BEAT
Volume LVm Number 1
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, NC, 27408
Thursday, October 5, 1978
SET SET Program
Underway
interaction netween semor
igh school students and
rominent figures in today’s
)ciety is the main theme for
lenew “Get Set” program,
hich was passed at the
:hool board meeting on
3ptember 19.
The purpose of “Get Set”
to motivate students to
:hieve higher goals and
oaden academic outlooks
r providing the opportunity
r them to meet with promi-
mt persons in varied fields,
lese speakers will be
awn from such fields as
(litics and government,
mmimications, and the
srforming arts.
This program, which is
ready in use in the Char-
;te-Mecklenberg schools,
:s in the past presented
ch impressive speakers as
alter Cronkite, Cicily Ty-
n, Leonard Nimoy and
uce Jenner. According to
e participating high school
icher, “This is an excel-
it opportimity for young
ople to meet with the
eats of our time.”
Participating in “Get Set”
ill be over 850 students, to
5 chosen from Grimsley,
ige, Dudley, Smith and the
ptional School. The group
ill be comprised of 50%
niors, 30% juniors, and
)% sophomores. Students
lio wish to attend will be
selected on a competitive
basis using an application
form which will request rea
sons for wanting to partici
pate. The final selection of
students will be made by
faculty, principals and stu
dent school board action
group members.
The plans for “Get Set”
thus far are the result of
much hard work on the part
of the fom- committee mem
bers fi-om Grimsley, Alicia
Neese, Jenny Wood, Bill
Linton and Keith Miller,
along with committees from
the other high schools and
the Superintendent Dr. New-
The format of events for
each session will be as
follows: the prominent spea
ker will provdie a 30-40
minute talk in the Carolina
Theatre in the morning.
Following this address, a
pre-selected panel of stu
dents on stage will direct
questions to the speaker for
cont. on p. 8
These Whirlies showed their school spirit by wearing a Roman toga on Toga Day,
September 15.
City Council Examines Proposals
A report on the Mayor’s
Youth Conference and a
proposal by the Student
School Board Action Group
highlighted the September
19 meeting of the School
Board. The standing room
only crowd of parents, stu
dents, and other concerned
individuals helped get the
1978-79 school year off to a
great start.
Student and education-re
lated recommendations that
were proposed at the Ma
yor’s Youth Conference,
held in August, were submit
ted to the School Boeird by
MYC Committee Chairmen.
Lisa McDoweU, a Grimsley
senior, presented a sugges
tion that tenth graders
Students Voice Opinions at MYC
The 1978 Mayor’s Youth
Conference was held on Au
gust 15-17 at UNC-G’s EUiott
University Center.
The Mayor’s Youth Confe
rence was held this year with
three major goals in mind.
The first goal was to give
local youths a knowledge of
the City and its problems.
Secondly, it was to give local
youth the opportunity to
discuss the city problems
and express their solutions
and concerns as a united
body. Its’ third goal was to
give the Mayor, the City
Coimcil, the Greensboro
Youth Coimcil and others in
the community the chance to
learn the views of the City’s
youth.
Local senior high students
could participate on one of
the following committees:
education, Greensboro plan
ning and growth, recreation
and entertainment, teens
and society, energy, trans
portation, community stand
ards, and laws and law
enforcement.
Grimsley students who
played major roles in the
program were Jackie Seism,
who served as Delegates’
Chairman and Conference
Clerk and Alison Pentz, who
served as the Banquet Chair
man.
News Briefs
photo compliments of Whirligig
imsley students cheer at Pep RaUy on Sept. 15 to raise
rits for the game that night.
The majority of Grimsley’s
service clubs are planning to
spend the Indian summer
days of October in prepara
tion of the Homecoming
project competition and
GYC’s Halloween Flea Mar
ket. Last year the Junior
Jaycettes took first place in
the Homecomhig contest.
The KEY CLUB worked
throughout the summer soh-
citing ads for the annual Key
Club directory. The KEY
CLUBBERS are also beco
ming active in
International.
Key Club
The new auxihary gym is
now complete. It is located
between music building and
the old gym. The new gym
was built to replace the old
and worn-out locker facilities
for the girls’ gym classes.
While their old lockers were
outdated and cramped, the
new gym gives them much
more room to shower and
dress.
cems and problems and
psychology interns to sup
plement guidance counselors
were also brought up by
MYC participants.
Page High School has a
social service seminar pro
gram under which students
go out into the community
during two periods to do
volunteer work. Delegates of
cont. on D. 8
Homecoming
in High Gear
This year’s Homecoining
game will be played on
October 27 against Winston-
Salem Parkland at Jamison
Stadium. The dance after
ward will be held in the
Grimsley cafeteria.
The theme for this year’s
Homecoming will be the
fiftieth anniversary of our
school, 1929-1979, and a
huge cake commemorating
the anniversary will be the
main prop.
Bill Linton, the home
coming chairman leads a
crew of over 60 committee
members to plan and orga
nize the, event. Committee
chairmen include Mary
Lynne Burris, Rita Odom,
Linda Byrd, Paul Carmi
chael, Mary Spane, Laurie
Stevens, Caroline Bogaty,
Nancy Hughes, Alicia
Neese, Jim Austin and Paula
Greer.