Grimsiey Gets Set To Be
School Beautiful Champs
VOLUME XLH GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOV. 22, 1965
NUMBER 10
GHS Symphony Orchestra Invited To
Perform At Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
Grimsley’s “ . . . outstanding Symphony Orchestra ...” recently received the highest hon
ors by being invited to perform in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cincinnati, Ohio.
GHS musicians in the Symphony Orchestra were invited to play on April 5, 1966 at the on-
nual Mid-East Instrumental Music Conference. This conference is held at the Duquesne Uni
versity School of Music in Pittsburgh.
This is indeed a great honor because only one high school orchestra is chosen after con
sidering all the ones across the United States. Selection in such great competition is something
for the Symphony to remember.
Grimsiey, School Beautiful
champ for three consecutive years
and thus, possessor of the silver
bowl, is now in gear and all set
to go for a winning fourth year.
School Beautiful Committee
Co-Chairmen Mary Robertson A-
mend and Craig Souza have sur
veyed the campus and accepted
suggestions from students and
teachers for areas needing im
provement.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE
COMING YEAR
Various sections of the campus
to be improved are as follows:
the entrance at the corner of
Benjamin Parkway and Campus
Drive, and the front campus, es
pecially in front of the Vocation
al Building.
Major projects are beautifica-
However, “. . . because of diffi
culties in arranging time out of
school and the financial burden
this would create . . .,” the GHS
Orchestra had to refuse the in
vitation.
Back came another letter from
Pittsburgh to GHS. “We are in
deed sorry to hear that you
(Miss Martha Leonard, director)
will not be able to make the
trip this year. We would like to
extend an invitation at this time
for an appearance the following
year.”
This second invitation to Pitts
burgh is to be on a weekend,
either March 18 or 19, 1967 at
the Peen-Sheraton Hotel.
Duguesne also hoped that some
of Grimsley’s students could par
ticipate in the Mid-East All-Star
Orchestra. Last year, GHS sent
G. H. Sharp, Lyn Labell, and
Kathy Lilburn to this orchestra
for the country’s outstanding
young string players.
Yet, the Grimsiey Orchestra
was not through receiving hon
ors. In mid-October came a let
ter from the University of' Cin
cinnati C o 11 e g e-Conservatory of
Music.
“Through various associations
and alumni of this school we
know of your fine orchestral pro
gram. We would like to take this
opportunity to invite your or
chestra to present a concert at
the College -Conservatory of
Music at the University of Cin-
cinnati on Friday night, April
29.
Because of the policy of the
Greensboro City School Board to
discourage activities which would
take extended time out of class,
the orchestra ideclined the invi
tation.
By receiving these coveted hon
ors, the Symphony Orchestra has
again proved that GHS is number
one!
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JCL Special Program
Features Guest Speakers
Grimsley’s Junior Classical
League recently experienced one
of their finest programs of the
year when Mrs. Mary Frances
Hazelman, a member of the Kiser
I Junior High School faculty, pre
sented an illustrated lecture on
Greece and Rome.
Last summer Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Hazelman and their son,
Casey, toured various areas of the
world, taking many slides every
where they went.
Thus, Mrs. Hazelman was able
to give a first-hand account of
the lands, peoples, customs, and
conditions of the ancient country
of Greece and the city of Rome.
Her lecture helped to enrich the
background which Latin students
and all who appreciate classics
must possess.
Grimsiey Junior Classical Lea
gue President Barbara Homey
says that the League hopes to
have Mr. Hazelman, GHS Sym
phony Band director, come some
time second semester to show
slides of the other places his
family visited in the summer
months.
Torchlight’s new members quiet down for t his picture after all the excited confusion
backstage at the end of the impressive induction ceremony. Left to right, first row: Kay,
Frierson, Fulkerson, McCall, D. Fouse, Sprinkle; Second row: Upchurch, Homey, S.
Smith, Morrow, Scott, C. Hutton, Zane, Shew. Third row: Henderson, Fjeld, J. Sewell,
Maddrey, Chesire, Matthews, and Israel.
GHS Merit Semi-Finalists Explore
Student Life and Classes At UNC-CH
By Liz Morrah
Grimsley’s National Merit Semi
finalists, and all others from all
over the state, were invited to
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, known to its
friends as Carolina, for the week
end of November 6-8.
Of course the purpose of this
program was to interest us in
attending the University. For this
reason, we were treated as stu
dents, with the same rules and
privileges.
Saturday, the first day, con
sisted of several meetings with
school leaders and the Carolina-
Clemson Football game. After
supper we were able to attend
the Nancy Wilson Show and after
that, a combo party. None of the
events provided were required,
but mi)st were enjoyable and
were attended by a large per
centage of the students present.
Of course, there are always a
few who have to be difficult,
like the three girls who spent
Sunday afternoon touring the
campus of a neighboring univers
ity which will remain anony
mous at this time.
GHS Groups Sharing
For Thanksgiving ’65
Thanksgiving 1965 dawns upon
a world pricked by military con
flicts and cold wars ... a world
bathed in progress as well as
poverty . . . yet, a world still
governed by common brotherhood.
With the approach of the
Thanksgiving and Christmas hol
idays, everyone everywhere can
find a way to spread good will,
to help others. Here at GHS, stu
dents are doing just that.
DONATIONS WILL BUY FOOD
The Thanksgiving Offering has
been a tradition in the halls of
Grimsiey for many years. Home
room donations for the 1965
Thanksgiving Offering will be col
lected today, Tuesday, and Wed
nesday. According to student body
President Steve Cumbie, Mr. A.
P. Routh, Principal, and several
Council members will then pur
chase food stuffs and the makings
for a Thanksgiving dinner for
each of the members on Grims
ley’s staff of custodians.
“This is a gesture of the real
appreciation we all have for the
fine work done by our maids
and custodians,” states Steve.
(Tomorrow afternoon’s Teen-age
Record will report on the Student
Council drives being staged in
other Greensboro high schools, as
well as Grimsiey.)
RED CROSS BOXES TO
VIET NAM
Ramona Curtis, president of
this city’s High School Red Cross
Council, reports that the GHS
Student Body contributed a total
of $149.12 to the city-wide col-
lecion for Friendship Boxes.
These Friendship Boxes, con
taining everything from books and
colors to small dolls, are now be
ing packed by the Red Cross
Council and shall immediately be
shipped to children in South
Viet Nam, South Africa, and other
“needy areas,” both here and
across the sea.
SERVICE CLUB TO DELIVER
FOOD
Hi-Y, a GHS service club, an
nounces plans to help a local
Family Service Bureau deliver
food to needy families for Thanks
giving. According to Charlie Ap
ple, president, about 20 boys will
take part in the service.
We had a lot of free time Sun
day and were offered a tour of
the campus Sunday afternoon.
Sunday night, we were given a
banquet at the new Chase Cafe
teria where our speaker was
former chancellor House. Then
we had a discussion of the Hon
ors Program at the Institute of
Government where the girls
stayed.
To speak briefly of a slight
mishap Sunday night: one sup
posedly intelligent Grimsiey stu
dent threw the key to our Pep
Board Chairman’s room down an
elevator shaft.
Research produces marvelous
new scientific discovery—^vending
machine in basement will give
extra cream and sugar for hot
chocolate as well as for coffee if
correct buttons are pushed.
Monday morning saw us get
up early just like real live stu
dents and attend classes for two
hours. In the first class I at
tended, which was Political Sci
ence, there were more of us than
there were University students or
seats. Therefore, some of the
University students were forced
to stand up.
We left after lunch Monday,
and I think we all wanted to stay.
We had a really wonderful time,
and I know we all appreciated
being invited.
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MEMO
Wednesday, November 24—
Assembly: 3rd period
Thanksgiving: Junior
Class
Holidays begin: 3:30
Thursday, November 25—
Thanksgiving
Friday, November 26—
Christmas Parade:
GHS Band
GHS Cheerleaders
GHS YCA Float
Monday, November 29—
Superlatives announced in
HIGH LIFE
tion of the area surrounding the
tennis courts, including the addi
tion of steps leading down to the
courts, cleaning out and making
a “park” out of the land behind
the girls’ gym, and the planting
of trees around the parking lot.
These projects will be worked
on and accomplished by the mem
bers of the student body who
come to workdays on Saturdays.
PROJECTS GIVEN TO CLUBS
After compiling a list of pro
jects needed for school beautifi
cation, the co-chairmen went to
service club presidents and asked
their clubs to assume these as
their responsibility for the com
ing year.
These projects are minor, com
pared to those to be worked upon
by the whole student body, be
cause many of the clubs have
gardens on which they work.
Some of these projects are as
follows: light fixtures for the
front porch of the girls’ gym,
painting of outside lamp fixtures
for various buildings, and replace
ment of broken chains and posts
along grass areas.
CHAIRMEN ASK
FOR COOPERATION
Because we have won for three
years and now own the bowl,
we’ve all the more reason for
trying to win this year,” states
Mary Amend. “Why not be num
ber one forever and ever? There
is so much that needs to be done
that we need the help of every
one — sophomores, juniors, and
seniors.”
“Even if you can’t stay for
the whole workday, every minute
of work helps,” says Craig Souza.
“Workdays are fun, too. A lot
of people come and have a good
time at the same time they’re
working. Often there are refresh
ments and prizes. We do need
people, because winning is based
40 per cent on participation, 40
per cent on improvement, and
20 per cent on scrapbook.”
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Torchlight Takes In
Seniors In Program
Amid the spectra of flickering
lights, the white robed figures
of Torchlight members searched
throughout the assembly during
the annual fall induction cere
mony for new senior members
which was held Wednessday, No
vember 10.
After the traditional ceremony
in which the ideals of Torchlight
were expressed, Kathy Pearce,
president of this National Honor
Society chapter, challenged its
members to “seek out those
deemed worthy of membership.”
New seniors inducted int®
Torchlight are: C. L. Cheshire,
Bob Fjeld, Lynnie Frierson, Sal-
lie Fulkerson, Barbara Hender
son, Barbara Homey, Corrie Hut
ton, Margie Israel, and Ellen Kay.
Linda McCall, Ken Maddrey,
Roger Matthews, Liz Morrah,
Doris Rouse, John Seawell, Mar
ion Scott, Janice Shew, Stephanie
Smith, Janice Sprinkle, Fran Up
church, and Dee Dee Zane com-
plee the roster of new members.
Scholarship, leadership, service,
and character are the ideals con
sidered in the selection of candi
dates for the National Honor
Society. Candidates must also
obtain an academic average of at
least 90, and a conduct grade no
lower than a B-.
Torchlight will have inductions
of juniors and seniors next fall.
The eight juniors selected last
spring were Steve Adair, Steve
Cumbie, Judy Ellstrom, Susan
Lashley, John McNairy, Kathy
Pearce, Cindy Speas, and Tim
Weikel.
These Torchlight members wiH
soon be joined by the 21 newly-
inducted students in preparation
for the annual Torchlight variety
show. The society’s biggest year-
round project is its tutoring serv
ice.