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Page 2 THE BLACKBIRD Friday, Amfl 14, 1967 ^ 4^^ y; iMM I I, 11 V £ ^ ''' 'Xv ^ ''C'lv^ School Dump Thaws It is again Spring. The great Rocky Mount blizzard has melted and once again the ground can be seen. That is, everywhere except in the parking lot. No amount of melting, or wind blowing, or rain, or sleet, or anything, will make it so you can see the ground there, for everything is covered with a layer of trash. Rumor has it that if all the trash in the parking lot was laid end to end, the line would stretch twice the length from one end to the middle. Others say tha it has been so long sincei the parking lot met the sun, that all the rock and gravel has rotted. All this is shameful! We must take better care of our parking lot, if it is still there, hidden by all the garbage. Really, students who refuse to respect the proper ty which has been set aside for their use should not be allowed to use it. Means have been provided to keep the parking lot clean, with trash cans spaced strategically around. Also, groups of boys misbehave in school just so they can go out after school to clean up. All that is left is for you do do your part. This way, we can all enjoy a clean, nice parking area. Cactus Flower In N. Y. “Serious plays may fal to the right or succeed modestly to the left; but it is the neiwest Odd Couple that strs an indecent haste to the box office. We are all partisans of comedy . . (Gaiter Kerr, “A Love for Comedy,” Playbill, March, 1967, No. 3). Broadway’s current comedy. Cactus Flower, is an immoderately funny one, even to the point of being hilarious at times. Its plot is a tale of jumbled ro mances involving' a dashing young dentist, played by Barry Nelson; his spinsterish nurse, played by Lauren Bacall; a young girl who is the dentist’s lover at the offset, played by Ethelyne Dunfre; and a struggling young writer, played by Burt Brincker- hoff. It is a case of the wrong combinations, all cli maxed by a delightful righting of all wrongs. Cuctus Flower is the product of Abe Burrows, author-director, Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, the authors of the original comedy, and David Merrick, producer. Burrows applies his multi-creative talents to the theater as writer and director. Ever since he first co-authored the book Guys and Dolls which led to his successful association with Fewer and Martin on three other musicals, Can-Can, Silk Stockings, and most recently, the Pulitzer prize musical How to Succeed, Mr. Burrows has 'been in constant de mand. Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, authors of the original comedy, Fleur de Cactus, have been the foremost comedy-writing team of the French Thea ter for the past ten years. Each theatrical season has seen either another original play or an adaptation by the Messrs. Barillet and Gredy. David Merrick, Cactus Flower’s producer, has pre sented close to fifty shows in the past ten years, most of which have been srpash hits. Currently he is represented by the Tony and Drama Critics Award musical Hello, Dolly!, the highly successful Woody Allen comedy Don’t Drink the Water and the musical I Do! I Do! in addition to Cactus Flower. The cast includes such renowned stars as Lauren Bacall and Barry Nelson. Miss Bacall, who plays the part of Stephanie, the spinster-nurse, made her stage debut in her early teens before becoming a top fashion model for the slick magazines. Her recent film is Harper, co-star- ing Paul Newman. In 1959 she returned to Broad way in George Alexander’s comedy Goodbye Charlie. Barry Nelson, the dashing young dentist, has been associated mostly with hits and long-running ones at that. He has had quite a versatile career. Last summer he directed Mary, Mary. Elthelyne Dunfre, the elusive Toni, made her broadway bow in The Boy’ Frend. On Broadway she has acted in the musicals Greenwillow and West Side Story. She is seen on humerous commercials and the Ed Sullivan and Girl Talk. It is she who makes Cactus Flower come alive. N.c, hlie% m FBMALe SCROSCH Scrosch Returns Sporing is, in general, a good thing. But like most good things, it does hav« a few drawbacks. After numer ous requests by the Health De partment, the PoMce, and a lit tle old lady in South Willow Falls, Alaska, it has been de cided to write this article tell ing about the chief drawback of Spring. This most important menace is the SCROSCH. As many of you may remember from last year, the scrdsch is a dangerous insect from our home state whidh pounces upon its victim’s nose and sucks until the face caves in. The reason it is important to think of the scrosch at this time of year is because this is the time when they multi ply at an astounding rate. The breeding ground is chiefly cen tered near the murky d^ths of Bayview, North Carctoa. It has been estimated that it aU the scrosch which mate at Bay view were laid end to end, the first scrosch would not be be hind another scrosch. The history of the discovery of scrosdh by man is extreme ly interesting. It seems that one day a herd of Pekingese dogs were grazing in the desert when suddenly a dark cloud appeared on the boiuzon. It should be noted that, at tWis time, the Pekingese variety of dogs had noses ovor sevra feet long. Swiftly, the cloud attacked, (ac tually, it was a iflock of scroz, plural of scrosch) and in less than thirty minutes, the pride of the Pekingese species, the seven-foot nose, was gome for ever! The adult male scrosch is about two and onenhalf inches wide, a little over two inches tall, and one-eighth of an inch thick (before attacking.) The female scrosch is similar din size, but is sbaped more like a kite tail. The name “SCROSCH” comes from the peculiar spot forma-, tion on the back which seems to speJl out that word. It hais been rumored that the practice of fighter pilots paint ing emblems on the side of their planes for each victory was de rived directly from the male scrosch. After each successful attack, the sorosdh marks a small nose on his back with his anteona. Since only the female has wings, the male attaches him self to his mate for travelling. He then acts as if he were a bear iin hibernation and sleeps and loses weight. Do you know the seven warn ing signals of scrosch attack? No one doeis. No one has sur vived long enough to reveal them to an anxiously awaiting world. Only one thing is cer tain: that is, the first sign of attack is a feeling that one’s face is caving in. Then the poor victim has only one hope— the eihirdlu. Editor’s Note: Check future issues for additional vital in formation concerning: man’s only hope—the shirdlu. From The Nest Of The Editor The resignation of Mr. Dudley Whitley comes as quite a shock to the students of RMSH . Mr. Whitley has been a well-Hked as well as well^respected teach er and icoach in his years here. He has helped ibuild up the ath letic pi-ogram of RMSH. Al though everyone is pleased that Coach Whitley has received this elevaWon of position, his loss will be felt deeply by the stu dents who knew him. CENTENNIAL CHAPTERS The Rocky Mount Centinnial celebration is getting quite a bit of support from both stu dents and teachers here. There have been four Centennial BeHe- chapters organized at RMSH; one each by the sophomore, jun ior, and senior girls and also one by the teachers. There are several Brothers of the Brush chapters at RMSH and many of the iboys have joined groups out side of school. GYM FACILITIES It has recently been ibrought to light thait the gym facilities here need renovating. The con dition of and the lack of space in the dressing rooms is atroc ious. There is no entirely safe place for P. E. students to leave valuables. The ventilation in the dressing rooms is awful. In order to get the siteam from the showers out, windows opening onto walkways have to be opened. TWIRP WEEK This week has been the week of the TWIRP. As a boy I can describe it in only one way—'Fabulous. The dance to night promises to be a lot of fun. I hope everyone plans to NCEA CONVENTION Principal Vincent J. Colombo, Asst. Principal Dudley Whitley, and Mrs. Suzanne Salford of RMHS attended the NCEA Con vention 'held in Asheville, N. C. recently. Mr. Colombo was elected as President of the Prin cipal’s Dept, of the NCEA. Burd Of The Week No. 10 Last issue, five students join ed the ranks of the burds for their outstanidingly wierd per formance in the Senior Talent Show. Of these, four are back this issue, having done a com plete repeat performance. The “Tigers” journeyed to Rober- sonville the first night RMSH was out for Easter, to attend the big dance at a warehouse there with the “Embers.” As the show progressed, it seemed to the Tigers that ithings were a little slow so they jumped up on stage land launched into their lively act. Jackie Gore, lead singer for ithe Embers, was so deeply moved when she saw the Tigers, that he was not sure what to do. Therefore, he climb ed onto the rafters to watch from above. In all, it was very burd-worthy. Glory, laud and honor. As spring begins to be obvi ous, many new burds will hatch around good ol’ (?) Senior High. The beach is one of the favorite hatching areas for Rocky Mount burds. lit is hoped that as this big move develops, the burd- editor will keep posted. Also, it seems that many here in our school have forgotten that the Blaqueiburd will award a scholarship at the end of the year. This new Burd of the Year Sdholarship- is valued at 69 cents for any college, uni- vers'ity, technical school, busi ness college or magazine stand. Such a valuable prize should be sought by all students, so they shouM be endeaver to become burds soon. Also, note that the Tigers 'have bounded into the lead with two sitraight wins. To them, the scholarship is worth 17% cents each. Grirrreat! HarkhirJi Member of Columbia Scholastic Press Associatioii $1.25 Yearly — $.25 Single Issue EDITOR Geoirge Clack ADVERTISING MANAGER Creedi BUSINESS MANAGER ’.. " Lynda Hairoll CIRCULATION MANAGER Mack Pridgeo PAGE EDITORS: Is* Roger StancQ Chris Stanley Bruce Gurganus 4th Kathy Vlverette and Lynda Hanrell 5th Dan Ballance aad Arthur Marcus 6th George Clack ADVISER Mrs. Margjiret Williams PRINCIPAL .' Ml-. V. J. Colombo
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