Page Four
High Life
March 15, 1965
Term Paper Season
h Full Swing Again
BY JAN PETREHN
There comes a day in every
high school student’s life when
he is suddenly faced with a proj
ect which proves to be a source
of many moments (hours . . .
days) of sheer exasperation.
Due in three weeks—one term
paper. Now, please realize, it’s
not the little term paper which
proves to be so frustrating. No,
it’s the “ifs,” “ands,” “ors,” and
“buts” from A to Z that find the
weary-eyed student writing, re
writing, reading, rereading, writ
ing, rewri . . . well, anyone who
has been a victim of the T-project
can easily remember the painful
steps . . .
From the very start, the sub
ject of the term paper proves to
be a fast stickler. By narrowing
the topic to some phase of Amer
ican history after 1870, the stu
dent only wastes a week and half
making his decision.
As one takes his first stagger
ing steps into the library to start
his “search for facts,” he faces
the history shelves .. . HORRORS'!
Again faced with an A through
Z situation, the student reserves
a chair and a table . . . and be
gins.
As he approaches “D,” his face
brightens and the frown of deep
meditation flees the scene. The
mole hill he’ll be building the
mountain from is the Dingley
Tariff of 1897. Sounds interest
ing, huh?
His first week and a half shot,
the student starts the task of
writing and padding 23 painful
words which easily explains the
tariff so as to spread them over
an area of 10 typed pages: Dingley
Tariff—passed during McKinley’s
administration, the tariff of 1897
raised protective duties to an all
time high of 57c on the dollar.
Disregarding the fact that the
bulk of footnoting appears in the
form of ditto ma^ks, the night
prior to D-Day finds the student
cool, calm, and in a state of
shock. His masterpiece lies on
the desk—COMPLETED!
So, why the tears? Yes, he sits
with his hands seemingly holding
his head on his shoulders . . .
the look of sheer desperation
spread across his face . . . the
telephone receiver lies on the
floor where he dropped it.
So and so just called to ask
how his term paper was progress
ing. You know, the one on some
phase of American history since
1900!
Censored Nonsense
BY BUDDY POWELL
Don’t look now but I think the
Contractor who built the music
building saved a few pennies by
using flour paste instead of ce
ment. It won’t take much of a per
formance to bring the house
down.
Yes, it’s true, Vickie Gunter did
her research paper on Leprosy.
During our basketball game in
High Point, when the referee
made a very questionable call,
the radio announcer said: “I
wouldn’t say for sure that the
call was wrong but I think the
ref left his seeing eye dog at
home.”
Tiring to get a Burlington fan
to admit that they were defeated
fair ’n square is like trying to
get Brad Root to pay his debts.
Why is it oiu* library has only
ten copies of Candy?
Can you imagine the practical
jokes Ian Fleming must have
pulled when he was in high school.
Ben: What did one Salisbury ref
say to the other?
Bob: Salisbury referees don’t
talk, they barn.
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The biggest farce I ever saw
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Funny how Mrs. Wilder’s home
room wins the scholarship plaque
when two of her students compile
the averages.
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Flu Flew Through;
Sick Students Skip School
Beethoven’s Fifth won’t be the
only one played in Nassau.
Mr. Colson is now the unof
ficial adviser for the traffic squad.
It has been requested that I
change the name of my column
to “More Sin from the Poison
Pen.”
Tommy: This homework is rather
futile
Cynthia: Good Knight. It sure is.
BY SUE PITTMAN
Radio Announcer:
This is Jerry Rundown, GHS
network, reporting the latest
news on the Flu Epidemic for
those of you who are well enough
to listen.
It seems the epidemic has stead
ily declined as seen by the ab
sentee list at Grimsley Senior
High. Among other sick notices
such as “out of gas, infected
nose, tooth pulled. Air Force test,
drops in eyes, traffic court, need
ed at home, or phone out of or
der”, flu appears about once in
every five excuses.
Mrs. Stanton, Dean of Students,
noted that the flu seriously began
on February 22 with seventeen
cases. Steadily inclining on Feb
ruary 26, there were twenty-one
cases and on March 3. the epi
demic had climbed to a total of
twenty-eight cases. Even the prin
cipal, Mr. Routh, was stricken
with the flu.
The only logical conclusion for
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the flu epidemic, doctors have
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Unlike the London plague which
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weak and bleaiy-eyed, and some
times a cough that sounds chronic
to the healthy.
And now Fred Quackman has
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“My friends, do you feel tired,
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Radio Announcer: Pssst Fred^
I’ve already tried that, it didn’t
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ting well until the flu has flewD
away.”
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