Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Library experiences enhance English assignments, VOCABULARY growth is no accident; it’s a product of wide reading and frequent contact with a dictionary. Nine out of ten sophomores agreed that poor Silas Marner’s troubles made their own seem small. But they discovered that it all “came out” in the end and, breathing sighs of relief, they moved on to King Arthur’s Court. Merlin provided a puff of smoke and off they went, backward in time, to look in on the assassination of Julius Caesar. Final¬ ly after a brief, romantic sojourn in exotic Siam, they returned home just in time for exams. Juniors slaved over their first short stories, and thus learned to appreciate the works of other authors. Poe and Heming¬ way, Hawthorne, Irving, and Longfellow were never more thoroughly examined. Seniors rambled to Canterbury with Chaucer in “that Aprille” but had trouble with the language. Macbeth and Hamlet not SPEECH CLASS listens intently, knowing each will have his turn in the limelight. GRAPHIC demonstration enlightens an Eng¬ lish class during a sophomore’s talk on stage make-up. Page 18

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Before an individual can succeed he must learn to think for himself. ' -Senior High, through a wide variety of academic subjects, tries to meet this challenge. Courses including these concepts — thought-provoking lessons and exercises, demanding opinions and decisions; opportunities for individual research; discussions requiring thought, then articulate expression — always have paved the J way to true success for the actively interested student at Senior High. Mr. W illiam B. Edgerton Mr. Louis Thacker see page 243

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make students better readers, speakers, writers DISCUSSION GROUPS in English class give students a stimulating chance In exchange ideas, to share and solve problems. only made them welcome, but fascinated them completely. However, as the (politi¬ cal) climate was unhealthy, they returned home. Besides, term papers were about due, and a long session with Reader ' s Guide, note-taking, outlining and writing were on their agenda. Not only was the library indispensable to term-paper writers, but it was invaluable to everyone in need of dictionaries and other reference books, career files and magazines, films and recordings, and books, books, books. Whether one was doing research, or just reading for a regular English book re¬ port, or preparing a speech for speech class, or looking for a more colorful word for creative writing, he could be found in almost any spare moment checking in at the library to sample its treasures. hASC1NA 1’ING ROOKS for every taste and a 1 ' riendR atmosphere make the library an inviting place for research and reading. Page 19