Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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JUNIORS PREPARE for College Board Examinations by taking aptitude tests. MID-SEMESTER exams assume many forms; choir examination is oral. The termination of the first semester converts routine schedules into the chaos of mid-term madness. Original exam plans are revised by insistent and repeated interruptions of January snows. The snow eventually melts, however, and students return to confront, without further pro¬ crastination, mid-term exams. January brings snow, WINTER’S ONSLAUGHT silences classrooms and campus of GHS as students revel in unscheduled holidays.

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IN PREPARATION for traditional Christmas pageant, Senior Class members work together. It is lunchtime and for a moment the grove stands empty. There are only the trees, brick walls, and azaleas, and the memories of countless students who have stood there. For the grove is a tradi¬ tional gathering place for talk and gossip and a last-minute smoke. As many others have done, some have hurried to the cafeteria, to socialize across the same old tables; others have rushed to the parking lot, aware that sixth period is only moments away and that, in their dash to a favorite eating place, they must make every second count. The machinery of our world seemed to tick smoothly. But on November 22, our world turned upside down, when in sixth period, our classes were interrupted to announce the assassination of President Kennedy. No words could express the grief, the numbness, the shock, the feeling of desolate emptiness. Yet the machinery of our world ticked on. Though progress demands change, some tra¬ ditions, like the Christmas pageant, are too dear to lose. The pageant itself may vary from one December to another, but always there is a Christmas program produced by seniors. And as days grow shorter and colder, winter brings the basketball season — and w ' ith it excitement, an accelerated pace, and a thrilling surge of school spirit. Page 25 ELECTRIFYING excitement of basketball season arouses the competitive spirit of both participants and students.

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DRAFTING STUDENTS undertake pictorial exams. REGISTRATION at mid-term is simplified by a new method in each student’s classes. delayed exams, and romantic Midwinter’s Dance As exam week expires, students, temporarily relieved of burdensome assignments, feed note¬ books to overstuffed lockers and gleefully desert the campus. The delicious relaxation of semes¬ ter break is enhanced by a new type of register¬ ing, completed in each class before exams and eliminating the frenzied dash from teacher to teacher on the old-style registration day. To vet¬ erans of other ravaging registration days, this is a happy change. Under flickering gas lights and festooned net, Midwinter’s Dance of January 25 climaxes the first semester activities. The unromantic gym disappears behind imaginative decorations in¬ spired by the theme, Days of Wine and Roses.’’ A familiar combo’s blaring rhythm catalyzes spirited chatter as dancers mingle. MUSICAL STRAINS from the Ascots blend with international decorations for a romantic Midwinter’s Dance. Page 27