Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Literary scopes broaden, w riting skills improve OPPORTUNITIES for research and study are absorbing to ambitious students. The seventeen English teachers of GHS urged students to strive for flawless appreciation of good literature and ci ' eative thinking, as they worked for mastery of our complex, yet fasci¬ nating language. Sophomores entering English classes found a baffling world of themes, unfamiliar gram¬ mar rules, Silas Marner, and Julius Caesar. Quoting Shakespeare and Tennyson, they ex¬ plored short narratives, epics, idylls, plays, poetry, and humor. Juniors tested their talents by writing con¬ ceits, poems, and, in the spring, short stories. With their aim the achievement of more ex¬ tensive and comprehensive vocabularies, Jun¬ iors perused novels and essays by American authors, surveying the changes in our coun¬ try’s literature from Washington Irving to Robert Frost, from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Ernest Hemingway. Seniors delved into England’s romantic lit¬ erary background and discovered the delight- I IMPROMPTU speeches, which increase poise and articulate expression, may be quite entertaining. Pace 20

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ACADEMICS Pace 10

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through the challenges of accelerated English PANEL MEMBERS polish speaking ability as audience listens profitably. fill language and humor of Chaucer. One section of hard working seniors knew the pleasant challenge of Miss Joyner’s acceler¬ ated class and found themselves making im¬ promptu talks and writing themes on thought- provoking topics. “Academically talented” classes of Miss Mims and Miss Nicholson slaved over research papers and worried about how many of the required hooks they had to read. Every senior sifted through a lifetime accumulation of information and experience for his autobiography, savoring the thrill of recalling events in his earlier life. DIAGRAMMING is a graphic part of English curriculum. Page 21