GHS Swimmers
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VOLUME XLIV
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., 27410 MARCH 25, 1969
NUMBER 14
May Court Selected
SENIORS
Pat Von Seth—Maid of Honor
Susan Fruitt Lane Mitchell
Marie Busch Karen Ewell
Suzanne Wells Susan Phillips
Susan Hill Patty Bridges
JUNIORS
Gary Clemmons—Maid of Honor
Diane Nichols Susan Coleman
Debbie Clendenin Diane Hornig
SOPHOMORES
Jan Westmoreland-
Pam Wrenn
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-Maid of Honor
Tisa Curtis
Debbie Clemmons
May Queen 1969
Concert, Stage, And Symphony
Bands Perform Spring Concert
On Wednesday, March 18th, the
Grimsley Concert, Stage and Sym
phony Bands gave their Spring
concert. With a fine performance,
they played pieces from Brahms
to pieces written by Mr. Herbert
Hazelman.
The Concert Band under the di
rection of Mr. Edgar Rooker, per
formed three numbers. These
were “Chason” by Frank Erick
son, “The Wayfarer”, by Leo R.
Green and "Atropos” by Lawrence
Weiner.
Under the direction of Mr. Her
bert Hazelman, the Symphony
played five selections. They con
sisted of Mr. Hazelman’s own
“Dance Variations on an Obscure
Theme”, “Recitative, Air and Dan
cer” by Donald White, “Stornelal”
by Frank Erickson, “Sui Monti”
by George Auviaus, and Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor.
A new dimension was added at
this concert, that of the stage
band. It is a group under the
guidance and direction of Mr.
Sampson. For their initial per
formance, they played “Day In—
Day Out” by Johnny Mercer and
Rube Bloom, “Maybe Next Time”
by Marty Patch and “Screaming
Brass” by Victor King.
This is the third in a series of
concerts. The next concert, the
final one of the year, will be just
before the closing of school.
Grimsley Choral Groups
W in Superior Ratings
All choral groups of GHS par
ticipated in a District Choral
Contest at Page High School on
March 15th.
This event involves all choruses
of interested high schools in
Greensboro. The groups are
judged on; tone, intonation, in
terpretation, balance, and blend
of voices, and the clear enuncia
tion of words. The ratings are I.
superior, II. excellent and so on.
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School, and Mr. Donald Plott, of
Davidson College were this year’s
judges.
The first group from Grimsley
to perform was the Mixed Chorus
under the direction of Mr. Ronald
Hill. As a result of their hard
work on two particular numbers,
the chorus was given a superior
rating.
At 10:45, the Beginning Girls’
Chorus sang for the judges. Di
rected by Miss Jeanne Meredith,
they also received a superior rat
ing, The Advanced Girls’ Chorus
performed at 1;20. Miss Meredith,
director of’ the smallest chorus at
Grimsley, helped the girls to re
ceive their rating of superior.
The last Grimsley Chorus to
sing was the choir at 2:35. Com
prised of junior and senior boys
and girls, the Choir continued the
record of the day by getting a
superior rating. Miss Meredith is
their director, also, along with
Mr. Hill.
Two of the groups, the Choir
and Advanced Girls’ Chorus, sang
grade four music. This was the
highest possible grade to sing
in the contet as well as the hard
est. The Beginning Girls’ Chorus
entered in the contest in grade
three, the Mixed Chorus in grade
two
School Beautiful
Plans Arboretum
Elaine Frye Wins
Music Scholarship
One of Grimsley’s students,
Elaine Frye, a senior, has re
ceived a Spencer Love Scholar
ship in the Fine Arts.
This scholarship is to the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro. Elaine won the award
on the basis of her skill on the
piano. Annually, the scholarship
is worth $500. It is renewable for
four years, but this depends on
the student’s scholarship and con
duct at the college.
Elaine has played the piano for
eleven years. She is currently
studying the instrument under
Dr. Phillip Morgan, a professor
of music at UNC-G. Elaine at
tended the Governor’s School in
Winston Salem during the sum
mer of 1968. She was also one
of the students chosen to play
with the Governor’s Symphony
Orchestra.
The scholarship was founded in
1964 by the Martha and Spencer
Love Foundation in honor of the
late John Spencer, who was the
founder, president, and chairman
of the board of Burlington Indus
tries..
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GHS Musicians
Rated Superior
Students from Grimsley were
present to win superior ratings in
the annual Central Piedmont
Area Junior Music Festival. Edith
Hollowell, chairman of the festi
val announced the awards.
Rebecca Daniel and Laura Ship-
man of Grimsley won superior
rating in musically advanced II.
Jane Jackson won superior rating
in Elementary H. Elaine Frye won
superior rating in concerto, sen
ior. Hinda Honingman piano solo
scholarships were awarded to Re
becca Daniels and Laura Ship-
man.
Altogether, there were 175 en
trants in this event, which is
sponsored by the North Carolina
Federation of Music Clubs. The
festival was held on the Guilford
College campus. The judges for
the festival were Claude Cooke,
Allen Wannamaker, Elden K.
Moon, Miss Judy Barnes, Mrs.
Alan Truner, and Mrs. R. E. Bid
dle, all of Greensboro.
Each year, the School Beautiful
Committee has one large project
that benefits Grimsley in a large
fashion. Last year, the Teachers’
Parking Lot was constructed,
gravelled and beautified into a
pleasant area. This year, the proj
ect planned is an arboretum. An
arboretum is an area wher© trees
and shrubs are cultivated for edu
cational and beautification pur
poses.
Manley Lewis, the landscape
architect for the Greensboro Pub
lic Schools, pointed out in Sep
tember the possibilities of the
area behind the cafeteria. His idea
was accepted and plans for the
arboretum were drawn and hand
ed to School Beautiful about a
month-and-half ago.
The ideas include having an
entrance in which one steps down
onto a patio. From there one fol
lows the steps down to paths and
trails which will weave through
the area. Tentative designs in
clude a three to four-foot pond
on one side, but this idea will
have to be approved by the
Greensboro School Board.
Harvey Livingston, a member
of School Beautiful, was put in
charge of the project. He, being
an excellent landscape architect,
knows how to have the arboretum
become a reality for GHS. Doing
a good deal of the organizing, he
has a committee of three seniors,
three juniors and three sopho
mores already set up and has
C.0.0. Offers
Work Experience
To G.H.S. Students
Along with many other di
versified programs sponsored by
the vocational department at GHS,
the Cooperative Office Occupa
tions program offers to Grimsley
students a valuable opportunity
to prepare for their future in the
business community while contin
uing their regular high school
studies. The sixteen students who
take part in the program each
earn up to four units of academic
credit during the morning before
leaving for work in the afternoon
in secretarial, clerical and other
positions at a number of leading
local businesses and corporations.
From their work in the afternoon
they receive school credits toward
graduation and regular paychecks
as well as valuable work experi
ence tht will help them greatly
when they graduate and seek per
manent employment. Many stu
dents, however, can and do go on
to college after being in the pro
gram.
The Grimsley COO program has
been operating here for 24 years
and was the second such program
of its kind in the state. The pro
gram is designed primarily for
students who have taken business
courses at Grimsley and is open
only to seniors. Students who
wish to participate in the pro
gram should plan ahead and take
the courses they will need so that
they will be eligible when they
are seniors. Rising juniors who
are interested should contact Mrs.
McEntire in room 866 sometime
before filling out their planned
schedule cards this spring.
gone ahead with the donation
drive.
The Parent-Teacher-Student As
sociation Is backing up School
Beautiful in this project. They
are going to help mainly in the
drive for money. The goal is to
raise around $6,000.
Professional bricklayers will be
hired to lay the bricks in the
patio and other areas. The stu
dents will be called upon to
clear the area, plant the plants
and make the paths. It will be a
continuous project to be worked
on for years to come. With ex
pectations of not cmpleting the
work this year, but with the help
of GHS students of the present
and the future, it will be com
pleted.
TALENT SHOW
PLANS LAID
Grimsley’s National Honor So
ciety, known to most as Torch
light, will sponsor its only fund
raising event for this year. This
event is the Torchlight Talent
Show which will be on March 25
and will be presented in the audi
torium during one of the morning
classes.
Any Grimsley student is eligible
to try-out. Two try-outs were held
on Wednesday, March 12 and on
Wednesday, March 19, after school.
These try-outs took place in the
auditorium where members of
Torchlight watched the various
acts. Afterwards these members
voted to narrow down the acts to
only ten.
The money raised from this
event will be used for the Torch
light Scholarship Fund. This
scholarship fund gives a $200
scholarship to a worthy senior.
The tickets will be $.50 per per
son and can be bought from any
Torchlight member.
The judges will consist of twO’
men and a woman, and they are
hopefully considering Bob Moor©
PS one. Prizes will be given to the
first, second, and third place win
ners. The chairman of this year’s
show will be Ralph Voight, treas
urer of Torchlight. So. buy your
tickets now for the Torchlight
Talent Show on March 25th.
NEW STAFF NAMED
Next year’s Whirligig staff has
been announced by Miss Virgir. a
Powell, faculty advisor. The Edi-
tor-in-Chief for next year will be
Bill Proctor. Allison Albright will
act as Literary Editor and Kyle
Barnette as Lay-out Editor. As
sistant Lay-Out Editor will be
Nancy Robertson, with Greg West
as the Engraving Editor. Susie
Levy will be the Photography Ed
itor, assisted by Student Photog
raphers Jimmy Hines and Howard
Ratsch. The Senior Editors of
Whirligig will be Pat Ruffing and
Brenda Rothchild, with Cindy
Hanner and Gena Gentry as Jun
ior Editors. The Sophomore Edi
tors for the annual will be chosen
from neyt year’s rising sopho
mores. Sports Editor will be Bob
Nix and Stuart Hankins and Sue
Self will be in charge of Group
Pictures and Captions. Faculty
Editors will be Dottie Floyd and
Tricia Gibson. Brenda Haddock
and Glenda Slack will be Index
Editors.