HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., OCT. 10, 1958
NUMBER 2
College Day Occurs
Here On Oct. 21-22
Representatives from 79 institutions of higher learning have
been invited to attend the two-day annual College Day to be
conducted in the Senior High Gym, October 21 and 22.
Tuesday, October 21, is set a-
Whiteside Heads Sophomores
GHS sophomores went to the
polls Wednesday, October 1, and
picked Tommy White«de to head
their class for the 1958-59 school
year.
Tommy, a member of the Jayvee
football squad and former officer
of Kiser Junior High, defeated
Eo'dalph Gibbs, the only other
candidate for class president.
The other sophomore officers
will be Dennis Saunders, vice-
president: Ann Winchester, secre
tary; and Sam Garren, treasurer.
The Sophomore Class enroll
ment permits nine student council
representatives and nine Youth
Recreation Council members.
side for students of Greensboro
Senior High and Walter Hines
Page Schools, and Wednesday,
October 22, for Curry and Guil
ford county high schools. The rep
resentatives will be available from
9 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. the first day
and from 9 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. the
second.
Juniors and seniors will be re
leased from study halls to hold
eonferences with the college rep
resentatives. They may invite
their parents to visit also.
Representatives have been in
vited from Agnes Scott, Appala
chian, Asheville-Biltmore, Atlan
tic Christian, Avrett, Belmont Ab
bey, Brenau, Brevard, Campbell,
Capitol Radio Institute;
Catawba, Chowan, Charlotte,
Coker, Converse, Dartmouth, Dad-
idson, Duke, Woman’s College,
East Carolina, Elon, Flora Mc
Donald, Furman, Gardner-Webb;
Gaston Technical Institute,
Greensboro, Georgia Tech, Guil
ford, High Point, Hollins, King’s
Business College, Lake Erie, Lees-
McRae, Lenoir-Rhyne, Limestone,
M. I. T., Longwood, Luisburg,
Mars Hill;
Mary Baldwin, Mary Washing
ton, Meredith, Mitchell, Montreat,
North Carolina State, Oak Ridge,
Oglethorpe, Peabody Conserva
tory, Peace College, Pfeiffer,
Presbyterian, Queens, Randolph-
Macon, Richmond;
Roanoke, St. Mary’s, Salem,
Continued on Page Three
Shown above are the officers
elected by the Sophomore Class
October 1. They are Tommy
Whiteside, president, Dennis Saun
ders, vice-president; Ann Win
chester, secretary, and Sam Gar
ren, treasurer. The sophomores
also elected nine Student Council
and nine Youth Council represen
tatives.
27 GHS Seniors Compete
As Scholarships Semi-Finalists
Twenty - seven seniors from
Greensboro High School have been
recently named as semifinalists
by the National Merit Scholaship
Corporation.
The semifinalists are Anne
Bourne, Susan Caviness, Sandra
Coe, Lucille Coltrane, Marty Cone,
Jeanne Davant, Angie Davis. Kay
Easterling Donald Elliott, Michael
George, Rodney Hill, Frances
Howard, Martha Jordan, Faye Lail,
John Moore, Diane Pfaff, Charles
Richman, Eric Schweistris, Anne
Shadoin, Sue Snow, Ruth Spauld
ing, John Stevenson, Tommy Tut
tle, Alan Weinberg, Anne Wein
stein, Clyde Wilson, and Richard
Windham.
The above students will face a
Homecoming Queen Is
Senior Sheila Sapero
When Senior High students vot
ed September 24, Ihey elected
Sheila Sapero to reign as queen
over the September 26 Homecom
ing Game festivities.
The queen’s identity was a
well - guarded secret until the
game.
After the presentation of the
21 girls of the Homecoming Court,
the runner-up, Robin Farr, was
presented with a bouquet. Then
Sheila was anounced to be the
queen and crowned by Senior
Class president Dave Liner.
The Homecoming Queen was se
lected under the new system de
vised by the Student Council.
Mondays of each month.
three hours test, the Scholastic
Appitude Test of the College En
trance Examination Board to be
given December 6 and those re
peating high scores will be final
ists in the competition. There are
approximately 10,000 semifinalists
who outscored some 479,000 others
in the qualifying test given last
April.
Quill and Scroll Members
Judge Candidates* Writing
Prospective members of Quill
and Scroll turned in a sample
piece of writing to Mrs. Jean
Newman, Wednesday, October 3
bers as qualifications for mem
bership.
A few changes have been made
in the membership rules this year.
Any junior or senior was qualified
for membership, provided they
showed some writing ability, a sin
cere interest in the club, and pre
sented their name by a certain
date. These are the ones now be
ing considered for membership.
The first meeting will be an
nounced. This year’s club will
strive to improve in writing, and
each member will write something
to be discussed and criticized at
each meeting. Meetings are plan
ned for the second and fourth
The main project of the group is
to publish and compile the literary
magazine. Homespun. Material will
be collected throughout the year
until the magazine comes out next
spring.
At the end of the year, the elu’o
will present awards to several of
its members. A $25 scholarship will
be given to the best writer and a
cup to the most outstanding mem
ber.
Elected sophomore council rep
resentatives were Suzanne Ander
son, Rick Elliot, Virginia Harmon,
Jess McFarland, Brenda Meadows,
Skeeter Oelsclager, Roddy Stout,
Jean Waters, and Connie Waynick.
Youth Recreation Members
Youth Recreation Council mem
bers will be Jeannie Anderson,
Martha McKee, Ann Starr Minton,
Suzanne Mock, Linda Pearman,
Becky Rountree, Lewanna Stew
art, Betty Welch, and Diana Wel-
lons.
Defeated in the Wednesday bal
loting were Rodalph Gibbs, presi
dent; Charles Thompson, vice-
president; Nancy Helton, secretary;
and Jean Schaffer, treasurer. Stu
dent Council; Sandra Boyles, Jim
my Bullock, Jeanne Burwell, Becky
Byerly, Karen Gill, Sheila John
son, Dale Keller, Peggy King, Dale
Mauldin. Youth Recreation Coun
cil: Sue Foster, Suzanne Kiser,
Brenda Lentz, Pat Newton, Kath
ryn Pledger, Tam Slade, James
Team, and Judy Watson.
Homeroom Primaries
The sophomores voted in home
room primaries, Monday, Septem
ber 29, to narrow down the candi
dates for major offices to two
each, and the candidates for rep
resentative offices to 18. Before
homeroom primaries seven candi
dates had announced for vice-
president, three for secretary, five
for treasurer, 28 for Student Coun
cil, and 29 for Youth Recreation
Council.
All sophomores voted in the
home room primaries but only
those who registered voted in the
final ballot.
Vice - presidential candidates
eliminated Monday were Mary
Bradley. Gloria Griffin, Bobby
Morphis, Lois Moser, and Dale
Neese. Sue Allbright was elimi
nated from the secretary’s race,
and Nancy Lynn Hammond, Shar
on Parrish, and Betsy Pickard,
were dropped as candidates for
treasurer.
Losing Out "
Losing out Monday for Studeht
Council representatives were Ann
Brimm, Sharon Eldridge, Adele
Freedman, Jimmy Horsman, Alice
Hubner, Holly Kowall, Boyd Perry,
Pam Pfaff, Jo Jane Pitt, and
Shirley Truitt.
Dropped from the Youth Rec
reation Council ballot were John
ny Baker, Gary Brittenham, Joan
Clark, Harriett Eiler, Kathleen
Greer, Joanne Oliver, Marie Rob
erson, Becky Sharpe, Emily
Skenes, Sarah Welch, and Sue
Wright.
Pepping up enthusiasm for the Whirlies are cheerleaders Betty Welch, Sue Ann Wrenn, Jenna
Ward, Paul Harrell, Sheila Sapero, Kay Smith, head cheerleader Ellen Fields, Penny Taliaferro, Jim
my Thompson, and Christina Stewart. Not shown: Jimmy McGee.
Ellen Fields Heading
Senior'sCheerleadeirs
Senior High’s 11 cheerleaders,
already veterans of five games,
are being led this year by Ellen
Fields, senior.
Remaining from last year's
squad are the seniors Sheila Sa
pero, Kay Smith, and Paul Har
rell, and juniors Penny Taliaferro
and Jimmy McGee, the five newly
selected cheerleaders are Jenna
Ward, senior; Sue Ann Wrenn,
Christina Stewart, and juniors;
and Jimmy Thompson and Betty
Welch, sophomores. These new
cheerleaders were picked by jud
ges Mrs. Yvonne Utley, physical
education teacher at Page, Miss
Pat Basinger, Youth Recreation
Adviser; Mrs. Elanor Lambert,
physical education teacher at
Senior; and Miss Doris Hutchin
son, physical education director
in the city schools.
Apin this year, Mrs. Lambert
IS the cheerleaders’ adviser.