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From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
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VOLUME XXXVIH
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., OCT. 9, 1961
NUMBER 2
12 Students Become
Merit Semifinalists
Twelve students from Greens
boro Senior High out of twenty-
three students in Guilford County
were named semifinalists in the
National Merit Scholarship Pro
gram.
The semi-finalists include Pete
Bondanella, Cynthia Brown, Jane
Cannon, Henry Deal, Rhea Jacobs,
Sherry Kellett, Linda Lael, Roger
Lewis, Tom Martin, Raemon Polk,
Kaye Riley, and Dale Smith.
These twelve students are
among the 10,000 students from
15,000 high schools who were top
scorers on the National Merit
Qualifying Tests last year. A score
of 135 had to be made in order
to qualify as a semifinalist.
December Test i
If tbe qualifiers make compar-
National Merit semi-finalists are pictured above. They are, first row, left to right, Shei^ *^®“***’
Jane Cannon, Linda Lael, and Cynthia Brown. Seniors in the second row we Tom M^in Roger
Lewis, Raemond Polk, Dale Smith, and Pte Bondanella. Not pictured are Kaye Riley, Rhea Jacobs, and
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Officers For Sophomore Class
Will Be Chosen In Two Elections
Because of publication sched
ules, it was impossible for HIGH
LIFE to report the final results
of the Sophomore election. How
ever, candidates for the office of
president and their campaign
managers were Jimmy Byrd and
Ed Good, junior; Bruce Denis and
Tom Duncan, sophomore; Paul
Early and Jim Petty, senior; Jerry
Halcombe and Sherrill Newnam,
senior; Donna Newman and Ralph
Lowe, senior; Vestal Palmer and
Charles Perry, sophomore, and
Pat Patterson and Sherry Kellett,
senior.
Hopeful sophomores in the race
for vice president were Gary An
derson, Jay Barnes, Pete Cross,
Dargan Frierson, Susan Hart, Pat
sy McFarland, Ronnie Neal, and
Jerry Strictland.
Candidates for the position of
News Briefs
Jr. Jaycees wiU have boxes of
paper napkins on sale for any
one interested during the next
few days. The napkins wiU be
4 boxes for a $1.00.
For the twelfth consecutive year
WHIRLIGIG has received the
AU-American rating from the
National Scholastic Press As
sociation. The yearbook was only
one of four to receive the high
award.
secretary were Gwyn Coble, Leigh
Ann Douglas, Linda Fillpski, Rob
ert Greene, Laurin Minton, Carol
Mortimer, Judy Murray, Barbara
Pinsker, Patti Reed, Susan Scott,
Connie Sleeper, and Sheila Zeek.
Contestants for treasurer were
Esther Burger, Miriam Legg, Ann
McIntosh, Anne Phillips, John
Scott, Donna Setzer, and Ruth
Trexler.
Student Council Hopefuls
Candidates for the student coun
cil included Betty Baines, Betty
I Anne Benbow, Sylvia Bergman,
' Bill Blackmon, Mary Ann Bosher,
Cheryl Bunting, Beverly Camras,
Brenda Carter, Sue Chrisley, Pat
Coble, Bobby Crumley, Alice
Crutchfield, Jake Elig, Keith Gul-
ledge, Beth Harkey, John Hill,
Steev Hurst, Tommy Hutton, Pa
tricia Ann Hysloy, Bill Her, Susan
Jackson, and Jerry Jernigan.
Other contestants were Phil Jo
seph, Lee Kabat, Chip Leslie, A1
Lineberry, Sara Ann Lynch, Ellen
Mann, Fred McCall, Billy Mc
Cormick, Ned McMillan, Joan Mc-
Nairy, Lynne Overman, Betty Jo
Pearce, Gail Pfaff, Betty Pritch
ard, Susan Ray, Carolyn Rich, Pat
Roos, Mary Rountree, and Chris
Sewell.
The remainder of the list con
sisted of Ricky Shearin, Kitty i
Johnson, Becky Jones, Phillips
Jones, Dede Kent, Toni Maness,
Don Matthieu, Virginia McGuire,
Parker Norman, Nancy Poe, Kathy
Poer, Susan Rivenbark, Wendy
Robinette, Carol Royal, Cindy
Sain, Barbara Sandling, Jan Shaf
fer, Ann Shannon, Robert Whita
ker, Susan Whitely, and Brenda
Younts.
June Carter and Ina Jean Har
ris, senior student council mem
bers in charge of the sophomore
elections, reported that 131 mem
bers of the sophomore class ran
for office.
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Senior's Artists Send
14 Pictures Overseas
(h^chestra To Present
"Fiesta!" By Chance
Rehearsals and performances by
the Senior High School Orchestra
this year will feature Mr. John
Barnes Chance’s new composition,
“Fiesta!”, according to Mr. J. Kim
ball Harriman ,orchestra director.
On October 19, the orchestra
will play for Parents’ Night. Fol
lowing this performance, they will
play at the student body assembly
and will oin the choir in an eve
ning concert on December 7.
After Christmas Holidays the
band will enter All-State audition,
to be held in Greenville, January
26-28.
Other plans for 1962 include a
second performance for the orches
tra in another Greensboro Senior
High School Assembly on March
13, and on March 22, a critical-
rating concert at Greensboro Col
lege.
In middle April, 1962, chosen
competitors from the orchestra
will play at Greensboro, with High
Point and Winston Salem com
petition.
In early May the orchestra plans
to play for the Piedmont orches-
itra, to -be followed by Concert
Night at GHS with the orchestra
and soloists on May 16.
able scores on the Scholastic Ap
titude Test of the College Entrance
Examination Board to be given
December 2 and are given an en
dorsement by their high schools,
they will become finalists. The
different scholarships in the final
analysis are sponsored by approxi
mately 130 business organizations
in the country.
The final selection of scholars
will be determined by the stu
dents’ high school grades, extra
curricular activities, school citi
zenship, and leadership qualifica
tions. Final announcements will be
made in the latter part of April,
1962.
After the scholar is chosen the
amount of the stipend will be de
termined by the students’ individ
ual needs. The amount ranges
from $100 to $1500 with the aver
age amount being $800. The stu
dent is permitted almost unlimited
choice of college but the amount
of the stipend received is deter
mined by the financial status of
the family as indicated in the con
fidential report filed by the par
ents.
Students wanting to find out
more about the National Merit
Scholarship should see Miss Mary
Ellen Blackmon, Senior guidance
counselor.
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GHS Choir Chooses Male
President, Accompanist
’Richard Sain, senior, was re
cently chosen president of the
Greensboro Senior High School
Choir.
Other officers include vice presi
dent, Jimmy Sullivan; secretary,
Mary Hartman; and treasurer.
Tommy Keefer.
The choir plans to sing for the
Medical Association at the King
Cotton Hotel on October 22 and
for the Guilford County A.C.E.I.
on November 16 at Sedgefield
Manor.
John Powers, accompanist for
the choir, is the first male to
hold that position since Miss Eula
Tuttle assumed direction of the
group.
HIGH LIFE is now accepting
classified advertisements at the
rate of 10c per line and a mini
mum fee of 30c. Announcements,
articles wanted or for sale, and
emplo3rment ads will be taken
in the HIGH LIFE room. Sci
ence Building.
Boxes of chocolate candy will be
sold by the Junior Civitan Club
within the next few weeks in
order to raise money for the
services they render to the
schooL Each box will cost about
$1.00
Three pictures by Scottie Kel-
1am, along with eleven others by
GHS students, were chosen for the
International School Art Program.
These pictures, chosen from 841
which were sent to Atlantic Red
Cross headquarters, will be exhib
ited throughout the U.S. After a
national tour, the pictures will be
sent overseas to be exhibited in
37 countries.
Other students whose pictures
Carol Snyder, Emily Starling, Emi- will be exhibited are Sharon San-
ly Steifle, Lois Jean Stevenson,
Nancy Stewart, Eddie Strange,
Billy Taylor, George Tonkin, Jill
Watkins, Harry Weatherly, Nancy
Weinstein, and Kathy Williams.
Candidates for YC
Candidates for the youth coun
cil are as follows: Ellen Barrier,
Marsha Brady, Cindy Bullard,
Mary Anne Burton, Kathi Cary,
Diane Crawford, Linda Dance,
Joyce Davis, Bonnie Davant, Ellen
Dunford, Marsha Edmondson,
Mary Hobson Farr, SaUie French,
Billie Gibbons, Jane Godwin,
Joyce Green, Bettle Groat, Penn
Holsenbeck, Ann Huckabee, and
Deanna Huckabee.
The rest of the youth council
candidates were Jimmy Jackson,
Ann Jamieson, Kay Johnson, Vicki
dling, Harvey George, Barbara
Bell, Katherine Tucker, Billy
Wall, Linda Cook, Richard Thomp
son, Sandy Ball, Vickie Johnson
and Frances Kamenatz.
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Library Club Members
Elect Officers For Year
Members of the Senior High
School library club have elected
Frank Cochran, junior, president
for the first 1961-1962 semester.
Other officers chosen by the
club include Carol Marvin, vice-
president; Christine Ferree, jun
ior, secretary; Pam Angel, senior,
treasurer; and Janet Cates, senior,
news reporter.
The Torchlight officers pictured above are, Cecie Boren, Libby
McComb, Pete Bondanella and Sherrill Newman.