HIGH LIFE
From the Gote City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOlilTME XXXIV
SENIOR MGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., APRIL 18, 1958
NUMBER 11
Jerry Robertson Will Spearhead 1959 Student Body
Campaisn Speeches, Posters Highlight
Real-Life Election Competition At GHS
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Posters, skits, and campaign i Wallace Williams and Diane Tay-
speeches highlighted Senior High 1^vas supported by Jim
^ - Eskridge.
School’s 1958 spring elections in
which major candidates were Mar
ty Cone and Jerry Robertson, who
vied for the position of student
body president.
Marty’s cami>aign manager was
Dave Garrison, senior, while Jen*y
was boosted by James Apple. Oth
er candidates for major school
positions and their support's
were vice-president Rodger Dur
ham, boosted by Buddy Rives;
Carol Eichhom, boosted by Lynn
' McGregor, and Robert Hamlin,
supported by Judy Lea. Secre
tarial candidates were Cai’ol Smith
whose campaign manager was
Seeking the position of treas
urer were Lacy Coble, boosted by
Weilfoi*d Lineweaver; Pexmy Tal
iaferro, by Tommy Kitzmiller, and
Scottie Troxler, by Meyressa
Hughes. Aspirants for traffic chief
Jerry Robertson, senior, was
chosen GHS president over Mar
ty Cone. Rodger Durham will be
vice-president; Carol Smith, sec
retary; Penny Taliaferro, Treas
urer. Traffic Chief is Charlie
Wilson, while Sheila Sapero will
head up the Youth Recreation
Committee.
Fifty Juniors To Take
MeritScholarship Test
About 50 GHS juniors will take | The scholarship can provide
the National Merit Scholarship I from $100 to $1500 annually for
Qualifsung Test, to be adminis- four years of college,
Jerry Robertson was chosen in be GHS’s next student body presi
dent when classmates went to the polls Wednesday.
May Day Theme Pictures
^een In 'Ma\eSelieve
As a result of the ti-youts, which
were the third week in March,
33 students were chosen to carry
out the theme of this year’s May
Day, “Her Majesty In Make Be
lieve Land.”
The stud^its and the parts they
play are: In scene 1, Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs, Carol Over-
street, junior, is Snow White. The
Seven Dwarfs are Lou Ellen Hart,
and Amanda Bullock, s^homores;
Phyllis Hodges, Pam Kasey, Ellen
Fields, and Lynida Bellamy, jun
iors; and Linda Harrison, senior.
Hansel and Gretal
Characters in the Hansel and
Gretel scene are Gretel, Carol
Clapp, sophomore; Hansel, Ray
mond Spaulding, senior; ani^ the
Witch, Deanne Wagoner, senior.
Rumpelstiltskin is played by
Bi’enda Blake, junior, and the
maiden is Sondra Childress, soph
omore, in the third act.
(ivitan Club To Have
Grass-Seed Planting
“No tbare spots and new grass”
seems to be the motto of the
Junior Civitan memibers and
Coach Gleim, for April 19, they
^111 b^ln to plant grass seed on
all paths and bare places around
the campus.
Bob McNairy is chairman of the
committee which is responsible
for wooden signs, to be placed on
the planted area to remind stu-
to stay off newly planted
Bfass.
According to Edgar Sockwell,
president of the club, ‘‘The Junior
Civitan Club greatly appreciated
^ students helping out during
the cafeteria clean-up campaign,
end would like to receive the
same co-operation with our new
project,*-
Next, Janice Stanley, senior, ap
pears as Cinderella, with Paiil
Tobih, senior, as the Prince. The
two stepsisters are Elizabeth' Ap
ple and Jeanne Devant, juniors,
and the stepmother is Annette
Glanckopf, also a junior.
The maidens, who will choose
their own dates, are Nancy Fred
rick, senior; Sandra Sharpe, jun-
ion; AnnabciHe Current, junior;
Ann HeptinstaJl, senior; Christina
Stewart, sophomore; Kay Smith,
junior; and Sherry Rottman,
sophomore.
Others In Scene
Also in this scene, which is the
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tered nation-wide, Tuesday, April
29.
First preference for applications
was giv«i to special honor roll
students, with the remaining po
sitions of the 60 'being filled by
regular honor roll students.
$5 Million Annually
[ The National Merit Scholarship
I Corporation, which is sponsored by
80 industries and foundations,
plans to donate $5 million in
'scholarships to high school stu
dents who will enter college in
1959. Previously the tests have
been given during the first semes
ter of the senior year, but the
Corporation’s stepped-up pre^ram
calls for testing in the second
semester of the junior year.
Previously Upper 10%
In the past at Senior High, stu
dents in the upper 10 per cent of
their class have been allowed to
apply for the test, but because of
the complications involved in com
puting the rank in the class, the
opportunity for application was
given to students making the hon
or roll the first grading period of
the second semester.
Deadline for applications for
the Delta Kappa Gamma Schoi-
ari^p of $100 was Friday, April
11. This award is open only to
members of FTA. ’The winner will
be announced at the FTA meet
ing, May 19, according to Miss
Mozclle causey, FTA adviser.
Applications are now available
for the $100 scholarship given for
secretarial training by the Nation-
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were Pete Banner whose manager
was Marsha Bumpass; Mike Mor
ton, who was boosted by Larry
Crayton; and “Stick” Wilson
who was supported by Jey Deifell.
Candidates tw chairman of youth
recreation were Pat Hutchins, for
whom George Murphy ^>oke, and
Sheila Sapero, whose booster was
Hugh Blair.
After the home room primary
Thursday, April 10 candidates for
next year’s Senior Class president
were Penn Waldon and Dave
Liner. Vice-presidential candidates
were Paul Harrell and Mackie
Stout, while Angie Davis and
Maureen Ferrell were secretarial
aspirants. Running for treasurer
werevRandy Blackwell and Tom
my Edwards.
Candidates for positions as Stu
dent Council representatives from
the Senior Class -were Susan Cav-
iness, Becky Chambers, Jane Dar
den, Robin Farr, Betsy Glenn.
Margaret Hiimphrey and Suzanne
Kumphrey. Others were Carol
Overstreet, David Patrick, Kay
Smith, Barry Troxler, Tommy
Tuttle, Lila Wolff, and .Timmy
Harris.
Ann Adams, Allen Bargra*, Bren
da Blake, Jane Bundy, Norman
Carroll, Carolyn Cavan, Mary Win
Corcoran, Jane Gibson, Annette
Glanckopf, Ashley James, Pam
Kasey, Bobbie Lovein, Pat Phillips^
end Jenna Ward sought seats on
the youth recreation council.
Those vying for Jtmior Class
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Commencement Speaker To Be
Charles W. Phillips, WC Official
Charles W. Pliillips, director of
Public Relations at Woman’s Col
lege and past principal of GHS,
will deliver the 1958 graduation
address to some 450 Senior High
candidates for diplomas in the
gymnasium Wednesday, June 4.
Mr. Phillips became the prin
cipal of Senior High when it was
founded in 1928. Thus it seems
fitting that he should have a part
in closing out Senior's era by
filling the graduation speaker's
spot.
Known throughout the state as
director of the newly innovated
“North Carolina In School Tele
vision" experiment, Mr. Phillips
is in demand as a speaker to
interpret problems in the educa
tional, civil, social welfare, and
religious fields. A native North
Carolinian, he studied at UNC and
Columbia University, since then
he has taught in the Greensboro.
City Schools and served as prin
cipal of an elementary school
Church Activities
A member of the Board of
Stewards Of the West Market
SW Methodist Church, Mr!
Phillips teaches the Men’s Bible
class which is broadcast each Sun
day over radio station WBIO
His l^dership in civic affairs has
the chairmanshS
WeteL^?^ County Board of
YMC^ J'?’ motive in
™CA and boy scout work, bav-
ng served as president of the
OTOut council here, other of Mr
Phdllps' ^tlvlties include be^
pa^ president and secretary ^
Club and
In Guidance
afteirT'i! ’®“'to«hip in school
affairs Is demonstrated by hda
work as president of the
Congress of Parents ^ ^eacto!
ms p^tion at WC involverthe
c lieges extension program He
the field Of guidance
^ both teaches classes and lec-
^^to ^ial groups on this