Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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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

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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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SPIRITED STUDENTS urge Whirlies to a victory in 1963 4-A Tournament. Signs of spring: tournament trials, convention fever, The Mid-March state basketball tournament marks the finale of another thrilling sports season. Exuberant crowds are unified in spirited support of team triumph. Brief silences explode into thunderous cheers when a ball swishes through the net, or into anxious gasps when eyes patrol the clock’s inexorable progress. Each year Awards Day brings public acknowl¬ edgment of superior performances in many areas. Students who receive silver trophies, cash awards, and public acclaim contribute to the prominent reputation of GHS. In April the nominating convention trans¬ forms the auditorium into a bizarre and raucous scene. Imaginative skits promote unrestrained hilarity, and a continuous hubbub brings re¬ peated pounding of the presiding officer’s gavel. Ducking showers of confetti and craning to see Page 28 beyond gaudy banners supported precariously on tall poles, students succumb to the contagion of convention fever — a fever subsiding only when election results are finally announced. ON AWARDS DAY GHS recognizes students excelling in scholarship, music, and athletics.