High Life
Grimsley Senior High School
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, N.C. 27408 Thursday, May 28, 1981
Sr. Tea Stirs
Feelings of Pride
By Anne Henry
Wearing our “Sunday
best’’ we walked into the
Alumni House on the cam
pus of UNC-G and were
warmly greeted by our stu
dent leaders and faculty
representatives. We drank
ptmch, ate cake, and chatted
with teachers and friends.
We were at the traditional
Senior Tea.
However, strangely fami
liar faces became a little
unfamiliar. (“Is this guy in
the three-piece suite the
same one who sat next to me
in English today wearing a
sweatshirt and a well-worn
pair of jeans? And how about
the girl standing quietly by
the window with the curls
Emd high heels — surely it
can’t be the same girl who
wears her hair in pony tails
and outruns any boy in her
gym class.’’) The truth was,
we were the same people
we’d always been. But some
how, we seemed to have
aged a few years since school
was out at 3:06.
The teachers also recog
nized our change. One tea
cher remarked, “Sometimes
I look into the faces of these
young people and see them
as adults. They’re thinkers,
dreamers, and are very
aware of their surroundings.
Scenes from the 1981
Senior Tea: Smiling seniors
brighten a rainy day. Upper
left (l-r) Brian Anderson,
Sharon Yost, Jennifer Dietz,
David Dockery, Karen
Enright, Carol Esso; upper
right (l-r) Katy Clapp, Amy
Anderson, Barbara Atkin
son, Kelly Ferrell, Sandy
Sillmon, Clarke Goodman,
ami Priddy, Judy Durham;
lower left (l-r) Cathy Cass,
Carol Essa, Barbara Atkin
son, Gina Forsythe, Amy
Anderson; and lower right
(l-r) Mary Jane Hankins and
Marty Blackmon. (Sykes
Photo)
Looking back at my own high
school graduation, I realize
that we were not as wise as
these students, and perhaps
not so nearly as proud.’’
Yes, we are pround of who
we are and who we are
becoming. The Seniro Tea is
the first of several exercises
between now and June 10
that remind us we are sen
iors — the Class of ’81.
Senior Tea Rich In Tradition
The Senior Tea is an
established tradition at
Grimsley, but few people
know exactly when and how
it started.
Approximately thirty-five
^ears ago, the Grimsley
faculty, which sponsors the
tea, gathered with the senior
class to offer to the
graduates their congratula
tions and best wishes for the
future. This gathering has
since evolved into the Senior
Tea, which is still held, as it
was in 1946, in the Alumni
House at UNC-G. According
to Mr. Glenn, Grimsley re
mains the only high school
in the state to honor its
graduates this way.
A formal afternoon affair,
complete with receiving line
and orchestra, characterizes
the tea.
Exhibits Highlight GHS Art Talent
Several Grimsley art stu
dents have had their work
exhibited recently, and sev
eral others are currently
exhibiting their works.
Teri Woods’ crayon com-
Grimsley News In Brief
Orchestra
The Grimsley Orchestra
will present its final concert
of the season tonight at 7:30
in the school auditorium.
Included in the program
will be works by Tartini,
LeGrande, and Capuzzi.
The five seniors in the
orchestra, bassist Kevin
Cooper, violinist Laura Has
sell, bassists Peter Hilde-
brandt and James Jones,
and cellist Ricky Tucker will
be honored. Highlighting the
program will be the presen-
tion of the Harriman Orches
tra Award to the group’s
outstanding senior musician.
SSBAG
SSBAG concluded its
year of work with the last
meeting in May at the
Weaver Center. At this time
suggestions for discussion -
including off-campus lunch,
the revised curriculum.
substance use survey
(drugs, alcohol), school food
program, and the school
calendar were submitted
for next year’s comthittee.
A new feature reaching
out to all students is in The
Greensboro Daily News and
The Greensboro Record in a
section entitled “People and
Places.’’ This is an attempt
by the newspapers to cover
school-related programs,
people, and places that in
terest students.
position of a colorful bird and
flowers was entered in the
Superintendent’s Choice
competition for the City of
Greensboro. One composi
tion from the city will be sent
to Raleigh for a state-wide
exhibition.
Locally, the Mayor’s
Choice Exhibit will be held at
the Governmental Center.
Grimsley students who will
have work in this exhibit are
Eddie Ingram, Jennifer
Fisher, Beverly Mclver,
Chuck Parham, Sunita
Chandra, and Arjeanne
Paulous.
Grimsley art teacher, Mrs.
A. W. Cuthbertson, was one
of twelve city-county
teachers whose work was on
exhibit at Greensboro Col
lege in April. Cuthbertson
showed three tissue collages
representing summer, win
ter, and spring.
Five senior art students
have been presenting indivi
dual exhibits in the show
case on the first floor of the
main building. Highlighted
are works by seniors Beverly
Mclver, Jennifer Fisher,
Chuck Parham, Arjeanne
Paulous, and Kristin Wertz.
Included in each exhibit are
the artists’ best works, a
brief sketch of his or her art
activities, and a photograph
of the artist.
Foiu- Art n students - Eric
Kim, Carol Kim, Linda
Yoon, and Darion Rice - have
designed monoprints for use
onthe program cover for the
Annual PTA City-Wide
Banquet.