HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., APRIL 13, 1962
Bundy, Ingb
Top HIGH
Sherry Bundy, rising senior, will
edit the forthcoming April 24
issue of HIGH LIFE and will as
sume editorial responsibilities for
the 1962-1963 year.
Sherry will succeed Kaye Riley,
the present editor of HIGH LIFE.
She will be assisted by Mike Ing-
ber, as managing editor.
Other Members
Betty Pritchard, rising junior,
will head the news department as
news editor, and will replace Lin
da Lael, who now holds this po
sition. The copy desk will be
managed by Bob Lutz, succeeding
Susan Dixey.
The new feature editor will be
Susan Wagoner, replacing Ann
Barham. Susan, a rising senior, is
the contributor of the current af
fairs column regularly featured in
HIGH LIFE, “For Faculties Only.”
Eddie Strange, rising junior,
will be aided in the position of
sports editor by Skip Bostick, the
new assistant sports editor. Suc
ceeding Jane Gibson as advertis
ing manager will be Billy Mc
Cormick and Nadine Tyft, both
er Receive
LIFE Post
rising juniors.
Photography duties will be as
sumed by Durwood Edwards, ris
ing senior.
School Leader
Sherry, the new editor is an
honor roll student, treasurer of
Playmasters, and at present a re
porter on HIGH LIFE. She has
won several oration contests in
cluding the Voice of Democracy
and Knights of Pythias’.
In addition, she has appeared in
the Junior Class Play “Case of
Springtime,” the Playmasters play
“Pride and Prejudice,” and per
formed in the Torchlight Talent
Show.
Mike Ingber, the new managing
editor, in addition to being the
present sports editor of HIGH
LIFE, is in the History Honor
Society, and is an honor roll stu
dent.
These students, in addition to
the rest of the staff, which will be
announced later, will publish
HIGH LIFE April 24, in prepara
tion for assuming their individual
responsibilities next year.
Next year’s HIGH LIFE staff is strictly for the birds! Sports Editor Ed Strange
makes a feeble effort to chin himself; Managing Editor Mike Ingber and Editor Sherry
Bundy play Tarzan and Jane. Betty Pritchard, News Editor, and Bob Lutz, Copy Edi
tor, decide to be conventional (for a change!).
ADMINISTRATION DISTRIBUTES FACTS
CONCERNING GRADUATION SCHEDULE
Information pertaining to sen
iors was recently distributed in
home rooms by the GHS adminis
tration. This information included
times and subjects of events.
The Baccalaureate Sermon will
be given June 3 at 8 p.m. in the
auditorium of the First Presbyter
ian Church by Dr. John A. Red
head. Graduation exercises for the
class of 1962 are to be Wednes
day, June 6, at 8 p.m. in the Sen
ior High Boys’ Gym. The address
will be given by Mr. Charlie W.
Phillips, former principal of
Greensboro Senior High School.
The annual Awards Day pro
gram will be Tuesday, May 22,
with most of the awards going to
members of the Senior Class. Class
Day will be one week later. May
29, during two class periods. San
dra Parker is the student chair
man of this program.
The faculty of GHS will honor
the graduating students with a tea
at the Alumni House at Woman’s
College in the late afternoon of
May 16.
Approximately 11,500 invitations
have been ordered, along with the
small personal cards. They should
be here and ready for distribu
tion May 15. Diplomas have been
ordered for all students expecting
to graduate either in June or at
the end of summer school. The
cost of each diploma is $1.25, and
payment will be made about May
20. Miniature diplomas will be
given to all students through the
courtesy of Vanstory Clothing
Company.
The order for caps and gowns
has been placed, and they should
be here in late May. The rental
price is $2.25, and payment on
these will be rnade at the same
time as the money for diplomas.
History Honor Society
Holds Buzz Session
At the recent History Honor
Society meeting, the members
conducted a buzz session on Latin
America.
Reporters for the five groups
participating in the session were
Nora Wilson, Pete Bondanella,
Beverly Wilkinson, and Ed White.
Charles Bennett served as chair
man.
The oath and history of the
Society were also reviewed after
the induction of new members.
Bible Club Presents
Panel Discussions
Parker Norman, sophomore; Ann
Dees, junior; Don Cunningham,
senior; and Hugh Hoyle, senior,
recently presented a panel dis
cussion at a Bible Club meeting.
The discussion was on “The
Effects of Christian Living on
Everyday Life.” The program was
held after dinner at the Mayfair
Cafeteria.
Plans for the State Bible Club
retreat at Vade Mecum are now
being made.
Former Principal Phillips
To Speak At Graduation
Dr. Redhead To Conduct
Baccalaureate Service
Mr. Charlie W. Phillips
Mr. Charles Phillips, director of
public relations at Woman’s Col
lege, will be the featured speaker
at the Greensboro High School
Graduation Exercises, June 6, at 8
p.m. in the Boy’s Gym.
Mr. Phillips, commonly called
“Mr. Charlie,” was the first man
to occupy the position of principal
at GHS. He relates that he also
witnessed a name change (in the
history of the school) when Cen
tral High became Greensboro Sen
ior High.
For many years his position on
the WC campus has involved.
placement of senior students in
business, and he has secured po
sitions for over 6,000 girls. He
now holds the rank of professor.
Mr. Phillips is a graduate of
the University of North Carolina
and later earned his master’s de
gree from Columbia. He has serv
ed Greensboro for over 40 years
in such capacities as president of
the NC Education Association and
NC Council of Parents and Teach
ers, and as director of Girls’ State
with which he has been associated
for 22 years.
Mr. Charlie and his family have
long records in the educational
field. His sister. Miss Carrie Phil
lips, recently retired as principal
of Brooks School; and Mr. Guy
Phillips, a brother, is on the fac
ulty of UNC. Mr. Craig Phillips,
the new superintendent of_ the
Mecklenburg County Schools, is
a nephew of Mr. Charlie.
He and Mrs. Phillips will cele
brate their 38th anniversary in
education this June. They have
four children who are all gradu
ates of GHS. The youngest is now
a senior at WC.
Mr. Phillips has traveled ap
proximately 250,000 miles in his
work, and has averaged more than
200 speeches a year to groups
around the world. After his retire
ment this year, he plans to con
tinue his religious work and in as
sociation with the Rotary Club.
Greensboro High School will
have its Baccalaureate Service at
First Presbyterian Church, June
3 at 8 p.m.
Dr. John A. Bedhead, who is
to preach the Baccalaureate Ser
mon this year, was born in Centre-
ville, Mississippi, December 31,
1905. He was graduated from
Southwestern College, Memphis,
Tennessee, and earned the B.D.
and Th.M. degrees from Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond,
Virginia. He earned his D.D. De
gree from Davidson College in
1937.
Although Dr. Redhead is now
minister of the First Presbyterian
Church of Greensboro, he is the
former pastor of the Farmville
Presbyterian Church, Farmville,
Virginia; First Presbyterian
Church, Tampa, Florida; and of
Second Presbyterian Church (now
Covenant Presbyterian Church) of
Charlotte, North Carolina.
He has spoken on 25 college
campuses during Religious Em
phasis week and at Commence
ment. He was speaker at the
National Radio Pulpit during the
summers of 1950-53. He has also
spoken on the Columbia Church
of the Air over a coast to coast
CBS network. From February 14,
1954, through May 9, 1954, and
for ten weeks in 1955, he was
guest speaker on the PROTES
TANT HOUR for the Presbyterian
U. S. Series.
Dr. Redhead is one of the four
ministers appearing on the Tele
vision Series during 1955-1958
which is sponsored by the Na
tional Council of Churches. Others
appearing with him were Dr.
Ralph Sockman, of New York;
Dr. Louis Evans, of Hollywood,
California; and Dr. Donald Barn-
house, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl
vania.
Puting Your Faith to Work,
Living All Your Life, Getting To
Know God, Learning To Have
(hapel Hill To Greet
Torchlight Members
“Unchanging duty in a chang
ing world” will be the theme for
the National Honor Society State
Convention which will be held in
Chapel Hill, April 27, 28, and 29,
at the University of North Caro
lina.
Phyllis Winston, Mike Andrew,
Jim Freedman, and Pete Bonda
nella, accompanied by Mrs. Mary
B. Madlin, adviser will represent
the Torchlight Chapter at GHS.
They will lead the discussion on
“Supporting the United Nations
and its International Agencies.”
They will also discuss the agen
cies that were established by the
U. S. Government to help the
backward areas of the world.
Faith, and Letting God Help You
are five books which were wirtten
by Dr. Redhead which were pub
lished in 1958, 1960, 1954, 1955,
and 1957, respectively. He also
contributed to the books. Pulpit
In the South, and Here Is My
Method and a sermon to the book
Sermons on Marriage and Family
Life.
Dr. Redhead lives at 307 Fisher
Park Circle with his wife and
three children and is a member of
the Kappa Sigma Phi Beta Kappa,
and the Greensboro Country Club.
Dr. John A. Redhead
Ascots Combo To Play ;
For Senior High Dance
Students at Senior High School
will be given a free combo by the
Athletic Department, the faculty,
and the Parent-Teachers-Student
Association, Mr. A. P. Routh an
nounced at a recent Student Coun
cil and Recreation Committee
meeting.
Ed Good was placed in charge
of securing a combo for the dance,
and announced the next day that
he had obtained the services of
the Ascots, a group from Wake
(Forest.
The combo is to be April 27
I in the Boys’ Gym. A committee
has been appointed of student and
youth council members to meet
with Mr. Routh, Mr. Lody Glenn,
and Mr. Robert Jamieson, with
Dick Tontz as student chairman.
The PTSA will be asked to pro
vide refreshments, and the dance
will be chaperoned by teachers
and parents.
The decision to sponsor this ac
tivity was made by the Athletic
Department and the school admin
istration after a meeting at West
Market Street Methodist Church
concerning the youth of Greens
boro. Funds are being provided
from the receipts gathered in at
the various athletic events this
year.