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VOLUME XLV
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 37410 NOVEMBER 25, 1969
NUMBER 6
Torchlight Inducts
21 New Members
Torchlight is Grimsley’s name
for its chapter of the National
Honor Society. Established in
1922, its charter reads as follows:
“National Honor Society of
Secondary Schools
Charter
Greensboro Chapter, Greensboro
High School
Greensboro, Niorth Carolina
Know all men by these Presents,
that Whereas^ character, scholar
ship, leadership, and service are
cardinal qualities worthy of en
couragement in all schools, there
fore the National Honor Society
of Secondary School gives, grants
and delegates through the author
ity of this Charter the right, privi
lege, and power to establish, con
duct, and administer the GREENS
BORO CHAPTER as a local Chap
ter of the National Honor Society
of Secondary Schools.
This charter, number 73 is given
and granted this first day of No
vember, Nineteen-Hundred Twen
ty-two by the National Council.”
The National Honor Society is,
of course, a national organization.
It has, however, a state level and
local chapters. Grimsley is privi
leged to be number 73 in the
country, as there are many thou
sands of chapters now. All pro
cedures in the Torchlight cere
mony are set in accordance with
national rules, published yearly
in a national handbook. If the ad
visors, Miss Mims and Mrs. Mad-
lin, run into any problems or
questions about procedure, they
refer to the handbook. For in
stance, up until about 1960, the
students voted on those who were
to be accepted. The National
Council changed it, leaving the
decision entirely up to the faculty
and advisors. Many students
thought this was unfair and com
plained to the facuity. The ad
ministrators could do nothing
about it, however, as their choice
was either to go by National rules
or possibly lose their charter al
together. A faculty Council, ap
pointed by Mr. Glenn receives a
list of names of students who
have maintained a 3.4 average or
better since the time they entered
High School. The council usually
Grimsley To Sponsor
Foreign Study Program
This summer, a group of Grims
ley students will go to France and
study for four weeks at the Uni
versity of Poitiers in La Rochelle.
This study program is sponsored
by the American Institute for
Foreign Study.
The group will leave New York
City on June 27th and will return
six weeks later. The students will
fly to England and, while there,
will visit London, Runnymede,
and Cambridge. While in France,
they will visit Tours, Paris, and
Versailles. There is a four day
triy to Spain and the Basque
country planned.
Excepting the fare to New York
and the cost of lunch for ten
days, the entire trip to Europe
: costs $850. A Grimsley teacher
' will chaperone.
Teaching at the University will
be done by Europeans on the Un
iversity staff.
Anyone wishing further infor
mation should contact Mrs. San-
; dra Fields in room 204.
includes the class advisor, and
the Torchlight advisors, as well
as other faculty members. There
is no point system for character,
leadership, or service. The council
reviews the list of names and
-chooses those whom they feel are
most worthy and fulfill best the
requirements for leadership, ser
vice, and character.
At the assembly, 21 seniors
(juniors will be tapped later in
the year) were accepted into the
society, joining the ten members
presently in Torchlight. Among
these ten are President Robbie
Mims, Vice President Bill Wil
kins, Scretary Laura Truitt, and
Treasurer Joe Carruthers. The
assembly itself began with a brief
review of the principles and basis
of Torchlight by Mr. Glenn. After
devotions, the ritual began. The
old members, dressed in long,
flowing write robes, marched
slowly down the aisles and took
their places on stage. In the back
ground, throughout the ceremony
the theme song for this year, “Ave
Maria” could be heard as the
members made their speeches.
Scholarship was expressed as a
“shining goal”, with the added
words “He who desires it must
earn it.” Its color is gold, as
“scholarship is the only true
wealth.”
“Leadership^—the power to lead
—^must be used in an aggressive
fight for what is right.” Its color
is royal purple the color choosen
by famous leaders for centuries.
“Service to others is the high
est form of happiness in the
world.” It springs from an honest
love for fellowman. Its color is
blue,, the color of true, unselfish
character.
“Character is the result of
strength of mind. It is man’s best
capital—not measured by words
and deeds alone, but by quiet
thought.” Its color is white, the
symbol for purity..
The members then proceeded out
into the audience to “tap” the
members and bring them one by
one to the stage. When they all
were assembled, Mrs. Madlin ac
cepted the students into the soci
ety. She read the list of those
accepted.
Bob Bolick, Kathy Bray, Patsy
Colchamiro, Karen Culbreath,
Becky Daniel, Susan Decker, Bar
bara Frieberg, Bruce Guard, Steve
Freedman, Diane Hornig, Evelyn
Lane, Barby Lowe, Eric Morten-
sen, Carol Pleasants, Donna Pleas
ants, Kathryn Reed, Nancy Rob
ertson. Guy Shelton, Laura Ship-
man, and Julie Whitley.
Torchlight is one of the high
est honors that can be placed on
a student as well as one of the
hardest to earn, as it involves so
many different areas of the stu
dents’ lives. It’s not just scholar
ship, as many believe, although
scholarship does play an import
ant role in the choosing of mem-
pers. All of the qualities that
are recognized in Torchlight mem-
yers are equally important in the
shaping of their lives. They’ve
earned recognition.
Student Advisory
Makes Suggestions
BY ALAN RILEY
On Friday, November 14th dur
ing fourth period, Mr. Glenn met
with eight students in the library
meeting room. This was a meet
ing of Grimsley’s new Student
Advisory Council. Mr. Glenn open
ed this meeting by giving a little
background material on the Coun
cil.
Mr. Glenn batted around the
idea of some sort of Advisory
Council this past summer. His
purpose was to Improve com
munications between the student.s
and the administration. Mr. Glenn
also disclosed that the four city
high school principals and the
superintendent have been meeting
regularly since last June to Im
prove student relationships.
Students applied for the coun
cil in their homerooms, listing
their study period. The meetings
are held during the participating
student’s study halls. The appli
cation slips are turned upside
down and some are picked at ran
dom without names knovra. 10
to 14 names are usually picked
for the meetings, depending on
the amount of people having study
hall during that certain period.
Mr. Glenn tries to meet 3 or -i
times a week. The council has
been meeting since absut the sec
ond week of school. The only
real problem so far is that the
groups want to keep on meeting
together, but there are so many
applications that others have to
New Torchlight members for fall of 1969.
Distributive Education?
“In America, nobody is what he
was or long expects to be what he
is now.” These words very aptly
sum up Distributive Education.
D.E. students get on the job train
ing that will prepare them to han
dle real life situations.
Distributive Education pertains
to those jobs connected with get
ting the finished product to the
consumer. These jobs include
communications, transportation, ad
vertising, display, banking, and
finance, warehousing, shipping
and receiving, sales promotion and
selling the product.
Students in the D.E. program
take courses related to merchan
dising plus the regularly required
subjects such as English in the
morning. In the afternoon, stu
dents work at the training agen
cies where they are employed.
Students get credit toward gradu
ation for their afternoon work.
Mrs. Margaret Hadden, who
teaches D.E. at GHS says, “D.E.
is a cooperative program involv
ing the school and the business in
training the student. The purpose
of D.E. is to train students for
careers in distribution and mar
keting. The teacher coordinates
the school work of the pupil by
maintaining constant contact with
the training agency.
There are three parts to the
D.E. program: the class, the job,
and DECA. In the classroom, stu
dents learn about products and
customers. The job is the practi
cal application of this learning. In
addition, the job teaches how to
work and how to assume respon
sibility.
DECA—Distributive Education
Clubs of America—-is a profession
al organization on the high school
level. It helps students develop
leadership, vocational understand
ing, civic consciousness, and so
cial intelligence. The package on
the DECA emblem symbolizes a
job well done, the whole idea of
DECA.
Youths To Raise $100/000
have their chance.
The November 14th meeting
got down to business after back
ground material was given. Mr.
Glenn said any concern of school
or out of school could be dis
cussed.
Following are some of the
things that were discussed during
this meeting.
The October Moratorium and
excuses for absence were discuss
ed.
The school constitution was
then brought up. Mr. Glenn said
action was now being taken to
print copies of our constitution
for all the homerooms.
Another topic was the P-A-
speakers. Many, students during
the day do not have access to
the speakers, and miss announce
ments. Mr. Glenn said he is now
trj'ing to have the broken speak
ers fixed.
Another topic was the library.
It was suggested that the library
be open during assemblies. Mr.
Glenn said that this subject is
now being talked over.
The bell rang as the meeting
was picking up steam. ,The Stu
dent Advisory Council is a suc
cess. It maintains a better rela
tionship and communication from
student to administration. The
Grimsley Student Advisory Coun
cil is a good opportunity for stu
dents to discuss and tb under
stand better their school and com
munity.
One of the projects recently
accepted by the Y'outh Council
of North Carolina is to aid in the
raising of $100,000.00 to build a
non-denominational chapel for the
North Carolina School of the
deaf.
The North Carolina School of
the Deaf is a facility where chil
dren of North Carolina who have
hearing problems can go and
learn in order to lean a produc
tive life. The facility is located
at two locations. The elementary
facilities are located at both Wil
son and Morganton. The high
school is located only at Morga-
ton.
Their activities are that of a
normal high school student except
for their training in overcoming
their hearing problems. They
have educational and covational
training and an athletic program.
The students live on campus away
from their parents who have visit
ing privileges. It takes about
twelve years of training so that
they can lead a normal productive
Ufe.
Senator Hargrove Bowles of
Greensboro recently presented the
idea of the Youth Councils of
North Carolina coordination in
the sale of tickets to a benefit
concert. The tickets will be sold
by organizations such as high
schools, service clubs and youth
groups. The prize will be one
dollar and they will let you into
the concert and also make you
eligible for the Grand Prize of
a new Pontiac Firebird.
Susie Levy, vice-chairman of
Y.C.N.C. in coordinating this proj
ect at the youth level. She re
cently spoke at the North Carolina
Confernece of Student Councils
about high schools helping. The
response was immediate and many
high schools are getting ready
to sell $500.00 and up worth of
tickets.
The money which is collected
along with the $50,000.00 granted
by the 1969 General Assembly and
$50,000.00 raised by parents will
go into the building of the chapel.
Although the facility is 78 years
old they have never had a place
of worship. Usually they use their
auditorium. One will be built at
Morganton with the $200,000.00
raised by these groups.
G.H.S, Clubs Help
With Project Sharp
Grimsley’s school clubs are now
participating in Project SHARP.
Project SHARP is a program set
up at various community centers.
Its purpose is to present a fun
and creative program for the
children of the particular section
in which the center is located.
The program is supposed to
last from 9:30 to 12:00 on Satur
days. During this time, the club
will present its program which
it has prepared before hand to
the children. The program usually
consists of various games, arts
and crafts, and refreshments.
Each club has a certain Satur
day of the month, on which they
go their assigned center. Some
of the centers in which Project
SHARP is presented are Windsor
Community Center, Warnersville,
Claudeleugh, and various others.
Project SHARP is headed by the
Greensboro Youth Council. Page
High School and Grimsley High
School also take part in Project
SHARP.