VOLUME XLII
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27 410, FEBRUARY 6, 1967
NUMBER 13
StudentOpinions Collected
As Staff Makes Survey
Randy Mims, senior, has been building model boats for approximately four years.
Above is pictured one of the boats which has been on display at the “Toy and Hobby”
store at the Friendly Shopping Center.
The costs of the boats are determined by the amount of “painstaking detail and actual
timC’ taken, plus a comparison of factory-made models. Prices of the boats range from
$10 to $40.
Randy has had his boats on display at the toy store for about three weeks.
Mims Displays Models At Toy Store;
Costs Determined By Work Hours
“It’s like selling your mother,”
remarked Randy Mims, senior, as
he commented about his model
boats, which he has been trying
to sell for the past few weeks.
Randy has previously had sev
eral boats on display at the “Toy
and Hobby” toy store at the
Friendly Shopping Center. The
prices of his ships range from
?10 to $45.
Prices Considered Too High
His masterpieces contain de
tailed handywork. Randy explain
ed that most people believed
that his prices were too high for
his product, but he felt that the
ifiewers did not fully understand
the amount of time and work in
volved in building these boats.
To determine a reasonable
price for his ships, Randy ex
plained that he considered the
unount of “painstaking detail and
actual time” taken, and then com
pared the prices of factory-made,
Grimsiey Debaters
Enter State Contest
Four Grimsley students recent
ly participated in the first formal
lebate of a state-wide contest.
The students were Ronnie Gal-
limore, Jerry Pinsker, Jay Prin-
i>le, and Jerry Thomas, all sen
iors. The debate was “Resolved:
rhat the Foreign Aid Program of
;he U. S. should be limited to
lon-military assistance.
Round Robin Debates will be-
»in February 24 and end March
t6. In this group, the Grimsley
Debaters will be debating Page
Sigh School, Walter Williams
High School in Burlington, and
Yestern High School from Elon
College.
The affirmative winner and the
legative winner from this group
vill participate in the area meet
ind then in the state meet.
Throughout the state, 109
schools will be taking part in
;he debates. Each school will
>rovide an affirmative and a neg-
itive team made up of two stu-
lents each.
decorative models. He discovered
that most commercial models cost
approximately $100.
Costs Figured By Laborious Hours
Estimating 300 hours as the
amount of labor Randy injected
into his largest model, he then
figured his initial price.
Randy visited several stores
and asked them if they would
buy his boats and sell them to
the public, but because the stores
were required to buy only from
companies, he was refused. Fin-
Excerpts From Plays
Presented Thursday
Scenes from The Tempest, King
Henry IV, and The Merchant of
Venice were persented to Grims-
ley’s student body by the Theatre-
In Education, Inc. last Thursday
in assembly.
The Theatre is a New York
Company of professional actors,
and is sponsored by the North
Carolina State Board of Educa
tion.
Most of the English teachers
discussed the works of Shake
speare which were presented, in
order to acquaint the students
with them. “The presentation of
live Shakespeare drama in the
public schools of North Carolina
affords the State the unique op
portunity of bringing to students
dramatic awareness of the univer
sal importance of Shakespeare . .
For all students, the opportunity
of watching Shakespearean drama
will be of cultural and artistic
value.”
‘Theatre in Education is dedi
cated to the belief that high
school students have the right to
participate in a theatrical experi
ence of high professional stand
ard.”
It is now in its twelfth year
and has been conducting similar
tours in the public high schools
of North Carolina for the past
four years.
ally, he was permitted to dis
play his boats for about three
weeks.
“Gosh, I don’t see how he did
it!” and “Look at the price on
the thing,” were the two main
comments which Randy heard as
he inconspiculously listened to
viewers’ opinions and reactions.
Boats Built Four Years
Randy has been building boats
for approximately four years.
His interest in sailing and build
ing sail boats, and his summer
job of instructing how to sail
coincide with this hobby.
Randy plans to continue mak
ing these boats whether he sells
them or not. He often gives them
as presents to other people.
HIGH LIFE recently made a
survey to find out student opin
ions of the paper.
The questionaires were sent to
a certain percentage of the home
rooms, sophomore, junior, and
senior, in order to obtain accu
rate results.
Student Body To Vote
On Two Amendments
Grimsley students will vote
this Thursday on two new amend
ments to the school constitution.
The first amendment concerns
officers and student council mem
bers. They are to serve “. . .
for one school year during good
behavior . . .” Any person may
be removed from office if:
He receives an N or U on con
duct for his semester average, he
receives two N’s or two U’s on
conduct for the same six weeks
grading period, or he receives
two N’s or two U’s in two consec
utive six weeks periods.
The second amendment con
cerns qualifications and regula
tions for election to an office.
These rules “. . . as stated pre
viously in this constitution do
apply to the student officers of
the sophomore, junior, and sen
ior classes.”
This amendment will go into
effect immediately upon its rat
ification.
In each homeroom, the amend
ments must be passed by a sim
ple majority. After the results
are tabulated in the homeroom,
the homeroom will carry one vote
either for or against these amend
ments.
In order for these amendments
to be either ratified or defeated
by the student body, a majority
of two-thirds of all the home
rooms is needed.
Lee Strange, junior, was the
author of these amendments, but
the original changes for the con
stitution were first originated by
Mrs. Mary Alice Moody, guidance
counselor.
Lyday Wins Essay Contest
“Peace Be With You” was the
title of the essay written by Caro
lyn Lyday, junior, the winner of
the club level of the Peace Essay
Contest sponsored by the Inter
national Association of Lions
Clubs.
The purpose of the contest was
“To focus the attention of peo
ple on the desirability of search
ing for ideas and developing a
plan toward making world peace
a reality.
Carolyn began her essay by
describing the front of a Christ
mas card, a picture of six angels
and six pure white doves. She
explained that the doves repre
sent peace.
The question of how the peo
ples of the earth could join to
gether and have peace was asked,
and Carolyn presented several
suggestions.
Fjrst of all, people must have
peace within their own borders.
Because men come from different
backgrounds, they sometimes do
not understand the ways of
others. They tend to think their
own way is best, and thus they
cause wars.
Secondly, because of the differ
ing backgrounds, men need dif
ferent forms of government. Car
olyn felt that if men realized
this, the first door to world
peace could be unlocked.
World-wide understanding and
an acceptance of the cultures,
races, and creeds of others is
also vital.
Carolyn further commented that
all nations must be able to deal
in good faith with each other.
This would require a mutual
trust. Compromises would also
have to be made.
If peace was obtained, many
ideas would be exchanged be
tween nations. She explained that
all nations would have neither
aggression nor defeat.
Carolyn concluded with sug
gestions for preserving the peace
which ■ mankind already has. It
must take advantage of all op
portunities for peace conferences
and peace organizations. Also,
everyone must do his share of
understanding and trusting. If
this is done, peace will be ob
tained.
A distinctive Certificate of
Achievement from the President
of the International Association
of Lions Clubs will be presented
to Carolyn by the local club. Her
paper will then be entered at
the district level.
All three classes agreed on
most answers. However, girls and
boys sometimes differed in their
views. Boys said they read the
sports section first, whereas girls
read the feature section first.
According to the girls, the edi
torial section is superior to the
other sections. Boys answered
that they thought the sports sec
tion is superior.
Second semester, the HIGH
LIFE staff would like to experi
ment in publishing a one-page
bi-weekly paper. All the students
were in favor of this.
Although seventy-five percent
of the students read the advertise
ments, most have not bought
items as a result.
Only one-half the girls read the
write-ups of the games. However,
three-fourths of the boys read
them.
One question asked whether
the student would write a letter
to the Editor if there was some
thing of sufficient interest in
HIGH LIFE. Seventy percent of
the boys answered ‘yes,” and
ninety-six percent of the girls
answered “yes.”
Students who filled out the
questiannaires were also asked to
give personal suggestions for mak
ing HIGH LIFE a better news
paper for Grimsley. One girl
wanted “. . . more material on
individual students.”
Another girl requested “. . .
contributions by students not as
sociated with HIGH LIFE.”
“More letters to the Editor”
was suggested by one boy. An
other commented that he wanted
to see more club news and de
tailed school news.
Many of the students suggest
ed having more humor on the
feature page. However, they want
ed to see more features written
by the students themselves.
Teen-Age Program
Begins New Season
“Perculator”, which is a new
teen-age show, began its first
television season yesterday after
noon.
The setting for the program is
a coffee house. Each Sunday at
5 p.m. on Channel 2, WFMY-TV,
teen-agers will discuss events
which are going to take place,
hobbies, and their problems.
Ramona Curtis, who originated
the idea for the scenery of the
show, Ken Birkbeck, an exchange
student from Australia, and Lynn
Ferguson will be regulars on the
show. Such groups as the Jokers
Pour will appear on the program
to add entertainment.
Ramona explained the reason
for the program. “It is not just to
show how great teen-agers are.
We don’t want to show their
false side but how they really are.
We are also trying to make a
person feel like he is in a coffee
house.”
“Perculator” is directed and
produced by teen-agers. Dave
Wright, who works with WFMY-
TV, will be the advisor for the
program. It is estimated that each
show will take four hours of
practice and one hour to tape it.
The show has already received
publicity in “TV Guide” and wiH
get publicity from “Look” maga
zine if Greensboro is chosen as
an All-American city.
This teen-age program is spon
sored by the Greensboro Youth
Council (GYC).