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GHS vs Page HIGHUFE Sink September 26 Grimsley Senior High School 801 Westover Terrace the Greensboro, N.C. 27408 Volume LV Number 2 Thursday, September 25, 1980 Slip Grimsley Principal Reminisces; Qty, School Changed Since 1940 By Barbi Prillaman Gayle Manahan’s first and sixth period Literature and Composition classes were treated to a visit from Princi pal R.L. Glenn on Monday, September 15. As a compliment to the classes’ study of Thornton Wilder’s OurTown , Mr. Glenn_ spoke on the Greens boro of forty years ago compared with today’s Greensboro. He also gave several examples of the changes Grimsley (then Greensboro) High &hool has seen in forty years. Mr. Glenn is a native of Greensboro, and attended public school here, also. He is a member of the Greens boro High School Class of 1940. He says one of the highlights of his senior year was his purchase of a car -- a I 1928 T-Model Ford, pur chased for twenty dollars. His pride and joy for the year he had it, the car ‘ ‘ran like a sewing maching.” When not driving his model-T, Mr. Glenn made the 45-minute trek to Greensboro High where, ac cording to him, “We were really out in the country.’’ There was very little traffic around the school, which consisted then of the main building, the old science building, cafeteria, and the field house. Kiser emd Brooks schools had not been built at the time, so the entire area around GHS was wooded. Talking about his school- day routine, Mr. Glenn men tioned that students had a half-hour lunch period. He added that there were no problems getting back in % Carol Esso, Grimsley's 1980B1 Whirlie Bird. Carol is the first female Whirlie Bird in some years. (Hipp Photo) Whirlie Bird Carol Essa New Mascot On September 12, Carol Essa was selected Grimsley Whirlie Bird of the 1980-81 school year. The Whirlie bird functions as a booster of morale at athletic events. The selection procedure differed from previous years, in that in addition to a physical routine, candidates were required to write a paper about why they want ed to be Whirlie Bird. Each candidate was also required to submit an original cos tume design. Starting this year, the Whirlie Bird will work more closely with the cheerleding squad, and will follow the cheerleaders’ attendance policies. The selection of Essa was made by Grimsley’s Pep Board, chaired by Catherine Evans. time for class. One reason was that there were realy only two places to go for lunch, besides home: Ham’s on Friendly Avenue and the Boar and Castle on West Market Street. The main reason students were not late for class was that it was simply not accepted socially. Students had an understand ing that they were to be on time for classes, and so they were. Parts of the GHS campus are almost the same as they were forty years ago. The front lawn looks the same, except there were once box woods between the two front walks, and there was a line of dogwood trees between the buildings and the oaks facing Westover Terrace. Certain areas are not what they used to be, though. The present attendance office was once the drama class room, and the School Store was a history class. The bus parking lot was formerly the girls’ athletic field, and Campus Drive was a dirt road that extended only to the field house. The Greensboro of 1940 was much different than the city of today. A town of about 56,000 the city limits ex tended no further than the present intersections of Continued on page 3 Grimsley High School principal, R. L. Glenn. Mr. Glenn is a native of Greensboro and a member of the 1940 graduating class of Greensboro High School (Sykes Photo) SAT’S, PSAT’s Offered Grimsley students will have the opportimity to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) on October 25. Those registering to take the test will benefit from services designed to provide students with more informa tion about the content of the test. Students who plan to take the 1980 PSATs will receive a complete practice test, answer key, and scoring instructions. When test scoresare reported in Dec ember, test booklets, and correct answers as well as student answers will be re turned to each student. The College Board has announced that dates for this year’s Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs) will be Nov ember 1 and December 6, 1980, and January 24, April 4, May 2, and June 6, 1981. The SATs are required for admission by hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide. Achievement tests in various subjects will be administered on most of the test dates. These ac hievement tests help col leges make placement and admissions decisions. Deadline for registration for the November 1 testing is Continued on page 8 Cantus News In Brief- Greene Awarded Peter S. Greene of Grim sley’s History Department has been selected to receive one of the National Covmcil for Geographic Education’s 1980 Merit Teacher Awards for significant contributions to geographic education in North Carolina. Each year, the National Council for Geographic Education, located at Wes tern Illinois University, asks state education officers, in most cases social stu dies curriculum specialists or coordinators, to nominate teachers to receive this award. According to James W. Vining, Executive Director, “That Mr. Greene’s contri butions to geographic educa tion came to the attention of the officials in North Caro lina speaks well of him.’’ Senior Project The class of 1981 was scheduled to begin its annual project on Friday, Septem ber 19. The seniors will be selling wrapping paper and gift tags for a two-week period. The money raised will be used to pay for the traditional gift to the school, which will be presented next spring on Awards Day. Guidance News The Guidance Department has announced several up coming activities of interest to students. Sophomore orientation will be held Monday, Sept ember 22 through Friday, October 3 in biology classes. Orientation is desigjned to acquaint sophomores with guidance services available to them and to encourage them to begin making career-related decisions. Also, a representative from Fisk University will be in the guidance office to talk with interested students on Friday, November 14.
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