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GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27 410, DEC. 11, 1967
NUMBER 11
Choirs, Orchestra
Present Concert
Grimsley’s choral department
gave its annual Christmas concert
last Wednesday night in the au
ditorium. The Girls’ Advanced
Chorus, the Choir, and the Or
chestra took part in this presen
tation.
Combined choruses processed to
“Hodie Christus Natus Est” by
Britten. The choir then sang two
other numbers in Latin: “Gloria
Patri” by Palestrina and “Gloria
in Excelsis” by Vivaldi. The Girls’
Chorus followed with “Blessing,
Glory, and Wisdom” transcribed
by Tillinghast and “Four Carols”
by Diemer.
“There Shall A Star Come Out
of Jacob” by Mendelssohn, an
unusual and difficult piece was
featured by the choir. Their oth
er numbers included “Still, Still,
Still,” a lullaby by Luboff, and
“Glory to God in the Highest” by
Thompson and “Sound the Trum
pet.” Lighter Christmas selec
tions were “Carol,of the Drum”
by Davis, “Sleigh Ride” by An
derson, and “Do You Hear What
I Hear?” by Regney.
A special group of choir mem
bers, the Madrigal Singers, sang
“What Child Is This?”, “The Holly
and the Ivy”, “Lo How A Rose”,
and “Three Carols”. The interpre
tation by the singers added to the
beauty of these old and new
Christmas songs, said one mem
ber of the regular choir.
The Grimsley Orchestra joined
the Choir for the “Hallelujah
Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah to
end the program.
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'Barney Day' Gives
Art Students Break
BY JANE TESH
An unpredictable tradition has
come to the seventh period art
class of Grimsley High School.
This is “Barney Day”, an unusual
birthday celebration on the twen
ty-first of each month. Serious
art students forsake their crea
tions to have a holiday and party
in honor of Barney.
Last year Barney Day was in
troduced with -a chocolate cake
and a trip to the Weather (or is
it Wither?) spoon Gallery (or is
it Galary?). Oh, well, another
twenty-first was spent in folk
dancing. All Barney Days include
candy and other snacks.
This year’s first official cele
bration included a walk on the
frbnt lawn and a paint-splattering
relay race.
Those who wish to know who
or what Barney is should ask
seventh period art students. They
don’t know either.
Photo Credit—Howard Ratsch
Members of the senior class are hard at work on their pageant “The Other Wise Man.”
Above are some of the cast during an early morning rehearsal in the auditorium. They are
from left to right, Mike Schott, Jack Mason, Steve Dixon, Lane Hurley, Barclay Burks,
and seated. Bill Waterstradt. The play will be presented third period, December 20.
A History of Grimsley -- Part ill
■The year after Mr. A. P. Routh
came to Greensboro Senior High,
twelve students, who earned no
wages, enrolled in the first di-
versififd -occupations class in the
state and one of the first distrib
utive education classes in North
Carolina.
The first students in the state
to receive credit and to graduate
from night school training finish
ed in 1951. The succeeding year
brought an end to the practice
of having a mid-term graduating
class. Here, too, was the first
veteran’s school program in the
state, beginning in 1946 and end
ing in June, 1948.
Radio Started
In 1949 we were granted our
own broadcasting station, WGPS-
FM, operating on ten watts of
power at eighty-nine and nine-
tenths megacycles. With this we.
were again the pioneers.
For 50 years, the students in
Grimsle.v. Senior High School have
been challenged to do their best
scholastically in order to achieve
recognition through the honor
roll.
That class of 1909 might al
ways remember their Alma Mater.
They began the yearbook of GHS.
Newman L. White was appointed
editor that fir.st year. This was a
Christmas Party Given
For Underprivileged Youth
On Saturday, December 16, the
Grimsley Youth Recreation Com
mittee will help other YRC
groups from other schools give
a Christmas party for 30 under
privileged children from the
Smith Homes area.
The party, which will last from
2:00 until 4:00, will be given at
the Guilford Dairy Country Club.
The GHS group is responsible
for decorations, according to YRC
Chairman, Cookie Reed.
Two YRC members will be in
:harge of each child. Each child
I'ill get three big presents and
a stocking filled with toys and
candy.
Singing, playing games, reading
stories, and talking with Santa
Claus are other activities. Locke
Bell of Page will be Santa for the
second year in a row.
In order to get presents, a
dance was held December 9, in
the Boys’ Gymnasium. C. C. and
the Souls provided the music. Ad
mission was granted if a person
had brought with him either a
game or stuffed animal suitable
for a child between the ages of
six and ten.
successor to the former and only
publication of the high school, a
combination new.'paper and mag
azine, “The Sage.”
Always eager to take part in
outside activities related never
theless to school life, Greensboro
High School participated in the
first state triangular debate in
1912.
HIGH LIFE Begun
HIGH LIFE, the school news
paper, had Paul Causey as the
first editor and Mr. Edgar Woods
and Miss Inabelle Coleman as ad
visors when it was first started in
1920. The first issue was publish
ed in September 25 of that year.
One year later Miss Jean Sum-
merell, a Latin teacher, brought
forth the idea that school govern
ment placed in the hands of the
New GHS Library
Used For Planning
Spring Convenlion
Meeting in the new Grimsley
Senior High library to plan the
annual library convention Satur
day, December 9, were the mem
bers of the Executive Board of
the North Carolina High School
Library Association.
Members of the Board include
Mike Keever of Hickory, presi
dent; Carolyn Lyday of GHS,
vice president: Nancy Schrum of
Newton, secretary; Kris Mishoe
of Arden, treasurer; Sharon Up
church of Durham, editor; and
Reba Jo Hardy of Kannapolis,
reporter. Mrs. Willie Boone is the
executive secretary and Miss Mil
dred Herring is historian.
The convention, which will oc
cur at the end of April, 1968, will
take place at the Jack Tar Hotel
in Durham. Attending the conven
tion will be delegates from all
around North Carolina. Each
member > library club will elect
representatives to go to Durham.
This planning meeting, which
took place for a few hours Satur
day morning, was the first to be
held in the new library.
students might be successful.
Lengthy discussions among the
faculty members and a student
campaign proved the idea accept
able. Therefore in 1922, with
Miss Summerell as advisor, the
first council was elected and Rob
ert Irving became president of
the government.
Athletic Associations Innovated
That same year fixed programs
Were established for a boys’ and
girls’ physical athletic association.
(n the fall of 1924, the divitan
Club with Mr. Guy Phillips as
president, first sponsored our
present system of awarding stars
for achieving honor roll.
Students who were outstanding
in qualities of scholarship, leader
ship, service and character were
first honored in 1923 through
Torchlight, the new chapter in
the National Honor Society. Miss
Nita Gressit first served as ad
visor.
Magazine Published
Since HIGH LIFE was proving
itself Sq successful, the publish
ing of a magazine, HOME SPUN,
was begun in 1925 with Carlton
Wilder as the editor and under
the supervision of Miss Laura
Tillett, head of the English De
partment at that time.
Pep Band Entertains
For Indoor Sports
Grimsley’s Pep Band, organized
about seven years ago to enter
tain at all basketball games and
to help to promote school spirit,
is 22 members strong this year. -
Under the direction of Bill
Jones, senior, the band practices
in the band room most afternoons
after school. Ronnie Dick is the
junior director.
Music Varys
Besides school songs, the Pep
Band playS a variety of other
types of music. Movie themes and
spirited music, such as “Casino
Royale,” and “Man of La Mancha”
are basic examples. Semi-classical
compositions are also included.
Members of the band and their
instruments are as follows: B
flat clarinet. Rig Dees. Alan
Gibbs, and Ralph Voight; B flat
bass clarinet, Ronnie Dick; B flat
cornet. Bill Deal, Chuck Entre-
kin, Fred Fishman and Reagan
Weaver.
Other Members Listed
Others are Rick Stough -and
Claude Woods, E flat alto saxa-
phone; David Abell. B flat tenor
saxaphone; Ed Cheshire and John
Lauten, E flat horn; Jim Cheshire,
Ronnie Huffines, Lane Hurley,
and Jim Rogers, trombone.
Rick Todd, baritone; Peggy
Crouch, Ed Johnson, and Bob
Roach, tuba; Dickie Stover,
drums; and Rick Hall and Buddy
Mclntire, alternate drummers,
complete the list.
Cast Changes Made;
Chairmen Chosen
Changes have been made in the
Christmas pageant cast announced
last week by co-directors Carolyn
Lyday and Audrey Lavlne, and
chairmen for the backstage com
mittees for “The Other Wise
Man” have been chosen.
Bill Waterstradt, who formerly
played the Wise Man Melchior,
will now play the part of Artaban,
the fourth Wise Man. The part of
Melchior had not been re-cast at
press time.
Committee chairmen have al
ready organized their committees
and begun work for the Decem
ber 20 production.
They are Paul Allen, sound;
Julie Foard, programs; Craig Pyr-
on, scenery and special musical
effects; Cynthia Souers, make-up;
Sheila Steacy, props; Randy Ves
tal, lighting: and Martha Wilmer-
ing, costumes.
Committee members volunteer
ed by attending announced meet
ings and expressing their desire
to help.
School To Be Painted
On Inside Within Year
Excluding the auditorium, the
whole interior of Grimsley is to
be painted. Four painters, cur
rently at work in the Main Build
ing on the first floor, should fin
ish the job in approximately one
year, according to R. L. Glenn,
assistant principal.
Walls are being painted white
above the level of the lockers, as
formerly. However the lower wall
will be a pale green.
Teachers are being given a
choice of colors for their individ
ual rooms. The colors being of
fered are pink, yellow, blue and
green.
As a preliminary to the paint
ing, many cracks and broken
areas of the walls and ceilings
were re-plastered at the end of
last week, to provide an even
surface on which to paint.
Cost of the project could not
be estimated at present. The City
Board of Education is paying for
the painting.
Mr. Glenn estimated the length
of time required, saying that the
last time the school was painted,
seven men did the job in about
nine months.