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From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of ©. Henry
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VOLUME XXXVI
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MARCH 25, 1960
NUMBER 11
Music School Oflers
(oltrane Scholarship
Brenda Coltrane, senior and
concert mistress of the GHS con
cert orchestra, has been offered
a $100 scholarship to the school
of music at the Cincinnatti Uni
versity.
According to Mr. Kimball
Harriman, orchestra instructor, the
Senior High concert orchestra
played at a concert March 25 in the
Senior High auditorium. This con
cert beginning at 8:00 p.m. was
the March Festival of Music.
The training band will present
half of the concert.
The preceding night, the Duke
Band and GHS concert band per
formed in the GHS auditorium.
Student tickets are 25c and one
ticket is good for both nights.
The GHS orchestra played an
assembly, March 18.
April 4-8 are the days desig
nated for the State Music Contest.
The contest judged by three
national judges is to be in Greens
boro at Aycock Auditorium. The
GHS orchestra will be participat
ing.
Later in this year, in May, the
orchestra is playing at a luncheon
for the State Convention of Fed
erated Music Clinics. The lunch
eon is to be at Elliott Hall, Wom
an’s College.
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HIGH LIFE Receives
1960 Medalist Award
Senior’s student newspaper,
HIGH LIFE, was aiwiounced
a medalist publication at the
1960 annual convention of the
Columbia Schoiastic Press As
sociation of Columbia Univer
sity March 17.
Although the newspaper has
won first place each year since
it was established in 1921, ac
cording to Miss Louise Smith,
English teacher and former
HIGH LIFE editor, this is the
first time that it has taken the
top honor of medalist.
’The HI-ROCKET of Durham
High School and the HICKORY
TWIG of Hickory High School
also won medalist honors in
their respective classes.
XL Sludenb Choose
Pfaff State Secretary
Pam Pfaff, junior, was elected
state secretary of the North Caro
lina Junior Classical League at
the state wide JCL convention in
Chapel Hill, March 5.
Pam is also president of the
local JCL chapter and a member
bf Torchlight.
The convention is an annual af
fair. Professor Robert J. Getty of
the U.N.C. Department of Clas
sics acted as host. Two chartered
buses took Greensboro senior and
junior high school students to the
convention. There were 55 stu
dents from GHS.
The convention was composed
bf two sessions. The morning ses
sion was devoted to i welcome
speeches, minutes and various dis
cussion groups, one of which was
presented by Cricket Connor and
Pricilla Caudle. The afternoon
session was devoted to the pre
sentation, election, and installation
bf officers. “The Torch”, the JCL
paper was also distributed.
Last year Anne Thayer served
as state treasurer.
Mrs. Mary Madlin is the adviser
bf the local JCL chapter.
Concert mistress of the Senior High orchestra, Brenda Coltrane
is shown above participating in the student assembly March 18.
Bad Weather Causes Changes In Activities
Because of the bad weather, which has caused GHS stu
dents to miss eight school days, many school events have
been changed. The followed chronological table of events
gives tentative dates for the remaining school year.
April 1 Primary balloting for spring elections
April 5 Spring election convention
April 7 Final spring balloting
April 18 Only holiday for Easter
1st week of May* May Day
1st week of June* Class Day
June 5 Baccalaureate Service
June 9 Graduation of Seniors
June 10 Dismissal of undergraduates
June 11 Final day for teachers
* Indefinite
Torchlight Society Stages
Display of School Talent
Torchlight National Honor So
ciety presented its annual talent
show last Tuesday at the second
period assembly.
Twelve acts appeared in this
hour long performance of school
talent. Those students perform
ing solos in the show were Ar
thur Eisenband, sophomore, play
ing a piano solo; Larry Wrenn,
sophomore, performing qp, the
guitar; and Gloria Griffin, jun
ior, acting out a pantomime.
Groups performing were the
Queen’s Men, the Village Voices,
and the Sixteens. The Queen’s
Men and Rodolph Gibbs, junior,
Alan Turner, junior. Max Thomp
son, junior; and Jimmy Thomp
son, junior. Skip Jones, senior;
Bob Smith, senior; Bob Foster,
senior; and Johnny Meeks, sopho
more; compose the quartet. Vil
lage Voices. The Sixteens is com
posed of four members; they are
Arthur Eisenband, Marshall Hon
eycutt, Odell McCoy, and Donny
Trexler.
Other acts appearing in the
show were “Drum Battle” by
Johnny Meeks, sophomore, and
Rea Ferrell, junior; Lucinda
Clark, senior, and Karen Gill,
junior, performed an East In
dian dance. A vaudeville act was
performed by Ray Kutos, Bar
bara Alley, and Jack Nelson
sophomores, a “Teen Beat” act
by Sally Ogburn, senior, and
Stuart Ingham, junior. A hobo
act was performed by Karen Gill,
junior; Dale Mauldin, junior; and
Lucinda Clark, senior; and Jerry
Sawers, senior; Johnny Sink,
senior; and Martha Watson, sen
ior; presented a comedy act.
Judges for the contest were
Miss Carrie Phillips, principal of
Brooks School; Mr. Ken Fansler,
director of youth. activities at
Christ Church; and Mrs. Frank
Thompson, president of GHS
PTA.
Tickets to the show we^e sold
for 25c by members of Torch
light.
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Judy Stone Wins Hi-Fi
Jn Scriptwriting Contest
Judy Stone, senior, has won a
hi-fi set as first prize in the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
scriptwriting contest held at the
courthouse March 14.
Writing on “My True Security,
the American Way,” Judy also
had to deliver a speech from her
essay. Pat Hofman from Notre
Dame High School won the $25
bond second prize .
At the Junior Chamber of Com
merce luncheon yesterday Judy
Was awarded an engraved plaque.
Mr. Richard Jennings was jaycee
chairman for the contest. Judges
were Judge Percy Wall, Mr. David
T. Heiberg, and Mr. C. W. Phil
lips.
Two students from Notre Dame
High School and three from Sen
ior entered the contest.
Ford Foundation To Send
Composer To City Schools
Mr. Herbert Hazelman, band
director, recently reported that
the Greensboro secondary public
school system has been chosen as
one of 12 cities in the United
States to which a composer will
be sent in connection with the
Ford Foundation Music Council
project.
Several monthA ago Mr. Gid
Waldrop, a musician from New
York City, visited 40 of the out
standing school systems through
out the United States so that he
might recommend the 12 of these
that have the better music de
partments.
Mr. Waldrop gave each school
a day’s notice of his arrival.
Though the composer would be
working with the entire school
system, Mr. Waldrop spent his
time with the senior high schools
with the understanding that they
would show the work done in the
lower grades.
Senior Tops In Southeast
After a day’s study of the
Grensboro Senior music depart
ment, Mr. Waldrop honored the
heads of each branch of music
Miss Eula Tuttle, choral direc
tor; Mr. J. Kimball Harriman, or
chestra director; and Mr. Hazel-
man, band director; when he re
ported that the department is the
best-balanced in the Southeast.
He added that it is seldom that
one finds all three phases of a
music program so highly advanced
in one school.
This month a letter was sent
to Greensboro from the Ford
Foundation informing the music
instructors that Mr. John Barnes
Chance of Austin, Texas, will be
working with the Greensboro
schools next year. Mr. Hazelman
attended the Atlantic City Con
vention of the Music Educators
National Conference last week
end. Those composers who have
been working with schools this
year and the ones to work in the
schools next year were present at
the meeting.
Mr. Hazelman, who directs the
teaching of instrumental music
in the local schools, will super
vise the program here.
Mr. Chance Receives Award
Mr. Chance was born in Beau
mont, Texas. He received both his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees
from the University of Texas. In
1956 he was presented the Carl
Owens Award for the best stu
dent work of the year at the
University of Texas.
Having composed music for
chorus, orchestra, and solo in
strument his First Symphony
was performed in 1957 by the Ok
lahoma Symphony Orchestra on a
national broadcast. Mr. Chance is
a teacher of music at the Uni
versity of TexAs in Austin, Texas
While he is working with the
schools in Greensboro, his job will
be composing music for the school
ensembles, but he will not do any
teaching.
’Twelve Schools Take Part
Under the Ford Foundation’s
programs, the 12 composers are
given fellowships to write music
for the school systems chosen.
Other school systems chosen to
take part in the project are Ama
rillo, Texas; Ann Arbor, Michi
gan; Arlington, Virginia; Elkhart,
Indiana; Jacksonville, Florida;
Lexington,, Kentucky; Los An
geles, California; Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Tulsa, Oklahoma;
and the entire state of Montana.
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Senior's Band Hosts
Duke Band Members
After playing in the first half
of the Greensboro Senior High
School Band Concert, March 24,
the Duke Band members were
given a reception.
At the district contest in the
Senior High auditorium, March 17,
the Greensboro Senior High Train
ing Band received a superior rat
ing. The numbers played were
“March of the Champions,”
“Oasis,,^’ and "'Brigadoon.” The
band was conducted by Mr. Her
bert Hazelman, band director at
Senior. ’The training band will go
to the state contest April 8 and
9.
Bob Jamieson Wins
Conference Honors
Bob Jamieson was selected as
a member of the all-conference
team. Bob placed fifth in the
voting and R. F. Taylor was a
iclose sixth, only a few votes
behind the All-State center
Terry Ronner, the tall center
from Wilmington, was selected
as the most valuable player of
the tourney.
Other members of the first
team were Don Marshall and
Billy Brogden of Wilmington,,
and Jimmy Eads of Raleigh.
For other toiu-ney informa
tion see pages 4 and 5.
“I’m glad I’m a Girl!” pantomimes Gloria Griffin at the left in
the Torchlight Talent Show. The Queen’s Men are pictured at the
right singing “Clancey Lowered the Boom.” Gloria tied for third place
With Rea Ferrell and Johnny Meeks. First place winner was the
“Village Voices,” while Lucinda Clark and Karen Gill took second with
an East Indian dance.