Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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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.

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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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“LOOK OUT, Ocean Drive! I’m most at home where people get back to nature.” The first signs of May are sunny dandelions on the campus and preparations for weekend beach trips. Concentration grows increasingly difficult; we persistently peer out windows, un¬ able to resist the fantasies of daydreams. All too soon, another school year is whizzing downhill toward its inevitable end. daydreams, beach trips Right: SENIOR’S NORM AL eruption of spring fever draws even conscientious students from schoolwork. DELEGATE assembly (below) at annual nominat¬ ing convention is colorful but orderly. fcj] W fl Page 29