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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
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VOLUME XXXVI
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREEN SBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 2, 1959
NUMBER 2
SeniorClassPresidcntToCrown Queen Oct.9
GHS’s 1959-60 homecomingr queen will be selected by the student
body from the senior grlrls pictured above. The candidates are left
to riffht, back row, Nancy Faulconer, Lacy Coble, Sallye Flowe,' Caro
lyn Crutchfield, Betty Tucker, Marilyn Mills, Florence Robertson, and
Lynn Boyce. The girls on the front row, left to right, are Judy Mor-
ing, Sondra Childress, Sue Anne Wrenn, Penny Taliaferro, Suzye
McNeely, Toni Carter, Sue Wade, and Scottie Troxler. The winner
and runner-up will be announced and honored during the half-time
activities of the football game October 9. Not pictured are Martha
Watson and Elaine Ellis.
Fountain^ Everhart Advise
Nev/ Medical Organization
A new organization, the Medical
Club, has been started this year
under the direction of Mrs. Kate
Everhart and Mrs. Carol Foun
tain ,who will be the advisors.
Scottie Troxler, senior, is or
ganizing the club with the help
of Dr. Benbow. The members will
be chosen on the basis of grades,
on their interest in the medical
profession, and also on the num
Annual College Day
To Begin October 15
The annual College Day will
again be held in Senior’s gym
October 15 and 16 in order to
acquaint students with colleges
that they may be interested in
attending.
City and coimty schools wdll
participate. Senior High students
will talk with the various college
representatives October 15, and
the remainder of the time buses
from Page, Curry, and the near
by county schools will bring
students to Senior’s gym. Each
junior and senior planning to go
to college will visit the counse
lors at an appointed time during
the day.
Nearly all colleges of higher
education in North Carolina, as
well as many from out of state,
will be presented.
ber of science courses they have
taken. At present 50 people have
shown an interest, 30 of these be
ing Seniors. Since only 15 and not
more than 20 people can be taken
in, it will be a selective group.
Dr. Benbow will be the guest
speaker at the first meeting, Octo
ber 13 at 7:30 in the Science Build
ing. Everyone who signed up is
invited to attend.
They are planning irregular
meetings since they will have to
take their trips on Friday after
noons and Saturdays. The most
important activity on the schedule
is watching an operation at Duke.
Some of the other activities plan
ned are visits to the Duke and
Carolina Medical Schools to get
an idea of how medical students
of today get an education. Other
activities planned are visits to the
WC Nursing School and Cone Me
morial hospital.
The purposes of this organiza
tion ar e(l) if the doctors in town
choose to give some student a
scholarship, they will have a re
source from which to choose some
one, and (2) those who are plan
ning to study medicine will be
better acquainted with it before
hand.
There has been a great deal of
interest shown in the club thus
far.
Mr. Routh, Head Speaker
AtOpening PTS AMeeting
Mr. A. P. Routh was the guest
speaker at the first Parent-
Teacher-Student-Association meet
ing which took place Thursday,
September 24, at Senior High
School.
The meeting started in the cafe
teria at 6:00 p.m. with a dinner
for the parents. At 7:30 p.m. the
grou p went into the audi
torium for the business meeting.
The Reverend William D. Verker
began with a short devotion,
and the president, Mrs. Frank
Thompson, welcomed the parents.
Following this Mrs. Thompson
introduced Carol Smith, president
of Senior. Carol in turn .introduced
the student board and said that
she hoped • that there would be
good relations between the par
ents, teachers, and students.
It was announced that the next
meeting would be held on October
22. It was stated that at this meet-
Mrs. Madlin Serves
On Language Board
Mrs. Mary Madlin, Latin teache’
and Junior Classical League ad
visor. has been selected to become
a member of the state Foreign
Language Committee.
She was chosen by the presenl
membership, on the recommenda
tion of Dr. B. L. Ullman, former
head of the classic department at
the University of North Carolina,
to act on this board.
The committee met September
26 at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill to discuss
the foreign language curriculum
to be recommended to the Central
Curriculum Study Committee.
ing the parents would visit the
different rooms of the teachers.
Then the budget for the on-coming
year was read by the treasurer of
the PTSA, Bob Cunningham.
The speaker of the evening, Mr.
A. P. Routh, was next on program.
After giving a brief history of
Senior, he stated that the enroll
ment this year was 1735 students
Whereas in the three school area.
Brooks, Kiser, and Senior, the
enrollment was 3,000.
He also related that it would
take a student 16 years to com
plete all of the courses that the
High School has to offer. Mr.
Routh further commented on the
excellent library, visual aids, and
guidance center that we have.
It was stated that 65% of the
graduates attended some college.
While on the subject of colleges,
Mr. Routh brought up the fact that
there would be a college day in
mid-October and that some 60
colleges would be represented. He
also invited the parents to come
to college day.
Several other things were touch
ed on. Among them were the serv
ice clubs, accelerated classes, test
ing programs, the parking lot and
cars at Senior, and requirements
for getting into colleges. In clos
ing Mr. Routh stated that there
were three things the parents
could do to help their teenager
at Senior. First, to encourage him
to prepare his lesson for five days
of school, and this means doing
homework on the weekends. Sec
ond, to allow no telephone calls
for a two hour period set aside
for study. Third, Mr. Routh men
tioned that the student could not
study best while watching tele
vision.
Dickie Bowen, president of the
senior class, will announce GHS’s
homecoming queen during the
half-time activities of the October
9 football game against Burling
ton.
The student body will elect the
queen from the eighteen girls in
the homecoming court by secret
ballot. Each member of the court
is sponsored by a senior varsity
football player and will be pre
sented with her escort before the
winner is announced.
Court Members
The homecoming court members
and their sponsors are as follows:
Lynn Boyce, sponsored by Eddie
Burton; Toni Carter, Walton Mc-
Nairy; Sondra Childress, Jack
Nelson; Lacy Coble, Bayard von
Herrmann; Carolyn Crutchfield,
Jimmy Wall; Elaine Ellis, Bill
Flynt; Nancy Faulconer, Pete
Wachter; Sally Flowe, Joe Grayj
Suzye McNeely, Johnny Christo
pher; Marilyn Mills, Donnie Mc
Gowan; Judy Moring, Glenn Ful-.
ler; Florence Robertson, Bob Jam
ieson Jr.; Penny Taliaferro, Allan
Cheek; Scottie Troxler, David’
Madison; Betty Tucker, Mike Wag
ner; Sue Wade, Alfred Walke;
Martha Watson, Jack Watson; and
Sue Anne Wrenn, Tommy Thomp
son.
The girls will be escorted re
spectively by Ed Black, Charlie-
Greene, Thomas Wilson, Boh Fes-
mire. Boh Murphy, Charlie At
kins, Carroll Inman, Steve Oliver,
Bill Gibbony, Tootle xBlair, Smith
Goodrum, Ricky Elliot, Terry
Jones, Buster Wales, Dave Wil
liams, Cricket Conner and Johnny
Spain.
Sheila Sapero
Sheila Sapero, 1958-59, home
coming queen, escorted by Jerry
Robertson; Robin Farr, 1958-59
runner-up, escorted by David
Liner and Peggy Sink, 1957-58
queen, escorted by Roy Michaux
will be presented as the alumni
court.
Dickie will present both the
runner-up and the queen with a
dozen long-stemmed red roses.
The queen and her court will then
be driven around the stadium and
returned to the bleachers to view/
the remaining half of the game..
They will be honored at the open-
house following the game.
George Rosenthal, senior, is
acting as announcer for the pre
sentation. Sondra Childress and'
Harriet Thompson, seniors, are co-
chairmen for the event which is;
sponsored by the student council.
Pat Adams To Attend
Pat Adams, President of the
North Carolina High School Li
brary Association and a member
of the Senior High Library staff,
has recently been asked to attend
the meeting of the North Carolinr
High School librarians in Durham-
October 8-10.
Pat is planning to attend these
meetings with Miss Mildred Her
ring and Miss Catherine Weir, as
sistant librarian. According to Miss
Herring, this is a great honor for
Pat.
At their first meeting, the li
brary staff at Senior elected their
new officers. Serving as president
for 1959-60 will be A1 Bennett.
The remaining slate of the officers
will he Sallie Marsh, vice-presi
dent; Patty Smith, secretary; treas
urer, Amanda Bullock; and report
er, Dale Keller.