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PAGE 2 THE BLACKBIRD, ROCKY MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1951 Can He Do It? p ITS ALL UP TO YOU ^SON Does This Shoe Fit? General Walker, one of the leading men on our battle- front in Korea, was recently killed in a traffic accident. The old saying, “History repeats its(3lf,” could be true, for General Patton who saw a great deal of action on the battlefield was also killed in *a common everyday ti'affic accident. I say common and everyday because that’s just what class a traffic accident has been placed in. Statistics prove that more people are killed in traffic accidents than on the battlefield. The thing so tragic about this is that most of these accidents could have been pre vented. In fact, one man made the statement, “There is -HO-sach ching as an unavoidable accident.” If that state ment is true, thousands of men, women and children are being murdered mercilessly for no reason at all. At least, those who die on a battlefield are dying for a cause. Both drivers and pedestrians who are in a hurry are inclined to shrug their shoulders and forget these statistics. Best they think again; however, for Death can’ies shoes that fit anybody’s feet, especially those people who act before they think. Now — Is The Time Those were chimes you heard, ringing out the old year aiW ringing in a new one. Old father time was slowly moving away carrying on his shoulder his immortle scythe, while the New Year calne bouncing in on a diaper, a safety pin, and a prayer. The New Year is the time for people everj'Avhere to make New Year’s resolutions. Not just silly or impossible resolutions, but ones for self-betterment. Ones that you can make and geep with pride. Most of us are inclined to believe that New Year’s resolutions are made to be broken, but that’s not so. A few good resolutions can go a long way tO'Ward making you a healthier, happier, more pop ular person—considering, of course, that you keep then. Sit dawn right now and make out your own list, whether it be one or many. Refmember that we can make ourselves anjd;hing we w'ant to be so go to it. Make those resolutions and keep them. After a whil'e people will begin to notice a change and when questioned you can say bursting with pride, “Oh yes. that’s one of my New Year’s resolutions. Do you like the change?” Unwanted Present I feel like something left over from an auction sale. What did you say? Oh, who am I? Why that’s simple. I’m a Christmas present. When I was first received I was oohed and a-ahed over. They ex claimed how pretty I was and how much they liked me. Then I was placed under the Christmas tree for everyone to see until the day when the holidays were over and the tree would be taken down. As the holidays grew to a close, many of the presents near me began to disappear. Frist, a sweater next to be seen on the teen age girl in the family. Next the beautiful doll dressed in pink, gradually turned up in the arms of the baby in the family. By this time I had become very lonesome for one by one my friends under>the tree were taken from their places by members of the family. - Finally Christmas was over and the decorations taken down, I along with a few other unwanted presents was' placed in a closet with an , assortment of things v/hich ranged from shoe polish to heavy blankets. According to what the other occupants of the closet tell me, one day the mistress of the house will come, take me out of the closet, wrap me in gaily colored paper and put a tag on me read ing “Happy Birthday.” This Is Peace Peace is a word heard by everyone this day and time. The peace being talked about is the peace resulting when the wars stop. True, when the wars stop there is a condition that is tagged peace, but is it really peace? Peace is a con dition when men of all races, creeds and colors can live in friendship, with greed and jealousy forgotten. Peace is the condition when fields brmg forth grain to feed the hungry or flowers to give the world beauty instead of being cover ed with bodies of soldiers. Peace is the condition when people flock together to relate old tales of friendship in stead of to flee from an invader. Peace comes when God’s love reigns surprcme and the world and it’s people bloom With love, friendship and underatanrflng. ’Twas THE Night Twas the night before exams, when all through the house The children were busy—busy as a mouse; The bopks were thrown on the floor without care. In hopes that they might always stay there; The children all wishing they were in bed. Were cramming, and packing their poor little heads; For tomorrow exams would stare them in the face. And according to them, they would soon find their place. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter. They rose from their chairs to see what was the matter. It was only the kid or “the brain” next door. Who was exempt and studied no more. The sun on the breast of the new- fallen snow. Gave a light in my heart which was now very low. When, all of a sudden a voice said to me, “Do the best you can, let that be your key.” By Emily Baker (With apologies to C. Moore) Mid Term Fever On the night before Mid-term exams, students of RMHS will be found cramming for that fatal day when they will have to prove their knowledge. As a rule, teach ers review with their students the material that is to be given on the exam and the tests, as a whole, are easy. Questions fly thick and fast be tween friends who are anxious to learn the answers. “What’s the answer to the fifth algebra prob lem on page 96?” “How do you decline this verb?” “Who wrote the Spy?” and “How many men signed the Constitution?” are typical questions asked. Yes, most boys and girls will be busy as bees studying, but once they get down to it they’ll remember all the forgotton in formation that’s been stored up in their brains and will laugh about their fright after it’s over. This is especially true of the freshmen who are taking their very first high school exams. Qualities Of The . . . . Ideal Girl ^’ersonality—Peggy Sexton Figure—Alice Joyner Goodlooks—Tam Holliday Eyes—Velna Motley Nose—Virginia Gray Teeth—Johnnie Shelton Hair—Jeanette Bennett Eyelashes—Betty Ivy Mouth—Barbara Rowland Complexion—Sally Adams I Ideal Boy Personality—Gordon Waters Physique—George Harris Goodlooks—E^ddie Penninpton Eyes—Dan Herring Nose—West Spain Teeth—Billy Adams Hair—Ghazzi Hamad Eyelashes—Edward Braswell Mouth—Bill Phillips Complexion—Carroll Wiggs Exam Efforts E is for effort in trying to learn. X is for all the answers unknown. A is what we want to earn. M is for matter (brains) we haven’t shown. I is for intellect we wish we’d used. N is for nerves that are growing bad. A is for arteries that are “blow ing a fuse.’’ T is for tears shed by the “hot- R M H S Styles Walking down the halls one can see the styles are many and varied around RMHS. Choice colors these days are navy blue, red, maroon and chart reuse. The styles of school ware have n’t changed too much except that bright colored scarves add to the lovely cardigans and pull-overs. Jersey takes a favorite place in dresses, skirts and blouses. The boys still have the double brested suits and cashmere sweat ers are seen around a lot, now that Christmas has passed. P’eathers, rhinestones and veil adorn the Sunday hats of the '^irls. Cat hats that are so bright that thjy blind you when you look at them, are a novelty. In the shoe line, saddles, loaf ers and buckskins still reign, it seems, but now the swede shoe 3 giving them a close race. Eyes Have you ever stopped to think About the many, many different ind of eyes? It really is interest- .ng when you take notice. No two )eople havp eyes alike. There are he sparkling eyes of a happy boy )r girl—the gljeful look of a little tot with his first toy—the hurt ook of a small puppy who has Ijeen mistreated—the eyes full of warmth, of a girl in love—the proud eyes of a mother as, she watches her child—the triumphant 4’leam of one who is the victor— unhappiness in one’s glance put there by neglect and sorrow—the downcast, shameful eyes of one >vho is conscious of his wrong— ;jyes lighted by pleasure and sur prise—cold vicious eyes, the eyes of a murderer—then the tiny bead eyes that seem to pierce into the very soul. Yes, other show nothing tell the story. expressions may but eyes always is for ignorance in waiting so late. ooh! are we glad it’s over at last? is for nightmares, awaiting our fate. S is for the surprise that we have passed. Carolyn Ellis O N Justwed—“My wife likes cof fee for breakfast while I like tea.” Longwed—‘“You’ll soon get used to coffee.” My Buddy There was a young boy named Buddy, Who never liked to study. He wanted all B’s, But he got E’s. And now Buddy is nutty. C. E. & S. F. Pete: “What’s the difference between a single man and a mar ried man? Tony: What? Pete: A single man has no but tons on his shirt, n m«rriod man hiiB ne ihirt. UJU THE BLACKBIRD Official Publication of Rocky Mount High School Member of ttie Columbia Scholastic Press Association EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Alva Wallace Assistant Editor Pred Patton News Editor Janet Mellor Sports Editors Johnnie Shelton, James Johnson Feature Editor Carolyn Ellis Literary Editor Margaret Eason Exchange Editor Velna Motley P. T. S. A. Reporter Virginia Gray Columnist Jean CoOper BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Emily Baker Circulation Manager Tam Holliday Advertising Manager ^ Shirley Robbins Assistant Advertising Manager Sue Franks Typists Second '^ear Typing Class FACULTY ADVISER MRS. T. D, YOUNG Published fourteen times during the year by the Journxliim CI#»s of Rocky Mount High School. SubSCripti0.n 2(8til
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