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VOLUME XLIII
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27 410, NOV. 28, 1967
NUMBER 9
Torchiisht Inductions Tap
New Senior Members
Seniors were inducted into
Torchlight, Grimsley’s branch of
the National Honor Society, dur
ing a candlelight assembly Wed
nesday, November 15.
Those who were tapped were
Diane Barth, Bob Bender, Susan
Butchart, Kathy Carlton, Julie
Foard, Beth Folk, Annette Jack-
son, Cathy Lewis, John Lynch,
Linda McKee, Donna Nichols,
Robert Pendley, Jean Rabold,
Cookie Reed, Larry Reid, Mike
Schott, Pam Silkworth, Jerry Spi
vey, Martha Wilmering. and Sue
Wyatt.
Student Council
Takes Children
To Country Park
On Sunday, November 19, the
Grimsley Student Council took
about 35 underpriviledged chil
dren from the White Oaks Com
munity to Battleground Park. This
project was initiated by Kathy
Carlton, senior, and had been
planned with four other student
council members.
These five worked with these
children during the summer and
wanted to continue meeting with
them.
The project had a dual purpose
.—one, to entertain the children
in a place outside of their com
munity—a place where very few
had ever had an opportunity to
go. The other was to unite the
Student Council by giving all a
chance to work together on a
worthy project.
About 20 members of the stu
dent council played with the chil
dren form 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Ac
tivities included playing on the
equipment on the playground, eat
ing, and visiting the museum.
The entire project was a suc
cess and the student council hopes
to meet with the children during
the Christmas holdays.
After the solemn ceremony in
which the ideals of Torchlight
were expressed by members rep
resenting Scholarship, Leader
ship, Service and Character,
Charles Wilkins, Torchlight presi
dent, charged members to “go
forth and seek out those worthy
of membership.”
Old Seek New
Carrying their flickering lights,
the white-robed members of the
honor society searched the audi
ence for the new members. Those
tapped were led onto the stage to
take their oath of membership.
Then Mrs. Mary B. Madlin, fac
ulty advisor for Torchlight, ac
cepted the new members on be
half of the teachers.
Qualifications Given
Students considered for mem
bership must have not only those
four traits which Torchlight mem
bers always exemplify, but no
less than a 3.5 average academi
cally and a satisfactorily grade in
conduct. The names of those who
qualified for this honor were sub
mitted earlier in the year. The
faculty members then voted on
those who were chosen.
Parents Invited
The parents of those who were
to be tapped were contacted
Wednesday morning after their
child had left for school. They
were invited to the assembly, but
were carefully hidden during the
ceremony.
Photo credit Howard Ratsch
Above are the new members of Torchlight—The National Honor Society. They are in
alphabetical order; Diane Barth, Boh Bender Susan Butuhart, Katherine Carlton, Julia
Grace Foard, Beth Folk, Annette Jackson, Catherine Lewis, John Lynch, Linda McKee,
Donna Nichols, Robert Pendley, Jean Rabold, Cookie Reed, Larry Reid, Mike Schott, Pa
mela Silkworth, Jerry Spivey, Martha Wilmering and Sue Wyatt. These people were chosen
on the basis of academic standing, leadership, character, and service.
Grimsley’s History Is Retold Anew
Before Eyes Of Interested Readers
VKA Menbers
Attend Meeting
To Elect Officers
BY KATHY BROWN
Nine members of the Grimsley
chapter of VICA (Vocational In
dustrial Clubs of America) at
tended the regional meeting of
VICA at Elkin, N.C., Saturday,
November 4. The purpose of the
meeting was to elect the officers
for Region 11 for this year.
Vince Hendrickson, senior, and
Mary Frances Yow, senior, were
the candidates from Grimsley for
president and treasurer.
The officers attended work
shops for their office. These
workshops were prepared further
to teach leadership and ■ parlia
mentary procedure.
Bill Clark, senior; Charles Hall,
senior; Jane Moore, junior; and
Sue Watson, senior, completed the
group. They went to investigate
contests in job intervviews, job
safety, and public speaking. These
contests and workshops are just
one way that the Vocational In
dustrial Clubs of America are
helping its members develop an
understanding and respect for
their work and community.
JCL Presents Annual
Thanksgiving Program
The Junor Classical League held
its annual Thanksgiving program
on Wednesday, November 15. The
program consisted of a skit por
traying Roman worship and a talk
on Greece and Rome by Mr.
Robert Fredrickson, who brought
slides for the program.
Robert Pendley, vice-president,
described the worship practiced
in Rome, while Bob Jones, junior,
acted the part of the High Priest.
Sue Wyatt acted as the Vestal
Virgin and Martha Gabriel and
Gary Wayniek were the ordinary
citizens in the act of worship.
Mr. Fredrickson, a history
teacher at GHS, discussed ancient
Greece and Rome, and showed
slides he had taken on his trip
there. Rie Davis, junior is in
charge of publicity for JCL.
Editor’s note: This article is a
reprint from the 1951 issue of
WHIRLIGIG. We thought that the
students would find the history of
GHS interesting, so a series of
articles will be printed on its
beginning.
Today, we at Senior are proud
of our high school which has one
of the fullest academic programs
in the South, many modern con
veniences, and numerous extra
curricular activities. But how oft
en do we think back through the
years of all the planning and work
that went into making Senior
High what it is today?
The Greensboro schools date
back even further than 1863, when
Eli Carruthers was principal in
the little brick building on Syca
more Street. This school was an
outgrowth of the old Caldwell
Institute, the first of Greensboro’s
public schools. The public schools
were chartered by the North
Carolina State Legislature in 1845.
From these earliest schools in
VRC Builds Holiday Float
To Enter Annual Parade
The Grimsley Youth Recreation
Committee built a float to enter
in the Greensboro Christmas Pa
rade on Friday, November 24.
According to Cookie Reed, YRC
chairman, the theme of the float
was “Mrs. Claus’ Candy Kitchen”.
Competition from Schools
The float was in competition
with floats from Smith, Page, and
various noncommercial organiza
tions in Greensboro. First prize
is $75 and second is $50.
Decorations have to cover 75
percent of the float. They consist
mainly of paint, crepe paper and
colored foil.
Work on the float was done at
the Guilford Agricultural Center.
Directions to the barn were posted
on the YRC Whirliebird bulletin
board. From Wednesday, Novem
ber 15, until dark on Thanksgiv
ing Day, the work was taking
place.
Members Required to Work
All YRC members were re
quired to work eight hours on
the float. Every other student of
GHS was Invited to work after
school on the float, YRC mem
bers worked all day Thursday,
Thanksgiving Day, and late into
the night.
All of the people who appeared
on the float had not been chosen
at press time, but Cookie Reed
appeared as Mrs. Claus.
Greensboro, an extensive public
education has grown, having its
tap root on . Lindsay and Forbis
Street. It was on Forbis Street
that the first class graduated
from a new and separate depart
ment, the high school, in 1900.
As we have come from carri
ages to slick convertibles and
from bustles to ballerinas, the
high school has also seen as
tounding changes since that first
class.
Through the past 50 years our
school has been steadily expand
ing, adding new subjects and cre
ating through its activities and
organizations, new outlets for our
talents and interests. These play
Important parts in our develop
ment as useful and well-rounded
individuals.
As more and more students en
rolled in Greensboro High School,
the four rooms in the old Catho
lic Church building on Forbis
Street became crowded. The city
of Greensboro appropriated $40,000
for building a new school on
Spring Street which was com
pleted in 1911. A cafeteria was
added fai 1919.
There developed a need for an
even larger high school, com
pletely separated from the lower
grades. A plan was proposed for
the erection of a junior high
■school, a senior high school, and
a junior college, in separate
groups, facing Westover Terrace
in consecutive order.
In 1927 the million dollar sen
ior high school project was start
ed on the 129 acre tract. During
the year 1929 three of the six
proposed high school buildings—
the main building, the science
building, and the cafeteria—^were
completed; also, supposedly tem
porary boys’ dressing rooms were
erected.
The class of 1931 planted the
ivv, and a new gymnasium for all
students was built in 1933. Until
1943 the auditorium had been
without the present murals of in
dustry and trade on the left of
the stage and the symbols of the
professions on the right.
About 1935 a combination band
room and shop gave more space.
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GHS Madrigals Sing
For Conference
Grimsley’s Madrigal Singers, a
group of 16 choir members, per
formed in Elliott Hall at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro (UNC-G) on Monday,
November 13.
The group sang undirected at
1:30 p.m. for a luncheon of the
North Carolina Music Education
Conference. All the musical edu
cation instructors in the state
were invited to attend the lunch-
eon.
Selections Listed
"Weep, O Mine Eyes, Flora Gave
Me Fairest Flowers, Sing We and
Chant It, and Fa a Canzone (Sing
Me a Song), were the selections
they performed. The group, which
has a “unique memory”, stated
Mr. Ronald Hill, GHS choral di
rector, also performs without mu
sic as well as without direction.
Chosen as the best singers from
Grimsley’s 75 voice choir by au
ditions earlier this year, the Mad
rigals were the .only group from
the Greensboro senior high
schools invited to sing at this con
ference.
Members of the Singers are
Brenda Arthur, Kathy Hollifield,
Liz Normandy, and Buzzy West
moreland, sopranos; Linda Grimes,
Debbie Meyer, Dottye Robbins,
and Carolyn Stillwell, altos; Ray
Mendenhall, Cy Moore, John Pen-
land, and Marshall Petty, tenors;
and Tom Boone, Bobby Selders,
Bill Waterstradt, and Steve Wil
son, basses.^
The Madrigal Singers will give
a concert at Grimsley on Decem
ber 6, at 8:00 p.m.