HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
rOIiUME XXXV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. JAN. 21, 1959
NUMBER ■'J
REVISED EXAM SCHEDULE
Due to the snow the exam schedule has been changed.
The first semester examination and second semester regis
tration schedule is as follows, provided that school con
tinues on its regular schedule.
1:45-3:15 sixth period
8:45-10; 15 first period
10:30-12:00 second period
8:45-10:15 third period
10:30-12:00 fourth or 'fifth period
8:45-10:15 seventh period
2:00 honor roll registration
10:00 registration of seniors
11:00 registration of juniors
l-.OO registration of sophomores
Friday, January 23
Monday, January 26
Tuesday, January 27
Wednesday, January 28
Thursday, January 29
Student Council Selects Dance Theme
Titled love Turns Winter To Spring’
The annual Midwinter’s Dance,
held each year immediately after
exams, will be held Wednesday,
January 28, from nine to twelve
in the boys’ gymnasium.
The theme for this year’s dance
is “Love Turns Winter to Spring.”
It was chosen by the members of
the student council, who are plan
ning and aiding in decorating the
gym. They voted upon the name
earlier in the year.
The decorations will consist of
four black silhouettes seated op
park benches. Half the gym will
be decorated in red and green
foliage and a white picket fence
at one side. The other half will
be decorated with symbols of win
ter—thus expressing the title of
the dance through the decorations.
Head of the dance committee,
consisting of five student council
members and two non-members.
Italian Teachers Viut
[ommercial Classes
Mario Francesco Martini, teach-
ir of law and economics in Messa,
taly, and Miss Gretta Maria
jarchi, who teaches mathematics,
iccounting, and bookkeeping in
'irenze, Italy, visited GHS as the
;uests of the D.O. departments
January 14.
One phase of the participation
if Mr. Martini and Miss Marchl
n the International Teacher De-
'elopment plan is visiting the
ommercial, guidance, and voca-
ional classes.
In addition to entertaining vis-
tors, the D.O. students have been
neeting monthly with the Nation-
il Association of Secretaries. They
vere entertained on December 22
ly Mrs. Vanhoy, president of the
Ireensboro Chapter of the As-
lociation at an informal open
lOuse.
o-
’iigh Life Circulation
Reaches Over 1250
According to HIGH LIFE circu-
ation manager, Sharron Oates,
nore than 1250 students have
ubscribed to the GHS newspaper.
Collection of the 75 cents pay-
aent for the first semester was
egun in November. The second
emester’s payment is due on
larch 25, 1959.
Barring a change in the Greens-
oro city school schedule, the
IIGH LIFE will appear eight
tales during the second semester.
HomeEconomics Students
^resent Show of Fashions
Members of the home economics
lasses presented a fashion show
1 the student body assembly, Fri-
ay, January 16, with the aid of
lembers of the music, art, and
iiemistry departments, and un-
er the direction of Mrs. Jerome
udd, the fashion model from
lontaldo’s Department Store, and
am Brown, GHS alumnus and
ho is now employed by Gene
ashley’s Clothier.
I The theme of the show was a
spiction of the different phases
a teenager’s life, including
ances, church-going, shopping, at
;hool, and at home.
■ Six students, who represent
aeir classes as Mr. and Miss
chool Spirit, modeled sports at-
re. Sheila Sapero, senior repre-
mtative, modeled a golf outfit,
ante Lee Wall, junior, modeled
1 ensemble for tennis, and Gloria
riffin, the sophomore represent-
ive, modeled a swim suit.
IThe outfits and several others
lat were modeled by the girls
ere furnished by Montaldo’s.
Two college students, Sarah
nn Cox and Helen Allen, were
-esent to model dresses which
;ey Constructed last year before
■aduating. 'Other girls to model
rmals and cocktail dresses, which,
they themselves made, were Sue
Snow, Betty Tucker, Lacy Coble,
and Carolyn Marks. Jane White,
junior, modeled a dress that
would have been worn by a young
girl in the 1920’s. Modeling for
Gene Lashley’s in formal attire
were Jerry Robertson, Joe Gray,
Tommy Whiteside, Penn Waldron,
and Harry Schiffman.
Fred Wedler and Marie Blakey,
seniors, conducted a demonstra
tion connecting Home Economics
and Chemistry. This was followed
by a demonstration of how art
and home economics are related.
The Mad Lads were present to
provide music for the entire pro
gram. Also in the musical division
were Carol. Overstreet and Randy
Phillips, who sang a duet, and
the Queen’s Men.
In the final scene, the slumber
party, Mrs. Evelyn Stanton, a fac
ulty member, played the part of
the mother and conversed with
Mrs. Judd, while the girls on the
stage modeled sleeping attire,
burmudas, cocktail dresses, skirts
and blouses.
Miss York, the head of the
Home Economics department, Mrs.
Powell, Mrs. Bradsher, and Mrs.^
Eoon directed the show, the script,
and produced the show.
GHS Students Exempting
First Term Examinations
Approximately 136 seniors and
juniors are eligible to exempt one
and in some cases two exams for
the first semester’s wolk.
Those in the Senior class who
will be exempting an English exam
are Linda Williams, Martha Cone,
Jane Darden, Michael George, Bet
sy Glynn, Anne Shadoin, Bob
Stanley, Anne Weinstein, Lila
Wolff, Lucille Coltrane, Dub Ellis,
Carolyn Marks, Dianne Pfaff,
Linda Lou Carter, and Margaret
LestCr. Only nine seniors are ex
empting a mathematics exam.
These are Annabelle Current,
Brenda Blake, Bohby Cunningham,
Michael George, Frances Howard,
Danny Hurst, Ruth Spaulding,
Fred Wedler, and Judy Williams.
Carolyn McMillian and Susan
Tilley are the only seniors to
exempt a family life exam. The
History Department had the most
senior exemptions with a total of
26 students exempting history ex
ams. From Miss Blackmon’s class
es are Mildred Blakey, Anne
Bourne, Susan Caviness, Martha
Cone, Jane Darden, Angie Davis,
Carol Eichhorn, Pat Hutchins,
Carolyn Lyday, Carol Overstreet,
Sheila Sapero, Sue Snow, Ruth
Spaulding, Bob Stanley, Sue Stan
ley, John Stevenson, Genie Sykes,
Continued on Page Three
Junior Council representatives
Harriet Thompson and Sammy
McNairy are in the mood for the
Midwinter’s Dance one week from
tonight.
is Jane Darden, senior. The (Jthei'
council members are “Stick” Wil
son and Tommy Tuttle, seniors;
Elaine Ellis, junior; and Roddy
Stout, sophomore. The remaining
members of the committee whe
are nOt council members are Car
olyn Lyday, senior, and Nancjf
Faulconer, junior. The committee
has been making plans for the
dance for several weeks.
The music, an essential pari;
of any dance, will be provided by
Bobby Ritch and his six-piece
combo. The combo is a portion of
Charlie Strong’s weU-known group
of musicians. The combo features
a vocalist, also.
The Midwinter’s Dance is one of
the two dances offered to all GHS
students each year'. The other is
the Junior-Senior Prom, which
comes at the close of the second
semester immediately following
spring exams.
The ticket sale began last week,
and tickets are still available
from any member of the GHS stu
dent council. The tickets for this
year’s dance have been priced at
50 cents and may be bought for
“stag or drag.”
GHS Bands Present
Mid-WInler Concert
GHS’s Concert and Training
Bands gave their Mid-Winter Con
cert at Senior High Auditorium
on Thursday, January 15, at 8 pjn.
The Training Band played among
a number of tunes, “A Mozart Fes
tival” by Mozart-Johnson; “Three
Scenes” (Forest Glade, Fiesta,
Sunset Boulevard) by Harold L.
Walters; “Queen City March” by
W. H. Boom.
The GHS Concert Band played
“Roman Carnival Overture” by
Berlioz; “Soirees Musicales”
(March, Cenzonetta, Bolera, Tbro-
lese) by Rossini-Britten; “Slow
March from Scippio” by* Handell;
“Tubby the Tuba” by Kleinsinger,
which was a solo by Frank Har
mon, senior; selections from the
“Music Man” by Wilson.
Three Seniors To Go To
UNC District Competition
ROBERTSON WEDLER
PATRICK
Three GHS seniors, David Pat
rick, Jerry Robertson, and Fred
Wedler, are among the seven Guil
ford County high school boys
nominated to go on to the district
competition for the U.N.C. John
M. Morehead Scholarship of $5000.
Thus three of the seven coim-
ty nominees come from GHS.
The others are High Point and
County students.
The seven nominees were se
lected from a field of approximate
ly 40 applicants on the basis of
record and personal , interviews,
The Senior High boys face the
district elimination . later ■ this
month ;beforei entering the. last
round of "the edmpetitipn.
Jerry is studeht bodyl-president.
Fred heads the Junior Engineers,
is treasurer of Quill and Scroll,
and is a varsity swimmer. David
is a Student Council representa
tive and is a member of the foot
ball and wrestling teams.
All are honor roll students, and
members of the Key Club and
Torchlight.
Senior High students eliminated
were Robert Cunningham, Michael
George, Rodney Hill, David Liner,
Ernest Paschal, Clyde Wilson, and
Richard Windham.
The GHS applicants for the
Angler B. Duke Scholarship wijj
be tested in February in the
first round of that competition.,
According to Miss Mary Ellen
■Blackmon, Senior Class counselor;
applications for the several an
nual scholarships awarded locaUy
at Senior High will be available
early in the second semester.