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“Hi! He’s Peter Yarrow.”
“She is Mary Travers.”
“He is Paul Stookey.”
This is the unusual way in which Paul introduced Peter,
Peter introduced Mary, and Mary introduced Paul during a
recent interview with the group.
Peter Yarrow was born and rai-ed in Xe« Ymk rit\. lie
attended the High School of
Duncan Accepts Carolina Scholarship;
Other Students Compete As Finalists
Lynn Duncan scored again for Grimsley High School when he received a four year football
scholarship, all expenses paid, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The athlete
selected Carolina’s offer over several others.
In other news of scholarships, Ann Tietz has been named an alternate for an Aubrey Lee
Brooks Scholarship, which is good for one of the branches of the University of North Carolina.
Two other G.H.S. students, Bill McCormick and Steve Hurst competed in the Guilford County
p.art of the contest. Three finalists and two alternates were selected from the applicants of
Music and Art where he be
came very interested in folk
music. After graduation he
entered Cornell University as a
prospective physics major. Peter’s
first job was at an Israeli coffee
house in New York City where he
received 15 dollars and all that he
could eat.
While Paul Stookey was a junior
in high school he formed a rock-
n-roll group called “The Birds of
Paradise.” Paul’s first indication
that he might be a performer was
while he was a freshman at Michi
gan State University. He was call
ed back to his high school in Bir
mingham, Mich, to do a concert.
After college he performed alone
and with Joan Baez.
Mary describes herself as com
ing from a long line of non-con
formists. Mary and her mother
lived in a broken down house in
Greenwich Village. Pete Seegar
used their basement for rehear
sals. Mary’s mother remarried a
French doctor who was head of
the World Health Organization,
and soon was learning folk songs
from many visiting diplomats.
The following are the questions
and answers to some of the ques
tions asked.
Question: When did you first
become interested in folk music
and when did you start perform
ing as a group?
Answer from Paul: “As far as
Continued on Page Three
Li/nn Duncan, a Senior at GHS, received a four year football scholarship at UNC.
eleven North Carolina coun
ties, following interviews.
After further interviews one
person will be selected as a
scholarship recipient for each of
the counties. The scholarship pays
about $600.
While most of the recipients of
scholarships will not be announced
until mid-April or early May, Bill
Mitchell is among the finalists for
the John Motley Morehead Schol
arships.
How To Apply
In general, in applying for a
scholarship, a student should ap
ply to the college itself to which
the scholarship is desired. The
board examining requests will look
into an applicant’s school record,
financial need, his potential for
success, and his purpose. More
and more emphasis is placed on
financial need; a student with ex
cellent grades may receive only a
token scholarship if the examining
board does not judge him as
needy.
VOLUME XL GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEB. 28, 1964
NUMBER 9
The College Entrance Examina
tion Board has a College Scholar
ship Service which acts as a “clear
ing house of information” for
about five hundred colleges on
scholarships and other forms of
student aid. This service furnishes
a form known as the Parents' Con-
fidential Statement, which asks for
such information as number of
dependents, annual income, and
the family’s financial assets. Copies
of a completed statement are
given only to those colleges which
Student Council Makes Spring Plans
Grimsley’s Student Council, the student government of the school has made tentative plans
for a spring project.
The group plans to sett plastic pens having the school colors and either the name of the
school or a school related motto to be determined when a definite brand of pen is selected.
Selling at least 1,000 pens is the goal that has been set. After sales are completed, the school
store wdl carry refills for the pens so that they will have continued use.
Also discussed was the possibility of a co-sponsored April dance in place of the free previ
ously sponsored by Coach Jam
ieson for the entire student
body. The Student Council
would co-sponsor the dance
along with the Monogram Club,
and tickets would be sold. It was
hoped that selling only a limited
number of tickets would create a
greater interest in the students to
attend the dance.
Complaints Against Squad
Complaints against the traffic
squad encouraged the Student
Council to investigate the situation
during the last meeting.
Along with problems of parking
and slow traffic between buildings
on rainy days, members of the
squad have been accused of gath
ering in the grove and smoking
when they should be directing
student traffic, Jerry Jernigan,
member of the squad, agreed that
there was a problem and steps
would be taken to eradicate it. A
meeting of the group to discuss
the problem should have been held
by the time this is in print.
As to the problem of congested
traffic on rainy days, Jernigan
had no ready answer. It was his
opinion that, because of the over
crowded conditions of the school,
there was really little that the
squad could do.
The squad is now employing a
“stop and go” system, but Jerni
gan indicated that the success of
such a principle depended mainly
upon the co-operation of the stu
dent body. According to Jernigan,
each student tries too hard to get
himself to class on time and has
little consideration for others,
thereby creating a mass standstill.
Library Problem Viewed
Problems of stolen books at the
school library have resulted in an
Investigating committee being sent
Conthmed on Page nree
Gvitans To Drain 'GVzz
And Construct Walks
Queen Announced
Ann Phillips has been named
May Queen for 1964. Sophomore
Maid of Honor is Mary Jo
Whiteside, Junior Maid of Hon
or is Bry Richardson; and Sen
ior Maid of Honor is Ann Brad
shaw.
See story on page 3, col. 3, for
further details.
the parents or student applying
for aid request in writing.
The various donors sponsor thou
sands of scholarships. Perhaps the
two biggest sponsors in the United
States are the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation and the
General Motors Corporation.
NMSC Provides Grants
In the spring the Grimsley Junior Civitan Club will drain
the “Okefenokee” swamp. Eddie Strange, Junior Civitan Presi
dent, announced last week in assembly the club’s plans for
renovating this area. With the exception of a bulldozer hired
to level the ground there, all the work will be done by mem
bership participation.
On various Saturdays and miscellaneous school afternoons,
the Jr. Civitans will dig holes
and possibly install a new
drain. The club adopted the
idea as their major service
project for this year. In addition
to the usual seeding, planting,
and landscaping, the project will
include the construction of three
walkways through this area.
school wide workdays. As Johnny
Redmond pointed out in last
week’s assembly, every student
should try to come on these sched
uled workdays so that GHS will
again win the silver trophy.
NOTICE
Due to the assembly held
third period last Friday, HIGH
LIFE was held to be distrib
uted today. Since the news items
had been written assuming the
paper was to come out Friday,
some of the dates in the articles
may be wrong. Please excuse
any inaccuracies due to changes
made between the time the copy
was set up at the printers and
the time it was distributed here
at school.
The Ford Foundation and vari
ous industries provide money for
the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation grants. Merit winners
may receive an honorary award of
$100, or some other amount, up
to $2,100 a year if there is a need.
NMSC has been in operation since
1956.
The General Motors Corporation
sponsors about four hundred four-
year scholarships. National awards
of the corporation range from $200
to $2000. High school seniors are
selected on the basis of College
Entrance Examination Board Scho
lastic Aptitude Tests (SAT), aca
demic records, extracurricular
achievements, leadership potential,
and recommendations.
Local scholarships are sponsored
by the Junior Jaycees, Sears and
Roebuck, and the National Honor
Soc’ety, as well as other groups.
Further information on scholar
ships is available in Grimsley’s
guidance office.
Walks To Be Constructed
Walks from the Home Economics
and Main buildings will meet an
other one from the covered walk
ways between these two buildings.
When this article was written, the
definite type of walks to be built
had not then been decided; how
ever, they will be constructed
probably of either gravel or con
crete. Since GHS students have
had to contend with wading
through this swamp for years, the
Junior Civitan Club felt that this
would be a most beneficial project.
Although the other service
clubs, like Junior Civitans, will
also aide in the “School Beauti
ful” campaign; there will still be
Members of the Civitan Club discuss plans to renovate the “Okeef’ area