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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1853 THE BLACKBORD. ¥iOCKX MQUNT. SjE^Nl.aR HIGH SCHOOL P^G E^ 3 Exchanges Show ^Dragnet’ Popular With Teen-agers Hello, come in and sit down. I’ll have this article typed in just a minute. We have a deadline to meet at the printer’s and I’m swamped with typing. Kvery time I think the work is almost caught up, someone brings a stack of papers and says “Hey, type these for my page—and try to rush it!” Whew! If this keeps up, my fin gernails will be worn off. No, I don’t mind if you glance at some papers while I work. I’ve finished with these over on the bottom shelf. No matter which paper you pick up. You’ll probably see “Dragnet” staring at you. Nearly every school has come up with its own version of the popular record. The sopho mores- of, Pocatello High in Idaho even used the tune for the theme of their annual party. Cut For Knee Socks All the students who have com plained about the girls wearing turned-up socks must be glad that they don’t attend Maury High in Norfolk, Virginia*. There, the girls go all out jind wear full-length knee socks! Thank goodness I’ve finished one more story. One down—and how many more to go? Oh, isn’t this a cute idea! Chapel Hill held ‘a Twirp Dance, for which the girls furnished their dates with corsages. Prizes were awarded for the most original creations. Our new NHS members had it easy compared to what Beta Club members in Williamston and Nor wood had to go through. How would you NHS’ers have liked to walk around school with your dog (a hot dog) on a leash, or swallow chewing tobacco topped off with a raw oyster, or interrupt assem- 1 bly by singing “Pine Trees”? | Melinda Markey Interviewed Two staff members of the Win ston-Salem Gray Light received a real thrill recentlly when they in terviewed Melinda Markey, daugh ter of the famous actress, Joan Bennett. How do you like this “pome” from' Wilson’s Radiogram? Boys I think that I shall never see J A boy that quite appeals to me. A boy who doesn’t always wear A slab of grease upon his hair, A boy who wears his shirttall in And doesn’t have a stupid grin. But b(?ys are loved by fools like me,)’ And who on eart hwould date a tree?” That covers it for this time. Don’t forget to come by next month to read about what’s hap pening in other schools. Bye, now. 80 Units Show Off Schools-On-Parade Approximately eighty floats representing groups from RMSHS, each of the other schools in the system, various civic organizations composed the long parade that moved down main street on Fri day, November 13, at 2:00. This parade was the climax of National Education Week obser vance in Rocky Mount. During this week parents were Invited to come to the school to see how their chil- 'dren were tiiught and to meet the teachers. Floats representing Physical Ed ucation, Discipline, Goodness. Knowledge, and Service were only a few of the entries in the mam moth parade. A float representing a peaceful solution to the world’s problems through better education and one that exemplified the Elk’s Club’s pledge to “build tomorrow’s citizens” through the medium of today’s youth w'ere outstanding. Booker T and Rocky Mount High School Choirs and Bands performed and the’ Art students of the Rocky Mount Senior High featured a float emphasizinz “Building Future Citizens.” Other organizations of the school who entered floats w'ere Musettes, Typing Service Club, Edsonions, Junior Red Cross, Bafos, Machine Shop, and others were represented. School was dismissed at 12:30 on Friday so this project could be carried out. In the above picture, Mr. William Cherr .-, editor of the 1923-‘24 I Edgemont Eko, and Valentine McMillan, co-editor of' the 1953-‘54 I Blackbird, compart papers at the PTSA Open House, j ' Photo by Barringer ^Eko ’ Child Grows Up Calendar Cues November SG-SO Thanksgiving: HoIi|flays I December ’l Carolina Playmakers to present “On Borrowed Time” in Iht Auditorium at 8:15 P. M. December 8 General Motors Show for as sembly proffram. December 11 Preview in assembly of “Lost Horizon’: by Edsonians. presented Edsonians in the auditorium at “Lost Horizon” Edsonians i 8:15 P. M. December 16 PTSA meeting at 8:06. Panel and open, forum discussion on teenage organizations. December 18 Annual Christmas program by the high school Choir for the assembly. The public is invited. “There’ve been some changes ' made.” Paraphrasing the old pop ular song, changes certainly have I been made in the thirty years be tween the Edgemont Eko of 1923— \ ‘2-1 and The Blackbird of 1953—‘54. The Eko, forerunner of the BJ3.cI-.bird. was 12 inches by 8 1/2 I inches In size. Printed in magazine ! form (with eight pages and three ■ columns a page) the paper sold for ; two cents a copy. Today’s paper is 116 inches by 12 inches in sibe, has I five columns to the page, and six I pages. ! Reading through some of the papers, one finds many interesting articles about parents of students n school to day. To wit: “Frank Wilkinson, class of ‘23, ■ is now attending Davidson. No, he hasn’t got his 20-inch pants yet.” (A style of pants for young men in that era.) “Helen Cochran (Peggy White hurst’s mother), valedictorian of Students Get Smoking Rules Students were pleasantly sur prised when a new regulation per mitting smoking went into effect at Rocky Mount Senior High, three weeks ago. At a special as- -.%mbly for the boys, Mr. Edson, the principal, outlined the conditions of this regulation. They are (1.) every student who wishes to smoke at the school must legister with the office, '(2) smok ing is permitted only in thg ap pointed places between classes and before and after school, (3) these places must be kept clean and the students should behave in an or- derlv manner. Every precaution should t»e taken to prevent fires. The places where smoking is permitted are in the shop buildin.g. [ and in the rest rooms. Special em- I phasis was placed on the fact that I no smoking will be permitted on I the parking^ 16t or any other place ' On the school grounds. The school i grounds extend to the curb of each bordering street. Punishment for violators of these rules, are for first offense, offense, one week suspension from three hours detention; for second school: and for the third offense, a, student will be expelled for the year. This method of controlled smok ing is being adopted by many schools, and senior high is one of the first in this area to recognize it. Knit One, Purl One; Click, Type, Click School has been underway for three months now and the flubs are well advanced in their year’s progr;!m. Here’s a peek at the ac tivities of a few of them. Ther,e is a busy clicking of needles in room 110 at activity period' on Tuesdays. If one were to pass by this room, such remarks as these might be heard “Oh, I dropped a stitch”....“Look, mine isn’t like your’s”....“I’ve taken mine cut about four times”....“Mrs. Young, what do I do now?” The eleven si(rls who form the Knitting Cb'b are now in the process of knitting scarves. Each person in the Typing Serv ice Club has two teachers for whom they type. Members of this club are second year typing stu dents. Members of the Musettes Club are considering making a Thanks- givini? basket for a needly family. These are but a few of the many school clubs. More club news is to come out in the next issue of the paper. j ‘23, is attending Randolph-Macon in Lynchburg, Va.” “The Rocky Mount students at Carolina have organized a Rocky Mount Club. There are about thir- tv-t\vo members, all of whom are very active on the campus.” Everyone knows of the success of Uay Kyser. This appeared in the 1923-‘24 Eko. “Kike Kyt'er of the class of ‘23, who is now attending Carolina, is a member of the Carolina Play makers, and, according to critics, he has a bright future ahead of him.” Phrophetic. High school days don’t seem to have changed very much in thirty years though. Classes ^re still having meetings, the school still has a Junior-'Senicr Banquet, sen iors stll! get class rings, and the Hi-Y Clubs are still going strong. One thing that has changed— the basketball opponents! Rocky Mount UEed to play Nashville, Washington, Henderson, Smith- f'eld, Greenville, Fayetteville, and Wilson. Mr. William Cherry, editor of the first Eko. is the father of Son ny Cherry, \#io is a sophomore in school now. Seniors Get Walk As One Privilege “Wonder what kind of privileges we’ll get this year?” “I don’t know, but I wish we’d hurry up and get them” are two of the most com mon remarks heard from the sen iors nowadays. They have been looking forward to the meeting when these privileges would be presented to the faculty for its O. K. A list of privileges which the senior class wanted was made out and sent to Mr. Edson. He called a teachers’ meeting Monday, iVo- vember 16, and the following things were brouglit up, discussed and voted on: It was passed that the seniors have the. privilege of leaving the auditorium first. They will leave through the siae door next to the main part of the building witli a line on each side of the rail. Senior Walk Designated The front walk with the flag pole on it has been designated as “Senior Walk.” Of course any fa culty member may use this walk also. The seniors will be allowed to put benches wherever they want them on this walk. The request to leave class meet ings and group guidance as soon as the meeting or business was over was turned down. La.st year’s fl,cti- vity period was one hour and the student's had plenty of time to get in the auditorium and have their business. Sometimes they had only one subject to discuss, therefore were allowed to leave early. This year, they have only thirty min utes and by the time they all get in and seated, a considerable amount of time has passed and they have just enough time for the business. For this reason this request was not granted. Others To Be Decided Seniors want a special place for seniors only to congregate. This will not be decided until they select the spot. They also want certain privileges in the cafeteria when it opens. Mr. Edson says that this will be passed on later. Yes, the senior class is working hard to get their much-wanted privileges. Journalists Plan TB Essays Students of Mrs. Young’s fourth period jor.rnalism class are writ ing essays on one of America’s most deadly enemies—Tuberculo sis. Thi& c( ntest is sponsored by the N!vtionLil T. B. Association, the Natior ■’ .’less, and the Rocky Moi^n;, . ..ills Tubarculosis Com- -iillice. Mrs. Galena N. Brothers, Execu tive &eci'et.'ivy cf the Rocky Mount Kiwanis Committee, talked to the class and gave them the essays needed facts on recognition, care, and cure for this dreadful disease. The e. a s must be original and must hi'.vo as many of the facts conce) (ling tuberculosis as possible. Mrs. Brcthers stressed the fact most people do not know enough about T. B. and that they should know so that all can work together to fight and prevent the disease. “In this way, a definite cure for T. B. can be found more easily and quickly,” she said. Two winners will be picked from the papers. These two papers will be published in the December issue of the Blackbird and the winners will be h'onored at a Kiwanis luncheon. Then the winning papers will be entered in the state contest. The state winners will be entered into the national contest. This work launches the annual sale of the Christmas Sale ami all are urged to purchase their share of health in this way.
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