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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0, Henry
Will You
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For College?
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VOLUME XXXVIII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOV. 3, 1961
NO. 4
Sue Yelverton Runs
As State FTA Prexy
Sue Yelverton, junior, has been
chosen by the FTA members to
run for the office of state FTA
president.
Campaigns and elections will be
conducted at the state FTA con
vention at Lenoir Rhyne College,
Hickory, on November 18. Libby
McComb, senior, is serving as
chairman of the committee formed
to take charge of Sue’s campaign.
The group met recently for a
poster party.
A chartered bus will take the
Senior High FTA members to
Hickory for the convention.
Miss Estelle Mitchell, French
teacher, and Miss Mozelle Causey,
dramatics teacher, are advisers for
FTA.
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Five Senior Students
Receive Commendation
Five GHS seniors will receive
formal letters of commendation
signed by Principal A. P. Routh
and John M. Stalmaker, president
of the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation, for high perform
ances on the National Merit Schol
arship Qualifying Test given last
spring.
The students are Bob Groat,
Jayne Marsh, Dan Richman, Dale
Stansbury, and Bill Tippett.
Semifinalists and commended
students together constitute less
than two per cent of all high
school seniors. Senior High has
twelve semifinalists.
Cheerleaders Choose
Sheets HeadAlternate
Carol Sheets has been chosen
by the other members of the
cheerleading squad to act as al
ternate head cheerleader in case
of the absence of Georgianna Sar-
tin, head cheerleader.
Besides cheerleading, Carol is
also a member of Torchlight, Civ-
inettes, and has been a member
of the Student Council for two
years. In her sophomore year she
was a sophomore class officer. In
addition, she makes honor roll
regularly.
Carol has been a cheerleader
for four years and has been a
varsity cheerleader since her
sophomore year.
Pictured above are the 18 newly-tapped members of Torchlight
National Honor Society, standing with the six robed students who are
previous members.
82 GHS Students Receive
Gold and Silver Stars
Eighty-two GHS students have
been named Gold and Silver Star
wearers for the first six weeks’
grading period.
Twenty-six seniors received gold
stars this term. Homerooms 301
and 22 each had three people to
earn gold stars. From homeroom
301 come Lana Miller, Sandra
Neal, and Sandra Parker. Students
from homeroom 22 include Cherry
Swaringen, Bill Tippett, and Jane
Walters.
Other gold star wearers are Rick
Arhart, Pete Bondanella, Cecie
Boren, Ann Bull, Sara Collins,
Carolyn Dees, and Jim Freedman.
Rhea Jacobs, Bob Groat, Sherry
Kellet, Roger Lewis, Jayne Marsh,
Brenda Miller, Elaine Pelkey, Sam
my Pegram, Dan Richman, Kaye
Riley, Dale Stansbury, Beverly
Wilkinson, and Nora Wilson
earned the right to wear gold
stars.
The seniors who are wearing
silver stars are Elizabeth Banner,
Charles Bennett, Lea Jane Beri-
nati, Cynthia Brown, Chip Crum
ley, Susan Dixey, Brenda Hanna,
Jo Ann Knight, Linda Lael, and
Diane Lea.
Libby McComb, Donna Martin,
Janice Mathieu, Diana Neal, Sher
rill Newnam, Kay Sawyer, Carol
Sheets, Anne Tate, Camilla Wal
ters, and Linda • Wiliamson also
wear silver stars.
Junior Silver Star Wearers
Thirty-one juniors have made
honor roll seven times
They include Mike Andrew,
John Bercaw, Mike Ephland,
Frank Crothers, Chuck Dunham,
Dan Galloway, David Fesperman,
Sarah Flintom, Susan Franham,
Annette Gaddy, and Carolyn
Griggs. ^
Cindy Hickerson, Barbara How
ell, David Layton, Nancy McNairy,
Carolyn McKenzie, Merry Mathes,
Kaye Helson, William Nofman,
Donna Paoli, Susan Newby, Linda
Duns also wear silver stars.
Also making honor roll seven
times are Nancy Smith, Chini
Smith, Kay Wharton, Carolyn Zim
merman, Louise Rufty, James
Powell, and John Weisner.
Torchlight Inducts
18 New Hembers
Eighteen new members were in
ducted into the Torchlight Nation
al Honor Society at the annual
fall induction last Tuesday.
The eighteen new members are;
Rich Arhart, Elizabeth Banner,
Charles Bennett, Charles Crumley,
Jimmy Freedman, Robert Groat'
Mary Hartman, Roger Lewis, Sam
my Pegram, Raemon Polk, Dan
Richman, Kaye Riley, Dale Stans
bury, Anne Tate, Bill Tippett, Jane
Walters, Jean Whitaker, and Bev
erly Wilkinson.
Scholarship, leadership, charac
ter, and service are all taken into
consideration in the choosing of a
member. An average of 90 must
be maintained as proof of scholas
tic ability as well as service to
the school and church and a favor
able conduct record.
Pete Bondanella, President of
Torchlight, presided over the pro
gram. Speeches were given by four
mernbers of the club of the four
qualifications for membership.
Sherry Kellett spoke on scholar
ship, Sherrill Newnam on leader
ship, Carol Sheets on service, and
Cecie Boren on character.
Another tapping in which jun
iors as well as seniors will be
inducted, will be conducted this
spring. Mrs. Mary Madlin, Latin
teacher, and Miss Sara Mims, head
of the English department, are
advisers of Torchlight.
Torchlight members are select
ed from all those eligible by a
faculty vote.
A committee composed of Prin
cipal Mr. A. P. Routh; the Senior
class adviser; the Senior Class
Miss Herring Announces
New Volumes In Library
Miss Mildred Herring has an
nounced the arrival of several
new books in the Senior High Li
brary.
Members of the library staff
plan a Book Week dinner at the
Mayfair Cafeteria, November 14.
Mrs. Kathleen Pfaff will speak on
“Mind-Stretching Reading.”
Miss Herring has announced
that students may subscribe to
Senior Scholastics for $1.50 per
year, and may write opinions on
the Jam Session page.
counsellor; a representative of vo
cational education; Mrs. Mary
Madlin and Miss Sara Mims,
Torchlight co-sponsors; and Miss'
Ida Belle Moore tallies the voting.
Four the spring induction, when a
few juniors ar tapped, the Junior
class counsellor and the Junior
class adviser join the committee.
Sixteen Selected
To History Group
Sixteen seniors have been select
ed for membership in the History
Honor Society.
Chip Crumley, membership chair
man, announced that new members
include Barbara Barney, Bob Kel
ler, Jo Ann Knight, Linda Lael,
Mike Lawrence, Roger Lewis, and
Libby McComb, Jayne Marsh, Jody
Nuckolls, Sandra Parker, Sammy
Pegram, Raemon Polk, Kaye Riley,,
Jane Walters, Beverly Wilkinson,
and Hobart Kellam also have been,
accepted as members.
Charles Bennett, program chair
man of the group, has announced
that the November 7 meeting will
be a panel discussion on Persia
and Greece. Panel members will
include Lucy O’Brien Mary Hart
man, Ed White and Don Cunning
ham.
Members Of Medical Club
Attend Series On Medicine
Members of the Medical Club
recently attended a series of med
ical exhibits and discussions held
at Elliott Hall on the Woman’s
College campus.
After viewing the exhibits, the
club members attended group
meetings on pre-medicine, medi
cal technology, nursing, and pre
physical therapy. The purpose of
the sessions was to make clearer
to students the background nec
essary to enter the medical field.
Some members of the club re
turned to the evening session at
Elliott Hall to hear an address
by Dr. Doris A Howell, associate
professor of pediatrics at Duke
University Medical School. Dr.
Howell spoke on “Women in Med
icine and Para-Medicine Profes
sions.”
Brown Presents Pins
To GHS Good Citizens
Two citizens from each class were chosen for the citizenship honor roll. They are, left to right, sopho
mores Gail Pfaff and Jay Barnes; seniors Sherry Kellett and Mike Lawrence; and juniors Candy
Bernard and Irving Peace.
Recipients of the citizenship hon
or roll awards for the first six
weeks have been announced by
Miles Brown, Junior Class presi
dent.
Representing the Senior Class
are Sherry Kellett and Mike Law
rence; juniors are Candy Bernard
and Irvin Pearce; and sophomores,
Gail Pfaff and Jay Barnes.
Sherry is a member of Torch
light, president of JCL, first vice
president of Civinettes, a Senior
Class superlative, vice president of
the Senior Class, D.A.R. Good Citi
zen, a National Merit semi-finalist,
and makes Special Honor Roll. She
has received the Citizenship Award
in her sophomore and junior years
also.
Mike is also a superlative, presi
dent of Junior Jaycee’s, homeroom
(president, and a member of His
tory Honor Society. He, too, has
been a Citizenship Honor Roll win
ner previously.
Candy Bernard, a junior marshal
and a member of Civinettes, also
serves on the Student Council.
Irving Pearce is a member of the
track team.
Sophomore Gail Pfaff is a cheer
leader, member of Civinettes, and
serves on Student Council. She is
an honor roll student also.
Jay Barnes is vice president of
the Sophomore Class. He served
as vice president of the Student
Body at Kiser Junior High School
last year. He was a superlative at
KJS, and made honor roll for the
first term at GHS.
The citizenship honor roll in
cludes one boy and one girl from
each class, and is elected once a;
term by the faculty. Nominees are^
selected from each homeroom. No>
student may receive the award!
more than once in the same semes
ter.