HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXIX
GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N.C., OCT. 5, 1963
NUMBER 3
Senior Honored
In Composition Lob
First row from
left to right are
William Norman,
Phyllis Winston,
Mike Andrew,
Milton Evans,
Bob Nuckolls and
Harry Spence,
Second row from
left to right are George Touch
stone, Susan Monroe, Nick O’Steen,
Durwood Edumrds and Cindy Nick
erson. Not pictured are Harry
Boyte, Janet Williams and Mike
Ingber.
Grimsley Senior High School
has been chosen as one of five
high schools in the United States
to participate in the “Project on
the English Composition Labora
tory.”
The purpose of this project is
to “improve the ability of high
school students to write composi
tions of an expository, descriptive,
and narrative type.” This is a
regular required English course
with extra emphasis on writing.
A requirement for this course is
a period of English followed by a
study hall. One day in the first
week the students have a two-
hour English class in which they
write full-length compositions
proof-read their papers, and revise
them under the supervision of a
teacher. On the same day during
the second week, the students will
have two periods of study hall
and no English so that over a
two-week period the same amount
of time is spent in English and
in study.
A grant from the Langmuir
Foundation to the National Edu
cation Association in Washington,
D. C., finances the program with
some help from the school admin
istration where the composition
program is located. Dr. Arno Jew
ett, who is on leave from his regu
lar job with the NEA, is adminis
tering the grant.
The classes are provided with
extra writing material such as
handbooks of grammar and dic
tionaries, thesaureses, composition
books, and other reference mater
ial.
Lay-readers are provided to as
sist the English teacher in reading
and grading pupil’s themes and in
other activities.
Some of the criteria which qual
ified GHS were (1) junior and
senior high schools on the same
campus (Kiser Jr. High School),
(2) a “control setup” (Aycock
and Page), and (3) a college in or
near the city.
The four other schools chosen
for this experimental class were
located in N. J.; Cleveland, Ohio;
Richmond, Va., and one other
school east of the Mississippi
River.
Senior’s Students Elect
Homeroom Officers
Each home room at Grimsley
Senior High has recently elected
its officers for this year.
A survey has shown that from
the Senior Class there are seven
male presidents for every three
females, while the office of vice
president shows a ratio of six to
four. In the Senior Class every
home room prefers girls for secre
taries and three out of ten treas
urers are boys.
Juniors also prefer male presi
dents since nine out of eleven are
boys. For the office of secretary
nine out of eleven are girls. In
this class the ratio for the office
of vice president is eight to three
in favor of the boys, while the of
fice for treasurer favors the girls
in the same ratio.
The Sophomore Class also pre
fers male presidents and vice pres
idents for nine out of fourteen
vice presidents and presidents are
boys. Sophomores have elected
only one male secretary along with
twenty-nine females. This class is
divided in its choice of males or
females for treasurer.
In tliree home rooms, two senior
and one sophomore, the girls hold
every office.
Presidents of Senior homerooms
include Sharon Scott, room 4;
Mason Banks, room 303; Margit
Dahlke, room 2; Dewey Cochran,
room 204; Ret Turner, room 302;
Miles Brown, room 106-A; Lawr
ence Ross, room 61; Jean Stephen
son, room 9; and Fred Henderson,
room 27.
Juniors have elected for their
presidents, Eddie Strange, room
12; Rick Shearin, room H.E. 200;
Bill Blackman, 201-A; and Donna
Newman from home room 3. Other
presidents include: Chet Linker,
from 317; Pete Cross, room 206;
Rick Spencer, H.E. 100; Susan
Whitely, room 16; Rob Somers,
room 13; and Jim Byrd from home
room 103.
The list of officers turned in
last week gave the sophomore
presidents as; Brad Root, Dave
Grimes, Phil Stogner, Ken Mur
phy, Barbara Hunter, Joe Ratcliff,
Tim Frye, and A1 Richbourg.
Others are Bari Mooney, Ting-
ley, Ann Lineberry, Ken Bell, and
Don Hartez.
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History Honor Society
Seeks Poticy Changes
The History Honor Society had
its second meeting Thursday, Sep
tember 27. This meeting was held
to discuss the suggested policy
changes in the club for the com
ing year. A committee of four
teachers and four students had
been working on the suggestions
and now the club of thirteen mem
bers hopes to have the changes
approved. After the changes are
made and the club settles down
to business, plans will be made
to take in the new senior mem
bers.
Fourteen GHS Students
Are Merit Semifinalists
WFMY-TV To Sponsor
Art Awards Project
For the sixth consecutive year,
high school students in 44 pied
mont counties will have the op
portunity to gain public recog
nition for theli- achievement in
art. The opportunity will be avail
able through the continued region
al sponsorship of Scholastic Art
Awards by WFMY-TV in Greens
boro.
Announcement of the continued
Art Awards sponsorship was made
by Gaines Kelley, general manager
of the Channel 2 station. WFMY-
TV was the first TV station in
the country to assume regional
sponsorship of the high school art
project, conducted nationally by
Scholastic Magazines.
Plans for the regional exhibit
of high school art will be made
this weekend with a dinner meet
ing in Greensboro of the Art
Awards regional advisory commit
tee, composed of distinguished art
educators. Committee chairman
again this year will be Mrs. W. E.
Braswell, art instructor at Greens
boro College.
Miss Jeta Pace of WFMY-TV
will serve as coordinator of the
project which last year involved
processing more than 3,500 sep
arate entries from high schools
throughout Piedmont North Caro
lina and Virginia.
Fourteen GHS students have be
come semi-finalists in the 1962-
63 National Merit Scholarship
competition.
The Senior High Semifinalists
are Mike Andrew, Durwood Ed
wards, Milton Evans, Cindy Hick-
erson, Mike Ingber, Susan Monroe,
Bob Nuckolls, William Norman,
Harry Boyte, Nick O’Steen, Harry
Spruce, Janet Williams, Phyllis
Winston, and George Touchstone.
The qualifying examination, “a
test of educational development,”
was given in more than 16,000
high schools last March. The semi
finalists are the highest scoring
students in each state and terri
tory of the U.S. This year approx
imately 11,000 have qualified to
take the deciding test in National
Merit competition.
The Semifinalist group repre
sents a constant percentage of
each year’s high school graduating
class nationally. This year there
are 1,000 more Semifinalists be
cause of the increased number of
students to be graduated in 1963.
A list of Semifinalists is sent
to all accredited colleges and uni
versities and other fund-providing
agencies and financial aid sources.
About 50% of the semifinalists
receive financial aid from sources
other than the Merit Corporation.
Eligible for Scholarships
Finalists will be chosen on the
basis of scores received on the
three-hour Scholastic Aptitude
Test of the College Entrance Ex
amination Board to be given in
nation-wide test centers December
1, 1962, and an endorsement by
their high schools. In past years
97% of the semifinalists have be
come finalists. All finalists re
ceive a Certificate of Merit in
recognition of their outstanding
performance in the program.
Finalists will be eligible for
scholarships sponsored by the Na
tional Merit Scholarship Corpora
Service Clubs
Starts Projects
Senior High’s six service clubs
have begun a new year of pro
jects and contributions to the
school.
The Junior Civitans have cov
ered the goal posts with crepe
paper for the Whirlie’s home foot
ball games. It has also continued
its service of ushering at these
games, and they are just taking in
new members.
Bobby Nuckolls, president of
Key Club, announced that bids
for the club were sent out Thurs
day. The club takes five under
privileged boys to each home
Whirlie football game. This will
last through October.
Hi-Y has adopted its new con
stitution and installed new mem
bers. Soon it will again take in
new members. Five committee
chairmen have been elected. They
are as follows: Mike Ingber, fi
nance committee; David Layton,
project committee; Bill Tucker,
social committee; and David Fu,
scholarship committee. Mack Smith
will plan aU programs. They have
planned to continue their Hi-Y
sponsored assembly.
tion and approximately 150 busi
ness corporations, foundations,
unions, professional associations,
and individuals who supply funds
to finance students’ higher edu
cation.
Factors to be considered in the
actual awarding of monetary
scholarships are high school
grades, creative accomplishments,
leadership qualities, extracurricu
lar activities, and school citizen
ship records along with the scores
on the tests.
The names of the Merit Schol
ars will be announced about April
24, 1963, the exact number de
pending on the extent of sponsor
support of the Merit Program. The
corporation and its sponsor award
ed a total of 1,050 Merit Scholar
ships in 1962, which means one
out of every ten Finalists received
financial aid from the Program.
Four-Year Award
Each Merit Scholarship is a
Continued on Page Six
Grimsley Graduate
At Johns Hopkins
James M. Freedman, a June
graduate of Greensboro Senior
High School, has arrived in Balti
more to begin his studies at The
Johns Hopkins University.
He plans to major in the human
ities, preparing for a career in the
foreign service. Jim is one of 403
students from 39 states and six
foreign nations in JHU’s freshman
class.
At Greensboro Senior High he
was a member of Torchlight, the
Junior Civitans, and the swimming
team.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Freedman of Hobbs Road.
Ref Turner, Jane Reed and Bobby Crumley—new band
officers
Jonss Chosen Head Marshal
Phillips Jones has been chosen
Head Junior Marshal for the 1962-
63 year.
Junior homerooms have chosen
these students as their Junior
Marshals: Bill Blackmon and Cin
dy Bullard, room 201-A; Wasme
Burgess and Mary Ann Burton,
103; Pete Cross and Gwyn Coble,
206; and Paul Early and Dee Dun
can, 17. Keith GuUedge and Nan
cy Greene, 7; Library Conference
room, David Fieg and Ava Gar
rett; room 25, Tommy Hutton and
Deanna Huckabee; room 317,
Sheila Knedlix and A1 Lineberry;
Phillips Jones and Becky Jones,
H.E. 201; Ronnie Neal and Lynn
Nichols, room 3; Pat Patterson and
Gail Pfaff, room 305; Wayne Pop
lin and Pat Roos, H.E. 202, and
Charles Sherrill and Jan Shaffer,
room H.E. 200; Rick Spencer and
Emily Steifle, room H.E. 100;
James Walker and Nancy Wein
stein, 16; Eddie Strange and Jan
ice Vaughn, room 16.
These students represent the
Junior Class throughout the year
as they usher, hand out programs,
and collect tickets at aU school
functions such as band, choir, and
orchestra concerts, May Day, grad
uation and others.