HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
Volume xxxiv
senior high school, GREENSBORO, N. C., MAY 2, 1958
NUMBER 12
lussell's Photos Win
)ntest Grand Prize
Rufus Russell, GHS senior, has
fcently been awarded the grand
|ze in the City Beautiful and
iquicentennial Phot ography
•ntest, sponsored by the City
lautiful Committee and the
leensboro Chamber of Com-
prce.
Pictures were entered in the
btest by students of junior and
fiior high school students and
any other people who were
lerested. The entries had to be
^ some historical or noted area
Greensboro or anywhere in
lilford College and had to be
^en after March 20, 1958.
*riiaes for the contest were
fend prize of $50, won by Rufus:
■st prize was a Tower-35 milo-
per camera and case.
May Day attendants pictured clockwise are L. Johnson, L. Mc
Gregor, A. Wilson, M. Hughes, R. Farr, p. Hutchins, P. Sink, S.
Holderness, S. Sapero, S. Caviness, A. Baldwin, and K. White. Cen
tered is Marsha Bumpass, 1958 May Queen.- Not pictured are
sophomores B. Tucker, L. Coble, E. Ellis, S. Wrenn, and C. Smith.
Key Clubbers Will Supply
Ushers For City Pageant
GHS’s Key Club will supply
GHS Students Name i SPRING EXAMS COMMENCE MAY 29
President Holderness
GRADUATING SENIORS
Thursday—^May 29—8:45-10:16
CivHan Good Citizen
In a recent school-wide ballot,
the student body elected Sandra
Holderness, president of the stu
dent body, as the Civitan Good
Citizen of the year. Her name and
picture will be added to the plaque
which is kept in the Senior High
School library.
The award is sponsored annually
w the Greensboro Civitan Club.
1st period; 10:30-12 — 2nd
period.
Friday—^May 30 — 8:45-10:15—
3rd period: 10:30-12—4th per
iod.
Monday—June 2—8:45—10:15
6th period; 10:30-12—7th per
iod.
Tulesd'ay—June 3—8:45—10:15
—^Make up exams.
Wednesday—June 4—8 p.m.—
Graduation.
UNDERCLASSMEN
Friday—May 30 — 1:45-3:15—
7th period.
Monday—June 2-1—1:45-3:15—
6th period.
Tuesday—June 3-8—8:45-10:15
—1st period-; 10:30-12—2nd
period.
Wednesday—June 4—8:45-10:15
UvShers for the upcoming cele
bration of the Greensboro Ses-
quicentennial May 2-10. The
club will have 12 ushers on hand
for the pageant “Enter the Gate
City,” which will be in Senior
High Stadium.
The Key Club recently planted
grass on the front lawn in hopes
there would be a green carpet
on which to have the May Day,
which was observed here yester
day.
In another of the club's civic
3rd period; 10:30-12—4th projects, the Key Club t
or 5th i>eriod.
Thursday—June 5 — 8:45-12-
Make up exams.
Friday—June 6—Last day of
School.
The Moneymen
^aldo Hinshaw WmnerjSnodderly
State Physics Contest Scholarship
Stanley Johnson, physics teach- the questions answered correctly.
a-t GHS, announced Thurs-
April 24, that Waldo Hin-
^w, senior, had won the State
tysics contest over 1,000 other
rtes by answering the entire
questions correctly
Its questions covered mechanics
and heat. Waldo will receive a
scholarship amounting to $600
at the University of North Caro
lina.
Wins Merit
Competition
GHS senior Max Snodderly has Scholarship Qualifying Test to
been selected a winner of one of enter the semifinals were tested
the 1,000 college scholarships of- again, and if the second test con-
fered through the National Merit | finned their previous score they
Scholarship Corporation, accord-
Larry Brown, last year’s win- ! ing to ihformalion released yes-
ner. also answered all of the
questions correctly.
WALDO HINSHAW
Johnson stated that in his
nion this test was harder than
‘ previous State Physics Tests
have been given, and that
expected no one to get all of North Carolina.
Max Snodderly, a senior who
received honorable mention in
the physics contest, was the en
try from GPK in the State Math
Contest given April 11. This con
test holds a scholarship that
would pay tuition for a year at
one of the Carolina colleges.
Brenda Alvis, and Eddie Stub-
bins, seniors, were the second
and third choice from the 20
students who took the test, con
taining 10 algebra and 10 geom
etry questions.
Michael George and Bob Cun
ningham. juniors, and Ralph Dan
iels, senior, were the three en
tries selected in the State Chem
istry Contest. This grants a $600
scholarship to the University of
terday, May
Foundation Policy
By the policy of the founda
tion. the amoimt of the award
is kept confidential, but the max-
mum is $1500 annually for four
years at any institution. Max
has chosen the California In
stitute of Technology. Max’s
scholarship is being provided by
the Mead Corporation.
The test that placed Max in
the 1,000 winners was taken by
256,000 high school students. One
out of every 1500 high school
seniors in America is receiving
a Merit Scholarship.
Seven In^ Finals
The students that scored high
enough on the National Merit
were admitted to the finals. More
than 7400 students reached the
finals including, besides, six other
GHS seniors, Denny Broadhurst,
Peggy Earle, Buddy Rives, Betty
Rose, Jim Sawers, and Angelyn
Stokes.
is helping
boost the Greensboro Symphony
by distributing posters and
streamers in the shopping centers
of the city.
Two projects are currently in
progress. George Bradham is se
curing a number of containers'
for the two smoking areas. These
containers foi* cigarettes will be
used to keep the area as clean
as possible.
Roger English is chaii-man of
a committee that is setting up
a Lost and Foimd department
whereby students will be able to
find their lost articles more eas
ily.
Finalists were studied in cit
izenship, scholastic record, extra-
cuiTicular activities and need,
before the final selection of 1,000
winners was made.
Juniors Take Exam
About 75 GHS students em
barked on the road of competi
tion that Max has followed when
they took the National Merit
Scholarship Qualifiyng Test, April
29.
'58 Literary Magazine
Hits GHS Newsstands
For the first time juniors are
now eligi'blt to take the tests in
the spring.
HOMESPUN 1958 hit the GHS
newptand this past Wednesday
April 30, 1958, having incorporat
ed such new features as the sub
ject divided contents, glossy print
pictures by the Ant Department,
and the Inclusion of each student
author’s class or year of grad
uation.
This year’s edition, selling at
25 cents a copy, was dispensed
by members of the HIGH LIFE
and WHIRUIG-g -taffs ”nd“r the
supervision of the Senior High
Chapter of Quill and Scroll,
HOMESPUN is an annual pub
lication of this organization and
contains the original literary con
tributions of GHS students. Its
financial support comes entirely
from sponsorships and student
body purchase.