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'^OLUME XLIV
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27410, NOVEMBER 25, 1968
NUMBER 6
19 Seniors Tapped In NHS
On Thursday, November 14th, pected of each member. These
nineteen seniors were inducted
into Torchlight, Grimsley’s branch
of the National Honor Society,
during an assembly taken place
in dim candlelight.
White-robed members went
throughout the audience searching
fo rthe new members before tap
ping those who were to be in
ducted. The members then took
those tapped up to the stage
where they were to take th oath
of mmbership.
The nine teen seniors inducted
in the National Honor Society,
are: Elien Armfield, Richard Bal
lou, Sandra Baxter, Rie Davis,
Jane G%rvey, Susan Gibson,
Cathy Glenn, Patti Howell, Bob
Jones, Chris Larnola, Mary Ella
Lent, Fred Pearsall, Jeff Pickard,
George Sharpe, Craig Siler, Kar
en Spivey, Ralph Voight, Steve
Warner, and Emily Jane Williams.
On the stage, officers of Torch
light told of the ideals that ex
ideals that were discussed were
scholarship, leadership, service and
character. Those leading the ad
dresses were Carolyn Komegay,
president of Torchlight Trish Kel-
lett, Vice-President; Kathryn
Jones, Recording Secretary; Mar
cia Kennedy, Corresponding Sec
retary; and Martha Gabriel.
Mrs. Mary B. Madlin, faculty
advisor of Torchlight, gave the
oath of membership to the newly
inducted students. She accepted
them as members of Torchlight
on behalf of the faculty members
and the administration.
The requirements for Torchlight
are based primarily on scholar
ship, service, leadership, and
character. The student must have
at least a ninety average on' all
subjects and academically satis
factory conduct.
Parents of those tapped were
invited to the ceremony.
Assembly Spurs Honor Concern
New members: Ellen Armfield, Richard Ballow, Sandra Baxter, Rie Davis, Jane Garvey, Susan
Iribson, Kathy Glenn, Patti Howell, Bob Jones, Kristina Larnola, Mary Ella Lentz, Fred Pear-
rail, Jeff Picard, George Sharpe, Craig Siler, Karen Spivey, Ralph Voight, St)eve Warner, and
Umily Jane Williams.
Junior Miss Pageant
To Be Held At Page
On December 14, a pageant will
le held at Page High School Au-
litorium to choose . a Greater-
Jreensboro Junior Miss.
This pageant, which is not a
>eauty contest, is sponsored by
he local Junior Jaycees and Jay-
;ettes. According to John Gee,
Publicity Chairman for the Pag
eant, the Jaycees hope to see this
)ecome an “Annual Event”.
The main obective of the pag
eant is to choose the most out-
itanding local high school senior
»irl in the Greensboro-Guilfrd
ilounty area. The main qualifica-
lons for applicants are that they
should be a senior and unmarried. ,
Applications and information on
;he local pageant, the State pag
eant, and the national pageant
vere taken around to ten citys
ind county schools. Any senior
?lrl can sign up and there is no
[imit to the number of applicants
from one school.
All applicants were screened
and interviewed by Jaycees and
Judges from November 15-19.
rhe applicants will then be nar
rowed down to the 15 finalists
who will compete for the title in
December.
Juding in the local, state, and
national pageants will involve sev
eral factors. These include scho
lastic achievement, talent, youth
fitness, personal appearance, per
sonality, and poise. Much em
phasis will be in the local pageant
to find not only a scholastic
achiever but a girl who is also
well-roundpd in many fields ac
cording to Steve Campbell, Proj
ects Chairman. “We vrant to find
a girl who best represents local
girls and who has a chance to
become a state winner and na
tional winner.”
These fifteen finalists will ride
on the Junior Jaycee float in the
local Holiday Jubilee Parade on
November 29.
Prizes for the local contest will
include: for the winner, an ex
pense-paid trip to the state pag
eant in Durham, a $500 condition
al scholarship for college (it can
only be used if the girl goes to
college), and a chance to choose
some sportswear from Tarryton
Sportswear, a division of Blue
Gem which is located here in
Greensboro.
Second place winner will re
ceive a $250 conditional scholar
ship. A $125 conditional scholar
ship will be given to the third
place winner.
The fifteen finalists will re
ceive some awards. Sears and
Roebuck have agreed to donate
a transistor radio to each final
ist. Fabric from an anonymous
donor will be used to provide
each girl with an evening gown
for the local finals. Mr. Lee has
agreed to do any girls hair on
the night of the pageant. All of
these things are being done in
order to make the least expense
for each girl as possible.
The National American Junior
Miss Pageant is held in Mobile
Alabama. It sprang out of a local
pageant which was held in con
junction with an Azalea Festival.
The pageant spread throughout
South and then elsewhere. At the
1968 pageant all 50 states were
represented.
National sponsors for the pag
eant are: John H. Breck, Inc.
the Chevrolet Division of General
Motors Corp., Eastern Kodak
Company and the Scott Paper
Company.
Jubilee Parade To Be
On November 29
The annual Holiday Jubilee Pa
rade which YRC has sponsored a
float will be held at 9:30 a.m. on
November 29. /
The parade will have at least
forty-six floats, sixteen queens,
and thirteen bands, not to men
tion visiting mayors, clowns and
other groups.
Included in the parade will be
five saddle clubs, three which are
color guards. Smith’s High School
band followed by the school’s
Air Force ROTC will lead the
parade. One of the thirteen bands
will be a jazz group on a float.
Some of the personalities will
be Miss North Carolina, Miss
Rhododendrion, and Miss Holiday
Jubilee of 1968. Also appearing
will be the Old Rebel of Channel
2 television; Bob Gordon from
Channel 12, Winston Salem; Lim
bo the Clown of Channel 8, High
Point; and Mr. Green of Channel
48.
Separate acts are Lonesome
Lee of Channel 2, Bill Bledsoe’s
Funny Ford, the Pilot’s Clubs’
unit of clowns, elfs and pixies
from the Anchor of Page and
Smith High Srhoois, and surry
pulled by a St. Bernard dog.
A covered wagon with a team
of horses, majorette, and baton
groups will also appear.
There are to be 46 floats in
the parade. Twenty of these will
be commercial: 12 will be non
commercial adult: and 14 non
commercial youth floats. All the
noncommercial floats are compet
ing for prizes.
On Tuesday, November 19,
sophomores and juniors attended
an assembly on the Honor Code
at the first period.
After the pledge of Allegiance
and devotions, Lynn Moore in-
troduced the three speakers —
Tye Hunter, Bili Buckley, and
Mr. A1 Lineberry. Each was to
speak on the different aspects of
the honor system in the school.
Tye Hunter, president of the
student body, wag thg first speak
er to talk to those in the audi-
torum. He stressed the need for
honor in' the classroom and was!
very concern about the success
of this code.
Bill Buckley, president of the
Interclub Council, proceeded to
read the Grimsley Honor Code.
He stated that something needed
to be done about the present state
of GHS honor code. To show the
students an example of the type
of code used in various other
schools. Bill read the one from
UNC-CH. “There are those of us
who are willing to change the
present honor system if enough
are willing to try a new ap
proach,” Buckley stated.
The guest speaker for the morn
ing was Mr. A1 Lineberry, a very
active citizen of Greensboro in
church and school. Mr. Lineberry,
at first, compared the generations
and spoke a little on the genera
tion gap between parent .and
child. This idea led him to be-
liev that there are many aspects
in these generations that will
never change. To continue, the
dynamic speaker gave eight or
ten points to follow in order to
keep a person’s honor. As a con
clusion, he suggested a rereading
of the four gospels in the Bible
to acquire a better outlook on
life.
A continuation of this effort
to revise the honor code contin
ued in homerooms on Wednesday
morning. Representatives were in
the rooms to carry on further
discussion of plang and ideas the
students might have and want to
present.
High School
Enough For Some
Many students feel that they
must go to college to prepare for
their life’s work, but one doesn’t
have to go. Businessmen are now
eager to recruit high-school grad
uates for skilled jobs.
Automation and the large num
ber of students who take them
selves out of the skilled job mar
ket keenly left have the market
keenly looking for the remaining
high school graduate for skilled
labor.
The Department of Labor esti
mates the demand for high school
graduates is expected to grow in
the next ten years. The need for
such persons las automobile me
chanics, airplane mechanics, radio
and television repairmen, busi
ness machine servicemen and
draftsmen will increase as much
as 30 percent.
Large companies such as Du
Pont, Bell Telephone, IBM, and
McDonnell are now looking for
graduates who will become tech
nicians. This is one of the fastest-
growing occupational forces and
the need is expected to increase
two thirds by 1975.
Technicians are needed in such
fields as electronics, architecture,
and engineering, to do skilled
work which will leave the profes
sionals time to spend on their
particular work.
The high-school graduate will
find the same expectation bf
earnings as the college graduate
when he enters the labor market
His earnings generally depend on
his skill, number of applicants
and lamount of training he must
have to be effective.
The industries pay the trainees
well while training. Some com
panies pay $400 a month for
three months training while oth
ers pay $1.75 an hour during
four weeks of training.
Even though training varies, a
high school graduate can progress
upward through the ranks. This
is true in industries which re
quire the top executives to know
all about the business.
If a person doesn’t feel he
should go to college, he should
look into the labor market. Es
pecially people, who like to build
with their hands, they ave a fine
chance for an exciting, well paid
career.
Obtain from the “Reader’s Di-
gest,” originally from “PTA Mag-
agine”.