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VOLUME XLIII GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH, GREENSBORO. N. C., SEPT. 18, 1967 NUMBER 1
Dominican Girl Likes Crimsiey—
^Everyone Is So Nice Here^
“At first I didn’t like Grimsley
because there were so many peo
ple,” stated Myra Cotin, “but now
I really like it. Everyone is so
nice.”
Myra, or Mayro, as it is spelied
in the Dominican Republic, her
native land, came to the United
States last June to finish hei;
high school education.
The move was suggested and
arranged by Myra’s English teach
er in the Dominican private
school she attended, Mrs. Charles
R. Carpenter. Mrs. Carpenter’s
husband is an attache at the
American Embassy in Santo Do
mingo where Myra lived.
Mrs. Carpenter thought Myra
would benefit from going' to school
in the United States and having
all her subjects taught in English.
Myra was studying to be a bi
lingual secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Otis Crawford,
Jr., Mrs. Carpenter’s sister and
brother-in-law bave a daughter,
Debbie, who is a junior at Grims
ley, so it was determined that
Myra would live with them.
Asked why she was in a private
school in Santo Domingo, Myra
replied that the schools in her
country were not as good as- those
in the United States and only the
poor attended them. Most people.
Kellett Attends Convention
Of JCL In Arizona
During the past summer, Trish
Kellett. junior, attended the Jun
ior Classical League National
Convention which met July 30, to
August 3, at the University of
Arizona at ’Tuscon,
The North Carolina delegation,
consisting of 49 JCL members
and four chaperones from all
parts of the state, traveled by
chartered bus and visited many
places of interest on the trip.
North Carolina garnered sev
eral honors at the convention.
The Grimsley club won second
place for its scrapbook, Oxford
placed ninth in publicity, and
several delegates placed in scho
lastic and Olympic contests.
On July 30, the group arrived
in Tucson, registered, and at
tended the first general assemblv.
Assembly Programs
Planned By Allred
Assembly programs for Septem
ber and October have been an
nounced by Joe Allred, vice-pres
ident of the student body.
The first assembly was the
football assembly, which was pre
sented by Coach Bob Jamieson,
Pep Board, and the cheerleaders
in the stadium Wednesday, Sep
tember 6.
On Thursday, September 14, the
Explorers’ assembly was present
ed. In this asembly special spec
ialty posts were explained.
An all-girl assembly will be
presented Tuesday, September 19,
on “Pride and Dignity.” The
WAC’s will be the guest speakers
at this time.
Junior Achievement (JA) will
be explained Tuesday, September
26. The purpose of this assembly
is to give interested Grimsley
students the chance to join Junior
Achievement. This organization
helps to give young people ex
perience in the business world.
Thursday, September 28, is the
presentation assembly. At this
time, all candidates running for
an office in the sophomore class
will be presented to the student
body.
Installations of the new sopho
more officers will be on October
10. Members of the Youth Recre
ation Council (YRC), student
council, and other class offices
will also be installed at this time.
The second assembly was the
following afternoon. A panel dis
cussed the topic “Create New
JCL Chapters,” after which mem
bers participated in various scho
lastic contests. That night all
1500 members visited Old Tucson,
a famous replica of the early
city.
Dr. Stephanie Benton, Univer
sity of Denver professor, address
ed the group at the afternoon
assembly August 1. Workshops
were attended from 3 to 4 p.m.
by all delegates.
For the Roman banquet that
night, the delegates were dressed
in Roman costume. The banquet
was given in a football stadium
where everyone was assembled.
After a slave auction, they re
clined on the lawn for a typical
Roman meal while the JCL band
and chorus presented concerts.
Election proceedings began at
the fourth general assembly; there
the students were given an op
portunity to attend interest groups
ranging from archaeology to vet
erinary science.
A semi-formal dance was given
the last night as a farewell.
“I think everyone should at
tend a National Convention at
some time or another. I gained
much from those four days in
Tucson to help the JCL Club at
Grimsley.” Trish said.
she explained, sent their children
fo private school.
The Dominican school, where
Myra studied had shorter periods
and met from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
with no lunch period. However,
they do have a 15 minute break
during the day.
“We (Dominicans) have maids
to do everything,” Myra com
mented,” and so we always have
big meals. We have no light
lunches or anything. Breakfast is
like any other meal, and we have
lunch at 2 p.m.” Elementary
schools, she continued, met from
8 p.m. until 1 p.m.
Another difference in the school
systems, besides there being lit
tle choice of subjects and no
physical education in the Domin
ican Republic, is the^age range.
They begin school at 'four years
and graduate from high school at
16.
Myra became a Protestant and
joined Westminster Presbyterian
Church Sunday, September 10. Al
though she comes from a pre
dominately Catholic country and
was brought up in the Catholic
faith, Myra was dissatisfied. She
attended Protestant services with
Mrs. Carpenter while still in
Continued on Page Three
These pictures show the progress which has been made in
the construction of the new library. The top picture was
taken from the second floor of the main building in the stair
wells when the ground was first broken for the library. The
date for the opening of the new building is uncertain.
Library Opening Not Set;
Furnishings Still Lacking
“We are still not sure when the new library will be opened
to students,” stated Miss Mildred Herring, librarian. “The fur
niture and shelves have not yet arrived ,and we have no idea
when they will get here.”
Grimsiey’s Personnel Increases
As Nineteen Join Faculty
Editor’s Note: This article is
the beginning' of a two-part series
about the new teachers at Grims
ley.
New personnel, including 18
teachers and one secretary, have
been added to Grimsiey’s faculty
this year.
In the English department are
Mrs. Margaret Dickenson, Miss
Jenny Divine, Miss Margaret
Griffin, Miss Sara Moore, Mrs.
Virginia Rhoades, Mrs. Rebecca
Stanley and Mrs. Julie Wall.
Mrs. Dickenson, who attended
Greensboro College, Duke Uni
versity, and the University of
North Carolina, teaches English
3 and Reading 1. Her interests
are reading, traveling, and civic
work.
Y-Tccn Week Celebrated
Y-Teen Roll Call, the annual
Y-Teen Week, will be celebrated
here October 8-14.
Scheduled events include a Blue
Ridge Parkway outing October 7,
a Friday the 13 Open House at
the Davie Street YWCA, and a
camping trip to Williamsburg,
Virginia.
“This year our slogan is ‘A Y-
Teen Is,’ ” Miss Harriet Austin,
teen-age program director at the
YWCA, stated. “A Y-Teen is
unique . . . interesting ... in
terested . .'. in herself, here and
now, in her future, her commun
ity, the world, today and tomor
row.”
Y-Teens are 12 to 17 year old
members of the YWCA who join
with more than 400,000 other
young people in the United States
each year to develop their own
programs and activities with the
help of adult advisors.
Clubs in this area are formed
in junior and senior high schools
and in neighborhoods where eight
or more girls are interested in
providing leadership, serving the
community, and realizing their
full potential as useful human
beings and good citizens.
“Since YWCA work is in more
than 75 countries around the
world, there are opportunities for
studying other cultures and help
ing to meet needs of young peo
ple as far away as Africa, Asia,
South America, and Figi,” com
mented Miss Austin.
“Although our local clubs are
for girls, our classes, outings,
camping tripe, and other pro
grams are all co-ed.”
Listening to musical comedies,
knitting, writing, and meeting new
people are among the interests of
Miss Divine. A graduate of Caro
lina. she teaches English and
Latin, and is presently working
for her Masters Degree.
Miss Griffin attended Wake
Forest University and enjoys read
ing, swimming, knitting, and sew
ing.
Another teacher working for
her Masters Degree is Miss Moore.
She attended Duke University,
and her interests are football and
having fun with young people.
A former free-lance writer,
Mrs. Rhoades was a state winner
in the Pillsbury National Bake-
Off in San Francisco in 1966. She
has her Masters in Creative Writ
ing and has five children.
Mrs. Stanley from Mount Airy
graduated from UNC-G last year.
Her husband is a math teacher at
Page. Art and oil painting are
her main interests.
The new journalism teacher
and HIGH LIFE advisor is Mrs.
Wall. She enjoys flowers, all types
of sports, and antiquing furniture.
Mrs. Faye Jones, a secretary
who works in the main office, has
worked at Sternberger, Aycock,
and in Virginia. She enjoys foot
ball games, working with young
people, and sewing. Her son and
daughter are both graduates of
Grimsley.
A new guidance counselor this
year is Mr. Louis Wilkins. He
received his Masters Degree in
Guidance Counseling at Carolina
and recently returned from Tur
key. His interests include gar
dening, and collecting “brie and
brae” from other countries.
All of the library books are
stored in the old library offite
and in a storage room. Inventory
is being taken, and several hun
dred new books are being check
ed into the library, while Miss
Herring and Mrs. June Bleakley,
assistant librarian, await the com
pletion of the new facilities.
The new library, located be
tween the Home Economics Build
ing and the auditorium, will have
air conditioning incorporated into
the heating system, and carpeting.
There are three Conference rooms
along the front wall, and event
ually folding doors will diyide a
section of the main room off into
a classroom.
No audio-visual provisions have
been made. Miss Herring ex
plained that films will now be
shown in the individual teacher’s
room.
The double room that has serv
ed as an audio-visual room in
previous years has been divided
into two classrooms. The old li
brary plus the conference room
have been converted into three
classrooms, adding numbers 205,
207, 209, 211, and 213 to the
second floor.
Miss Herring and Mrs. Bleak-
ley urged the students to be
patient, saying nothing can be
done to help the situation. “We
want to go ahead and move,” Mrs.
Bleakley said. “We are working
now so that as soon as the fur
nishings arrive, we will be able
to move in.”
Junior Classical League
Officers—1967-1968
President—Jeanne Homey
Vice President—Robert Pend-
ley
Secretary—Suzanne Wyatt
Treasurer—Martha Gabriel
Scrapbooks Chairman and His
torian—Bob Jones
State Vice President—Trish
Kellett