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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of Q. Henry
Experimental
Issue By
1959-60 Stafl
VOLUME XXXV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MAY S, 1959
NUMBER 14
Celebration oF May Day Includes
Queen^ Courts Narrations, Music
GHS’s annual May Day festival, which took place yesterday on the front lawn, was opened
with the presentation of Linda Johnson, May queen, and her court.
After the coronation of the queen by Jerry Robertson, student body president, Frank Har
mon, narrator for the program, took charge. He presented a medley of song and dance that
has been a part of the “Old South.”
First on the agenda was the “Rochester Schottish,” a rather lively folk dance. This was fol
lowed by the “Patty Cake Polka” and the “Varsouvienue.” Then the fiddlers began the music
of the “Virginia Reel.”
Senior members of the May
Court shown above are left to
right Linda Johnson, queen, Susan
Caviness, maid-of-honor, Harriet
Cohle, Robin Farr, Pat Hutchins,
and Carol Overstreet.
Demetriou, Radcliffe Win
Pylhias' Speech Contest
Frances Demetriou, senior, and
Mary Radcliffe, sophomore, were
first and second piace winners
respectiveiy in the Knights of
the Pythias speech contest, “My
Favorite Character in History.”
The contest was conducted
Thursday, Aprii 23, and the first
place winner, Frances, will ad
vance to the state contest. The
state contest, according to Miss
Causey, speech teacher and Play-
masters’ advisor, will be held in
the next two weeks.
Sandra Sha^e, senior, was last
year’s winner of the speech con
test.
WHIRLIGIG Staff Reads
Final Pages Of Yearbook
The final one hundred pages of
WHIRLIGIG have been copyread
by the staff, sent to the printer,
and should be received by students
Inext week.
New staff members have been
kdded, according to Miss Virginia
Powell, staff advisor. Six new
tnembers for the literary staff are
3ue Wade, Jim Perry, Peggy Coi
ner and Carolyn Hough, juniors;
C^arol Moser and Linda Stack,
iophomores.
In addition to the regular sales-
nen, the following have been add
'd on a permanent or temporary
oasis to the sales staff; Joe Rubin,
rommy Gruehn, and Linda Thorn-
ey, rising seniors; Linda Pear-
nan, Gail Friedman, Gary Brit-
enham, and Joan Perry, rising
uniors.
Library Association Elects
Pat Adams New President
Pat Adams, junior, was elect
ed president of the North Caro
lina High School Library Associa
tion at the convention at Wom
an’s College, April 23 and 24.
Having served as treasurer of the
state library association for the
past term, Pat has been a library
worker since her sophomore year
at Senior.
Other Officers
The other newly elected officers
are Peggy King, Greensboro Sen
ior High, vice president; Susan
Culhreth, Pleasant Garden High
School, secretary; Jo Cjrowder,
Boughton High School, Raleigh,
editor; David McLemore, Salem-
burgh High School, Roseboro, re
porter; and Danette Freeman, Ed
wards High School, Asheville,
treasurer. Peggy King is a sopho
more and a newly elected mem
ber of the student council.
Registration Begins
Registration, beginning at 10:00
a. m. and continuing until 1:00
p. m., was first on the agenda for
the convention. The afternoon ses
sion was called to order at 1:30 by
the past president, Karen Rawl
ings of Salisbury. Nominations for
new officers were made, and dis
cussion groups were conducted. A
banquet Friday night in Spencer
Dining Hall was followed by ji
dance at Elliot Hall. During the
Saturday morning session the elec
tions were completed, and com-
mitee reports were given. The
convention closed at noon Satur
day with a luncheon for the In
coming and outgoing officers.
Band Plays In New York City;
Performs At NYU, Union Square
The band members and eight
chaperons started for New York
City, Thursday, April 30, for a
four day visit in order to render
two performances.
Virginia First Stop
Richmond, Virginia, where din
ner was eaten, was the first stop.
After dinner, the group moved on
to New Castle, Delaware and spent
the night in the General Wayne
Motel. At 7:30 a. m., they board
ed the Queen City chartered bus
and traveled on to New York. The
band played two concerts. One
program for the New York Uni
versity was given at 12:00 noon,
and Union Square, at 14th and
Broadway was the site for the
3:00 show. Included in the reper
toire were; “Coloniai Rhapsody,”
“Roman Cai-nival,” ‘Prelude and
Love Death,” “Bombasto,” andj
“Dixie.”
Picadilly Hotel
Whiie in New York the mem
bers lodged at the Picadilly Hotel,
and visited the sight-seeing at
tractions, including the Empire
State Building, the Statue of
Liberty. The Broadway musical,
“The Music Man” was the enter
tainment highlight of the trip.
according to Mr. C. S. Maxwell.
Chaperons were: Mr. and Mrs.
C. S. Maxwell, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Jeffus, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Rooker, Mr. James Decker, and
Mr. David T. Heiberg.
The group began the return
trip at 8:00 a. m., Sunday and
drove straight to Greensboro.
The members of the May Court
pleased the queen next with their
presentation of the “Minuet” and
were followed by a group of waltz-
ers.
After the last notes of “The
Waltz of thme Blels” had died, the
Queen’s Men, James Apple, Eddie
Pickard, David Mallison, and Joe
Hill, sang one of the slave songs
traditional to the Southern plan
tations.
The “Paul Jones Mixer” was
next on the program. Becky Cham
bers. senior followed it with a war
song. Before the “March of the
Priests” was played for the reces
sional, the May pole dance was
given by the Senior Honor Court.
May Day was under the direc
tion of Mr. Hubert Morrow.
Carol Inman Gives Pins
To Good Gitizens’Group
Citizenship Honor Roil pins
vere awarded in an assembly May
by Carroll Inman, junior class
►resident.
Seniors to receive the honors
vere Michael George, and Dianne
^aff. Dickie Bowen and Yvonne
loyles were top citizens in the
ophomore division.
Michael George is a member of
he Spanish Club, Torchlight, and
unior Engineers; Dianne Pfaff is
tsaff member on HIGH LIFE
and a member of Torchlight.
Dickie Dickie Bowen has recently
been elected Senior Class Presi
dent, is a member of the band,
and has served this year on the
student council. Yvonne Kincaid
is an honor roll student and a
member of the FTA .Charles
Thompson is a member of the
Key Club and Philomathions, and
makes special honor roU. Sandra
Boyles has recently been elected
Treasurer of the rising Junior
Ciass and makes honor roll.
Dickie Bowen, shown below, has
been selected by the student coun
cil as GHS’s delegate to the Na
tional Student Council Conven
tion. Dickie, the 1959-60 senior
class president, has also been
chosen as Senior’s delegate to
Boys’ State Convention this sum
mer.
Spanish, French Sludenb
Enter Language (onfesis
Ten students will participate in
the annual state Spanish Contest
given on May 6, and the annual
state French Contest will be con
ducted on May 8 with twenty-four
students entering from Senior
High.
Includes Vocabulary
Both tests will include vocabu
lary, as well as grammar and
reading. The best three papers in
each category will be sent to
Chapel Hill to be entered in the
contest.
First-place winner in the state
in each division receives a Merit
Scholarship to Chapel Hill, renew
able only if the student maintains
a satisfactory average. Only second
year students are eligible.
National French Contests
Second year students in French
have just competed in the Na
tional French Contest. From the
first year level, the paper of Pam
Pfaff was selected and entered,
and from the second year level,
the paper of Yvonne Kincaid.
This test is a different test from
the state test in that it requires
aural comprehension and knowl
edge of French civilization, as
well as vocabulary, verbs and
grammar.
Remaining senior members of
the May Court are left to right
above Kay Smith and Barry Trox-
ler. Juniors are Sondra Childress,
Elaine Ellis (not pictured;, Carol
Smith, Betty Tucker, and Sue
Anne Wrenn.
Squad Elects Taliaferre
New Head Cheerleader
Penny Taliaferro, junior, was
chosen head eheerieader for the
1959-60 school year by the mem
bers of the present squad Mon
day, April 27. '
New and old members voted by
secret ballot on the new head
cheerleader. In the past the cheer
leaders and the head have been
chosen in the early fall, but this
custom was changed by this year’s
group because they felt that more
time was needed to practice, work
up new cheers, and to plan more
and better skits for pep rallies.
These and several of the pro
blems usually confronted in the
fall will be worked out during the
summer.
The eleven - member varsity
cheerleading squap for next year
consists of Penny, Jimmy McGee,
Sue Anne Wrenn, Lucinda Clark,
Marilyn Mills, and Christina Ste
wart, rising seniors; Betty Welch,
Martha McKee, Jimmy Thompson,
and Nancy Helton, rising juniors;
and Georganna Sartin, rising soph
omore.
The junior varsity head cheer
leader will be chosen in the next
two weeks.
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Council Elects Bowen
As Delegate To NSCC
Dickie Bowen, new senior class
president, has been eiected a dele
gate to the National Student
Council Convention to be held in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 25.
All the North Carolina delegates
will leave Charlotte June 20, and
spend the first night in Virginia.
They wili arrive in Pittsburgh
June 21.
A minimum number of delegates
from the state organizations may
attend this gathering, so the group
is selected carefully.
It is an honor for Dickie, repre
senting this school, to have been
selected to fill the available spot,
according to Mrs. Jean Newman,
student council advisor, because
this is the first time for such an
election.
The student council of GHS
will pay the $25.00 registration
fee.