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THE GRYPHON
FVidfor, April 30, 1971
What A Ball!
On May 7, one of the most exciting events of the
year will be held at Tarrytowa M.i!l For on this
night, the aioiual R.M.S.H, Junior-Senior will be held.
This year's Jr,-Sr, promises to be the best in RMSH
history.
For those who are attending the Jr.-Sr., you are
in for a great time. The music will be provided by
“CoTipany” from Durham. This is a very good group
that plays a wide variety of music, so everyone will
find something to suit hifn.
Of course, the night's activities do not end with
the conclusion of the dance. Many students enjoy
the “after-parties” that usually continue until the
early hours of the morning. Some students attend
breakfasts to get a good meal in quite some time
(considering all you eat at the dance is nuts, cookies
and punch.)
But there are a small minority of Junior and Senior
males that can’t attend, because they have mutual
bindings with Sophomore girls. Well, I guess you
guys better find something else to do May 7.
Or you could go ahead and take someone else and
hope—no, you better not do that. Wonder what good
movies are on May 7?
Tanfastic
After a weekend at the beach, or simply an afternoon
in the Rocky Mount sun, the carcasses of many people
begin to look like an apple. Mean old Mr, Sun has taken
his toll recently around R,M,S,H.
After Easter weekend, many students were invited to
an extention of their vacation because of the work of
Mr. Sun. Then there are those people who return from
the beach with a fantastic tan, (or is it “tanfastic”).
These lucky few personally make me sick; spending
a Weekend in the same sun that parches me, and then
come out with a perfect tan.
So remember, when you hit the beach this summer,
be sure to take your bathing suit, beach blanket,
sunglasses, and plenty of Coppertone.
A Coincidence
Do anti-war protests really accomplish anything?
We have heard this question many times. H; is a
question whose answer will affect the lives of every
one of us. For the U. S, involvement in Vietnam
takes the lives of many promising young men, and will
continue to do so unless we speak out against our
military escapades in Southeast Asia.
United States troop strength reached its height in
December 1967 with over 524,000 troops in combat
facilities, with no hope of reducing the number. In
April 1968, the first large scale moritorium was held
in Washington, D, C. On November 9, 1970, the
U. S. Command said there were under 368,000 troops
in Vietnam, adecrease of 156,000comparedtothe 1967
figure. Three weeks ago, the Command announced
there -were under 300,000 troops there, a decrease
of over 68,000 to the November '70 nuniber. This
brought the total number of withdraw Is to over 224,000
in two and a half years.
The peace movement may have not contributed to
the withdrawls, but it seems like an unbelievable
coincidence that the number of troops dropped 40
per cent in the two and a half years after the D. C.
MORITORIUM OF ‘68,
The D, C, MORITORIUM was a peaceful one. Many
attempts have been made to insure non-violence.
Some have been successful, others have not. Some
have done much for the cause of peace, others have
tarnished the record.
To protest against the form of violence that the
military is using In Southeast Asia, we must show our
genuine desire for peace, and the only way to do
so is to dis-allow violence at anti-war demonstra
tions. We must continue to voice our opinions in a
peaceful manner, tor the future is in our hands. And
no H»e wants an ugly war on his hands.
Mo\«j rO»% ft
~o Keep The. 5oFH's
Amo I Their
NEW DEAL IS BIG DEAL
This album Is entitled
"BLUEGRASS" by the New Deal
String Band. Now, don't be
frightened by the word BLUE-
GRASS. I know what you’re
thinking. You're probably
thinking, “Why are city folks
going to listen to redneck far
mer music? Well, simply be
cause it's good foot-stomping
music.
Next, I guess you will say
"Who in the world Is The New
Deal String Band?" The cover
at the album offers this explan
ation; “The NDSB is a group
of city boys who took time to
learn something about country
ways. They exhibit remarkable
control over bluegrass music,
a style of music which, by all
present standards, they should
n't be playing at all, but under
neath their long haired, unwash
ed exteriors, their beat the
hearts of six redneck farmers.
And some redneck farmers can
play the hell out of bluegrass
music."
Included in this album are
such standards as “Waitin’ For
A Train," “Dark Hollow", and
“Love Come Home". The group
also offers renditions of Ringo
Starr's “Don't Pass Me By",
The Rolling Stones' “No Ex
pectations" and “One More
Night", by Bob Dylan.
One more note of interest.
Rocky Mount's own Leroy Sa
vage and Frank Greathouse are
vocalist and mandolin player
respectively.
Give bluegrass a listen, and
before it's over I think you'll
be stomping and clapping, and
maybe even singing along.
SEBASTLIN—WITHOUT
THE SPOONFUL,
BUT STILL LOVIN’
Around 1963 there was a
bushey-halred New York street
singer who sang love songs to
passers-by. In 1964, there was
a guitar player in a Jug-band In
a. small night club in Los An
geles. In 1965, this same
street-singing, Jug-band musi
cian formed a group called
The Lovln’ Spoonful. After
touring together for three years
and a string of hit records (Sum
mer in the City, Make Up Your
Mind, Darlln' Be Home Soon\
the Spoonful split in '68 to
pursue personal interests.
Now, after three years of
writing and touring, a trip to
Woodstock, a “junk" live al
bum on MGM Records, and a
superb solo album simply en
titled “John B. Sebastian", the
ex-leader of the Spoonful has
a new live album on Reprise
Records. Entitled “Cheapo-
Cheapo Productions Presents
the REAL LIVE John Sebas
tian", the title Is an unkind
cut aimed at MGM for releas
ing the first “llve"albumwith-
out Sebastian's knowledge.
The entire album is a re
flection of the warm-hearted
attitude of John B. Sebastian,
a man whom we will definitely
hear more about in the future.
To The Editor,
I would like to comment on
the conduct of some of our
students during the Macbeth
program. I feel that the pro
gram was one of the best of the
year and the conduct was at
its worse.
The people from the “Thea
ter in Education" group tra
veled many miles to bring this
production to us. Macbeth was
a fine display of theater arts,
the type that comes to Rocky
Mount once In a great while.
We were responsible for mak
ing these people welcome to our'
school. Instead, some students
displayed their respects by
jeering and laughing through
out the performance.
I do not know If it is ig
norance of proper theater con
duct or a matter of of person
al disrespect, but I think every
student should “clean house",
in order to insure that the
same thing doesn’t happen
again.
Respectfully yours.
Hill Newton
To the Editor,
Last week at RMSH we held
an observance of Earth Week.
During this week, many of our
students participated In the
“clean up the Earth" move
ment. It was great to see the
envolvement of the students, but
the job of cleaning up the earth
can't be done In a week. It
will take many years to clean
up the Earth, just as it has
taken many years to destroy It.
Now, the Earth Week Is over.
Many students have lost the en
thusiasm that was evident dur
ing Earth Week. It would real
ly be great if the students could
make the entire year into a gi
gantic Earth Week, because if
we do not act soon, we will be
in for a difficult future.
Respectfully yours,
Richard Newman
SUPfiDRT
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