February 12, 1981
HIGH LIFE
Page 3
Letters To The Editors
Opinion
Unquestionably A Service Club
To the Editors:
We are writing to you in
reference to the December
issue article by Van Alston,
“Questionable Service.” It
is true there are some clubs
that have acted questionably,
but that does not stand for
all. As Grimsley Civinettes,
we state emphatically that
we are a service club.
We have been involved in
so many service projects that
we have had no time for
misconduct! We’ve worked
at Special Olympics, flea
markets, and toy workshops.
We have sold fruit cakes to
raise money for the Autistic
Children’s fund and have
sponsored a family for Christ
mas..
After all these services,
you print our name imder
“Questionable Service.”
Ridiculous.
Of course we party and
have fun — but in a mature
manner. We. are unques
tionably a service club.
Sincerely,
GHS Civinettes
‘HeUo,’GHS,
‘Thank You’
(Editor's note: George
Praxmarer was an exchange
student at Grimsley last
year. Mrs. Mary Tom Hof-
fler, GHS faculty member.,
sent him several issues of
this year’s High Life.
Following are excerpts from
his “thank you" letter to
her.)
* * *
I cannot tell you how
much I appreciate your let
ter which I received on
December 9th. I even wrote
it into my diary as the very
special event of that day.
Though I still had some tests
to do in that week, I im
possibly couldn’t learn
anything! I just was reading
your letter and the papers
from High Life. They were
the most delightful
Christmas presents for me!
Being now in the junior
class, I am one year now
back. I have got new
teachers in all 15 courses,
and a very interesting one in
my German class. I am tell
ing this because he is very in
terested in literature, and
though work is very hard, it
is a great opportunity for me
to read a lot.
Each month we have to
read a certain book or play
and do a book report on it
which not just covers the
content, but also the time
and page it was written in,
compared to other ages, and
grammatical specialties. To
do such a paper with at least
25 to 30 pages once a month
takes a lot of time and
nerves. But I am always a lit
tle bit happier after finishing
such a monster.
.. .It will take some time
until I will travel to America
again, but one thing is for
sure: I will go there some
time again. Now, since I
have told my family so much
about my story in
Greensboro at Grimsley,
everybody wants to go
there. . .
Over the Christmas
holidays we had a college
Rotary Exchange student in
our family. She comes from
Alton, Illinois. We all had
much fun.. .My family is
positive towards the
Americans. Her stay here
made it possible, of course,
too, that I practiced my
American slang again...
.. .Please tell everybody
in Grimsley Hello.
Sincerely,
George Prazmarer
Congratulations to Mrs. Sue Polinsky on the birth of her
daughter, Lauren Lecin, born on January 5, 1981.
Congratulations also to Mrs. Sandy Fleenoron the birth of
her daughter Laura Louise, born on November 21, 1980.
No Turn On Red?
By Alyson Hoppough
would only pull up far
enough to do so. This has
already been discovered by
many students and, as a
result, the police are parked
on either side, ready with
their citation pads and pens
in hand to catch those who
break this law.
It seems unreasonable for
this sign to continue to delay
citizens for no cause and for
them to be fined $27.00 for a
violation that creates no
accident.
Fortimately, because of
the complaints received finm
hearings at the downtown
courts, the matter is being
taken into consideration.
Dining this past year,
numerous students and par
ents have complained about
the “No Turn on Red” sign
at the end of Campus Drive
facing Benjamin Parkway.
This sign has caused much
misfortune for those who do
not have the time or patience
to sit at the red light for an
extremely long period of
time.
The intersection seems
only to be busy before and
after school; yet the light
would not cause a problem if
the sign were removed.
'There is ample clearing to
see beyond the trees, if one
Israeli Students
To Visit Area High Schools
By Lisa Berkelhammer
Between February 22 and
March 1, Greensboro will
host an Israeli boy and girl as
part of the Israeli High
School Delegation to the
United States. The students
are specially selected and
are prepared to speak on
various topics concerned
with Israel.
Danny Nadri, 16, and
Rozett Senator, 17, will
speak to GHS history classes
one day during their stay.
They will be guests on
television and radio pro
grams, plan to visit with
Major Jim Melvin, and will
be interviewed by the news
media.
As Senator said, “I think it
is very important to get
people to understand and
appreciate Israel, its good
qualities and its problems. I
want to learn about the
American mentality and way
of life of the American
teenagers, and teach them
as much as possible about
mine, as an Israeli.
Senator will be hosted by
Grimsley students Lisa and
Leslie Berkelhammer, and
Nadri will be hosted by
Adam Raben of Page High
School.
A Moral Dilemma
Comment
With the recent wave of
neo-conservatism currently
engulfing the United States,
many valuable social pro
grams such as integration
are in grave danger. Our
newly-elected officials seem
content to ignore current
social reform in favor of
retrogression to the past: a
past haunted by social injus
tice and inequality.
Busing is neither ‘ ‘morally
wrong” nor “un-Ameri
can. ’' On the contrary, it was
the past separation of races
which was the most detri
mental to the unity of this
coimtry and which most ob
structed the right establish
ed by the Supreme Court of
equal access to educational
facilities.
Opj)onents of busing
would like us to believe that
By Marty Leary
the only reason they are
opposed to integration is its
costliness. To support this
artificial idealism, they revel
in citing figures which they
consider astronomical. Cer
tainly, after more than a
century of neglect and op
pression of minorities it is
not going to be inexpensive
to correct our self-imposed
predicament. The integra
tion budget is insignificant,
however, when compared to
that of other government-
financed programs such as
defense. Yes, busing is ex-
I>ensive; but what price for
equality?
It is time Americans made
a choide between justice and
selfishness; it is time we
gave up our greed which
long ago gave birth to racism
and oppression; and it is
time to work together to
create a social system in
which all men are truly
equal.
Rebuttal
Leary errs in his assump
tion that integration is the
heart of the busing issue. In
tegration must inevitably
come, but it must be natural,
not forced. It is the method
of its achievement that is
contested.
For too long, America has
simply thrown money at its
problems, expecting them to
disappear magically. Stopp
ing busing is not retreating
into the past. It is recogniz
ing a mistake. Racial equali
ty will never come until one's
race is not even considered.
Mark Langston
David Polk, the varsity’s “sixth man,'
Whirlies coasted to victory in the game
16-3. Story on page 6. (Rabold photo)
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