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PAGES THE GRYPHON Friday, Jamiary 21, 1972 frifiC ji jtSEI EDirORIALI All Help All This may sound like a very Idealogical statement, but, in fact it is occurringthroughout the entire school system every day. The first grade teacher helps the youngster learn the fundamentals of reading; the youngster helps the teacher gain an insight into the com plicated learning process. The high school student receives help from a teacher in a particularly diffi cult subject; the teacher and student achieve a better understanding of each other. There are a million incidents daily that point to the success of “All Help All”, Little things like “Thank You/’ “Good morning,” “How’s it coming”', or “What’s happening?” often make some one’s day a lit tle brighter, “All He^ All”-it’s a good idea-keep it alive. Don’t Miss The Boat As first semester nears its end, students have quickly resolved to do better this year. However, resolutions do not seem to alter the facts of low se mester and exam grades. The end of the semester brings the first round of yearly exams for sopho mores and juniors. As the seniors have been given the option of an exam-free semester, they showed weigh carefully this privilege. As for the sopho mores and juniors, they should not take these exams too lightly as they have been known to pass or flunk even the brightest students. There Is one thing for sure—last minute cramming will only build uptension and add confusion. With second semester quickly com ing up, students need to resolve to study more, and play around less. Maybe second semester will bring happier results to the “goof-offs” of first semester. However, many students find it even harder to study for spring exams, due to warm weather and beach " vacations! So, if you miss the boat both semesters, you’ll be left behind in June, too. Maybe? Look out Chicago, 1972 is gonna be another one of those years. No, there won’t be any Abbie Hoffmans, Jerry Rubins, Yippies, Hippies or other assorted characters who turned the 1968 Democratic Conven tion into a carnival. There won’t be any William Kuntslers, or “Chicago 8’s”. No, the problem seems to be an internal one. There are ONLY about ten announced candidates for the Democratic nomination. It seems that every Dem ocratic leader in the country wants to be President. The convention, therefore could prove to be a very interesting one, for, there have Tiever been so many candidates seeking the nomination. Now, why would anyone want to be President! Don’t they realize that he has more responsibility and pro blems than any other man in the U.S.A. Maybe they want to do their best to improve America. MayJae they have the programs to set America straight. May be they want to save the land of the free and the home of the brave. Or maybe they want to make $200,000 a year. Maybe. from HISTORY’S SCRAPBOOK DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS ] The first U.S. postage stamp was used, December 31, 1847. Importation of ;laves into the U.S. was prohibited as of January 1, 1S08. The U.S. Flag was first raised on January 2, 1776. January 3, 1889, was the date the General Electric Com pany announced its organization and incorporation. Utah became the 45th State to enter the Union on January 4,1896. The American Red Cross was chartered, January 5, 1905. Morse sent the first telegram, January 6, 1838. 'gB—MM Around The Campus In accordance with the old chiche, “All good things must come to an end,” the Christmas holidays are over and it's time to get back to the (dread the thought) old studying game. And heaven forbid, exam time Is here again. Have fun, sophs and juniors. Rejoice, seniors, I was disturbed recentl5?when the Rocky Mount Telegram ran an article on the first meeting of the Student Advisory Com mittee, with Dr. Ben CurrIn, One of the members of the com mittee stated that students not The Ballad Of Fetister Bivwak Fenster Bivwak was just an average kid in an average school, State University High, Fenster was bored, like every one else, with just about every thing, but one was the barrage of passes necessary to go any where in good ol’ State High. He got tired of needingapass to go to the library or leave school even in a free period, or even just to go to the bath room. Long ago Fenster had given up on passes but this at titude had it disadvantages; for example, Lional Porthole had caught him many a time rov ing the halls of State High, for which he was severely chastis ed. It was even worse when the assistant principle got him —yessir. Old Dirty Roads did n’t take anything from anyone, and Fenster spent a lot of time in his air-conditioned office, Fenster just had to come up with an idea that would stop this end less dilemna. In his mind he reiterated the thoughts of a permanent pass, and finally he made one. He took a simple block of wook and wrote on it “Hall pass from 174 to Lav.” It worked like a charm for quite a while until they finally caught • up with him. After telling him twice that the lava tory was not In the cafeteria, and three times that he should definitely not go in his locker, they began to get suspicious. Then they came to the brilliant discovery that 174 was the jani tor’s room. The next time he came out they clapped on the Irons, and you'll never guess where they got him—in the lava tory. Well, that was ten years ago, and by the way Fenster Bivwak doesn’t need a pass anymore but he does come from the right room—he’s a janitor. By RICHARD NEWMAN enrolled in the journalism class “aren’t offered enough opportu nity to express their feelings.'' It has been, and always will be the policy of this paper to print any opinions any student at Senior High. We ask only that the student express his opin ions in a letter to the Editor, The reason that there has been no printed letter is because there have been no letters at alL If you have something to say, say it. The opportunity is there. The plain fact is that nobody lias cared to express their opinion in print, I rest my case. A lot of Senior High folk re treated to one of the best rock concerts to be presented in eastern North Carolina. The Ides of March appeared at North Carolina Wesleyan College last Friday night. They offered some of the best progressive rock apparent on the American scene. Other concerts includ ed Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Buddy Miles Express, who appeared at Fayetteville's Cumberland County Audi torium. Seniors! Did it ever occur to you that last year's seniors were now suffering through the perils of exam cramming? We should certainly count our blessings, for we surely have something to be thanlcful for. As for you Juniors and Sopho mores—cram it! Speaking of Seniors, I guess we really blew It again. In an Record Review George Harrison ^Bangla Desk’ George Harrison has done it again. He has proved that he is the most serious (and maybe even the most talented) ex- Beatle, Harrison assembled a group of friends (Eric Clapton, Rln- go Starr, Badfinger, Leon Rus sell, Billy Preston, Bob Dy lan, Ravi Shankar) for a bene fit show at Madison Square Garden, All proceeds to the show were to go to the Bangla Desh Relief Fund, No profit for the performers. Smile on your brother. From this historic concert, or should I say two concerts, (for two shows were given]^ comes the 3 record set, “The Concert for Bangla Desh.” The set contains some of the best “live'' music ever recorded. Material includes some old Beatle stuff (While My Guitar Gently Weeps), some previously recorded Harrison (My Sweet Lord, Awaiting on You All), some fantastic Dy lan (Mr. Tamborine Man, Just Like a Woman), and some un believable Shankar (Bangla Dhun), To give you an idea about how exciting the LP is, George Har rison introduces Dylan—“And now Pd like you to meet a friend of mine, Mr. Bob Dylan,” Pandemonium erupts. Harri son, Dylan, Clapton, Starr, Preston, and Russell on the same stage. By the way, you can get this album for manufactures cost, because a.11 proceeds on the al- bum will also go to Bangla Desh, You Said It If you are one of the two percent who knows more than your teacher, if you have all the answers on what is wrong with the world, if you can see no sense in the school program and cannot take advantage of your learning opportunities, there is little this school can do for you. “Tattler Tina, Missouri assembly last week with Mr, Pittman, we again showed our complete disrespect. The in formation he had to give us was of vital importance to every senior. Way to go. THE GRYPHON Member of Columbia Scholastic Press Association Member of Quill and Scroll, I.H.S.H.S.J. $1.25 Yearly EDITOR Richard Newman BUSINESS MANAGER Mary Barr ADVERTISING MANAGER Teresa Slavln CIRCULATION MANAGER Debbie Griffin PAGE EDITORS: 1st Doug Cole 2nd Richard Newman 3rd Colette Rawls, Melissa Pittman 4th Debbie Griffin 5tb Mike Taylor €th Henrietta Sellers, ^Secky Roberson JUNIOR STAFF: Janet Barkbouse. Ray Brinn, William Farmer, Sue Ford, Sabrina Gardiner. Mona Macky, Jo Safy. ADVISOR Mrs. Margaret Williams PRINCIPAL Mr. Elton Newbern ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Mr. Roscoe Batts ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Mr, Robert Miller
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