Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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HANDWEAVING is one of many ways art students use artistic ability. MECHANICAL DRAWING demands patience, precision, and good eyes. Artists with varied personalities find an outlet in such diverse media as clay, oils, tempera, yarn. They create; yet first they learn to appreciate. After tracing art’s history and analyzing its place in our culture, they practice the fundamentals of balance, proportion, value and perspective. As they satisfy a desire for self-expression, they acquire tastes essential to a broad education. . . . fundamentals of balance, proportion, perspective Neatly printed dimensions label an exact schematic drawing. A house plan formulated in a future architect’s mind takes tangible shape on paper. Steady hands, sharp eyes, and an alert mind are tools of daily work in drafting ' . Page 22

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I earning has long been recognized as an aural, as well as oral, process; today that fact is even more evident as modern language labs bring the voices of native speakers into each student’s listening booth. Spanish and French classes recite dialogues Chinese-fashion, learning to imitate the accent and intonation of a foreign tongue. Latin students translating Caesar and Cicero become familiar with the history and literature of classical times. classes recite dialogues Chinese-fashion in language labs .. From the commercial building the unmistakable clacking of typewriters and office machines indicates agile fingers and busy minds. Home economics gives girls a chance to supervise a kindergarten, to sew. cook, and plan meals, and to acquire the womanly skills of homemaking. i MEMBERSHIP in JCL is a reward for Latin students. LABORATORY sharpens ears and accents of foreign language students. Page 21

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DRIVER TRAINING students learn that there is more to a car than four wheels and an accelerator. Working with unfinished blocks of wood to create a lovely table or bowl, boys in woodshop learned cabinet- making. They sanded, glued, stained and varnished different types of wood to produce pleasing results. Machines whirred in busy completion of tool assembly. A boy accurately measured a steel bar with a depth micrometer, while another polished various machine parts which each one had learned to make and assemble. Skills that will be valuable in future jobs were developed in the practical shop courses. . . . skills that will be valuable in future jobs IN MACHINE SHOP classes boys utilize complicated machinery to produce useful implements. D river training acquainted driver’s- license hopefuls with traffic rules and mechanics of automobile motors.