Volume 77 No. 6
Grimsley High School
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
Wednesday, Febmary 28, 2001
Former teacher's memory leaves legacy behind
By Dirk Lankford
Reporter
“She wanted the gold in her
teeth melted down, and the
money from them donated to the
school.”
According to Ms. Edwards, an
English teacher, this was a re
quest from Mrs. Mary Frances
Hazelman, a dedicated teacher of
46 years who died last fall, but
has a legacy that continues to
live.
At this moment, her legacy is
reflected in a full set of Oxford
Dictionaries.
“The idea of the Oxford Dic
tionaries was thought of by Kate
Cummings [a media specialist].
They were perfect for a lady who
loved teaching and loved words,”
said Ms. Edv/ards.
Cake and ice cream were in full
effect and the Media Center was
very alive. Young and old mixed
as one, and the voices filled the
room up with a musical happiness
rare to most school campuses.
They weren’t here to cry; they
were here to celebrate the life of a
great woman, Mrs. Hazelman, and
remember everything she gave to
her peers and students.
Mrs. Hazelman started teach
ing at Lindley Junior High, and
then moved to teach at Kiser Jun
ior High. When it was decided
that the 9"’ grade would be placed
at the high school level, she de
cided to go along, and taught at
Kidd photo
Patrick and Caroline Hazelman, grandchildren of the late Mary Franees Hazelman, stand proud beside the
complete set of Oxford Dictionaries. The dictionaries were donated to the Grimsley Media Center in memory
of Mrs. Hazelman.
Grimsley. However, she only
taught one year here before she
retired.
“She asked me if she should
go over with the 9"' grade, and I
told her yes. In Jr. High, [the 9“’
graders] are at the top and act
wild, but in high school, [the 9"’
graders] are at the bottom and
feel a little different, more mature.
That’s why I thought she should
go,” said Mr. Hazelman.
Mr. Hazelman has an intimate
connection with Grimsley as well,
being the band director for 42
years. He also wrote the words
and music to Grimsley’s “Alma
Mater”
“I only left for a few years
when I was in the Navy during
World War II, to go defend de
mocracy and Chiquita bananas,”
said Mr. Hazelman.
A small girl with a mischievous
look, one of untainted childhood
bliss, interrupts Mr. Hazelman. It
is fitting for the occasion. She is
his granddaughter.
He starts up again. “She was
the most popular teacher of an
academic subject because she
didn’t treat teens as below her,
she treated them as peers, and
they responded to that. She had
a great sense of humor, which is
very important to kids. That’s why
she was so good,” said Mr.
Hazelman.
“When I started at Kiser, I was
a long haired hippie and the first
divorcee on the staff. She took
me under her wing and helped me.
She was the best teacher,” said
Ms. Edwards.
Many people would agree
with Mr. Hazelman's assessment
of the situation. The first year the
McNutt award for best teacher
was given, Mrs. Hazelman won
it. The next year, an award was
named after Ben L. Smith, who
Smith High School was named
after, and Mrs. Hazelman won that
award as well.
“She was the top teacher in
Greensboro, probably even in
Guilford County. She knew every
one and everyone knew her,”
said Mrs. Edwards.
“The person who won it the
year after her was second best.
She was first,” said Mr. Hazelman.
Her influence spreads far past
the realm of education. A famous
Los Angeles Disc-Jockey, Rick
Dees, is a graduate of Grimsley
High School and can you guess
who his favorite teacher is? If you
Continued on page 2
Indian earthquake devastates country, world
By Dirk Lankford
Reporter
Imagine 10 Grimsleys, filled to
the brim with students, and these
students wiped off the face of the
earth, forever. Sadly, this death toll
has been reached in India, with
over 20,000 people dead as a result
of the earthquake.
The search for survivors con
tinues, but no one is hopeful.
The reason for their pessimistic
outlook is because time is running
out and reality is setting in. Rescue
teams ai'e recovering more corpses
than survivors. Even if a person
can survive the tremendous
weight of the mbble, he will likely
die of thirst.
However, there are some stories
of inspiration. One woman was
found over 2 days after the earth
quake occurred. She was mshed
to a nearby hospital and managed
to recover.
People and supplies have ar
rived from around the world to aid
these victims. In Indian provinces
not hit as badly, the people are
flocking to give blood to be sent
to hospitals, in an effort to handle
their overflowing capacity of in
jured people.
The earthquake was a 7.9 on
the rictor scale. This is a mammoth
sized quake, in earthquake lingo,
it’s like a terrorist action, no one
ever thinks it will happen and when
it does, the aftermath is prodigious.
Emergency officials in India say
this is the worst disaster in 50
years.
The Indian state of Gujarat was
the worst hit.
Thousands of villagers have been
left homeless by the earthquake.
Indian officials have instated a
program in which homeless villag
ers will be given food in exchange
for helping the reconstmetion ef
fort.
“After one more round of free
grain distribution, there will be a
food-for-work program,” said
Gujarat state official P.K. Lahiri.
“For now, the people are dazed
since their trauma was so enor
mous.”
One major concern is that neigh
boring states will be flooded with
masses of homeless immigrants.
This could spread the economic
burden caused by the quake out
side the immediate disaster area.
Fortunately, there have been no
outbreaks of disease.
“There is always a risk unless
you do something about it early,
and it looks like government agen
cies have been doing that,” said
Mr. Lahiri
The Red Cross says it expects
relief for the state of Gujarat to last
three months to a year.
For now, there is nothing to do for
the victims of this horrible disaster.
Governments around the world are
doing aU they can; selling food for a
fraction of what it is worth, and do
nating free supplies, such as tents
or flashlights. The emergency in In
dia is sure to stay a top priority for
governments everywhere over the
next few months.
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