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Page Two High Life April 24, 1967 Grimsiey Students On Voting: ighteen Too Young Or...? Joe Coleman- The North Carolina Legislature is currently considering lowering the voting age to eighteen. In or der to understand how those who would be given this privilege would react, the legislators in favor of this motion has asked for a response from several high schools^ Recently a discussion was held to consider this proposal. In the following article the pros and cons of this proposal are weighed and discussed. At a later date, you, the students of Grims iey will be asked to express an opinion on this issue. Read the following discussion carfully, de termine the views which are most partial to you, then state your opinion on a questionnaire which will be distributed at a later date. This question gives us a chance to express an opinion of some con sequence, it also gives us a voice in a decision which will directly concern us. Consider these pro posals carefully and (vote wheth er you are eighteen or not). High School Panel The panel which met April 15, consisted of Ramona Curtis, Mark Austin, Paul Levy, Joe Coleman, moderated by Matt Gibson and recorded by Pat Healy. The argu ments which follow are not direct quotes, but summaries of their sentiments. Special thanks to the student council for their assistance in this project. Main Argument Ramona: The main argument is that a person who fights for his country should be able to vote for it. This should not apply since a person in the Armed forces is involved in only mili tary training. The soldier takes orders from his commander and is not encouraged in independ ent thought. This argument of if he fights for his country he should be allowed to vote does not apply. If you stop and think of some of the eighteen year old kiis you know then one can easily see why eighteen year olds should not vote. I’d hate to have HIGH LIFE Published Weekly 1 September through 1 June, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, between semes ters and spring holidays by the students of Grimsiey Senior High School, 801 Westover Terrace Greensboro, N. C. 27410 Second-class Postage Paid In Greensboro, N. C. $1 Per Semester ^^iMTFHNATioNAb Founded by the ^ Class of 1921 c® Revived by the Spring Journalism Class of 1937 Editor-m-Chief - Business Editor . News Editors —. Ronnie Gallimore __ Franklin Stewart Jean Broadway, Marilyle Upchurch Eeature Editors —— Red Ward, Marty Palmer Sports Editor Rick Brewer Cartoonist John Foust Photographers Bruce Hiatt, Terry McMahon someone like this determining the policy of my country. We at eighteen lack experience, we have a lot to go through before we’re twenty-one, experience is an essential criteria for voting. Representation! Paul: This question goes back to the thought about taxation without representation. Eight een year olds are making more money than ever before and are consequently paying more taxes than ever before. Our country fought for representation, and hopefully at eighteen we are fairly well informed. If a per son knew that he had the re sponsibility to vote he would pay more attention to the issues. Ramona: It is to idealistic to say things will change, the eighteen year olds would not change but continue along the same course. Joe: When a person straps on a gun, and goes to Viet Nam, put ting his life on the line for his country, it is ridiculous that he should have had no voice in de- terminng the policies that he is fighting for. It is just as ridicu lous that he should pay his mon-' ey for programs that he had no voice in selecting. Protection of Home Mark: On the surface it does seem the eighteen year olds should vote. They are fighting to pro tect their country of which they enjoy the privileges of citizen ship. Joe: If they vote they should pay taxes, if they pay taxes they should vote. If they fight for the privileges of citizenship they should also enjoy these privileges. One without the oth er is tyranny. Paul: Are eighteen year olds re sponsible enough to vote? Ramona: They can only attain es sential responsibility through age and maturity. Paul: A person eighteen is mature. Ramona: One must live to gain experience. We speak of teen agers, we know nothing of life. Maturity In College Joe: When a person sits alone in his college dorm room for the first time he matures a heck of a lot. People between eighteen and twenty-one fall into this category of college, the major ity of college students are cap able of voting. Ramona: The majority of college students are over nineteen. I could agree with lowering the voting age to nineteen. Mark: Just because eighteen year The teenage page in the Greensboro Record is looking for reporters for next year’s staff, and of course there is an opening for someone from Grimsiey. One major change in the page’s policy for the com ing year is that they will pay, that’s right, pay the reporters for their copy. Anyone interested in applying for this job should obtain an application from the Youth Council office, 338 N. Elm, and there you will receive all the information you will need. OH ! ToiAf's ei-£criou j>/ty 3AClr IN rue SrATES. I 3UtiE WISN (WAJ OLJ, EriOUftH TO vore. olds are qualified to fight doesn’t mean that they are qualified to vote. By the time they are twen ty-one they should be qualified to vote. Letters Joe: There is a moral issue in volved, the man who goes over seas for his country, the man who pays taxes, both should be able to vote. Dear Junior Class: Qualified Dropouts Paul: In North Carolina, 50% fin ish high school, 25% go to col lege. Mark: These high school dropouts aren’t qualified to vote. Joe: These dropouts arie leaving to support themselves and their families. Their higher education comes from the school of life. They may not be intellectual, but they know what they want —certain corn and tobacco prices, etc. . . . They know who and what to vote for to achieve the things they want. They are qualified to make decisions, they are qualified to vote. During the last fall elections the Sophomore Class was criti cized for putting up only one candidate for the Sophomore Class president. It seems now as if the tables have turned and the juniors have only one candidate Tunning for Senior Class presi dent. This is no fault of Jim Powell’s just as it was no fault of Scott Adair but it was said that this practice was undemocratic. It can’t be too undemocratic if the Junipr Class follow in the foot steps of the “baby sopho mores.” Ramona: What about the other is sues they will be allowed to vote for. All these people know is what pertains to them. What seemed to be a major dis aster has been repeated. Maybe s the 1966-67 Sophomore Class has i on a new traditon at GHS. Susan Miller ’69 i Dear Sports Editor, In a recent issue of HIGH LIFE, , Aid To Capabiify Joe: By lowering the voting age we would have an influx of in terest—not a lessening of voting capability, but an aid to it. Whether or not a man. is quali fied isn’t the most important consideration, he has earned the right to vote. Whether a man is qualified or not, if he is risking his life to defend the rights of citizenship, if he is paying taxes to continue the rights of citizen ship, he must be allowed to en joy these rights, the most vital of which is voting. there appeared in your column i a sarcastic remark about Grims- ■ ley’s mile relay team which hap pened to run an extremely slow / time in a meet against Burlington. , The meet was run on Burlington’s i track which is noted for slowness ■ and bad conditions for running.' Dust collects up to six inches high i in some places and water drains ■ to a puddle on one corner. Summary: It was the opinion that if the voting age were to be lowered that nineteen would be more suitable than eighteen. It boils down to the question of whether or not a person be tween eighteen and twenty-one is qualified to vote or not. If he is not, does he still have the right to have a voice in the country he is supporting and defending. It was never pointed out that Grimsley’s four runners were never i headed by a single Burlington run ner. All the Bulldogs could do was: cough up dust churned by Whirlie: spikes. It is extremely hard to turn in fast when your team is not chal lenged. We are certainly not proud of our slow time and will work hard er in the future for we have hopes i of setting a new school mark for: the mile relay. Grimsiey Mile Relay Jim Nehlsen ’68 Decide for yourself, then an swer accordingly when you com plete your questionnaire. Charles Wilkins ’68 Tim Browder ’67 Jim Powell ’68
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