Debate Team Wins Tournament
High
Grimsley’s Debate Team
won a city-wide tournament at
Dudley with a 5-1 record on
February 15.
The topic reviewed was as
follows: “Resolved: That the
method of reelecting Pres
idential and Vice-Presidential
candidates be altered.”
Students from Grimsley,
Dudley, and Page participated
I.Q.’ers
Enter Final
Competition
The 1975 Grimsley High
I.Q. team, like its predeces
sors, advanced into the final
bracket of eight teams. The
team accomplished this on
Saturday, February 8, a day
labeled as “Super Saturday.”
On that day forty teams from
across North Carolina were
divided into eight groups of
five, with the best teams in
each section advancing to the
TV round. Besides Grimsley,
other advancing teams were
Sanford, Central Davidson,
North Davidson, Ragsdale,
East Davidson, Lexington,
Burlington Williams, and
Durham Jordan.
The Grimsley team of Chuck
Alston, Dwight Ferguson,
Ronnie Gaynor, JackLlewlyn,
and Greg Hall (captain) were
declared the winners of their
groups but not without some
controversy. Grimsley was
playing Page and Ronnie
Gaynor answered a question
correctly. However, the mod
erator said that his answer
was wrong and gave Page an
opportunity to answer. After a
formal challenge lasting more
than fifteen minutes, the
decision was reversed with
neither team being awarded
points.
Grimsley lost this game.
There was a three-way tie in
this section, between Grim
sley, High Point Central, and
Page. Grimsley won the
section competition on the
basis of total number of points
scored.
The team will appear in a
match on Channel 2 against
Lexington on March 6, at 7:30
p.m. The matches are being
sponsored this year by the
North Carolina National Bank
and Greensboro Youth Coun
cil.
Each member of the
winning team in the entire
competition will be awarded a
$200 scholarship to the college
of his choice.
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in the event, which was
judged by students from
UNC-G’s debate team.
Several individual awards
were given, two of which went
to Grimsley students. Jo Anne
Bradner won overall honors
with first place for individual
excellence, and Stuart Pirrung
took third place. Other
members of the team are
Steve Jacobson and Joe
Heard.
The students on the team
were selected from the Drama
Department by Mr. Parrish.
His choices were based upon
merit, the amount of work
done in research, and the
students’ debating ability.
The debate team, the first at
Grimsley since 1968, started
working only three weeks
before the tournament, while
the other high schools had
been working since October.
The debaters are planning
to have a scrimmage match
with Smith High School on
March 12, and a city
championship tournament is
set for May 3 at Dudley.
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Grimsley’s Debaters show organization.
Jo Anne Bradner
Three Win
Scholastic
Art Awards
Four hundred and fourty-
four pieces of art from the
region won Gold Key and
certificate of merit honors in
the 1975 Scholastic Art
Awards, sponsored by Scho
lastic Magazine and WFMY.
Grimsley’s Cindy Conti and
Mary Lithgo received certifi
cate of merit honors with Mary
winning three of these. Vicky
Berry won a Gold Key Award.
Her “Imagination” is now on
its way to New York for
national juding.
Junior and senior high
school art teachers selected
outstanding pieces from the
students’ classroom work. A
panel of six qualified judges
selected 120 Gold Key pieces,
which were displayed in
Weatherspoon Art Gallery,
and 344 pieces received
certificate of merit status.
Dr. Jo Leeds, assistant
professor of art, UNC-G,
commented that as a judge
she looked for “skill in
handling the media, original
ity, meaningfulness, and
authenticity.”
HIGH LIFE
Volume XLIX, No. VIII Grimsley High School Greensboro, N.C. 27408 March 7, 1975
GCS Reveals New Look
The Grimsley Communica
tions System has undergone
changes which are planned to
provide a better outlook for
future discussions.
The changes provide for
more organization, with long
er and more frequent
meetings. Ten minutes have
been added to each discussion
community meeting. The
communities are now meeting
every eight days, with the
hubs and the student-faculty
groups meeting every eight
days also in order to provide
more input for each commu
nity meeting.
Each hub, both faculty and
student, meets at 3:40 p.m. on
Talent Show, Carnival
GYC Project
The Greensboro Youth
Council is now preparing for
two major events - the
Teenage Talent Show and the
Teenage Carnival.
The Teenage Talent Show,
sponsored by the Knights of
Columbus and GYC, is
scheduled this year for March
22. The chairman of the
project is Lesley Stephenson,
a senior at Page.
Auditions for the vocal,
instrumental, variety and
dance were held February
22-23 at First Presbyterian
Church. There were 58 people
to try out in these different
fields.
Auditions for fashion and
photography will be held
March 7 and 8 also at First
Presbyterian Church from
9:00-2:00. Between five and 10
people in each category will
compete in the show for cash
prizes. The Talent Show is
being held at the Coliseum
War Memorial Auditorium at
7:30 p.m.
Preparations for the
Greensboro Youth Council’s
Teenage Carnival are well
underway. The chairman of
this project is Bobby Wainer
and co-chairman is Steve
Abee. The Carnival is being
held in the Coliseum parking
lot from April 23-27. Approx
imately 100 booths will be
exhibited, sponsored by the
different service clubs inte
rested in the city. Almost 200
T-shirts have been purchased
in a variety of colors to be
printed and sold in the
souvenir booth. There will also
be several amusements in
cluding rides, pie-throwing
contests, basketball contests,
and others.
Your President
Works For You
Three High I.Q.’ers practice.
In each homeroom a person
is chosen as homeroom
president. His,job is to report
to his respective homeroom
about the happenings of the
student government and to act
as spokesman for ideas voiced
by his homeroom. Here is a
list of the homeroom presi
dents in order of classes.
The senior homeroom
presidents are Kurt Kronen-
feld, 622; Kathy Cole, 865;
Mike Rhyne, 863; Beverly
Vaughan, 621; Jo Ann
Te.nnyson, 305; Margaret
Oakley, 406; Liz Dowdy, 209;
Alice Browder, 300; Greg
Long, 405; Steve Abee, 521;
Connie Floyd, 623; Melanie
Meacham, 311; Carol Pearce,
304; Brooks Grantham, 202;
Nathan Sikes, 520; Cheryl
Hood, 317; Shawn Wilson,
302; Patsy Healy, 200, and
Bobby Dukes, 800.
Cent, on Page 8
the required dates. The
student teams meet every
eight days at a designated
period in the cafeteria. Faculty
teams meet during their
planning period, while faculty-
student leaders meet during
homeroom on specified dates.
Today’s meeting will cover
two main topics. The 10-year
accredidation by the Southern
Association of Secondary
Schools will be discussed and
explained in the communica
tion groups for those students
unaware of the process. The
main topic will evolve around
Grimsley’s curriculum; Should
change occur and/or what
changes should be made?
Suggestions that have been
turned in to the Clearinghouse
Committee have been taken
into consideration by the
administration. The covered
walkways are to be rebuilt of
steel and concrete. Mr. Glenn
is checking into the possibility
of Advanced Placement exams
counting among those requir
ed number one must take. A
curriculum committee is in the
process of studying the
current high school curriculum
This committee is comprised
of members of the School
Board, high school students,
and teachers. Also, there is a
possibility of obtaining a
parking lot sweeper when it
becomes surplus material.
News Briefs
The Wesley Long Hospital
Auxiliary is offering scholar
ships for seniors interested in
pursuing a career in nursing
or allied medical fields.
Interested students should
stop by the Guidance Center
for further information.
Congratulations to John
Grzeszczak for being honored
in the February 10 issue of
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED for
his swimming achievements.
Congratulations ro Mrs.
Gayle Lackey who gave birth
to a baby boy on February 16.
Miss Leonard has replaced
Mrs. Lackey in the History
Department.