ALICE’S
RESTAURANT
PAGES
NUMBER 9
Exam Schedule For Semester One
Date
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16
MONDAY, JANUARY 19
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21
Period
Time
6th
1:40- 3:20
1st
8:45-10:15
2nd
10:30-12:00
3rd
8:45-10:15
4th or 5th
10:30-12:00
7th
8:45-10:15
make-up
10:30-12:00
Intramural Coming
This year a new innovation in
■imsley’s programming will ap-
ar. An intramural athletic pro-
am will be started after the
mester break. This program was
cently outlined by Jimmy Pal
er at an assembly. In it second
mester will be divided into two
ssions. The first session will be
om mid-January to mid-March,
e second session will be from
id-March to mid-May. The first
i weeks of each session will be
woted to scheduled games. The
mainder of the time will be de
voted to competitions and touna-
ments.
Each session will have two
group sports and two individual
sports. The first session will have
the group sports of football and
soccer, arid the individual sports
of table tennis and horse shoes.
The second session will have the
group sports of volleyball and
basketball and the individual
sports of tennis and badmitton.
The homeroom and club presi
dents will be in charge of the
program. Teams for the group
sports may be organized by clubs.
by homeroom, or by any group.
(You may be on only one team.)
The intramural program will be
extended next year to include
both semesters. The system that
has been set up is a modification
of the intramural programs at
UNC, N. C. State and Duke Uni
versity.
The program has been organized
to offer a greater opportunity to
more students to participate in
athletic activities. Though certain
activities may seem ridiculous, it
is a serious project of the student
government.
All-State Band Announced
'he All State Band this year
k place at Fuquay-Varina on
cember 13, 1969. The band this
j will be composed of two
ids with about 75 members in
h. This gives more people a
nee to play. Grimsley, as usual,
k the lead in the number of
ts for the two bands with 43.
n the flute section Alta Cum-
igs placed third and Laura
pman placed ninth in the first
band. Laura Truitt and Patsy
Claytor were seated in the second
band.
Sue Deaton, oboeist, placed in
the first band while Janice Bray
and Pete Wilson took two seats
in the second band.
Pam Stephens on bassoon made
the first while Roger Weinstein
made the second.
HIGH LIFE congratulates Peg
gy Craig for the fine performance
Information On The
Morehead Scholarship
The Morehead Scholarship is a
ull costs scholarship awarded
ach year to approximately 55
tudents across the state. The
equirements are admissible to
ae University of North Carolina
t Chapel Hill, that is being in
ne upper one half of your grad-
lating class and average or better
AT scores. Considerations are
iven to leadership, activities in-
icating group participation, and
portsmanship, in addition to be-
ig of good moral character. No
onsideration is given to financial
leed.
1 Each school in the state is al-
Dwed to nominate students, these
lominations are made by March
1 of the senior year. Students of
rivate schools outside of North
!arolina with parents residing in
Forth Carolina may also be nomi-
lated.
An applicants record is review
ed at the local, county, district
and state level. Each stage ^so
interviews the applicant on gen
eral subjects. They also answer
questions on current affairs and
issues. The county elimination was
recently concluded and the dis
trict elimination will be held in
January. The districts follow the
old congressional districts. Our
district includes Guilford, For
syth, Stokes, Surry, Rockingham
and Davidson counties.
The scholarship award covers
all university costs, transportation
and leaves funds to be dedicated
to graduate work. The award is
made in the latter part of March
to the 55 students who have
shown those qualities necessary to
win the Morehead Scholarship.
Howard Stand represents Grims
ley in the district elimination.
that she made- at All State. She
made first chair in the clarinet
section. Other Grimsley students
making this section are Charles
Tucker, Janice Poore, Tom Kreit-
zer, Becky Daniels, and Cathy
Dick. In the second band for
clarinets Sue Harris tied for first
chair. Others in this section are
Steve Breece, Lane Ridenhour,
Sue Robbins, Charles Manley and
Susan Braswell.
Robbie Mims took the only spot
on the E-flat clarinet.
Carol Groover, Steve Freedinan,
and Danny Holsenbeck took three
of the four places in the alto
clarinet section, while Bill Glass
and Taylor Council took the first
two seats in the bass clairnet
section. Carlton White will repre
sent us on the contra-bass clarinet.
Bill Crawford and Perry Hen
son placed in the also saxophone
section. Paul Turner, a sopho
more, placed first chair on the
baritone saxophone.
In the French Horns, Tommy
Spencer placed in the second
band.
Five Grimsley trumpet players
made it this year. Chuck Entrekin,
Jack Elkins, Vicki Honeycutt, Don
Drakeman, and John Conger took
places in this section.
Chip Stam placed fifth in the
trombone section.
David Eamhart placed fifth in
the baritone section of the All-
State Band.
Frank Stanley and John Markes
took snare drum positions of the
percussion section, while Mark
Thomas will play tympani for
the second band.
An Open Letter
About Assemblies
By Steve Grossman
We here at Grin7?ley Senior
High School are in very great
danger of losing one of our main
privileges. Our weekly assemblies
are about to be discarded. Does
this come as a shock? It should
not. After all, the heckling, walk
ing out, BB’s booing, hissing,
screaming, laughing, boisterous at
titudes and general “messing
around” should not go to waste.
Frankly HIGH LIFE and probab
ly the majority of the students
does not look forward to the de
mise of assemblies. We feel that
assemblies are necessary and rele
vant to the school. School is not
all book-learning. Richardson
Preyer could probably teach us
more about political science and
social studies in a period than
some teachers could in a week.
Richardson Preyer was treated
very poorly at this school and
we would not be surprised if he
chose never to return. Those
folks who do not have sense
enough to show respect for a
speaker should not be permitted
other privileges. Going to assem
bly is a privilege. Other schools
do not have weekly assemblies.
We are fortunate here at Grims
ley.
Our recent Christmas choir as
sembly (complemented by the
speech of Jim Melvin) wqs a vast
improvement over past assemblies.
But let us look back one week
further. A choir from a neighbor
ing college came to spend some
of their time to sing for us. We,
realize that some people do not
enjoy the type of music the choir
sang, but an assembly cannot
please everyone. The least those
folks who did not enjoy this
music type could have done was
show enough respect to keep
their mouths shut while our visi
tors were singing. The very worst
the dissentors could have done
was to close their eyes and go to
sleep. Better that than ruin fu
ture assemblies for the rest of
the student body by acting like
ill-mannered children.
We grant that the Pep Board
skit was not the best in the world,
but why is someone always read
ing between the lines and looking
for something? We feel certain
that, given the chance, the Pep
Board would be willing to apolo
gize for offending anyone. We
should not cut their skits out
though, because these skits are as
much a part of Grimsley as as
semblies are.
The only conclusion HIGH LIFE
can come to is to treat those-
immature students with relevant
punishments. We propose an hon
or court composed of two seniors,
two juniors, and one sophomore,
to decree warnings and/or punish^
ments to unruly students. This
court could hand out sentences
such as suspension of lunch privi
leges for a certain amount of time
(this would be enforced by having
the student report to a faculty
member at a reasonable time—
but not time enough to go off
campus and return from lunch),
suspension of library privilege,
suspension of break privilege (en
forced approximately the same
way as the lunch punishment),
and, of course, suepension of as
sembly attendance privilege. The
ho'nor court should be separate
from student ^council and have no
members serving on both. A per
son would be brought before the
honor court by a minimum of one
faculty member and would have
his case reviewed by at least two
court members before he would
have to appear. This is only a
rough idea, but, as it goes into
effect, much of our troubles
should disappear. Members of the
honor court would be elected by
their respective classes.
Also needed is a committee or
a group of people to submit to our
vicerpresident suggestions for rel
evant assemblies. We see no rea
son for having assemblies in
which none is interested. We also
see no reason why we could not
have speakers who are not trying
to give us a message about how
great education is or how to live
our life. We should have speakers
who have definite ideas about
subjects and wish to express
them. HIGH LIFE would very
much like to see a debate on our
stage about relevant subjects by
those who are experts. We would
also like a speaker(s) who would
be willing to open himself to
audience participation. (This might
be a problem, but the honor court
could take care of it.) In short,
our assemblies need two major
changes. Number one is discipline
—self or otherwise. Number two
is a change in programs and a
declaration of relevancy.
Most important, though, let us
work within ourselves to save as
semblies. They are important.
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What To Do About
Schedule Changes
Around exam time, people be
gin to wonder how to exempt
exams, how to change their sched
ules, and what to do if they fail
a subject.
Anyone having either a gold
star—13 straight times on honor
roll—or a silver star—7 straight
times on honor roll—may exempt
one exam. Those eligible to ex
empt will be sent a sheet of paper
on which they are to put their
names, the exam they want to
exempt, and the period.
A student should change his
schedule only if he has failed a
subject and has to find another
to take its place or if he is taking
a one semester course and there
is some conflict. A student need
ing to rearrange his schedule does
so when he makes out his sched
ule card for the next semester.
If anyone fails an elective he
may take the subject again in
summer school, or in the next
school year. He does not, however,
have to take it again. Anyone
failing a semester of English or
math takes it over again the next
semester.