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VOLUME XLIII
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27410, OCT. 16, -967
NUMBER 4
Students Work For Call-In
For United Fund Donation
Drawing from GYC
This is a plan for the new Youth Pltaa downtown. GYC (Greensboro Youth Council) is
sponsoring this project. Various youth groups around Greensboro are going to proiMe
money for the planting of trees. Forty-one red maples will surround a parking lot when
the plaza is completed next spring. GYC is providing the three corner trees. Plaques will
he at the base of each tree, telling who donated it. Later additions to the plaza may in
clude fountains, statues and benches. The pla za is modeled after one across from the
Greensboro Historical Museum.
Youth Plaza Day To Be Celebrated;
Club Plant Trees At Parking Area
Youth Plaza Day, sponsored
by the Greensboro Youth Council
(GYC), scheduled for October 21,
marks the beginning of construc
tion of a Youth Plaza downtown.
This plaza, one-half block away
from the Greensboro Historical
Museum, will have a brick wall
and 41 red maple trees bought
and planted by youth groups from
all over Greensboro.
200 Letters Sent
Over 200 letters Were sent to
all service clubs in the city’s high
schools, to youth groups in
churches and to Scout Troops,
informing them of the project.
The approximate cost of each of
the trees, which are 16 years old
and fairly large, is $50. This in
cludes the tree itself, transpor
tation to the plaza, planting and
a plaque at the base of the tree
telling who gave the money for
the tree.
Responsibility for watering,
fertilizing, pruning, and keeping
the tree from disease rests with
SOPHOMORE CLASS
OFFICERS
Sophomore class officers for
the 1967-1968 class year are:
Jimmy Palmer, president; Jim
Oesper, vice-jpresident; Judy
Cole, secretary; and Diane
Nichols, treasurer.
The following are Student
Council memberss: Allison Al
bright, Joe Carruthers, Gary
Clemmons, Debbie Clendenin,
Mari Frierson, Billy Hall,
Carol Pleasants, Howard
Stang, and Suzanne Williams.
Youth Council representa
tives are: Karen Dellinger,
Woodie Edwards, Chuck Liles,
Sid Payne, Cherry Shaw, April
Strockland, Pam Striegal,
Glenn Strunks, and Jim Ward.
the club or organization which
donates the tree. This responsi
bility extends not only through
the school year, but includes the
summer as well.
In tiffi center of the triangular
plaza is a parking lot for visitors
to the Museum.
Planting in Spring
The first 41 roups to reply will
be the ones to plant the trees.
They will be sent letters stating
the exact time, date and place
for the planting of their tree.
The actual planting will take
place in the early spring.
Seniors Begin
Their Seleciion
Of Superiatives
Members of the Senior Class
have begun voting for this year’s
superlatives.
The 14 categories of distinction
are Best Looking, Most Popular,
Most Likely to Succeed, Sweetest,
Friendliest, Best Personality, Most
Dependable, Most Athletic, Cutest,
Most Talented, Most Intellectual,
Wittiest, Most Courteons, and
Best Dressed.
Nominations were held in
homerooms. Persons having their
names down in a certain cateory
the most times were placed on
the ballot. Seniors voted on these
names. The results are not yet
known.
A boy and a girl will be se
lected in each area as being
superlative members of the Senior
Class.
Run-off elections may be held
if it is necessary to ascertain the
final count or to keep one stu
dent from being elected twice.
Dedication of the Youth Plaza,
which is being constructed as a
visible monument to the work of
Greensboro’s youth, will be in
the spring after all the trees
have been planted.
GYC To Plant Three Trees
GYC is planting the three cor
ner trees as a token beginning
to the project. A stone will be
erected on the site stating that
this area is a Youth Plaza, do
nated by the youth of Greensboro.
Space will be left among the
trees so that in later years ad
ditional projects such as foun
tains, statues and benches may
be put in the plaza by GYC.
The Youth Plaza is being mod
eled after the existing plaza
across from the Museum, which
was constructed by the city. This
new idea is another effort on the
part of the youth of Greensboro
to serve and beautify the city.
“The youth of Greensboro
needed a chance to give to the
United Fund. Since they bad
little money, but free time and
strong backs, they worked doing
odd jobs to earn money for the
drive,” commented Jim Hinck, as
he explained the purpose of “Call
In Saturday.”
Honor Assembly
Presented Tuesday
Grimsley’s annual Honor Code
Assembly will be held during
second and third periods Tuesday,
October 17 in the auditorium.
The assembly is presented by
the Student Council to make stu
dents more aware of the Honor
Code and to bring them to an
understanding of the nine points
which are the standards of con
duct at Grimsley.
Assembly Given Twice
Since the auditorium cannot
hold the entire student body, the
assembly will be presented twice.
Half of the students will go to
the assembly second period while
the rest remain in homerooms.
Student Council members will be
sent to the rooms to lead dis
cussions on the Honor Code. Hon
or Code cards will probably be
passed out at this time.
During third period the proced
ure will be reversed, with those
in homerooms going to the as
sembly and those in the assem
bly going to homerooms for a
discussion period.
Dr. Spangler To Speak
Dr. H. B. Spangler will speak
on teenage morality. Students
speaking 6n what the Honor Code
means to them are Cookie Reed,
youth recreation committee chair
man; Jody Turner, student coun
cil president; and Tom Boone,
Key Club president.
The nine points of the code
will be discussed in detail in the
homerooms as to meaning, signif
icance, and effect on student be
havior, if any.
A tradition at GHS for many
years, the Honor Code has lapsed
into obscurity in the past few
years. The Student Council hopes
that these assemblies will bring
the code closer to the students
and help them realize its value.
Chairman of the Student Coun
cil committee in charge of the
Honor Code assembly this year is
Tom Easterling.
Torchlight Provides Tutors
On Student-Student Basis
Torchlight, Grimsley’s branch
of the National Honor Society,
is again sponsoring a tutoring sys
tem in which students help other
students with their studies.
Representatives of Torchlight
came t^ each homeroom at the
beginning of the program to col
lect names and subject areas of
both those desiring tutors and
those who can help others.
After both sets of lists were
complete, tutors were assigned
to students who needed aid. The
system is based on the principle
that students are often able to
reach each other when a teacher
canijot seem to help. Also, it re
lieves the strain of extra help
For two weeks, teen-agers in
the high schools of Greensboro
were given a chance to volunteer
their services to. work for the
United Fund, Saturday, October
14. applications were secured by
interested students in the guid
ance office of their school.
One purpose of this workday
was to eliminate a “Tag Day” for
the United Fund. Instead of hav
ing people begging on the streets
or knocking on doors for contri
butions, teen-agers worked for
their pay.
The Saturday was divided into
two shifts: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The volunteers were asked to
remain at home during their
shift. As adults requested teens
to do odd jobs, these youth were
called.
Raking leaves, washing win
dows or cars, babysitting, chop
ping wood, and mowing lawns
were only a few of the tasks in
which these volunteers partici
pated. They received $1 per hour
that they worked. The money was
then taken to the parks and rec
reation office for the drive.
To help arouse interest in the
“Call In Saturday,” the United
Fund agreed to give $25 to the
school having the most students
working. This money was appro
priated for the usage of the
School Beautiful Committee.
This project was supported by
both the service clubs of Grims
ley and the Student Council. It
was estimated that only 200 teens
were needed for the workday.
This was a small percentage of
the 6000 youths in Greensboro.
The “Call in Saturday” pro
gram set a goal between $500 and
$1000 for its destination. 'This
project was sponsored by the
United Fund and the Greensboro
Parks and Recreation Council.
This was the first year for this
program.
on teachers, who do not have time
to help each student individually.
Many students volunteer for
this program, which usually con
tinues the school year, or as long
as the student receiving the extra
help needs it.
However, there is always a
shortage of tutors in the field of
mathematics. Algebra and geome
try are the areas which need
even more tutors than those al
ready signed up.
Additional students who are
willing to give their time to aid
a fellow student are urged to
sign up to be tutors. Those who
need help may sign up also and
be assigned to a tutor.
Interact Gives
Activity (atendars
To Ail Students
Interact Club has begun giving
out activity calendars to all stu
dents every month.
These calendars, which list ath
letic, social, civic, and school
events, are a service project. They
are distributed free of charge.
Each month a different girl will
be pictured at the top of the cal
endar. Barbara Israel, head var
sity cheerleader, was featured on
the October calendar. Members
of the Interact Club choose the
girl.
Primary purpose of the calen
dar is to keep students informed
of all school-related activities,
and to alert them as to upcom
ing events and unusual happen
ings. They also provide spaces for
jotted individual plans for each
day, and serve as a record of
events.
Advertising on the back of the
single-sheet calendar aids Inter
act by partially providing funds
to pay for the expense of having
the calendar printed.
Some of the activities included
on the schedule are Powder PuH
football games, assemblies, foot
ball games and open houses, track
meets, and unrelated events such
a PSAT’s and Youth Plaza Day.