State Orchestra program
is presented each year and seats
Entrance Deadline Set
For O. Henry Contest
Before coming to Senior High,
Urs. Pfaff taught first at Woman’s
^ollege and later at Greensboro
"^^ening College.
A life-long citizen of Greens-
rf>ro, Mrs. Pfaff’s husband Is an
jsociate professor in the History
Department of Woman’s College.
JThey have four daughters, one
a junior at GHS, and one son.
Entries to the O. Henry Writ
ing contest are due Wednesday,
April 30, according to Miss Sara
Mims, head of the English De
partment.
AH short stories should be
turned in to the English teach
ers and should be characteristic
of O. Henry’s writings. No length
is specified; entries are to be
typed and double-spaced. The
stories will be judged by a com
mittee with the award being
given on the annual Awards Day
at Senior High in the spring.
therein are open to any player
who "Wishes to make application
for one. A limited number has to
be selected on the basis of ex
perience and accomplishments;
however, this year there was a
total of 236 applicants and of the
132 chosen to play. 25 were Senior
High students.
Last year when Greensboro was
host, local players housed the
out-of-towners; this year they will
be guests in the homes of Bur
lington’s Walter Williams High
School group. Little time will be
spent with them, though, as the
greater part of the four-day period
will be concentrated on full re
hearsals, tryouts ofr various chairs,
and section rehearsals. For what
little time that is left, there will
be a banquet, basketball game
and movie scheduled.
Henry Janiec, music professor at
Converse College in Spartanburg,
South Carolina, and conductor of
last year’s All State concert will
again direct this year. Numbers
to be included on the Sunday
afternoon program to which the
public is invited include “Overture
to the Bat,” “First Movement to
Symphony Number Five” by Men-
delsson, “Concerto XI” for strings,
which will feature three soloists' •
“Toccata Frescobaldi,” and “Paz-
zacato Polka.”
Along with Greensboro other
cities participating include Ashe-
boro, Appalachian, Burlingtoh,
Continued on Page Three
GHS good citizens for the third
six weeks period reverse the apple
polishing quirp. In the photo at
bottom left, sophomores Becky
Barham and Dickie Bowen busily
polish the apples for their su
periors, juniors, Susan Caviness
and Bob Boyd. In the picture at
top Susan and Bob are shown
making the pie, while seniors
Lynn McGregor and Add Penfield,
bottom right, devour the finished
product.
Max Snodderly Selected
As Finalist For Scholarship
Mav .CsnrvHr^prlv nTTC! caniy-ii.
'fs A ll In Knowing How
acuity Selects Six Good Citizens
s Representative Of Student Body
I "Ppnfipm onH T.vnr* TViT/>_ ....t...... s t. . i — .
Add Penfi^eld and Lynn Mc-
iregor, seniors; Bob Boyd and
fusan Caviness, juniors, and
bekie Bowen and Betsy Barham,
)phomores, are members of the
Jitizenship Honor Roll for the
^iiird six weeks’ grading period.
Home room teachers nominated
' a boy and a girl from their home
fconxs, and the faculty as a whole
'Jlected two representatives from
each class.
'I Add is a member of the Key
Club and secretai*y of the Philo-
■hathians Hi-Y. He usually makes
Honor Roll, is an announcer at
— the WGPS-FM radio station, and
I head acolyte at St. Francis Epis-
^Kpal Church,
Lynn makes honor roll and is a
^Jemiber of Torchlight. She is on
-4he Student Council and is a mem
ber of the DDT and Junior Civi-1
nette clubs. !
I Bob is a “junior rocketeer” who
^helped launch a missile recently.
He is a Junior Engineer and a
home room officer.
[ Susan serves as secretary of i
t^ie Student Council and president
of her home room. She makes
(fecial honor roll and is a mem
ber of PTA, DDT .and Junior Civi-
aettes.
. Dickie plays bass clarinet in the | Becky works as an office assist-
concert band, and is on the Band ant second period. She usually
Council. He was taken into Key | makes honor roil and ser» es as
Club this year and is president ■ vice-president of her Training
of his home room. lu- ion at the First Baptist Church
Max Snodderly, GHS senior, has
been selected as one of the state
wide finalists in
competition for
the John M.
Morehead Schol
arship to the Un
iversity of North
Carolina.
Max and Jey
^ another
Max Snodderly Senior High stu
dent, "Winners of the local More-
head competition, spent Thurs
day .January 23 before a district
screening committee in Winston-
Salem .The final review is sched
uled in Chapel Hill.
Max is a superlative and presi
dent of the Junior Engineers
More Scholarships
Greensboro High School seniors
contemplating careers in radio or
television broadcasting are eligible
for a scholarship being offered
by the Jefferson Standard Foun
dation and four radio and tele
vision stations in Greensboro and
Raleigh, North Carolina, and Flor
ence, South Carolina.
The scholarship, which is open
to students in North and South
Carolina, provides up to $625 an
nually for a four year period. The
■mnner must maintain satisfactory
grades and manifest an interest
in a career in broadcasting.
UNC and State
Two scholarships are awarded
annually, one to the University
of North Carolina and one to
North Carolina State College. In
April the applications will be re
viewed by a committee wliich will '
select the top six for further
screening.
Application blanks can be ob
tained from the Scholarship of
fice of the University of North
Carolina.
Five Lexington Students
Observe Council Meeting
T? A v. f .. I-i. ...
ReDresentatlves from the Lex
ington High School Student Coun
cil observed a GHS council meet
ing Tuesday, January 28. to ob
tain helpful ideas and ways to
add to their present system, re
ported Sandra Holderness, presi
dent of the Greensboro student
body.
After the council meeting the
five students were taken on a
tour through the high school by
some of the Greensboro students.
Too they talked privately to top
officers of the GHS Student Coun
cil,