Floats, Dance, Court
Mark GHS Homecoming
Homecoming, one of the most
snjoyable and exciting events
jnjoyable and exciting events on
svery Whirlies’ Fall calendar, will
campus on Friday November 5.
Celebration of the event will
begin earlier for the football
team, coaches, and coaches’ wives
as the cheerleaders honor them
with a banquet on Tuesday, No
vember 2.
Festivities for the rest of the
student body begin early Friday
morning, as school spirit displays
are delivered to the front lawn, i
This project, organized last
year by the Youth Council, has
even brighter prospects for its
second year. There is a total of
ten entries, all constructed by
members of nine service clubs
and pep board.
Subjects of display are original
and deverse. The ideas range
from Whirlie ghost (pep board)
to Whirlie Storks (Jaycettes),
from Chinese Whirlies (Civi-
nettes) to Whirlie Chiefs (Chari
oteers) .
Judging of the displays, con
ducted by an unbiased group not
connected with the school, will
start at 9:30 that morning.
During half-time ceremonies at
the Grimsley-Smith game Friday
night the displays will circle the
stadium as floats. A trophy will
be presented to the winning club.
After the game, the annual
Homecoming Dance will be held
until 11:00. This dance is con
sidered special because the PTSA
serves the refreshments.
Because only present GHS stu
dents can attend any Open House,
special invitations will be sent to
some of the past school leaders.
The usual guest list will be avail
able from 3:30-4:00 on November
4 and 5 for out-of-school guests.
Tickets for the dance will be
$.75 and can be purchased from
any Youth Council member after
November 1. The number of avail
able tickets will be limited.
“Hmm ... I believe that nose
senior, surveys her work as she
child.
needs to be a little bigger!” Gretchen Schubert, Grimsley
puts the finishing touches on an oil portrait of a small
VOLUME XLH GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N, C., OCT. 25, 1965 NUMBER 6
Greensboro Reminds Toshi Okada
Of Japanese Vacation Place
BY JAN PETREHN
“After graduating from high
school in Tokyo last year I de
cided I wanted to master the
English language. The best way
to do this is to study in the
United States,” explained Toshi
Okada who left Japan September
3, 1965 to come to America.
Toshi, who is staying with Ka
thy Howe, a senior at GHS, re
called her first impressions of
Greensboro. “It reminded me of
a vacation place in Japan called
Karuisawa which is the best va
cation place in Japan.”
Toshi, who is 19 years old, com
pares her home city of Tokyo to
New York. “But the food is very
different. In Japan we eat for
breakfast, rice, Japanese soup,
egg, sometimes toast, and cereal.
For lunch we have bread and
milk or coke. At dinner we eat
sukiyaki, tenpula, boiled fish or
baked fish, and we consume green
tea.”
Her favorite American foods
are creamed chicken, french fries,
and jello.
For her picture to be taken for
the TEEN-AGE RECORD Toshi
apeared in one of two kimonos
she brought to America. She ex
plained that today in Japan the
older women often wear kimonos,
whereas the younger women and
teen-agers no longer wear that
traditional dress. “It is not too
sportive for school,” she added.
“Yoimg girls only wear their ki
monos on special occasion or New
Year’s Day.”
The white kimono she wore,
made of a heavy cloth called
linzu, was decorated with spar
kling swirls of orange and gold.
Underneath the kimono, she wore
a negajiban, which looked like a
dress, but as Toshi explained, “is
the underwear of the costume.”
A wide “belt” is made of various
bands of colored material and is ,
known as an obiita.
Her socks are called tabis and
the silver sandles are called zoris.
To the costume she finally added
her sensu (fan). “When I do my
ceremonial dance on very special
occasions I use fan of feathers.”
She then left to change back into
her American clothes which she
“likes very much for their cool
ness.”
Toshi was able to come to
America with the help of a Japa
nese friend, Miss Toshi, and an
American friend, Mrs. Ruth Tooze.
She plans to stay one year and
siys of her new surroundings,
“I like the United States very
much. The boys and girls are very
friendly.”
Junior Grey Ladies’ Day
Humorous and Exciting
For the last several years, Wes
ley Long Community Hospital has
been enjoying the services of the
Junior Grey Ladies. Many of
whom are GHS students. This
organization, sponsored by the
Red Cross, is open to girls from
16 to 19 years of age.
Junior Grey Ladies work after
school and on Saturday in two to
four hour shifts. During these
Spirits Of Ciassics
Visit J(L Inductions
With five glowing candles and
six toga-clad J.C.L. officers, the
Junior Classical League held its
annual induction services recently
for sixty-three new members.
President Barbara Hornes as High
Priest, pontifex maximum, wel
comed the group.
Initiation rituals began with a
solemn introduction to the spirit
of the Classics and the kindling
of a gold candle, symbolic of the
fire of interest in the Latin lan
guage. Following this. The Lord’s
Prayer was read in Latin by
Mitchell Cohen.
Anne Rubin, Spirit of First
Year Latin, Sally Fulkerson, Spirit
of Second Year Latin, Jim Alex-
ious. Spirit of Third Year Latin,
and Linda McCall, Spirit of
Fourth Year Latin, lit candles
representing a phase of Latin
culture and history. The flame
symbolizing spirit of achievement
for Latin High School scholars
was kindled last.
Induction ceremonies closed
with the Creed of the Junior
Classical League, pledging each
member to acquaint himself with
the ancient civilization of Greece
and Rome so that he can better
understand the world of today.
Whitlie Artist Creates
Oil Portrait Business
shifts the volunteers distribute
water, juice, ice, flowers, mail,
and try to cheer the patients in
any way possible.
There are more than 40 girls
working as Junior Grey Ladies at
Wesley Long Hospital and over
half of them are from Grimsley.
The work that they do is en
tirely voluntary. Their only re
ward is the satisfaction that they
are really offering a needed serv
ice to the hospital.
Mbst of those who participate
in the program are planning to
make nursing a career. This job
really gives the girls a behind
the scenes view of hospital work
so that they can make a better
decision in choosing nursing as a
career.
Working at the hospital never
has dull moments. For instance,
what would you do if a patient
asjced you to do him a favor?
Lynn Middleton, a Junio.r Grey
Lady, dutifully replied “Yes.”
With that, a pair of false teeth
were promptly dropped into her
hand. What did she do?—washed
them of course!
Hospital work also has its
frightening moments. One Junior
Grey Lady was going about the
duty of giving out morning juice
when she dropped a bottle of the
juice. While she was gone to get
a mop, a visitor slipped on the
wet spot. Fortimately the person
was not hurt, but the poor Junior
Grey Lady almost became a pa
tient.
The experiences go on and on,
some funny, some sad, and some
embarrassing, but all worthwhile.
Even if a girl is not going into
nursing the training and actual
good feeling of doing something
worthwhile are benefits in them
selves.
BY HALLIE AUSTIN
GHS has always been outstand
ingly represented in winning
Scholastic Art Awards, but right
now its art department boosts
even another honor: Gretchen
Schubert, Grimsley senior, has set
up a small business for herself by
painting oil portraits of friends
and others who request her serv
ices.
Gretchen conducts her portrait
painting on her own time at home.
While many of her friends have
posed for her, she hag also been
approached with requests from
total strangers.
“I have my work scattered all
over the dining room, much to
my mother’s dismay,” laughs
Gretchen. “Friends of my parents
often come in, see the mess, and
then ask me to make an oil por
trait of them.”
Gretchen’s mother teaches pia
no, and so Gretchen’s subjects
are often small children who are
Mrs. Schubert’s pupils.
“If I work hard to finish a pic
ture, it takes me about two
nights,” explains Gretchen. “Some
times, if I’m in the mood. I’ll
stay up to 2:00 in the mo.rning.”
Gretchen generally sells the por
traits for $10. Oil portrait prices
usually begin at $30. She also
makes the frames for her works.
“My stuff is also lying all over
my room, and so my parents
sometimes find some things they
want, frame them, and hang them
up.”
Among the Whirlies whom
Gretchen hag painted are Frances
Austin, and Marsha Simmons, sen
iors, and Tanya Ward, junior.
When Gretchen graduates she
will enroll at N.C. State for an
art course. She has studied ait
for six years.
A joh at a local studio will also
keep Gretchen busy beginning in
the fall of 1966. There she will
work with the tinting of photo
graphs. Gretchen has known since
the fourth grade that she wanted
to choose art as a career.
Honorable Mention in the Scho
lastic Art Awards, and several
blue and red ribbons from the
art-sponsoring Greensboro Jimior
Woman’s Club rank among Gret
chen’s achievements. WFMY-TV
has purchased some of her work.
Besides portraits, Gretchen also
does still-life.
“I don’t appreciate abstract art,”
states Gretchen. “Even though
I’m an art student, I’m not
ashamed to admit that I just
can’t understand it.”
“I believe the abstract artist
thinks more of how much money
he can make with his gimmick.
He omits the advantage that all
artists have: the ability to express
themselves!”
Student Work Featured
Paper Adds Attraction
Beginning November 1, HIGH LIFE will feature two new
sections that will add greater coverage of student work and
opinion to the paper
The first of these sections will provide an outlet for student
work while the second section will refect the thoughts of other
people as expressed through music, art, and drama.
The sections will be run on an
experimental basis at frequent in
tervals throughout this semester,
but their success will depend upon
the participation of the students.
This addition will expand the
paper to six pages.
Reviews of books, movies, and
television programs will be dis
cussed on the review page. Inter
views with popular entertainment
groups such as Peter, Paul, and
Mary will be among the featured
stories as well as comments on
restaurant openings, that may ef
fect high school students.
Student writing, demonstrating
their creativity and research, will
be displayed on the student writ
ing page. Teachers and students
who feel that papers are out
standing may send them to the
HIGH LIFE room.
Participation of the students
will determine the success and in
terest of the page. Poems, essays,
songs, one-act plays, short stories
and well answered test questions
may be printed. Pictures of art:
work, science and history papers
may also appear.
Patty Lauten, assisted by Red
Ward, will edit the review page
while Marilyle Upchurch, editor
of the student writing page will
be assisted by Janice Kirby and
Marty Palmer.