Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Ancient Hebrew? No, it ' s only the more modern heiroglyphics she is learning in shorthand class. Bridging the gap Sophomores learn of the rise, decline, and fall of the Roman Empire in Mrs. Mary Madlin ' s Latin classes. from childhood to maturity ; we grow from comics to classics A book review on Monday ... a report on Benjamin Franklin on Wednesday . . . What would we do without our well-stocked library? 27

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Classwork broadens our horizons ; makes us aware of our roles in the world Five majors? Three study halls? Two lunch periods? Mr. Routh hears rea¬ sons for them all with an open mind. Think of all the weighty knowledge these book- room boys have handled. Mr. Anderson ' s workers distribute the text books at the beginning of each year. The diploma is up there waiting. Looking ahead, past the moment of grasping that tangi¬ ble proof of years spent learning and growing, Senior High Sam” turns also to gaze backward for a moment. He begins to realize the vital part his classroom experiences have played in help¬ ing him step from childhood to maturity. How strange Senior High was after the shel¬ tered security of junior high! Wide halls, rushing hordes, and heavy books were at first overwhelming. Sam, like the other sophomores, felt lost and confused; but student council mem¬ bers explained regulations and showed him the way around. He was in. It didn ' t take him long to know that studying, though not his favorite, must be his chief pas¬ time. He spent hour s searching woods for seemingly extinct biology specimens, only to have Mrs. Blackburn mistake his final diagram of the amoeba for one of the human liver. In algebra quadratic equations turned out to be fun and very stimulating. While in English Silas Marner took him to a strange but very real world, widening his understanding of people. 26

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Courtesy ; cooperation , good citizenship assume new worth In speech class and competition of speech con¬ tests he acquired enough poise to offset trem¬ bling in voice and knees. Building a Roman house for Latin and J.C.L. made him appreciate the ancient peoples. Bible projects brought him a deeper understa nding of the meaning of the Scriptures and encouraged higher ideals. He was growing. Junior year brought new responsibilities. He was no longer content to coast along, and through competition his ambitions grew. During his sophomore year he had developed courtesy and cooperation in the class rooms; now he discovered a new respect for learning and a new loyalty for teachers. Geometry entered. Though Euclid could be very difficult at times, Sam subdued him and managed to prove his share of theorems at the board. Typing was a useful subject, for auto¬ biographies and term papers were to come, and all kinds of new opportunities opened up for the one who could type. A typing class is enslaved by Miss Rowena Montague ' s watch during a speed drill. Miss Ida Belle Moore ' s trig classes behold new worlds opening before them in the realm of higher math.