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THE GRYPHON
MARCH 27, 1974
Pictured above are those who attended the Science Seminars at ECU. ( Left to Right: Jimmy Couch,
Mr. Rublein, Bill Mebane, and Laura Nobles). Photo by Murray
Science Teacher and Students
Attended Seminars At ECU
It’s amazing how an or
dinary science field trip can
transform into an unusual and
interestir^ outing when Mr.
Rublein is in charge! It all
began at 7:30 Friday morning,
February 22, when Mr.
Rublein, along with Laura
Nobles from the biology
department, Jimmy Couch
from chemistry, and Bill
Mebane from the physics
department, set out under
rainy, overcast skies to attend
the science seminars at East
Carolina University in
Greenville.
East Carolina is offering
seminars for outstanding high
school students who are in
terested in careers in the
sciences as an effort to enrich
the education received in high
school. The ECU science
facilities cooperate with high
school science teachers to
provide additional ex
periences to the teaching job
in high school.
Mr. Rublein and the three
RMSH students attended two
seminars; one in the morning
and one after lunch, each one
lasting two and one half hours
The lectures that they at
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tended included Geology of
the NC Coastal Plain, Use of
Computers in analyzing
Physical Systems, Vibrational
Spectroscopy, and Detection
of the Magnetism of Elec
trons. Each class was cmi-
ducted by several specialized
ECU professors and student
assistants from the college.
All students were given an
evaluation sheet after each
seminar to rate the class
according to its interest and
level of teaching. Also,
students were asked for
suggestions of ways to im
prove the seminars.
In addition to being a
talented teacher, Mr. Rublein
is also an excellent weather
forecaster. Seeing the dark,
overcast skies, he decided to
leave his raincoat & umbrella
in the car. Ask him how much
fun he had trudging around
the campus in the rain! But
this misfortune was forgotten
as soon as lunchtime rolled
around. After eating in the
ECU cafeteria, Jimmy, Laura,
and “Ruby” decided to match
their talents m a campus
recreation center. After
Jimmy defeated him in pool
and air hockey, Mr. Rublein
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as the group was ready to go
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Four Juniors Nominated
For a Writing Award
Four RMSH juniors were
recently nominated for the
National Council of Teachers
of English Achievement
Awards in Writing. These
students were Kathy Allen,
Phyllis Goffney, Susan
Mooring, and Doug Henley.
Students are nominated
by the English teachers of
their schools. The standards
for choosing and judging the
nominees include ability to
write clearly and effectively,
ability of the student to tMnk
for himself, and competence
in a wide range of writing
skills. RMSH is allowed to
nominate four students.
A maximum of 876 win
ners are possible. The finalists
are announced in October of
each year when the students
have entered their senior year
in high school. Students
receiving this award will have
their names and addresses
printed in a booklet which is
mailed in October to directors
of admissions and to English
department chairmen in 3000
colleges, universities, and
jumior colleges in the United
States. The booklets are also
sent to governors, superin
tendents, of education,
congressmen, NCTE affiliate
organizations, and the win
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principals.
Students competing for
the awards must write three
compositions. They are a 250-
300 word autobiography, an
improptu theme written in an
hour or less, and a sample of
writing that the student
considers his best work.
The Achievement Awards
in Writing are given by NCTE
to encourage high school
students in their writing and
to recognize publicly some of
the best student writers in the
nation.
Pictured above are the Juniors nominated for the Writing Award.
(Left to Right are: Susan Mooring, Doug Henley, Cathy Allen,
and Phyllis Goffney). Photo by Murray
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