HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., SEPT. 26, 1958
NUMBER 1
Homecoming
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clement
CAVINESS
PERDUE
SMITH
TROXLER
WARD
Page High School Offers
Many Extras toStudents
When some of us students at and seniors over at Greensboro
Senior gather together, one of
the main topics of our discussions
seems to be the new Walter Hines
Page High School. It seems that
many of us wonder if this .school
is conducted much like our own
or on an entirely different basis.
Her are some of the answers to
our curiosities.
Service Clubs
Page High, like GHS, has sev
eral school-sponsored clubs. Those
in existence now are the Key
Club, Junior Civitan Club, and
the Junior Optimist Club. Rusty
Taylor, sophomore, is serving as
the present president of- the Key
Club. The Junior Civitans have
elected Marc Harris, sophomore,
as their president, and the Junior
Optimists have chosen Ronnie Jor
dan, senior, to head their activi
ties for the' coming year.
Newspaper
PAGES FROM PAGE is the
school newspaper, and an annual
has begun its operations. How
ever, a name has not yet been
selected for the annual, Susan
Noah, senior, is the present editor
of the newspaper, while the yeaf-
book has not established its staff.
Page students have a 55 minute
lunch period, and they are al
lowed to leave the campus for
lunch, if they have the ever-popu-
lar ‘ lunch permits. | Smoking t.s
also permitted in a designated
area.
510 Enrollment
Of 510 students, 320 are sopho
mores, 199 are juniors, and 71 are
graduating seniors. Some of the
students, when interviewed, ex
press feelings of dislike as far as
the new school is concerned. One
sophomore girl and boy remarked,
‘‘We don’t like the classes and we
also miss those who were in junior
high with us and are now juniors
High School.” Two junior girls
said ‘‘This school offers many
more opportunities in all subjects
and activities than were available
at Senior.” One boy, a senior,
feels that the student body is too
small and wishes it were larger so
that he would have the oportunity
to meet more and more students.
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Senior High Enrollment
Takes Dip This Year
Greensboro Senior High School
opened the term with 1744 stu
dents enrolled, a decrease of
179 from the previous year.
The decline, the first since
’1948, is due to the opening of
Walter Hines Page High School
in Greensboro. Page has enroll
ed 510 students, sophomore grad
uates of Aycock and Proximity
Junior High Schools, and junior
and senior transfers from Senior
High.
Graduates of Central, Gillespie
Park, Kiser, and Lindley Junior
High Schools continue to be as
signed to GHS.
Boys at Senior High number
849, and girls number 895. There
are 520 seniors, 534 juniors, and
680 sophomores. Seniors are in
17 home rooms; juniors, in 16;
and sophomores, in 22.
About 72 transfer students en
tered Senior High for the 1958-
59 term. They came from Vir
ginia, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Maryland, West Vir
ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and
California.
The decrease from last year’s
near-2000 enrollment has result
ed in a noticeable lessening of
traffic congestion and crowded
conditions at Senior High, a
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School To Crown Homecoming Queen
GHS’s 1958 Homecoming Queen,
selected by the student body in
balloting Wednesday, September
24, from a Homecoming Court of
21 gitls, will be crowned at half
time tonight to reign over the
Homecoming Game festivities.
The identity of the queen is to
be kept secret until the actual
announcement by Senior Class
president, David Liner. The girls
themselves will not be aware
which one is queen.
Team Chooses Court ‘
Each senior member of the var
sity team was eligible to nominate
one senior girl to the Homecoming
Court. The student body elected
the queen from that Court. In
previous years the Homecoming
Queen has been selected at large
by the football squad.
In the night’s activities the
Court and their escorts will be
presented, then the runner-un will
be announced and presented with
a bouquet, and the queen an
nounced and crowned. The Court
will leave the field in converti
bles.
Court Listed
The members of the Homecom
ing Court, their sponsors and es
corts are Jane Bundy, sponsored
by Bill Swofford, escorted by Jim
my Harris; Susan Caviness, spon
sored by Bill Hinshaw, escorted
by Hal Greeson; Mary Wallace
Clement, sponsored by Bill Evans,
escorted by Tootle Blair:
Harriet Coble, sponsored by
Chick Aydlette, escorted by Larry
First High Life Free
Following a long-established
tradition, the year’s first issue
of HIGH LIFE is being given
without charge to all students
and faculty members.
Next week HIGH LIFE staff
members will begin conducting
the subscriptions, drive. The
rates this year will be 75 cents
per semester or 81.50 for the
year. Representatives will visit
home rooms taking pledges for
subscriptins.
Hudson; Angie Davis, sponsored
by Gerald Albert, escorted by Sam
Shaffer; Carol Eichhorn, sponsor
ed by Jerry Rogers, escorted by
Bennett Glass.
Robin Farr, sponsored by Penn
Waldron, escorted by Roger Dur
ham; Maureen Ferrell, sponsored
by Walter Barton, escorted by
Michaux Crocker; Ellen Fields,
sponsored by Mike Willett, escort
ed by James Apple;
Betsy Glynn, sponsored by Mike
Wachter, escorted by Tommy Tut
tle; Judy Harrill, sponsored by
Bob Fesmire, escorted by “Stick”
Wilson; Dianne Hartsfield, spon
sored by Bill Pemberton, escorted
by Johnny Spain;
Pat Hutchins, sponsored by
George Strange, escorted by Ash
ley James; Martha Jordan, spon
sored by Barry Morgan, escorted
by John Moore; Carolyn Marks,
sponsored ,by David Patrick, es
corted by Charlie Garren;
Betsy Perdue, sponsored by
Relle Moore, escorted by Larry
Burton; Shiela Sapero, sponsored
by Jim Pell, escorted by Jeff New
man; Kay Smith, sponsored by
Mackie Stout, escorted by Tommy
Edwards;
Barry Troxler, sponsored by
Fred Groome, escorted by Butch
Edwards; Jenna Ward, sponsored
by Layne Sheffield, escorted by
Pete Banner; Lynn Monroe, spon
sored by Ed Mohrmann, escorted
by Jim Lowe.
Robin Farr was chairman of the
Homecoming Day Committeej.
which was composed of Kay Smith,
Carol Eichhorn, Sammy McNairy,
and Penny Taliaferro.
The post-game open house will
be conducted in honor of the foot
ball squad and Homecoming Court.
Susan Caviness NameiT
Chambers "Miss Flame
The Greensboro Chamber of
Commerce’s new Miss Flame is
Susan Caviness, a senior. She was
chosen Sunday afternoon, Septem
ber 21, at 4:30 p.m. over runners-
up Pat Hutchins and Sandra
Sharpe, both seniors. She will help
promote the city’s Fire Prevention
Program with personal appear
ances, which begin September 22.
September 16, ten girls were
asked by the Greensboro Fire De
partment to participate in the Miss
Flame Contest. Each contestant
was required to make a two min-
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Council Comer
By Jerry Robertson
Your Student Council has been working for the past two
weeks on sophomore elections and the annual Homecoming
ceremonies, both of which occur about the same time this
year.
Robin Farr, chairman of Homecoming, and her committee
have devised a new and different program for the September
26 spectacular half-t'me show. Details concerning the new
plan are given in the High Life article about Homecoming
Lunch-time recreation was begun Wednesday, September
17, in the Girls’ Gym. There are ping-pong tables and a juke
box provided. If there are any suggestions for new games to
improve the lunch-time recreational facilities, your council
would appreciate it if the suggestions would be turned in to
Mrs. Newman in room 305.
There have been several requests for lunch-time study halls.
They cannot be set up yet becouse of lack of space.