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THE GRYPHON
Friday, September 17. 1971
THE STUDENTS who traveled with Mrs. Williamson (left front) are (left to right) Albert Hedge
peth, Janet Fish, Beth Edwards, Florence Jeffries, Betsy Strandberg, Nan Brantley, Frankie
Burnworth, Gregory Ohree, Betty Jo Shirley, Andy Dorr, Ann Williford, Margaret Sheridan, and
Kim Smith-Absent were Margo Wiley, Gay Wllgus.
Students Dazzled At Trip Sights
Bon Voyage!!!!! June 25, 1971,
fifteen students escorted by
Mrs. Ann Williamson, depart
ed from J. F. Kennedy Airport
on perhaps one of the most me
morable trips of their lives; a
trip to Europe.
Traveling with Mrs, William
son on this trip were Albert
Hedgepeth, Janet Fish, Beth
Edwards, Florence Jeffries,
Nan Brantley, Betsy Strand
berg, Frankie Burnworth, Gre
gory Ohree, Ann Williford
Margo Wiley, Gay Wilgus, Andy
Dorr, Betty Jo Shirley, Kim
Smith and Margaret Sheridan.
The group arrived in London,
June 26, and the following day
took an all-day sightseeing tour
of London. Among the many
breath-taking sights they en
countered were Westminister
Abbey, the Tower of London,
and the Crown Jewels, June 28,
the group attended “VivatVlvat
Regina" by Robert Bolt which
everyone thoroughly enjoyed.
The next day, a ferry car
ried the group from Dover to
Calais, France. From here,
a bus carried them to Paris.
The following day, the group
took an all-day tour of Paris.
They saw cathedrals, the fam
ous Eiffel Tower, and Museede
Jeu de Paume which houses
impressionist art (This art was
especially appreciated by those
French students who had stu
died French impressionism
with Miss Dorothy Craighlll),
July 1 (Thursday), a morn
ing visit to Versailles was plan
ned. Many students had their
portraits made at Montmarte.
That night, everyone was taken
to the Moulin Rouge (a night
club). What an experience!
Friday and Saturday proved to
be eventful days. Everyone
went from Paris to Geneva
where they visited the castle of
Chillon where Byron wrote
“The Prisoner of Chillon”, As
if this was not enough, a ride
on Lake Geneva was in store
that night,
Mt. Blanc, a chain of moun
tains at Chamonix, provided a
rather scary experience for the
group. But, it was agreed by all
that this was a most rewarding
venture with all of the beauty.
Vichy Summer School was
next on the agenda. Here, the
students stayed for four weeks
(July 5-July 29) with students
from fifteen other countries.
They studied the French langu
age and civilization. The stu
dents stayed in dormitories
while at Vichy and rented bicy
cles for transportation. Going
to the school at Vichy was a re
warding experience because
they all received diplomes (di
plomas) for their achievements.
The students received credit for
their work In high school too.
After leaving Vicky, July 30,
everyone went to Geneva, ate
and left for Italy by train. They
arrived in Bologna, Italy, the
next day and moved on to Flo
rence for sightseeing. Rome
was the destination for the
night. The students had an op
portunity, while in Ealy, that
most people would be envious
of—to see the brilliant works
of Michelangelo!! Other than
the Sistine Chapel (which hous
es Michelangelo’s great works),
they visited St. Peter’s Cathe
dral, the Vatican Museum, and
were dazzled at the cameo fac
tory.
Tired, weary, a little more
cultured, and proud of them
selves, the group left for the
J. F. Kennedy Airport, Augusta.
Smiling faces, tears of joy, and
cries of “Welcome Horae!”
greeted them at the airport the
next day.
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Women’s Lib Movement
Hits High School Level
Is the women’s liberation
movement reaching Into high
schools across the country?
According to a report In
Seventeen, a rising number of
young feminists are campaign
ing against overt discrimina
tion (the shop course they are
not allowed to take, for example)
and are also challenging more
Inequalities (such as the no
tion that girls are not as good
as boys are in science or math).
While the activists are not in
the majority, high school “wo
men” have accomplished the
following;
* A 14-year-old girl forced
one of New York City’s spe
cial science and math high sc
hools to accept girls as well as
boys.
* Four young women won In a
federal court the right to at
tend the previously all-male
University of Virginia,
* Girls in New Jersey and
New York won the right to play
on their schools’ all-male ten
nis team,
* The high school feminist—
who, like those in the women’s
movement as a whole, tends to
be white and middle class—has
one main complaint: society
treats boys and girls different
ly from the day they are born.
The man is expected to be
come provider and leader; the
women Is expected to become
dependent and follower.
In vocational high schools,
women are usually excluded
from the training which would
enable them to fill many skill
ed jobs (Aircraft or automo
bile mechanic, tool and dye
maker and such), and are “trac
ked” into courses in poorer-
paying “suitable” trades. But
so far, no action has been taken
In the vocational schools.
Even In the academic schools
where young feminists are ac
tive, they find it hard to build
a mass movement. Much oppo
sition seems to be based on
erroneous impressions (bra-
burning, anti-feminity), al
though some girls object to the
fact that women’s liberation
seems to insist too strongly on
careers for all women. But
as Andrea Silverman, 16, of
Oak Port (111,) High School,
says: “For centuries society
has been forcing certain ideas
on us. Now we want women
to have a choice,”
New Mini-Coiirses
Near Completion
Most of the RMSH English
teachers, under the direction of
Mrs. Kathryn Collins, coor
dinator of curriculum, parti
cipated in a Summer Workshop
in Writing Mini-Courses.
The first step In revising the
present curriculum was for all
the teachers and Mrs. Collins
to meet and evaluate the mission
statement, continuing objec
tives, guidelines, and course
outlines for the new curricu
lum.
Much work has been done on
the Mini-Courses so far with
about fifty courses having been
completed. But there Is still
much work to be done on them
during the school year. In a
few weeks, each teacher In the
English Department will re
ceive a bound notebook with
each completed mlnl-course.
This will give a teacher an
opportunity to revise her indi
vidual course of study during
the school year.
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