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VOLUME XLVH
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL GREENSBORO, N.C. 37410 SEPT. 27, 1972
NUMBER 2
Six Seniors, Seven Juniors
Chosen As Cheerleaders
Trying out for varsity cheer
leading takes a lot of time, pati
ence, energy, and skill. Thirty
girls, all junior and senior stu
dents at GHS, combined the above
qualities last week as they at
tempted to win berths on the
twelve-girl squad.
During the try-outs, each girl
made motions to words of a cer^
tain cheer and performed a cheer
of her choice.
Judges, consisting of two men
and three women, biracially chos
en, all having had previous ex
perience in judging cheerleaders,
watched the candidates perform.
The task of narrowing the fielc}
from thirty to twelve was a dif
ficult one, stated one judge.
Jumping, smjling, yelling, and
trying to impress the judges with
various types of splits, cartwheels,
and jumps, the girls found the
field being narrowed quickly.
The final elimination was
among three girls for two po
sitions, after which the following
1972-73 cheerleaders were an
nounced; Seniors; Martha Allgood,
Sherry Blount, Iva Boler, Teresa
Ozment, Kathy Wootton; Juniors:
Boyd Brown, Janice Brown, Cheryl
Haithcock, Janette Inman, Donna
Mitchell, Jan Smith, and Vanessa
Snipes.
■ Of the twelve chosen, three
^e returning from last year.
They are Sherry Blount, Iva Bo
ler, and Kathy Wootton. All of
the other girls have had experi
ence in cheerleading previously.
Miss Linda Tamblyn, faculty
adviser for the cheerleaders, gave
no name for head cheerleader
and indicated that perhaps none
would be chosen. Instead, she
suggested that perhaps the girls
would alternate so that each girl
Fifteen Selected
As Semi Finalists
In Merit Program
Fifteen students from Grimsley
are among thirty-four area stu
dents competing for the National
Merit Scholarships. Selected re
cently as semi-finalists, these peo
ple were rated on SAT scores as
well as the Merit Scholarship
Test.
The finalists, who are advanced
fj-om the semifinalist level, will
be considered for scholarships.
Winners are to be announced in
the spring.
GHS semi-finalists include
Thomas A. Alspaugh, Jr., Charles
B. Clark, Rodney L. Coleman,
III, Carl E. Colvard, Randy L.
Craven, Parker B. Dodd, Debbie
A. Durland, Mike S. Mandina,
David E. Morrow, Rachel Pickard,
John S. Russell, William T.
Sykes, William J. Warriner, and
Robert B. Westmoreland.
Ralph Shaw was named a Na
tional Merit Semi-Finalist for
Negro Students, according to Mrs.
Moody, guidance head, just as this
issue was going to press.
would get a chance to serve.
The uniforms are to be the tra
ditional school colors, dark blue’
and white, and the style will re
main the same.
The girls are planning pep ral
lies for home games and import
ant away games.
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KEY CLUB BUSY
WITH DIRECTORY
Work on the 1972-73 Student
Directory, published annually by
the Key Club at GHS, is under
way. Solicitation of ads, collec
tion of student .information on
cards, alphabetizing affd proof
reading, and finally, seeing that
all the correct data reaches the
printer ape some of the duties
that Key Clubbers are involved
in.
Assuming that all goes well,
December I will see the issuance
of the new directories to all stu
dents free of charge, says Steve
Toben, directory chairman.
Sweeping the football stadium
occupies “mornings ofter” of mem
bers who aren’t out doing other
club chores. Peter Byrd heads
up the clean-up. Other activities
include the annual homecoming
project, the distribution of Alma
Mater cards, and keeping up to
date the marquis (sign) on the
corner of Campus Drive and
Westover Terrace in order to
keep students informed on up
coming events.
Cheerleaders Yell Their Enthusiasm
GYC District Outings
Hew Fall Plan
Work On Whirligig
Weil Under Way
A little amorphous something
that began small early last year
has finally become recognizable
and is gaining strength every day.
That something is the 1972-73
WHIRLIGIG, GHS yearbook.
Since last spring, the staff has
been working hard, according to
Miss Virginia Powell, adviser, so
that near deadlines may be met
and the final March 1 date will
be possible. The book will be
available if all goes weU the mid
dle of May.
Co-editors Debbie Dawson and
Beverly Leonard cite diligence
and hard work the main ingredi
ents in Whirligig-making. Three
days, two weeks ago, without Miss
Powell, who was on jury duty,
proved their theory.
“I really need them,” says Miss
Powell, “when it comes to placing
and identifying pictures; it really
gets rough.” She will see the
publication next spring of her
22nd Whirligig.
Nine dollars per book is what
the staff must pay the printer on
the average. Yet the cost per
student, if paid in the fall, is
only $5.25; in the spring, it’s
$6.00. Where does the other $3.50
come from? The staff makes it up
with funds gained from selling
pages to various clubs and orga
nizations and photography rebates.
Continued on Page Eight
There’s a new twist to the
fall program of the Greensboro
Youth Council. Reinforcing the
eleven fall service projects are
monthly social activities sponsor
ed by various districts. This
month the Dudley district is plan
ning a picnic outing for the coun
cil. In October, the Grimsley
district will sponsor an outing to
the Carolina-Wake Forest football
game for council members.
The two programs “Mainpoint,”
and “GAP” will continue their
broadcasts this fall. The TV pro
gram, “Mainpoint,” broadcast
from WFMY-TV, is under the
supervision of GHS seniors Fred
Stang and John Russell. Dick
Youngblood, also a senior, is the
chairman of the radio show
“Gap,” broadcast from WCOG.
Also returning this fall is the
High I-Q Bowl. Teams from over
thirty high schools will compete,
determining the team with the
greatest recall of knowledge. The
High I-Q Bowl will be televised,
and scholarship prizes will be
awarded to the victorious team
members and nmners-up.
In the field of journalism, GYC
will sponsor two projects—^the
Journalism Workshop and “GYC
on the Go.” The workshop is'
planned for any individuals in
terested in journalism. “GYC on
the Go” is the Youth Council’s
news service, providing members
with information on the current
activties and happenings within
GYC.
SPANISH STUDENTS PLAN
TRIP TO MEXICO
“Summer of ’73” will bring more
fun once again for Grimsley High
Spanish students. The Whitte-
more & Whitaker Spanish team
will make two trips to Mexico.
One trip will be in June with*
the other one planned for July
after summer school is over. Each
tour will last for 15-18 days,
with extra side-trips scheduled.
Mexico City and Sartillo are
the main targets of the excur
sions at the present time.
In January information will be
available about the trips regard
ing itinerary, cost, etc.
A fall concert featuring a na
tionally known group is still un
der council consideration.
The Christmas season heralds
the other four fall-winter GYC
projects — the Holiday Jubilee
Float, Miss Christmas Seal, Chris
Evergreen, and the Christmas
Wrapping Project.
For the Greensboro Holiday
Jubilee Parade, GYC will con
struct and enter a float. Last
year, the entry depicted American
history with individuals from var
ious times in small niches.
The Miss Christmas Seal Proj
ect will raise money for TB. Each
service club from the area high
schools selects a girl as its repre
sentative for Miss Christmas Seal.
The club then collects money to
sponsor its representative. The
girl from each school with the
largest sum of money in her ac
count will attend a special tea
at which Miss Christmas Seal will
be named. This year’s chairman
of the project is Laura Normandy
of Grimsley.
Encouraging the sale of Christ
mas trees is the purpose of the
Chris Evergreen project, while
Thalhimer’s hires students to
wrap Christmas packages in con
junction with the Christmas Wrap
ping Project.
72-73 Whirling ,
Boots Selected
By Cathy Ellis
Marine ROTC credit and Col
onel Booker as adviser — what
more could the gals want? That’s
exactly what they’ve got; the
Whirling Boots, that is! Scheduled
at fourth period, with extra prac
tices after school, the 1972-73
edition has been selected.
The judges, including Mrs.
Hausey, modern dance teacher at
Page, Miss Die, from Dudley, and
Mrs. Duvall from the Grimsley
guidance department, deliberated
on the girls who tried out on
September 11. Choices were based .
on appearance, form, and merit.
When the school year began,
six Whirling Boots returned from
last year’s squad. Two practice
days were set up so that the girls
could learn the basic Boot rou
tines. On September 1, twenty-
eight girls were present for try
outs. Fourteen were chosen. Due
to uneven black-white ratios, try
outs were held again on Septem
ber 11 to select eleven more
girls for the squad. Five must
be white, five must be black, and
the eleventh member could be
either black or white. The num
ber of girls then reached the de
sired thirty. ^
Luanne Winfree is the head
Whirling Boot, with Louise Rus
sell and Jill Vanderfleet as cor
captains. The other Boots include
Jamesanna Deviney, Tania Elian
vonMeldorf, Linda Essa, Rosanne
Fields, Mary Gordon, Sonya
Grace, Laura Gratale, Debbie
Hayes, Cindy Helms, Pam Hum
ble, Kathy Koher, Venie Linock,
Joy McFarland, Linda Meadows,
Jan Morton, Vanessa Neal, Nancy
Parrett, Patty Parrett, Gloria
Pinson, Susan Resmolds, Linda
Rogers, Louise Russell, Lori Say
lor, Dani Schultz, Leslie Stearns,
Jill Vandeflett, Nancy Wagner,
Rachel Watson, and Vicki Wil
liamson.
Performances for this year’s
group will include halftime enter
tainment during the Dudley game
September 22, the Page game,
October 6, and either the Reyn
olds game, October 20, or the
Smith game, October 27, depend
ing on the date of homecoming.
Highi Life Gets First
“First Class’ was the rating
given HIGH LIFE for its second
semester issues by NSPA, the
National Scholastic Press Associ
ation. The news reached Mrs.
Rachel Morton, adviser, in a let
ter received on September 11.
Mrs. Morton, whose first year
as HIGH LIFE adviser was last
year, appeared pleased with the
score. “I didn’t expect to get
such a high rating. My staff was
working without credit all year,
and although I knew they were
doing a good job, I just couldn’t)
be sure about the quality journa
listically.”
The NSPA is the nationall rec
ognized rating service. Each pub
lication (Whirligig, too) submits
issues of yearbooks, pays a fee,
and receives a critical rating of
how well it has appeared to pro-
fessionk judges.
Mary Skar was the judge of
HIGH LIFE. From St. Paul, Min
nesota, she is the director of all
newspaper judging for NSPA.
She herself has done extensive
work in radio writing, reporting,
news correspondence, and staff
writing.
The ratings begin with third
class (good), then second class
(very good), first class (excel
lent), and All-American (super
ior).
The highest rating for HIGH
LIFE came on photography, for
which it earned a mark of distinc
tion. Other high ratings came in
treatment of news, features,
sports, front page make-up, ty
pography, printing, cutlines, and
technical quality.
Problems and low ratings fell
in the areas of headlines, overall
coverage, leads, and make-up.