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P{^e 2 THE GRYPHON Friday, December 18, 1970 Christmas is an unusual time of year. As stores begin to bring out their Christmas decorations and people start making gift-lists, a whole new atmosphere descends upon the globe. Little kids are the ones who get Christmas fever the worst of all. Toy catalogs provide mothers with a few extra moments of quiet as the little one breath lessly searches page after page for the ideal Christmas gift. The moment of triumph comes when he spots it—the one thing that the wants more than anything else in the world--at least on that particular page. These little ones have heard about the meaning of Christmas--about the kid born in a manger with a bunch of animals around. But, of course, the kids cannot grasp the religious significance of the holi day--they're just too young. The young person is caught in the middle when it comes to Christmas activities. For some, the joy of receiving still dominates theei^otions; for others, they have found the true joy i» giving. Some like I said, have found the joy in giving but they still wait in ner vous expectation for their many presents--Iguess it*s just natural. Part of the joy of Christmas comes with the reli gious activity that plays such a major role in the holi day lives of many people. One man--and he was l>orn on this day. His life, his words serving as the pur pose for existence for those who have heeded a calL People are worth thinking about. During this Christ mas season, break into a new life, one of joy, con cern, hope and love. May Peace be with you and have a Merry Christmas. rhe Crazy Campus By TIM BRINN For weeks now, rumors have been floating around about trips to Florida, Canada, Sharpsburg, Soul City, and other winter "hotspots”. Some students, the real individualists, are even planning to stay in the “All- America City”! Wonder of won ders! Everybody seems to be going to at least one of those wild Christmas parties. Yes, the future-the next two weeks- looks very promising (except for this newspaper, which will probably end up lighting some- body*s fireplace.) This Christmas let’s all try to help out someone. Make Christmas a little merrier- give yourself. Wonder how? Ytxi’ve already started. Stu dents everywhere are showing more interest in the world out side the classroom. Getting committed and involved to help others is really great. Have fun this holiday season, and take your well-deserved break from the school routine. Just do something to make it count. These next few weeks will be just as empty and mean ingless as you make them. Christmas should mean something to everyone besides spiked eggnog or coming hbme late after a party. .-.The next sixteen days will-be a great time to make a special effort to help somebody, some where. Help yourself, too-go to church. Christmas is the one time of the year when you can go and not feel guilty about not attending Sunday school for the past six months. Do it right-make it a Yuletide year ly habit. But whatever you do in the next 304 hours, make it count. Mankind, starting with you, can use all of the Christmas ^irit it can get! MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE GRYPHON STAFF! Progress In Action The lunch room stinks. People ought to be able to eat lunch away from school without their parents. Senior priviledges are being ignored. The student body is apathetic. Some teachers can’t teach well. If you have a complaint, voice your opinion. Every two weeks, the SRA meets. There is homeroom re presentatives are able to voice or relay a point they would like discussed. The Human Relations Commit tee operates a complaint department. All one has to do to get a complaint out in the open is to fill out a complaint blank found in the Guidance Office and turn it back in then attend the monthly meeting where the com plaints are brought before the committee. Another means of getting a problem out in the open is through letters to the Editor of this newspaper. Many people read the letters and it is a way to get some support. A final approach, which is used many times as a last resort by most students, is to talk to a member of the Administration. An appointment can usually be made with one of the principals with very little difflr culty and the Guidance Office is open all day . . . just walk in (with corridor pass, that is.) Progress beings with individual action. Problems can only be solved if they are known to be problems. Individual action for progress has to start some- wbere-why not with you? A Learning Process Report cards came out several weeks ago and, as usual some students made the “A” or “S’* honor roll and others didn’t. Maybe a few students made all A*s other than one C plus. Of course this student had learned a great deal more than one on the B honor roll that had compiled all B-’s--but, the requirement for the honor roll is all A*s or B*s. So statistics go on. Class ranks are given, achievement test scores recorded—one could go on forever listing the statis tics compiled every day on each student ar RMSH. Rit, are all of these statistics of value or are we placing too much emphasis upon whether or not Joe makes 63 or 94 on a math test? A person cannot be accurately judged for value according to his test g^rades alone. A total evaluation of a student’s abili ties, use of abilities, common sense and personality giving a well-rounded report is possibly a more sensi ble approach to the grading system. It may be that the old A, B, C, D, E grading system is just worn out. To some students, making an A is the goal. As a few teachers have emphasized, it’s not the final grade that counts, but the ftiawpt Ojf ;Vu?pwJiedge learned and the applicability of this knowledge that comes first in education. To relieve the pressures upon students and teach ers and to place more value on the actual learning process, maybe a change in our grading system to a pass-fail system is necessary. Anyway if not this type system, a re-evaluation of our grading system by th administration could be the first step. It just might be that someone wants to hear again, "Hey, guess what I LEARNED in school todi, ?”1 \0\'r\‘i I Dear Editor, This world is filthy! This* country is filthy! This state is filthy! This city is filthy! This school is filthy! When is it going to affect us? When are we going to realize that it is affecting—when we need a shovel to tunnel to the mailbox--when the water is so thick with scum that we can walk across it--when we go to the river get our cars filled up with oil- when we have a gas mask to match every outfit in our wardrobe.5? It doesn’t have to be this way. It's up to us to change it. Something needs to be done. The Publicity Committee of the Ecology Club To the Editor: In my opinion, the most un called for rule of all is the one which restricts where a student can, and cannot, eat lunch. As it now stands, we (the students) have three choices of where to eat lunch: (1) at school, (2) at home, or (3) at a restaurant--if accom panied by a parent. As you can see, this rule makes it il legal for a student to go to a restaurant for lunch if he is not accompanied by a parent. This rules seems a bit unreasonable. The school could lift the pre viously mentioned restriction and, at the same time, release itself from all responsibility for the student while he is away from school for lunch by issu ing a parental permission per mit for the parents of the stu dent to sign. The other rule which seems highly unreasonable is the smok'ng rule. We are now en tering winter and, for the se cond year, people who smoke during lunch are expected to do so outside in the cold and rain or snow. Why, instead, can’t an area be blocked off in the Student Commons for smoking purposes? Because of the presence of these overly restrictive and, I feel, trivial regulations, RMSH assumes the air of a penal in stitution. Of course, this is not the first protest against these rules, but I feel that persistent complaint will hope fully result in eventual change. Very respectfully. Bill Young THE GRYPHON Member of Colorabia Scholastic Press Association Memlter of QoiH and Scroll, I.H.S.H.S.J. $1.25 Yeariy EDITOR Tim Brinn BUSINESS MANAGER Gail Keeter ADVERTISING MANAGER Brenda Horton CIRCULATION MANAGER Lynn Safy PAGE EDITORS: 1st Lynn Safy 2nd David Cordts 3rd GaU Keeter 4th nmrbert Baker 5tii Robin Bourne 6tb Mate Ruffin 7th Dennis Pittman 8th Alonzo Hines JUNIOR STAFF Maty Barr, Tim Chapman, Doug Crie. Carol Dice, Debbie Grif- fta, Richard Newman, Buddy Porter, Teresa Slavin, RAin Thorp. Nancy Ward. ADVISOR — Mrs. Margaret Williams PRINCIPAL Mr. V. J. Colombo ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Mr. R. D. Armstomg ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Mr. John Lan^ey
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