Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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WITH INTENSE concentration, GHS students become a vital part of the football game. All share an infectious enthusiasm When summer drifts into autumn and the odor of burning leaves hangs in the air, our football season begins. Carrying blankets, wearing heav¬ ier coats against the chill of the night wind, we stream into the stadium. Standing together to yell, to sing our Alma Mater, to cheer our team, we are melded into a unit that shares an intangi¬ ble thing called school spirit” — a feeling brought to vivid life by the urgency of victory and the infectious enthusiasm of cheerleaders. ENERGETIC cheerleaders evoke vociferous Whirlie support. Page 12

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With experience come changes and confidence Some stand alone—the sophomore, the transfer student, students new to Greensboro — in the melee of that first hectic September day. Soon they too will feel a part of GHS, and, like others before them and around them, they will be changed by their years here. But now they can only guess what lies ahead. As they sit in assem¬ bly the first day — listening to a principal new to them, being introduced to an imposing array of school leaders, and dreading so many un¬ knowns — theirs is not the confidence of the experienced upperclassmen who, waiting in atenuated lines, blithely greet old friends and register for classes with familiar teachers. SOPHOMORES are introduced to student body officers and GHS regulations in their registration assembly. “Where am I? They told me I’d find civilized creatures here.” REGISTERING for a popular class means a long wait in line. Page 11

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Whether playing or watching, each one participates WHIRL1E REINFORCEMENTS watch intently, hoping for a chance to substitute. AFTER-GAME open houses offer change of pace following tension and stress in the stadium. WHIRLIE PLAYERS, preparing their defense, study opponents’ tactics. 1 ' ' ' Streaming into the gym after a game, our shiver¬ ing evaporates in the warmth of excited chatter, of music and dancing, of encounters with friends. Then at last exhausted, our energy all used up, we stand near a friendly shoulder and just watch. Or we keep remembering the hope¬ ful players hunched on the bench, and the other surging, vibrant ones out on the field — some enduring disappointment, some feeling victory, and all of them sharing with us who watched a conviction of being truly a part of something big and important, a moment of growing maturity. Page 13