HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXIX
GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MARCH 22, 1963
NUMBER 10
3 GHS Students
As Duke Finalists
Janet Williams, Carol Zimmer
man, and Harry Boyte participated
in the Angier B. Duke Memorial
Scholarship finals competition last
Wednesday and Thursday at Duke
University.
In the past years, the Finals
Competition had been scheduled
for the week end held during the
week to allow the finalists to at
tend classes and to participate in
the normal routine of the univer
sity.
A concert by the Duke Sym
phony featured pianist Susan
Starr, the runner-up winner of the
Tchaikovsky Award in Moscow this
year. Mr. Louis Mennini conduct
ed his composition commissioned
by the Mary Duke Biddle Foun
dation for the occasion.
Several small seminars were
conducted by Duke facuity mem
bers on Thursday morning. Final
ists having read C. P. Snow’s
“Two Cultures and the Scientific
Revolution” beforehand, partici
pated in these seminars.
The various schools of the uni
versity presented programs con
cerning their area of study for the
students’ benefit on Thursday
afternoon. That night they heard
a speaker of international reputa
tion.
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(harioleers Elected;
Show Planned
Officers of the Charioteers, a
new service club at Grimsley Sen
ior High, were elected recently.
President of the Club is Jill
Miller; president-elect, Carolyn
Rich, first vice president, Betty
Jo Pearce; and second vice presi-
3en, Pat Roos. Recording secre
tary is Mary Rountree; corre
sponding secretary, Gwyn Coble;
treasurer, Beverly Camras; and
tiistorian. Dee Duncan.
The Charioteers, sponsored by
Brownhill’s, will present an “An-
lual Spring Fashion Parade” on
i^pril 3, at 7:30. The fashion show
prill be held at Starmount Pres-
nyterian Church.
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Members of the Grimsley High Debating Team are, left to
right, Rob Somers, Angela Smith, David Jones, and Susan
Whitely. They participated in a Round Robin debate with
other debaters from Reidsvilte, Spray, Yanceyville, Leaks-
ville, and Roxboro March 20, in Reidsville.
Plays To Be Presented
By Drama Students
On Friday, March 23, the first
and second period dramatics
classes of G. H. S. will present
two one-act plays in cooperation
with the C. D. A. district festival
to be held at Guilford College.
Ten plasms presented by various
colleges. Junior and Senior high
schools, church and private groups
are scheduled. The plays will be
judged and those groups receiving
a superior rating will go to Chapel
Hill for the April contest.
The first period group will pre
sent an exaggerated comedy farce;
Kill the Old Booster. The cast of
six includes Linda Dunn, portray
ing Petunia the Maid; Bob Milli-
kin as Robert Benson, a well-to-
do farmer; Sandra Marleney as
Sara Benson, his wife; Pam Dawes
as Martha Benson, Robert’s sister;
and Dusti Anderson as Mr. Henry
Wilson, a psychiatrist.
Judgment Morning, a more se
rious play, will be presented by
the second period class. Those par
ticipating are GaU Mclntire as
Ella; Angie Smith as Bessie, Lew
is Finley as Claude, and Shirley
Childress as Sadie.
400 Stvdents To Attend
JT- C. Governors School
“The Governor’s School of
North Carolina” is a unique sum
mer school to be held during 1963,
1964, and 1965.
On the basis of a proposal sub
mitted by the Governor of North
Carolina, the Carnegie Founda
tion has made the sum of $225,000
available to the North Carolina
State Board of Education to op
erate a summer school for “high
ly gifted high school students” of
North Carolina. This grant was
matched by contributions from in
dividuals, industries, and founda
tion of Winston-Salem. The total
amount of $450,000 will be used
to operate the school.
Salem College
The Governor’s School will op-
History Students Attend
Annual 7s[. C. Conference
Last week sixteen Grimsley
Jenior High School students and
ourteen Page students attended
he Thirteenth Annual North
Carolina Council on World Affairs.
Those attending from GHS were
Jarolyn Griggs, Ann Kellenber-
,’er, Larry Blackwood, Paul Early,
ind Eddie Love. Also in the group
vere Frank Kirkman, Cindy Bul-
lard, Steve Anthony, Joan Mc
nairy, Kaye Nelson, David Fieg,
’age Makely, Dan Galloway, Lola
Jray, Nancy McNairy, and Randall
ililler. Adviser of the group was
ilrs. Carolyn Smith, teacher of
iistory at GHS.
Peace Corps
As guests of the Greensboro
unior Woman’s Club, the twenty
tudents chartered a bus and ar-
ived in Chapel Hill at 9:30 a.m.
n Carroll Hall they saw a film
ntitled “Pilot for a Peace Corps.”
i At 10:00 Mrs. Marion McVitty,
/ell-known author and editor of
The Independent Observer” at
he United Nations, opened the
rogram with a speech. The theme
I for the conference was “Democ
racy and the Emerging Nations.”
Peru Student
After a speech by Mr. G. Men-
nen Williams, ex-governor of Mich
igan and under secretary for Afri
can Affairs in the State Depart
ment, the students went to lunch.
At this time a UNC graduate stu
dent from Peru spoke about Peru
and other Latin American coun
tries.
At 2:00 the convention divided
into four discussion groups for
lectures on Africa, India, Latin
America, and Southeast Asia.
Leading the discussion on Africa
was Dr. J. Harris Proctor of Duke;
and A. K. Dar, minister at the
Indian Embassy in Washington,
talked about India. Woman’s Col
lege professor Franklin Parker
discussed Latin America, while
Katherine Carmichael, UNC Dean,
lectured on Southeast Asia.
After one and one-half hour
discussions Frank Porter Graham
from the United Nations delivered
the closing address.
GHS’s School Beautiful Committee records all improve
ments, projects, and meetings in a special scrapbook. Above,
five members of the committee look at the scrapbook and
discuss future plans. From left to right are Dave Grimes, in
charge of Sophomore workdays; Carolyn Rich, scrapbook
chairman; Bill James, student body president; Betty Prit
chard, publicity chairman; and Irvin Pearce, student body
vice president. Important plans will be announced soon.
DE Clubs Hold Convention,■
Dean,Sheperd Win Honors
Distributive Education Clubs
held their annual State Leadership
Conference in Asheville last week.
Twelve students from Grimsley
Senior High attended the confer
ence with their advisors Mrs. Mar
garet Hadden and Mrs. Cordelia
Walke. Acting as official delegates
were Don Kimbro, Lenwood
Owens, Martha Sneed, and Jerry
Welborn. Others were Linda Coch
ran, Carolyn Butner, Liz Dodson,
Carol Shepherd, Pat Dean, Judy
Mayberry, Judy Short, and David
Osborne.
These representatives chartered
a bus along with DE students from
Page and Northeast High Schools.
The group arrived in Asheville
at 7:30 and registered in the
George Vanderbilt and Battery
Park Hotels. After unpacking, the
students attended an informal
dance in the Battery Park Hotel
and the Motorama at the Coli
seum.
On Friday morning contestants
representing 60 DE clubs com
peted in five categories: (1) job
application, (2) public speaking,
(3) sales demonstration, (4) ad
vertisement lay-out and copy
writing, and (5) student of the
year contest.
Pat Dean placed second in the
job application division, and Carol
Shepherd won third place as stu
dent of the year.
That afternoon the first confer
ence of the convention was held.
Students running for state offices
gave their campaign speeches
while Page’s Marvin Brady preside
as the retiring state president.
At the dinner banquet that night
first place of the five contests
were announced. After several
speeches and presentations a
dance was held in the Gold Room
of the Battery Park Hotel. A DE
queen was chosen by three judge
and presented at the dance.
Saturday morning the new state
officers were chosen by the offi
cial delegates of each club. Grims-
ley’s DE club was awarded the
three star plaque, the highest
honor a club can receive. This
year marked the sixth straight
time GHS’s club has received
this award. The convention was
adjourned at noon.
Classical Enthusiasts
AbscondWIthLaurels
Cynthia Wharton was elected
state secretary of the Junior Class
ical Leaque at the 12th annual
state convention held in Chapel
Hill last Saturday. Senior William
Norman received first place in
the derivatives contest held at
the convention.
Thirty-four other Grimsley stu
dents also attended he convention
with their sponsor, Mrs. Mary
Madlin. Approximately 1500 dele
gates attended the one day com
bination assembly and workshop.
erate during the summer of 1963
on the campus of Salem College in
Old Salem, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. All the facilities of both
the College and the Academy have
been made available to the school.
The school will be in session from
June 10, until August 2, a total of
eight weeks.
Tuition, room, board, instruc
tional supplies, and books wiil be
furnished without charge. There
will be no charges for any instruc
tion or for attendance at any of
the activities provided by the
school. Limited laundry service
will also be free. Students will be
expected to bear the expense of
travel to and from Winston-Salem.
Also, a small amount of money
will be needed for personal ex
penses.
Purpose
During the summer of 1963 the
school will provide a variety of
unique and distinctive educational
experiences for approximately 400
students who will be juniors or
seniors during the school year
1963-64. The school will serve as
a model for schools wishing to im
prove their own programs for the
gifted, and will help to train
teachers and administrators in
providing appropriate experiences
for gifted students.
Students will be offered experi
ences in the fields of the humani
ties, foreign languages, mathemat
ics, natural sciences, social sci
ence, fine arts, music (vocal and
instrumental), dance, and drama.
A student will be expected to con
centrate in one area on the basis
of his aptitude, ability, and inter
est. Also offered will be oppor
tunities of learning outside the
major area of concentration. Sem
inars in a vareity of areas, oppor
tunities for individual research,
recreational experiences, concerts,
plays, forums, and lectures will be
made available to all students.
Admission to the school will be
on the basis of criteria and stand
ards now being developed. These
will be made available to all in
terested students in the very near
future.
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Papers Win Honors
In Annual Judging
Walter Hines Page High School’s
student newspaper, PAGES BY
PAGE, recently won high honors
as a medalist in the annual Co
lumbia Scholastic Press Associa
tion’s judging of student publica-
tions held in New York City
March 14.
This is the second consecutive
year the publication has been so
honored. The medalist is the top
classification given for student
newspapers in the class of 1,001
to 1,500 students.
Grimsley Places High
HIGH LIFE for Grimsley Senior
High also placed very high in its
own classification, by winning first,
place in the category of 1,501 to
2,000 students.
Issues printed after Easter 1962,
and up to December 1962, were
entered, each category being
judged by a varied rating, taking
into consideration individual cri
teria and circumstances.
Other Greensboro winners In
cluded Dudley High School, a
second place for PANTHER’S
CLAW, and Jackson Junior High
School, a second place for SHAM
ROCK.