Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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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

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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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GREEN LIGHTS Last Will and Testament — (Continued from Page 26) car) to join Nancy. I, Mahlon Tucker, will my ability to g-et along wtih girls to Billy Williams. I, Katherine Taylor, leave my ability to be sweet to Dot Cox. I, Muriel Shotwell, leave GHS to take night classes in campusology at ECTC. I, Willie J. Lewis, bequeath my fleet- ness (in running) to Glenn Perkins. I, Bobby Saieed, leave my height to George Menshew. I, Jimmie Lee, leave to join my kid, (Gerry). I, Jane Broadwell, bequeath my gold- en hair to Frances Bendall. I, Louise Bizzell, leave my soft voice to Alice Foley Jones. I, Mary Emma Hudson, will my good looks to Lois Waldrop. I, Helen Nelson, leave school trying to keep up with Mary Emma and the rest of the gang. I, Dot Savage, will my dramatic ability ■ to Jean Garris. We, Margaret Whitfield and Vilma Bland, leave our scholastic ability to Eu- gene Carter, hoping that he will make the most of it. I, Cletas Jackson, leave with the bliss- ful memory of Jean ' s red convertible. I, Ann Oakley, leave with the m.emory of Lewis casting his masterful shadow over my high school days. I, Sarah Kirkpatrick, leave hoping that James will be waiting for me. I, Marcel Humber, leave my basket- ball ability (?) to Joe Alligood. I, Sir William Sutton, leave the lowly halls of GHS to seek my rightful place in high society. I, Dave Clark, leave my eternal ex- pression, Come on Babe to anyone with a girl of the same name. I, Bernadijie Worsley, leave with Mar- cel close to my heels. I, Herbert Corey, leave my football socks to any old soul. We, Billy Bowen and Clarence Tug- well, leave our high position in the PLRB ' s to anyone who is fool enough to accept it. I, Jean Tripp, leave clutching my di- ploma to join Spooky right around the corner. I, O ' Neal Roebuck, leave the excite- ment of high school to join the cows, chickens, hogs and — Ken. I, Jean McGowan, leave walking, for my car is on the back end of a taxi. I, Frances Aman, leave wishing that I could join the Navy and Jimmy. I, Guy Evans, leave my wit (?) to Shelley Beard. We, Martha Conway and Virginia Ross, will our rusty red hair to Betty Ann Young. I, Edna Mills, will my neatness to Mary Smith. I, Helen Gurganus, leave GHS — for the University of North Carolina. I, Ruby Staton, leave my way with boys to my sister Marguerite. I, Vick Nickols, leave GHS glad to be out. I, Eleanor Clark, leave school in hopes of finding my ideal in the form of a man. I, Lorraine Smith, leave trying to get a permanent job as Barbara ' s chauffeur. I, Beverly Neilson, leave to join the many, many boys at Wake Forest. I, Mary Lee Abe e, leave Louis Clark to the mercy of the Junior High girls. I, Barbara Gardner, leave my ability to — prance to Barbara Bullard. I, Marion Brown, leave content with James Haney. I, Betty Jo Wilson, leave my dramatic ability to Mary Ann Keel. I, Mary Lou Braxton, leave laughing at high school and the world. We, Dolores Little and Melva Harris, leave hoping we can be together. I, Lela Gay Bell, leave my last bottle of peroxide to Lucy Hannaford. We, Jean and Frances Williams, leave hoping we ' ll never return. I, Rosemond Nicholson, leave to join Hoyt in his new green convertible. I, Merlene Jackson, leave to join Seth at Lizzie. I, Jimmie Cozart, leave Barbara to the other hounds of GHS. I, Billy Jordan, leave my ability to yo-yo a softball to Rufus Stark. I, Esther Corbette, bequeath my ability to write source theme to Fred Joseph. I, Faye Bullock, leave my quietness to Joanne Bloom. I, Graham Baker, will my ability to turn cartwheels to whoever wants it. I, Jenny Briley, leave my sweet dis- position to Virginia Morgan. I, Chribtine Tripp, leave mv sh-jrtness and stoutness to Lucil Laughinghouse GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Twenty-seven