Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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IK •! IH eiii ■M School... ool Board, Faculty, and Classes. i hfea. 3SiS 5.V™ Organizations . . . Publications, Musical, Vocational, and Trade Groups, Dramatics and Speech, Honor Societies, and Social and Service Clubs. Athletics . . . Football, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Wrestling, Baseball, ami Soccer. Features . . . May Day, Elections, Days, ami Dances.

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ences, and numerous extra-curricular activities. But how often do we think back through the years of all the planning and work that went into making Senior High what it is today? The Greensboro schools date back even further than 1863, when Eli Carruthers was principal in a little brick building on Sycamore Street. This school was an outgrowth of the old Caldwell Institute, the first of Greensboro’s public schools. The public schools were chartered by the North Carolina State Legislature in 1845. From these earliest schools in Greensboro, an extensive public education system has grown, having its tap roots on Lindsay and Forbis Streets. It was on Forbis Street that the first class graduated from a new and separate department, the high school, in 1900. As we have come from carriages to slick convertibles and from bustles to ballerinas, the high school has also seen astounding changes since that first class. Through the past fifty years our school has been steadily expanding, adding new subjects and creating through its activities and organizations, new outlets for our talents and interests. These play important parts in our develop¬ ment as useful and well-rounded individuals. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A WIDE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT As more and more students enrolled in Greensboro High School, the four rooms in the old Catholic Church building on Forbis Street became crowded. The City of Greensboro appropriated 40,000 dollars for building a new school on Spring Street which was completed in 1911. A cafeteria was added in 1919.