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THE GRYPHON
FEBRUARY 27, 1974
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Students Celebrate
Black History Week
Pictured above is a random shot of Hey-Day, held February 5, after school. (Photo by Kent Murray)
RMSH Students Nominated
To Attend Allstate Competition
Rocky Mount Senior High
will be well-represented for
the Allstate Competition to be
held on the East Carolina
Campus in Greenville, N.C. on
February 15-16,1974. All-state
Band is an auditioned group of
high school students from
eastern North Carolina rated
by judges for their musical
talent. Out of the hundreds
that compete, only 160
students are selected. These
160 are divided into two bands
- the Symphonic and the
Concert Bands, with 80
members each.
The trip begins Friday
morning, the 15th, when the
group will leave from Rocky
Mount for their journey to
Greenville. Auditions begin at
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Friday. However, one Friday
night, the College Band
performs for all of their guests
on Campus. Auditions con
tinue on Saturday from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Then in the
evening, the selected Allstate
players perform, and their
exciting experience will end
soon after, when they must
return home.
Each person who par
ticipates in the Allstate
Competition receives a medal.
It is a round emblem with the
shape of the state of North
Carolina engraved, Greenville
starred, and a pine cone
centered in the state. Red,
white, and blue ribbons are
attached. Wade Woodley has
received the medal for four
consecutive years.
Congratulations!
Future Band plans in
clude the Eastern North
Carolina Band Contest to be
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held here, at RMSH, as it has
been for the past three years.
The participants will perform
under four directors - two
from South Carolina, one from
Virginia, and one from North
Carolina. The Bands are
graded numerically and
classified into superior, ex
cellent, good, fair, and poor
categories. Ten to fifteen
bands from eastern North
Carolina are represented
annually.
The GRYPHON staff
would like to wish our RMSH
Band all the luck now and for
the future!
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Black History Week was
held February 10-16, 1974. The
theme for this year was
“Helping America Un
derstand.”
Across the state and
nation various organizations
celebrated Black History
Week. A different issue was
devoted to each day of the
week. Sunday was Africian
Heritage Day. The Black
American involvement from
the African Society was the
key topic of this day. Monday
was “Afro-American Con
tributions to Socio-Political
Life.” Blacks who have made
important contributions in
this field were recognized.
Tuesday was “Afro-American
Contributions Through In
ventions and Discoveries.”
Scientists, inventors, and
others were commended for
their work. Wednesday was
“Afro-American Con
tributions Through
Economics.” Thursday was
“Afro-American Con
tributions Through Education
and Human Values.” Friday
was designated as “People
and the Critical Issues of the
Seventies” day while
Saturday’s theme was
“Brotherhood and the Better
Way.”
The Black Heritage
Committee at RMSH planned
activities to be held during the
celebrated week.
Black History Week is
designed to recognize the
important contributions of
Blacks to our society. It also
shows how Blacks have af
fected the American way of
life and have added their own
special spices to the American
cultural melting pot.
SRA Meets
For Second
Semester
The second meeting of the
second semester SRA met
Tuesday, February 12, during
second period. After the
devotion was given and the
minutes of the last meeting
were read, committee reports
were given. The Social
Committee reported that
TWIRP (the woman is
requested to pay) week will be
held March 11-15, with a dance
to end up the week. The Lost
and Found Committee
reported on the articles turned
in first semester and the
House and Grounds Com
mittee requested that all
students keep the freshly
painted classrooms and
restrooms clean. The Com
munity Outreach Committee
reported that they are making
plans to start visitation to
resthomes again.
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