Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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PREVARICATOR standing- on the steps of The Academy of Fun and Frolic (once known as Green- ville High School) a student was approach- ed one day by a stranger. Pardon me, said the stranger, but I ' ve heard much about your fine school and I was wondering if you would show me around. Sure, answered the student. I ' ve got thirty minutes before my next class be- gins. ; 1 ] You mean you have thirty minutes between classes? asked the stranger. Why, of course, answered the stu- dent. Our classes are ten minutes long and we need that time to let what we learn during class sink in. The teachers, by the way, are not allowed to assign homework if it will interfere in any way with the extra curricular activities of the students. In fact if more than twenty students are absent in any one day from the entire school, homework cannot be assigned at all; nor can anything new be taken up. This is in keeping with the new policy of the school. It was decided that if twenty stu- dents were absent teachers would have to teach the lesson over any way so why not, it was reasoned, wait and teach it only once. This policy was endorsed by st.udents and teachers alike. Well, that sounds logical, said the stranger. But let ' s go inside and see the building. With that the two entered the build- ing and proceeded down the hall until they came to a classroom. The stranger blinked in amazement. Before him was the most luxurious class- room he had ever seen. The desks were plush covered easy chairs. In the back of tha room was a loudspeaker which played dreamy music. That ' s for the benefit of the students who do not wish to study, said the student guide. One of the most important rules of the school now is: If a student does not want to study DO NOT FORCE HIM. The office has explained that such action could build up a barrier in the students ' mind (this is meant for the lucky few who have a mind) against studying. In an unofficial poll it was determined that 99.999 percent of the students spend their time listening to the loudspeaker. Well, it seems that it was ' c good idea to install these speakers, said the stranger. Oh, that ' s not all, answered the stu- dent. A dance band plays continuously during the school day in the auditorium for the benefit of the students who had rather spend their time dancing rather than in the classroom. Another interesting feature of our renovated classrooms is the complete lack of pencil sharpeners. It seems that the students never brought pencils to school anyway so the school board decided that there was no need to spend money to install pencil sharpeners. But let ' s go on. There is more to see. So on the two went. What ' s that door over there? ' ' asked the stranger. Oh, that is the door to the under- ground passage, said the student. The passage leads to a new twenty-four story AFF publication building. All the great publications of The Academy of P ' un and Frolic are published there. But the one we are most proud of is that great prize winning daily news sheet The Morning Announcements. It is edited by the distinguished journalist, Mr. 0. E. Dowd, and published daily. It has won national recognition for its accuracy and superb journalistic form. I see, said the stranger. And what is the door next to it? The one that big fellow just went through. That is the door to the athletic dress- ing room and the big guy is our star foot- ball player. He kindly consented to come to old AFF when the Athletic Council of- fered him a twenty room house, four cars and a chauffeur, five servants and a salary of ten thousand dollars a season, answer- ed the student. The administration decid- ed that if we were to have a modern school we might as well have big-time football. But here is our pride and joy. It ' s one of our latest improvements — a home- work preparer. It seems that some parents wanted the faculty to continue giving home- work. So, naturally, the only way the school board could satisfy the parents and still continue its new policy of as little homework as possible was to install this ingenius machine. Now everybody ' s happy. The teachers are required to put the an- swers into the machine each day and when a blank sheet of paper is inserted and the indicater set on the subject desired the machine will, by electronics, print both the problem and the answers on the sheet. The machine will print as many as forty sheets at one time which is as large as any one class. Now over here we have — say, where are you going? I ' m going to enroll in this school, said the stranger. Why should I waste my time in the cruel world when I can enjoy life here? You ' ve got me there, answered the student. Why should you? And so it happened that The Academy of Fun and Frolic gained a new pupil. GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Twenty- five

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Prophecy — (Continued from Page 23) were soon rejoined as Guy found sleep- ing in his office at the Evans Supply Company very uncomfortable. In the mayor ' s office we found Lewis Evans talking to his secretary, Ruby Sta- ton. Lewis told us that he was doing quite well — embezzling almost five hundred a day from city funds. Ruby, however, gets half of this as hush money. Later we dis- covered that Lewis finally married our old classmate Ann Oakley, when Billie White gave up the fight to become a professional giggalo. As we were leaving the court house we bumped into Junius Rose, the new sup- erintendent of the city schools. Junius, who followed in the footsteps of his father, is now famous among North Carolina edu- cators for his slogan, Graduation is just over the hill. Junius said that Evelyn Dennis was now working on a sure cure for cancer, and was being assisted by Mary Rose Ed- wards. According to Junius, Jeanette God- ley and Dolores Little also became career nurses and are now practicing at Dr. Don- ald Smith ' s Clinic. At the old fair grounds we found the Barnum, Bailey and Jackson Circus in full swing. Manager Cletas C-Note Jackson showed us to a ringside seat and we were surprised to see Grham Baker doing flips around the center ring. Later, the famous precision riders — Viginia Ross, Lela Gay Bell, Edna Mills, and Dorothy Jean Ed- wards entered on beautiful yellow stallions. Jenny Briley and Mary Lou Braxton, beau- ties of the airways, presented their trap- eze act, but the star of the show was Peggy Reid, who drove her 38 Pontiac from a ten foot embankment at a speed of one hundred miles an hour. Miss Reid demon- strated amazing control in the face of al- most impossible driving conditions. We met the Williams girls, Frances and Jean, as we were leaving and they told us they had married brothers from Arkan- sas, and were now in Greenville to attend the premier of Burlesque in Seventy- Five, starring Betsy Flye and Barbara What ' ll you give me on this, Joe Gardner. Esther Corbette is torch singer for this production. It was such a lovely day that we de- cided to walk back to town. Passing the Minges Estate we noticed a familiar fem- inine face, which turned out to be Rose- mond Minges (Nicholson). We met her five children and looked over her new Cadillac Convertible (the seventh this year). Rose- mond invited us to a supper party at which she was entertaining Mrs. James Montague (Sarah Kirkpatrick), Mrs. Earl Morgan (Jean Tripp), and Mrs. Ken Evans (O ' Neal Roebuck), but we refused. At the opera house we attended a con- cert presented by Jim Haney and his All Girl Orchestra, which contained such out- standing performers as Lorraine Smith and Katherine Taylor, Frances Tucker and Marion Brown. In a brief conversation with Conductor Haney after the concert, we dis- covered that Jane Tyson and Christine Trippe had married ex-Marines and moved to Texas, that Eleanor Clark was now entertaining in a Holly- wood night club, and that Jean McGowan was following in the steps of Doris Duke as a tobacco heiress. Our last stop was at East Carolina Teachers University where ws spoke to President Dennis Cooke. Dennis married his former girl friend, and has settled down to a calm ( ? ) life. Also on the ECTC faculty are Professor Martha Conway, famed for the Conway Theorem of Rela- tivity, and Beverly Neilson, Professor of Religion. These educators informed us that Louise Bizzell and Lucille Hathaway had become misisonaries in Lower Mongolia. Snapping on our radio, we heard the announcing voice of John Mayo, manager of the local radio station. We also found out that Joyce Duke threw all tobacco aside (namely John Howard) to marry her secret flame all these years, Junius Rose. Ann Beatty has become the wife of the present North Carolina governor. Leaving Greenville, Pilot Corey advised that we take the short route back to New York — the one through Ujiji. Clarence learned that Mary Dawn Drum was doing well as President of the Ujijian Sulks of Lower Africa, a women ' s organization she had begun ten years earlier. Mary Emma Hudson, Mary Lee Abee, Mildred Jones, and Helen Nelson all rose through the ranks and became Sulks First Class before resigning for a better occupation. Mary Emma married the President of Oak Ridge Institute, Mary Lee and Mildred married their old Washington boy friends, and Hel- en has become first French hornist in the African Philharmonic Orchestra. Taking to the sky once more we settled in our seats peacefully, for we know, at last the fate of the Class of 1947. GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Twenty -four

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT COOKE AND LEE Attorneys Attempting Law Know all men by these presents; that we, the Senior Class of 1947 of Greenville High School, in order to form a more use- less inscription, and being forced by our superiors to vacate our station, do here and now declare our last will and testa- ment in as brilliant a manner as may be expected of said Seniors. This Epistle may be a living testimonial of our remarkable minds and outstanding characters. PART I The following are gifts which we the high, mighty and exalted Senior Class do bestow collectively: 1. To the faculty we leave many beau- tiful memories of ourselves, which will set a shining exaniple of how not to conduct a class in the future. 2. To the Junior Class we leave the honor and privilege of walking in our es- teemed footsteps, and do caution them to speak silently and with reverence of their respectable predecessors. PART II The following are the individual gifts of the deceased Senior Class: I, Junius Rose, hereby leave my broth- er Donny to carry on the traditions of the Rose family, hoping that he won ' t get caught at it. I, John Mayo, leave my ability to keep my mouth shut at the right time, in the right classes, to Howard Proctor. I, Ann Beatty, leave my standard ex- cuse of getting out of class to the next editor of Green Lights. I, Betsy Fly, will my ability to walk up three flights of stairs with three dif- ferent boys and keep them all happy to Jimmy Parrish. We, Tommy Diener and Lewis Evans, turn the job of directing the school over to Mr. Dowd, as we now feel that he is capable of assuming such responsibility. I, Jane Tyson, leave for the farm and that tall guy from Grimesland. We, Dorothy Jean Edwards and Jean- ette Godley, leave our quietness to Berna- dine Balance, hoping she will take advan- tage of it. (She ' ll need it all). I, Mary Rose Edwards, leave going back to the country, folks. These classes are killing me. I, Carolyn Clark, leave those gorgeous gams (spiney legs) to Gert Laughing- louse. I, Hogan Gaskins, leave my undying sympathy to Al Smith because of his fu- ture years in high school. I, Dennis Cooke, will to Eleanor Norris my daily apple, and the motto that goes with it. An apple a day brings those hub- ba! hubbas! your way. I, Henry Turner, leave for Asheville wishing that I could take Carolyn with me. I, Billy White, leave my car keys to Mr. Farley, who has them most of the time anyway. I, Jim Haney, leave my singing ability to Sam Northrop, who really doesn ' t need it. I, Sherod White, leave my ability to talk my way out of things to Alton How- ard, knowing that he will need it. I, Mary Dawn Drum, leave my long l)lack fingernails to anyone who has to fight off Marines. I, Doug Guthrie, leave a part of my large amount of intelligence to Rex, hoping that he may finally graduate. 1, Joyce Duke, do will a package of chewing gum to Miss Lewis. I, Alvin Taylor, leave GHS (I hope). I, Conrad Taylor, leave Jean to C- Note, as I am going to join Polly. I, Frances Tucker, take my fingers out of all the GHS pies. I, Peggy Reid, leave Dan to fill my place in the Dramateers. I, Lucille Hathaway, will my ability to jitterbug to Emily Dupree. I, Charles Allen, will my ability to play tag football to Murray Cooke. I, Van Moore, leave Miss Lewis with a pack of chewing gum in my mouth. I, Donald Smith, leave GHS, glad that I don ' t have to sleep through any more classes. I, Lina Worthington, leave my de- pendability to Denny Posey. I, Joyce Ward, leave my superlative to Ann Morton. I, Eloise .Tucker, graduate with a mind full of memories of two White boys, Billy and Sherod. I, Evelyn Dennis, leave Mr. Starling to whoever may want him. I, Mildred Jones, leave to join Cubby and I don ' t mean Ronald. I, Martha Kate Oakley, bequeath my friendliness to Harriet Carr. I, Bud Whitehurst, drive off (in Billy ' s (Continued on Page 27) Twenty-six GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL