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

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students’ decision for Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 Presidential election. Students report to their assigned precincts to vote in the Presidential straw ballot organized by the journalism department. Grayites hustle during the lunch hour; crowded serving lines and hurrying students are daily scenes in the cafeteria. Participants in the annual faculty-G.A.A. basketball game ex- hibit vigorous activity and display good sportsmanship.

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BG Seniors Tim Newsom and Janice Beck reminisce about their past high school days as they look through an old annual. In pursuit of academic excellence, industrious students arrived in various classrooms promptly at eight-thirty. Puzzled scholars mulled over and fi- nally solved chemical formulas and algebraic equa- tions. Topics from world or contemporary history activated discussions while nearby classes dissected sentences and read from William Shakespeare. Try- ing to develop worthy social attitudes, students learned to work as part of a group and to nurture an individual personality. Congregating in the cafe- teria offered time to socialize with favorite com- panions. Physical exercise was a welcome change as boys and girls headed for separate gym classes. To those physically adept, gym period proved a stimulus for joining extra-curricular athletics. Some devoted classmates often held positions as manager or score-keeper of various teams. Others with a sense of duty offered their services as nurse’s pages, librarians, or office helpers. With demanding sched- ules to meet, students strove to fulfill their ultimate purpose of a meaningful school life. Straw ballot statistics substantiate As their responsibility each morning, custodians Ronnie Beane and Gary Lewis raise both flags in front of the school.

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Cooperation and enthusiastic spirit prove to be valuable in a program of athletics with other 4-A schools. Ardent supporters of the Grayhounds, the student body cheers the team and enlivens the atmosphere at a pep rally. As part of the required vigorous physical education program at Gray, John Davis chins himself during calisthenics. and Brenda Coleman loosen up with the medici ne ball in the game. Physical education students Donna Mabe, Dianne Raper, As game time approached, everyone flew into action. Wielding paint brushes, cheerleaders de- vised catchy slogans to print on posters which cluttered formerly empty walls. Majorettes resorted to burning the enemy’s symbol in effigy. When pupils wanted to boost team morale, they gathered their horns, whistles, and cowbells and headed for the game. The Key Club and cheerleaders, backed by spirited followers, set a goal to persuade anyone and everyone to attend athletic events. The effort resulted in filling several chartered buses for trans- porting the students. Soon after arrival, happy stu- dents on a quest for victory overflowed the stands. The ball was thrown. Hands clapped. Voices yelled, “‘Come on, team, fight!”’