Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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CLASS DA CEREMONIES give students one last, nostalgic glimpse at senior athletes they have often cheered to victory. More serious moments came at Bacca¬ laureate and graduation services. The form¬ er was at West Market Methodist Church, the latter our first graduation in the stad¬ ium. Seniors were especially attentive to Dr. Mark Depp, who helped them see more clearly the implications of “This Changing World” in their future. MOIST CHEEKS of 1955 seniors glisten in stadium floodlights at first outdoor graduation, last assembly of this group 25

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A 1 s commencements do, 1955’s gradua¬ tion events brought their mixture of back¬ ward looks, regret, pride and gratitude and some forward looks — a few temporarily shoved into the background as too weighty for the present, others savored fully as ap¬ proaching rewards for a long, uphill pull. From Award’s Day on, every unusual school activity centered around seniors. On that day outstanding achievements in every phase of school activity were recognized. Then followed another even more exciting and pleasant day -— Class Day. It began with an entertaining program in which seniors had their last consolidated chance to poke fun at school and themselves. It included sentimental songs, melodrama, and ll l .- ■ ' T” I SPOTLESS dinner jackets prevail at Senior Prom. Spotlight is on seniors SENIOR TEA offers opportunity for last farewell to faculty. various school leaders such as athletes and superlatives, who deserved this last place in the sun. Purely social events were the senior luncheon at Starmount Country Club and the tea given by the faculty at the Alumni House, where seniors had a chance to com¬ pare loot and summer plans. Grand climax of their year, socially speaking, was the prom, held for the first time in the new gym and attended by over seven hundred seniors, guests and parents who beamed down from the balcony. 24

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English and foreign language courses prove A I A. HOST OF LITTLE GREMLINS Cropping up all over Senior and bearing such un¬ pleasant names as oral reports, term papers, punctuation rules, translation, and vocabu¬ lary, win only temporary victories. Their trouble-making intentions can always be foiled by our efforts to learn the rules, by going straight to the library for help and material in making that report, by a few extra minutes of concentration on that vocabulary list. Whether we’re enjoying an animated class discussion about how different life was BOOK REPORTS or term papers may begin in a card catalogue. SENIOR AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, offering excellent practice in remembering, are more fun to read and to hear than to write. 26