Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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CLERICAL PRACTICE teaches students to operate a variety of office machines. Future careers and future cars motivate students Typewriters click and pencils race across note pads as classes in typing and shorthand start students toward preparation for clerical and stenographic jobs. Clerical practice gives further training and makes many machines familiar. In bookkeeping and business information classes, students learn skills that open the way to many careers. Traffic rules and mechanical terms, textbook instruction and behind-the-wheel experience — all are elements in developing safe and courte¬ ous drivers in Driver Training. DRIVER TRAINING student learns the fundamentals of operating a car. Page 21

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Home Ec classes nurture tomorrow’s homemakers In the home economics program, girls acquire womanly prowess not only in cooking and sew¬ ing, but also in buying, planning, decorating, and many other essential phases of home manage¬ ment. In child development, students work every day with kindergarten children, observing five- year-olds and learning how to meet some of their needs. In Family Life, mock weddings, though they unite couples in a joking, rather unholy state, are an enjoyable method of education. Authentic wedding attire and preparations, a ceremony” and reception enlighten both boys and girls about many of the details of a real wedding. Class dis¬ cussions and readings further open many areas of interest to these future homemakers. PROFICIENCY in meal preparation is reward for home economics students. MOCK WEDDING instructs Family Life students in proper nuptial procedure. IN KINDERGARTEN, Child Care student learns to deal expertly with young children. Page 20

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BOTH COLOR BLEND and design are effectively employed in mosaic work. Imaginative students create art work from ideas PATIENCE and precision are essential traits of successful drafting student. Imagination applied to clay, mosaics, water- colors, and oils transforms ideas into visible art constructions. With each carefully molded curve of sculpture, each brush stroke of paint, each tile fitted into a mosaic puzzle, the art student calls upon his accumulation of knowledge and personal experience, and his sense of color and design to guide him in the process of creation. A thorough background of art evolution, a conception of balance, proportion, and color techniques, and artistic trade secrets stimulate the desire to perfect and utilize creative talents. Page 22