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AncientRomeRoamsTheHalls WithLatin Studeuls At Banquet (l.t! •• • ^^TOTi-Bfc^^lCBtRtlr/ROfagr^MOtWgljrtDRflti&a'^CBOOX. t'Aicar f HREE N.H.S. Picks 17In Spring Tapping Rome came “alive” again at the annual Roman banquet pi-esented by the first and second year Latin classes of the junior and senior high schools in the senior high cafeteria Friday night, March 25. “Romans of old” roamed the halls of the senior high school. Each member of the second year Latin group was dressed in tradi tional Roman attire of the wealthy class and first year students as slaves and served the “wealthy” at the banquet and also provided entertainment during the after dinner program. Slaves Entertain Included in the entertainment was a skit by David Barney, jug gling act by Bill Dunn, and wrest ling by Reid McAuley and Prank Brake. Gladiators were Milton Barnes. Rusty Lancaster, Ronald Roberson, and Don Robbins. A group of dances were presented by some of the first year girls. Caesar was there as the official head of the gathering, this role being portrayed by Jackie Wil liams. Other famous Romans pres ent were Davette Smith — Cal- purnia; Prank Wilkinson—Brutus; Debbie Wall — Portia; Morrison Divine — Cassius; Judy Garner— Julia; Larry Warner — Casca; Ellen Joyner — Plavia; Don Har ris — Cicero; Elbert Robbins — Augustus; Edward Riner Hor ace; Robert Wynne — Virgil; Billy Sessoms — Livy; Ronald Smith— Anthony; Phil Dickens — Sallust; John Gorham — Cornelius; Ted Little — Catullus; Edwin Justa— Lucretius; Jackie Skinner—Ario- vistus; Eleanor Bulluck — Cleo- patria. Committees Work Clare Davenport 'with the aid of Mrs. Ed Justa, chairman of the mother’s committee, and Mi’s. W. ‘ H. Proctor, manager of the cafe teria, was in charge of the food committee, which planned the menu from “eggs to apples”. The menu consisted of turkey, snaps, potatoes, wine (grape juice), pickles, mixed cakes and fruits. Don Hai-ris headed those who worked on the place cards com mittee, Edward Riner planned the program covers; Faye Kirkland and Letitia Joyner prepared the invitations, and Ellen Joyner and Larry Warner were in charge of the decorations. The banquet was a big success and everyone enjoyed it, say the many students who attended. Miss Louise Parker, senior high Latin teacher, and Mrs. Kathleen Exum, junior high teacher, were the faculty advisers for the event. RM Kick Off City 1^0. The Attention, Spelling Champs! —■— ——— (Photo by Barringer.) Now Is your opportunity to prove your ability. A spelling match Is to be conducted among the three classes to select the best speller in the school. The three contestants to be in the finals will first have to be' selected from the fourth period spelling classes by the individual teachers — then they go on to higher competition. ‘Look’ Features Safety Story These participating in the finals will be the winners from the sophomore, junior, and senior classes. Definite plans have not been made, but tentative plans are that the final match is to be conducted in assembly. Awni Hamad Third Student To Arrive From Jordan To Be American Citizen Look Magazine will feature in the May Issue a story and pic- tuies on local activities concern ing the nation-wide safety obser vance program promoted in Rocky Mount which was selected as the key kick-off city of 500 cities par ticipating. One of the highlights of the campaign is a parade sponsored by the local observance commit tee. Friday April 1. Floats, cars, bi cycles, and bands from in and out of town will emphasize the impor^ tance of safety. Awni Hamad, aged 19, (relative of Wasila who is now a senior, and Ghazi now a student at State Col lege in Raleigh) is Rocky Mount’s most recent newcomer from Arabia. After a flight of about 26 hours, Awni arrived with his brother in New York City, March 10, from Bireh, Jordan. Bireh is approxi mately ten miles north of the city of Jerusalem. Awni was in the middle of his senior year at El-Ahlia high school in Jordan before coming here. He I said that his school was one for I boys only and that there great \ emphasis is placed on discipline, i' He is taking almost the same subjects that any other senior would take. Having classes in Eng lish is not new for Awni, because Slater Makes List Tommie Slater, a 1952 graduate of RMSHS and now a junior at Colgate University, has been named to the Dean’s List there for outstanding academic excel lence during the preceding semes ter. Only 13 percent of the 1302 stu dents at Colgate attained this honor. Slater ranked first in a class of 158 when here. He was In the National Honor Society and Is the recipient of a $4,000 schol arship to Colgate. I all of his classes in high school were taught in English except the native Arabic. Although Awni isn’t quite cer tain just what he intends to do after graduation, he says he will probably attend college at Chapel Hill, where he hopes to study medicine. At any rate, he plans to make his home in America and is going to apply for American citizenship. Previous to the parade are other activities, such as a cui’rent poster campaign throughout the city schools. Judged by artists and safety officials, March 22, the winner Ellen Joyner’s poster is on display at Peoples Bank and the lunnei up posters in other prom inent spots in town. In addition safety lanes are set up to test the ten basic parts of the car, and bicycles are being checked. Safety seals are placed on the cars and bikes that pass the test. The motion picture division of WNC-TV at U. N. c. will make Pictures of the over all safety pro gram. These films will be kept by the Safety Film Library for use in schools, clubs, safety groups and T. V. programs. The safety observance is spon sored by the local committee in cooperation with the National Safety Council, the Inter Industry Highway Safety Committee and' Look Magazine. Seventeen students were picked for membership into the Romonica chapter of the National Honor So ciety in the impressive annual spring tapping. March 8. Of those tapped six were sen iors and eleven were juniors The seniors 'were Marvin Barnes. Flaye Hammond. Jean Stephenson, Shir ley Proctor, Joyce Hudson, and Betty James. The juniors were Pred Harris. Norma Bulluck. Kathryn Batten, Shelia Culpepper, ’l ony Turner, Cacky Adkins. Joyce Harris. Pred Ruben, Tommy Vaughn, and Harold Gilbert and Fay Batts. Reverend Henry Chestnut of the Bethelehem Presbyterian Church guest speaker stressed the Import ance of doing the best one can with the talents he has. Four basic qualities required of an honor society student were por trayed by Erwin Robbins as char acter. Wiley Shearin as scholar ship. Bobby Savage as Leadership and Jane Hatchett as service. The devotion was given by Mary Lee 1' ountain. Carolyn Rich and Nancy Newbold. “Clair de Lune”, the background music, was provided by Jackie Davis. In addition to scholarship a student must be voted on the basis of the above qualities by teachers and society members. The student vote counts one third of the neces sary average, teachers votes count one third, and the individual scholastic average one third. Each National Honor Society in the U. s. is asked to nominate one famous person in any field for Uie Hall of Fame. William Sydney h / ,^0'Heniy) is the local chapter’s nominee. Alumnus Gives Service News A-3c Johnny Soden. a former student who Is now an Instructor at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonia Texas, recently wrote a letter to THE BLACK BIRD telling the staff informa tion on many former students now in the service. Johnny as an Instructor con tacts many Rocky Mount boys In the service. He thought the pres ent students might be interested to know about some of them. Bill Hedgepeth, husband of senior Lottie Moore Hedgepeth, Is at Lackland in the radar network. Nicky Shine, now in basic train ing, is going to radio school. James Campbell is also in basic training to be a tactical instructor. Billy Howell and Dick Norment stationed at Kelly Air Force Base In security are the top men in their classes. (Billy averaged a 94). Eulis Roburds Ls in technical school studying m the radio career field in Illinois. John Gilbert is a second lieutenant in the Air Cadets. Billy Mathews and Jerry Hor ton new members of the Air Force will, after six or seven weeks of training, be assigned to new jobs. When they complete eleven weeks, ^hey will go to a technical school for more specialized training in ilieir career field. Cadet Bernard Brown is now at Fork Union Military Academy, FoTk Union. Virginia, and like .i^'hnnv also subscribes to THE blackbird b-' miil. TTe recently and complimented the paper .^nd said that he enloyed the home schools news very much. ; ; very mucn. Parade (Prancers) Get R eady For Easter AWNI HAMAD By Norma Bulluck Everyone loves a parade! Rocky Mount may not have a Fifth Avenue but the local town- loik will be prancing their finery somewhere on Easter Sunday. Long waistlines with flared Skirts will be seen as will also the boatlme or rounded necks. Pat Lewis has already given the peo ple a preview with her fitted dress. Box Jackets Topular The boxed jackets, too. are smart looking with suits and are proving popular with students in this vicinity. In the shoe line pumps will al ways be in style, but a new type of footwear Is now on display—a shoe with no back. These are worn with formal attire or with com fortable lounging clothes. After a Sunday of wearing dressy clothes, students will more than likely go back to their fads . You might see someone going on a picnic with lengthened Pedal-pushers or toreador pants like those of Anne Yelverton or in some like Skippy Stone’s — the black ones with yellow-gold dia mond blocks on them. Bermudas For Hikes Those viho decide to gj on hikes v’Jl r robiib'y Bermuda shorts wi h knee .-^ock*. and some mav even wear the Bermuda skirts like uie pluid one Judy McRae has. Peggy Whitehurst might wear her rope beads that exactly match her blue cashmere sweater of the same shade to the show that even ing. (Incidentaly they make a beautiful combination). Well — here you have It! The s yles of Easter Sunday and the ^ds of the following Monday Quite a contrast between the fash ions of dressy and sports clothes,
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