Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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with art media, drafting pencils, lathes and tools With smudged hands and an intent con¬ centration, boys in machine shop learned the secrets of drills, lathes, and presses. They took machines apart, rebuilt them, used them to work with metal. And intricate precision tools or simple machine parts gradually took shape and acquired a burn¬ ished sheen. In wood shop students took shapeless lumber and converted it into polished tables. IABLES begin (above) with a choice of material, plans, careful measurement. Below , one nears com¬ pletion after weeks of tedious but rewarding effort. PROSPECTIVE machinist gets experience and in¬ struction in lathe work. chairs, desks. The boys learned to work slowly and carefully, so that their finished furniture would be as nearly perfect as lov¬ ing care could make it. To many boys, printing was a new world of inks, type styles, and presses. Though offered only during second semester, print¬ ing was as useful to the school as to boys learning a trade — it produced many of the office forms needed here. Page 27

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Students find many outlets for the urge to create Budding Picassos splashed paint on floors, windows . . . ceiling? And who knows? Perhaps some day one of these students will proudly display his work in the Guggenheim Museum. This year each had plenty of practice in many media, so if any one had a talent, it was sure to be revealed. Drafting, too, is an art — but character¬ ized by less originality, more precision. BUDDING sculptors and artists find a place to de¬ velop their talents in the well-equipped art lab. DRIVER TRAINING students learn more than driv¬ ing;. Here they are shown how to check the oil. Technical drawings with their neat, fine lines were clear evidence of student patience and perseverence. In driving class students learned not only the skill of driving, but many of the in¬ tricacies of a car’s motor and other parts. DRAFTING increases skill, patience, neatness.

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l)E CLUB OFFICERS are Lowe, President Smith, Long, Snead, Cocknian, Bulla, Hart. As their first project of the year, the D. E. Club held an open house for their parents and guidance counselors. OFFICERS of first period DE: Marsden, Scoggins, Kiser, Cannon, President Phillips. Memorable events of the fall were the candlelight service for installing the officers, the hanging of the second Sear’s Award - the Three-Star Plaque, and the officer-train¬ ing workshop for all school-sponsored clubs at Senior High and Page. D. E. students win district offices and honors Page 28