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HIGH LIFE
Wednesday, June 7, 1978
'78
A Year In
Retrospective
The final slam of the last lockei
door will soon echo through the
long corridor of Grimsley’s Main
Hall. Buses and the seemingly
endless stream of cars will clog
Campus Drive one final time, and
will leave vacant parking lots to
he windsv/ept by summer bree
zes. The school will settle down to
its long-awaited rest, as will the
students. Welcome dust will
settle into a thin, tranquil layer
calming the campus and the
minds of the students, now
throbbing with an overcapacity of
knowledge.
All this. And soon to come. So
soon that it is almost depressing.
But all of you. . . remember the
times when old GHS was not at
rest, but very much alive..
Mostly the
buildings that comprise the GHS
campus have been known for
their smudged, grafitti-ridden ap
pearance and for their unpleasant
odor. Many rainy days will always
be our memories of crowding and
shoving through rickety, leaky old
covered walkways, and of trip
ping and splashing through
Grimsley’s countless puddles.
Not Harvard, Yale, nor even
Harry Truman High School, but
George Grimsley High. Whirlie
Territory. Not the most obviously
beautiful campus, but unique
with its traditional gathering spot
in The Grove, its spacious inviting
green cf a front lawn, its ageless
oaks, and even its large stadium,
gym, and outstanding new
science and swimming facilities.
Though the school may not be the
magazine cover story type, it will
always hold a special place in our
hearts.
It is very difficult to conceive
•the idea of ever forgetting our
“Alma Mater,” or narrowly mis
sing the state basketball champi
onship to “Gryphons.” We even
tied the overly confident previ
ously successful Page Pirates, in
football. Drama came alive as
“Messages From The Asylum”
brought on statewide raves and
ranked first. Even the intermit
tent ice storms could not make
proud GHS bow down. Sure
enough, PSATs, and SATs, ex
ams, a fashion show, scholar
ships, banquets, and inductions
as well as club activities came as
usual, but with added enthusiasm
from our spirited Homecoming
Queen and class leaders. Pep
rallies, spirit banners and ribbons
contributed a flood of blue and
white untold of before as the
Whirlies sank the Pirate basket
ball team. A Senior Tea, Awards,
and Commencement Exercises
now and the action-packed “Year
of the Whirlie.”
Grimsley. She may not be the
best. But she is ours. Number
One to ns. She will be cherished
high school memories for years to
come. Not an educational palace.
Not a prestigious academy. But a
place of high standards and
sentimentality where growing is
the thing, where memories are
made, and where dreams of the
future are rooted. GHS wears her
memories and her years well.
Cracks and Scratches. Memories.
All tooo soon, all our actions are
to become another set of memo
ries for the old buildings to savor.
Our school. Grimsley. A special
place that I am going to miss and
remember .
Hank Howard
Ring
opinncHii
Dear Whirlies:
Despite my grumblings in this
department, the year really ap
pears to have passed on by. New
attendance policies, exam poli
cies, and passing and remaining
fads have helped to make this
year at GHS unique for all of us.
This is not a sermon or a preachy
letter. It is merely a word of
thanks to those of you that
subscribed to our publication
(around 5(K) of you, plus tea
chers). Thanks are also in order to
you who have contributed to
HIGH LIFE this year. We, the
staff memnbers, hope that we
have served you well in an
informative, entertaining, and
timely way. We have tried many
new ideas in laying out this paper
in hopes that we could return our
school newspaper to the first
place pedestal in journalism
where it was meant to be. Thank
you for trying to overlook our
erros and bearing with us as we
attempted to put out better and
better issues each time.
I ask the sophomores and
juniors one more favor. Please
continue to support this medium
of student idea exchange. With
out our school newspaper, GHS
would suffer a certain pippling of
communication. Please continue
to subscribe, contribute to, and
be a part of the greatest high
school publication in North Caro
lina, your school newspaper,
HIGH LIFE.
Thanks Again,
HANKHOWAHD
Class
Survives With
Spirit
“I hope it fits,” 1 remember
thinking as 1 slipped the little ring
of gold onto my finger. It did of
course, and has rarely come off
since. 1 wear the little ring with its
proud centered Grimsley “G”,
often absent-mindedly. When 1
look down and its shimmer
catches my gaze, 1 am reminded
of all the good times at Grimsley,
and of all the hard times. This
small golden symbol is a concise
representation of everything I
associate with GHS. T’-'t flashy
with a glaring blue stone hiding
the craftsmanship, the token
bears not only the traditional
school shield, but also an engra
ving of the front of the Main Hall
with its three symbolic portals.
But most of the time, the ring
adorns the unaware finger of my
unnoticing self. I may not see it,
but it has seen all. The things that
ring has seen! It has endured
many an early morning shower
before innumerable school days.
The ring has kept up pace as 1
have rushed through the motions
of getting ready for school on
sleepy mornings, and raced to the
early bus. Many a test that ring
has helped me scribble through.
A-f’s and F-’s, the class ring has
shared the joys and the tears. The
ring has stayed up to the wee
hours of the morning looking over
HIGH LIFE copy, helping along
involved trigonmetric proofs, and
inspiring term papers. The tire
less spirit the little sample of gold
has demonstrated is comforting.
It has run thousands of miles
through the running places of
Greensboro, sharing b''r. the
exhaustion and the conditioning
of cross country and track train
ing. As far west as San Francisco
it has ventured, and eastward, it
has splashed among the waves of
the Atlantic.
We almost parted forever in
one instance. Taking baths in
mountain streams (skinny-dip-
ping) is a favorite pasttime of
grubby mountain campers such
as myself. Last summer, my
fellow campers and I participated
in this situal. So did the ring.
Suddenly I found myself feeling
extremely naked. My school ring,
slopped in slimy, squishy soap
suds had slid off my finger,
splash, into the stream. Depres
sion set in as a weak flashlight
refused to expose the tiny token
among the depths. A hollow,
empty night passed with me
turning in my sleeping bag gras
ping a lightweight, funny feeling
finger.
But the next morning, with its
glorious light, ushered some
hope. While washing breakfast
dishes, a friend heard a ringing
sound underwater. Directed by
the sound waves, he retrieved my
nearly lost but still steadfast and
strong little symbol of spirit, my
ring.
Since that occasion it has rarely
ben laid aside. To all the big
junior and senior events, and
through the humdrum of every
day classes it has accompanied
me. Perhaps in a year or two, I
will give the hard-working piece
of gold a rest. A well-deserved
one.
Then in maybe thirty years
more, my grandchildren may peer
down into its little box filled with
merqorabilia. I feel sure that the
worn out ring will still stand out
among all the old stuff. Its
highlights will cause the spirit of
GHS to shine on, though the
actual years and events may melt
into forgetful time.
Thank You
Stone Printing
Restroom
Terror
On Tuesday, May 16, a very
tragic thing happened at Grims
ley: Two girls were attacked in
separate incidents in the main
building and in the vocational
building.
Granted, this was a highly
unusual incident and has never
happened before; even so it has
called to our attention the neglect
of rules designed to discourage
students from wandering in the
halls during classes. Not only
does the rule concerning students
need to be enforced but there
should also be some control of
visitors and contracted mainte
nance on campus.
Somewhere in the books it is
stated that students must have a
hall pass to be out in the halls
between classes. There needs to
be a stronger hall pass policy, and
also the enforcement of that
policy with adequate actions
taken against those who cannot
produce one on the spot when
asked to.
Moreover, any visitors or con
tracted maintenance should be
required to wear some type of
identification so that students can
be sure who belongs oh campus
and who does not.
Taking action on these two
suggestions may require extra
work from teachers and
the administration, but is it nox
worth the trouble to prevent a
repeated incident of assault?
Cindy Ward
Dear Editor,
I have been asked to comment
on the recent incident that hap
pened to the buses at Grimsley.
Five young men who are respec
ted by classmates, get along with
teachers and were bus drivers for
two or more years, were charged
with the incident.
From an onlookers point of
view, these young men could
have easily been confused with
robbers or murderers by the
write-up they received in the
paper. The guilt was enough but
having to be fingerprinted, and
having your name appear in thi
front page of a paper seems to b(
too much attention for this prank.
We all admitted our guilt and
expected to be justifiably pun
ished but was it really necessary
for the article to appear one week
later on the front page of section
B with a larger headline than a
murder that had occurred the
same day?
Tripp Streuli
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the 1978 Pep
Board, I would like to thank the
student body for their exceptional
attendance at pep rallies, their
enthusiastic support of our athle
tic department, and their guts for
dressing up on spirit days. GHS
excelled in these three areas this
year and I can only hope that next
year’s spirit will be even better.
Just remember, if everyone
dressed up on a spirit day, no one
would feel dumb. Actually, the
few who didn’t support the day
would be the one’s who looked
“funnyl” Best of luck to y’all
next year I
Fondly,
Patty Magid
1976-78 Pep Board Member
To the Seniors:
We will be leaving Grimsley
soon, but before you know it 5 or
10 years will be up. And we will
be planning our class reunion. I
leave my address for those of you
that will move out of town and
want to be contacted. Please keep
this address with you as it will not
change.
Tanuny Morrelle
106 Forestdale Dr.
Greensboro, N.C. 27403
HIGH LIFE
Published 14 limes hi 1978
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EDITOR: Hank Howard
NEWS EDITOR Sara Gramley
NEWS STAFF Manuel Campano, Ellen Mitchell,
Anna Poulos, Kirk Rice, JiU Utter
FEATURE EDITOR: Ondy Ward
FEATURE STAFF Carole Dolin, Cheryl Luteman,
Martin Miller, Joe Morris, Gerri Ratliff,
Jackie Seism, Ann Strange
SPORTS EDITOR: Usa McDoweU
SPORTS STAFF: Anthony Beard, Cindy Caveness,
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BUSINESS MANAGER JiU Utter
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