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One of the highlight events of
reensboro Youth Week, which
ills the last week in April of
ach year, is the Junior City
ouncil.
In this role-playing event, spec-
illy “elected” and trained teen-
ge officials perform the roles
members’ of Greensboro’s City
!ouncil and of various city gov-
mment employees for the Mon-
ay afternoon of Youth Week In
specially arranged Junior City
ouncil meeting.
The Junior City Council meet-
ig follows the pattern of a reg-
lar City Council meeting and is
pen to the public. Although the
ctions of the Junior City Coun-
il carry no legal weight, adult
fficials have learned much of
le thinking of youth on govern-
lent matters through this ses-
on, which is covered by all press
ledia.
The Junior City Coimcil pro
ram has proved successful in
[lowing for education in city
ovemment operation. Because of
ie valuable nature of the Junior
ity Council sessions, special in-
itations are extended to high
fhool history and civic classes
attend.
A committee from each of the
ity high schools, composed of
tudents Council members and
le Students Council advisor, will
asked to select the nominees
)r Junior City Council positions
•om its school. These selections
■ill be made from applications
irned in t0‘ the committee by
iterested students who are mem-
ers of the school’s junior and
mior classes. ^
The number of students per
school is Curry, 10; Dudley, 21;
Grimsley, 21; Notre Dame, 10;
Page, 21; and Smith, 17. No one
should be selected as a nominee
who cannot attend all sessions of
the Junior City Council programs.
All 100 nominees will attend
sessions in the Council Chamber
of City Hall Annex on March 27,
March 29, and April 2, which will
be conducted by various leaders
and department heads in city gov
ernment to teach the nominees
about the different phases and
activities of local government.
On March 27, an overall pic
ture of city government will be
presented by the City Manager’s
office, foliowed by talks from the
Planning Department and the Fi
nance Department.
Talks from the Recreation De
partment, Police Department, and
Traffic Engineering Department
will be given March 29.
The meeting April 2, will have
talks from the Parks Department
and Public Works Department, in
cluding Water and Sewer, Build
ing Inspection, and Sanitation Di
visions.
These sessions will last from
4:15 until 5:30 p.m. and will be
open to all hi,story and civic class
es in the city, as well as any
other interested individuals.
On Thursday, April .1.4, all 100
nominees will take a quiz on city
government based on the lectures
and any written material given
to them during the leitures. The
scores from this quiz, which will
be prepared by GYC Leaders and
city government officials, will be
the basis for assigning city po-
sitions to the nominees.
Positions which will be assigned
Britton’s Peace Essay
Enters State Comoetition
ons, dramatics, and other courses,
he contest feature is included
stimulate interest on the part
the students and the public.
Upon registration, each high
;hool is sent a packet of basic
iference materials concerning the
peaking topic. This kit is intend-
iHS Student Wins
ihow Appearance
Second prize in the singles
impetition of the Teen-age Tal-
it Show went to Audrey Lavine,
nior, for a vocal solo.
Accompanied by Bob Waddell
ti piano, Audrey sang “I’ve Gotta
Me” and “Until It’s Time For
ou To Go.”
A talent scout for the Ted
ack Amateur Hour television
flow awarded Audrey an appear-
ice on the show after April,
lows through next month are
ready recorded.
First prize winning group from
nith High School, the Musettes
;ceived a $100 war bond. They
id Audrey will take part in
atewide competition for a po
tion on the 90-minute “Sound of
outh” television special which
ill be shown nationally in June.
A plaque was given to the Dud-
Modern Dance Group for sec-
id prize and third prize (honor-
lie mention) went to the Dukes
Soul from Dudley High School.
ed to be used as basic reference
only. Students are encouraged to
seek further infonnation from
other sources, and a suggested
bibliography is enclosed with the
study kit.
Winner of the World Peace
Speaking Program from Grimsley
is Charles Britton, senior. His
paper on the subject, “World
Peace Through World Law: What
Does It Mean? Do We Really
Want It?” has been entered in
the state contest.
The state contest winners will
receive $1000 scholarship for first
place, $700 for second place and
$300 for third place. The three
winners will be announced on
April 3, in Washington, D.C.
For winning in the school com
petition, Charles will receive a
trip to New York City to visit
the United Nations, March 31
through April 3.
The purpose of this program
is to stimulate interest in and to
furnish information on the prob
lems of world peace. The aim is
to reach not only high school
pupils, but through them, the
masses of the people, upon his
collective conviction eventual
world peace must hinge.
This is an educational program
designed to be used as parallel
work in connection with regular
high school courses such as Eng
lish, history, social studies, pub
lic speaking, government, sociol
ogy, civics, international rela-
Scher’s Proposals
Begin Committees
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27410, MARCH 18, 1968
VIock Junior City Council Meeting
highlights Youth Week Observances
to the top 26 scorers are Mayor,
Mayor Pro-Tern, five city council-
men, City Manager, City Attorney,
Finance Director, Parks Director,
Planning Director, Police Chief,
Public Works Director, Recreation
Director, Traffic Engineering Di-
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Torchlight Inducts
Juniors, Seniors
Annual spring inductions of
Torchlight, Grimsley’s branch of
the National Honor Society, oc
curred March 5, with 18 students
being tapped.
Seniors brought into the Society
were Jeannie Bird, John Boyst,
Bill Jones, Peter Lux, Ray Men
denhall, Emmy Smith, and Jane
Tesh.
Bill Fulkerson, Martha Gabriel,
Mary Jeane Hildebrandt, Julie
Inman, Cindy Johnson, Kathryn
B. Jones, Trish Kellett, Marcia
Kennedy, Carolyn Kornegay, Eric
Powell, and Joan Ray were jun
iors tapped.
President Charles Wilkins open
ed the candlelit ceremonies with
a speech on Torchlight’s aims.
Students representing the four
ideals of the Honor Society de
scribed these standards before the
traditional challenge to seek out
worthy students was issued.
Realizing that the unified per
sonality idealized by Torchlight
is never completely developed in
one individual, Charles comment
ed that it was a “growing con
cept.”
Larry Reid, senior, described
Scholarship. An average of 90 or
better is required with satisfactory
conduct standings. Scholarship
was pictured as the only true
wealth, and was symbolized by a
gold candle.
Leadership was discussed by
Sue Wyatt, senior. She explained
the place of leaders in the world
and their growing importance.
The candle of Leadership was
royal purple, the traditional color
of leaders.
Pam Silkworth, senior, spoke
on service, which was symbolized
by a blue candle. Service may" be
in any capacity, including school,
church and community activities,
to make a student eligible for
Torchlihgt.
Character wa described by
Mike Schott, senior, as an inr-
tangible quality perso.nality and
represented in the service by a
pure white candle.
Proposed committees, which are
a part of Michael Scher’s plan
for the Students’ Council, have
been investigated by appointed
chairmen as to their advisability,
merit, and usefulness.
After Michael’s plan was intro
duced to the council, viarious
members, tentative committee
heads, but without the power to
set up committees, were appoint
ed to find out if a need for the
committee existed and what it
would do if formed. The presi
dent of next year’s council will
be the one to set up these com
mittees if he so desires.
Improvement of Communication
between students and the Stu
dents’ Council would be the pur
pose of Jimmy Palmer’s commit
tee. Present methods oi communi
cation consist only of Council
reports in homeroom and the Sug
gestion Bo.x.
The purpose of this group would
be to bring the students and the
council closer together by work
ing through the homeroom presi
dents. Pre-council meetings of
class presidents and the respective
homeroom presidents could take
place with another meeting after
Council meets. The homeroom
presidents could take place with
another meeting after Council
meets. The homeroom presidents
could then return to their home
rooms and report what was ac
complished by the Council and
any future plans.
Students do not take advantage
of the Suggestion Box which i.s
in the front hall. For this reason
a new form of communication is
needed.
To give students a means of
communicating with teachers in
general, a Student Evaluation
committee was proposed. Bobo
Berry, chairman, has plans to be
suggested for this committee. The
five members of the Students’
Council committee would choose
two members from each class and
meet with them in groups of ten
to discuss ideas the students con
sider beneficial to their learning,
such as teaching methods. These
will be suggestions only, since
this will not be a committee to
be evaluated.
Information Fair, with Sue Wy
att as committee head, would
make available to students infor
mation they might not get other
wise. The plan is to get copies
of articles from magazines on cur
rent affairs of interest such as
the Vietnam conflict. No definite
plans as to when this will be be
gun have been made. In this way,
students who are not particularly
interested or who would not think
about this type of reading would
have it made available to them
probably through homerooms.
The Resolutions and Liaison
Committees have merged since
their purposes are similar. Mary
Sue Hamann and Kathy Glenn are
the chairmen of these committees.
This idea provides a channel for
Good Hews Is Coming
GOOD NEWS, a group of 350
young people under the direction
of Rev. Chuck Pulley, minister
of recreation at the First Baptist
Church, is coming to the Greens
boro Coliseum March 29 and 30 at
8 p.m.
Nearly every church in the city
is represented in this group,
which will present a Christian
folk musical. The reactor and hiS
fellow rebels try to “put down”
enthusiastic Christian singers and
loses what may be his one big
chance to be won over to Christ
ianity.
Such songs as “Good News”,
“We’re Coming On”, “He Shall
Live Again”. “If There’s to be
Tomorrow,” “Sunday’s Child”, “I
Stand Amazed”, “Is It Getting
Through”, “Come Alive”, and “Do
You Really Care?” will be pre
sented.
The GOOD NEWS cast has al
ready presented the program one
time. They sang in Durham, N. C.'
for a church convention on Sat
urday, February 17. On Thursday,
March 21 a portion of the GOOD
NEWS cast will be presented on
television. This' group will be com
posed of juniors, seniors, and col
lege and career people.
Tickets are 50 cents for stu
dents and $1 for adults. They can
be obtained from any GOOD
NEWS member or at the Coliseum
box office.
communication concerning policies
which students do not agree with.
Form to file dissenting opinions
will be available in the Guidance
office. An individual must have
the signatures of 50 students on
the form before it can be pre
sented to Council. The first time
the opinion is read there will be
no discussion or questions con
cerning it. Questions and discus
sion will foltow the reading the
next week, giving the concerned
person a chance to talk to Coun
cil members.
The third week the resolution
will be read again and voted on.
A simply majority is required to
pass the resolution. It is then
senjt to the concerned faculty
member who approves or disap
proves within ten days and then
sends it to Mb. Routh. The liai-
san committee incorporated into
the resolutions committee deals
with such communication among
the students, PTSA and the ad
ministration.
The major objective of the com
mittee on Superior Students,
which has Jerry Homig as chair
man, is to evaluate existing plans
for the needs of superior stu
dents and conduct research on
possible improvement of these
plans.
Scott Adair was appointed head
of the Supplementary Committee.
Individuals on this committee pro
posed an amendment to the school
constitution stating that students
outside the council could help
and work on Council by griving
suggestions and working on as
signed committees for next year.
A formal note concerning this
proposal was approved by the-
Students’ Council.
Morehead Winners
Announced Recently
Recipients of John Motley More-
head scholarships in Greensboro
include Grimsley senior Charles
Wilkins.
Robert Tate and Richard Os-
mer of Page and Ed Lucas of
Woodberry Forest School in Vir
ginia were also among the record
number of 104 boys to receive
scholarships.
Awards Announced
Announcement of the awards
was made March 5, by Hugh G.
Chatham of the Morehead Foun
dation, along with the announce
ment that the trustees had voted
to increase the value of the
awards.
The amount of the scholarship
was increased by $250 a year to
$8,000 for North Carolina resi
dents and by $375, to $10,000 for
out-of-state residents for four
years of undergraduate study at
tne University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
Out-of-state students receive
more because their tuition at the
state-supported school is higher.
Merit Finalist Wins
Charles is a National Merit
Scholarship Finalist, president of
the National Honor Society and
the Monogram Club, an Eagle
Scout, and a member of the track
and cross-country teams.
Sports editor of his school
newspaper, Ed Lucas is also a
member of the Chapel Council,
secretary-treasurer of the Mono
gram Club, co-captain of the
baseball team and a member of
the football team.
Richard Osmer is a member'
of the National Honor Society,
president of the senior class, an
Eagle Scout, and a. member of
the basketball and tennis teams.
President of the Student Coun
cil, member of the National Honor
Society, basketball and tennis
teams and co-captain of the track
team, Robert Tate is the North-
Carolina High School Singles and
Doubles Champion as well.