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m Page Two High Life January U, 2953 Man Against Crime “Crime Indicated” brings you another gripping episode of startling criminal ac tivities in the halls of G.H.S. in order to protect you. the peaceloving. This week’s chapter will expose the Locker Racket. Perhaps the parent of temptation is the Careless Criminal who neglects to snap his lock when he rushes to homeroom at the final tingle of the bell. This offense alone has led to others, making this Care less Criminal a menace to society. How can you expect weaker individuals to resist the temptations suggested in an open lock? Along strolls a Cautibus Cat, who after stealthfully peering around the corner of his ducktails, interchanges the open locks of several lockers. This in itself is a terri fying felony, but the Cautious Cat, whose only locker is a radiator, deliberately snaps together the mixed-up locks. Imagine the panic of said locker owners who find themselves in the middle of a mix-up. Next appears a Confused Kiddy who finds endless satisfaction in locking all open locks backwards, combinations facing the mutilated door. The poor Kiddy is ready for the psychopathic ward, but what jolly fun he has! Then there’s the Crazed Crew who blindly asks for trouble, the group of eight blood- buddies—or broke bums—who insist on sharing one locker and expenses of same. Living conditions in that tiny cubicle are degraded enough to shock a building in spector pink, but confused living goes on just the same. And so “Crime Indicated” issues a warn ing to all peace-loving citizens of G.H.S. to beware uncouth members of the Locker Racket. We ask your aid in stamping out this menace to society and sanity. Crime Indicated” Exposes the Locker Racket March of Mercy In an age of uncertainty and world dis turbance when millions of dollars are spent for destruction, we sometimes find it difd- cult to set aside a nominal fund for peace ful, constructive means. We then consider the almost unbelievable expense of war fare, an insignificant dime seems super ficial, But a March of Dimes can tramp out another source of destruction of life itself— poliomyelitis. So you think your thin dime, which now will buy only a box of popcorn or a one way bus fare, is unimportant. But one dime will buy two test tubes for an ob scure polio laboratory; those test tubes could easily be the two which someday may hold the victor over polio: Everyone is touched however remotely by this paral ysis of body and spirit. So join the March of Dimes today. “Help someone our of a wheelchair.” No Apologies Made Perhaps you have noted the front page story and picture devoted to the forth coming school dance. Ordinarily High Life does not give such prominence to social functions, but today we have made the ex ception for several reasons. HIGH LIFE Pliblisliofl Senii-MoiiUiIj- b.v the Stiitlents of Greensboro Senior HiRb Seliool Greensboro, N. C. Founded b.v the Class of 1921 Revived by the Spring Journalism Class of 1HS7 Entered ns second-class matter March .SO, 1940, at the post oftiee at Greensboro, N. C, under the Act of March S, 1879. Editor-in-Chief Martha Moore Associate Editor Martha Jester Feature Editors Alfred Williams Dan Haley Sports Editors Fred Marshall Don Williamson Girls' Sports Editors Joanne Gourley Cordelia Goodnight Exchange Editor Patsy Eways Business Manager Fullam Cashion Circulation Manager Patsy Eways Art Editor Fran Hosley Photographer David Carter Proofreaders .... Lois Duncan, Joan Osborne Make-Up-Editor Marilyn Neerman Reporters Dick Frank, Don Morrison Adviser Miss Paula R. Abernethy Financial Adviser Mr. A. P.'Routh Primarily we feel that such a school-wide activity will bring the student body together for whole some fun and an improved standard of school spirit. Rarely, we regret, does a school function draw in the entire student body. Criticism may spring from a school - supported dance, but we feel that broadmind edness and unreproachful conduct will banish all doubts. We join the student committee in its campaign for school spirit. A Good Point? Senior High’s exuberant, enthus iastic activity, its record enrollment, and its exceptionally talented stu dent body have pointed, out a need, as we see it, for a system hereto fore foreign to this school. In order to distribute more equally the op portunities of character, service, leadership, and scholarship, we site a strong advantage in the establish ment of a point system that war rants further investigation and per haps trial. Such a system would set an un derstanding, universal limit on the number and nature of both extra curricular and scholastic activities in which the student participates. Thus every student would be pre vented from carrying an overload of responsibilities in such activities as dramatics, athletics, student gov ernment, or journalism. Such a plan would necessitate the organization of a point board which would keep records of each high school student, showing his num ber and ratings of each activity and his number of courses. Whenever a student exceeds his maximum of credits (set up by the board for all students) he should be notified and asked to relinquish the activity of his choice in order to lighten his load. Any civic-minded, responsible school organization might form such a board. Not only would this system allow active students to devote more time and greater service to fewer public positions; but also hidden talents of equally capable students would be brought to light and developed. There would be a greater distribu tion of power and in turn, a wider span of school interest; well-round ed personalities could flourish with such a variety-stressing program. We grant that this plan, if de veloped, is a big step in the govern ment of the school; but it could mean a step toward progress and democratic rule. What do you, the student, think? Carter s Corner By David Carter Well, here we are again, and this time we’re starting a brand new year. (And if you spent your time bringing in the new year like some of the rest of us, you probably feel like going back to about July, 1952.) You know, time really flies, doesn’t it? I can think back over the years and recall things that a lot of people have forgotten about. And you can too. See if you can recall some of these: Remember BOB LYON’S throwing crayons and paper airplanes back in the first grade? Or do you remember DOTTIE FOSTER’S falling in the creek, also back in the first grade? How ’bout learning to write or doing some silly ol’ dance in the May Day during the second grade? Or UNITA POPE and her artistic ability, especially in making murals ’bout Eskimos, or MAR THA SUE HOLDEN’S taking names for talking in the third grade? Remember in the fourth grade when we had to walk up and down the halls when we misbehaved? Some used to play cowboy and Indian when they were sent out. Wonder if CHUCK DOGGETT remem bers throwing an orange across the room, splattering it on the wall near the ceil ing in the fifth grade? That stain stayed there for years. Also during that same year, there was a play presented called “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.” I think JIM TUNSTALL won an “Oscar” in that one. Also two characters sup posedly got married at the end of the play. Who were they? None other than ANN HUNTER and JIMMIE ARM STRONG. Remember BILL GREENE and his “beautiful handwriting” in the sixth grade? Also the great DOUG WIL SON made his debut in the field of sports that same year. Remember BUSTER JENKINS and his “Cracker Jack” bas ketball team in the seventh grade? Re member those Social Science question sheets? Remember shooting spit wads with rubber bands, spraying rice across the rooms by means of a bean shooter, and rolling BB’s up and down the aisles in the eighth grade? Remember when someone took the pins out of the hinges in a door in the ninth grade? My, but was that teacher surprised? Also a trip to the planetarium during that same year? I don’t remember a thing about the show, but I’ll never forget going down there and coming back. I won’t bother to mention high school, as it might be referred to as uh—shall we say “current events.” Gosh! Some of the things we used to do! Weren’t we devils’ Oh, well! That’s life! Those were the good or days. Enough of the past. Let’s concentrate on the present for a while now. Bear Your Opinion By Alfred Williams As mid term approaches, accom panied by many schedule changes, what do you think about changing teachers for second semester? Changing, teachers at midterm is a. problem that has confronted many a stu dent at Senior High. Many times a stu dent would like to change and can’t, and sometimes, due to schedules, he has to change. It is just as logical to be able to change teachers in a half-year course, but when we change teachers in a full-year course, it’s a different problem. Some people say that, “A certain teacher of mine just, doesn’t grade right,” or “Well, I just don’t get along with her.” If those who complain would stop and think about what they were saying rather than the teacher, they might see things differently. It may be if they tried a little harder on their homework or studied a little more for that test, teabher might not be so bad after all. So, from now on, Junior, don’t change teachers at midterm unless it can’t be helped. George Artope. I think that changing teachers in the middle of the semester depends largely upon the individual. Sometimes it just isn’t possible to keep the same teacher,, regardless of how much you like her. Then again, you can’t change, because it will disrupt your whole schedule. Some subjects are only taught one period dur-' ing the day. In these cases you have to take that particular subject at that period and then fill in other subjects around, it. Of course, there are those people who simply can’t get along with their respective teachers for more than one semester, so these people have to change or else ... In summing up all of these I would say that changing teachers in the middle of the semester is much like changing horses in midstream. Nat urally, there are exceptions to every rule, even in changing horses in mid stream. Nancy Jo Smith. I really think this problem of changing teachers at the end of the semester can be looked at in two different ways. First of all, I think it is advisable to keep your same teachers, if it is not too hard for you to get along with them.. Even though you do dislike a teacher’s ways, you should try to overcome this, aversion by trying not only to see your own viewpoint of things, but also to see the way they look at certain situations,, too. On the other hand, if you are abso- lutely unable to get along with a teacher, you might try to change that teacher although it could cause a change in your whole schedule. If a student does happen; to change a teacher, I don’t think there should be any hard feelings between the student and the teacher. So my advice to any student is—don’t change teachers unless it is absolutely necessary. Julie Rejjoead. I do not think you should change your teachers between semesters unless it is absolutely necessary. No two teachers teach in the same manner. Then, too, they cover different parts of the material at different times. For instance, some English teachers stress grammar while others stress literature. Certain math teachers cover only the required part of the text while others teac hextra theorems. Hence, when changing class you must repeat material you have al ready covered in another class. Or per haps you will be expected to know ma terial your former teacher had not yet taught. In the long run, I think it pays to stay with the same teacher for the entire year. Martha Jordan. with me fiend — whupppps — left out a letter—I mean uh—friend. Bennett' Murray! Who’s that blonde we’ve seen you with lately? Wonder why Frances Strickland looks me the way she does! Naughty- naughty, Frances.
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