THE GRYPHON — Page Three James Taylor Plays ECU On cue from the; final notes of overseas was extremely included “Gorilla,” “Mexico,” Aaron Copland’s' “Appalachian popular: “ Carolina in my and “Lighthouse.” Spring,” the house lights Mind.” James showed a quick dimmed and blackened, to the wit in his stage appearance and Toward the end of the two obvious approval of the throng monologues. He dealt with hours, James, showed his of spectators. several mindless comments . -versatility- in his blues per­ A few seconds later, the from the' audience tactfully and formance of ‘ ‘Streamroller, ’ ’ spotlights in the rear of ECU’s unscathingly. another selection from “Sweet Minges Coliseum brightened He continued to’play favorites Baby James.” At the conclusion and centered on the lone of the crowd throughout the two of the performance, he thanked microphone, revealing behind hours. He almost replayed his the crowd ahd Ifeft th6 stage. JAMES TAYLOR: “This is an electric guitar. . . a red it, -a dark-haired, clean-shaven entire “Sweet Baby .James” The crowd, already on its feet, electric guitar. . . a vast improvement over the gas and figure bowing low from the' album including “FMre and' was hootin’ and hollerin’ for an steam ones that preceded it.” waist in acknowledgement of Rairi,” ' “Country Road”' and encore.'After a few minutes of the thunder of shouts of ap­ “Sunny Skies.’’ He was alo'ne on fool stomping, yelling, and proval and wild, applause. The the stage with only a piano,,an clapping; Mr. Taylor returned Seven Points To Remember crowd was about to experience electric guitar, and an acoustic tp-the stage .and finished with a rare one-man performance of guitar.. , His only . .ac­ two of his most popular pieces, The SAT has been in con­ socioeconomic background and James Taylor; a ' man who companiment was a few pre­ “You’ve Got A Friend” and the tinuous use for almost 50 years in consideration of social ob­ writes beautiful lyrics and plays recorded passages of title cut ffom “Sweet Baby as a tool in college admissions. stacles and physical demands beautiful guitar. background vocals. Other songs Jarhes.” ■ It has changed some, but ex­ with which the student may The white-clad performer, tensive research and have had to cope. wearing suspenders under his development molded the The SAT measures certain T-shirt, stood before the changes. Unfortunately, some characteristics basic to, exuberant concert-goers, and people forget that the SAT has academic success in college, without a word, began playing its limitations, as well as its but certainly not all. At the the first notes of “Anywhere Personal And Business Insurance values, and is therefore useful same time, it should be stressed Like Heaven.” His choice was only to the extent that it is that except for the record of met with approval of the crowd, applied with understanding and high school achievement, no as was every other song he played from his vast selection. discretion and with an in­ other measure known is as Mdore^s Bicycle Shop telligent appreciation of both its uniformly predictive of This special “Two Hour values and its limitations. academic success in college as Engagement with James 125 S. Washington Street, Rocky Mount, N. C. First, test scores, like all are the scores on the SAT. Taylor” had begun. Amid the pungent scent of heaHniiartprc i n r types of measurements, are not SAT scores do not pretend to ■ bicycle sales and service. perfectly precise. The standard measure or predict “success in marijuana, smoke and the error of measurement currently life.” They attempt to measure flavorful smell of cigarettes, the We’re an authorized Raleigh dealer.''You won't find a given in the guide is 30-34 points.. only those measureable heat had begun to build as did better bicycle than one of the many Raleigh models and you won’t find a better place to buy one. Although test scores are good characteristics that are the fans’ fervor. James in­ predictors of college per­ associated with good academic troduced many of his songs with formance, they are not always performance in college, in other anecdotes as to how he came to perfect predictors. Students words, grade-point average. write them. A song he wrote with high scores sometimes do But the grade-point averagie worse in college than expected, should not be considered the- wiiile students with low scarea , ultimate and sole criteria of sometimes do much better than aAbievernen).. .stuaenis expected. with C’s get more out of college Students do not have to get than some with A’s. very high scores to be admitted None of these seven points to collete. The SAT-verbal should be taken to suggest that average for cbll^e applicants the test scores- are not useful. is'445. The scores are extremely As useful as' they are, tiest useful, provided that- they are scores should never be used in used in the correct manner. isolation, but considered along with high school record. The high school record by itself is usually a better predictor than test scores. But both together are better than either one alone. 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