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Volume LV, Number 6 Greensboro, N.C. 27408 Thursday, January 29, 1981
Class
Folklorist Tells ‘Real’ Story
Of Sleeping Beauty
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Donald Davis holds class spellbound with folktales. (Sykes
Photo)
Crisp Memorial Book
Presented To Library
trated - by Arnold Toynbee,
reflects the broad interests
of Mr. Crisp who, for many
years worked on the Greens
boro Daily News and most
recently was the founder of
the Greensboro AD venture.
The book was purchased
from Wills to be enjoyed by
the Crisp family over Christ
mas and then was presented
to the Grimsley Media Cen
ter in Mr. Crisp’s name.
By Vicki McHugh
“Would you like to hear
the ‘real’ story of the Sleep
ing Beauty?’’ asked Mr.
Donald Davis.
Davis, a folklorist, came to
speak to Ms. Lynn Tanner’s
American Literature classes
on January 16. He grew up
listening to legends and folk
tales which were brought
down from older genera
tions, and became very inter
ested in exploring the origins
of these tales. Now he tells
them himself, continuing the
oral tradition of literature.
The folklorist told that a
large number of heroes in
American legends have Jack
for a name. Boots is a
common name for heroes in
By Deirdre Harshaw
Recently the Junior Class
homeroom teachers present
ed a memorial book to
Grimsley’s Media Center for
the late Mr. Porter Crisp,
husband of Mrs. Jane Crisp,
a member of the Grimsley
High School faculty and ad
visor to the Junior Class.
The book, A Study of
History - The First Abridged
One-Volume Edition - Illus-
Campus
News In Brief
By Stephanie Wilson
SAT
The next Scholastic Apti
tude Test (SAT) will be
administered on April 4. The
Deadline for registration is
February 27. The cost for the
SAT is $9.25. Interested
students should contact Mr.
Phil Weaver in the Guidance
Center.
the European countries. The
heroines have a variety of
names. There is no definite
reason for this; it is just a
part of the legends.
According to Davis, the
first people interested in
collecting these stories from
the oral tradition were the
Grimm brothers who lived in
Germany in the 1850’s. They
saved a large number of
these legends from all over
Europe.
Many of the plots of folk
tales deal with giants and the
hero or heroine who kills
them. Kings are also popular
in these legends, and usually
give rewards to the charact
ers responsible for the
giants’ death. One example
of this is “Jack Killing
Giants,’’ a “purer version’’
says Davis; “than the popu
larized ‘Jack and the Bean
stalk.’ ’’
Davis also made reference
in his talks to the psychologi
cal implications of folk tales,
to the importance of folk
tales in the oral tradition as a
part of any study of a
country’s literature, and to
the parallels in Chaucer’s
and Shakespeare’s stories to
older tales from the oral
tradition.
The applause and com
ments of the students after
each of his tales indicated
that no one outgrows listen
ing to the “real’’ stories of
folklore. Davis showed the
mastery of the ancient art of
storytelling.
Hinson Speaks On
Rape Prevention
Musical. Speech Tournament
Highlight Spring Drama Plans
By Deirdre Harshaw
The King and I, a musical
by Rogers and Hammer-
stein, is to be presented in
mid-April as a city-wide
project involving all four of
the city high schools.
Mr. Lambert, Mr. Parrish,
Mr. Seaman, and Mr. Zaru-
ba, the drama teachers from
each school, will lead work
shops, classes, and rehear
sals in preparation for this
important event. The partici
pants will receive one-half
credit for the nine-week
course at Weaver Center.
The cast of more than 70 will
be selected from students in
grades seven through
twelve. Auditions and the
first day of class began
January 28, and rehearsals
will be from 3:30 to 5:00 pm.
This spring the drama
department will sponsor an
intra-school speech tourna
ment in order to determine
the students who will repre-
sent Grimsley in a sectional
speech tournament to be
held later in Gatlinburg,
Tennessee. Meetings will be
held from 7:00 to 9:00, pm
Wednesdaysin the Grimsley
drama room.
By Lisa Kamenetz
Rape is a serious offense.
Reported incidents of rape
increased 33 percent from
1979 to 1980. According to
Ms. Jennie Hinson of
Greensboro’s Rape Preven
tion Center, the majority of
rapes are not even reported.
Hinson spent a week prior
to Christmas holidays speak
ing to Coach Ron Hartsook’s
second period physical edu
cation self-defense class.
Many rape victims call the
Rape Prevention Center
first, because they are afraid.
of the police. Hinson urged
her listeners to call the
Center, open 24 hours a day,
immediately in the event of a
Magazine Wins First-Place Rating
By Deirdre Harshaw
In Full Flight won a first-
place rating in the literary
magazine section judging of
the ColumbiaScholasticPress
Association for the 1979-
1980 In FuU Flight.
Some of the judges’ com
ments were that In Full
Flight had an “attractive
cover design. . . not the
easiest to print’’ and “. . .
facings achieve proper and
effective balance.’’ Com
ments on the magazine’s
content were that it “. . .re
veals considerable insight
and compassion’’ and
“freshness of concepts as
well as variety of form.’’
In Full Flight is presently
conducting a sales drive in
which it would like to sell all
of its 400 copies. The staff is
concerned, however, about
the severe lack of interest
among Grimsley students
and teachers. Mr. Richard
Smith, the In Full Flight
advisor, complains, “People
will spend $2.00 on lunch but
not $1.00 on a magazine.’’
Cara Abernathy In Full
Flight’s co-editor, says the
staff “needs teachers to get
more involved and needs
students to get more involv
ed.’’
Although the sales drive is
not the magazine’s main
source of income, it is im
portant. The staff of In Full
Flight will be visiting the
English class every day for a
week beginning the first or
second week in February to
take subscriptions from stu
dents.
rape (273-RAPE) and to
seek immediate medical care
since there is always the
danger of pregnancy and /or
venereal disease.
Other aspects of the topics
discussed dealt with met
hods of rape prevention.
“Over 50 percent of rapists
are acquainted with their
victims,” reported Hinson.
Lunch Period
Extention
To Remain
In Effect
By Becky Silverstein
Recently six additional
minutes were added to each
lunch period at Grimsley. “I
felt that the teachers and
students needed more
tiihe,’’ stated Principal R.L.
Glenn who is credited for the
change.
With the shortened lunch
period at the first part of the
year, the tardies had been
fewer than ever; and, said
Glenn, “The situation has
remained about the same
with the additional time.’’
The students and teachers
have been responding posi
tively to the switch. Accord
ing to Glenn, “The change
will be continued through
second semester.’’