Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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History for many has a new twist this year Ten o’clock — time to tune in the dial for Myrtle Brock’s world history class. T hrough a new de¬ velopment in the history curriculum at GHS, classes in American and world history were piped in daily from UNC. Privileged students had three main avenues of learning — their text, the tele¬ vision set, and classroom teachers. The one hundred students per class had the honor of being among the first in the South to be taught by TV. About 3,300 pupils participated in the program TV HISTORY is quite a change from the “old-fashioned” kind. in the Tri-State area. Students watched television for the first thirty minutes, then heard supple¬ mentary material and discussion in each class¬ room. Along with this dramatic revolution, history students were continuously concerned with the absorbing articles and topics from the American Observer. Also, there were still many classes that, without the aid of television, studied the various aspects of American and world history with the changes in civilization from prehistoric to modern times and the struggles of man for his cherished rights. Related fields were not neglected either, for courses were offered in economics, government, and geography for the interested student. Cl RRENT EVENTS summary for history classes is Observer. Page 26

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New chapter of Spanish honor society is formed There are twenty students here at Senior who intend to know what’s going on at the next bull¬ fight. What’s more, if they have an opportunity to visit Spain or the Latin American countries, they want to be able to find their way around and to know enough about the culture of these countries to be able to appreciate them. These students are the members of the newly organized Pedro Antonio de Alarcon Chapter of the Spanish National Honor Society. The society encourages scholarship in the study of Spanish and promotes interest in Spanish culture. Any student who maintained an honor average in the study of Spanish for at least two semesters may join. Whether or not the members will have an opportunity to see a bullfight or to go to Spain, at least they enjoy learning fascinating facts about a live language and lively people. SPANISH SOCIETY OFFICERS: President Williams, Parker. Watson, McGregor, Adviser Wales. LA ALIANZA ESPANOLA, Spanish Club, has interesting programs with Spanish refreshments. Front row: Cone, Williams, Winfree. Second row: Tuck. Ferrell, Watson. McGregor, Tilley. Hoffman. Third row: Coltrane, Lund, Hobbs, Rives, George, Parker. Page 25

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Plenty of brainwork is needed for higher math Every Thursday a profusion of clean paper, sharp¬ ened pencils, and compasses became tools of frenzied students as math tests were given. Know¬ ing that a mastery of math is often the basis for achievement in today’s technical world, many stu¬ dents pursued all math courses offered at GHS. Others, particularly girls who had successfully endured the renowned horrors of Algebra 4, con¬ tinued in math only because the ratio” (of boys to girls, of course!) was most favorable. Oddly enough, benefits of this ratio were never seen on test paper General math, business arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, solid geometry, and col¬ lege algebra were high school building blocks. Taken separately or in various combinations, they provided each student with the math which would be most useful to him after high school — en¬ abling him to solve difficult everyday problems of a specialized nature, helping him develop his reasoning ability to its fullest extent. TENSION mounts as algebra tests are returned. TIRED brain and cramped lingers naturally accompany tough trig homework.