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Seniiir Sue Levine States Opinions
On Current World News Problems
By Sue Levine
It is obvious that the United States is in serious trouble in the Mid
dle East and that it has been for some time now. We have tried to maintain
a neutrality in the struggle between Israel and her Arab neighbors. This
has made Israel less secure and has inflamed the Arab world anew. For
a long time we have acted like ostriches by burying our heads in the sand
and refusing to look at the threat of Soviet Power in that area. The United
States needs a policy that deals with the realities of the situation rather
than one which pretends that prob- ser and the Soviets to gain control
lems don’t exist or refuses to take a
position in moments of crisis. The
United States must make an ef
fective military, political, and eco
nomic commitment of its strength
to help bring about a solution to
the Arab-Israel dispute. This is the
root of local tension in the Middle
East. It is used effectively by Nas-
Science Club In Need
Aware that school will close soon I now
wish to air some facts too long obscure.
Three years ago the Sophomore class, now
seniors, started a science club directed by
Miss Helen Turlington, then a biology in
structor. The group has since been spear
headed by that original nucleus of en
thusiastic students with a handful of others
attracted as the program gained momen
tum. A high degree of activity was reached
this year when our agenda included spon
soring a TV series, a Science Day assem
bly, and prize-winning participation in the
annual science fair. It seems apparent con
tradiction to allow a scientific organization
such as this to degenerate just when the
world-wide interest in science is at the
fever pitch. It is obvious that unless this
graduating group is replaced by energetic
juniors and sophomores, it will gradually
disappear.
The Internatonal Geophysical year is
running wide open. In connection with this
undertaking the club is planning to enter
a year-long co-operation project on cos
mic radiation sponsored by the University
of Maryland. That is just part of what we’ll
have to offer next year.
HIGH LIFE
Published Seini*Menthly by the Students of
CTreenidioro Senior High School
Greensboro, N. G.
Founded by the Class
of 1921
Rerlved by the Spring
Journalism Class
of 193T
Entered as second-ctaiM matter March 30,
1940, at the post office at Greensboro, N. 0.,
nnder the Act of March 3, 1879.
Editors-in-Chief Frances McCormick
Betty Rose
Afanapinp Editor Add Penfield, Jr.
Copy Editor Sue Snow
Girls' Sports Editor Angie Davis
Boys' Sports Staff Bill Barrier
Relle Moore, Jim Perry
Btisiness Manager Becky Chambers
Advertising Managers Mary Jane Higgins
Rhoda Miller
Exchange Manager Linda Torrence
Circulation Manager Jane Thompson
Reporters - Kent Apple
Bobbie Cook, Lois Lynch, Carolyn
Marks, Clyde Wilson, Geanie Black,
Sharron Oates, Genie Sykes, Ree
Blakeley.
Henry Zwicky
Rufus Russell
Photographers —
Cortoonists Charles Mills
June Rubin
Proofreaders Faye Lail, Jean Davant
Businc.5s Staff Jeanine Haase, Anne Shadoin,
Martha Spence. Jennifer Stewart,Gerry Welch
Adviser Miss Peggy Ann Joyner
Financial Adviser A. P. Routh
Wonder why the talented people
with which our schools is blessed
(Editor’s note: Fred Wedler was
recently named 1958-59 president
of Junior Engineers)
fail to utilize the Junior Engineers
Club to broaden and enrich their ed
ucation. The number of students tak
ing the higher maths and sciences
seems an indication of an increased
interest in this subject. Now is the
time to consider your future—a time
when you can choose freely and
change your outlook. If you are ser.
ioujsly considering a career in
science or merely interested, I urge
you to join us. I also venture : You
never met af friendlier group of peo
ple.
FRED WEDLER,
Volume XXXVI
May 2. 1958
COUNCIL
CORNER
Now that the year is drawing to a
close, your Student Council would like
to get some suggestions from you, the
student body members, on ways the
council can improve for the coming
years. When council menubers come
around to your home rooms with their
reports, we want to urge you to take
part in the discussions and be able to
give your 1958-59 officers some good
and helpful advice.
The spring Prom is less than a month
away! Your student council has been
working on definite plans and details
and has already chosen the theme. The
chairman, Carol Overstreet and Jerry
Robertson, would like to have any mem
bers of the student body who are inter
ested to help decorate. The Prom will
be held in the boys’ gym again this
year May 30 with refreshments furn
ished free by the PTSA. The council
will be selling tickets two weeks in
advance.
As a representative of the student
body, I wish to congratulate all the
newly elected officers of the student
body and of the classes. I wish for each
one of you a successful and happy
term for the coming year.
by driving out «L1 Western influence
in the area. If the Middle East is
dominated by the Soviet Union, the
security of the entire free world
will be seriously threatened.
It took Joseph Stalin over a de
cade to organize the power which
fell from Lenin’s hands at his death
in 1924 and to emerge as the dicta
tor of the Soviet- Union. Nikita
Kruschchev now emerges as the
dictator of Russia only five years
after Stalin’s death. In ousting Mar
shal Bulganin as Premier of the
Soviet Union, Krushchev, who is al
so the boss of the Communist party
of the Soviet Union, has concen
trated in his hands the same tools
for power that enabled StaUn to
rule as absolute master of Russia.
But whether Krushchev’s real pow
er can be compared to Stahn’s re
mains to be seen. What do you
think?
For the past few weeks Life Mag
azine has been printing a series of
articles on the U. S. crisis in educa
tion. No one hkes to be talked about,
so, we, the American students, the
persons in question, have taken a
special interest in this problem. The
headlines above have a startling
reality that shocks us all, and even
more shocking are the revealing
statistics set down in black and
white. In the United States only li'/z
per cent of high school students are
taking any mathematics more ad
vanced than algebra, and only 25
per cent are studying physics. A
foreign language’s studied by fewer
than 15 per cent of the students. Ten
milhon Russians are studying Eng
lish, but only 8,000 Americans are
studying Russian. In the next few
years there will be a revolution in
the American school system. It has
started already. It is only a shame
that we need the threat of Russia
to convince us that it is time to go
to work.
Inter-Club Council
Gives Its Views
(Editor’s Note: The following
printed in answer to the inter
club council editorial which a]
peared in last week’s issue.)
The Inter-social Club Coimcil
preciates the interest HIGH LIFE
shown towards its organization. ,
always welcome constructive criticis
for a group should profit by it. We
glad of the opportunity to state
position.
The purpose of the Inter-social Cl
Council is “to provide an organizali
through which member clubs may
and develop projects which will i..
in the best interests of the
clubs.” It is the answer to a need
has existed for several years.
Because we wanted our oi^:anizaii
to be on a sound: basis, we have ww
slowly. The council has tried to fi
a guide and framework for its mea
clubs.
We have not felt it necessary to
line conduct rules. To the council pro
conduct means becoming ladies f
gentlemen. We cannot imagine any o
er interpretation.
The council feels that it has ta
constructive steps for the good d
member clubs. Even though the i
not have immediate results, the:
must be considered that the cound
only six months old. Time will be k
ed to prove its worth.
Inter-Social Club Council,
Hugh Blair, presiled
HALL TALES
For all you people sweating a foreign
language, we have decided to run the
following vocabulary list to help you on
the test Monday.
FRACTURED FRENCH
Loin—^What you came to high school
to do.
Petit—What you should do to your
dog.
Peu—^A garbage heap.
Votre—What you get from a well.
Autre—Last name of famous cow
boy. Gene.
Bois—What girls marry.
Coup—What they keep chickens in.
Pommies de teiTe frites—Kick Fritz
in the pants.
SPLINTERED SPANISH
Ayudar—^Are you there?
Castillo—Abbott’s partner.
Tres—What grow in the country.
No salimos—Don’t spit on the floor
Que lo haga Carlos—Carl’s got a
blind date.
lacerated LATIN
Lax no scripta—Too lazf to write.
Hie Haec hoc—Who’s been drinking?
Victoria Gaudet—Vicky’s got it.
Hoc te rogo—Roger runs a pawn
shop.
Pax vobiscum—Pass the biscuits.
Teacher beginning a lesson: Now be
fore I start I want to say something.
“She told me,” complained K
White to Cookie Wilson, “that you
her the secret I told you not to ^ h
“Well,” replied Cookie in a
“I told hei* not to tell you I told
“Oh, dear,” sighed Kitty, “Well, >
tell her I told you that she •toU
Volunteering as a blood donor
hospital, a young woman was
by the nurse, “Do you know your
“Oh, Yes,” came the reply, “1^
sultry type.”
Flirt: The girl who believes it’s
boy for herself.
Mrs. Hutton asked
to name a great timesaver.
“Love at first sight,” she repliet
daffynitions
Discretion—A comb that i ^
hands us after we have lost our fij
Education—That which enables!
to get into more intelligent troublj
Intelligence tests—^Describing a S
stairway or an accorlian without i*
your hands.
One girl to another: “H only I o
combine their qualities. I’d be 'the 9
piest girl in the world. Ronall is |
debonair, rich, handsome, witty, |
Clarence wants to manw me.
One of the greatest labor-saving J
vices of today is tomorrow.