TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, idSlf
THE BLACKBIRD. ROCKY MOUNT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Eighty Attend League
PAGE THBEB
Group Elects Bill Stancil Prexy
Bill Stancil, one of approximaiOe-
ly eighty local Latin students at
tending the North Carolina Juni
or Classical League convention
in Chapel Hill, “brought home the
bacon” in the foam of state pre
sidency, February 9.
Prom all reports, the students
thoi-oughly enjoyed the welcome
by. Dr. B. L. Ulknan, a member
of the Univers% faculty. In the
addiLiess dielivered by Prbfessor
Dorranoe White of the University
of Iowa, the importance of cor
rect usage of English in language
was stressed .
A program centering around
the Twelve Labors of Hercules
was dii’amatized by delegates from
various schools in Memorial Hall.
After items of business were
discussed, the first session .was
adjourned and the students were
assigned to study groups where
practical uses of Latin in careers
were discussed. Lunch was served
In the campus cafeteria following
study groups sessions.
When they visited the Plane
tarium, the students became wide-
eypd with wonder and marvelled
at the Planetarium program.
Those making the trip arose
early Saturday] morning to leave
by 7:30 o’clock. They were chap
eroned by Mrs. Ben Fountain, Mrs.
Joe Sugg, and Mrs. Cora Rowell,
Latin teach«r at Junior High.
Luanne Randolph said of .the
trip, “It iwas great fun, but it’s
stnid to be home I”
Nfewly-elected officers besidies
Notes from ‘Abroad
Show Wide Range Activities
From Citizenship to Nursery
Attending American citizenship,
furnishing a student canteen, ob-
Gwen Currin
Judy Brown, former secretary of the State Junior Classical
League Convention, busies herself with her notes while Bill Stan
cil, newly elected state president begins his executive duties.
Bill are Marsha Ray, Oxford High
School, Vice president; Barbara
Proctor. Henderson High School,
secretary: and Prissiyf Wyrick,
Greensboro High School, trea
surer.
Ouit going officers of the con
vention were John Shinn, China
Grove High School, president;
John Bottoms, Canton High
School, vice president; Judy
Brown, Rocky Mount Senior High
School, s^netary and Baalbara
Mann, Lexington High School,
treasurer.
New Bullentin Boards Inform
Students Who View Displays
“Students will surely find) them
selves better informed of school
activities if they will take the
time to stop by and view the bul
letin displays.” said Jo Dare Wil
liams, chaiman of the Publicity
Committee as she admired the
new bulletin boards here.
Two bulletin boards, eighit feet
by, four feet, have been placed
in B building: one In the hall and
the other in the student lounge.
The use of the bulletla board in
B building will be much the same
as the board In A building. Holw-
ever, the bulletin board in tine stu
dent lounge may contain announce^
SEE
James R. Batten
For your insurance needs ■
Griffin’s Bootery
and Style Shop
Rocky Mount, N. C.
116 & 118 N. Main St.
TeL 2-4793
JEAN’S
Beauty Salon
“The Smartest Thlnir You
Wear Is Your Hair”
134 Sunset Ave. Phone 6-6716
Daughtridge and Brake
General Merchandise
1522 S. Church Street
ments by students and faculty.
Anyone who wishes to use this
space should contact one of the
following miemibers of the publicity
committee: Jo Dare Williams, Ed
ward Riner, Carol Threatt, Mai’y
Brent Elmore, or Bill Stancil.
First thitoie of the stud|ent
lounge bulletin board was ‘'Do Be
A Neat Student — Don’t B© A
Litteanbug!” The theme was not
only concerned with keeping the
General Purpose room clean but
was a remindier to the student
bodyl of its promise to Mr. C. M.
Edson to keep the whole school
clean.
Market Center
121 S. Main St.
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Dial 6-8151
THE REMNANT
SHOP
“Sew and Save”
Highway No. 64
West At Englewood
BARRINGERS
For
Your Portraits,
Pictures, and Needs
Term Gratles Lag;
Juniors on Bottom
Results of midterm exams show
that from a total of 2,652 courses
taken by the entire student body,
271 or 10.2 percent of these cour
ses were failed, with the members
of the senior class failing fewest
couraes, sophomores next and
juniors failing the most.
Seniors topped the imderclass-
men with 23, la.s petwnt of- the
students failing one or more cour
ses. The junioi-s had the largest
number of failui-es with 74, or 34.2
percent failing one or more cour
ses.
Of the 633 enrolled in school
first semested, 172 students fail
ed one or more courses. Therefore
27.1 percent of the students fail
ed at least one subject.
I. W. Rose
Drug Co.
Phone 6-7111
Rocky Mount
Complete Prescription Service
Josh fiuUuck’s
BARBECUE
Pit Cooked Barbecue
Cokey Road
REID’S HDWE.
and
THE SPORTS BAR
;*rving “Quiet Week”, and plann
ing a high school nui'sei’y are a-
mong activities of students in
•■XJhool from Wheeling, West Vii--
ginia, to Charlotte, North Caro
lina.
“I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE”,
said Nick Petroplus, senior pre
sident of Triadelphia High School
in Wlieeling, West Virginia, as he
took the oath of allegiance to the
United States Amei-ican, Decem
ber 10, 1956, and thereby be
came a citizen of this country
Nick, a Greek, came to America
June 28, 1951, to live with his
uncle in Wheeling.
STUDENT CANTEEN — Thro
ugh different projects the stu
dents of Charlotte’s Central High
have collected 1200 dollars to help
furnish a student canteen. This
“dough” is to be used to .buy a
drink machine (three flavors, no
less) a cookie and crackers mac
hine, and two ping-pong tables.
Twenty-four chairs (twelve " cafe
teria style, twelve pale red cush
ioned) will be placed in the can
teen after its completion. This
really) overshadows student con
tribution to the local lounge.
QUIET WEEK — Charles L.
Coon students observed “Quiet
Week” immediately before exams.
During that week no pai'ties, dan
ces, etc., were given so the stu
dents would have nothing to dis-
ti'act them from the “cramming”
needed.
HIGH SCHOOL NURSERY —
Yes, it’s true! New Hanover High
of Willmington provides a nex-
cellent opportunity, for girls in
child-care courses to observe chil
dren through nursei-y work in
school. Calm down now, the nurs
ery isn’t for NHHS’ers but for
childi-en of Wilmington’s teach
ers. Wonder if Mrs. Cuthrell would
trust the local girls with William
Vance?
HI FI — Santa stole quietly in
to Hickory High during the Chrls-
mas holidays and, much to the
students’ surprise, left a Hi Fi
system. The set is mobile, so the
students mayi move it anywhere
their “I’il ole” heaits desire. Of
course, we envy them, but we do
have a TV!
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Walnut Shopping Center
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Five Points
Drug Store
Drugs, Soda Fountain
Cosmetics
Phone 2-7127
123 Tarboro St.
Draines Barber
Shop
Across From The
Senior High School
TELEVISION CENTER RADIO SERVICE SHOP
114 S. Wash St. Television Sales & Service
6-7777 112 s. Wash St.
Walter Mears We Serve an Makers Jesse Brown
Zenith kCA G. E.
CLEANERS
420 N. Parker St.
Rocky Mt., N. C,
Teachey - Womble
Outstanding Ladies’
Ready-To-Wear
126 Nash St
Serving the Finest Children in the world
With the Finest Dairy Products in the world
America’s Favorite — Make it yours!
Superior Cleaners
& Laundromat
520 N. Church St.
Phone 2-2122
South Side
Laundromat
572 Nashville Rd.
Phone 2-5533
If your clothes are not becom
ing to you, they should be
coming to us.