Gray High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Harcl-working Armed with facts and strong determination, varsity debaters Toni Vargas and Paulette Todd, affirmative team, and Jack Nance and Susan Styron, negative team, leave for a debate meet. Striving to do the best possible job, hard-working students tound their work worthwhile when honors were presented. Selected tor character and citizen- ship, students were chosen as Civitan and Boys' State representatives. Elected by the senior class, seven junior girls were chosen to serve as marshals at Class Day and Graduation. A number of poems, written by students, were selected to be published in the city and national poetry anthologies, young artists eagerly prepared projects tor various art contests, and wood- working students constructed prize-winning entries for judging at the Dixie Classic Fair. Honor point pins for earning l5O service points were awarded, and various scholarships were won by other students tor superior individual attainments. Working together as winning teams, the debaters gained city, and district honors, and the Dramatics Department received an excellent rating at the Guilford College Drama Festival for outstanding presentations. Senior Donna Reitsnider, DAR Good Citizen, displays poise and self-confidence as she speaks at a local chapter meeting.

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for players and viewers. Whether an enthusiastic fan or a hard-working participant, each of us finds much needed relaxation and invigorating fun in our athletic program, an integral part of our high school curriculum. We eagerly anticipate each pep rally, where school spirit is shown through rousing yells and spirited band music, and each ballgame, which gives all of us many thrills. ln our close bond of support for the Grayhounds, we enjoy the warm fellowship of unity in a common goal. ' i ' AT? f '5' Il 'sg:r:::::m 12 as s s s 21,1 ,. fi 1 igilllllll YI M s.l.s f Q U 'eHi1.i.:'i'-He.s1:t5t 1 s - ., un W4 , ll y r ?,,,.:::.s::::t 1 51 - 'll el g-::sf::f'r's H Q A A st, :jg ,li 52,,,::::ze , , ,U Ig 5-..::::frr A.. ,lg an 1 s tcgguslg 5 ll. ' Excited squeals pierce the air as physical education students Elizabeth King and Carol Danner join in a volleyball game. As spring showers come without warning, physical education students enjoy a game of volleyball using the giant Herculean ball, an aid in developing muscles, dw fha V We want a basket, got to have a basket, resounds through the crowded gymnasium during a basketball game. Students, bubbling with school spirit and enthusiasm, move to the edge of their seats as the clock records the closing seconds and victory draws near.

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Grayites strive to gain various honors and awards. Civitan representatives Don Hamrick and Linda Larrymore look over souvenirs of the Little Switzerland Youth Assembly. Throughout the year, students continued to win various honors and awards. Selected to serve as pages at the Junior-Senior Prom were four deserving sopho- more girls with superior academic averages. Three students were named DAR Good Citizen and Junior Rotarians for their extraordinary qualities of citizen- ship, one outstanding football player was added to the all-conference second team, and two others received honorable mention. Selected for talent in the arts or tor scholastic ability, three pupils were chosen to attend the Governor's School. The Journal- ism Department continued to accomplish and received first-place ratings with its l962-63 editions of the Gray Light and the Blue and Gold. Selected for exceptional talent and ability in the field of the Johnny Whitlatch, Boys' State Representative, circles the date arts, Henry Moody, student of dance at the Governor's School, Ch I H'll. rehearses new routines tor a role in a recital. of the assembly for young leaders, held at ape i