THE GRYPHON
PiAlished by the Journalism Class of Rocky Mount Senior High School
VOLUME in. No. 8 ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. FRTOAY, MARCH 3, 1972
1372 OUTSTANDING SENIORS: (left to right) first row—Margaret Taylor, Anne Watkins, Denise
Morgan, Yvonne Dew, Mary Barr, Karen Kirkman; second row—RIcliard Biilluck, Mac Melvin
Knight, RoscO'3 Batts, Haywood Parker, Mildred H^trdy, Rahn Barnes, Ruble Gibson, Bruce Flye,
Richard Newman, Mike BarnhllL Absent: Nancy Relerson, Janet Fish, Bob Dozier, Cecil Davis.
(Photo by Drew Cole,)
1972 Outstanding Seniors Revealed
By Hi-Noe-Ar After Sr. Vote
Council Members Confer
With Dr. Ben Currin
The Twenty Outstanding Se
niors for the Class of 1972
were recently selected by the
members of their class because
of their outstanding qualities
among their peers.
This projec.t Is sponsored
each year by the Hi-Noc-Ar
staff, which provides each se
nior homeroom with ballots
for the nomination of ten out
standing young ladles and ten
outstanding young men. The
RMSH Students
Selected Finalists
For Scholarships
Mary Barr and Yvonne Dew,
two RMSH seniors, were re
cently commended for their ad
vancement from semi-finalists
to finalists in the National
Achievement Scholarship Pro
gram for Outstanding Negro
Students,
Mary, the daughter of Mrs.
Evelyn Eady Barr, and Yvonne,
the daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Curtis Dew, are both amongthe
1,000 finalists competing for
scholarships in the United Sta
tes.
Winners of the National
Achievement Scholarship A-
ward for OutstandingNegroStu-
dents are to be announced March
1- A one-time, $1,000scholar
ship will be awarded to 225
winners, while one hundred stu
dents will receive renewable,
four-year college scholarships.
Both Mary and Yvonne re
ceived letters of commendation
January 27 for reaching the
finalist stage. Mr, Lemmon
C, McMillan, Vice-President of
the National Achievement Scho
larship Program, stated In his
letter, “We encourage you to
continue your education. Yoit
status as an Achievement Pro
gram finalist demonstrates
your potential to succeed in col
lege, and may help you to gain
admission to the college of your
choice,”
students receiving the most
votes are selected by the year
book staff and submitted to the
faculty for final approval.
These twenty students recei
ved this honor because they are
outstanding in such areas as
student organization, class or
ganization, athletics, cabinet
positions, and school spirit.
The following students were
selected as Outstanding Seniors
for 1972:
Mike Barnhill, son of Mr, and
Mrs, Kenneth Barnhill of 905
West Haven Blvd,, Rahn Barnes,
son of Mrs, V. A, Barnes of Rt,
2, Box 258; Mary Barr, daugh
ter of Mrs. Evelyn E. Barr of
618 Pennsylvania Avenue; Ros-
coe Batts, son of Mr, and Mrs,
Roscoe A. Batts; Richard Bul-
luck, son of Mr, and Mrs, Ja
mes Bulluck of 1613 Virginia
Street,
Other outstanding seniors in
clude Cecil Davis, grandson of
Mrs, Lucille Williams of 817
Highland Avenue: Yvonne Dew,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Cur
tis Dew of 404 Leonard Street;
Bob Dozier, son of Mr, and
Mrs. N. B. Dozier of 407 Pied
mont Avenue; Janet Fish, dau
ghter of Dr. and Mrs, Harry
Fish; Bruce Flye, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Flye of Rt. 1,
Oratorical Winner
Chris Perryman, a junior at
RMSH, recently won first place
in the Northeastern Division
American Legion Oratorical
Contest, In Loulsburg, Friday,
February 18,
Because he won In the North
eastern Division, he advanced
to the state Oratorical Contest
which was held in Asheboro,
Thursday, February 24.
Chris Perryman’s first
speech was made concerning the
United States Constitution, He
was awarded a gold uu-dalanda
fifty dollar savings bond from
the American Legion for his
winning performance.
Battleboro,
Also, Mildred Hardy, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Har
dy of 1111 Holly Street; Ruble
Gibson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Percy Gibson of 1103 Hun
ter Street; Karen Kirkman, dau
ghter of Mr, and Mrs. W. G.
Kirkman of 307 Mallory Street;
Mac Melvin Knight, grandson
of Mrs, Rebecca Knight of 1641
Fountain Street; Denise Mor
gan, niece of Mr, and Mrs.
Wilbur Horne of 1004 Moore
Street.
Other outstanding seniors are
Richard Newman, son of Mrs.
Elizabeth Newman of 1610Coo
per Street: Haywood Parker,
son of Mrs. Rosa Gaynor of
1024 Hunter Street: Nancy Relr-
son, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Robert K. Relerson of Battle
boro' Margaret Taylor, daugh
ter of Mr, and Mrs, Grover
Taylor of 624 Glenn Avenue;
Anne Watkins, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, J, R. Watkins of 3625
Westrldge Circle Drive,
After the students were noti
fied that they had been chosen
as Outstanding Seniors for 1972
they expressed their apprecia
tion and delight for being se
lected to receive the honor. This
honor denotes the students’ abi
lity to achieve and become out
standing in various areas.
Student Advisory Council
members have a “direct pipe
line of communication” with Dr.
Currin, and that fact was re
vealed February 23 when the
council met and discussed sev
eral significant problems.
One problem involved student
unrest at athletic activities.
Promoting the disruption of or
der at games Is “the best way
to kill student athletic activi
ties,” explained Dr, Currin,
“Once you cancel night ball
games, athletic activities are
gone,” he added.
Some students were Interest
ed In having a pep band at ga
mes, Dr, Currin supported the
idea with the understanding that
order would coexist with the
entertainment. Communication
and organizational problems
have prevented the pep band
from performing In recent
months.
Another problem discussed
Involved basic learning skills
of students. Many students at
RMSH do not know how to read
effectively. Special education
classes are full, Reading class
es are fulL What can be done?
One student pointed out that
some students merely take
reading for an easy credit, thus
filling a quota without fulfilling
a need.
When asked about the possibi
lity of having a graphic arts
department at RMSH, Dr. Cur
rin said money Is the only hang
up. The minimal cost for such
a program (Including printing
press) would run somewhere
between $30,000 and $45,000.
For those students who are
Three RMSH D. E. students
were selected as contest win
ners In various categories of
the Distributive Education Dis
trict 3-B contest at Northern
Nash Senior High School, Feb
ruary 10,
Contestants from twelve sc
hools in the District 3-B con
test competed In the fields of
Advertising, Creative Market-
Interested in relating ideas to
the Student Advisory Council,
there is a new member. He is
senior Danny Sawyer who re
places Wayne Hodges as Human
Relations Committee Chair
man,
Bob Dozier Wins
Title Of Alternate
Bob Dozier, a senior at
RMSH, was recently announced
as an alternate finalist In the
competition for the 1972 More-
head Scholarship awards to
study at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel HilL
The son of Mr. and Mrs. N.
B, Dozier, Jr., of Rocky Mount,
Bob was selected as one of two
alternate finalists from Dis
trict 1, a nineteen-county dis
trict of the Morehead Founda
tion, which includes NashCoun-
ty.
In addition to the two alter
nate finalists from District I,
six finalists were chosen to ap
pear for Interviews before the
Central Morehead Selection
Committee in Chapel Hill,
These six finalists and two
alternate finalists were select
ed from eighteen nominees re
presenting fifteen counties in
District I, All nominees were
interviewed Thursday, Febru
ary 3, by the District I com
mittee, whose Chairman is Lo-
rimer Mldgett of Elizabeth City.
Representing Nash County a-
long with Bob for the Morehead
Award was Mike Barnhill, al
so a senior at RMSH,
Ing, Public Speaking, Sales De
monstration, and Student of the
Year.
Jacqueline Whitehead, the
daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Her
man L. Whitehead of 180-A
Pinehurst Drive, who is an af
ter-school employee of Sears,
Roebuck and Company, won first
place In the Public Speaking
Contest,
Ronald Lee, the son of Mrs,
Alene Lee of 1211 WlnstonWalk,
an after - school employee of
Carolina Office Equipment
Company, won first place In the
Student of the Year contest.
Don J. Naumann, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Nau
mann of 300 Oakdale Road, who
Is an after-school employee of
Montgomery Ward and Com
pany, won second place in the
Advertising Contest.
Schools represented at theD. ,
E. meeting in addition to RMSH
included Tarboro High School,
Bunn High School, Roanoke Ra
pids Junior and Senior High Sc
hools, Weldon High School,
Smithfield Selma Senior High
School, Saith J ohnston High Sc
hool, Northern and Southern
Nash High Schools, and Fike
High School.
THE STITDENTS pictured above were recently selected as con
test winners in the annual Distrilxitlve Education District 3-B
contest. Left to right—Jacqueline Whitehead, Don Nauman, and
Ronald I^ee, (Photo by Drew Cole.)
D. E. Members Awarded In
District 3B Competition