Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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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

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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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language is part of living IN PANEL DISCUSSIONS English classes have an opportunity to exchange views and knowledge of current magazine articles. in Julius Caesar’s or Chaucer’s or Washing¬ ton Irving’s day, or appearing before the class to make an oral report or serve on a panel, we are gradually growing more arti¬ culate in the use of our own language. And whether we are listening to records to im¬ prove our accent, translating a selection from French or Latin or Spanish, or into one of them, we are becoming more aware of other peoples through their language. THROUGH CONVERSATION and classroom study, the rich variety and tradition of foreign languages become more familiar. 27