‘World of Carl Sandburg'
Presented by Vagabond School
VOLUME XLII
GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH, GREENSBORO, N. C., NOV. 29, 1966
NUMBER 11
GHS Anti-Litter Campaisn Ends;
Parking Lot, Entrances Noted ^'Untidy
Dudley High School was award
ed the Anti-Litter Campaign Tro
phy after the high schools were
judged for neatness and cleanli
ness on Tuesday, November 15.
Tom Boone, Gail Knierieum,
and Jody Turner, chairmen of the
School Beautiful Committee, de
clared war on all trash. Posters,
warning the litter-bugs, were
made.
A “real live” litter-bug was
put on display on the first floor
of the main building. Also, a
contest between the three class
es of students' was waged. Each
class had a trash barrel in which
it was supposed to dispose of its
collected litter.
Workdays Planned
Workdays were planned. Satur
day, November 5, approximately
60 students worked on the GHS
school grounds. Each day for
about two weeks, students were
asked to pick up at least two
pieces of paper. “One piece of
trash was for yourself, and the
other was for the student who
would not do his share.”
Service clubs were also asked
to contribute some of their time
to this campaign.
Thursday, November 10, GHS
was ready to receive its visitors.
The judges viewed the campus,
but it was decided that the con
test would be lengthened until
the following Tuesday. This extra
time was given, mainly so that
students would work during the
week-end.
“We judged the schools on gen
eral cleanliness, and Dudley just
looked better,” explained Mrs.
T. P. Noe, one of the judges.
Parking Lot Untidy
She remarked that the main
area which was untidy at GHS
was the students’ parking lot.
There was broken glass, paper on
the drive to the stadium, and
also paper around the trash cans.
“It looked like the students had
attempted to hit the cans, but
had failed.”
The other main areas which
were messy were the entrances
at the doors. There was a large
collection of cigarette butts at
these places. Mrs. Noe added
that, “GHS had very good pub
licity for the Anti-Litter Cam
paign.”
THE WORLD OF CARL SAND
BURG, a production given by the
Vagabond School of the Drama,
will be presented at GHS on
Tuesday, December 13.
Written by Norman Corwin,
THE WORLD OF CARL SAND
BURG will include excerpts from
Mr. Sandburg’s poems, stories,
and a collection of folk songs.
The program is scheduled for
the North Carolina schools by
the State Department of Public
Instruction. It is sponsored
through funds made available to
the State Board of Education.
The Vagabond School of the
Drama is the state’s oldest Equi
ty professional acting company.
The cast is composed of many
veteran players. Among these are
Keets Leigh, Harry Carlson, and
Approximately 60 students attended a recent School Beautiful workday. Work wos
done on the front lawn, the grove, the area in front of the girls’ gym, and in the stu
dents’ parking lot. The workday was part of the Anti-Litter Campaign. Both students, who
were members of the School Beautiful committee and those who were not, participated.
Miss Lynn Hundley, faculty adviser, also assisted. Photo credit: Terry McMahon.
Student Teachers Get 'Real Practice';
Block System Experienced This Year
DATES TO REMEMBER
Thursday, December 1—
Report Cards
Friday, December 2—
Basketball— Grimsiey vs.
Lynchburg Away 8 p.m.
Wednesday, December 7—
Grimsiey Choir - Orchestra
Holiday Concert 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 9—
Basketball— Grimsiey vs.
Broughton Away 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 10—
Basketball— Grimsiey vs.
Enloe, Raleigh Away
7 p.m.
“We’re trying to give our stu
dent teachers some real practice
so that teaching will be much
easier for them next year,” com-
mented A. P. Routh, principal, as
he explained about the practice
teachers at Grimsiey.
This year student teachers are
experiencing a new system of
practice teaching, the block sys
tem. In this program, a student
teacher attends classes at his col
lege for the first nine weeks of
school. Then for the remaining
part of the semester, he is a
student teacher.
The practice teacher really be-
HIGH LIFE Makes Survey
Lockers, Cars Left Unlocked
HIGH LIFE recently made a
survey of the percentage of lock
ers and cars at GHS which were
left unlocked.
Eight per-cent of the students’
lockers were fixed so that they
could be opened without using
the combination.
When one student was ques
tioned on the reasoning for this,
he answered that, “It saves time.
You can run by your locker be
tween classes and grab any book,
but if you have to use the com
bination, you’ll be late for class.”
Approximately 80 per-cent of
the cars at school, both teachers’
and students’, were unlocked.
Grimsiey students have been
complaining about money and oth
er items being stolen from them.
Are the students, themselves, re
sponsible for these items being
missing?
It takes 5-10 seconds to unlock
a locker and just a little longer
to imlock a car. If students leave
their lockers open, then they are
inviting anyone to borrow their
belongings.
Leaving valuable items in un
locked cars is a big temptation to
overcome.
Student Council has discussed
the problem of theftism. It has
also been questioned in the home
rooms, and suggestions for pre-
ventiocn of this have been wel.
corned. Student Council alone
cannot do the job.
Many items have been taken
during physical education. Some
of the girls’ baskets have locks,
but they are not required. The
girls leave their pocketbooks in
the dressing room, where anyone
may get to them.
The survey has proved that
GHS students will have to be
more careful in the future if they
want to keep their belongings.
comes a part of the school, for
he is there all day. In the begin
ning, he may teach two classes
a day. Slowly he will increase
the number of classes which he
teaches, until he is teaching a
full day. In this system, the stu-
Honor Code Assembly
Scheduled Tuesday
Grimsley’s honor code will be
discussed in assembly tomorrow
and during homeroom Wednesday
morning.
The assembly will be first per
iod and will consist of student
speakers. They will evaluate the
honor code and tell how they
think the honor code is helpful.
The homeroom period Wednes
day will be extended. During this
time, each homeroom will dis
cuss the honor code. The stu
dents may suggest improvements
for the code and possible alter
ations.
A Student Council representa
tive will be in charge of leading
this talk in the homeroom.
Prior to this time the council
representative will have selected
a panel of students to help lead
the classroom discussion.
During this period, honor code
cards will be distributed to each
student. The student will be ask
ed to study each part of the code
and then sign the card as a
pledge to uphold the code.
Jerry Hornig, chairman of the
honor code discussion, explained
that the purpose of these discus
sions were, “They are mainly to
present the honor code to the stu
dents and make them realize the
importance of the code and what
it means.”
dent teachers also attend all fac
ulty meetings.
“This is a unique situation be
cause we’re students, but we’re
teachers too . . . We can see both
sides,” remarked Judy Harrell,
one student teacher.
Graded on Teaching AbUity
A student teacher is graded
on his teaching ability. His super
visor may visit the classes. Both
the practice teacher’s supervisor
and the teacher for whom the
student teacher is assisting, help
to grade him.
GHS has 16 student teachers
this semester. Fourteen of them
are from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. One is
from Guilford College, and the
remaining one is from Appala
chian State Teacher’s College.
The English Department has
four practice teachers. There are
two student teachers a(fesisting
with French and one with Span
ish.
Three practice teachers are aid
ing in the History Department.
One is teaching in the Math De
partment. One is participating in
the Art Department, and one is
working in the Biology Depart
ment,
The business section has one
student teacher. Mr. Donovan Dar
nell has a practice teacher for
drafting, and Mrs. Margaret Had
den has a student teacher for
Distributive Education.
When Miss Harrell was ques
tioned about having a conduct
problem with her students, she
replied negatively.
She added that, “The students
have been really friendly. I was
surprised at this because I come
from a small school, and I
thought that a big school like
GHS would not be so friendly.”
Carole Griffith. All of the per
formers have worked either iu
Broadway productions, television
presentations, stock theatre
works, or movies.
THE WORLD OF CARL SAND
BURG is not a play, but a script
for stage presentation. It is chief
ly meant to be heard not seen.
Therefore, it should appeal main
ly to the ear.
It is composed of speeches
(“passages from Sandburg, with
introductory and transitional mat
ter”) which are intended to be
recited by different voices.
There are poetic character
sketches, humorous anecdotes and
child literature, and excerpts
which are of a serious manner,
such as the account of Lincoln’s
farewell speech at Springfield,
Illionis, before he became Presi
dent.
Carl Sandburg, himself, is “one
of the best known living Amer
ican poets.” He has published
almost a thousand poems. Some
of these may be included on any
list of most widely read poems
ever written in the U.S.
Sandburg is also a famous bio
grapher. He is the author of a
well-known six-volume life of
Abraham Lincoln, which was pub
lished in two parts.
YWCA Recreation Council
Sponsors Open House
Open houses scheduled on
Sunday afternoons will begin at
the YWCA on Sunday, December
4.
The YWCA Recreation Council
will sponsor these open houses
for all junior and senior high
school students throughout the
city. They will begin at 3 p.ro.
and end at 5 p.m.
Games and music will be pro
vided, and refreshments will be
served. Those students who would
like to swim are requested to
bring a bathing suit, a towel, and
a swimming cap.
The cost is 25 cents per teen
ager. It may be paid at the door.
“Good representation is neces
sary since we don’t want the
other schools to outdo us,” com
mented Nancy Brooks, representa
tive from Grimsiey of the YWCA
Recreation Council.
Other open houses will be on
Sunday, December 11, and Sun
day, December 18.
Choir And Orchestra
Present Holiday Concert
Grimsley’s annual Holiday Conr
cert will be presented on Wed
nesday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m.
in the school auditorium.
This annual Choir-Orchestra
Concert will be presented by
Grimsley’s choir, orchestra, and
advanced girls’ chorus.
The choir and orchestra wiM
separately present music to the
audience. However, one piece
composed of three Christmas
songs will be presented by the
choir and orchestra together. They
are “Greensleeves,” “Angels We
Have Heard on High,” and “What
Child is This?”
The choir will give its first
concert Monday, November 28, at
the PTSA meeting. At this time,
the choir will wear the “Choir
uniform.” The girls will all wear
white choir blouses, which they
chose for themselves. The boys
will wear dark suits and ties. The
tie will all be the same. 'They
were also chosen by the choir
members.
Several of the songs sung by
the choir are “Two Kings,” “O
Magnum Mysterium,” and “The
Shephards Chorus.”
Pieces played by the orchestra
will include “The Eight Russian
Folk Songs” and “A Christmas
Concerto.” A guest dance ensem
ble, directed by Tina Groshone,
will also be part of the program.