Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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. .. as traditional as buying and selling are the vivid contrasts Somebody is always selling something at GHS. From light bulbs to decals, from barbecue to candy, from play or concert tickets to pencils — students are invariably promoting, soliciting, peddling. They help each other: “If you buy a fruit cake I ' ll buy a Whirlie tag.” They sell at school; they sell after school — ringing doorbells, making telephone calls. And with the money — as always — they finance service projects, a student Directory, High Life, and Whirligig. .1 ust as traditional as buying and selling are the vivid contrasts at Senior: the latest in equipment and buildings near outmoded structures; expansive campus but jammed classrooms; gleaming ’63 hardtops by old jalopies; mellow, seasoned teachers and eager new ones; best of the old rules and material, but the newest methods, the fresh approach. A CORNERED victim’s only defense against salesmen is a commodity of his own. Page 24

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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.

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PASSING YEARS bring new models, but the objective—transportation —is still the same. VARIETY in architecture represents 34 years of periodic innovation at GHS.