How many of us can say our
favorite memory of previous school
days is physics? That was the an
swer I received when I asked
Victoria Fu her favorite subject
in Hong Kong, China.
Vicky, a junior this year, is in
America with her family. She has
been in America since December
30, but has been in Greensboro
since only January 14. She has an
elder sister. Pearl, who is 20 and
attends Woman’s College, and a
brother, David, 12 and in the
eighth grade at Kiser Junior High.
They plan to stay in America for
some time.
Knowing that Victoria is 16, I
asked her the obvious question,
was she driving at all yet. This
caused a smile to break through
her pleasant face as she said no.
Vicky Foo, While Visiting From Hong Kong China, Studied At Senior
VICKY FOO
I wonder what she was thinking.
Things are different in China,
of course—but not as different as
I had imagined. In Hong Kong,
Victoria attended an all girl school
with approximately 800 girls en- home from school in much letter
rolled. There she wore a white
blouse with a dark tie and skirt
with a blazer to match. The schools
are in session five days each week,
with hours similar to ours. There
is, however, one major difference.
All students are required to study
many subjects every year. Some
of these subjects are; Foreign
languages, chemistry, physics, and
high mathematics.
The clothing of the Chinese is
somewhat unsurprising. The boys
dress as American boys dress, but
in this point the Chinese and
American girls differ. The Chinese
girls wear dresses with high col
lars and a slit in the skirt which
begins at the hem and continues
for several inches.
The students in China must go
condition than do many of us
The students there do not ''hangc
cias.ses. Instead, the teacher'^ move
from room to room when the per
iods change.
It is more than understood that
teenagers are teenagers, no mat
ter where you may be. The teen
age ear in music—for instance—
leans toward the ever-popular
rock ’n roll. I discovered, upon
interviewing Victoria, that in
China the R ’n R stars are much
the same as ours. Of course, Elvis
is THE ONE among them. Vic-
,toria, however, shares the opinion
of many American females. When
I asked her if she like EP, she
gave me a very definite “No, not
very much,” in the tone of an
overstatement. To my surprise.
China is right in on the “Hi-Fi”
fad. Victoria' said' it is sweeping
the country just as it is here.
Victoria speaks English very
well and does not seem to have
any difficulty expressing herself-
I wonder how many of the Spanish
and French students at GHS could
do as well if they were to live
in the home of their foreign lan
guage.
. Victoria, though a junior is tak
ing biology, as well as English,
geometry, history and Bible. She
seems to like America and has
made many new friends which
is easily understood. A girl with
a pleasant personality, she seems
to have found her place in Greens
boro, which is something—even
for a native ...
Judy Edwards
HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
FOLUME XXXV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEB. 13, 1959
NUMBER 8
WATCH FOR
1959 HOMESPUN NO- 1
GHS’s Own Literary Magazine
Short Story, Essays, Sketches, Humor, Poetry
COMING SOON
Delegates From GHS Go
To Key Club Convention
List of Special Honor Roll
Headed By Senior Cl ass
With 31 persons making a 95
verage or higher, juniors head
he list of special honor roll stu-
ents for the last report period
f the first semester, while seniors
nd sophomores place 24 each on
he list.
From senior home room HE2{)1
Dldred Blakey; room 24, Susan
Javiness; room 25, Sandra Coe,
larty Cone, Robert Cunningham,
.nnabelle Current; from room
11, Keith Douglas; from room 6,
Ilchael George, Annette Glanc-
opf, Jane Golden; room M202,
ranees Howard.
Other home rooms having sen-
>rs on special honor roll are as
>llows; room 203A, Martha Jor-
on; room 301, Edith Lund, Caro-
m Lyday; from home room 200,
arolyn Marks; room 13, Carol
verstreet. Ginger Parker; from
ome rom 5, Diane Pfaff; room
1204,. Bob Stanley; room 102,
nne Weinstein, Nancy Wilkins,
idy Williams, Linda F. Williams,
ari Lynn Winfree.
Junior Special Honor Roll
Juniors making special honor
»11 are home room 106, Judith
lackmon; room 202, Diana
harles; room 206, Peggy Colmer,
Cricket Conner, Mary Ann Crock
er, Tara Diiikle; home room 12,
David Howe; room 307, Jean El
len Jones; room 101, Yvonne Kin
caid, Lind Kirksey, Kay Lindley,
Jeannie Littlejohn, Vera LeCraw.
Also on the junior special hon
or roll' list are, home room 60,
Continued on Page Three
WHIRLIGIG Sales
Total 520 Yearbooks
WHIRLIGIG sales for the sec
ond semester of the school year
1958-1959 amounted to approxi
mately 520, the largest number of
yearbooks ever sold during the
final sale.
However, the total of 1250 stu
dents and teachers purchased this
year, was a smaller number
than previous years. According to
Miss Virginia Powell, WHIRLI
GIG advisor, the smaller number
of students at Senior High School
accounts for the difference in
sales.
WHIRLIGIG’S staff will send the
yearbook to press Monday,
February 16.
The delegates to the Key Club
District Convention representing
GHS are Jerry Robertson, senior,
Fred Wedler, senior, Sammy Mc-
Nairy, junior, Walton McNairy,
junior, and Bill Hoyle, chairman
of Sergeant-at-Arms committee for
the convention.
Selling tickets for the Roger
Hobbs Benefit, distributing posters
for the Wesley Long Hospital
Fund, selling of Basketball Tour
ney Programs, continued free bas
ketball programs and the furnish
ing of drinks for the visiting
cheerleaders at basketball games
are among the club’s projects this
year.
Bob Cordle, governor of Caro
lina District of Key Club is to
speak to the club in the near fu
ture.
Anne Bourne Receives Prize In
American Homemaker Contest
Anne Bourne, senior, has won
the highest rating at GHS in the
1959 Search for the American
Homemaker of Tomorrow.
She received the best score in
a 50-minute written examination
on home-making knowledge and
attitudes taken by graduating sen
ior girls. Anne was presented
with a Homemaker of Tomorrow
pin symbolizing the slogan “Home
Is Where the Heart Is.”
This contest, sponsored by Gen
eral Mills, is designed to further
the dignity and prestige of the
American home and to stimulate
interest in the art of homemak
ing. It also helps emphasize the
outstanding contributions to the
American home being made by
high school teachers throughout
the United States.
Senior High Debate Team
Set For State Competition
Council Comer
By Jerry Robertson
' What has happened to our students? What’s the matter,
m’t we take it any more? It seems that most of the students
ho have enough school spirit left to attend the mid-week
games have forgotten the words of the Alma
Mater! We’ve got one of the largest student
bodies in the state in addition to being the
best. Let’s not let our team down, our school
down, and most of all ourselves down.
Your council would like to thank everyone
who helped decorate for our Mid-winter
Dance, especially the Youth Recreation Com-
ittee. Their co-operation and help, plus the help of many
.her students, was important in making the dance a success.
Many students have asked what has been done concerning
le American Field Service program. A decision on whether
' not the program can be started will be made in the near
iture.
tOBERTSON
When the state debates open
in March, four seniors, who have
been selected by Miss Mozelle
Causey, will represent GHS to con
tend the query that “Anierica
should adopt the essential features
of the British System of Educa
tion.”
Debating on the affirmative
team will be Angie Davis and Bill
Hinshaw, a veteran debater who
was on the team last year. Angie,
a newcomer to the field, is presi
dent of Quill and Scroll and a
member of Torchlight. Bill was a
prominent member of the football
squad and has had previous recog
nition for his success in speech
work.
Sandra Sharpe and Carolyn
Marks, negative team, are both
members of Torchlight, and each
have had previous speaking suc
cess. Sandra was a first place
winner in the Youth Pilgrimage
sponsored by the Odd Fellows,
Playmaster’s Story telling contest,
and the “My True Security” spon
sored by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. Carolyn has won first
place position in the “I Speak For
Democracy”, and a second in the
“My True Security” contest.
The debaters will prepare to
meet Winston-Salem and High
Point in the state final debates.
Previous to this, debates are
scheduled to give them practice
before the actual keynote debat
ing begins. A debate has been
planned for the Kiser Junior High
School student body, but no date
has been arranged.
Both debating teams will be
directed and guided by Miss Mo
zelle Causey, speech and dramat
ics coach.
Examination Given
The examination was given in
about 12,200 high schools in 48
states and the District of Colum
bia. The tests were then graded
by Science Research Associates,
an educational testing organiza
tion.
Anne’s original examination is
now being compared with the ex
amination papers of all the other
school winners in North Carolina,
and a State Homemaker of To
morrow will soon be announced.
The winner of the state contest
will be awarded a $1,500 college
scholarship and an expense-paid
educational tour of tne naUon’s
Capitol, Mount Vernon, Colonial
Williambluig, Virginia, and New
York Citj. Her school will receive
a set of Encyclopedia Britaii.iica.
There wiil also be a $500 scholar
ship awarded to the girl who
comes in second in the state.
Guests of Betty Crocker
All State Homemakers will be
Continued on Page Eight
Four Seniors Appear
On 'Forum of the Air*
Four GHS seniors compose the-
panel for “Youth Speaks,” a
weekly thirty minute discussion of
current affairs, moderated by Jer
ry Oakley, announcer for WCOGr
radio station.
“Youth Speaks” began Jan
uary 18, with Angie Davis, Sandra
Sharpe, Bill Hinshaw, and Frank
Thompson as the panel discussing
American relations. Other topics
for the unrehearsed program have
been the Cuban revolt, the transi-
tio,n in the American Education
System, and presidential prospects
for the 1960 election.
The panel will change periodi
cally. Last week Genie Sykes and
Sue Snow took part.
Above are Senior High’s debaters; affirmative te^SliShaw and
team Carolyn Marks and Sandra Sharpe.