Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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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

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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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Spring’s final weeks hold nostalgic backward looks, TRADITIONAL May Pole dance highlights “A Day in Merrie Olde England.” STUDENTS (top) straggle over final exams. Middle: Class of 1963 presents memorable Class Day program. Bottom: After graduation a Senior mounts steps to the parking lot for the final time. Class Day traces with nostalgic comedy the chronological events of the high school years. A satirical parody, West High Story,’’ is the Senior Class’ last dramatic contribution to a student assemblage. For the seniors, spring exams are the one remaining challenge. A desolate and strangely hollow feeling overwhelms the senior who, after completing his last exam, slams an empty locker and wanders down a vacant hall, listening to the fading echoes of his footsteps. With the cooperation of spring’s favorable weather, the 1963 May Day pageant is a tradi¬ tionally excellent performance. The scene is Merrie England, where a palace courtyard is invaded by uninhibited peasants, arriving to entertain Queen Carole. Jovial jesters amuse the court with mirthful antics, flipping somersaults and hopping across the lawn in a game of leap¬ frog. The spectacular events of merry-making are climaxed by the royal procession — Queen Carole and attendants — from the courtyard. Graduation is a time for reflection over the past merging with the present through the prog- Page 30