Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Out of class or in, On the job or on the go SENIOR Is full of so much to do—attending meetings, practicing for programs, chatting with our friends, struggling to meet requirements, planning futures. HE WARMTH AND COMPANIONSHIP of friendly faces . . . the boisterous commotion of crowded halls . . . the thud of books hastily thrown into bulging lockers . . . the reluctant acceptance of endless homework, drills, rehearsals . . . determined minds set on scholastic achievement . . . the sports¬ manship and spirit of earnest competition . . . these are life at Senior High. Whether we are among the ones who barely slide under the 8:45 finish line and who whisk off in the mass exodus at 3:31, or among the slightly rarer ones who come early and stay on after school for any of the many varied reasons—getting out High Life on time, attending a club meeting, making up a missed assignment, doing a little extra library research, waiting for a late bus—all of us have countless reasons TRADITION and pageantry of may pole dance seem ever new. 8

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Foreword F L or complete and accurate coverage of Senior’s 1955-56 story look no further than this volume of whirligig. Its pages offer evidence of our staff’s unfailing nosiness, our attempt to mix in masterly fashion details and implications, and to interpret lucidly Senior’s color, doings and spirit. After all, how could we miss? Our x-ray-eyed know-all, “Whirl- ibird,” did the probing. He was present at every en¬ counter, in every huddle, meeting, or class. He helped us search out, sift, and analyze all those elements, obvious as our new gym or elusive as a wisp of cigarette smoke, that add up to Senior’s charm, its dignity and its permanent influence. And all that he made us aware of we pass on to you in these pages. WE PRESENT . . . Chapter I LIFE AT SENIOR HIGH Page 8 Chapter II SENIOR’S PEOPLE Page 58 Chapter III ACTIVITIES WE PURSUED Page 114 Chapter IV OUR SPORTS SCENE Page 154 Chapter V CLUBS WE JOINED Page 176 SPONSORSHIPS AND ADVERTISEMENTS Page 205 7

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to remember our days at Senior High. The gab sessions at lunchtime, the hilarity and excitement of parking lot capers, the race to Casey’s or the cafeteria, hours spent in study hall or class room trying valiantly to absorb the boundless information exams and life will demand, the enchantment of the music and romance of a school dance, COMMENCEMENT marks the end of much, the beginning of more. the breathless thrill when that final minute of the game brings the absolutely essential extra points, field trips, class rings, May Day, graduation—all matter in some way, all leave their indelible mark. THROUGH FIELD TRIPS Nature broadens a biology laboratory to include a wider area, opportunities for fresher approach.