Preliminary
Ballol
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VOLUME XLVI
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27410 — OCT. 26, 1971
NUMBER 3
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Rainbow Bridge** To Play For Homecoming
Homecoming for the 1971 foot
ball season has been scheduled
for Saturday, November 6. It will
be the Whirlies’ last game of the
season, and they will be out to
beat Burlington Williams. The ac
tion will be in Grimsley’s stad
ium, game time 8:00.
Susan Lindsay, homecoming
chairman, has planned special en
tertainment during half-time.
Starting the agenda will be Grims
ley’s marching band followed by
the presentation of Homecoming
Court. The announcer will be
Hank Bullard. At this time the
Homecoming Queen will be
crowned.
Following the game will be the
dance held in the girls’ gym. The
band “Rainbow Bridge” will pro
vide the music. The group is re
ported to be excellent, and much
of their music is “Santana.”
Mums will be sold for two dol
lars this year, and they will be
white with blue and white
streamers. Homecoming court vidll
have yellow mums with blue and
white streamers.
The football banquet, which
will be held in the school cafe
teria at 6:30 on November 2, is
being organized by Becca Robin
son. Its purpose is to honor the
football players, cheerleaders,
coaches, and their wives, for the
school spirit and hard work that
has gone into making 1971 a suc
cessful football season.
Candidates Receive Last Minute Instructions From Election's Committee
Ninety-Two Candidates
For School Officers
There are ninety-two students
unning for offices at Grimsley
his year. This high number of
andidates reflects positive school
pirit and enthusiasm. Each stu-
lent was given a sheet of in-
tructions about the elections
vhen he presented himself as a
landidate.
Since the auditorium cannot be
ised this year, special arrange-
nents were made for video tapes
o be shown in study halls the
veek of October 18-22. The tapes
vere shown in order to acquaint
he students with the candidates.
Cy Johnson is the only candi-
late running for moderator of
itudent council. He will automat-
cally receive this position. There
ire two people running for the
iffice of secretary. The one with
he higher number of votes will
lave the choice of being corre
sponding or recording secretary.
Since there is only one candi-
late for treasurer, that student
pidll also automatically receive the
position. There are five candi
dates running for pep board
chairman. Nine seats for sopho
mores and eight seats for juniors
are to be filled in Youth Recrea
tion Council. There are also nine
and eight seats, respectively, for
sophomore and junior student
council members.
Art Cameron, Bob Mayes, Bar
bara Spalding, Bobby Mendenhall,
Charles Lindsey, and Jack Smith
worked untiringly as members of
the elections committee in pre
paring students and candidates
for the elections. Details were
left up to Art Cameron, while Mr.
Glenn and Mr. Gwynn supported
the committee and gave time and
advice about the elections.
Voting day is tomorrow, Octo
ber 27, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. There will he three booths,
and voting machines will be uti
lized. School I.D. cards will be
required for voting since no reg
istration took place.
Members of the elections com
mittee, candidates, faculty advis
ors, and the student affairs com
mittee expressed the desire that
each student
time to vote.
at Grimsley take
SKIPPIKG
DISCOURAGED
If any students at Grimsley are
considering skipping class, they
had better be prepared to over
come several obstacles.
All class absences are checked
by each teacher every day. Dur
ing seventh period, a list of all
excused absences is given to
each teacher. If the name of the
student is not posted as sick,
(and in that event, his home is
always called), in the clinic, or
at the doctor, dentist, etc., the
student is called to the Dean’s
Office to clarify his excuse.
If a student is sick and goes
to the doctor he is required to
bring a written excuse from
home. These excuses are kept on
file in the Dean’s Office and
signatures are often compared.
If a student is caught skipping
he is referred to Mr. G\vynn’s
office and a total of three points
is deducted from the six-weeks
grade of the class missed.
When asked about students cut
ting classes, one teacher com
mented, “Students do not realize
how difficult it is to keep a class
together when students insist on
skipping.”
Enthusiasm In Band
Although lacking in numbers,
this year’s marching band is in no
way lacking in enthusiasm. In
previous years the band has been
hampered by a large number of
inexperienced members. This fact
was due to a former rule that
compelled sophomores to partici
pate in the band if they intended
to take instruction in any musical
instrument.
Due to the retraction of this
rule, the band has shaken off the
inexperience that would normally
hamper the marching and playing
capabilities of this organization.
For those who are not familiar
with this year’s band, it consists
of fifty-four volunteers.
Over half of these people are
members who have previously
marched in Grimsley’s band. From
within this band many smaller
groups are formed. One of the
most interesting is called infor-
The following are the 1971
Holmecoming Court members.
These senior girls were picked
for their outstanding school spirit
shown throughout their high
school years.
Susan Austin, Pam Carlson,
Betsy Carlton, Ruth Carruthers,
Laurie DeWitt, Regina Franklin,
Melanie Gibson, Punky Gray,
Claudia Lane, Carol Levy, Susan
Lindsay, Karen McCloud Lou Mc
Neill, Mimi Martin, Tricia Mon-
nett, Susan Pacifico, Becca Rob
inson, Susan Siler, Susan Ste
phens, Amry Stout, Cobie Trout
man, Carol Williams, Carolyn Wo
mack, Margie Wright, and Lisa
Zane.
News
Briefs
The Optimist Club is in the
process of setting up plans for
their annual Student-Faculty
game. This year’s contest prom
ises to be a really entertaining
night.
Mrs. Keith has resigned from
our math department. In her place
has come Mrs. Carter, who taught
at Grimsley two years ago. Her
name then was Miss Woods.
A fire originatingg from a waste
can started in the girls’ lavora-
tory in the Science Building at.
approximately 2:20 p.m., Tuesday^
October 5. Students were rushed'
from their classrooms at the
sound of the alarm, as fire trucks
appeared in time to extinguish ■
the fire and ventilate the smoke-
filled corridors.
mally “The Fearsome Foursome.”
These four students are the
band’s four trombonists, who
often get together to go over
music arranged by the members
themselves. Jim Pitts heads the
group. Tom Alspaugh, Greg
Webster, and Dan Witman are
the other three members.
These four, all members of the
sy^nphony hand, are often heard
playing their songs at football
games.
What makes up a band? Is it
the majorettes, twirling their ba
tons, or is it the two drum ma
jors? Could it be the small groups
that are found within the band?
All of these put together form
one.
The man who gets it all to
gether is the band director, Mr.
Harris. Mr. Harris makes up the
half-time programs and arranges
all the music played by the band.
Saturday, November 6, 1971
marks the first of a series of
SAT and Achievement Tests to be
offered at GHS. All students tak
ing the tests are asked to report
promptly at the Auditorium no
later than 8:30 a.m.
Election Choices
Tomorrow when students come
to school they will find them
selves faced with the responsi
bility of voting for the candidates
they feel will best lead Grimsley
during the 1971-72 school year.
Enthusiasm may become con
fusion when voters not only meet
voting machines for the first time
but also confront a list of names
most of which appear unfamiliar
to them.
HIGH LIFE has printed for the
convenience of voters the list of
candidates available to each classr
sophomore, junior, and senior.
These lists appear on page six
and are boxed for easier reading.