In the March 18, 1960 newspaper, ASB presidential candidates shared their views. John Reutter begins metaphorically: \u201cThe stage is set, and the lights are out. The curtain flies open and spots flash on. Action starts. Grossmont, you are on stage. The spotlight of the future is focused on you. This is no ordinary play taking place, but a real live drama. You are the writer, the actor, and the director. The audience is the future, your future and my future.\u201d<\/p>\n
He ends: \u201cGrossmont \u2026 is no ordinary school\u2026 The reason Grossmont is no ordinary school does not lie in the gray, ivy-covered walls, but in you the student\u2026 Grossmont is no good, unless you, the student, learn well and apply what you have learned. In the past, Grossmonters have made the most of the opportunities offered here. Now, the opportunities are yours. Take them.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Nov.17, 1961, the country\u2019s fear of a nuclear bomb attack is evident in several articles. \u201cThe Bomb Hits: If in School, What Will You Do?\u201d begins: \u201cThe Berlin Crisis and Khrushchev\u2019s many-megaton-scare blasts are awakening the entire nation to a few, hard, cold facts of nuclear life. First, nuclear war is not an impossibility. Second, surviving a nuclear war is not an impossibility\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
An adjacent article, \u201cAre Shelters Help or Tomb?.\u201d asks several students: \u201cWhat is your opinion of community bomb shelters as opposed to home shelters?\u201d<\/p>\n Student Bobbie Christianson practically responds, \u201cCommunity shelters are better because not everyone can afford to buy a home shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n Danny Traskell believed, \u201cHome shelters are better because they are more private.\u201d<\/p>\n While Loralee Crow, fatalistically states, \u201cAll bomb shelters are just extra-large tombs.\u201d<\/p>\n In the Jan. 18, 1963 Ecos de las estribaciones <\/em>column \u201c<\/em>To Be Shurr,\u201d columnist Bonnie Schurr begins, \u201cBoys, have you ever wondered what the girls do in gym when it rains? Well, they play \u2018Black Bottom,\u2019 which can be literally interpreted, for it is played with a huge medicine ball that is kicked with the feet while sitting on the floor. Carolyn Brosh and Tina Kling used their heads instead of their feet.\u201d<\/p>\n (The new GHS Museum is located in the 1950 Girls Rec Room where these \u201cBlack Bottom\u201d games took place. We well remember the \u201ccrush\u201d of hundreds of girls in their white gym blouses and white shorts divided into two teams frantically trying to get the ball to the goal, using only our feet. Some memories never fade.)<\/p>\n The emergence of The Beatles as a cultural phenomenon was not welcomed by all Foothillers, nor their teachers. The Feb. 28, 1964 column \u201cNews Hound\u201d asked students, \u201cWhat Do You Think of the Beatles?\u201d<\/p>\n Andrea Bull gushes, \u201cI just love them! Their hair is classic and all boys should have a Beatle wig.\u201d<\/p>\n John Colonghi, 2020 Hall of Honoree, contradicts Andrea with: \u201cEverybody is getting tired of them because they have so many records out. Personally, I feel they have a few good records out, but the rest are just money makers.\u201d<\/p>\n Echoing the thoughts of many adults, Finance Secretary \u201cMom\u201d Sherman states, \u201cMuch like Elvis, they are not in tune, and they are not good looking. They are a passing fad.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Cousineau, Dean of Students, ironically reiterated that belief with: \u201cI hope they\u2019re a passing fad.\u201d<\/p>\n In the Nov. 18, 1966 column \u201cSport \u2018N Stuff,\u201d before official varsity girls sports, Bruce Ramet foreshadows the upcoming Title IX revolution: \u201cThe Women Folk of Grossmont High have won again! The Girls\u2019 Swim Team took first place over Helix in the Second Annual Invitational Relays at La Mesa Pool on Oct. 25th. The thirty-nine girls work out regularly at the La Mesa Pool. It looks as though their workouts pay off.\u201d<\/p>\n The column continues: \u201cFellas, they support us Men Folk while we engage in our various sports events, so let\u2019s get out and support the girls when they are competing. After all it is not every school that has a Girls\u2019 Swim Team!\u201d<\/p>\n The changing political landscape of the 1960s is evident in the Sept. 17, 1968 column \u201c18 Is Old Enough for\u2026\u201d by Kathie Ferree, which begins: \u201cJust what is it that makes 21 such a \u2018magic\u2019 age? In Medieval times it was regarded as the proper age to become a member of the knighthood, and in colonial days it permitted young men of 21 the right to vote. Today, hundreds of years later, the same thing still holds true \u2014 21 in most states is considered the legal voting age.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026What\u2019s wrong with that? … there is a commonly regarded feeling that the registration of 18-year old males as eligible to be drafted \u2014 ready to live, fight, or die for their country in an undeclared war \u2014 should at least give them some say as to what kind of government they want to live under\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Kathie\u2019s argument is made more powerful as we reflect on the 11 Foothillers who died in the Vietnam War, eight of whom graduated in the 1960s.<\/p>\n Grossmont High School provided its students of the \u201860s opportunities to mature and find their voices \u2014 voices that echo today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Become part of historic campus<\/strong><\/p>\n In honor of our historic 100 Years of Excellence Celebration, the GHS Educational Foundation is sponsoring a scholarship fundraising program. \u201c$100 for 100 Years\u201d donors will have their names, their families\u2019, or their businesses\u2019 names engraved on 2-by-4-inch gray tiles, which will be displayed on a wall at the front of the high school.<\/p>\n Para ordenar su mosaico, visite www.donationbricks.com\/ghs100yearscholarships<\/a>. Or write a check payable to GHS Educational Foundation and mail to Connie and Lynn Baer, 5990 Avenorra Dr., La Mesa, CA 91942. On the check memo, please indicate \u201cscholarship fund\u201d and include the text of your tile with your check (up to three lines, 20 spaces each). To have your<\/strong> azulejo instalado antes de nuestra Celebraci\u00f3n del Centenario en el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o escolar, haga su pedido antes del 1 de junio de 2021.<\/p>\n To order a 100th Anniversary hoodie or T-shirt, please visit grossmonthighschool.itemorder.com\/sale<\/a>. To order a commemorative 100th ornament, please write a check for $25 for each ornament payable to GHS Educational Foundation and mail to Connie and Lynn Baer, 5990 Avenorra Dr., La Mesa, CA 91942.<\/p>\n![\"Grossmont](\"https:\/\/lamesacourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1963-Nominatiing-Convention-Banners.jpg\")
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