VOLUME XLI GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOV. 9. 1964
NUMBER 3
Torchlight, Student Council
Unite On Tutoring Program
Through the combined efforts of the Torchlight Honor Society and the Student Council,
a tutoring program is now available to all GHS students. This program is designed to give
help to any student wishing to improve his or her grades.
No fee will be charged for tutoring since the members of both organizations have volun
teered to be student tutors. These students have agreed to tutor any student desiring help
during his or study hall or after school. Students seeking help are asked to donate nothing
except their time and effort towards improvement.
All students who want to take advantage of the tutoring program should costact Mrs.
Moody in the Guidance Office. She will arrange for a suitable time and tutor.
Carol Bowen, president of
Torchlight Honor Society, and
Dave Grimes, president of the
student body, planned the tutoring
project with the advice of Mrs.
Moody. The student tutoring pro
gram is a Torchlight service proj
ect sponsored by the Student
Council.
Because of the small number
of members in both organizations,
the number of students available
as tutors is relatively small com
pared to the numbers of students
needing to be tutored.
Last Thursday and Friday morn
ing, the student council repre
sentatives went into the various
sophomore, junior, and senior
homerooms. The purpose of the
tutoring program was explained
and submitted to the students for
approval. A list of those students
desiring help and those who wish
ed to volunteer as student tutors
was turned in to Carol Bowen
last Tuesday, October 26.
Those students who still wish
to apply may do so. Mrs. Moody,
in reference to the student tu
toring project said any student
with borderline grades should def
initely take advantage of this
program.
Honor Roll Pins
Mark Scholastic
Achievements
Scholastic excellence is recog
nized at GHS by the distribution
of honor roll pins to all who
meet the requirements of honor
roll.
For those who have made honor
roll less than six times, a copper
star is awarded. After making
honor roll for the seventh time
in a row, a student is entitled to
a silver star and one exam exemp
tion, provided that he is taking at
least — major subjects.
After the completion of thirteen
successful' honor roll qualifica
tions a senior is awarded a gold
star. The possession of this star
allows him to exempt two exams
if he is taking — majors.
If, however, a student fails to
maintain honor roll status and he
misses a marking period he must
begin again with a copper star.
Along with these awards are
those that are given to two mem
bers of each class who have first
been recognized by their home
rooms as outstanding citizens and
then by the facutly.
Recipients of the citizens honor
roll pins for this marking period
are Carol Bowen and Tim Frye,
seniors: Barbara Henderson and
Tim Weikel, juniors; and Nancy
Richbourg and Austin Lybrand,
sophomores.
PLAQUE AVERAGES
SENIOR
PP
Wilder
. . . 88.64
Roe
. . . 88.09
JUNIOR
Massey
. . . 86.09
Mon sue
. . . 85.97
SOPHOMORE
Phillips
. .. 86.00
Lauten
... 85.83
Bry Richardson, head cheerleader at GHS, was recently crowned
homecoming queen at our last home football game with Salisbury.
She is standing by her club project known by many as the “Whirli-
bird.”
Richardson Crowned In
Sixteenth Homecoming
From the twenty-sir girls nominated for Homecoming
Queen, Bry Richardson received the top honors with Sarah
Pearce taking the spot of first runner-up.
Returning from last year’s graduating class to help crown
the new queen were Jim Byrd, student body president, and
Ellen Barrier, 1963-64 homecoming queen.
Sarah Pearce, chairman of the
JUNIOR MARSHALS
As their first public function,
the Junior Marshals ushered at
the PTSA meeting held October
26.
The thirsty marshals, two elect
ed from each junior homeroom,
will be available for any school
program, provided that the chief
Marshal, Steve Adair, and the ad
visors, Miss Mozelle Causey and
Mrs. Jenie Gorrell are notified of
the number needed at least three
days prior to the date of the pro
gram.
Serving with Steve Adair as as
sistants are Tom Roos and Mary
Nelle Smith. Other Marshals in
clude Becky Ball, Jeff Bray,
Elaine Bradshaw, Neil Clegg,
Shay Carroll, Riley Elliott, Chris
Efland, Will Garvin, Adrienne
Hart, Steve Hazle, and Barbara
Henderson.
Also included are Rick Joslin,
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Youth Recreation Council, and Jo
anne Taylor, outh Coordinator for
the Greensboro Parks and Recre
ation Department were the origi
nators of this idea. After receiv
ing permission from the Grimsley
administrative officials each club
was approached to enter the com
petition.
A panel of judges from the
Parks and Recreation Department
considered each entry and chose
the winner on the basis of time
spent on the display and original
ity of the idea upon which it was
based.
The Charioteers received the
prize for their display which fea
tured a Whirlibird sitting on an
enlarged football with a cut away
side that showed the mascots of
all of the central four A confer
ence within a cage bearing the
sign “Whirlie Captives.” Cindy
Lebrun, president of the ChariO’
teers stated that the club mem-
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UN Problems Discussed
By Renowned Authority
We were privileged to have on our campus Saturday, October 24,
Dr. Arthur Larson, Director of the World Rule of Law Center of Duke
University Law School, speaking in commemoration of United Nations
Day.
He introduced his subject by observing that there are numerous
angles from which to appraise the U.N., but that he chose at the mo
ment to consider it purely from a “self interest” point of view in so
far as the United States was concerned.
Some points he made were:
1. It has helped avoid war in
the past and will continue to
do so.
2. In this effort at world peace—
keeping the U. N. produces
much help from many nations
in a heave of burden that we
might have been bearing alone.
3. The U.S. has never lost a
vote and the U.S.S.R. has
never won a vote on any im
portant subject where they
have been on opposite sides.
4. In answer to an often express
ed complaint there has never
been a Russian in a command
position of the U.N. forces.
Over the nineteen years of its
experience the United Nations has
developed the very techniques and
perogatives to deal with just this
kind of problem by virtue of hav
ing used the following kinds of
devices:
1. A fighting force (example,
Korea and the Congo)
2. A patrol force (the Gaza
Strip)
3. A subversive border crossing
patrol (Lebanon)
4. A truce supervision (Kash-
fir)
5. U.N. territorial supervision
(New Guilea-Indonesia)
During a question and answer
period Dr. Larson answered the
following:
1. Should the U.N. recognize
China? In reply he stressed that
the U.N. does recognize China—
the question is which China. He
reminded the group that the
United States had resisted even
the discussions of the question
for many years but that we have
come to realize that discussion of
the question is desirable in that
it will reveal the many obstacles
to an easy solution.
2. How could the U.N. Charter
be amended so as to strengthen
the organization? His reply to this
was that amending the Charter
has been made so difficult that li0^
knew of only two small possibili
ties—one was to enlarge the Se
curity Council. This might have
some chance of passage and would
appear reasonable in view of the
fact that U.N. membership has
more than doubled since its cre
ation. The other was to enlarge
the activities of the Social and
Economic Council.
He reminded the group that
the difficulty of Amendment comes
about because of the requirement
of acceptance by the permanent
members of the Security Council,
then these members must be
backed by their ratifying bodies
at home.
Dr. Larson drew laughter from
the audience by pointing out that
Adlai Stevenson and the Russian
representative would have to
agree, then they could get the
agreement of the Kremlin and our
Senate. Then they must convince
Harold Wilson and the English
Parliament. When they had all
this squared away, they could
then take on Charles DeGaulle
of France and secure his o.k.
For friends of the United Na
tions, however, he reassured them
that at present there was no ur
gent need to dwell on the amend
ing process. There is a variety of
abilities and devices (above men
tioned) that can be used to help
the U.N. to evolve into a stronger
organization.
For example he would favor
submission of the problem of
South Viet Nam to the U.N. They
could use the device of a sub
versive border crossing patrol and
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^Whirligig^ Sets New Goal
For the sixteenth consecutive year, the WHIRLIGIG staff
is trying to produce a yearbook that can join the others that
have received the All American rating from the National
Scholastic Press Association.
Part of the endeavor to create this prize winning annual
is the bi-yearly sale. During the fall sale that was held from
Novefber 2-November 5, the price was $$5.15, but the Janu
ary sale will find the price increased to $5.70.
Only those who have placed
their orders by January will re
ceive WHIRLIGIG this spring, be
cause the number of books re
quested is determined by the
number sold.
The staff began their sales cam
paign on October 26 with posters
advertising the order taking. Mar
ianne Buie and Susan Stansbury,
co-editors, announced that a goal
of 1,600 sales has been set to
top the 1,500 sold under the lead
ership of Joyce Green, the 1964
editor-in-chief.
Picture taking under the direc
tion of Kathy Zimmerman, is an
other means of stimulating inter
est in WHIRLIGIG. Candid shots
of campus life and activity plus
the posed group pictures and in
dividual portraits provide the ma
jority of the information in the
book. Supplemented by written
accounts of school functions.
WHIRLIGIG serves as a record of
an entire school year.
Other members of the staff in
clude: Engraving Editors, Tommv
Cannon, Jerry Chostner; Sports
Editor, John Giles; Faculty Edi
tor, Billie Chambers; Index Edi
tor, Janine Webster; Printing
Editor, Kathy Hutton; Senior Edi
tors, Louise Homey and Linda
Harville; Junior Editors, Pat Mar
tin and Barbara Henderson;
Sophomore Editors, Susan Breger
and Linda Sharon; and Business
Manager Tim Weikel, assisted by
Joyce Robinson.
Exchange Visits
With Page Top
Council Activities
Bob Albright, Judy Ellstrom,
and Bret English, were the three
Grimsley delegates to the North
Carolina Student Council Con
gress. Per Arne Skjaeveland, Nor
wegian exchange student will also
attend.
Other activities of the council
during the past two weeks includ
ed a banquet given for members
of the football team, the cheer
leaders, the coaching staff, and
the coaches’ wives, plus the vot
ing on an amendment to the
school constitution that concerned
the time of sophomore class elec
tions.
Another of the Student Coun
cil projects is the meetings that
it will exchange with the Page
High School Student Council.
Members of the two councils will
attend the other’s meeting to^
learn of and discuss mutual prob
lems.
A conference on differences
and . problems arising between
these rival institutions will ac
company the discussion of exist
ing mutual questions.