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Life GYC to Sponsor Drive for Voter Registration The Greensboro Youth Council will sponsor a Voter Registration Drive February third-fifth this coming year (1976) as a bicentennial project. The purpose of this drive is to register all eligible 17 and 18 year-olds in Greensboro and Guilford County High Schools. The project will be similar to that of the successful 1972 campaign when over 80% of eligible students were registered. The campaign will include a voter education phase and a voter registration phase, beginning on February third. Voter education will include displays on voting laws and procedures. On Feb. fifth, registrars of Guilford County will come to the school to register eligible students. Students may register in the girl’s gym. A $100 award will be given to the school with the highest percentage of eligible students registered. The purpose of this reward is to encourage maximum participation in the project and to keep accurate records of results of the drive at each school. The two representatives at GHS are Mary Whitcomb and Stuart Pirrung. Advisors of the project are Joanne Taylor, Youth Coordinator, and Carolyn Hurley of The Guilford County Board of Elections. Andrew Herman is GYC Chairman for the project. .Students eligible to ’register include all 17 yr. olds that will be 18 by November second and all 18 yr.-olds. Bobby Wainer, GYC Chairman, stated that the Council felt that no project could be more appropriate for a bicentennial undertaking than one built on one of the major foundations of American history - the right to vote. Representatives at Grimsley are presently compiling a list of all people eligible for registration. Your participation in this project will be appreciated. News Briefs Semester exams will be given on January 14, 15, and 16. Two exams lasting one and a half hours will be given per day. The Scholastic Aptitude Test and the Achievement Test will be given on January 24. A student may take only one of these per testing day. The cost is $6.50 for the SAT and $11.00 for either one, two, or three achievement tests. The deadline for mailing the registration form and fee is December 19. At'the North Carolina Associ ation of Educators (NCAE) meeting held in Reidsville this past October, art teachers were encouraged to bring works done by their students which they felt was of excellent quality, Mrs. Stuart, a Grimsley art teacher, submitted a pencil drawing sketched by Mary Lithgo. The drawing took first place in district number seven of the NCAE. Congratulations to Mary for her efforts. Naton^al Hotot S«^iety Inductees: Front row L-R: Judy Johnson, Mary Anne LewaUen, Beth Bradley, Terri Teer,Kristo Lassiter, Regina Harris, Bobbie MoCBtt, Jim Walden; second row: John Wingen, Mark Uake, Bobby Wi^ins, Linda Eason, Mike Hamilton, Jim Kinard, Joan Bunge, Mary Anne ^ntagia^s, J:me Desper, David Dodd, John Manley; Third row: Holt Mebane, Bobby Wainer, Stuart Pirrung, Bryan Fields, Kaye Fortune, Roy Gallinger. - “ ‘ Torchlight Inducts 26 Tuesday, November 25, twen ty-six new members were inducted into Torchlights, Grims- ley’s Chapter of the National Honor Society. Held in the Grimsley Media Center, the program began with a solo by Michael Matthews on the cello. Ann Martinelli then gave an explanation of the National Honor Society. Next Elliot Shoenthal delivered the charter of the Torchlight Chapter. The five qualifications were then examined with Ann Martinelli’s lighting the candle of Knowledge. Cammy Deakin lit the candle of Scholarship, Ted Shields, the candle for service. The candle of Leadership was lit be Vonnie Hendrickson and Sue Gilliland lit the last candle for Character. Short speeches were presented by the five on the various attributes which are criteria for Torchlight Member ship. The program was topped off with the induction of the 25 new members. The inducation ended with a reception for new members and their families. The new member included the following: Beth Bradley, Joan Bunge, Mary Anne Contagiannis, Jane Desper, David Dodd, Linda Eason, Bryan Fields, Kaye Fortune, Roy Gallinger, Nancy Hagner, Mike Hamilton, Regina Harris, Judy Johnson, Jim Kinard, Krista Lassiter, Mark Leake, Mary Anne Lewallen, John Manley, Holt Mebane, Bobbie Moffit, Stuart Pirrung, Terri Tier, Robert Wainer, Jimmy Walden, Robert Wiggens, and John Wingen. All seniors with a 3.4 average or better were voted upon by the faculty. A committee made up of teachers and administrators then made the final selection. Torchlight is the oldest National Honor society in the state of North Carolina. The Charter was first given the Greensboro Senior High School in 1922 and has the high distinction of being “number 73.” There ae now 20,300 chapters of the society all around the United States, so the low charter number takes on an even greater meaning. The co-advisors of Torchlight this year are Mrs. Gayle Manahan and Mrs. Ann Oakley. The President of the Charter of the is Ann Martinelli, secretary is Meridith Morris Rizk, Wilson Lead BYD Three Grimsley students parti cipated in the district meet of the Bicentennial Youth Debates held on November 15 at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Bashar Rizk and Eric Wilson, juniors, each took first place in their divisions, while Anne Moebes, a senior, won second place. There were three types of public speaking being judged in this nation-wide contest: “Lin- coln-Douglas” debating, persua sive speaking, and extemporan eous speaking. Grimsley students were first judged on the local level on October 23-24 by a panel of judges consisting of Mr. Whisenant, Mr. Graves, Mr. Greene, and Mrs. Hutton. Bashar was the winner in the debating division, Anne in the persuasive speaking, and Eric in the extemporanous division. These three students went on to compete in the district meet with students from High Point Andrews, Western Guilford, Dudley and Smith high schools at UNC-G. The students competing at the district meet were judged by a panel of college professors and members of the UNC-G debating team. The students were rated on their presentation and delivery, analysis of issues, understanding of history, organization and specificity. The topic for debate at the district meet was “Resolved: That extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.” The students who were involved were given their topic beforehand and came prepared to argue both pro and con. Those trying their hand at persuasive presentations came prepared to speak on “The Press: Reporter or Maker of History?” The students speaking extem poraneously had a more compli cated task. They were given the general heading under which they were to speak, “Equal Protection Under the Law,” as well as 13 sub-headings in advance. The day of the district meet, they selected at random three slips of pager with these sub-headings written on them. It was their dicision which to speak on out of the three they had drawn. [Continaed on Page 81 Bicentennial Yonth Debate Winners: Bashar Ria&, Eric Wils«i Journalism Workshop Planned The fifth annual Piedmont Journalism Workshop, created to help expose interested high school students to the techniques of newspaper writing and news broadcasting, will be held January 31. Greensboro Youth Council, Sigma Delta Chi journalism fraternity, the Greensboro News Company, and UNC-G’s Continu ing Education Division and English Department, sponsor the Workshop, which gives students a wide overview of journalism as it is seen by professional journalists. The workshop is divided into two areas of possible interest and registration: newspaper and broadcast news. Journalists from local news papers will conduct sessions on subjects ranging firom news and feature writing to public relations and editorial analysis in the newspaper area of the workshop. Mini-sessions will be offered on cartooning; the mechanics of editing, headlines, and layout photography: and advertising and circulation. Utilizing video tape, students will learn about broadcast news by participating in actual reporting and interviewing. [Continued on Page 81 Second Semester To Bring Changes In Curriculum As the first semester draws to a close, Grimsley students need to begin planning for spring registration. The same procedure which was used for the fall semester will be used once again. A tentative schedule has already been set for registration. Seniors are scheduled to register on January 19, at 9:00. Juniors will follow at il:00 on the same day. Sophomore registration will be held at 8:30 on January 21. Students who have various unpaid fees pending may register, but no one with an unsettled fee may attend class until the fee has been paid. It should be noted that a new policy has been declared for the class of 1978 (this year’s sophomores). These students, in order to graduate, must take one writing course: either Basic Composition, Writing Workshop A Writing Workshop B, or Advanced Composition at the same time during their three years. This policy was adopted by English teachers throughaut the city because it was the consensus that every student should become more proficient with the mechan ics of writing. Sophomores are prohibited fi-om taking either World Literature or Advanced Composition because the English Department believes that these students need more preparation in reading and writing skills for these two courses. [Contfamed on Pnge 8]
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