Page Six
High Life
October 5, 1962
Weighing the values of advanced biology
Class Loo\s For Sna\es;
Scene Is Cree]{, Forest
Warning to those with faint
hearts and weak stomachs: Don’t
take second year biology. This
class, taught by Miss Emma J. Mc
Mahan this year, may do anything
from cutting up pigs to befriend
ing snakes.
This is the third year for the
course at Grimsley. Miss McMahan
is new at this particular course
as Mrs. Kate C. Everhart taught it
the two previous years.
Two Classes
At present the class, actually
two classes meeting dmring seventh
and eighth periods, is daily study
ing five outdoor habitats: Buffalo
Creek, the bog behind the boys’
g3mi, the pine forest, the hickory
forest, and an open field. The stu
dents collect and identify the var
ious forms of life they find as well
as study the environment condi
tions.
Snakes and Poison Ivy
Miss McMahan reports items
brought in for identification range
from snakes to poison ivy. Don
Sparrow brought in a few little
eggs for observation and wound up
being the proud papa of an un
counted number of baby spiders.
However not all problems lie
in the area of applied biology. A
most current example involved a
search for a set of delinquent car
keys. These specimens were dis
covered in the owner’s car. This
is just a sample of the many
“scientific” discoveries the class
has made this year.
Merit Semifinalis's
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four year award to cover the un
dergraduate college education. The
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individual need. Merit Scholars
who require financial assistance
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for four years of college, or $1500
per year. Those students who are
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to attend the college of their
choice are awarded $400 for the
four years.
A Merit Scholarship insures a
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creased at any time while he is in
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ists designate the course of study
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Established in 1955 with grants
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York, and supplemented by an ad
ditional grant from the Ford
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gram through 1970, the NMSC
and sponsors have so far contrib
uted about $14 million in direct
financial assistance to nearly 6,000
students and their colleges. This
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college. Through the program’s
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the intellectually able.
QUEEN'S MEN SELECTED
Jerry Jernigan - First Tenor
Bob Lambeth "• Second Tenor
Tom Rutter -- Baritone
Bill James» Bass
School Board Considers
Comfort of GHS Musicians
The School Board is considering
the possibility of permitting the
musically Inclined students of GHS
to have year-round comfort while
pursuing their musical interests.
The School Board is open for bids
by those companies interested in
this project. If this plan is carried
out, the three large rehearsal
rooms will have air-conditioning
during the warmer months of the
school year and heat during the
remaining months. This will be
a great benefit for two primary
reasons: It will lessen the uncom
fortable temperature often exist
ing while the rooms are in use;
The changes in weather wiU not
affect the instruments left in the
Music Building as they once did.
Pertaining also to the band is
the election of the new officers
for the ensuing school year.
BURTNER Furniture Co.
310-312 S. Elm St. BR 2-8417
Robert Crumley was elected vice
president of GHS Band Council
last week. He will automatically
become president of the council
at the beginning of the 1963-64
school term.
Other new officers elected for
the current term are Emily Steifle,
secretary and Jim Byrd, treasure.
Ret Turner is president.
The following were elected rep
resentatives to the band council:
Sally Andrews and David Grimes,
sophomores; Bennett Boyles and
Keith Gulledge, juniors; Pam
Burkeholder and John Barnes,
seniors.
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