Greenville High School - Vespa Yearbook (Greenville, MS)

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Serious endeavors and Behind sTudenTs' maslcs of mirTh lurlced more serious reasons Tor being aT GHS. For lcnowl- edge and broader viewpoinTs. They pursued sTudies. inTenT upon careers. In The sTudenTs' persisTenT search. Teachers were Their guides: The classroom. Their labora- Tories: and They. The ThirsTy scholars. Their in- saTiable grasp Tor inTormaTion and under- sTanding began in The classroom, where basic TacTs, Theories. The ideas were acquired by reading. by posing quesTions. or by .engag- ing in animaTed discussions. YeT, curiosiTies could noT be saTisTied by mere classroom insTrucTion. To TurTher learning. Gl'lS'ers re- sorTed To ouTside sources. parTicularly The library. Amid volumes oT reference ma+erials. bound magazines. and numerous pamphleTs. They unearThed The how's and why's un- derlying answers. Though noT always saTisTied wiTh whaT They Tound, They TulTilled Their goal - Ah! buT a man's grasp should exceed his reach. or whaT's a heaven Tor?

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Numerous contacts . . . GHS. a showcase of IISO siudenls. em- braced 453 excired, unversed freshmen and was led by I78 select well-informed seniors. As rime passed, each newcomer, an island absorbed wi'rh his own inreresrs, became com- pleiely inregrared Jrhrough a whirlwind of acriviries. Through specialized organizarions, curricula srudies. and mid-day recesses, each made his numerous conracrs. In clubs. members worked Jrogerher on mu- 'rual inleresls of proiecrs such as phologra- phy con+es+s or l-li-Y clean-up campaigns. ln classes, Teachers insrilled wiihin sludenls a desire for liurrher research. or inspired 'rhem +o seek careers in a parricular field. Some conracrs lasled weeks. some monrhs. buf more were of bonds Thai srrenglhened and mellowed during ihe years. Through ihese many bur always varied con- racrs. Sl-lS'ers removed 'rheir inrroverred shells and emerged as ourspolcen. undersiand- ing, acrive cilizens for Jromorrow.

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The soul, The liTe. The disTinguishing Trademark oT any group is iTs spiriT. GHS possessed iT in abundance. This elusive TraiT expressed iTselT in The Ting- ling anTicipaTion oT school's opening, The TirsT TooTball'game. and Homecoming TesTiviTies. While brisk auTumn days reigned in splendor. spiriT gained momenTum and reached a cli- max during The Greenville - Greenwood Thanksgiving classic. lnTo The baskeTball and baseball seasons The irrepressible spiriT exploded inTo sponTaneous chanTs of NGO! HORNETS, GO! and LET'S Unfettered spirit GO. BIG TEAM! This was The Team, The school, The spiriT. Scores maTTered liTTle when HORNET varsiTies played. because pride lay in Their eTTorTs When unheralded snow blankeTed Greenville Tor Tive days, sTudenTs Tound Themselves over- Tlowing wiTh Tun and a desire To be wiTh classmaTes. For GT-lS'ers unchained good Teelings paved The years wiTh .good omens. They mighT have been known Tor deTerminaTion and abiliTy, buT Their spiriT seT Them aparT.