Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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William Sydney Porter, as O. Henry, became one of Greensboro’s most famous sons. OLe OLeme oj Our 0 L onj T he imagination of 0. Henry, if he were around now, would surely be fired by the rich and provocative story material Senior offers every day, in so many ways. Our school is the setting for countless little dramas . . . some serious, some comic, some ironic, some farcical, some even tragic ... all very important. Whether each character is motivated by ambition, promise of reward or fear of failure, he moves through Senior’s story according to his own desires and abilities. And suspense rises periodically, often apparently out of proportion to the motivation. For more pulses quicken over a football game, a dance, a play or a new boy in school, than all the report cards laid A to F could ever titillate. And once underw , the surging movement, the swift down- Jn to an outcome rarely foreseen, the constant change— jrn September to June. William Sydney Porter mixed Ly-teller O. Henry combined the flless tales, so we try in this 1954 proportion every element of our life at Senior so rich and so rewarding. 7

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To Mr. Benjamin Lee Smith, educator, administrator, and friend . . . this 1954 Whirl¬ igig is respectfully dedicated. M r. Benjamin Lee Smith has earn¬ ed the deep respect of not only his own community but also of educators all over our nation. He has long been a courageous pioneer, a resourceful ad¬ ministrator, a dynamic leader in the field of education. He is a man driven by the aim to build and to maintain the best school system in North Carolina. From great distances come admirers to study and to imitate. Many organizations have honored him with membership, among them 9019 Scholarship Fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. The Horace Mann League of the United States has elected him its President-General. In addition, he is a member and a leader in many civic, religious and educational organi¬ zations. Mr. Smith has combined conscientious enthusiasm and a natural capability to keep as close to teachers and students under his responsibility as possible. This year marks his eighteenth year as Superintendent of Greensboro Public Schools, whose progress he has done so much to insure. 6

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Olie Elements of Our -Otorij SENIOR’S STORY IN MOODS THE SCHOOL Administration F acuity . Senior Class Junior Class Sophomore Class In the Classroom 24 26 28 35 62 72 82 ACTIVITIES Student Council Publications Music Athletics . Service Clubs Social Clubs . . 96 98 101 116 128 146 156 FEATURES Superlatives Special Days 174 176 .180 ADVERTISEMENTS 189 INDEX 229 The O. Henry Museum in Greens¬ boro is a replica of the local drug¬ store where, as the youthful Wil¬ liam Sydney Porter, O. Henry worked for his uncle. Furnishings and many relies are from the original drugstore. 8