HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXIX
GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH SCIIOOL, GREENSBORO, N.C., OCT. 19, 1962
Gtiiens’ Committee Presents Report
On Activities of Greensboro Youths
Homecoming court members are, first row, Mary Earle,
Carolyn McKenzie, Cary Root, Babs Andrew, Jean Stephen
son, and Sue Yelverton. Standing are Susan Hodges, Nan
cy Smith, Joan Shaffer, Donna Lane, Pam Burkholder^
Lynn Spencer, Mary Sessoms and Sallie Jo Welch. Not pic
tured is Kaye Moody.
President] amesT o Crown
GHSH omecoming ^een
Homecoming Queen for 1962-63 I Schaefer, sponsored by JuUus
will be crowned by student body Maynor and escorted by Van Gun-
President Bill James on October ter.
26 at the half-time of the Whirlie
Salisbury football game.
The queen will be elected on
Wednesday, October 24, by the
student body on the basis of school
spirit, not beauty. She will be
chosen from among the following
girls; Donna Lane, sponsor Mickey
Andrews, escort Bob Lutz; Pam
Biu-kholder, sponsor Dick Burton,
escort Mike Andrew; Cary Root,
sponsor Gary Carter, escort Joe
Marus; Mary Earle, Sponsor Skeet-
er Powell, escort Johnny Barnes,
and Mary Sessoms, sponsor Mike
Ephland, escort Selwyn Bryant.
Other members of the court
include Nancy Smith, sponsored
by Hcurvey Goldberg and escorted
by Bob Lambeth; Jill Miller, spon
sored by John Hedrick and es
corted by Miles Brown; Susan
Hodges, sponsored by Dennis
Hurdle and escorted by Clay
Faulkner; Carolyn McKenzie,
sponsored by Dave Layton and es
corted by Larry Lund; and Joan
Sue Yelverton with sponsor Bob
Nucholls and escort Bob Martin;
Babs Andrew with sponsor Leon
Oakley and escort Joe Parks; Sally
Welch with sponsor Leroy Cobb
and escort Ted Melvin; Jean Ste
phenson with sponsor Mike Harri
son and escort Jack Harville; Lynn
Spencer with sponsor Earl Strick
land and Chip Landsperger as
escort; and Kaye Moody with Mike
Schlosser, sponsor, and escort Ray
Clark conclude the list of members
of the Homecoming Court.
After the game a dance honor
ing the court will be sponsored
by the Youth Recreation Commit
tee and will be held in the Girls’
Gym. The decorations will be
centered around an autumn theme.
The “Ascots” will be featured
and the reigning queen will be
presented with a gift.
Chairmen of the Homecoming
Committee, Carol Lineberry and
Pam Burkholder, announced that
Coatinued on Pare Eirht
Editor’s note: In view of the
widespread interest in the re
cently published Report by the
Citizens’ Committee on Your
Activities, HIGH LIFE is print-
the following excerpts from this
Report for student information.
Five hundred adults, assembled
at West Market Street Methodist
Church Monday, October 9, receiv
ed the Report and Recommenda
tions of the Citizens Committee
on Youth Activities appointed by
Mayor David Schenck last April
1962.
The introduction to the report
was as follows: Early last spring.
the growing concern felt in the i bers are selected by the club with
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Juniors Present
The Whole Truth
Grimsley’s Junior Class will pre
sent “The Whole Truth,” a three
act comedy, on November 13, at
7:45.
The cast is: Jeannie Bunton,
Mrs. Martin; Bob Millikin, Mr.
Martin; Sara Ann Lynch, Servant;
Dick Meyer, Servant; Marty Gold-
farb. Young Man; Tommy Hutton,
Johnny; Donna Newman, Eliza
beth; Sandra Martinez, Aunt Hel
en; Ham Mundy, Pastor; Ken Ken
ny, Sweetheart; Wendy Sachs,
Sweetheart; and Betty Bain, Aunt
Mat.
The play, directed by Mozelle
Causey, is based on the story of
a fictitous family, the Martins,
who have decided to tell only the
truth. When a young business as
sociate of Mr. Martin visits the
house, Mr. Martin decides that the
young man must be impressed by
the presence of many servants,
who are really membrs of the
household and also the preacher.
At the same time friends of the
family arrive without warning,
only to make matters worse.
Six Seniors Receive Commendation;
Students Scored High On Merit Test
Six seniors at Grimsley Senior
High School have been honored
for their high performance on the
National Merit Scholarship Quali
fying Test (NMSQT) given last
spring. Each student who is en
dorsed by his school receives a
formal Letter of Commendation
signed by his principal and the
president of the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation.
school seniors. This certainly sig
nifies noteworthy accomplishment
by all of these bright youngsters.”
Recognition Given
The National Merit Scholarship
Corporation gives recognition to
two groups of students who
achieve high scores on the
NMSQT. The Semifinalist group
is composed of the highest-scoring
students in each state and in U.S.
A. P. Routh, the school’s prin- territories. Some 11,000 Semi-
cipal, has announced that the
Commended students are: Mary
Matthews, Dick Meador, Louise
Rufty, Linda Scher, Carolyn Zim
merman, and Chini Smith, who
graduated in summer school and
is now studying at the Institute
Alpin Montesano in Gstaad, Switz
erland.
John M. Stalnaker, president of
the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation, stated:
28,700 Students
About 28,700 students through
out the country are being awarded
Letters of Commendation in rec
ognition of their excellent per
formance on the qualifying test.
Although they did not reach the
status of Semifinalists in the cur
rent Merit Program, they are so
capable that we wish to call at
tention in this way to their
achievement and academic prom
ise.
“The Semifinalists and Com
mended students together consti
tute about 2 per cent of all high
finalists will take a second exami
nation in December to establish
further their eligibility to receive
Merit Scholarships.
“We earnestly hope that the
Commended students will continue
their education,” Mr. Stalnaker
continued. “By doing so they will
benefit both themselves and the
nation.
“The Letters of Commendation
provide tangible recognition of
their high ability. We urge the
students honored today to make
every effort to attend college, and
to develop to the fullest their
promise of achievement.”
Special Services
To increase their opportunities
to obtain financial assistance if
they need it, the Merit Corpora
tion sends the names, home ad
dresses, and test scores of all
Commended students to two col
leges they indicated as their pre
ferred choices at the time they
took the qualifying test. Other
special services are also perform
ed by NMSC in an effort to in
crease the scholarship opportuni
ties of Commended students and
Semifinalists.
The Commended students were
among the high school juniors in
more than 16,000 schools who took
the NMSQT last March. The test
is a three-hour examination that
covers five separate areas of edu
cational development. It was the
first step in the eighth annual
Merit Program.
This year’s program will con
clude about April 25, 1963, with
the naming of students who will
receive four-year Merit Scholar
ships to the colleges of their
choice.
Other Scholarships
The Commended students and
the Semifinalists who do not win
Merit Scholarships are considered
for certain other scholarships that
are offered through the facilities
of the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation.
The annual Merit Scholarship
competition is open to all high
schools in the United States and
its territories. There are more
than 3500 Merit Scholars current
ly enrolled in about 400 colleges
and universities. More than 2000
Merit Scholars have been grad
uated.
Scholarship awards are made
from the resources of the National
Merit Scholarship Corporation and
through sponsoring business cor
porations, foundations, unions, as
sociations, and individuals.
community over Greensboro’s
young people reached a climax
after a large dance at a downtown
hotel at which there was wide
spread misbehavior. Following the
affair, the Reverend R. Harold
Hipps in a sermon delivered at
West Market Street Methodist
Church, issued a challenge to
citizens of Greensboro to recog
nize existing conditions and ex
plore means of improving the un
desirable tenn-age climate which
is producing this kind of action
in young people. This sermon,
which was reprinted in full by
the Greensboro press of Monday,
March 9, brought a powerful and
positive response from all areas
of the community, culminating in
a meeting of some 500 adult lead
ers held on the evening of March
30 at West Market Street Church.
Objectives
As a result of this gathering
there came the appointment on
April 6 of the Citizens’ Commit
tee on Youth Activities charged
by Mayor David Schenck to:
1. Become informed about the
entire situation of our youth
—both good and bad;
2. Assemble factual data;
3. Make recommeniatlons based
on the assembled data.
The full committee met weekly
from April 12, heard representa
tives from youth-related groups,
conducted surveys and assembled
factual information. Literally hun
dreds of personal interviews and
conversations were held with
youths and adults across the city.
Rev. Harold Hipps served as
chairman of the committee; John
E. Barney, vice chairman; and
Mrs. Guy B. Delafield, Secretary.
These three, with sixteen other
committee members, reported
many observations and evaluations
and proposed recommendations,
pertinent selections of which are
printed below.
Civic Clubs
Civic clubs sponsor several high
school clubs for boys. Only one
such club, the Junior Civinettes,
is open to girls. There is a real
lack of service opportunities for
girls.
We (the members of the com
mittee) recommend the formation
of enough service clubs—^for girls
as well as boys—^to give all stu
dents membership opportunities
in clubs with standards acceptable
to the community.
Service and Social Clubs
Service clubs can serve a worth
while purpose. In addition, there
is considerable prestige in being
a member of a service club. Mem-
the approval of the school adminis
tration. An effort is made to select
candidates from all feeding schools
and to choose them on a basis of
character, leadership, scholarship,
dependability and not on social
prowess alone.
However, these cluhs have suf
fered from lack of adult leader
ship, without which they tend to
designate into social clubs. It is
a recognized fact, among service
club members that drinking is
now so accepted a part of high
school age social life that regular
drinking on the part of a candi
date for membership is not con
sidered a deterrent.
Service Is Function
The Committee feels that actual
service, not fund raising, is the
useful function of these clubs,
and that more imaginative and
conscientious leadership is neces
sary to make these clubs what
they should he.
We recommend that the spon
soring Civic Clubs or agencies
provide sufficient outstanding
adult advisors, and find oppor
tunities for purposeful communi
ty projects in which young people
can find genuine satisfaction.
While only 15% of the students
at Grimsley and Page High
Schools belong to social clubs,
their influence has been far reach
ing. Many school leaders are mem
bers of social clubs, and, as lead
ers, they tend to set the pattern
for a large part of the student
body. If these patterns measured
up to a high standards, their in
fluence would be a desirable fac
tor in school life. Yet this is not
the case. ’The Committee has
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Changes Hade
By History (tub
Changes concerning new mem
bers and the constitution have
been made recently in the History
Honor Society.
This year, for the first time,
the teachers of the History De
partment will elect the new mem
bers. In previous years members
of the society have selected pros
pective new members.
Applications for membership
are currently being taken. It is
from these applications that the
twenty-seven new members will be
chosen.
The aim of all History Honor
Societies in the United States is
the creation of a National His
tory Honor Society.
(SEE STORY ON PAGE ’THREE)