VOLUME XLIU
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GRE ENSBORO, N. C. OCT. 3, 1966
NUMBER 3
Student Cooperation and Response
Determine Success of Spirit Week
“It’s goijn-g to depend on student cooperation. Student response to everything that we’ve done
this year, especially buses to out-of-town games, has been great,” remarked Joe Coleman, pep
board chairman. ^
Joe was referring to Spirit Week, which will begin on October 11 and reach its climax at the
Grimsley-Page game on Friday, October 14.
Bryant Holsenbeck and Tom ^ ^ ,
There is not going to be any
Photographed by Terry McMahon
The Whirlibird is part of GrimsleiTs tradition at games.
He is a symbol of all school spirit and is also going to be
important during Spirit Week this year. Set him as your
example of pep and energy and help him cheer the Whirlies
to victory!
Long, both seniors, are heading
the committee which is in charge
of Spirit Week.
“It’s whatever the students
make it. It’s a real opportunity,”
explained Bryant.
Assembly Begins Week
The week will begin with an
assembly on Tuesday. Mike
Hips, senior and a member of the
football team, and Coach Bob
Jamieson will speak.
“We’re going to run Spirit
Week within the dictates of good
sportsmanship. Good sportsman
ship and school spirit are insep
arable,” added Joe.
Each Day Is Special
Each day will be a special day
during Spirit Week. Joe explain
ed, “We hope to have Clashing
Day, Toppem Day, Sockum Day,
and on Friday a very special
event.
“From the beginning of sixth
period until everyone is in the
pep rally, there will be silence
throughout the entire school. This
will be in reverence with deep
respects to,the defeat of the Page
Pirates.”
Posters Displayed
During the football game,
whenever a touchdown is made,
students will hold up posters.
Entire YCCA Program Revamped;
Now Considered 'Regular Council'
“It’s like a regular city council
run by teen-agers,” remarked
Ramona Curtis as she explained
the Youth Council on Civic Af
fairs. (YCCA)
Ramona is one of the many
teen-agers who works with YCCA.
She is youth producer of a new
teen-age show which will be
broadcast on WFMY-TV October
through May.
The show, which is similar to
the old program “US” will be
run at different intervals on Sat
urdays during the school year.
Dave Wright is working as the
adult advisor. ,
Ramona added, “We want to
change the image and pick a new
name to project the show.” She
said that there would be a vari
ety of subjects covered.
Diane Barth, who is also a
member of YCCA, is the head of
the Youth Improvement Commit
tee. Youth fitness is also part of
her job.
Powder Puff Football Games
will be played in the Memorial
Stadium during October. Three
games will occur each Sunday
afternoon.
There are six different teams
composed of students from Curry,
Dudley, Grimsley, Notre Dame,
Page, and Smith, but the schools
themselves are not sponsoring
the teams.
Instead of tackle football, the
girls will play rag tag. The rag
will be placed in a girl’s back
pocket and whenever it is pulled
out, time is called.
According to Jim Blackwood
who is in charge of Friends of
the Court, a new plan has been
administered this year so that
more people will be able to par
ticipate in the program.
Beginning October 18, Friends
of the Court will only work on
Tuesday afternoons. People who
have seventh period study halls
will work from 3 p.m. until 4
p.m. Then other students may
serve on the court from 4 p.m.
until 5 p.m.
The jury will consist of 12 stu
dents instead of 14 like last year.
It will be divided into two pan
els of six each. While one panel
is hearing a case, the other will
be deciding upon an appropriate
sentence.
YCCA will send letters to stu
dents asking them to participate
in Friends of the Court.
Francis Steele is in charge of
Project Sharp, a program for un-
^ derprivileged children. This is a
recreational program, where child
ren from first through fourth
grades will be taught arts and
crafts.
Service clubs from the differ
ent high schools will be in charge
of this clinic for one Saturday
each month from 10 a.m. until
12 a.m.
October 1, there will be a work
shop M the Glenwood Community
Center for those interested in
helping with this project. Mrs.
Louise Copeland will give a dem
onstration in arts and crafts.
thing derogatory about Page. It
is all going to be a clean fight,”
Joe continued.
Spirit Week, which may become
a tradition of GHS in the future,
will mainly depend on student
enthusiasm.
Singing Included In Cheers
In order for GHS to be number
Boots Become Tradition
Grimsley’s Whirling Boot Corp
has become a tradition at football
and basketball games.
The group, which was formed
last year, has been augumented
a great deal since its beginning.
Approximately thirty girls made
the dance team last year but now
it consists of 38 members.
Junior and senior girls who
were interested in the group tried
out at the first of the year. This
year’s sophomores auditioned for
the drill team last spring at their
junior high schools.
Whirling Boots gave their first
palrformance this year at the
Asheville game. The audience
thought that their appearance was
most impressive, as continuously
during their dance routine the
crowd clapped with proudness.
The girls were “right in step”
with each other. Shakers, which
the girls had made, added a zest
of school spirit to the group.
The week before the Asheville
game, the Boot Corp practiced
daily from 3:30 until approximate
ly 6 pm. to perfect their differ
ent steps and routines.
The girls also practiced this
summer, during August to make
sure that they would be ready to
appear this fall.
When several students were
asked their opinion of GHS’s
boot girls, they all agreed that
“The group had really improved
over last year, mainly because it
had increase in number.”
Whirling Boots was modeled
from Reynolds’ and Burlington’s
drill teams.
one, each student should display
his school spirit and participate
in all cheers. This includes sing
ing the words to “Mr. Touch
down U.S.A.” They are:
They always call him Mr. Touch
down
They always call him Mr. T.
He can run and kick and throw
Give him the ball and look at
him go
Hip, Hip, hooray for Mr. Touch
down
We’re going to beat them today
So give a great big cheer for the
hero of the year,
Mr. Touchdown U. S. A.
Subscription Drive Ends
With the closing of the HIGH
LIFE subscription drive, 73 per
cent of Grimsley’s student body
are subscribers.
On Tuesday and Wednesday,,
September 20 and 21, subscrip
tions were taken during the home
room period. However, most
the subscription cards were sign
ed on Tuesday.
HIGH LIFE, which is in its 43
year of publication, is one of the
few high school newspapers ia
the United States to be published
weekly. It is also the only weekly
high school newspaper in the
state.
Last year was the first year
that HIGH LIFE was published
weekly.
Previously, it was distributed
twice a month. Because the paper
is a weekly publication, the cost
has increased from 75 cents per
semester to $1.
November 15 and March 24 are
the dates designated for the col
lection of the subscription money,
Anyont who does not receive
their HIGH IFF should report to
room 410. If a complain is not
made, this does not excuse the
subscriber from paying the full
amount.
Students who have not sub
scribed but would like to later
on in the year, may do so by
coming by room 410 and signing
a pledge card.
Civinettes Sponsor Exchange Student
Chyo Surprised At Candy In Public
JUNIOR CLASSICAL
LEAGUE OFFICERS
President—Anne Rubin
Vice-president—Larry Allen
Secretary—Kathy Rees
Treasurer—Jody Turner
TORCHLIGHT OFFICERS
President—Carol Crocker
Vice-president—Susan Breger
Secretary—Bryant Holsenbeck
Treasurer—Lyn Labell
One of the hardest things for
Chyo Masaki, Grimsley’s Japanese
Exchange student, to understand
is teen-agers’ eating candy in
public She was more surprised
at seeing teen-agers eating it than
small children, however.
Chyo, a senior first wrote the
editor of the Greensboro Daily
News, William D. Snider,- In her
letter, Chyo told Mr. Snider that
she would like to come to the
United States for three years. He
then introduced Chyo to the Jun
ior Civinettes at Grimsley.
She arrived by boat and stayed
a week in San Francisco at her
pen pal’s house before coming
to Greensboro.
Ako, Japan, is Chyo’s home
town. “We have no choice in sub
jects,” remarked Chyo when ask
ed about the school system in
Ako.
Japanese, English, Algebra, So
ciology, and physical education or
music are the main subjects. How
ever, the students study 12 or
13 subjects at one time.
Students in Japan attend school
five days a week and also go to
school on Saturday morning. A
typical day includes six class
periods. It begins at 8:40 and
ends at 3 p.m.
Instead of the students’ moving
from class to doss, in Japan the
teachers change classes.
The school year begins in April
and has three terms. The first
one ends in July and summer
vacation begins. The second term
starts in September and contin
ues until Christmas, when the
students are given a two-week
Christmas vacation. The third
term begins in January and ends
in March.
Chyo remarked that in Japan
she removed her shoes before
entering a house. She also noted
that movies and bowling are
forms of entertainment in Japan
today.
Working in an embassy where
she will be required to speak
English is one of Chyo’s main
desires for the future.
At Grimsley, Chyo is takmg
typing, speech geometry, Eng
lish, T.V. American History, and
Drivers Training.
Each month Chyo wiU stay
with a different member of the
Junior Civinettes.