Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Open houses really rock, proms are more formal n J Sancing is one of the most popular activities around Senior High. You’ll hard¬ ly find a Fred Astaire or Leslie Caron among us, but at every dance certain couples often performed within a circle of admiring spectators, who envied them their skill in a jitterbug, samba or rock and roll number. VICTORIES ARE CELEBRATED, losses forgotten at open houses. To attend an open house after one of our home football or basketball games was an unforgettable experience. The girls’ gym, bulging at its shabby seams, was really jumping, and school spirit was a partner in every dance. Whether we had won or lost SEVERAL TORCHLIGHT MEMBERS and their partners gravitate to the same corner to “sit one out” at the DDT- LSP “Snow Ball.” 22

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UNSCIENTIFIC “Bunny Hop” repre¬ sents biology as part of “School Daze.” Murmurs of approval and bursts of applause only increased as the radiant queen Juli¬ anna Clark appeared, escorted by Jimmy Jordan. Then followed a hilarious program con¬ sisting of a series of scenes representing phases of the school curriculum. The “bunny hop” and “jitterbug” represented science; history was indicated by the “Charleston,” French by the “Can-Can” and geometry by a square dance. Most polished and dramatic was that by Latin students. In authentic costumes famous Roman figures moved about, and two students fought valiantly as gladiators. The traditional may pole dance ended the program. Then proud papas, armed with whirring movie cameras, could close in. It was a day to be long re¬ membered and well preserved on film. FLAPPERS amused and amazed spectators at the 1955 May Day. SENIOR HIGH’S LOVELY 1955 MAY COURT with their handsome escorts are Smathers, Glascock; Durham, Bristow; VVrenn, Lineweaver; Moring, Griffin; Holley, Schiffman; Garrison, Grant; Boggs, Pultz; Wible, Poole, junior maid of honor; Quinn, Ward, senior maid of honor; Julianna Clark, May Queen; Jordan; Lynch, sophomore maid of honor; Robinson; Wells, O’Brien; N. Lambeth, R. Lam¬ beth; Hege, Maulden; Williams, Jester; Leary, Jones; Simmons, Woods; Furlong, Hitchcock. 21

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made no difference. Parents and recreation department officials helped the youth coun¬ cil provide music and refreshments to make these informal dances more fun than any others. Several formal dances were held by social clubs, usually two clubs combining to plan an original theme and decorations, and to arrange for a ballroom and orchestra at one of the hotels or country clubs. This year the student council voted not to give the annual Midwinter Dance after exams, but they atoned for this disappoint¬ ing decision by the lovely ball for the seniors during Commencement. Like that in 1955. this fabulous party was held in the gym, whose shining newness and gleaming floor seemed to match the gleam and glow of happy dancers. LUNCHTIME DANCING brings a change of pace to girls’ gym. DURING INTERMISSION, dancers at the IQ 55 Senior Prom were entertained by songs of the Cloverbuds, talented student trio. 23