LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SCHOOL!

 

Let's view the physical properties of Grady High. At the present, an immense amount of construction work is being brought to a close.

It is safe to say that Henry Grady possesses one of the most attractive high school campuses in Georgia. How has this fact come about? The tremendous improvements h a v e taken place primarily through the generous cooperation of the Atlanta Board of Education and the Grady PTA.

An excellent driveway, lovely shrubbery, a beautiful lawn, a new recreation center, and countless other projects have been completed to make this school a finer place in which to learn.

The students of Grady High, too, have a great responsibility with the arrival of these additions. It is up to the Gradyites themselves to respect the property and help keep it as beautiful as it is today.

The Board of Education and the PTA are to be thanked, and the students of Grady have a challenge.

GRADY'S HIGH SCHOLASTIC STANDARDS place her in the top ranks of the high schools of the South. Unlike many of Dixie's secondary schools, Grady is exceptional, not only in athletics and club activities, but in scholarship as well.

The most difficult of these to maintain is the scholastic rating. As report cards were circulated last month, and quarterly grades were published, it became evident that a great many Grady students had a "better-than-ninety" average. Nevertheless, and in spite of our over-all record, numerous Gradyites "rackedup" D's and F's on their cards.

The decision on grades is now in the hands of the pupils. The faculty actually has little to do with the grades. It is the student who determines his own grade by his application and accomplishment. We know of only two ways to achieve top grades. One is to be a genius; the other is to open those books and give them a normal amount of use. There aren't many geniuses around -so why not find out what's inside those books ?


Georgia Youth Assembly Considers County Unit

The Sixth Youth Assembly of Georgia set it record in two respects. First, Richard Myrick of Columbus, Georgia was elected to serve as the first youth governor of the state, the highest official in the previous years' assemblies being the lieutenant governor. Second, the group of young delegates, elected from the Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y groups all over the state, was the largest ever to come together for a meeting of this kind.

In the morning session of the first day, the House and the Senate met in joint session to hear addresses from Governor Talmadge, Secretary of State Ben Fortson, Youth Governor Richard Myrick, and Virginia's youth governor, James Lee Warren.

The remainder of the afternoon was spent in committee meetings in which the young legislators considered all bills submitted by the various Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y groups.


Highlighting the evening session was the Senate debate on a hill to require every teacher in Georgia to take an oath that he or she does not hold communistic views. Although the following day, both the House and Senate passed unanimously a resolution that they go on record as being against communism, the bill dealing with the subject failed to pass.

On Saturday the most exciting event again occurred in the Senate. The controversial "county unit bill" was under consideration. Mary Gaissert of Griffin, author of the bill, and Charles Davis of North Fulton High, led the discussion. The final vote was 21 to 17 in favor of the bill, but it failed to pass because it locked the constitutional senate majority of 28.

The 1950 Youth Assembly was officially closed after the ball with a brief chapel service.