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THE GRYPHON
Wednesdayf November 24, 1971
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Dramatics Experimentals
Based On Fairy Tales
If one happens to walk by
room 103 and hear a loud roar
of laughter, he might wonder
what is going on. Well, look
inside and see people making
strange faces and jumping
around. No, they are not crazy.
They are members of the RMSH
dramatics classes practicing
parts in plays.
The idea behind these plays
originated from the “Story
Theatre” by Paul Sills which
appeared on Broadway in New
York last year, Including fa
bles and fairy tales from An
derson and Grimm. The School
of Performing Arts in Winston-
Salem, N. C., has a similar
program of such performances.
Little Green Boxes Cause
Trouble Among Seniors
The mighty seniors of RMSH
have a great task before them
— senior themes! Senior
themes are new to some, al
though many experienced the
hardships of “junior themes”
last year.
Plans are under way! Note-
cards, books, magazines, news
papers—anything you can come
up with for information. Got
It all?
Choosing your subject is pro
bably the hardest task. This
year, subjects range from
snakes to Walt Disney Produc
tions. Many seniors get really
Interested In their subject and
intend to pursue It further in
college.
For many seniors, the big
process has already begun —
note-taking. For some upper
classmen, they find out that get
ting the minimum number of
sources Is Impossible. This
could be a problem! Others
find out that they are likely to
end up with a 50-page theme!
After the big job of note-
taking comes the hard part.
Pencils and pens fly and abra
cadabra — a perfectly formed
outline! Getting the theme or
ganized into a rough copy re
quires a lot of mental ability
and late-night work! No won
der so many seniors look dazed
during theme time.
Most students have a hang
up on footnotes. Now is it
“Ibid” or “OpCIt?” Oh well,
these themes certainly aren’t
one of our senior privileges!
However, whek the final draft
Is finished, the bibliography Is
done, and the conclusion Is
drawn, the author has a sen
sational feeling of accomplish
ment (along with relief). So
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“Red RoUing and the Hood”
is a comic version of “Red Rid
ing Hood”. It stars Gardenia
Wiggins as Granny, Richard
Newman as the Hood, Connie
Maxwell as Red Rolling, and
Ginger Etheridge as Red Roll
ing’s mom.
Another play is the “Fisher
man and His Wife” with Richard
Newman as the Fish and Con
nie Maxwell as the fisherman’s
wife.
The poem “McCavity” will
add something different to the
series. It is about a mische-
vlous cat who always seems to
commit crimes, and split be
fore he gets caught, Jean
Frederick, Nancy Lancaster,
Mary Pike, and Larry Sharpe
will participate In the reading
of the poem.
Butch Harrell, Butch Flem
ing, Mitchell Pridgen, Steve
Parker, Beverly Whitehurst,
Mac Knight, Ellen Matthews,
and Gwen Taylor star in “The
Three Spinners”.
Next are two plays which have
been given at the Tank Thea
tre. The first is “Henny Pen
ny,” starring Connie Maxwell
as Goosey Poosey, Ricliard
Newman as Foxy Loxy, Sam
Carrico as Turkey Lurkey, BIU
Searcy as Duckey Daddies, and
Bruce Flye who plays the gui
tar and sings. The other play
Is “The Bremen Town Musi
cians” starring Richard New
man as the Ass, Connie Max
well as the Burglar, Sam Carri
co as the Dog, and Bill Searcy
as the Cock. Janet Barkhouse
lias arranged music and will
play flute with this presenta
tion.
November’s Rotary Couple, Marsha Alien and Cecil Davis,
take a needed rest from their busy lives. (Photo by Drew Cole)
Rotary Couple Selection
Makes Excellent Choice
Although November has
brought bitter cold and dreary
weather, it also brought two
warm-hearted RMSH students,
the Rotary Couple honor. These
students are Marsha Allen and
Cecil Davis.
MARSHA ALLEN
“Mirror, Mirror, on the walL
Who’s the fairest of them all?”
“Uh, Uh, I do not know. Who
Is the fairest of them all?
“Marsha Allen, of course,
you dumb mirror! Don’t you
know anything?”
Yes, Marsha Allen, the bub
bly, vivacious young lady Is
November’s proud recipient of
the Rotary ^rl of the month.
She Is the daughter of Dr, and
Mrs, J. C, Allen and attends
lakeside Baptist Church, See
ing her riding around In her
little green car. It seems that
Marsha does not lead a very
busy life. But, she does! At
school, she is on the President’s
Cabinet and a member of the
Booster Club. Working takes up
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much of her time, but she finds
time for Senior Debs and the
Rocky Mount Youth CounciL
Marsha’s interests, which in
clude water skiing, the moun
tains, and horseback riding,
show that she is mainly the out
door type.
When Mars ha was informed of
her honor, she thought it was too
good to be true. She was ex
ceptionally happy about it, which
Is natural for such an optimis
tic and cheerful girL
Marsha’s only comment was
that she hoped everyone would
get out this year and support
the basketball team. She hopes
to attend Appalachian State up
on graduation.
CECIL DAVIS
"Testing! Testing! One,
two, three, four! Testing! Test
ing! Will the Senior class
please come to order?”
Who else could be saying this '
but .Cecil Davis, the cool and
calm president of the Senior
class. Everyone likes CecIL
He Is just naturally an easy
person to get along with and to
respect. His low tone of voice
really makes people listen to
what he has to say. Maybe
this Is why he is November’s
Rotary Boy.
Along with being president of
the Senior class, Cecil Is in the
Booster Club and band. He Isa
proud memlser of the Elegants
Society and active in the City
Recreation projects. Shooting
pool and playing cards are two of
Cecil’s interests, but he real
ly enjoys participatinginalldif-
ferent types of sports.
“I was very surprised and
thrilled when I was selected
Rotary Boy of the month. It
is the first time I have re
ceived an honor of that nature.”
Commenting on the school, Ce
cil said, “I feel that this year
the school Is not as much ‘to
gether’ as it was last year. But
I feel as the year progresses
the students will begin to work
together,”
CECIL
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