Five Represent Grimsley
At Boys and Girls State
Boys State and Girls State were
held June 16-22. Grimsley High
was represented at the convention
by five students.
BOYS STATE
Each year GHS sends de/egates
to Boys State, held at tbe Univer
sity of North Carolina. For one
week these boys attend lectures
to learn more about our national,
state, and local governments. This
year Boys State was held June 16-
22. The delegates from GHS were
Penn Holsenbeck and Jim Byrd.
The boys arrived Sunday after
noon and heard a lecture given by
Governor Sanford Sunday night.
They were divided into two politi
cal parties. Half of them were
Federalists and half were Nation
alists. Each party chose a candi
date for all of the city, county,
and state offices. They elected the
city officers Monday, and on
Thursday the county officers were
elected. Friday morning they had
a debate to introduce the candi
date for state offices.
Friday night the assembly elect
ed the state officers. Jim Byrd
was elected to the Supreme Court
and Penn Holsenbeck was elected
to the Secretary of State. Saturday
a meeting of the General Assembly
was held. All the boys who had
been elected to offices were in the
Senate and the others were in the
House of Representativs. They
voted on and passed a bill. Boys
State ended with a banquet held
Saturday night.
GIRLS STATE
Girls State was held at UNC-G
June 16-22. It is sponsored an
nually by the American Legion
Auxiliary. Girls State is designed
to teach the girls who attend more
about national, state, and local
government.
The delegates from Grimsley
this year were Ann Phillips, Ann
Lashley, and Linda Filipski. They
attended lectures given by promi
nent polititions and teachers. The
girls were divided into two politi
cal parties, the Nationalists and
the Federalists. They chose cand
idates and held elections for each
of the city, county, and state of
fices.
On the last day the girls visited
Raleigh, where the girl who had
been elected governor was inaugu
rated. From the Capitol they went
on to tour Duke University and
State College. Their tour ended at
the University of North Carolina
where they met with Boys State
VOLUME XL
GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH GREENSBORO, N.C., SEPT. 27, 1963
NUMBER 1
Nine new teachers arrived at
Grimsley High School this year to
replace the 15 lost to other high
.schools or places of business.
Assigned to the GHS faculty
are the following;
Mrs. Mary Tom C. Hoffler,
English; Miss Amy Moore. Asst.
Librarian; Mr. Roy Oxendine,
Driver Education; Mrs. Mary Pa
tricia Pardue. French; Mr. George
A. Passes, Guidance; Mr. Stephen
Yates, Driver Education; Mr. How
ard K. Hicks, Woodshop; Mr. Wil
liam Hardin Anderson, I.C.T; Mr.
Peter S. Greene, History.
Enrollment Figures
Grimsley High
1688
Senior Class
534
Junior Class
586
Sophomore Class
568
Page High
1500
Notre Dame High
160
Ben L. Smith
800
Teachers who were reassigned to
other schools or left to join the
business world are:
Mrs. Anne Astrella, Counselor
at Smith; Mrs. Mary Freeman, Bi
ology at Smith; Mrs. Eloise Keefer,
Bus. Education at Smith; Mrs.
Helen Kouba. Biology at Page;
Mr. David Lowe. Social Studies
Assembly Passes Act
North Carolina General Assembly passed many acts for the
improvement of the state’s public schools last spring. The acts
were designed to affect many people in the public school sys
tem.
Teachers’ salaries were increased, and funds were provided
to grant teachers a cumulative five-day sick leave. Salaries of
principals were better adjusted. Money was also appropriated
to lengthen the term of em-
Nine New Teachers
To Replace 15 Lost
400 Students Attend
Governor's School Held At Winston;
Four Students Represent Grimsley
First North Carolina Governor’s School was held at Salem College in Old Salem, Winston-
Salem, North Carolina, from June 1 to August 2.
Courses in the fields of the humanities, foreign languages, mathematics, natural sciences,
fine arts, music (vocal and instrumental), dance, and drama were offered to approximately
400 students. Each student concentrated in one field of study. He was selected on the basis of
his aptitude, ability, and interest.
Grimsley High School representatives were Betty Jo Pearce, English; Jane Godwin, history!
Fred McCaU, math; and Don-
aid Jones, science.
Five hours a day the stu
dents were in class. The re-
maining daylight hours were spent
studying, writing letters, playing
bridge, participating in athletics,
or anything else the student wish
ed to do.
Lectures and concerts were held
at night. Mrs. Enrico Fermi, wife
of one of the creators of the
atomic bomb; Mr. Arthur Larson,
Head of Duke’s School of Inter
national Law; and such prominent
North Carolinians as Dr. Lefler,
Paul Green, and Frank Porter
Graham were a few of the guest
speakers.
TWELFTH NIGHT was present
ed by the Governor’s School Play
ers and the band gave a concert.
The Governor’s School received
much publicity. The Huntley-
Brinkley news crew filmed class
room scenes and interviewed sev
eral students. The Today Show
also filmed scenes of the school.
An article on the Governor’s
School appeared in the June 28
issue of TIME. The SATURDAY
EVENING POST also reviewed the
school.
The Carnegie Foundation made
available to the North Carolina
State Board of Education $225,000
toward the cost of operating the
Governor’s School. This grant was
matched by contributions from in
dividuals, indus;tries, and founda
tions of Winston-Salem. A total
amount of $450,000 was used to
operate the school.
Tuition, board, room, books, and
instructional supplies were fur
nished without charge to the stu
dent. There was no charge for ac
tivities sponsored by the Gover
nor’s School. Free laundry service
was also available to the students.
The 1963 Governor’s School was
mostly an experiment. It served
as a model for schools wishing to
improve their own program for the
gifted student, and it helped to
train teachers and administrators
in providing experiences for gifted
students.
Continued
Page Eight
ployment of principals in the
larger schools.
Sixty-one guidance coun-
selors will be employed to
strengthen the state’s compulsory
education law. Funds were appro
priated to employ forty-nine ad
ditional assistant superintendents
in cities where there are large
school administrative units.
Legislation was enacted to re
duce high school book fees and
to provide a more adequate sup
ply of high school textbooks. An
average of twenty-five cents per
pupil will be aUocated to help
local school units purchase audio
visual aids.
Over a two year period, one
hundred teachers each year will
be provided to teach the mentally
retarded, the hard-of-hearing, the
visually handicapped, and the
physically handicapped. Funds
will also be provided for the em
ployment of one hundred and fifty
additional teachers to work with
gifted students. The Prospective
Teachers’ Scholarship Loan Pro
gram for worthy high school stu
dents desiring to become teachers
was expanded with more funds.
...One and a half million dollars
was allocated for experimental
programs in high school trade and
industrial education. Funds were
provided for additional equipment
in ..industrial education centers.
There will be necessary funds for
the increase in the number of vo
cational education teachers. In ad
dition, the General Assembly in
creased the bus drivers’ salaries,
and local boards of education were
given the authority to make school
cafeterias available for public use.
Sophomores make last minute applications for office.
Sophomore Final Election
To Be Held October 3
Ocf. 8 Dates Induction Of Soph. Class Officers
Sophomore prima^ elections will be held Monday with the
final elections occuring October 3.
The induction of the newly-elected Sophomore class officers
will be held October 8 in a general assembly attended by the
school body.
The application blanks for the various offices of the sopho-
more class were first available in the Guidance Center Sep-
temper 16, the deadline for
signing applications being Sep
tember 18. Places were indi
cated on the blanks for the
class, office he wishel to run for
and his signature.
On September 20. the first meet
ing of the candidates and their
campaign managers was held to
discuss poster and campaign fee
qualifications. The group also
practiced for the Presentation As
sembly which was held last Tues
day. During the assembly each
candidate was presented and the
office he was running for was an
nounced.
The candidates running tor flie
higher offices made speeches eoB-
ceming the type of officer be
would make and the tilings he
would do for the school while in
office. These candidates were in
troduced by their respective cam
paign managers.
After the Presentation Assem
bly, the campaign managers were
allowed to put up posters adver
tising their candidates. In the
past the students were allowed to
place their posters any where they
pleased. This year, however, the
posters were only allowed to be
tacked up outside rather than in
side the buildings.
As in the past, students com
peted for the offices of President,
Vice - President, Secretary aw^i
Treasurer of the Sophomore Class.
Also needed were Sophomore rep
resentatives to the Student Coun
cil and the Youth Council.
After the elections take place,
the Sophomore officers will begin
attending the various council
meetings and will take their places
as part of the governing body of
Grimsley High School.
GHS Students Attend
August JCL Convention
Six Greensboro students em
barked on a twelve day tour to
the National Junior Classical Lea
gue Convention in August. Thirty-
seven states, including Alaska,
sent representatives to the con
vention at the University of Kan
sas in Lawrence, Kansas.
Thirty-four North Carolina dele
gates visited seven states while
on route to and from the conven
tion. While touring at St. Louis the
students absorbed much Roman
culture and customs while observ
ing the movie “Cleopatra.” The
group took a three mile hike to
Mammoth Caves, also.
Other highlights of the trip
were: Stephen Foster Douglas’
“My Old Kentucky Home,” Boys’
Town, Mark Twain’s boyhood
home, and Lincoln’s birthplace.
The convention schedules were
packed with general assemblies,
interest groups, and several work
shops. The North Carolina dele
gation was responsible for the
state Presidents’ workshop. Cyn
thia Wharton, JCL secretary for
North Carolina, acted as recorder
for this meeting.
Other delegates from Grimsley
included; John Gaddy (who won
second place in the Roman history
and life contest), Louise Homey,
Henry Perry, and Candy Sauer.
Henry Perry “volunteered” to cre
ate the authentic twentieth cen
tury Roman chariot. Joe' Young,
a Senior from Page, won second
place in the derivitives contest.
Junior Civinettes present air conditioner to Mr. Glenn.
From left to right are Sara Ann Lyncr, Jane Godwin, Mr.
Glenn, Anne Phillips, and Mrs. Coltrane, advisor.