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GRIMSLEY HIGH SC HOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27 410, MARCH 25, 1968
IVHIRLIGIG Result of Much Work;
Publishing Tokes Full Year To Plan
Editor’s Note: This article cov-
rs ail the work involved in as>
emblinsr, and publishing: a year-
ook. This year’s WHIRLIGIG
as already been sent to the
rinters for publication, and the
ext issue is being: planned.
Pictures,' which form a major
art of any yearbook, are planned
eginning in the spring semester
f the year before publication. Fi-
|al arrangements, concerning time
nd place of the actual taking
re made after school starts in
le faU, although generalized
ians are already made. Several
ntire days are devoted to taking
poup pictures of school sponsor-
d organizations, such as service
^ubs, athletic teams, and special
roups such as band and orches-
•a.
Bach Individual portrait of a
;udent, both those taken by a
hotographer at school and the
.udio-taken senior pictures, must
e backed by cardboard before
can be arranged for printing,
ictures are also taken of as-
^mblies, typical classroom activ-
ies, athletic events, and special
ccasions on campus such a Home-
oming Displays and May Day.
The photographer and the man-
ging editor are responsible for
snding all pictures to the en-
ravers, where copper plates are
lade, which can be printed along
ith type. Layouts are made of
Bch page as it will appear in the
earbook. Each picture is care-
lily placed and a dummy year-
nok made to show placement.
Captions must be written to
s with all the photographs ex-
jpt the Individual portraits. Ev-
ry member of the staff helps
xite these captions, which must
e approved by Miss Virginia
Powell, advisor, and Jane Mc-
Daid, editor-in-chief.
The introduction to the .year
book is also a collaboration of
efforts of all the staff. No true
theme is assigned to any edition
of WHIRLIGIG, which is intend
ed to be a presentation of the
school, and all its aspects.
Editor - in - chief of the ’68
WHIRLIGIG is Jane McDaid,
with Jane Fulton as Managing
Editor. Carol Benbow is the busi
ness manager, and Craig Siler is
her assistant. Ginny Seawell is
the index editor.
Sophomore editors are Bill
Proctor and Bruce Osbome; jun
ior editors. Jack Knowles and
Jody Merritt; senior editors, Lin
da Grimes and Nancy Foster.
Barbara Kay is the faculty editor.
and Glenn Morris is the sports
editor.
Organizational witers are Diane
Barth, Barbara Israel, and Dayle
Schloss. Audrey Lavine, Jane
Tesh and Bonnie Boyles are
writers for the opening section
and all division pages.
Student photographer is Jimmy
Hines, with Tom Reed as his as
sistant. Larry McSween is engrav
ing editor, and Chan Duncan as
sists him. Printing editor is Shar
on Osborne, who is in charge of
practically all the typing. Megan
Richey, assisted by Fred Pearsall
and Katherine Banner, is layout
editor.
Work has already begun on
next year’s WHIRLIGIG. The edi
tion should come out in the latter
part of May.
N.C. Sctiool of Arts Has
Two Summer Sessions
Summer session of North Caro
lina School of the Arts in Win
ston-Salem offers studies in
drama, dance, and music, with re
lated courses also taught.
Elementary through advanced
students are accepted for dance,
which includes ballet and mod
ern dancing. Related courses in
history, drama, and art are taken
by the students also. No credit is
given for this work.
Drama Studied
Open to high school seniors and
college level students is the drama
study, the Festive Theatre. The
students live as apprenticed act
ors and stage technicians in a
professional equity summer the
ater group presenting six pro-
'Voiid Affairs Conference
fakes Place At UNC-CH
Attending the eighteenth annu-
[ North Carolina Conference on
forld Affairs in Chapel Hill,
hursday, March 14, were eleven
rimsley students and Mr. John
''ebb, who is a history teacher.
The Conference is sponsored
ich year by the Junior Women’s
lub of Greensboro in coopera-
on with the Bureau of Resident-
.1 Adult Education, University
f North Carolina extension di-
sion.
Teachers selected students to
;present GHS and to report back
I various classes on the Confer-
ice. Selby Bateman, Charles
ritton, Martha Buckner, Rodney
allimore, Carla Gallowey, An-
stte Jackson, Rowena Lloyd, Pat-
Suess, Jane Tesh, Lynn Wel-
ins, and Joe Wood attended
om GHS.
Theme of the Conference this
?ar was “America’s Response to
apid World Change.” Six speak
’s presented talks concerning
lis topic in Memorial Hall on
le campus of the University of
orth Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Moye Freymann, director
the Carolina population center,
ive a talk on “Population Prob-
ms and Food Supply.” “Human
ights” was the subject of a
leech delivered by Miss Marcel-
Martinez, Attache, Permanent
ission of Jamaica to the United
Nations.
“International Trade” was dis
cussed by Mrs. David Bradley,
chairman of the Foreign Policy
Committee of the League of
Women Voters of the United
States. A substitute speaker re
placed Dr. Karl Mathiason, HI,
of the University of North Afri
ca Association, who was to have
spoken on “Economic, Military
and Technical Aid.”
After a lunch recess, John D.
Jernigan, Diplomat in Residence
of Emory University in Atlanta,
Georgia,, delivered a speech on
“State Department Policy and
Policyl-Making.” “Present State
Department Policy: Evaluation
and Alternatives” was the topic
of a talk given by Edwin M.
Yoder, Jr., associate editor of the
Greensboro Daily News,
Following the lectures, there
was a question and discussion
period, during which the students
talked about the speeches with
the leaders of the Conference.
Films were shown to attending
students in Memorial Hall from
8:00 until 9:45 Thursday morning.
Students from Grimsley, Page,
Smith, and Dudley traveled to
the Conference together, on a
bus. A teacher from each school
represented, attended the Con
ference. which lasted from 8:00
until 4:00.
ductions. Four hours of college
credit are given to those students
who take this course.
The music study is open to ap
plicants at all levels of proficien
cy in piano, flute, oboe, clarinet,
bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and
guitar. Woodwind and string en
sembles are formed during the
course of study. Credit is given
for this also.
Dates Given
The School of the Arts term
for drama is from June 10 through
August 2, and from June 23
through August 2 for dance and
music.
Room and board for the sum
mer session is $185. Tuition is
$125 for North Carolina residents
and $250 for out-of-state resi
dents. Catalog and application
forms may be obtained by writing
the Director of Admissions,, Sum
mer Session, North Carolina
School of the Arts, P. O. Box
4657, Winston-Salem, North Caro
lina 27107.
North Carolina’s Distributive
Education Clubs of America had
their twenty-fourth annual Lead
ership Conference in Raleigh,
March 22 and 23.
Nine students from GHS who
took part in the Conference were
Connie Apple, Bobbi Gibson, Pep
per Glass, Rita Hodges, Ronnie
Merrell, Charles Richardson, Bill
Rogers, Sam Scott, and Buster
Weatherman.
While attending the Leadership
Conference, the 800 high school
distributive education students
were involved in contests, elec
tion of state officers, the Ban
quet and Awards Program, educa
tional clinics, tours and business
sessions.
Different competitions which
took place were in advertising,
sales demonstration, the purpose
of which is to enable the student
to show his knowledge of selling
by giving sales demonstration in
a competitive situation (Charles
Richardson from GHS participat
ing), job interview, student of the
year, public speaking, which en
courages development of the stu
dent’s ability to organize and pre
sent information in a semi-ex
temporaneous presentation (Bill
Rogers participating) DECA sweet
heart and creative marketing.
Ronnie Merrell entered the
race for State President of DECA.
Buster Weatherman was on the
Screening and Nomina,ting Com
mittee. Bill Rogers, who took
part in the Speech Contest, also
was a color-bearer. Charles Rich
ardson competed in the State
Contests in Sales Demonstration.
Governor Dan K. Moore was
the keynote speaker at the an
nual Banquet and Awards Pro
gram on Friday, March 22, at
the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.
He was introduced by Dr. Charles
F. Carroll, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
Honorary Life Membership
Awards, new to NC-DECA, were
made to several adults in the
state who through the years have
given valuable support to the
DECA program and have encour
aged students to pursue careers
in distribution and marketing.
The general purposes of the
contests in NC-DECA are to pro
vide learning experiences which
contribute vocational competence
in marketing and distribution, to
strengthen the concept in all en
terprises, and to motivate students
through activities relating direct
ly to classroom intruction.
DECA activities are an out
growth of classroom instruction,
supervised on-the-job training.
MAY COURT
Members of the 1968 May Court have been elected by the
Student Body.
Sue Wyatt—
May Queen
Senior Maid of Honor—Judy Patterson
Junior Maid of Honor-
—Debbie Clemmons
Sophomore Maid of Honor—Gary Clemmons
SENIOR MEMBERS
JUNIOR MEMBERS
Betty Hall
Karen Ewell
Star Hunter
Susan Hill
Bunny Ownbey
Pat Van Seth
Sophia Toompas
Suzanne Wells
Buzzy Westmoreland
Karen Zejgenfu'ss
SOPHOMORE
MEMBERS
Susan Coleman
Diane Nichols
and individualized instruction re
lated to the students’ specific oc
cupational objectives. This pro
gram prepares high school stu
dents to become qualified; pro
ductive employees in distributing
the products of farm and factory
to consumers and industrial users.
The purposes of DECA are to
develop a respect for education
in marketing and distribution
which will contribute to occupa
tional competence, and to pro
mote understanding and appreci
ation for the responsibilities of
citizenship in a free, competitive
enterprise system.
Winners in the state competi
tion and a number of delegates
from NC-DECA will attend the
National Leadership Conference
scheduled for May in Houston,
Texas.
Mrs. Margaret Hadden, DE co
ordinator at Grimsley, attended
the Leadership Conference in
Raleigh along with the represent
atives from GHS.
One-AcI Plays Given
At District Festival
Presented at the District Dra
matic Festival Saturday, March
16, at Catawba College were three
one-act plays l)y Grimsley’s Play-
masters.
Cheryl Jones, John Penland,
Margie Holloway, Cookie Reed,
and Laura Jeans acted in “Sunday
Costs Five Pesos.”
Characters in the “Balcony
Scene” were played by Ted Tally,,
Tom Boone, Mark Morris, Karen
Slack, Carolyn Lyday, Cindy Huf-
fling, Louis Allen, and Linda
McKee,
The cast of “Fixin’s” included
Diane Marks, John Grubbs, and
Allen Gibbs.
Schedule for playing at Cataw
ba was 11 a.m., “Fixin’s;” 1 p.m.
“Balcony Scene,” and 2 p.m. “Sun
day Costs Five Pesos.” Twenty-
three other one act plays were
scheduled for Friday and Satur
day, March 15 and 16.
Those receiving a rating of
“Distinguished” will be entitled
to go to state competition in
Chapel Hill next month.
Miss Mozelle Causey is the
faculty chairman of the three
plays.
Key Club Convenlion
Meet Far State Elections
Carolina’s District Key Club
Convention in Winston-Salem took
place March 15. 16, and 17.
Bill Buckley, Don DeBragga,
Billy Hall, Skip Holt, Tye Hunter,
Robbie Kornegay, Gary McNeill,
Jim Palmer, and Charles Wilkens
of Grimsley went to the conven
tion. Attending from the Caro-
linas were'3000 members of Key
Club International.
Running for the office of Lieu
tenant Governor of District Three
was Jim Palmer, sophomore. Don
DeBragga ran for District Editor
of North and South Carolina.
Skip Holt took part in an oratori
cal contest, speaking on “Under
standing Through Involvement.”
Bill Buckley took part in an im
promptu essay contest.
Friday, March 15, the delegates
checked into the convention and
candidates for the various po-
.sitions presented their campaigns.
Caucuses also took place Friday
to plan and practice presentation
and speeches.
Voting occurred Saturday morn
ing. At a luncheon Saturday,
Shelby, designer of the Shelby
GT and the cobra for Ford Mo
tor Company, spoke.
Dinner that night was followed
by a Governor’s Ball. 'The conven
tion concluded Sunday afternoon
following closing speeches and
final presentations.