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Hilltoppers Top GHS In Opener Page 3 Foard Makes Money Paged VOLUME XLII GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 2? 410, DECEMBER 12, 1966 NUMBER 11 Osborne Views United Nations During Youth Seminar In New York Picture Credit by Barbara Boswell THE WORLD OF CARL SANDBURG, a produuction by the Vagabond School of the Dranut will be presented at GHS on Tuesday, December 13. The School is the state’s oldest Equity professional acting company. Progress Made In Spacer- Public Invited To Visit “The National Aeronautical and Space Act” (NASA) conducts aer onautical research to develop and define new knowledge and cap abilities of aircraft.” Greensboro’s public is invited to see the progress which has been made in aeronautical science, December 3-10. Models of the spaceships, which are 1/48 of their actual size, are on display. The size of a human being is compared to the size of the spacecraft. The “Moon Landings” project shows geography of the moon. Viewers may listen to a tape, which explains the work which will be done on the moon. Peo ple may also watch a spaceship land and take-off from the moon. Scales, which show how much a person weighs on earth and how much he would weigh on the moon, are at the public’s disposal. There is also a machine which measures a person’s heartbeat in space. The effects of living in space are also erplained. A chart i^ shown explaining the language of space. The ef fects which the moon has on the earth’s tides and why we only see one side of the moon at a time are also explained. Pioneers of space are intro duced. Also men such as Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton, who helped to discover scientific laws are studied. A spaceman’s suit and his equipment are also shown. This includes Hosselblad’s camera, which is used by astronauts. “Communications Highways,” which includes Telstar and micro- waves, are pictured, and Echo-I, which is a balloon that bounces radio signals is also studied. NASA’s goals and objectives for the remainder of this decade “. . . will increase our scientific knowledge of the universe, will increase our space technology, and will support the application of this endeavor to operational systems.” The United States Aeronautics and Space program has been NASA’s mission since 1958. The National Aeronautical and ‘‘Space Act of 1958 became a law on July 29 of that year and was organized and declared ready to function on October 1. Today’s space program has been compared to the voyage of Columbus. According to Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, “Both include ex ploration of the unknown and unchallenged regions of the uni- “Famine and Illiteracy” was the main theme of the United Nations (U.N.) Seminar, which Janice Osborne, a senior, attend ed November 19-23. “The purpose of this seminar was to provide the youth with an opportunity to understand the world in which man is now seek ing to find a soultion to his many problems. Sixty Attend Sixty teen-agers from all over the United States, including 15 from North Carolina, gathered in New York City. They were per mitted to attend the U. N. and watch it in action. Briefings oc curred, where delegates to the U. N. discussed customs or prob lems of their country. Accorling to Janice, a delegate from Iran explained the U. N. sponsored organizatio.n, UNESCO, which is similar to UNICEF. Technical assistance was explored with the aid of an Argentine delegate. Topics Discussed The main topics which Janice were discussed in the U. N. were: Red China, the suestion of its admittance in the U. N., lisarm- ament, and the war in Viet Nam. The students also attended councils such as the secretary council or the defense council. “Hearing Viewpoints” Are Valuable Janice expressed that the most valuable part of her trip was “hearing different viewpoints from other people on the sub jects which they discussed, and also meeting the people, those who worked with the government DATES TO REMEMBER Tuesday, December 13—Assem bly — Sixth Period “■World of Carl Sandburg” Tuesday, December 13—Stu dent Council — Seventh Period Landscaper Tours GHS; Improvements Discussed Ideas for improvement of Grimsley’s campus were discussed Tuesday, November 29, when Mr. John Townsend, a landscraper, toured the school grounds. Tom Boone, Gail Knierium, and Jody Turner, chairmen of the School Beautiful Committee, and Mrs. J. R. Pringle, advisor, questioned Mr. Townsend on dif ferent ways to improve the rough spots at GHS. Lots are Areas of Concern The bus parking lot, the teach ers’ parking lot, and the area between the science building and the home economics building were the main places of concern. Other tentative plans which were made were of paving of the walkway behind the science building and placing a fountain in the grove. This would be built in the largest plot. Teachers Filled Out Forms Forms for teachers to fill out, concerning school improvements were distributed. Student council was also asked for suggestions. Gail urged that, “Any student who has a suggestion concerning school beautification should con tact anyone on the Executive Board. We want student opinions.” Meeting Planned After all the ideas were col lected, a meeting of the Executive Board was planned. The ideas were discussed and action was begun. Besides working on the land scape of the school campus, the committee sponsored a workday Saturday, December 10. Wreaths Constructed Holiday wreaths were con structed by the students to dec orate the doors of GHS for Christmas. After the pine leaves were attached, a red bow was added to complete each wreath. It was estimated that it took 20 minutes to make each dec oration. and those from all over the United States. The Methodist office of the U. N. sponsored this trip for Quakers. Janice, who is the pres ident of the Friends Youth Fel lowship (FYF) at the First Friends Meeting Church express ed her interest in this program. Two other students from her church also participated in this program. This U. N. activity was attempt ed in an effort to show a “focus and doorway ... to eternal im portance.” High Life Sends Questionnaire; Clubs, Organizations Reply Editor’s note: A questionaire was sent to the clubs and organ izations other than service clubs at GHS. The purpose was to find out more about the functions of these clubs and to present the results to the students. For the next few weeks, HIGH LIFE will print these results. Organization: Torchlight Officers: Carol Crocker, presi dent; Susan Breger, vice-presi dent; Bryant Holsenbeek, secre tary; and Johnny Sparrow, treas urer. Advisors: Mrs. Mary Madlin, Miss Sara Mims, and Miss I. B. Moore. Brief history: “Torchlight was established on November 1, 1922. The first state convention of the College Board Given To Students College Boards, the College En trance Examination Board’s Schol astic Aptitude Test (SAT), were given to approximately 500 sen iors Saturday, December 3. The College Entrance Eramina- tion Board is a nonprofit organ ization whose tests are available to all school' and colleges. Its membership includes more than 600 colleges, plus many schools and education associations. The purpose of this three-hour objective test is to measure how well a student has developed his verbal and mathematical skills. Two separate scores are given for these fields. Research studies have shown that the SAT scores can also help to estimate a student’s college grades. Today more than 800 colleges require students to take the SAT tests as part of the process of admission. A committee of examiners as sists the College Board and is respoQ^ible for the SAT. Re search and work on the test by the committee, the colleges, test specialists, statisticians, and re search psychologists continues so that the test will work equally well in all sections of the country from year to year. Many students now take the PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test), given in October, before taking the SAT in order to give them a general idea about the SAT. However, both tests are “designed to test your ability to think, as opposed to your ability merely to recall facts. The scores of the students who took the test on Saturday will be sent to Grimsley in six weeks. College Boards were first of fered to students in 1926. National Honor Society was held in Greensboro, and the conven tion meetings were held in the Grimsley library. There have been only three advisors in the history of Torchlight.” Purpose: “To develop in stu dents, the qualities of character, scholarship, service, and leader ship . . .to help students find happiness in living and satisfac tion in service.” Number of members: 34 How often are meetings? Once every two weeks. Projects and services: It spour sors the tutoring service. It also gives a $200 scholarship each Spring to a Grimsley senior. Requirements: A 90 academic average must have been main tained since entering high school. The qualities of character, schol arship, service, and leadership are also necessary. Percentage of members attend ing the meetings? 100% (“Mem bers miss only in cases of emer gency.”) Scher, Gabriel Cempete In Speech Contest “It makes you think. People have a general idea of what democracy means to them, but when you begin to write it down, it solidizes your idea. After you write your ideas, you analyze them to see if they are good,” remarked Mike Scher, a semi finalist in the Voice of Demo cracy contest, as he explained the effect that the contest had on him. “What Democracy Means ta> Me” was this year’s topic of dis cussion. The speech had a time limit of from three to five min utes. Fourteen Selected Fourteen semi-finalists were se lected from the city and county schools. They were taken to radio station WBIG. There, each stu dent was solicited into a sound proof room. He then delivered his speech, which was recorded. Mike explained that this con test was a radio contest, not an oratory one. He said that there was a big difference because the radio speech depended greatly on the tone of the voice, but in an oratory speech hand gestures and facial expressions were aids. Smith Senior Wins The first place winner, who was Jeff Brantley, a senior from Smith High School received a prize of $50. He won second place last year in the speech con test Rick Gabriel, a senior at Grims ley, was also a runner-up for the semi-finalists of the contest
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