Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Though the voting was steady Ileftl, not even fifty per cent of the student body turned out to vote. IBelowl Candidates spent time and energy to create their eye-catching campaign posters. Election committee members become involved in a chess game fbottoml during a lull in the voting. 'The students d1dn't appreciate the candidates. . and! was a candidate! Apathy, the curse of any school, appears more at election time than at all the games and dances combined. The GHS elections held in October were no exception. Students that did work, however, endeavored to generate school spirit with posters and speeches, for there were dozens of Student Council and YRC members and officers to be elected. Under the diligent supervision of the well-organized and devoted Interim Committee, the campaign assemblies and voting came off without a hitch. 17

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,pn fT0p leftl Present Student Body President Kathy Whitcomb also served as the chairman of the elections committee. ITop righ tl Along with the 18-year-old vote has come senior high interest in the state and national elections. Candidate gives plea fabovel for votes at Senior election assembly. fLeftj Mainly responsible for the repainting of the auditorium, Mr. Glenn and Peter Byrd view the fruits of their labor.

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Matt Stockard Iabovel demonstrates, for his Humanities class project, the Japanese art of Origami. AP English students frightl expose some little-known fact about George llizsliington and Charity liedurcll, in a play written by the class. flieloufl A student asks Mrs. Hoffler about the second semester schedule for Humanities B. English gives students a wider view of their own and other cultures With the beginning of this school year, a new English program was in its second consecutive year. Individual junior and senior Whirlies, armed with an array of different courses, had the privi- lege of selecting their own English courses. Sophomores, those poor underprivileged souls, were still obligated to register for Introductory Language Arts for the fall semester. However a select few adequately qualified sophomores were allowed to elect a different course for the spring semester. The English plan, although new, still contained unchangeable vocabulary lists, some of the selfsame literature, and those never- ending compositions. The curriculum was comprised of one-semes- ter courses, ranging from Ethnic Literature to Drama, to Advanced Composition, to Literature of the Bible. These varied courses enabled a student to indulge his personal interests, as well as offering each student a chance to enjoy English. 18