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VOLUME XLVI
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27410 — SEPT. 28, 1971
NUMBER 1
Student Affairs
Committee Formed
Since the beginning of the
school year many students have
been commenting on the situatio"^
of student) representation now
that school elections (excluding
senior class officers and council)
have been declared void, Some
thing has already been done,
however, in the form of a student
affairs committee. Its firrst meet
ing was seventh period, Septem
ber 8, in room 410.
This committee will be a con
tinuous function throughout the
year, meeting daily to discuss, and
hopefully to solve, some of the
problems the ’71-’72 school year
meets. Its basic purpose is to
insure racially-balanced partici
pation in all school activities. It
has five responsibilities as out
lined by school superintendent
W. J. House. They are to:
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1. Establish committees to re
view and rewrite the Student
Government constitution.
2. Establish procedures of elec
tions (which must be held
no later than November
first)
3. Establish procedure for ran
dom selections of service
club memberships based on
students’ indication of pref
erence.
4. Establish procedure for re
view of Service Club Poli
cies to insure proper racial
representation.
5. To see that Social Clubs are
not permitted.
The committee is composed of
a chairman (Cy Johnson), who is
appointed by the principal, a sec
retary (Kathy Whitcomb), who is
chosen through regular parlia
mentary procedure, an advisor
(Mr. Gwynn), who is one of the
assistant principals, and a bi-racial
cross-section of the students.
For the past few weeks, elec
tions have been the dominating
topic. Many ideas have been dis
cussed, rejected, and voted upon.
Highly favored among the tenta
tive plans is a student council
elected by the people, and the
student body offices of president
and vice-president would be ab
sorbed. In their place would be a
presiding chairman of the coun
cil. The major advantage of this
change is to keep one person,
whether black or white, from
having too much power over coun
cil affairs. Whether the chairman
is selected by an at-large vote or
by choice of council members will
be decided soon. (The chairman
does not have to be a council
member at all, but preference for
a senior is expected.)
Following closely behind the
elections in discussion is Home
coming procedure. In the previ
ous years Homecoming court has
always consisted of senior girls
who have consistently )show-
ed school spirit throughout their
high school years. The court
should be racially balanced as
much as possible, but as the sen
ior class of Grimsley did not
change perceptiblly, it is difficult
to foresee an immediate solu
tion.
If there are any questions of
opinions that a student feels
should be discussed by the student
affairs committee, he is asked to
see one of the committee mem
bers, who are listed below.
Mark Abee, Norman Anderson,
Sherri Blount, Ernest Boone, Hank
Bullard,) Pam Carlson, Chuck
Clark, Laurie Dewitt, Pam Fos
ter, Cy Johnson, Isabelle John
son, Bobby Mendenhall, S. T. Neal,
Denise Royal, Vernon Shanks,
Jack Smith, Marsha Sauers, Bar
bara Spaulding, Fred Stang, Kathy
Whitcomb, and Carolyn Womack.
New Forms
For SAT’s
From now on, students applying
to take the Scholastic Aptitude
Tests will be given a completely
new questionnaire to be filled
out and mailed with the regular
registration forms.
This optional form is the “Stu
dent Descriptive Questionnaire’’ or
“SDQ”. According to the SAT
bulletin of information, the SDQ
is “a set of questions about your
activities interests, experiences,
and plans.’’
It consists of 108 questions cov
ering everything from high school
record to vocational plans. The
student takes the form home to
fill out and mails it to Princeton
along with his application form
and check.
This information is then analyz
ed and processed into a compre
hensive report. About six weeks
after taking the SAT’s this report
is mailed along with the student’s
test scores to the various colleges
and scholarship sponsors which
the student designated on his
registration form. It is also mailed
to the student and his high school.
It is emphasized that all deci
sions concerning the SDQ are up
to the student. If he chooses to
complete the form, it is also up
to him to decide whether or not
he wants a report mailed along
with his test scores to the various
institutions he specified. If he de
cides this, only he will receive
the report.
It is not a scandal sheet and
will not be used for any other
than the reasons given; the CEEB
intends it as a service designed
to give colleges, scholarship serv
ices, and agencies a more com
plete description of the student
than test scores alone can supply
The student is free to omit
any questions he chooses; how
ever, his report will be less com
plete. The main areas covered in
the questionnaire concern high
school record, talents and extra-
Despite Iniury, Donny Ponton Monoges To Keep Up The Action On The Field.
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GYC Projects Are Underway
GYC is back in the swing of
things. This year Mike McHone, a
senior at Smith High School, will
serve as Greensboro Youth Coun
cil’s chairman. For those who
don’t know, all of the high school
students are members of GYC
but there are elected represent
atives who help organize the var
ious projects and form what
might be called the “Board of
Directors.’’
Grimsley’s District Director is
John Cocklereece. The other two
main people in the district will
be Lou McNeill, who is head of
promotions for projects, and
Kathy Whitcomb, who will be in
charge of getting people outside
of Council to get involved with
the projects GYC undertakes.
Several projects were complet
ed this summer and turned out
quite well. The Coliseum Dances
were held again under the direc
tion of John Colcklereece. Despite
the constant threat of Wednesday
showers the dances went well,
with crowds as large as 400 at
tending the group Kallabash Cor
poration.
The GYC sponsored TV show
got started under the name of
“Mainpoint ’71” led by Tom Krit-
zer. The show may be seen Sat
urday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. on
curricular activities, vocational
and educational plans, and per
sonal and family background.
Registration is now in progress
for the November 6 testing date
for the SAT’s. The penalty date
for application is October 6; clos
ing date is October 20. This means
registration forms must be receiv
ed by the CEEB by these dates.
The SAT’s will also be given on
December 4, January 8, March 9,
April 15, and July 8 during the
coming year.
WFMY-TV. Already WFMY-TV
ranks this show as the best GYC
has ever produced.
“GAP,” the Council’s radio show
can be heard at 9:30 Sunday
morning and night on WCOG.
This show is under the leadership
of Dave Earnhardt. Its high rat
ing by WCOG is evidenced by the
fact that it is now played twice
per Sunday instead of the usual
once.
The Youth Leadership Work
shop under the direction of Mike
McHone was probably the best
workshop of this type GYC has
had yet. Evaluation sheets given
at the end of the three day ses
sion (Aug. 17-19) were highly
complimentary. The program also
caught the attention of the N.C.
Leadership Institute which will
be working with GYC this fall to
establish a continuing leadership
program for high school age
VOLUNTEERS IN
HEALTH PROGRAM
From nine o’clock to three each
day. First Aid Volunteers are in
the clinic here at Grimsley. “Vol
unteers in the School Health Pro
gram” began last April after Mr.
Glenn made an appeal for volun
teers to patrons of our school.
This program was needed so
more care could be administered
to the sick and to help relieve
Dean Stanton because of her
many duties in the attendance'
office.
Mrs. Martha Knox, chairman
of the program at Grimsley, has
eleven volunteers but still needs
more. The volunteers are given
a ten-hour course in first aid.
Twenty-seven other schools in
Greensboro and Guilford County
are participating in the program.
youth.
The audience received the Sum
mer Night at the Bam well. Carol
Osborne led the committee that
got 213 people to attend the Bam
production of Come Blow Your
Horn.
All Full Council meetings are
open to anyone who is interested
in attending. They are held on
the first and third Thursdays of
the month at 4:15 p.m. in the City
Council Chamber, 210 N. Greene
Street.
If you have any project ideas
or would like to work on a proj
ect, talk to an elected council
man in your district. You may
also come to the meeting your
self. Come down to the office at
116-A W. Market St. (over
Straughn’s Book Store), or call
378-1714 or 378-1815 from one
until six every weekday. ^ ^
Bookroom Confusion
Condition of the bookroom this
year is somewhat confusing, ac
cording to Mr. Ballance. Grims-
. ley has purchased new books in
three departments: math, science,
and English.
However, due to mass book or
ders throughout the city, our Eng
lish books have been late coming
in. !
“At present many classes are
having to share books, but as soon
as the publishers get caught up,
the situation will be well in hand,’* *
says Mr. Ballance.
Be Concerned!
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