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GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27 410, FEB. 12, 1968
NUMBER 14
“I have written THE STU-
>ENTS COUNCIL because I feel
student council’ has been Con-
istently misspelled. A student
hvernment consists of members
i^hose feelings and needs are
imdlar to the emotions and
iymphony, Concert
lands Perform
n Winter Concert
Winter Concert of the Sympho-
y and Concert Bands of Grims-
;y High School occurred Thurs-
ay night, February 1, at 8:00 in
he auditorium.
Edgar Hooker directed the con-
ert Band; Herbert Hazelman, the
Iymphony Band.
Concert Band Plays
Selections performed by the
/Oncert Band were March Ba-
oque, by Johann Fischer; The
larch of the Siamese Children,
ly Richard Rodgers; March of
freedom, by Bedrich Smetana;
nd March—The Storm King, by
If^alter Finlayson.
Included in the Symphony
Sand’s performance were Jubila-
ion — an Overture, by Robert
fard, a Pulitzer and Guggenheim
ward winning composer, who is
ow President of the North Caro-
ina School of the Arts in Win-
ton-Salem; Southland by Nilo
lovey; and Laredo by Clifton
Williams.
An Edward Benjamin commis-
ion for the North Carolina Sym-
■hony Orchestra, Passacaglia, was
rranged for band by Mr. Hazel-
lan and first played at the con-
ert.
First Performance Heard
Another first performance, In.
entions of Particles and Sounds,
y Fredrich Beyer, was also play-
d. Dr. Beyer, a new faculty
lember at Greensboro College
diere he teaches composition
nd theory, was in the audience
5r the first playing of his com-
osition.
Concluding the program were
elections from Marne by Jerry
ferman.
Admission to the concert was
0 cents for adults and 25 cents
jr students. Proceeds from this
oncert go toward the Bands’
p to Nassau, Bermuda, this
jne.
thoughts of thousands of people
they represent . . .”
These sentences by Mike Scher,
senior, opened his discussion
on possible iniprovements and
changes needed for Grimsley.
Mike directed his format to stu
dent council last Tuesday, Febru
ary 6.
Mike explained that he felt
that the Student Council should
pe the spokesman for the 2000
students of GHS. The idea coun
cil would be one that tried to
fulfill the needs of the students
and would serve as the intermed
iate body to the administration,
PTSA, and the community.
The program, A.I.D., was in
troduced. The council would an
ticipate, interpret, and do. This
would include anticipating the
needs of the students, interpret
ing deficiencies of the school or
students, and doing for the stu
dents. Social, athletic, and educa
tional formalities would be stud
ied by the Students Council. Mike
included stpdies of the 3 point
system. Torchlight, and the Honor
Code as needs for reformation.
In Mike’s plan it is felt that
the social aspect of GHS is not
lacking. However, Mike does rec
ognize a definite need for the for
mation of minor varsity sports of
soccer, volleyball, and gymnastics.
GHS Musician To Attend
Scout Conference In July
Attending a Girl Scout Music
Conference on the World of Art
this summer will be Mary Jeane
Hildebrandt, junior of Grimsley.
Dates of the conference, which
will take place at Edith Macy
Training Center just outside New
York City, at July 1 through 11.
The purpose of the conference
is to help the students realize
and understand the opportunities
available in the field of music.
Speakers who will come to lec
ture at the training center, field
trips into New York to attend '
concerts, and musicians not only
from New York but from across
the nation to conduct music work
shops will make up part of the
conference program.
A “back home” project will also
be included in the activities of
the ten-day conference. Those at
tending are required to list op
portunities open to high school
students in music in their area ©f
the country.
Selections of girls to attend
the conference began with appli
cation of all those who were in
terested. A committee from the
Council interviewed each appli
cant, with the names of those
who favorably impressed the com
mittee being sent to the regional
council. From these, regional di
rectors selected those who were
to attend. Each region is allowed
tj) send a certain number to the
conference. All together, 640
girls will come from all over the
country.
Mary Jeane, who plays the
’cello, is a member of Grimsley’s
orchestra and a member of the
North Carolina All-State Orches
tra.
Joint Meeting of Clubs
First of Kind For GHS
Photo Credit—Howard Ratsch
The Grimsley Key Club and the O. Henry Juniors met together Tuesday, January 30, in
he K & W Cafeteria to consider the possibilities of joint social functions and service proj-
cts. This is the first joint meeting of GHS clubs, but the two clubs hope that their success
nil influence the plans of other clubs.
Mike Scher Proposes Improvements,
Changes Needed For Grimsley
With these, more students could
be directly involved. Lettering in
these sports was deemed as im
portant, too.
A need for making education
more interesting is mandatory.
Students need to be aware of
current events. So interest in
music or literature is carried to
the home; educational experiences
stop after 3:30 p.m.
Debates, speak-outs, book and
record fairs, information fairs
concerning current events, taped
lectures, and contests in the writ
ing of literature are added sug
gestions for elegance in educa
tion.
Mike has initiated the idea of
student education committees
where delegates from each class,
representing one subject area,
would meet and discuss courses
and their educational values.
Mike’s outline for reforms was
unanimously accepted by the stu
dent council. Committees have
been formed to study various
aspects of school life. After
studies are made, resolutions will
be formed and presented to the
administration for approval and
then action.
Mike added that action must
begin now for Students Council
to be an effective and influential
institution of GHS.
First joint meeting of the
Grimsley Key Club and the O.
Henry Juniors took place Tues
day, January 30, in the K & W
Cafeteria,
For many years these brother
and sister clubs have had joint
relationship in both social and
service functions. Having mutual
sponsors, they were and are able
to work together through their
sponsors.
First Union
The union of these clubs marks
the first of its kind at Grimsley.
So far no definite plans have
been made for future activities,
but they hope to have a joint
club dance, and several service
projects are in the making.
Possibly the success of this
kind of merger between clubs
could lead to the forming of more
brother and sister clubs at Grims
ley. The joint groups could take
up projects together for the bene
fit of the school.
Tom Boone, president of the
Key Club, stated, “It is our hope
that possibly the activities of our
clubs will influence the plans of
other clubs. Our mutual goal is
service and a warmer atmosphere
at GHS.”
A meeting of the O. Henry
Juniors social committee was at
tended by a member of the Key
Club, who represented his club’s
views in the business discussed.
Plans for a joint social function
were proposed. Ideas included a
joint dance featuring a combo, a
possible joint fund-raising proj
ect, and cooperative club partici
pation in the February 10, Heart
Fund Tag Day.
SCHOOL BEAUTIFUL
School Beautiful Chairmen
Patti Harris, Gary McNeill,
and Lynn Moore have an
nounced that until the main
project for this year is com
pleted, there will be a work
day every Saturday except in
the event of bad weather. They
encourage every one to attend
the work days since GHS is
last in the contest.
Art Contest Sponsored
By Hallmark Cards
Sponsored by Hallmark Cards,
Incorporated, and the Greensboro
Woman’s Club on the local level,
the 1968 Hallmark Art Contest
will take place Tuesday, Febru
ary 20.
The theme of this year’s contest
is “Cultiu-al Explosion.” The first
prize winner will receive a $25
United States saving bond. A
silver cup will be awarded to
the person executing the best oil
painting.
Display of the entries will be
at 223 N. Edgeworth St., which
is the Woman’s Club. Judges for
the contest here in town have not
yet heen announced.
There are four levels of com
petition in the contest: local, dis
trict, state and national. Scholar
ships are awarded as prizes past
the local level.
All high school seniors are
eligible to enter the contest. Wat
er colors, oil paints, pastels or
mixed media are acceptable. ’The
rules specify an eleven by four
teen inch minimum size and a
twenty by twenty-four inch maxi
mum size of the work.
Students are permitted to put
prices on their work. Frequently
members of the Woman’s Club
purchase some of the paintings if
they are left at the club after the
contest. All the entries will stay
at the club until the Wednesday
following the contest. .
GHS History Concludecf
Editor’s Note: This is the last
article in a series about the
history of Grimsley as it was
originally published in the 1951
WHIRLIGIG.
In 1929 a special day, known
as Home-coming Day, was set
aside for all the alumni who so
enjoyed returning to Greensboro
High School. The next year, rep
resentatives from several colleges
were invited to attend the first
College Day.
With 1931 came the first Social
Standards Day and the discontin
uing of the yearbook, THE RE
FLECTOR, because of the depres
sion. Two years later HIGH LIFE
was temporarily discontinued; and
the old original HOMESPUN,
after having won national recog
nition. succumbed the next fall.
HIGH LIFE was revived in the
spring of 1937, while HOMESPUN
was republished, though modified,
for this, its final year.
With the spring of 1939 came
the crowning of Jean Stafford,
our first May Queen. The dra
matics association, directed by
Miss Lottie Wall, sponsored that
and the following ceremony, which
was the last before being discon
tinued during the war years.
When our constitution was
amended in 1941, we felt that
our school was complete except
for an organized recreational pro
gram. Three rooms, therefore,
set aside specifically for our en
tertainment; also parties and
dances, co-sponsored by the PTA
and student council, were sched
uled at regular intervals.
After World War II, the coun
cil revived our May Day. At last,
in 1947, the Greensboro Youth
Center was established. This
gathering place had its inception
in the recreational program which
had begim at school. At first it
was under the direction of Mr.
Weddie Huffman. Since it is spon
sored by the city, the Center is
available all of Greensboro’s
youth.
The last class of Greensboro
High School’s first half century
heard for the first time our Alma
Mater, written by Mr. Herbert
Hazelman, the band director, and
it saw the installation of a driver’s
course. ,,
Also, the class of 1950 had ef
ficient Fred Upchurch as editor
and patient Mrs. Estelle as ad
visor when they revived our year
book and changed its name to
WHIRLIGIG.
Thus ended fifty years of ob
stacles and work, hope, bound
less progress, and SUCCESS. 'This
first class of the second half
century stepped out into the world
to take their places among the
men and women of America 17
years ago.
The class of 1968, 18 years into
the second half century of Grims
ley High School, can only hope
to follow its predecessors in the
same fine tradition of GHS.