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Volume 73 No.6
Grimsley High School
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
February 4, 1997
Senior Patrick Howell has been nominated for
the 1996-1997 North Carolina State Univer
sity Outstanding Person Award. Nominees
must show spirit and determination in overcom
ing a physical or mental disability. Winners
will be notified in March and will travel to
Raleigh to receive a plaque and a $ 1,000 schol
arship to be applied towards further education.
The TWIRP dance will be held at the Greens
boro Hilton on Febuary 15, 1997 from 9;00
P.M.-l ;00 A.M. Tickets are $10 a person and
will be sold February 3-14 before and after
school as well as during both lunches in the
media center. Tickets will not be sold at the
dance. All Grimsley students are invited.
Dr Frost has been nominated for the
Marcelous-Waddill Teaching Award which is
organized by Wake Forest University. Teach
ers are nominated by former students and must
then take part in a rigorous selection process.
The winner recieves $20,000.
Tliere will be a Choral Coffee House from 7-
10:00 P.M. on February 14 in the Chorus
Room. Admission is $1.00 which includes
entemainment and a coupon for refreshments.
There will be both student and faculty perform
ers.
Congratulations to the 17 Grimsley band mem
bers who won seats in the All- District Band
following auditions on January 18. 11 indi
viduals placed high enough to compete on the
state level.
Tliere will be a school board hearing on Feb
ruary 4 at 7:00 P.M. at the administration build
ing on Eugene St. The board will be hearing
arguments concerning a complaint against
Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" and Rich
ard Wright's "Native Son" at Northwest High
School. The public is invited to attend but com
ments will be limited to the representatives of
the appellates and Northwest High School.
Naipn wmlor portrays Grimdey
By Meganne Raines
Reporter
One of Greensboro’s most prolific
artists was recently sent to the
principal’s office. William Mangum
drove his Jeep onto Grimsley’s cam
pus in order to do sketches of Grimsley
when he was stopped and
asked to report to Mrs.
Teague’s office for permis
sion to do a painting.
The painting that Mr.
Mangum did of Grimsley
High School is a watercolor
to benefit the school’s Audi
torium Restoration Project.
Proceeds from the sale of the
Mr. Mangum’s watercolor as
mities of the window blinds. Some are
open while others are pulled half way
down and completely closed and still other
windows appear opaque.
Mr. Mangum said that he likes the pic
ture of Grimsley, which is his first paint
ing of a high school. He described the
painting process as easy because, as he
well as individual prints of it t
will go to help renovate
Grimsley’s auditorium and
stage area.
Mr. Mangum’s art focuses
on landscapes and architec
ture, as well as vivid color.
His watercolors, many taken
from scenes in Europe, are
exhibited in 150 galleries that
represent him. Prints of his
are also being published by
Rosentiefs publishing com
pany in London, England.
From there, Mr. Mangum’s
art is distributed to galleries
around the world.
Mr. Mangum’s painting
captures the front of the William
school’s main building in the
height of spring. Although Mr.
Mangum did the painting during De
cember, he set it in the spring season
so that he could use the campus, espe
cially the sidewalks, to make the paint
ing more inviting.
Spring provides a broad palette of
colors to enhance the painting.
Brightly colored flowering trees and
the front walk draw the eyes to the tow
ering heights of the three-storied build
ing. When looking at main building the
admiring eye is attracted to the defor
for the school.” Mr. Mangum later said,
“The kids don’t realize what they have.
It’s a treat for me to help preserve the his
tory of that school.”
Although Mr. Mangum is not a native
of Greensboro, he has strong ties to the city
and to Grimsley High School. He attended
the University ofNorth Carolina at Greens
boro, where he graduated with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts as well as
a Master’s degree. He used to live
in the Lake Daniel neighborhood,
just across the street from the
school. He often took his chil
dren to Whirlie football games
and spent a lot of time running
laps around the track in Jamieson
Stadium.
Mr. Mangum has created a tre-
mendous number of original
" * paintings during his 23 year ca
reer, but he does not devote his
entire time to the art. He feels
that his family is extremely im
portant and sees his greatest ac
complishment in his support of
his wife and children. Mr.
Mangum also enjoys working
out, which he does three or four
times per week, as well as shoot
ing pool and playing golf One
of his greatest thrills was when
he got to play golf at the Augusta
National Golf Course in Augusta,
Georgia. Remarkably, this is the
same course used for the Masters
golf tournament.
Mangum pauses in his gallery.
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said, “the building itself is not compli
cated.” Mr. Mangum also felt that cap
turing Grimsley was entertaining since he
was able to show differences in the win
dow blinds.
Mr. Mangum cites Grimsley’s rich his
tory as his motivation behind his willing
ness to help the school. In 1999 Grimsley
will celebrate its centennial year. “When
1 heard that Grimsley was celebrating its
centennial, it was very special, and 1 was
flattered.” He also added, “I’m real ex
cited mostly because its a great fundraiser
Another important aspect of
Mr. Mangum’s life is working
with the community. He annually does a
painting for Greensboro Urban Ministry.
These paintings always reflect a part of pov
erty-hunger or homelessness-in an identi
fiable Greensboro location. Mr. Mangum
also creates Urban Ministry honor cards
which may be purchased and given in ben
efit of the organization. “One of the things
that 1 enjoy is giving to the community,”
said Mr. Mangum. Indeed that is true, as
over the years he has donated more than
200 works to the Greensboro locale. In the
near future Mr. Mangum will again con
tribute to his community with a painting for
an upcoming Michael Jordan golf tourna
ment.
Mr. Mangum’s art career began with a
watercolor painting for a Christmas present
for his mother. That event occurred during
his senior year at UNCG. His was inspired to
pursue art by his high school art teacher and
said, “1 remember how important that art
teacher’s encouragement was to me... When
we see [children] do well or show potential,
we need to encourage and praise them.” By
immortalizing Grimsley High School, Mr.
Mangum has indeed come to full circle.