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Page Two High Life November 29, 1966 HIGH LIFE CALLS Editor’s note: Since, in the past few months, there has been a ter rific increase in the amount of stealing at Grimsley, it appears that stealing is rapidly becom ing a major pastime at school. Therefore, the question for this issue was: What do you believe is your indivdual responsibility towards combating this serious problem? Jimmy Simmonds, ’67, replied, “I have been aware of the stealing that has been going on. I think that it is terrible. It throws a bad light on our student body and school I thinn the people involved should be found and stopped at any means.” Tina Pugh, ’67, answered, ‘‘I think the stealing is becoming so bad that it is concerning every one. I believe most of the time a student steals for fun or to be cute, not because he has to steal. For this reason I think any per son who sees someone stealing should try to discourage that per son who sees someone stealing not work, I think that the stu dents should be warned and stopped.” Tom Bates, ’67, decided, “I think any and aU actions shoud be en forced toi top this stealing. The people who haven’t had anything stolen just look the other way like it doesn’t concern them. But now it seems as if it is concerning all of us.” Stephanie Foltz, ’69, stated “What the authorities can do is to try and apprehend the culprit and then find out his problems, because while some people do it for kicks, others really have prob lems.” Jane Tanger, ’69, thought “One may think that stealing is a game, taking things from other people and not returning them, but when the situation is reversed, and you’re the one who’s getting his things stolen, then you take on a different attitude towards: stealing. Stealing is one of the lowest crimes, so lets stop it and make Grimsley a safe school. Joe Pickard, ’68, added “Much af the stealing is from the lockers. People could stop this by using their combinations instead of put ting pennies in the locks to jam them. People should keep books in their lockers at all times.” Ernie Myatt, ’67, replied, “I HIGH LIFE Published Weekly 1 September through 1 June, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, between semes ters and spring holidays by the students of Grimsley Senior High School, Greensboro, N. C. Second-class Postage Paid In Greensboro, N. C. 27408 $1 Per Semester n Founded by the Class of 1921 Revived by the Spring Journalism Class of 1937 Managing Editor — Ronnie, Gallimore Business Editor Franklin Stewart News Editors Jean Broadway, Feature Editors Marilyle Upchurch — Red Ward, Sports Editor Cartoonist Marty Palmer _ Rick Brewer John Foust Photographers Bruce Hiatt, think that by keeping aU valuable possessions in my locker or with me at all times, that I can prevent their being stolen.” Pat Hunt, ’68, answered “The stealing is becoming so bad that nowadays it is concerning every one. I think that if a student llnowsi the students doing the stealing, he should warn them instead of telling on them. I think that if you scare them enough, they will stop.” Mary Jane Hickerson, ’67, ad vanced, “It is strictly a defensive matter. Each peron is responsible for his own possessions so that op portunity for stealing isn’t pre sented.” Karen Rubin, ’67, decided “All a person can do is try to impress the importance of locking up one’s possessions because it’s one thing to say to a person that it’s wrong to steal, and another to try to prevent them from doing it.” Ronnie Swain, ’67, answered “I feel that the fault lies with the students. If they would use the locks on their lockers, then noth ing could be stolen out of them.” o ^ I't' J _ ^ ^oa»7 Ann Robinson, ’67, thought “I do not think that we can do much to catch those who have been stealing, but those students who do have lockers should use them and keep their possessions out of the reach of the people who are tempted to steal.” All Talk and No Action Finally Ralph Jensen, ’67, stated “Why just in physical education class alone many people have got ten their money or gym clothes stolen purely on account of their own negligence of not keeping the locks on their baskets or lockers Last Tuesday, the long-awaited after school student council meeting was finally held, entire ly for the students’ benefit. One of the main reasons for this special meeting was the fact that the members of the student body had recently complained in this newspaper’s column, HIGH LIFE CALLS, about not knowing or understanding just what the council was doing. In both an nouncements and editorials, it Flying Saucers Do Exist! In writing FLYING SAUCERS —SERIOUS BUSINESS, Frank Edwards started out with two purposes. The first, to prove to the general public that flying saucers, or Unidentified Flying Objects as Mr. Edwards calls them, are real, and in fact circling the earth right now. Secondly, he wished to break the myth the Air Force has drawn up around UFOs’ behavior, and their actual exist ence. 'The reader who expects to read one nonsense story after the other shouldn’t even begin this book, as it is set out in a factual a manner as possible. Rather than give his own opinion, which might cause the reader to disbelieve the stories, Mr. Edwards merely lets the truth speak for itself, and to be sure, it is enough. In dealing with the ridiculous excuses that have been advanced by the Air Force in past years as to why UFOs could not exist, Frank Edwards again lets the facts talk. For instance, once a USAF spokesman said that two men in New York City didn’t see a flying saucer, what they saw was the constellation Orion. Mr. Edwards then has comments from a famous astronomer stating that on that particular night, Orion could be seen only from the other side of the world! Frank Edwards easily accom plished his two goals, and in do ing so, wrote a very interesting and enlightening account of our outer space visitors. was pointed out to all students that this meeting would be an excellent, and perhaps only, chance to see how the council operates. So the council members didn’t plan anything special, they were just going to have a regular meet ing so that no one would be miS; led as to the usual behavior of the council. Remember, this was all for you, the student, planned entirely on your suggestions. So, in facL how many deeply interested stu dents came to this meeting? In Curtis Weaver’s own words, “There were only about ten visitors” pres ent, and at least eight of these were members of HIGH LIFE’S staff! Not That Again? There is a word which is used quite often in English classes to describe a person, or persons, who say one thing and in truth, actu ally act in an opposite manner. Hypocrite can also be applied to a student body who first criti cize their student council for not telling them what’s happening, and then when that council at tempts to inform the students, they don’t even make the effort to come and at least listen. Of course some of the students may have had legitimate excuses for not coming, but ten out of around 1700 is terrible in anyone’s book. In the future, perhaps these same students who criticized the council will be more careful, before they again don the title of super hypocrite. At last the student council has set a definite date for the long awaited honor code assembly and subsequent homeroom discussions on the honor code, those being November 29 and 30. But the main question is, are these discussions and the assembly really needed? most students didn’t care that much about the code anyway. Well, the same thing is going to happen this year, unless someone takes the forefront, and leads the way. Last year, these same homeroom discussions were held, and students spent their entire homeroom, and part of first period “discussing what to do about the honor code, wheth er it needed up-dating, or if it was fine the way it was. Terry McMahon The only thing that all this talk produced was the knowledge that in effect, the honor code is a subject very hard to discuss in a controlled state and besides. It is very evident that the stu dents are not satisfied with the honor code, as it now is, but they will usually admit that Grimsley definitely needs an honor code. Therefore, you, the students, must take advantage of the opportunity being given to you, and advance any chances that you think will help the honor code. If you think that only a few things need to be al tered, by all means, voice your opinion, or else how can the coun cil act on your suggestions. A few days ago, Mike Ett stormed into the HIGH LIFE room and broke up a staff con ference to complain to the man aging editor that in the HIGH LIFE CALLS of that particular week, he had been dreadfully misquoted. In that column the one dealing with radio contests, the article had quoted that Mike had said that the contests were stupid. Mike reinterated that he had called the contests “Childish, ri diculous, and assinine, but I didn’t say stupid.” HIGH LIFE apologizes to Mike. This case just goes to prove that in the future, anyone who answers a question for HIGH LIFE should be very sure that the reporter gets your exact words, or else both of you could get into serious trouble.
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