News You Can Use
Recreation At last
Church Opens Center
For Greensboro Youth
West Market Street Methodist
Church is now opening its Fellow
ship Hall on Saturday nights to
Greensboro teen-agers, providing
a new source of recreation for
youth of the Greensboro area,
which has long lacked adequate
recreational facilities.
The program has been success
ful from the start. All such open
houses 'so far conducted have
drawn at least 100 teen-agers.
Refreshments aijd a jukebox are
available in the Fellowship Hall.
There are also facilities for ping-
pong and cards.
The sponsors of the open houses
are scheduling special features for
the coming holiday seasons.
The GHS Student Council has
urged everyone to attend with or
without a date.
Council Starts New Year;
Future Plans Are Made
The Inter-Club Council, con
sisting of representatives from
each social club, has begun an-
sther school year with James Ap
ple of the G-30’s serving as their
president.
This organization was created
last year when Hugh Blair was
:hosen president.
Other officers for ’58-’59 are
i^^ice-President, Pat Phillips; Sec-
'etary, Mary Edgerton; and Treas-
jrer, Roger Ljung.
“The purpose of the council,”
lays James Apple, “is to promote
i friendly relationship between
;he clubs and to try to work out
ndivldual club’s problems.”
This year the clubs have been.
;alled on to help collect money
or the T.B. Drive in December.
Other representatives are Ted
Sturm, Syitt Club, Linda Griffin,
WST; Kay Smith, LSP; Sue Stan
ley, SLC; Annabelle Current,
BSC; Linda Sudderth, Les Seours;
Sandra Sharpe, Vennettes; Kay
Easterling, Bellettes; and Linda
Carter, SDC.
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Non-Senior High Dates
To Attend Open House
GHS’s Youth Recreation Coun
cil. after many requests from stu
dents, has decided to relax its
restriction of non-Senior High
dates at open houses.
Shelia Sapero, president of the
committee, announced a “trial
run” of the idea. Formerly only
GHS students were allowed at the
open houses. Shelia asked that the
following rules be observed;
1. Senior High students must
sign their names and the names
of their dates or guests with her.
She will be on the steps of the
girls’ gym every Wednesday and
Thursday before the open houses.
2. The Senior High students
mud/ check their names off the
list at the door of the gym the
night of the open house and pre
sent their Youth Recreation ID
card.
3. The student will be respon
sible for the conduct of their
guests or dates while at the open
house.
Violation of the rules on the ID
card will result in the removal
of the card and participation in
Youth Recreation activities for
the remainder of the year.
All students are urged to ob
serve these rules so the practice
can be cohtinued. So far the idea
has been warmly received by the
students.
Also announced was a “Sock-
Hop” in the boys’ gym November
26. Page High School will be in
vited to the Hop.
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXV SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOV. 21, 1958 NUMBER 5
Senior Mights National Honor Society
Inducts New Members In Fall Tapping
Torchlight National Honor So
ciety had its fall tapping cere
monies Tuesday, November 11, as
strains of “Ave Maria” set the
mood and students and parents
watched. •
Fourteen seniors were inducted
into the society. They are Caro
lyn Lyday, Bob Stanley, Sari Lynn
Winfree, Bob Cunningham, Mich
ael George, Carolyn Marks, David
Patrick, Nancy Wilkins, Clyde
Wilson, Jane Golden, Sandra
Sharpe, Mildred Blakey, Frances
Howard, and Angie Davis.
To be eligible for membership
TORCHLIGHT INDUCTION
Mackie Sout leads David Patrick forward at iast week’s Torch-
iiffht induction. The new members are pictured on page 3.
in Torchlight, a person must ex
cel in scholarship, leadership,
service, and character. An average
of 90 must be maintained.as proof
of scholastic ability as well as
service to the school and church
and a good conduct record.
Carol Eichhorn, president of the
society, presided over the program,
and the four qualifications for
membership were outlined. Taking
part were Susan Caviness, scholar
ship; Jerry Robertson, leadership;
Pat Hutchins, service; and Rodger
Durham, character. Fred Wedler
gave the devotions.
Selection of members is done
in this way; a list of all eligible
persons is distributed to the stu
dents who vote for those whom
they think are worthy. Faculty
members vote in the same manner.
Those receiving the greatest num
ber of votes are then forwarded
to a faculty advisory committee
which voices its opinion. Finally
Torchlight rnembers vote before
school on the day of the ceremony.
In the spring there will be an
other tapping at which time sen
iors as well as juniors will be in
ducted. Advisers for Torchlight
are Mrs. Mary Madlin, Latin
teacher, assisted by Miss Sara
Mims, head of the English De
partment.
Old and new Torchlight mem
bers met Thursday, November 20,
to select a treasurer from the re
cent ductees. They chose David
Patrick to that position. ‘
^We Shook The Family Tree^ Presented
November 20 In Senior^s Auditorium
“We Shook the Family Tree,”
Three-act situation comedy, was
resented last night, November 20,
ly the junior class in the- GHS
uditorium as a class project for
aising money to pay for their
ection of the ’58-’59 WHIRLIGIG.
The play, the first to be pre-
ented for this cause, was directed
y Miss Causey, who, with the
ast, stayed each weekday after-
oon, Monday through Thursday,
ar the past several weeks for
bhearsals.
Students were chosen for the
jspective parts after tryouts,
hese tryouts were preceded by
lie studying on the part of many
inior students for the parts
hich they desired to portray,
hose chosen for the parts were
harles Jones, Mr. Shermer; Doris
ones, his wife, Mrs. Shermer;
llan Bennett, Freddie Shermer,
leir son; Mr. and Mrs. Dawlson
ob Jones and Coral Mills; their
lildren, Sally, Hildegarde, Bob
id Jim were played by Wilma
ay Peg'g, Carol Clapp, George
osental, and Garry Roberson, re-
lectively.
The sweetheart of Bob Dawlson,
lie Mae, was depicted by Toni
arter. Completing the list of
tors was a teenage member of
e “gang,” Jill, played by Ann
lascock, and Paige Mason. A six-
ar old girl, who had a bad habit
' eating ‘ toothpaste and sending
veletters to other people, was
irtrayed by Betty Tucker.
Behind the players were the
forts of other juniors who join-
' with teachers in forming com-
ttees to help create a success-
l play. These committees to-
ther with the teachers who
laded them stayed on weekday
afternoons to plan and practice.
The makeup committee found a
new adventure in learning to apply
makeup under the assistance of
Mrs. Miller.
Throughout the school for sev
eral weeks were signs of the pub
licity committee. Large and small
posters which were made by mem
bers and erected, were conversa
tion pieces.
Further efforts were shown by
the frequent annoucements of the
play on WCOG.
In the main hall bulletin board
section a record was kept by the
ticket committee of the ticket
sales. The tickets for the play
were priced at 50 cents and were
obtained from any member of the
committee. A contest of a type
resulted in the rivalry of the
committe-e heads.
Other committees, also headed
by teachers, took part in the pro
Student Council Officers
Delegates To State Meet
Jerry Robertson, student body
president, Sheila Sapero, Youth
Recreation Chairman, and Penny
Taliaferro, student body treasurer,
were chosen by a Student Council
vote as delegates to the Student
Council Congress held at Chapel
Hill High School from Sunday,
Nov. 2, through Tuesday, Nov. 4
Mrs. Jean aNewman, Student
Council adviser, accompanied the
three students to the thirty-second
duction. These committees were, | annual meeting,
stage, house, and costume. Approximately 350 representa-
the Junior Class Play. They are from left to
tives from all parts of North Car
olina attended the Congress to
meet students with similar inter
ests in student government and to
profit by new and varied ideas
for improving council work.
“Rocket Your Council To Suc
cess” was the subject for the four
discussion groups led by students
during the three day session. The
first forum was entitled “Ground
Forces” and included such points
as the qualifications and duties of
advisers, officers, and committees.
A second group expressed their
opinions about “Fuel—Ideas and
Projects”, which concerned meth
ods of selection and improvement
of projects. “Communications —
Public Relations” was the third
topic for debate, and the final
group talked about the aims and
objectives of the Student Coun
cil.
Monday featured a keynote ad
dress, several orations by guest
speakers, and a report on the
National Student Council Conven
tion by the Congress vice-presi
dent. A banquet Tuesday night
concluded the Congress.
Penny Taliaferro competed in
the election of state student coun
cil officers for 1958-59 and placed
second for secretary only after
several run-offs.
The delegates were interviewed
by Chapel Hill High School' re
porters about the Congress. To
the question, “What reception do
you expect from the Chapel Hill
High School boys?”, Penny Talia
ferro gave the classic answer, “We
can’t generalize, we can only cate
gorize. Since there are three types
of boys; the intellectual, the hand
some, and the majority, you name
it, we’re for it!!”