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TlESDAI', OCxOBjiE 27, 1953 irijf EOCKY MOUNT 8BNIQR HIGH SCHOOL PAGi: 3 ■Teens Best Year Ever •I belong, You belong. We be- loijg—conjugate and congregate— UL the YWCA.” ixiatii the motto this year for V-ieens ail over the world. The en:Dlem shows a scarf around the g'lUDC; v.hich represents the fact ii.Hi tiie "V VV” is an inter-national ; .t.di with young people around txie VvOrld. i-enior Y-teens have been organ ise ; ill RMSriS and a junior- tovihomore club is being planned. :h ti:e aid and leadership of IVi.-;. Ann OiUiam, local Y-teen director, and Mrs. J. M, Gray, c' cjut-ve director of the YWCA, this c'ub i.s planning a big year in ccnimunity service, world fellow- and programs for Its own l’'.cet!;lgs. Y-T»'f'ns Aid Chest ' For one of the community serv- i-'P ».rov- -c; the girls sealed hun- ('leds of ietters to send out to the bupiinesR people of the city to soli cit frnds for the Community Chest. Six senior Y-teens volun teered to participate in a program for the Business and Professionel Women’.s club to explain the work of the UN in countries of need. Al- .‘■0 they are selling handicrafts for invalid in the city. The local c^ub joined hands with Y-teens around the world in giving pennies for scarfs to send over seas as a token of friendship. TT'iir grooming, personality, c’otbe'; and skin care were subjects for progrnms this month in the f-enior c’ub. The girls choose an appropriate speaker for each theme and receive first-hand in formation on these ever-popular •siiblects. Such a program is plan ned foi- cach month on different topics of interest to all teen-agers.. Mew Officers Picked ' Officers for the fall semester ave y^nne Proctor, president; Paye Gvndv, vice-president; Sarah Moore, secretary; Ruth Parmer, treasured: Marlene Blount, ser- frennt-at-nrms; and Miss Mildred Doz’er, adviser. The':e hard-working, enthusias tic Y-teens are looking forward to nr’e of the best yeans in their his tory in (service, self-improvement, fim. Portrait Personality AdventUre Packs ! Campus Sweetheart Of ‘S3 Story By Mason The above picture was ta!:en when this very popular teacher and Esther Holden were the first and only two girl debaters in the Rocky Mount high school. After high school she attended Woman’s College in Greensboro, N. C. After graduation she return ed home and at the present she gives a good social science back ground to the students of Rocky Mount senior high i^chaol. This teacher has light, spark ling, wavey hair, brov/n eyes, a fair complexion and a friendly smile. Studentb v/ho knov/ her well know that sho’s not always the firm, business-like person one sees in the classroom, but one who can tease and joke .as well. She is bubbling over with personality and has always been a favorite with those who know her best. The United Nations will play a very important part in her class this week. She is very intere.sted in the World Federalist program and for manv years served as advisor to the World Federalist Club in high school. Should a student h" m'^■efl vn on the Americ^i.n Pevnintion, '^hn’n ready and willing to help out. If the reader .still d-^e'-n’t ’'•m v "’hr) this teacher is, he is asked to drop by room 13 sometime and me°t the personality of this portrait in person. T! e Golden Admiral, by P. van Mason, is a book of high ad- i'-’nii re, romance, intrigue, mys- ■ ' y md terrific action. Most of the action,:s centered abov.t Henry Wyatt, a young sail or' v/l)o is trying to get a good start in life. Wyatt starts off in high J)ut comes to misfortune early ’II. h s career. This misfortune him to lose somrthing ver> dear to liim. Yeung Wyatt, not being easily iscouraged, sets his head an:’ |tdes a,gain. Going with Sir Fran- 'is Drake on some raids on Span- ' ’n ports and ships puts Wyatt in ' flatter position to carry out his ' eslre. j'^isfortune seems . to stick to lenry Wyatt arc! again he fails in lis purpose. While all this was hatjpening Wyatt’s family‘has in creased and he has more responl .?ibility on him. Other things were going on in th'! world at this time; England '■ees Spain getting ready for an all- out war with many countries. England prepares to take care of the Spanish Armada. Kenry Wyatt sails with the Eng- I'l.sh fleet against the Armada. Man./ fierce battles follow. After some battles the EntTlish fleet feels almost beaten, but the Eng- ’i~h men come out on top. Wyatt has been doing very well and when the fighting is over he has many Sicnors bestowed on him. What's New With Ann? BU7-Z-ZZ-Z! Oops! There goes the doorbell! Just a minute! I’ll be there as soon a.s I crawl out from under these newspapers. Well, hello! Come on in folks. I see you decided to accept my in vitation and dropped in to look over the newspapers. You picked the right time. I was ji'.st giving them the once-over and t.'iere’s quite a bit of news brewing. Oh, you want to see this'Hickory Twig? If you’re a race fan you’ll be interested in an article on page three. It seems that Johimy Belk, a Hickory senior, is lucky enough to own two foreign cars—a Jaguar and an Italian Fiat. I’ll bet plenty of Rocky Mount 'boys wi.sh they V. e'o in Johnny’s shoes. Say, here’s a paper from fireei' boro College. This name sounds familiar—Sylvia Diehl. Oh, yes! Sylvia is a former Rocky Mount student. She’s associate editor of the college paper. The Collegian. According to the Hisrh I.ife, Ber muda’s call has been heard by certain students of Greensboro High. In an effort to “beat the heat” during the first days of school, .several boys showed up for class clad in Bermuda shorts. The tables seem to have been turned, girls. Students in Clarksdale, Missis sippi just don’t belong unless they sport “mummified” notebooks. That i§, notebooks are bound in adhesive tape and then, duly covered with autographs. P. S. The Clarksdale coache."? are scratching their heads and puzzling over i what could have happened to their | supply of athletic tape. It's getting late and you’ve got to run? Gee, I’m' sorry you have to rush off. I was just getting i Calendar Cues October 27 North Carolina Student Council Congress adjourns. RM is represented by Theo Pitt and Joyce Harris, District Parent Teacher Asso- f'ntlon Meeting in the auditor ium. October 30 Miss Johnson’s senior home room 112 has charge of assem bly. November 2-3 Ministerial Association spon sors a Billy Graham picture. November 6 Atlantic Coastline Railroad sponsors a Railroad Safety Program, with Mr. S. B. Marks, in charge for assembly. November H Community Coccert. November 17 Woman’s Club. As the strain.s ^)f “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” drifted across the field. Miss Mary Joe Mears was crowncd Miss Campus Sweet heart of 1953 at the Homecoming game with Durham last Friday night. The band formed a heart, and a? the stadium lights v/ent out, red lights blared from the hats of the band performers. A green Oldsmo- bile convertible drove onto the field under a spot light that was directed on the three girls in the back seat. The heart opened and the car drove into the center. Miss Patsy McAu'ey and Miss Elizabeth Vann, second and third place win ners, occupied the car with the Sweet’iieart. ^ Mis.T Mefii's was jire'iontcd a boi:ti"et of yellow chrysanthemums Photo by Killcbrew tied with black and gold ribbons. .1". Spero Konukolus made the ni esentation and also placed the crown on her head. The runners- up v.-ere presented single yellow ‘ ".■y.'ranthemums tied with the :chool colors. As the car left the field, the band marchei to the stands and formed an “A” for Alumni and p’ayed “Auld I.ang Sync.” Then it formed a “PS” and played “P. S. I Love You.” T>’e majorettes twirled their neV batons, given to them by the American Legion. The batons have Mphts that can turn on and off at both ends. The sponsors for the game were Miss Penn Strandberg with Mai^ vin Ward and Miss Gordon Wilk inson with Jimmy Lancaster. First Drill Succeeds wound up. Don’t forget to come ' by next month when I’ll have another deluge of papers for you to help me read. If you have some friends who’d enjoy sharing the news, bring them along, too. Just this one sage thought be- ore you leave: As one little electron said to an other when they met in a new ele ment: “I don’t know you from atom.” What! No Steps? “Aren’t we going to have any renior .steps?” This is the question the roving reporter heard from .seniors last week as she went about gathering student opinion. Ever since there has been "“a senior class, there have been cer tain privileges which these stu dent.'? were allowed to have. Dig- i.'ing back into the history of the I ■;chool one finds that there has al- i w;i s been “senior steps” of some I description. This year the seniors ' are without steps and certain pri vileges. Reason for this moving in to a new school all ai’e seniors— sejiior high school students, that is. Maybe that’s the reason—May be, too, t’le spe-'ial steps just haven't been pointed out yet. Some of the seniors have plan ned to call for a class meeting, in which the students will make their plea. Suggestions of what could be done ha\^e been sent to the officers of the senior class. Buzz-zz\ Buzz-zz! Buzz! Durrng fifth period cn Thursday of i^'iie Prevention Week the stu dent body heard for the first time these five blasts of the horns and buzzers, the new fire drill signal. Students walked quietly out of the building in single file and onto the sidewalk in about sixty sec onds. Tliis was a longer time'than was thought necessary by the Fire Drill Committee. On Fr’day in assembly Fire Chief Pnrrish, Assi.stant Chief James and Fireman Inscoe gave a demon'tration of three types of fire extinguishers. They were the ;o'.fa acid for comb:ist;bie fires, one I — (for electrical fires and the foam • e:.tinguisher that smothers. 1 A special bulletin was sent to '.students and teachers, to be read I L'Uid then posted on the bulletin board. It concerned fire drill pro cedure and gave instructions to each room as to how to get out of the building. Instructions were to leave all windows tightly closed. The first two people to reach the door were '0 open it and all sttidents were to ''eop silence during the evacua- *:on of the building. The as.sembly program and drills v eie in co-operation with Fire ^levention Week. Voice Of The Students Most of the students of RMSHS come to school free but there are some who actuallj^ pay to come. A few are are fi^jm Battleboro and many live outside the city limits. Here is wha^ a few of these students have to say about their reasons for coming to Rocky senior high. Martha Becknell says, “There are miny subjects offered in RM.'HS that arc net offered in cc/un!)y .':chools. For example our rohool offers three foreign lan guages when most county schools teach pniy one. I enjoy having a choice of clubs and. activities as well as having a voice ,in the •'turl.cnt ' oviTnniznticn. It is well ^' orth n-." $.?0 to come to school he!’e.” LeVerne .Strieklnnd who comes from Battleboro says, ‘My main rea.':on for coming to Rocky Mount I to school Jies in the fact that city Ecl'iools are better equipped to j re- pare me for college than are any of the rural schools in this vicin ity. Also now that I have made many friends in Rocky Mount, I wouldn’t think of going to school I'.nywhere else.” “I just come to school here be- ' can.se I like it. I like the teachers, the .--tudents and the school spirit. In my opinion, there isn’t a better school anywhere!” says Addison Wimberly, “I come to RMSHS mainly be- ra’^.'-e the school spirit here i.'’> ex cellent,” remarked Vivian Wil liams, also of Battleboro, “and the I students are the friendliest to be found anywhere. Also there are many clubs and activities from which I may choose and can take to prepare me for college.
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