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VOLUME XL GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH, GREENSBORO, N. C., MARCH 27, 1964
NUMBER 11
In Memory of *"Jabbo’"
Physics Student To Receive Cup
Before the 1963-1964 school term ends, the Grimsley High School faculty will present a
silver cup to the student who has been the most outstanding in the field of physics.
The cup, which is exactly Uke the School Beautiful cup in appearance, is being presented in
memory of the late J. Stanley Johnson, better known as “Jabbo” Johnson. The cup will be a
rotating award and will be presented annually to the most outstanding physics student. The
name of the recipient will be engraved annually, along with the inscription:
Mitchell Trio Running Slow
By Debbie Rubin
Following a Chad Mitchell Trio Concert Saturday night,
March 14, at Greensboro Auditorium, Chad Miftchell and Mike
Kobluk of the trio held an interview with radio disc jockeys
and high school newspaper representatives.
The tnjO is made up of Joe Frazier, Mr. Kobluk, and Mr.
Mitchell, who denies that he is their leader. At present, “home
base” for all three is Chicago, but Joe was born i4i Pennsyl
vania, Chad in Spokane, Wash
ington, and Mike in British
Columbia.
When Dan Harley said ques-
tioningly, “You’re folksingers?”
Chad Mitchell answered, “Some
times,” and Kobluk elaborated:
“When we sing songs of the so
ciety today, like, for instance,
“The John Birch Society,” of
“Billy Sol Estes,” or “The Twelve
Days of Christmas,” we feel that
we really are folksingers, follow
ing in the folk tradition express
ing songs of the times. However,
when we sing songs of the past or
songs of other worlds, then we’re
more minstrel, following in the
minstrel tradition.”
Mitchell added, “We’re not, as
one person described us in LOOK
magazine, as “button-down folk
singers you know, who just take
folk music and sing it, all kinds
of folk music, just to make mon
ey.”
Started at Gonzaga
The group got started at Gon-
zaga University in Spokane, Wash-
17 Mend Conference
On World Affairs
A group of students from
Greensboro schools, including sev
enteen Grimsley students recently
attended the Fourteenth Annual
Conference on World Affairs
which had the theme, “Progress
Toward a World of Law and Or
der.”
The conference was convened,
and the assembly, drawn from stu
dents, teachers, and other inter
ested parties, was welcomed by
Henry P. Brandis in the name of
the U.N.C. faculty.
The first speaker to address the
group was the Honorable Zenon
Rossides, Ambassador from Cy
prus to the U.N. and to the U.S.
Ambassador Rossides spoke of the
need of law and order as estab
lished by the U.N. to initiate and
preserve world peace. The Ambass
ador also made some comments
on the Cyprus situation that were
a bit slanted in favor of the Greek
side. The Ambassador is the Greek
Cypriot.
The second speaker was Katie
S. Louchheim, the Deputy Assist
ant Secretary of State for Public
Affairs. Mrs. Louchheim spoke, at
length, on the progress toward
world law and order as seen from
her post and experience.
The afternoon session consisted
0 fseven discussion groups with
such appropriate subjects as Eco
nomic Equilibrium, General and
Complete Disarmament, Racial
Justice, and the East-West Dia
logue. Each group was headed by
a colleg instructor noted in the
field of his topic.
ington, and went East for a pro-
fesional start. Joe is the only one
who has had any vocal training.
Paul Prestoplna and Jacob An-
der accompany the trio with gui
tars, a banjo, and other instru
ments. During the March 14th
concert they got to prove their
ability with two numbers in which
the Chad Mitchell Trio did not
accompany them.
Mike Kobluk was asked if any of
the trio itself played musical in
struments. He replied. “No. we
don’t; we don’t include these in
the show for two reasons. Number
one being that we can’t play musi
cal instruments. Number two be
ing that we find that we have a
freedom movement on the stage
that we probably would not have
if we were holding instruments in
our hands.”
Dan Harley, disc jockey on a
local radio station, said, “Let me
tell you right now that recently
your ‘Tell Old Bill’ has been Num
ber three on our charts around
here . • Why didn’t you perform it
tonight for the fans in Greens
boro?”
Chad Mitchell replied, “Because
we didn’t know it was Number 3.”
Although the group sings sev
eral songs in Russian, none of
Continued on Page Three
“Jabbo”
Physics Award
Jabo was a well-known and well
loved figure at Grimsley during
the more than thirty years he
spent teaching here. During this
time he left only once, fo-r a pe
riod of five years during World
War II, which he spent teaching
in the Science department at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
’ Physics Was Love
While here at Grimsley, Jabbo
taught in both the Science and
math departments, but physics was
his real love. He also coached foot
ball and taught a class in radio.
He was very much interested in
radio, and was an expert ham ra
dio operator.
Jabbo graduated from Wake
Forest College. He was a profes
sional football player for a while
before coming to Senior to teach.
He operated the school store for
about fifteen years. He became
an integral part of life at Greens
boro Senior High School. He loved
teaching and was himself interest
ed in all his students.
Having a heart attack about ten
years ago forced Jabbo to slow
down somewhat. During his last
few years here he was in poor
health. He retired after the 1961-
1962 school term. His death, which
occurred late in the winter of
1963, was a source of sorrow ti
the Grimsley faculty and to all
the students who knew him. It
was decided then by the faculty
that this physics award would be
the best way to preserve Jabbo’s
memory.
Replica of silver cup td he presented to outstanding pkys^
ics students,
^High Life* Staff Chosen
Jane Turpin was chosen as Editor-in-Chief of the 1964-1965
High Life staff.
Other top positions went to: Managing Editor, John Giles;
News Editor, Fran Upchurch; Feature Editor, John Tay
lor; Sports Editor, Paula Main; Assistant Sports Editor, John
Giles; Advertising Editor, David Shallant; Business Manager,
Ann MtcSwain, Circulation Manager, Diana Robertson; Photog
rapher, Ralph Beaver; and Ad-
Breed Wins Third Place
A J. P. Stevens factory worker inspects finished fabric
for defects and soiled spots.
Marsha Breed, a senior, recently
placed third in the National Voice
of Democracy Speech contest. On
March, 10 in Washington, D.C.
she received a $2,500 scholarship
from the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Organization. As a winner in this
year’s contest, Miss Breed deliv
ered her speech, “The Challenge
of Citizenship,” before the con
gressional banquet. In her address
she declared that, “Our present
citizenship is a result of the basic
rights and freedoms of our heri
tage. As citizens of this country
we need to become more fully
aware of the opportunities offered
by our government. Our thoughts
and our resulting actions need to
be relevant to the principles of
our democracy, and at the same
time meaningful to our present
society.
“It is a individual responsibility
to find how each of us is best
suited for service. We can, and
must be a thinking nation, alert
and responsive to our country’s
needs. .eW are essentially a self-
governing nation. We should keep
it that way by exercising our
greatest freedom—thought.
“Our era seems to have turned
from the self-reliant attitude to
the ‘group adjustment’ plan. The
‘group’ molds our way of life. Our
minds are saturated with adver
tisement and shrunken from dis
use. We seek security, not self-
mastery, or even self-realization.
Do we not have a great challenge
before us? Can we afford to sit
back and accept the prefabricated
opinions of others? It is not hard
to let the leaders of our country
form our opinions and do our
thinking for us. But that is not the
principle upon which America was
founded.
“Philip Wylie states it in this
way:
‘If we Americans do not start
to think We shall presently become
a nation of superficial men and
women, identical, interchangeable.
Our elected leaders will become
exaggerated examples of the medi
ocrity of our masses. And then we
Continued on Page Eight
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The new staff will get a chance
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complete charge. This method was
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As job of Editor-in-Chief, its
main purpose is to work as an in
strument for the whole staff.
Jane’s job will be to help when
ever needed and to aid the Man
aging Editor with the Editorial
Page.
The Managing Editor is the head
of the writing staff and answers
only to the Editor-in-Chief. He
sets up the Editorial Page, which
is the principle page of the paper.
News
Fran Upchurch, as News Editor,
will be in charge of reporting all
the main news that takes place on
the GHS campus. She will have a
staff under her and will be in
charge of the makeup for the front
page. This page is consequently
the most impOirtant page in the
newspaper.
The Feature Editor heads the
feature staff. He works with the
news editor and also plans page
three — commonly known as the
Culture Page. Along with page
three, he plans the Feature Page
itself.
The Sports Editor, along with
the Associate Sports Editor, has
the job of giving complete cover
age of all major happenings in the
sports world of GHS.
As an Advertising Manager, one
keeps an accurate record of every
contract given to his particular
staff by the advertiser. He also
joins the staff in selling ads.
The Business Manager’s job is
closely knit with that of the Ad
vertisers. He is in charge of the
business end of the paper, for he
sends out the bills to the adver
tisers.
Circulation
Diane Robertson’s job as Circu
lation Manager is chiefly to keep
an accurate record of those who
subscribe to HIGH LIFE. She also
will see to it that HIGH LIFE’S
are distributed efficiently on the
days that the paper is given ads.