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THE GRYPHON
Friday, May 21. 1971
71-End Of An Era
As the mighty class of seventy-one leaves RMSH,
there comes to our school the end of an era. The
last remnants of the old Rocky Mount Senior High and
the Booker T. Washington High School will be finally
removed from our school system.
Alter a year of peace and understanding between the
two races led by the class of »71, the community can
now see that black and white youth can work together
to solve the problems that have confronte«1 our se
gregated society In the post.
So after three long years of change and confusion,
a new day will begin at RMSH, With this year»s junior
and sophomore classes ia control next year, a truly
extra-super school will develop. But, it must not be
forgotten that the great class of 1971 was a very in
fluential spearhead—setting an example by showing
that the best way things can be worked out and unified
is peacefully,
Siimmer--A Bummer!
The time is approaching when students everywhere
will be putting down their books and heading on down to
the beach, beginning summer jobs and generally soak
ing up the summer sun.
This means that we will be separated from many
of our friends.
For many years, the white folk and the black folk
were entirely segregated. But, In the last couple of
years, the Rocky Mount Senior High School has been
Integrated and the students have crystallzed relations
among themselves. Now, the summer vacation moves
In and the students separate and don’t see each other
for three months, right? Wrong! During the summer,
there will be many opportunities for blacks and whites
to get together. There will be dances, sporting events,
swimming pools, and rock quarries; all of which bar
no one. These are excellent times for all people to
get together for a good time. Come to think of It,
everyday Is a good day to have a friend. R.W.N.
To The Loyal Squads
Students! Who has been supporting you, Gryphons,
for nine months? The ‘Mocks” of course. That is to
say those few daring souls that have mastered-the
technique, sweated out practice, and represented our
school all over the state In vigorous competition In
sports have been major upholders of the fine RMSH
tradition that began only a year ago.
Rarely do our own jocks receive the recognition for
their unending supply of spirit. This year, our foot
ball team just barely missed the championship, our
basketball team did a really great job, jrrestling had
Its best season yet, and all of our Spring sports have
been doing better than best. But, now the year is
over. We have to look to next year. With the strong
and powerful underclassmen coming into our varsity
sports, a successful year is coming in like a tidal
wave.
Remember to watch RMSH sports next year for
excitement and hopefully there will greater support
by the fans to make the great even greater.
Premarital What?
In these days when the oMer generation Is becoming
more and more worried about the promiscuity of the
younger generation, an age-old moral offense has been
slowly creeping teck into the halls of RMSH. The
nerve of some people to actually commit premarital
heterosexual interdigitation! How terrible! You can
see It in the halls, Inthe streets, almost anywhere you
go, people are doing It. Something must be done about
it. We can’t allow such unspeakable actions to take
place In a socletysuchasours. Although we have laws
against It, Including school policies, people still cannot
control themselves when approached by a member of
the 0HX)slte sex—the result, more iH*emarltal hetero
sexual Interdlgltatlrai. H our society c(MitInues to al
low such crimes to occur In broad daylight, sooner or
later it may be hard for people to hoW hands in public.
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Around The Campus
by Tim Brinn
This has been a long year.
And nobody on the GRYPHON
staff will disagree with me on
that point. Now, with just two
weeks to go until graduation
for the seniors and the end of
another year for the juniors
and the sophomores, It’s time
to take a good look at the last
nine months and see just what
we did with them.
The administration can look
back with a good deal of pride
on another excellent year for
RMSH. The lack of any sign
ificant crisis this entire year
can certainly be attributed to
their careful planning and hard
work to make things go right.
The coaches can also puff
out their manly chests just a
little bit as they think about the
athletic accomplishments of
their squads this year. Start
ing In early September with the
outstanding football team, these
talented men soon produced
great basketball, wrestling,
baseball, tennis, and track out
fits. Without the coaches to
help build student morale
through winning each game, this
would have been a bleak year.
Of course, the people who de
serve a great deal of praise
are you, the student body. Think
a second. Who was It who fill
ed six and seven buses each
week to see the Gryphs foot
ball squad defeat their ouUq^
town opponents? Who filled
the gym every Friday night for
almost two months to see the
basketball squad play, whe
ther they won or last? Why
Is It that the wrestling team,
even with a 1-8 record, has
the best attendance of all the
wrestling teams in the 4-A
conference? Somebody was
there doing an awful lot of
work, cheering and screaming,
missing homework, staying up
late, and (perish the thought!)
spending a lot of money to help
back our teams. That some
body was the student body, and
speaking for the athletic teams,
I Will say thank-you.
Before I turn over the Ed
itor’s typewriter to newly-
elected Editor Richard New
man, I must say thank you to
one of the most unusual groups
of people I have ever met—the
1970-1971 GRYPHON staff.
Without these nineteen talent
ed individuals this year would
have never been this year. They
are responsible, er, that is, they
can take the credit for producing
the paper this year. I must
applaud them for keeping Im
possible hours, meeting im
possible deadlines, pleasing
Impossible - to - please peo
ple, and putting up with an im
possible editor. Despite all
of these difficulties eleven Is
sues of the GRYPHON still were
released on the student body,
so we felt useful. So did L
THE GRYPHON
Member Columbia Scholastic Press Associatfon
Member of Quill and Scroll, I.H.S.H.S,J.
11.25 Yeariy
EDITOR Tim Brinn
BUSINESS MANAGER Gail Keeter
ADVERTISING MANAGER Brenda Hwlon
CIRCULATION MANAGER Lynn Safy
PAGE EDITORS:
1st Lynn Safy
2nd David Cordts
^ GaU Keeter
4th Thnrtwrt Baker
5tfa Robin Bonme
6th Doug Cole
7th Mike Ruffin
8th AkUBO BBnes
JUNIOR STAFF
Mary Barr, Tim Chapman, Doug Cole, Carol Dice, Debbie Grli-
fin, Richard Newman, Buddy PMler, Teresa Slavln, Robin
Thorp. Nancy Wnd.
ADVISOR Mrs. Margaret Williams
PRINCIPAL Mr. V. J. Colombo
ASSOaATE PRINCIPAL Mr. R, D. Armstrong
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Mr. John Langley
Tomorrow and Today
Chewing on your thumbs
when trouble comes
never helps to eat it a-ay.
You’ve got to share
the bad times with someone
tomorrow and today.
Looking out to sea
shouldn’t just be
another debt to loneliness you
pay:
You ought to try
to open up with someone
tomorrow and today.
What troubles you, troubles me.
Didn’t you know that
silence can be loud
even in a crowd
Loud enough to drive love away.
You ought to come out
and play with someone
tomorrow and today,
I only mention that as some
one
who intends to be here to stay
tomorrow and today
tomorrow and today
tomorrow and tomorrow and
today,
--Rod McKuen
(part one of “hit ’em In the
head with love”)
Some towns have so many Is
lands
you need a boat to go from
block to block
and since the sand
keeps on getting deeper
Pm building my home upon a
rock.
And the next time somebody
comes along
and knocks me down
Pm gonna get up
and hit ’em In the head with
love.
--Rod McKuen
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