GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27410 — NOVEMBER 22, 1971
NUMBER 4
GHS Observes American Education Week
“Help Schools Bridge the Gap”
ivas the theme of this year’s
fVmerican Education Week which
ivas observed at GHS during the
tveek of October 24-30.
GHS, as well as other public
education institutions, was open
to visitors during which time they
observed the orderliness of the
cafeteria and how i students used
voting machines to elect class
officers and representatives.
One alert parent commented,
“If I had had the opportunity to
use a voting machine when I was
in high school, then I wouldn’t
have had so much truoble learn
ing as an adult.”
Each morning during the week.
News Briefs
A student-faculty ball game
sponsored by the Grimsley Opti
mist Club was played Friday,
Nov. 19.
a different F.T.A. member spoke
briefly over the P.A. system to
the homerooms. The speakers in
cluded; Laura Armfield—“Histo
ry of American Education Week”;
Alice Bullington—“Our Heritage
— Voting”; Sherry Penderson —
“Planning your Future”; Beverly
Kinard—“What is Education”;
and Deborah Crone—“Changing
Times.”
Although the topics of the pre
sentations varied, each one con
tained the dominant theme of
bridging the gap between young
and old, black and white, promise
and performance.
Relevance in curriculum, di
versity, equality in education, and
equal educational opportunities
were pointed out as objectives in
educational progress.
Some of the contemporary prob
lems of American education were
Parents visited classrooms and
achers of their students during
sitation Monday night at the
;cond Grimsley P.T.S.A. meet-
ig of the year. Following the
lildren’s schedules, they spent
few minutes in each class get-
ng a brief run-down on object-
es and asking questions.
mry Stout, Business Manager
WHIRLIGIG, announced that
sales will take place Decem-
1-7. Price this fall will be
5; spring cost will be $6.00.
na Korous, who won the
tH LIFE coupon contest, will
,ive a free WHIRLIGIG-
lorman Cousins, editor of the
rURDAY REVIEW, Rep. Rich-
son Preyer, and Rita Hauser,
1. Representative to the United
dons Commission on Human
hts, were featured speakers at
18th Annual World Affairs
titute held at Greensboro Col-
e on November 12-14.
.V.T. students recently visited
tiestic Relations Court for an
-witness view of a trial.
listed as growing alienation of
youth of different colors and
classes, high school drop-out
rates, the minimum learning
achieved at some schools, lack
of communication, lack of aware
ness of educational opportunities
and involvement of parents in
their children’s educational insti
tutions.
American Education Week has
been held annually since 1921.
Under the auspices of the Na
tional Education Association, The
American Legion, the N.itional
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers, and the U.S. Office of Edu
cation, its purpose is “to en
courage citizens to look intensely
at their schools in order to pro
vide adequate support and initi
ate action toward correcting prob
lems or weaknesses in the educa
tion problem.”
English Class Hears Lineberry
;er many years of useful
;e to GHS, Mrs. Mary Gam-
History Department Chair-
retired. Mrs. Edna Hutton
e new head.
Grimsley area bands along with
le choruses presented the Gala
oncert here on Thursday, Octo-
er 28.
DECA (Distributive Education
ubs of America) recently elect-
their officers for this year,
ley are as follows: A1 Gibson,
‘esident; Debbie Tiller, Vice
■esident; Peggy Melton, Secre
cy; Kathy Moore, Treasurer;
im Perry, Reporter; Margaret
cBride, Parliamentarian.
“God first, family second, bus
iness last” has been the motto of
Mr. A1 Lineberry. “I was advised
by a man who had great influ
ence on my life that civic duties,
although needed, are transient,
Christian duties carry lasting in
fluence.” The chairman of the
Greensboro school board spoke of
the influences on his life .is he
stood before Mrs. Morton’s sec
ond period Personal Identity Eng
lish class November 1.
After the influence of religion
Homecoming Proves
Success
“Happiness is Love and Peace,”
said Charlie Brovm, as he grin
ned from the front of the 1971
Homecoming program. Other peo
ple were happy, too, on Saturday,
November 6, when during the
halftime of the GHS-Burlington
game. Miss Lisa Zane was crown
ed 1971. Homecoming Queen, and
Miss Carol Levy was named first
runner-up.
Back from last year for the
celebration was the 1970 queen.
Miss Lisa Folk. She was escorted
by the student body president
from last year, Joe Frazer.
The cars that were used in
this year’s celebration were do
nated by Black Cadillac Olds,
Tal William’s Chevrolet, and Gal
loway Buick. John Shields was
in charge of obtaining them.
Gary Middlebrook and Don
Nelson handled the arch which
depicted Peanuts characters dur
ing the crowning ceremonies.
To top the evening’s celebra
tions came the Homecoming
Dance. A large crowd was on
hand to hear the hard rock music
of “Rainbow Bridge.” Midway
through the festivities Sam Spar
row, president of Junior-Jaycees,
announced the two winners of the
“Guess the Whirliebird” contest.
They were Chip Atkinson and
Libby DeBerry, both of whom re
ceived $10 gift certificates.
Susan Lindsay, homecoming
chairman, expects around a hun
dred dollars profit from the mum
and ticket sales.
came family influence in the life
of Mr. Lineberry. He recalled the
little formal education of his
father, who was a self-educated
genius in calculus as v.'ell as an
accomplished violinist. At 79, the
elder Mr. Lineberry taught an
other lesson to his son by plant
ing an apple tree “so that those
behind me might enjoy it.”
“What you do,” asserted Mr.
Lineberry, ‘will either help or
hurt those who come after you.”
He went on to point out the
turning point of his life as the
day he decided he needed a
Power bigger than himself to lead
him. From then, on, it was God
and His will first.
Concerning money, the speaker
spoke of the hardships of the de
pression, quoted Lawrence Welk
as saying, “I’ve never worked
for money,” and agreed with him.
Then Mr. Lineberry concluded
his informal talk by saying,
“Learning to live with money is
harder than learning to live with
out it.”
A brief question and answer
period followed as the class of
34 juniors and seniors quizzed
the speaker about his life. Mr.
Lineberry left the class to pon
der a few points on coping with
pressures of life, based on his
experience as school board chair
man during the past few months.
Miss Virginia Powell, Whirligig Advisor looks on approvingly
ds Editors Martha Tesh and Eileen McFall check dummy with
printer, Mr. Fleming.
Grammar Handbook Issued
Decisions, decisions, decisions?
Every time a theme is due, there
are a hundred decisions about
commas, verbs, quotation marks.
Where can one get the right an
swer? Last year the Junior Ex-
changettes pondered this question
and then helped foot the bill to
pay for the booklet that tells all.
It all began last year when a
group of students started asking
for a grammar book that every
body could use; not a textbook,
but a handbook with spelling
rules, pronunciation, how to write
sentences, etc.,
These students went to some
of the English teachers about
their idea, and Miss Mary Nell
Parker (transferred this year),
Mrs. Mary Wynne Bostick, and
Miss Virginia Powell were ap
pointed to compile the book
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT GRAMMAR BUT ARE
AFRAID TO ASK (YOUR
TEACHER), now officially copy
righted.
At first, the need for money
was a problem, but the Junior
Exehangettes came through and
publication was possible. 'Twenty-
four hundred copies were rolled
off Smith High School’s press.
Mrs. Ruth Richardson, former art
teacher here but transferred dur
ing the summer, arranged the
cover, including the title thought
up by a student.
Every student, in school this
year was presented a copy free
for his own use, in hopes that
writing could become uniform,
that teachers would have a hand*
book to rely on (grammar texts
often differ), and that every stu
dent would improve in composi
tion skills therefore..
Grimsley Mothers Serve Red Cross
If you see your next door
neighbor’s mother sitting in the
Dean’s office, don’t be surprised.
Mothers of students have volun
teered to work in the clinic.
These mothers took a Red-Cross
test and are qualified to handle
any little problem you might have
during school. The Red-Cross
volunteers work from 9:00 till
3:00 every day. Each lady has a
three hour shift every other week.
Grimsley and Mclver Schools
started having the Red Cross vol
unteers last year. This year there
are 14 schools in Greensboro
ahving this service, now, and two
more will have it before the year
IS over.
These ladies can only offer
limited services. They are set up
in the clinics to relieve the dean
and her assistants of the added
duty of caring for sick students.
The volunteers are not allowed
to give any medical help. They
cannot even put mercurochrome
on a cut. All they can do is wash
a wound, give a bandage, or take
your temperature.
These ladies, headed by Mrs.
Martha Knox, render a great help
to our school and the other
schools where they are working.
BASKETBALL COMING SOON
HOORAY!