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THE BI.ACKRXRD, ROCKY MOUNT IHGH SCHOOL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1950
THE BLflCKBiHD
Official Publication of
Rocky Mount High School
Member of the
Columbia Scholastic Press j\sisociatioi>
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Alva Wallscp
Assistant Editor Fred Patton
News Editor Janet Mellor
Sports Editors Johnnie Shelton, James Johnson
Feature Editor Carolyn Ellis
Literary Editor Margaret Eason
Exchange Editor Veins Motley
P. T. S. A. Reporter Virginia Gray
Colun’nist , Jean Cooper
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Emily Baker
Circulation Manager Tam Holliday
Advertising Manager Shirley Robbins
Assistant Advertising Manager Sus Franks
Typists Second Year Tyning Class
FACULTY ADVISER MRS. T. D. YOUNG
Published fourteen times during the year by the Journ?lism Class
of Rocky Mount High School.
Subscription Rate $1,00
What Peace Means To Me
Peace means that I will no longer live in dread of war,
war in which rny friends and kin get killed. It means that
boys and girls, men and women, all over the earth will be safe
from evil men, spurred on by greed and desire for power.
Peace means that each one is free to do what he wishes.
There are no hungry and dirty people, lying about in streets
and gutters. No buildings are demolished, but clean, cheer
ful homes for everyone. No sad-faced displaced persons are
wandering about. Church bells peel out on Sunday mornin;^
and streams of families walk together, although they enter
different churches. No juvenile delinquents but adequate re
creation facilities are provided to keep everyone contented.
Peace comes when God takes away all suffering, brought
about by war or other means, and when men can live toge
ther like true brothers.
I Thank Thea
Dear God, my teaclier in
scnooi touay loiu me lo Wiice Uii
Lue X tiiuniAiui lor,
iou A-iioiV, Db'&i' uua, lo
VvC'JlU
take
me a long iinie lo
Wiii/C uuvvn Oil ciii Ult;
iul* WillL'il. X Uii Ui.
* uiaiiiUdi iui‘ my mou'ier
ana lauier, wno are i>o 'Vvuiiaui-
lui io liie.
X uiaiik tnee for a warm, hap-
py lull OI luve UiiU COiii-
One i/iimk I’m thanktul for is
yie privilege to live ui Aiuerioa.
r or tne chaiioe ox stctuig aa
education I’m most thdiikiiui;
i in ihankiUl for ine air I
breathe and for all any Itmtos,
and, too, I’m thankfui i've had
no disease to overcome me.
, I am thankful for my many
friends.
ADove all. Dear God, I thank
They for Uxe church I attend and
if it were not for You, I couldn’t
be thankful at all.
There are many more things I
have to be thankful for, but how
long will these things exist un
less everyone unites in World
Peace.
Armistice Day
At one minute before eleven o’clock on November 11,
-1S4S, tlie-balllcfront in France shook with the roar of cannons.
Ope minute later, at exactly eleven; a cry of joy resounded
around the earth. World War I was over! The Armistice ha^
been signed with Germany.
Since then November 11 has been commemorated as Ar
mistice Bay, the day of peace on which to pay tribute to the
dead World War heroes.
Since the Armistice Day of 1918, the world has been
thrown into a second great war and this too has been closed
with peace treaties signed on certain days, creating other
Peace Days to be noted.
Now once again, after World War II, we are faced with
another crisis and it has become even more important and
necessary to participate in these services, all of which em
phasize the need for peace and unity in the world. For with
out these dead, the whole world would be as unstable as part
of it is today. Let’s get together and fight communistic aggres
sion. Let’s become once more the confident and self-assured
Americans.
What Price—Popularity?
It is nice to be popular, called up every evening, and
swamped with invitations. But if one has to pay too high a
price for this, it is better to pass it by. Sticking to what one
believes in, domg what conscience says is right, and keeping
friendly and happy will bring one’s share of real friends.
It’s hard to say, “I’m sorry I cannot go,” or “I have to be in
early,” especially when most of the others are going along.
But the girl'who refuses to compromise principles, the
boy who stands by his convictions and-holds to what is good,
are certain of being respected, honored, and loved.
Popularity is cheap and easy and short lived, but the way
of happiness takes more, costs more, and rewards more rapid-
ly-
Concerning Smoking
A girl should breathe perfume wherever she goes, but
today it is cigarette smoke that lingers in her hair and clothes.
Boys have enough of that of their own.
A girl’s mouth should be one of her best features. It’s
smile is more expressive and more powerful than any words
or glances. A cigarette in it destroys its lines and robs it of
its expression.
Girls of high school age could do better than make a ha
bit of smoking. It reduces their vitality and sometimes endan
gers their health.
They do not need to smoke for recreation nor do they
need a sedative. When they’re old and tired that should be
time enough for it—if then. Until then, it would be just fine
if they left it for the old folks!
Life In Autumn
Ociooer is wanms — when
nig.ii^ are drencneu with aew
and we wake to tne cool loueatn
01 autumn.
Darkness falls sooner, swial-
lowing up each day a little more
lignt. JacK rrost lays his. white
mantle over hiil ana oaie. Beau
ty stalks through tne sunlit
woods like Joseph in his coat of
many colors. Multi - c o 1 o red
leaves drift to earth, forming mo
saic patterns on the ground.
Birds are migrating to .a warm
er climate, and soon certain
animals and insects will hibern-
nate into dreamless sleep.
Farmers have harvested their
wheat and tobacco, .coiii staads
brown and sere, scon to be ga
thered profit from their labor.
Some folks think farm life drab
and full of hard work, but most
of us love it. It gives us an in
sight into the mysteries of the
universe — life in the large and
in the small, for the nearer wt
are to nature, the nearer iwe are
to God.
Life is like the seasons—
spring, summer, autumn pnc’
winter. For the afternoon fol
lows the mominsr, and twilight
signifies night is near. The youth
of today is the mpn of tomo"
row, and day after tomorrow, so
to, speak, he will began travel
ing toward the sunset.
This autumn we are at iwar. ..
overs^fls our 'boys are fightin?
and r>ving, anri oi”- thout'hts and
prave’"s are with thom.
We live in riepd. not ye?.'-s. .in
thought. Ti'^t breath . ,1n
not in sh"iflr*ws on d1«l.Pnt when
it gets pnon?rh. the stqrs
will sh’ne. Ood created the heav
en and rar+h ♦■h" ■’T!0’”itai’i® ■'’nri
pop-; ol’ flp r-^e>OTitv
tVtpronf .'-'lit o:''' of mo«t v>on-
derfnl ib’i^gs he made w^s man.
■.rgt tV\o of tbe woi’id
lie in the h''—^
Ivlrs.
Octobe” — 19,50
Don't Race On Cars
Jack and John were at the
wiieels
Of two high powered automo
biles.
As they wert: racing.
The police were chasing,
And they were not lookin';
where they wore going.
Soon the sii-ens really starter!
roaring.
For they had a wreck which
caused a death,
And it all happened before a
deep breath.
By Douglas Newton
'Dear Principal'
The band was playing:
Our cheerleaders were shout
ing;
The team was rocking;
Our opponents were pouting;
Mr. Edson wias smiling
From ear to ear;
Students were brimming over
with good cheer.
Could it ibe, dear Cyrus
Because the team won that
trophy this year? j
Sue Franks I
How Thanksgiving Day Came About
With Indians as guests of hon
or about tables loaded with
game and fish, wild fruits from
the forest, and corn bread and
vegetables from their new gar
dens, the Pilgrim Fathers cele
brated their first American har
vest in October. 1621. This har
vest festival has come to be
known today as Thanksgiving
During the Revolutionary
War, the Contineintal Congress
appointed December 18, 1777,
to be obserred as a “Thanksgiv
ing Day” in conseo.uence of the
surfender of Burgoyne. In the
first vear of his office. President
Washington issued a proclam
ation recommending that No
vember 26, 178-9, ibe kept as a
day of “National Thnaksgiving”
for the establishment of a form
of govemiment that made for
safety and happiness
In 1864 President Lincoln is
sued a proclamation in which he
“appointed and set aside” the
last Thursday in November as a
day of National Thanksgiving
In 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt,
desiring to lenp'then the interval
between Thanksgiving and
Christmas, named the third
Thursday as ’■he dat^e of '-eloi'^ra-
tion, but in December 1941, Con-
giress passed a resolution mak
ing the fourth Thursday c. leg
al holidaiv. and so it has since
stood and still stands today.
Prayers For
Thanksgiving
Let all 01 us in lull accor d
Give graiexul thanjcs uaio the
Lord —
A very kind and gracious
Loi’d,
Who givts us more than our
reward.
Prom an Old New England
Primer
. . .ye sh a 11 not see the
sword, neitler snail ye have la-
mine, out I will give you assured
peace in tnis place Jer. 14:13
Help me, dear God, to Keep
my promises “I pledge allegi
ance to the flag of tne Linued
States of Anerica and to the re-
puolic for wiicn it stands, one
nation, indivisiole,. with liberty
and justice ibr all.”
Dear God, when of imy coun
try.
Land of Liberty I sing.
Where mointain side,
once Pilgrm's pride.
With Preeiom’s echoes ring—
I know It ij a ncible land,
A proud land, and a free.
With rocks and rills
and templed lills
Because, dear God, of thee
Long may )ur skies and anth
ems ring.
For countrji home, and God,
our Kind
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain.
For purple nountain majesties
Above the fmited plain!
America! Anerica!
God shed Hb grace on thee
And crown hy good with bro
therhood
From Sea t( shining sea!
Eitherine Lee Bates
Let's Read
This week, November 12 - 18.
has been set aside as National
Book Week. People are urged to
take advantage of the public lib
raries and read good bcoks.
Not too long a'’o books v.'ere
as precious as gold. People tre-
a.c;ured ^hr^m and took perfect
care of t’^em.
Todfiy people throw books
around as if they were balls.
They tear them, write in them,
cut them and never think any
thing about H. Are you guilty of
these crimes?
In Tleir Way
On one coE day, many years
ago.
Pilgrims Siiled from Holland
so slow;
They knei’ not where their
ship would lock
Whon all hope "'as gone, they
saw Plymoith Rock.
After day of hard work and
toil
.And raisng food and tilling
soil.
The Pilgrms and Indians in
their way.
Gave a oig feast, thankinc
God that da'.
Since thjt day on we’ve done
the same,
G’ving hanks and praising
Hi.'! nnme.
We knof that He gives all His
love.,
And aijgood gifts come from
above.
Carolyn Ellis
A portd>le plow unit has been
developed for quick clearing of
forest fire '.ine?.
A compt’ tail is away from the
sun and tlus may be traveling
ahead oi tl^ comet.
Better Understanding
While we are living at a criti
cal period of our modern da /
life, we should have and seek a
better understanding and view
point of the problems each of us
face from day to day.
We should fear nothin'!', for
we fear, we lose our faith: and
to lose our faith we lose hope
and trust of ourselves and our
eaders.
If we are to prosper and make
good our coimtry. it is of utmost
importance that we uphold our
•ights, regardless of the preju
dices that confront us.
Our land, America, has many
things which make our possibi-
Ijtjos Tf' used rlirht. th"se'
possibilites can prepare the
way for a li'-ing condition that is
very progressive.
We should discover the s'',?-
ret.c to success in any field we
might enter.
To find, examine, and to roa';-
on out is to know more about
onr surroundinrs a’^r! our nno-
ple and other peoples and their
surroundings as well.
We can accomplish much now
that we have (lie ways in which
to u-e our rp5ources for the best
of our countrv
Let us start today to live and
learn the way to make a nation,
of which our children’s children
will be proud.
Song Of The
Open Road
I think that i ;hal] never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Indeed unle,ss the billboards
fall
I’ll never see a tree at all.
Guayule, a shrub that grows
wild on the dry table lands of
Mexico and Texas, has been
known for centuries as a rubber
producer. Indian made bouncing;
balls from the elastic substance
in the plant. Guayule was first
suggested as a possible source of
domestic rubber about 1900.
Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor
of the telegraph, also was an ar
tist.
Americans eat about nine
pounds of beans apiece per year.
V'hyBuy Savings Stamps And Bonds?
^ying saving stamps and bonds is the duty of every
Ame ican g^^l or boy, man or woman, who can sacrifice at
leasj* one pleasure out of each week. There are many citizens
whJ can’t afford this way of saving for the future, therefore
th/se who car. afford it must strive harder to do so. It 'is each
responsibility to preserve a better future for himself
and his childrei, as well as helping America to preserve its
.uture, by building up a greater National defense there has
ever been known before in American history.
Help our coanijry and your individual self by taking
part in this drivefor security.