Mn. Aull Comes
To Rescue
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VOLUME XLIII
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27 410, NOV. 13, 1967
NUMBER 7
WHIRLPOOL Returns
For, By GHS Students
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The above picture was taken Thursday night, November 2, at the Junior Class Play “You
Can’t Take It With You”. Pictured from left to right are Shelly Kalick, Kathryn Jones,
John Looman, partially hidden, Trish Kellett, Tye Hunter, David Heinz, and Lance Africk.
Greensboro Youth Council Works
For Betterment of City-Wide Teenagers
GYC (Greensboro Youth Coun
cil) is composed of representa-
tjve.s fro-m the six high schools in
the city. GYC’s purpose is to fos
ter better understanding between
the city council and the youth of
Greensboro,
The work of the GYC, whose
adult advisor is Mrs. Joanne
Dwiggins, is carried out through
productions, publications and com
mittees.
Productions are the High I. Q.
Bowl, “Feedback” on WBIG, Teen
Action Reports on WCOG, and
“Our Side” on WFMY-TV every
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Newsletter Printed
The Teen-Age Record printed
every Monday in the GREENS
BORO RECORD and the “Town
Crier”, the Youth Council’s news
letter, are their publications.
A school beautiful program for
Teen Action Report
Informs Youth
Of School Activities
“Teen Action Report,” a news
report planned to keep Greens
boro’s teenagers informed about
happenings in the city is now in
its second year of operation.
The program is sponsored by
the Greensboro Parks and Recre-
tion Department and by Radio
Station WCOG. Broadcasts are
made Monday through Wednes
day at 7:15 and 8:15 p.m. with
the final one on Thursday. Grims-
ley’s broadcast is on Monday
night at 7:15.
There are seventeen reporters
in the city. Each represents his
or her own school. Thev are
chosen by the Greensboro Youth
Council and a disc jockey who
interviews them. Shane, the disc
jockey, meets with the group ev
ery Monday to discuss the week’s
news.
Reporters include Ted Robin
son from Curry, Louis White
from Dudley, Debbie Larson from
Smith, Linda Mendenhall from
Page, Mary Hudaman from Notre
Dame, and Bill Deal from Grims-
ley
the high schools, and the erecting
and care of a community Christ
mas tree during December at
First Citizen’s plaza downtown are
the responsibilities of the Beau
tification Committee.
The Publicity and Membership
Committee is in charge of GYC
Promotion Week which was ear
lier this year to inform the youth
about GYC, all publicity for the
Council in the form of the GYC
bulletin board in each school and
the calendars posted in rooms.
Buses Go To Games
Duties of the Special Events
Committee are the Football Ex
press; Barn Theatre productions;
Community Christmas tree activi
ties which include a ceremony to
dedicate the tree, singing at the
plaza, and a Christmas tree bon
fire after Christmas; Youth Week,
which is set as the last full week
in April; and the Teen-age Talent
Show in cooperation with the
Knights of Columbus.
The Youth Development Com
mittee is the largest on the Coun
cil and has three subcommittees
under it.
The main committee is respon
sible for a three day leadership
workshop which occurred last
summer; WAIT, a project which
urges teens to delay the decision
to drink until they are of legal
age; and Careers Day to inform
all interested students about var
ious careers.
Subcommittees of Youth De
velopment are Friends of the
Court, the Youth Fitness Commit
tee, and the Drama Commission.
Friends of the Court aids
judges in levying punishments on
teen-age lawbreakers. Youth Fit
ness is in charge of recreational
sports, such as the co-ed bowling
teams.
Drama Group Coordinates Plavs
The Drama Commission coordi
nates drama activities among the
high schools; publishes a monthly
newsletter, the “Teenage Thea
tre,” sponsored by the National
Repertory Workshop, and puts on
one-act, outdoor plays at Guilford
Courthouse Battleground during
the summer
Services both by and for youth
are included under the Youth
Service Committtee. Call-in, a
temporary employment service for
teens, a babysitting clinie in
April, and Project SHARP (Sat
urday Housing Authority Recrea
tion Program), which offers rec
reation for first through fourth
grade children living in housing
projects, are Included in the
group.
Officers of GYC are Bobby
Senn, chairman; Diane Barth
vice-chairman; Rosalind Gilmer,
Continued on Page Four
“Whirlpool”, Grimsley’s literary
magazine, organized, written and
produced by members of the stu
dent body is currently being re
vived by a new staff and a new
advisor and will be printed in the
spring and sold to students.
Peter Lux, who headed the re
organization of the magazine, was
elected editor-in-chief. Other stu
dent officials elected by the staff
are Julie Foard, art editor, and
Sharon Rhoades, business mana
ger.
The projected staff organization
Includes a staff each under the
art editor and business manager
and an editorial board. Mr.s. Vir
ginia Rhoades is the staff’s fac
ulty advisor.
“The editorial board.” stated
Pete, “will handle all poetry,
prose, and essays—creative works
reflecting original thoughts or
interpretation. We will have a
group of volunteer readers who
will read and comment on mater
ial submitted. Since there is no
fived number of readers and any
one is eligible to submit work to
“Whirlpool”, this will give the
student body a chance to influ
ence the content of the maga
zine.”
The art committee will handle
all posters, drawings, and photo
graphs submitted. The busine.ss
staff’s . ojain responsibility is to
provide money for expenses.
The rules for making submis
sions wili be posted in the Main
Hall. Basically, a typed paper or
one neatly written in longhand
on typing sheet size paper is de
sired. Formal essays should follow
the rules of the term paper, but
as yet there are no restrictions
on the poetry form.
Near the posted rules will be
a submission box in which work.s
Mexican Boy Visits Here
During School Vacation
Adrian Foruier Auelon, a na
tive of Mexico, visited Mr. Rich
ard Whittemore’s Spanish classes
Thursday, October 26. He answer
ed questions on Mexico’s cu.stoms,
ideas, and way of living asked
both in English and Spanish by
the students.
Adrian came from his home in
Mexico City on bis two months
school vacation to visit his sister
who lives in Greensboro with her
American husband.
First Visit Her*
This is Adrian’s first visit to
the United States and he hopes
to see more of the country as he
starts his trip home to Mexico by
car on December 1.5.
The school system in Mexico is
quite different from the one here
in the United States. Each stu
dent goes to school 14 years be
fore he goes to college. School
begins at 7:30 a.m. Adrian, like
all his classmates, is studying 13
different subjects. Among these
are mathematics, music, a study
of foreign countries, religion,
chemistry, physics, and English,
which Adrian has been . studying
for four years.
Subjects Alternate
Each day Adrian alternates his
schedule from the previous day
to get in all his classes. He has
one hour for lunch. The school
day ends at 4:00 p.m.
Among the school activities are
sports, as in the U.S. They play
soccer, one of Adrian’s favorite
sports, football, and basketball.
When he graduates from high
school in three years, Adrian, who
is 17 years old, would like to go
to college and study to become an
advertising agent.
Watching television, bowling,
girls, the theater, and playing
the guitar are some of his favor
ite pastimes. Miniskirts, he re
ported, are also a fad in Mexico.
Military Service
Adrian does not have his driv
er’s license. “Before we can get
them we must serve a year in
the military service,” he explain
ed. During this time, the draftee
receives basic training as in the
U.S. armed services.
Bicycles and motorbikes are
the main vehicles of transporta
tion. Next year American cars.
Ford and Crevrolet, will be ex
ported to Mexico to add car
transportation.
People Differ
“People here in the United
States are quite different from
those in Mexico,” Adrian stated.
“From my experience with them,
they seem to expect favors in
return for favors they give.”
When asked what he thought
of the war in Viet Nam., he stated
that he agrees with U.S. foreign
policy and hopes the administra
tion will continue it and stop the
spread of Communism.
may be placed. All writings will
be collected and analyzed by the
staff and returned with written
comments. If the material is
promising, the editors will call
in the author for a conference
about rewriting.
“Basically there are three lev
els of student support,” Pete said.
“Those who are active on the
staff, those who will submit or
work occasionally as readers, and
those who will buy WhirlpooL
We really need submissions and
purchasers.
Semi-finalists Spend
Three Day Weekend
In Chapel Hill
National Merit Scholarship semi
finalists took a college day from
school and went to Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, to visit the Uni
versity of North Carolina campus,
November 3-6.
Eleven of Grimsley’s 21 semi
finalists went on the trip. They
were Diane Barth, Mary Sue Ha-
mann, David Labell, Peter Lux,
Carolyn Lyday, Suzanne McFay-
den, Linda McKee, Robert Pend-
ley, Larry Reed, Mike Spital and
Martha Wibnering.
The cost of the trip was $4.00
per person to cover food. They
stayed in dormitories both nights,
and during the day talked with
student body leaders, visited class
es chosen from a prepared list
which they were given, and had
several convocations of all the
semi-finalists.
Saturday afternoon they attend
ed the Carolina-Clemson football
game in Kenan Stadiupi, and Sat
urday night a banquet was held
in their honor. Sunday morning
each student attended the church
of his choice.
Not all the time was restricted
during the weekend and the high
school students had an opportun
ity to talk to members of the Ad
ministration and faculty. The
chancellor of UNC-CH spoke at
one of their meetings.
’The general impression made
on GHS’s attendants was favor
able. They were impressed with
the students, the professors, the
“feel of the campus and the whole
set-up,” stated Mary Sue.
Some students who had not
considered attending UNC-CH be
fore have decided to apply. As a
whole, they “greatly appreciated”
the weekend.
Anti-Litter Week
To Aid aean-Up
As a part of the annual School
Beautiful Contest, a city-wide
Anti-Litter Week involving Grims-
ley, Smith, Page and Dudley High
School is being sponsored in No
vember.
Over the year, each school trys
to get 100 points. This special
project is worth 15 points to the
winner.
Judging of this contest includes
not only the cleanliness of the
school grounds, but also the orig-
nality of ideas that the commit
tee members thing of to ail pro
motion of the project.
Four people, one from each of
the high schools, will help to
judge the competition. Gail Knier-
iem is Grimsley’s judge for the
whole year.