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VOLUBIE XLIV
GRIMSLEY
HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., 27410 FEBRUARY 3, 1969
NUMBER 10
DEC A Club District
Competition To Be Held
This year’s sixth district DECA
club competition will be held a
week from today on February 11
at Central High School in High
Point. Among those competing
will be representatives of Grims-
ley’s 50 member organization.
They will be competing for one,
two, and three star awards in
categories including: Job Inter
view, Sales Demonstration, Public
Speaking and Coby Writing. Also
to be determined will be the win
ner of the sixth district DECA
“student of the year”. This award
is based on scholarship, leader
ship, job preference and partici
pation in club activities. A DECA
“sweetheart” contest will also be
held.
DECA (Distributive Education
Clubs of America) is a national
organization with approximately
100,000 members. It is a profes
sional organization on a high
school level with clubs in every
state and in Puerto Rico. North
Carolina DECA is one of the char
ter members of this organization
which was chartered in 1942.
Sam Scott, a Grimsley student,
is president of the sixth district
which includes schools in Guil
ford, Alamance and Rockingham
counties. Officers in the Grims
ley club include: Laura Bridges,
assoc. Pres.; Bobbi Gibson, vice-
president; Patricia Self, secretary;
and Billy Davis, treasurer.
The results of the district com
petition will determine who is
eligible to compete at the state
convntion which will be in Raleigh
March 3. In past years Grimsley
has done very well in convention
competition and has, for the last'
eleven years, received the three
star award for total club achieve
ment. The award has only been
given for eleven year?.
We’ue Got
BLUB
POWER
New Honor Code
Plans Are Laid
Thursdy, January twenty-third,
the committee formed for the dis
cussion of a new honor code met
in the auditorium. Suggestions
and discussion of the new honor
code were thoroughly covered in
this meeting open to the student
body. Of the seventeen who at
tended, six were members of the
committee.
Gr.msley High IQ Bowl team members
and alternate Rick Ballou practice their
competition.
Kathy Shields, George Sharp, Jane Garvey, Boh Jones
quick-recall skills for approaching interscholastic
Grimsley Competes In Bowl
The new honor code will stress;
the individual as he is important
to the group. It will be some
thing that each person can inter
pret for himself and, ideally will
aid in the development of one’s
personal honor code. It will try
to help develop self respect and
self reliance.
Discussion about a new honor
code began a few months ago dur
ing an assembly concerning our
present code. The drive for a new
code began. Speakers at that as
sembly were Albert S. Lineberry,
who spoke on honor in general,
and Tye Hunter, who spoke on
honor to oneself. Bill Buckley dis
cussed how our honor code should
be revised. A committee was set
up by the student council to take
a look at our present code. It
found the code to out of date
and began the task of writing a
new one.
Proposed for the future will be
a report of the committee to the
student council. If approved, as
semblies explaining the meaning
of the new code will J)e in future
plans. The new code must also'be
ratified by a two thirds majority
vote of the student body.
The new code will be written
in the form of a paragraph. The
idea of listing to some appears
to be more like a set of laws
than an honor code. The para
graph structure will be an idea
to read and think about rather
than a list of items to be ignored
or skimmed over quickly.
Again this year, a team of
irimsley students is competing
1 the Greensboro Youth Council
ponsored Hi IQ Bowl. Members
f the team are: Jane Garvey,
«ob Jones, George Sharp and
lathy Shields. Rick Ballou is the
earn alternate.
The first round of the contest.
which brings together teams from
thirty two high schools within
the WFMY-TV viewing area, was
held on Saturday, Feb. 1. The
second round will be held on
Feb. 8 and the final championship
round will be televised on WFMY
sometime near the end of Febru
ary. The bowl is a double elimi-
Taleni Show
Tryouts Planned
For the fifth straight year the
reen-Age Talent Shop will be pre
sented by the Greensboro Youth
::ouncil and the Knights of Co
lumbus. The show will be held at
the War Memorial Auditorium on
March ,8th at 8 p.m.
Those participating in the final
show will have a chance to win an
appearance on the Ted Mack
Amateur Hour with an all-expense
paid trip to New York. The win
ning combo will receive a chance
to have a recording session at a
recording studio.
Various auditions will be held
to choose the acts for the final
show. On February 8th, from
9:30 to 12:30, the vocal auditions
will be held at the First Presby
terian Church. Each vocalist must
prepare two songs not lasting
longer than five minutes. A piano
will ‘be available, but each person
must bring his ovm accompanist.
The auditions for the Combos
and instrumental groups will be
held on the 9th from 2 to 4 p.m.
at the Lewis Community Center.
The presentation of each group
can be no longer than 8 minutes.
There will be no Public Address
system available so each group,
if needed, must provide their
own equipment.
All auditions for instrumental
solos, dance, dramatics, comedy,
acts, novelty acts and all others
will be held on the 15th from
9:30 to 12:30 at the First Pres
byterian Church. Each act must
not last over 5 minutes. A record
player will be available, but other
equipment must be provided by
the contestants.
The winners from these audi
tions will appear on the Good
Morning Show the week of Feb.
24th to March 7th before the
show.
Other awards will include cash
prizes for the best individual and
group acts. Certificates will be
given to all those who audition
to appear in the show.
nation tournament, patterned
closely after the GE College Bowl,
in which four-member teams com
pete against one another in
rounds of twenty minutes where
they receive points for answering
auick-reall. objective questions.
At stake in the competition are
scholarships of $250 for each
member of the winning team and
$100 for each member of the
runner-up team. Smaller scholar
ships will also be given to the
alternate members of the winning
and runner-up teams. The money
for these scholarships was pro
vided by North Carolina National
Bank who, along with the Jaycees
and WFMY, help to sponsor the
event.
TWIRP DANCE
In addition to the scholarships,
a revolving trophy will also be
awarded to the winning team to he
kept by their school. For the
last two years this trophy has
been kept at Page Senior High.
Should Page win again this year
the trophy will he retired and
kept in their possession.
Girls, your chance has
finally come to get that
“DREAMBOAT” guy you’ve
been waiting for all year!
Yes, that’s right! TWIRP is
on it’s way to Grimsley! For
anyone who doesn’t already
know—TWIRP means; The
Woman Is Required to Pay!
This year the annual TWIRP
dance, sponsored by YRC,
will be held on SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 15th. The
theme of the dance will be
based on VALENTINE’S
DAY. Once again, the ritual
of a TWIRP king will be
held! Also, you boys look
out for the invasion of the
TWIRP TRAFFIC SQUAD!
All you girls out there grab
a feUow and invite him tof
this year’s TWIRP Dance,
which is going to be the
best one yet! Remember
that date SATURDAY FEB
RUARY 15th. More infor
mation in the next issue of
HIGH LIFE.
Concert
Given
On January 30th at 8 p.m. the
symphony and concert bands ctf
Grimsley presented their midwin
ter concert in the School Auditor
ium.
The Concert Band was conduct
ed by Edgar Rooker. They per
formed three modern chorales,
scored for band by Phillip Gordon.
These were “Die Meirstesingers”
by Wagner, "Alto Rhapsody, Opus
53” by Brahms, and “Chorale” by
Franck. “Brighton Beach” by La
tham was played as well as high
lights from “Fiddler on the Roof.’”
Herbert Hazelman led the sym
phony band as they presented
several numbers. Among these
were adagio and allegro f.om
“Concerto Grosso in D Minor”
and “Opus 2, No. 11” by Vivaldi.
A collection of numbers for brass
instruments entitled “Bass Me
nagerie”, “Fortinbras March”
from “Hamlet” by Shostakovich,
and “Anatolia” by Creston were
also performed along with selec-r
tions from “My Fair Lady.”
Dewitt MeCarley, a Grimsley
student, is chairman of the GYC
committee in charge of the event.
Thoughts From The Editorial Page
The Grimsley team was chosen
from among nearly twenty Grims
ley seniors who had expressed an
interest in competing in the Hi
IQ Bowl. They were picked by a
random committee of faculty
members who chose the group on
the basis of certain test scores,
class standing and an effort to
have a team that wa.? balanced
in all areas of learning.
During the past months since
the last School Beautiful Workday,
tons of trash have appeared on the
grounds of our school. Since we
have to live with this gigantic
mess, we hope enough people re
ceive inspiration to come to the
next School Beautiful Workday
and help clean up this dump.
According to reports, and a
notice on a bulletin board, there
is a new non-service club at Grims
ley. We don’t know if it is ap
proved by the administration yet
or how many members it has. Ita
main prilosophy is dedicated ta
“a naturally depraved human',
mind”.
Apathy is still apparent in the
school even after exams. Another
Honor Code Committee meeting
was held. The number was greater
than that of the first meeting, but
we had hope more people would:
take an interest in the process that
governs them.