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High Life
March 20, 1967
Twirp Day Gives
King For A Day
Elections for the honored posi
tion of Twirp King are always
conducted with little formality
and ceremony, and this year’s vot
ing was no different. There was a
jar corresponding to a baby pic
ture, and at the end of the day,
the boy with the most pennies in
his jar was to be elected king for
the evening.
The Board of Elections, however,
made a major mistake in under
estimating the criminal element at
Grimsley, for while the point of
the contest was to put pennies IN
the jars, quite a few people prefer-
Inner Red Baron
With the present records^ jokes,
and cartoon strips about the Red
Baron, it would seem worthwhile
to read a book that tells the true
story of Baron Manfred Von
Richthofen, the greatest air ace
of any army, in any war. Floyd
Gibbons’ book, THE RED
KNIGHT OF GERMANY, relates
this tale.
Mr. Gibbons begins with “To, kill
and kill and kill was the cry,” and
then attempts to explain how young
Manfred grew to take his place in
his kind of war. He came from the
Prussian warrior class, the Junkers,
and his father and grandfather had
been great hunters. Manfred want
ed to live up to this heritage, and
to even excell far past his ancestors
in the art of killing.
These were the days of the
knights of the air, and the author
explains that to the Baron the
other men he shot down were not
men, but goals to conquer. The
degree of difficulty with which
they were won only made the
victory seem sweeter. When Man
fred was finally killed, he was
twenty-five years old and had
shot down eighty enemy planes.
THE RED KNIGHT OF GERMA
NY truely dispels the myth sur
rounding Von Richthofen but at
the same time it tells the exciting
and romantic story of the first
warriors of the sky completely and
very excellently.
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ferred to take the pennies out.
While the jars were in plain view
of everyone, their open tops per
mitted easy and quick removal of
the contents.
Although it would seem that
something should be said to the
people who can’t keep their hands
out of the jars, perhaps more criti
cism should be directed at the
group who decided to place the
open jars out in full reach of
everyone. It is highly idealistic to
think that if money, even pennies,
is in open view, that people will
add, not subtract from the supply.
An easy solution to the problem
would be to use banks, the ones
with a slot at the top that allows
money to be quickly deposited, and
not so quickly removed. While this
takes away the symbol of the babies
and their jars, at least it keeps all
the money where it belongs.
It’s too late to do anything about
it now, but all concerned should
be quick to admit that the results
of the elections can hardly be
judged impartial and legal. With
all the “ballot stuffing,” stealing,
and whatnot that went on during
the voting, no one can be complete
ly sure just exactly who should
have been the true Twirp King.
B f0 g
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Rosey Views
BY LYNN ROSE
Well, the May court elections
are over. One newly elected mem
ber of the Court was heard to say
More Of Good Old Elmore!
CYCLING
Bruce Hiatt,
Terry McMahon
See Elmore on his new motorcycle.
See Elmore drive through the park
ing lot.
See Elmore the big shot.
See Elmore do a wheelstand.
See Elmore sitting on the ground.
See Elmore’s motorcycle in the
trunk of his friend’s car
See Elmore get his motorcyle
See Elmore driving down the white
line in the street
See Elmore pass all the cars.
See red Light ahead.
See Elmore down-shift from fourth
to first.
See the motorcycle stop.
See Elmore keep going.
See Elmore go through the red
light.
See Elmore get back on his cycle.
See Elmore going down the street.
See how fast Elmore is going.
See Elmore’s front tire so flat.
See Elmore with a broken arm, leg,
and neck.
See Elmore’s cycle for sale.
IN THE LIBRARY
See Elmore in study hall.
See Elmore raise his hand.
Elmore wants to go to the library.
See Elmore get his slip.
See Elmore going to the library.
See Elmore going to sit down.
See Elmore sit down.
See Elmore get up.
See Elmore get his slip stamped.
See Elmore sit down.
See Elmore talking to his neighbor.
See Elmore getting called down.
See Elmore chewing gum.
See Elmore getting called down.
See Elmore putting his gum in the
trash basket.
See Elmore sweating. The library
has air conditioning, but when
do they turn it on?
See Elmore get up. Hear Elmore’s
chair fall over. Hear Elmore’s
books fall on the floor.
See Elmore going out the door.
See Elmore going down the hall.
See Elmore turning around.
Where is Elmore going?
Elmore is going back to get his
slip.
POSITIONS OPEN
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positions on next year’s HIGH
LIFE staff. Anyone with a year
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of the jobs such as news page,
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editor-in-chief. There are of course
many other jobs that are open to
interested students, that give
much experience in working for
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Working for HIGH LIFE allows
many Grimsley students the op
portunity of learning journalism
first hand, by experience. While
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gins to understand much more
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such as the council, the maiiy pro
grams, sports events and just about
anything else that happens.
If you wish to submit a bid,
turn your name, telephone num
ber, and your homeroom number
into room 410, along with a short
summary of your qualififcations
and intentions if given the posi
tion.
Beginning with this issue you
will not receive two consecutive
issues of your beloved newspaper
HIGH LIFE. Although this seems
like a sad message, it is in reality
one of joy. Not only will the
high life staff have time to
work on their term papers, but
you will have your first WHOLE
Easter vacation in many moons.
This will give Lynn Rose time
to think up some more of his
now-famous puns.
aftr the announcement of her
election: “Everyone says that I
should cry, but Ijust can’t!” (?)
Since when is being good looking
something to cry about? Yes, as
you have probably guessed, this
girl was a sophomore!
One of the Junior Achievement
companies had a wonderful idea
for making money. During lunch
they go out to the parking lot and
scrape up the rubber that can be
found in streaks all over the lot.
They then take the rubber to JA
headquarters and make tire recaps
which they sell to the Grimsley
“Piston Pounders” club. They call
their company, “The Vicious Cir
cle.”
The question comes up every
year of why GHS does not have
clocks in the class rooms Time
and time again the answer has
been that clocks are too expensive
to put in each class. I have come
up with a system how you can tell
just about what time it is without
a clock. The first time you see a
traffic squad member go by your
door on the way to class, then
you know that it has been twenty
minutes since the period started.
The next time a traffic squad
member goes by, then there are
only ten minutes till the class
will be over. Who says the traffic
sqUad is good for nothing?
I wonder if Mike Hipps is taking
Jim Mitchell to the Prom. They
sure make a beautiful couple at
the Twirp Dance, although I think
they misinterpreted the meaning
of the word “Twirp”.
The efficiency of GHS Twirp
Squad should end all rumors that
the Nazi Party shall rise again,
although one girl did look like
Fidel Castro with that cigar.
The large attendance at the Twirp
Dance proves only one thing. That
is that there are a lot more girls
at GHS who like toi go out than
boys who are bold enough to ask
them. Some girls were even hoping
for another Twirp Day this year. I
am sure that there would be no
objection from any boys.
This is going to be a great week.
Three days of school, and then
six more days in which the Sen
iors can put off their term paper.
Some lucky people will be heading
for sun and “fun” at the beach.
I am going to take my typewriter
to the beach. (A good idea, but
not much chance for success.)