Greenville High School - Vespa Yearbook (Greenville, MS)

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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.

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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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We develop our personalities Wi+hin lhe walls of Greenville High gafh- ered a mulii-faceled group of I l50 people. Allhough uniled by slaunch bonds of un- falfering loyelly and lasiing friendships, each sluclenl' possessed a personal dislinc- liveness, and GHS helped 'lo mold it lnleresls, manifesled fhrough a mullilude of underfalcings, included bridge, fennis. old- car linlcering, and record collecling. Slu- denls working diligenlly on publicalions, in debafing, in dramalics, and on public speak- ing furlhered 'lheir growlh. Varsiiy alhlelics, Homecoming, and lhe Or- chid Ball developed 'lhorse in'l'eresl's reflecl- ing sporis and new dance sieps. All bespoke 'l'as+es, lalenfs, and 'l'he personalifies of GHS s'l'uden'rs.