FViday, September 17. 1971
THE GRYPHON
Page 5
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RMSH Teacher Spends
Exciting Summer Abroad
As the plane taxis down the
run-way, the lady peers sus
piciously over her glasses.
Glancing around nervously, she
sees only one whom she recog
nizes. After the plane is air
borne, she relaxes noticeably.
Her “mission” has begun.
Don’t get your hopes up. She's
not a foreign agent on assign
ment to destroy a continent.
She's not even a hi-j acker. She's
just Mrs. Christine W. Tripp,
science teacher at RMSH, on
her way to Europe for a fan
tastic vacation!
Europe is completely unique
in itself. Mrs. Tripp dis
covered that for herself this
past summer when she was
“hanging loose" on the huge
continent. Although not alone,
she didn't go with a large of
people. (She traveled with a
friend.) One of the first things
that impressed her was the peo
ple of the European countries.
They aren't much different from
Americans, she found. If she
had been able to communicate
with them, they probably would
n't have seemed any different
at all. On the whole, the na
tives treated her warmly and
were helpful in any way they'
could be.
Some of the highlights of her
“excursion into the world be
yond" were things we learn
about In such 'exhllerating' sub
jects as history, geography,
Spanish and French.
Palaces, palaces! As child
ren, we dreamed of living In
palaces. Mrs. Trlpp has come
closer to that than most of us
have ever been. Her claim Is
two palaces! The first, and
most famous of which is the Pa
lace of Versailles. As we know
from our history texts, this Is In
Versailles, France. The Hall of
Mirrors and the Gardens were
the main points of interest here.
In England, she visited the
home of one of our favorite
authors, Stratford, England
is the home of Shakespeare.
She's back now, teaching as
hard as ever. "But," she says,
“The travel bug has bitten me."
Which means she'll probably go
again.
H
LocaM Al QnBr Matil Hal Orr*s
Former Associate
Principal Forsees
Active Retirement
To most people retirement
means stopping all activities
and sitting in a rocking chair,
but to Mr. R. D. Armstrong,
former Associate Principal, it
means continuous Involvement.
Before the past school year
ended many students assumed
that Mr, Armstrong would re
turn to RMSH's staff; however,
it was learned that he retired.
Mr. Armstrong did not resume
his duties at the advice of his
doctors at Duke and In Rocky
Mount.
Although he Is formally re
tired, Mr. Armstrong does not
plan to remain idle. He plans
to become more active in civic
organizations, write for the
Evening Telegram, and work
as ■ a member of the Trustee
Board of Edgecombe Tech.
Because of the length of time
he has worked with students
Mr. Armstrong misses his job.
Only time will cure his nos
talgia for school,
Mr. Armstrong worked In
primary and secondary schools.
Probably his most memorable
moments of his career were
during the expanding of the for
mer Booker T. Washington Se
nior High's curriculum.
Although Mr, Armstrong Is
not formally connected with
RMSH he offered his state
ment, “In my opinion we are
facing one of the most revolu
tionary periods of education
that we have ever had. If we
expect to come through and keep
quality education we must throw
aside a lot of things that we
are doing and put ourselves
to the wheel and go to work.
As we face this crisis we have
got to think of getting a good
education instead of the color
of skin."
THESE STUDENTS review materials from summer drug work
shops. From left to right; Nancy Relrson, David Edwards,
Ruble Gibson, and Mary Barr. Absent from picture. Bill Strand-
berg.
RMSH Students Journey
To State Drug Workshops
ZZZZ , , , ZZZZ , , . Wake
up! , , , What? , , . Time to
go , . . Where? To drug work
shops that’s where!
While most students enjoyed
sleeping late on the first days
of summer vacation, three
teams of RMSH students for
feited their sleep to attend drug
workshops.
These workshops which were
sponsored by the University of
North Carolina School of Phar
macy and the North Carolina
Department of Public Instruc
tion, were aimed at educating
school officials and community
members on ways of handling
the drug problem.
Three workshops were held.
The first one was at East Car
olina University, Greenville.
David Edwards and Mary Barr,
accompanied by Mrs. Katherine
Thorpe Music Co., Inc.
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Collins and Mrs. Noel Moore
represented the high school stu
dents’ aid to younger students
in the fight against drugs. The
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro hosted the second
workshop which BlllStrandberg
and Nancy Reierson, accom
panied by Mr. John Woollen,
attended. Ruble Gibson and
Mary Barr attended the final
workshop at the University of
North Carolina at Ashvllle with
Mr. John Woollen.
Other counties and school
systems presented various pro
grams, Changes in drug laws,
community organization for
drug abuse programs, and drug
education were presented by
representatives from the fields.
All of the time was not de
voted to drugs. Several breaks
allowed the RMSH students to
mingle with the participants
and discuss views. A princi
pal and teachers approached
the students to congratulate
them on their presentations and
ask questions.
The teams from RMSH were
enlightened by the workshops
and plan to use their Informa
tion to aid others.
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