VOLUME XLV
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27410 SEPTEMBER 29, 1969
NUMBER 1
Madrigals Chosen
By Mr. Hill
Recently, Mr. Ron Hill, Grims-
ley’s choir director, chose this
year’s Madrigals. They include
sopranos: Polly Teague, senior;
Martha Bilisoly, senior, Katheryn
Johnson, senior; Martha Sparrow,
junior; and Roxie Martin, senior.
The alto section is made up of:
Kristin Cress, senior; Beverly
Weinrich, senior; Robin Fuller,
senior; and Mozette Riggsbee,
senior. Andy Crutchfield, senior;
Jim Desper, senior; Jim Dodson,
junior and Roger Aydelette, sen
ior, compose the tenor section of
the Madrigals. Bass singers are:
Chuck Steacy, senior; Bill Wil
kins, senior; Lee Arrington, sen
ior; and Rich Redner, senior.
Grimsley’s associate choir di
rector is Mr. Sam Doyle. Although
he has done some teaching pre
viously, this will be Mr. Doyle’s
first full year. He is a graduate
of UNC-G.
People wanting to become Mad
rigals must first be choir mem
bers with a seventh period study
hall. Try-outs are then held with
people meeting the above require
ments competing.
The first concert is November
4th with both choir and Madri
gals participating. The Madrigals
are to have costumes but these
have not been decided upon as
yet.
Student Council Makes
New Homecomins Plans
Madrigal Singers
Bis Plans For
School Beautiful
Carol Pleasants, school beauti
ful chairman, has big plans for
the coming year. She plans, with
the help of the student body, co
once more win the School Beauti
ful Contest.
Grimsley students can help by
coming to the workdays. There
will be a workday every Saturday
in October. October 13-17 is Anti-
Litter Week Highlites of Ami-
Litter Week will include a con
test between sophomore, junior,
and senior classe.s to see who can
New Principal And Vice Principal
At G. H. S. This Year
Looking towards this year,
one thing is very prominent at
Grimsley. Changes are occurring
and new personnel are appearing
at our school.
We now have new ideas such
Robert L. Glenn
Robert L. Glenn, our newly
appointed principal, has been
connected with Grimsley almost
all of his life.
A native of Greensboro, Mr.
Glenn attended Greensboro Sen
ior High. He graduated in 1940.
In 1949, he received a B.A. de
gree from Guilford College. Fur
thering his education he went to
University of North Carolina, at
Chapel Hill where he received
is masters degree.
He was a teacher at Lindlc-y
Jr. High School in 1950. The
courses he taught included Social
Studies and Physical Education.
The next year he came to Grims
ley where his subjects were His
tory, P.E. and helping as an as
sistant coach. In 1956, Mr. Glenn
was appointed the assistant prin
cipal of our school.
Mr. Glenn is a member of Col
lege Place Methodist Church. He
teaches Sunday School.
Belonging to several organiza
tions he has served them faith
fully. He is past president of the
local N.C.E.A. unit and will serve
this year as president of the
North Central Schoolmasters Club.
Also in his interest are groups
such as the C.T.A. and N.E.A.
Interested in our local YMCA,
Mr. Glenn is a member of the
Board of Directors. He also heads
the youth committee. -T
Mr. Glenn is married and has I
two children, Brian and Kathy,
who graduated from Grimsley last
year. His wife teaches mathe
matics at Allen Jr. High School.
as the student advisory board and
the human relations committee.
Even homecoming will have a
new outlet.
But most of all we have a lot
of new personnel at Grimsley and
some who have been here, moving
into new roles. Most prominent
of these are the changes in our
principal and vice principal. With
the retirement of Mr. Routh, Mr.
Glenn and Mr. Canady have taken
on new positions.
HIGH LIFE wants to pass on
information about them so the
students can know about our new
administrators at GHS.
Andy C. Canady
Mr. Andy C. Canady, who has
been at Grimsley for four years
became our vice principal this
summer succeeding Mr. Glenn.
Born in Sneads Ferry, North
Carolina, he went to Dixon High
School and graduated in 1961. He
attended Campbell College and
received his B.A. degree in 1965.
This year he qualified for his
masters degree at the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Central Jr. High School in 1965
was his first teaching assignment.
Mr. Canady taught physical edu
cation and was coach of the foot
ball team. A year later he came to
Grimsley as a drivers education
instructor. Also he was Junior
Varsity football coach and helped
with basketball and baseball.
Last year he served as advisor
to the Optimists Club. He is a
member also of the N.C.E.A. and
the N.E.A. He attends Parkway
Baptist Church.
Mr. Canady is married to the
former Freddie Sigmon. They
have one daughter, Andrea, age
3. His wife is a former teacher
of English at Mendenhall Jr.
High School.
put the most trash in their cans.
There will also be an Anti-Litter
Day in which students will try to
guess who the litter bug is. Many
other events are planned for the
week also.
On the 28th, there will be an
assembly on “America the Beau
tiful” in which slides from all
over the country will be shown
Twenty six committees have
been set up in order to have lOO'^r
participation in this year’s effort
So far 700 students have signed
Up for various committees.
Students should be looking for
a funny creature called the Lit-
terhug at all games. Also, be on
the lookout for the trashcans of
your class. There will be sopho
more, junior, and senior trash
cans to put trash in.
Much has been planned for the
beauty of Grimsley so let’s put
Grimsley on top once more.
Homecoming was the main topic
on the Student Council agenda
during its September meetings.
Council heard many opinions
from students, and then decided
on the following plan:
A committee consisting of Mrs.
Moody, Mr. Glenn, senior boys on
Council, and the captain and co
captain of the football team would
choose fifty girls to be placed
on a ballot. Twenty seven would
then be chosen by the senior
class as the 1969 Homecoming
Court. Then on October 31, the
Junior and senior class will vote
on homecoming queen.
Selections of homecoming court
were based on spirit.
A Student Advisory Board is
being formed to discuss school,
local, and national problems. Fif
teen students will be picked at
random, from the seven study
hall periods. After meeting for a
month, a new group will be se
lected.
Tutoring is now being done ''n
study halls. Anyone in need of
a tutor, or feels they could
be one, should contact a student
council member for an applica
tion.
AHuman Relations Committee
is now being formed in Greens
boro’s four high schools to dis
cuss problems relevant to high
school life. Five representatives
from each school will form the
committee.
Sophomore elections will be
held the fifth week of school.
Sophomore President, Vice-Pre.si-
dent, Secretary, and Treasurer
will be elected. Nine members of
Student Council, and nine Youth
Recreation Council members will
also be chosen.
Council meetings are held Wed
nesday first period in Room 522.
They are open to all students
with a study hall that period.
Council homeroom reports will be
given on Friday this year
Way to go Student Council.
Grimsley Has More
Students Than Ever
This year Grimsley has 2121
students; 783 sophomores, 694 jun
iors, and 644 seniors.
In the English department our
new teachers are Mrs. Priscilla
B. Adams, Miss Carolyn Jo Bish
op, Mr. Owen Francis Gray, Mrs.
Alma W. McKeithan, Mrs. Brenda
Moon, Mrs. Lois J. Trimbur, and
Mr. Raymond Arthur Snipes.
In the math department are
Mrs. Ann Conover, Miss Judy
Elaine Wearsall, Mrs. Dixie D.
Sartin, Mrs. Sara W. Tollison,
and Miss Virginia Marie Wood.
In the foreign language depart
ment are Miss Margaret Anne
Bell, Mrs. Sandra E. Fields, and
Mrs. Carolyn W. Owens.
In the history department are
Mrs. Adelia Colthorp and Mr.
Kim A. Nelson.
In the science department are
Mrs. Betty Lou W. Brown and
Mr. Charles Douglas Robbins.
In the music department are
Mr. Harvey Pegram Booth and
Mr. Sammy Doyle.
In the coaching department are
Mr. Luther McHeel and Mr. Al
bert G. Wilder.
HIGH LIFE To Make Changes
“A change is gonna come.”
The phrase from that old song is
going to hold true for HIGH LIFE
this year. In previous years,
Grimsley newspaper has succeed
ed in being one of the nation’s
best. But recently, it has not had
the full support of the student
body. It has been said that HIGH
LIFE is censored. This is defi
nitely not true. We print what
■ we feel is in good taste and is
relevant to the student body. We
are given advice, but are not re
quired to take this advice. We
are a self-supporting school news
paper printed mainly to reflect
student ideas, school^ problems,
school news, or any news relevant
to the student, and to entertain.
We have found that support for
HIGH LIFE has disminished
greatly during the last two years.
Our conclusion is that HIGH LIFE
is too “wishy-washy” and has
never taken a stand on current
problems. This will change this
year. We will take stands on what
we believe to be true. This can
be found in our first issue con
cerning the JROTC program.
We will expand the ROTC ques
tion in later issues as the read
ers’ letters come in. Any letter
that deals with the que.stion will
be forwarded to Colonel Booker
or M/Sgt. Zales for an answer.
HIGH LIFE is going to revamp
the sports page this year. Sports
editor Walt Deal, A1 Riley, and
one other person will conduct a
column of outlooks of coming
games rather than reports of past
games. An interview with former
New York Jet and now Whirlie
coach Bert Wilder is planned for
the near future
Coming up soon, we hope to
feature an article concerning
drugs. We hope to interview a
doctor, a man of law, and one
who wishes to lighten the penalty
for possession. This is still in
the planning stage.
Sue Michaels, feature editor,
wlil have a changed feature page,
too. Whirlie Words, a semi-regu
lar feature, will deal with opinions
of students selected at random.
Subject covered will be the Apollo
12 moon shot, Vietnam, Nixon,
drugs, and many proposals in the
school which are to be announced
later. HIGH LIFE will be a leader
in asking for change if and when
we think it necessary. The feature
page will also deal with person
alities throughout the year. Movie
and/or record reviews will be a
common sight in this year’s HIGH
LIFE. A big feature planned for
February is a year-end Music
review. The reason for the two
month delay is to gather infor
mation from various magazines.
Our news page will be much
more interesting than the usual
run-of-the-mill news. David Gay-
nor, our news editor, is an ex
perienced member of the staff
and he knows what people are
interested in.
Editorials will be a frequent
sight as will the editorial cartoon.
All letters to the editor will ap
pear on the editorial page and
those that should be answered
will have an answer. The only re
quirements for letters to the edi
tor are that they are not personal
.attacks, do not slander, are not
libelous, and are accompanied by
a signature. All bona fide letters
will be printed.
HIGH LIFE will be changed
this year. We will be much better,
but we need student support. A
rough skeleton of our ideas for
the year has been presented; so
the reader knows what to expect.
We hope the reader will become
a subscriber and enjoy HIGH
LIFE throughout the year.
Torchlight Officers
1969-1970
President
Robbie Mims
Vice President
Bill Wilkins
Secretary
Laura Truitt
Treasurer
Joe Carruthers