Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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lFar upper leftl The purpose of a carpool is to have fun- not save gas. lCenterl Enthusiasm takes epidemic proportions during a pep rally. lFar lower leftl Kiddie Day prompts this sophomore costume. lAbovel Another area high school president seeks in forma tion on what makes a great school tick. l Lo wer leftl A varsity cheerleader gives her all during a Grimsley football contest. lBelowl With slicked- back hair and sleazy attire these Seniors show their undying school spirit. 27 .29

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School spirit . . . attempt to define it, and it alludes you. Try to destroy it, and it seethes and multiplies until it ab- sorbs you. Endeavor to boost it, and often it becomes invisible. What entails school spirit ranges from private prejudice to mass hysteria. A teacher buys a ribbon and wears it all week, an administrator proudly announces a key win over the speakerg a cheer- leader awakens on Saturday minus her voiceg a student uses his last dollar to go to an away gameg an athlete pays the price of finishing the season with the team, regardless of the win-loss columng a father gives up Monday Night Football, to attend a PTSA meeting on capital in- provement to the campus. Perhaps the subtlest, yet strongest, spirit emerges from the least likely quarters-an editorial in HIGH LIFE, neatly-tended plot, more trash in cans. Personal pride, group loyalty, mass togetherness blend into one assertion: We think Grimsley is the greatest! 1 -A - Q - - i-xii:-f From one or from many. school spirit emerges in a variety of forms 26

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A limbo of lethargy engulfs the masses: mid-semester blues The icy chill of winter begins to abate near the beginning of March. All over the campus, tender green buds burst out, heralding the start of the new season. Life at Grimsley begins the slow shift from hibernating in warm buildings to congregating on the sun-drenched grounds Another harbinger of spring, the gym closes its doors to the last bounding basketball, while spring track runners can again be seen sprinting around the stadium track. The atmosphere is par- ticularly poignant for Seniors. This is the last leg of their high school days, and admissions news elates or de- jects college-bound students. The end of the year is at last in sight, but its very proximity makes it seem too far away. The first warm breez- es blow in an infectious yearning to be outside, and teachers find it more and more difficult to keep a class interested in academic matters. A new excitement invades the air-that indefinable essence that is Spring.