Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Cleveland and Miss Margie Gabriel ' s girls ' physical education classes learned something more about baseball in September, 1954. We learn lessons in relationships: loyalty to teachers ; respect for learning , tolerance for others ' beliefs In history he traveled far and wide, learning how much we owe our ancestors. And though he could list the causes of the Punic Wars, he was ignorant of today’s affairs until a class in current events brought him up-to-date. Creative writing was painful when he had to listen to his creations torn to pieces by the class; yet before it was over he was planning a writing career. In glee club and orchestra he found a love for music; and physical educa¬ tion gave him all kinds of opportunities to show his sportsmanship, learn to enjoy games, make new friends. The joy of creating and the valuable prize he won for a design were only part of the rewards his woodworking class brought to him. He was beginning to find out how to enjoy living and working with other people. A rather complex experiment fascinates the members of Mr. Jack Luttrell ' s chemistry class.

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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.

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One of the most nervous men at Senior High School is Corporal Ernest Sewell, who teaches the student driver training course. Finally his senior year and a new sense of belonging came. Now Sam knew his class¬ mates and valued their friendship. With them he learned to drive sensibly and ably; and in language classes he had fun talking in an¬ other language with them. Together they Foreshadowing our future ; memorized Whan that Aprille . . and in chemistry they worked together over their fascinating witches ' brews. ' Mrs. Jessie Belle Gorrell ' s Spanish classes learn by board drill as well as by conversation in Spanish. 30