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Published by Journalism Class of Rocky Moimt Senior High School
VOLUME XXVI
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18. 1955
NUMBER 5
Summing It Up
J. A. Withey, chairman ol the
Eastern Carolina Drama Festival,
has invited friends and members
of the RMSHS di-amatics depart
ment to attend a Planning Com
mittee meeting in Greenville.
Activities will begin with a sup
per meeting at the Silo Restaurant
Juniors Elect Vaughan; Srs. To Re-Vote
PLANNING
in Greenville on
COMMITTEE
MEETING
Thursday, Jan
uary 20, at 6:30
p. m. At 8:30,
members of the
Planning Com
mittee will be guests at The
Playhouse to see a production of
Bernard Shaw’s THE DEVIL’S
DISCIPLE in the College Theater.
Major items to be considered at
this meeting are the festival pro
gram, criteria for evaluation of
plays, social aspects of the festival,
and registration fees.
With cake and cokes, members
of the second year French classes
had a special French celebration
on “Le jour des rois.”
This is the day that the kings
went to Jerusalem to see ‘‘L’enfant
Jesus” and Is
FRENCH celebrated
through t-
HOLIDAY France on
OBSERVED
January 6 with
special festivlLlfcii
during the evening meal. Each
family gathers around a special
gateau (cake) in which a small
bean or porcelain figure has been
placed. The cake is cut and served
to each member of the family and
the person who gets the piece
containing the object is consider
ed king or queen, as the case may
be.
Local French students had been
looking forward to this da.y for a
long time, but it was impossible
for them to celebrate at the even
ing meal so they celebrated in
class. Peggy Daniel received the
bean in first period French and
chose Gene Arnold as her king. In
third period class, Margie Parker
got the bean and Sandy Thorpe
was her king. After that, with
cokes in hand, students proposed
a toast to everyone’s health.
Pictured above are all the candidates running for the office of president of the various classes. They
arc pictured as they make plans for their campaiyn speeches and posters. Photo by Barringer
To find the “American Home
maker of Tomorrow”, Betty
Crocker of General Mills is spon
soring “The Betty Crocker
Search” in which all senior girls
may enter.
4 Candidates Take
Angier Duke '1‘est
Preliminary test for the Angier
B. Duke Regional Pi’izes will be
administered to the candidates
from Rocky Mount Senior High
on January 17.
This test wall be given by Mr.
Edson to Bobby Savage, Julian
Aldridge, Marvin Bames and
Nancy Newbold, the only local
students who are competing. John
M. Dozier, executive secretary of
the Scholarship Committee says
that the tests must be completed
and returned to Duke by January
22. After these tests have been
corrected, the top contestants will
have a regional interview and the
winners of this will compete in the
finals.
In 1953, the Angier B. Duke
Scholarship was won bji Billy
Knowles, a Rocky Mount boy
who 1.S engaged to Carole Morgan,
a senior here now.
EXAM SCHEDULE
low. pcIiCC* *X*Uc£u^r
January 25.
2nd. period — Tuesday p. m.,
January 25.
3rd. period — Wednesday a.
m., January! 26.
4th. period — Wednesday p.
m., January 26.
5th. period — Thursday a.
m„ Januaiy 27.
Make Up exams — Thurs
day p. m., January 27.
Projects Helpful
Miss Laura E. Boice, art teacher
in the city schools, reported that
some of the projects made in sen
ior high have been taken to the
hospitals and used for tray favors.
The art class has been working
with mosaics and frescoe, which
are water color on wet plaster.
Several members worked on block
printing while others did oils. No
definite plans have been made for
future work.
The search was in thr iorm of
a test in objective r ■•ubjective
portions and was
give 1 in Rocky
Meant High on
January 12 with
appro::imately 30
contest ants
BETTY
CROCKER
SEARCH
competing.
High school Vinners will be de
signated as “Betty Croc 'ter Home
makers of Tomorrow” and from
this group will be picked the state
winner. One national “All Ameri
can Homemaker of Tomorrow”
will be selected by Science Re
search Associates from the 48
state “Homemakers of Tomorrow”
on the basis of test scores, char
acter, personal observaWon and
consultation with the National
Advisory Committee.
JRC Boxes Turned In Today
Gift boxes by the various home
rooms to be sent overseas were
turned in this morning during the
weekly meeting of the Junior Red
Cross.
At the beginning, 21 homerooms
selected to fill at least one gift
box but after discussing the pro
ject furtlier, many decided to
take two. The representative in
the club from each homeroom was
in charge and explained the pro
cedure to the students.
Some boxes in other years have
been turned in containing only
bars of soap or just pencils but
the boxes turned in this year
contained all the necessary ar
ticles. A typical gift box should
contain two pencils, a note pad,
n wash cloth, soap, tooth brush,
tooth paste, socks, a handkerchief,
a metrical ruler, an eraser, a pro
tractor and toys according to who
the box is going to.
During the emergency of “Hur
ricane Hazel”, some of the gift
boxes were used in this section for
children whose homes and be
longings had been entirelji wiped
out. The boxes have proved to be
even more valuable in other
countries. The club hopes that
everyone in school enjoyed taking
part in this project and they sin
cerely thank you.
Teachers Observe
Second B-E Day
School was dismissed at 12:30
on Tuesday. January 11, so a half
day could be devoted to Business-
Education Day Observance by the
teachers of the Rockyi Mount City
Schools, who visited and made a
study of business and industrial
firms tlu'oughout the city.
Teachers and businessmen as
sembled at the R. M. Wilson Jim-
lor High auditorium at 1:30 where
they received general instructions
about the day. Assigned in small
groups (from 4 to 8), teachers
traveled with host representatives
to their assigned plants, offices, or
stores. There they made tours of
the firms and gained first hand
experience in the production, dis
tributive, and service agencies of
Rocky Mount.
At 3:00 each group assembled
for refreshments followed by con
ferences and discussions with the
top executives of the firm on how
the business operated.
Host representatives that night
escorted and transported the
teachers to the Ricks Hotel for
dinner. Mr. Timothy Hayes of the
Education Department of the
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States was the guest
speaker.
B-E day is a co-operative ven
ture between teachers and busi
nessmen to help them to under
stand each others objectives. It is
an exchange of appreciation and
expansion of the American eco
nomic system. This experience also
equips teachers to give guidance,
based on the acttrat'needs and op
portunities of the communH;y.
B-E dayi follow-up activities
were suggested for teachers to
supplement classroom instruction
throughout the year.
Sophos Vote Today
In Adviser’s Room
During the past week students
have been concerned with cam
paigning for and electing their
class officers for the second sem
ester, filling some positions, tying
others.
In elections last Friday Tommy
Vaughan was elected president of*
the junior class but a run-off elec
tion is necessary between Gene
Arnold and Charles Daughtridge
for the lead position of the sen
ior class. Ray Joyner was chosen
vice president bji the juniors and
Lenore Brown and Carolyn Rich
are tied for the senior veep posi
tion.
Jeanette McIntyre is the new
senior secretary and a nm-off for
the same position in the junior
class between Shirley Burnette
and Pat Parrish is indicated. Jack
Hayes is the new senior treasurer
and James Ezzell won this junior
class position.
Today sophomores are experi
encing their first election in sen
ior high and voting is taking place
in Mrs. Jay Hatchcock’s room,
103. Mrs. Hathcock is faculty ad
viser fo^the sophomore class.
Candidates for the office of
Fophomore president are Jackie
Skinner, Don Harris, and Morrison
Divine: for vice president are El
len Joyner, Roger Gregory and
John Fisher: for secretary are
Jane Pajimgren, Debbie Wall and
Clara Davenport: and for treas
urer are Betty Lou Savage and
Martha Fountain.
Cacky Atkins, chairman of the
flections committee, says that all
run-off elections will be conduct
ed Thursday.
Every student must be register
ed in order to vote. A hundred and
fifty eight seniors were registered
and 135 voted. Two hundred and
sixty juniors were registered and
only 154 voted.
Students Operating
New Radio Station
Parents may soon be able to get
an idea of activities in the class
room through the medium of a
new student radio station, which
will broadcast education programs
from the radio room over the au
ditorium.
Mr. Ray Wilkinson, program
chairman of WCEC and WFMA,
is responsible for starting the new
student station and has secured
needed equipment such as turn
tables, microphones, and a two
channel amplifier! As soon as this
equipment is installed and the
room is sound proofed, broadcast
ing will begin.
Rim exclusively by students, the
new station will be on the air in
the afternoons after school and
on Saturdays and will broadcast
through WCEC’s thousand watt
station. Expenses will be met by
local business firms who advertise
over the station.