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THE BliAGKBlRD
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Susan Spotless Says .. .
Rocky Mount Senior High is supposedly filled with
mature, young adults. Recently, however, these
young ladies and gentlemen have reverted to their
childhood days, and the rest evidently never left
them.
Remember how you used to play in mud piles and
rummage through the garbage. The street curb was
a carnival and the city dump, a paradise. Grubby
little hands sorted thousands of filthy articles, each
one a treasure. By now, you should have grown up.
Why haven’t you?
RMHS is thickly carpeted with used candy-wrap-
pers, and streaked from Hammond to Tillery with
ink, melted pop-sicles, and other assorted goodies.
The parking lot is a trashman’s delight. Classes are
being held in a honeycombed Dempster Dumpster,
containing a full variety of debris. Soon the city will
have to provide us with “No Dumping” signs.
However, without seeming a little childish and
perhaps too inane, let’s see if we can’t recall a few
of our instincts for cleanliness and try to restore
RMHS to its position of neat, orderly grandeur.
Do You Wanna Drag?
Dragstrip, U.S.A. This term is synonymous with
RMHS parking lot. Everj^day, exactly one minute
after the final bell rings in the afternoon, students
race for their cars and reve up the motors. The run
ning of the Southern 500 on Nash Street would pro
bably be safer for both drivers and pedestrians.
Students complain about their high insurance rate
and the efforts of the local police department to
control their driving with “stupid” things like speed
limits and stop signs.
How about students controlling their driving?
Baysden Stresses Organization
T.he Studieiiit Origamdzaition of
Rocky Mounit Senior Hiigih
School is an ex&cuitive body
which is comipoijed of ©leated
memibers from each of out
thiiirty-five homeinooms, Infonm-
Ing eaoh individual of tlie
■punpos« and the work cariried
out by the Studemt Organiza
tion is, to me, the l«.rigest ipro-
blem whtoh we face at thiis
time. As your Student 0.rga.ni-
zaition Fresident, I imtend to
inXorm you, as ofitem as .possi
ble, of the valuable work
which is being done by yiour
■‘governing body” and at the
same time, laittempt to make
eacih person realize that ithe
Student Organization is here
to sierve Mm. With this in
mind, eveir.yone must feel 'that
he is a valuaMe pant in our
s-tudent lassemibly. Just as in
our U. S. (jongress, we elect
two xepTesentatives to repire-
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MIORS
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A bit of itrasih djrifts across
the sohool yard,
seaa’ohing . . . searehinig
foir its p'ropar niichfi.
Changing from surpirise
to arrogant Indiifference
to asihamed toneliaesis.
Oonspiciious in cut,
regimented igiras».
Lounging umeaiaily between
.planned ipetumias
it searches for
its own kind.
It finds its place at RMHS.
MFD
Letters To Editor Air Views
Dear KditO'f,
Since I left Japan, many
stranige things have .happened
to Jiie. Everybody watches .me
cafefully and wonders who I
am. SuTely ,my ap!pea)r.an.ee is
very .different from Ameri
can’®, buit I iiiave found we
are noit sio different in itihe
ways of Living and thinTding.
Ma.ny people lask ,mc, "Don’t
you get homesick, living in
such a different (K>un'try .firom
yours?” But I always answeir,
“No.” I .really feel as if I am
at iho^mie. Almosit a.ll of the
students, teachers, and neigih-
boTS are very kind and rieady
to Mp me.
My second new experience
llarkhtrJi
Member of Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Ajiiiual Subsciiptions $1.25
Separate Issues $ ,2S
3DIT0R I>avid Williamson
A.DVERTISING MANAGER Ann Robeirtson
BUSINESS MANAGER Margarette Alford
CIRCULATION MANAGER Bustch. Thomjuson
ART EDITOR Betsy Shuff
1ST PAGE David Williamson
2ND PAGE Betsy Shnff
3RD PAGE Miargarette Alford
4TH PAGE Ann Ro'bentson
5TH PAGE Ma/ry Fond Daugibtridge
6TH PAGE Bu.tch Thompson
7TH PAGE Vance Grady
8TH PAGE Chuck Coley
JUNIOR MEMBERS—Dan Ballancie, Geo.rge Clack, Bobbie
Creiech, Bruce Gurgauue, Lynda Harrell, l»yn Joymer,
Emi Manabe, Arthur Mai’cus, Mack Pridgen, Pam
Roibinson, Debbie Sloame, Rosllyn Smith, ROigier Stoncil,
Chxis Stanley, Kathy Viverette
A.DVISOR M,rs. Margaret Williiaans
PRINCIPAL Mr. V.in5enft J. Co'lambo
was to sell f.lags and THE
BLAOKBIRD. As I .have never
sold anything befwe, I am
veiry glxy standing lin the wtreet
and selling somoitiliing. But, it
is dnteiiesiting .and .good to be
firie.nds with many .i>eople.
My third experience is be
ing interviewed and .having my
pdoture taken. As I like to taik
about Japan, I don’t mind thiis.
1 am veiy ihappy .s.taying
here. Thank you very much
foir accepting nre in this Rocky
Movint Senior Iligili Scthool.
Emi Mianabe
Dear Editor,
I notticed that in the initrO'
duoto'ry issue of The Blaick-
bird, the by-'lines w'ere Jefit
off iUie ed.itoriaJls. Since tthe
opinions exrw-essed in an edi
torial aire .not (always. ®he
same as the paper, I feel itihat
it would be an asset to The
Blackbird and to the ediiitordai-
is'ts to. iput by-Jines o.n tihe
editorials of futu.re issues.
Tommy Smith
(Editor's Note: Tlie opin
ions expressed in an edi
torial should be that of the
paper in which it is ex
pressed. \ewspaiK*rs are re
sponsible for their editorial
policy tvliich is illustrated
by what editorials they print
as their opinion.
It is the policy of The
Blackbird to give by-lines
only on stories written by
a student not on the st«ff.
Deaa‘ Editoii',
I feel compelled to comment
on the recent aud;itardum ibe-
havior of RMSH students. The
manner in wihiah w© have
conducted ourselves would be
unoomplimentary to .aai ele-
me.ntary school, .much less a
high scihool.
I won’t .insoilt the under-
elassmen by isaylng that the
seniors liave no .pant in this
dis.plaiy of immaiturdity. Eaoh
class .miusit bear some of the
resiponeibillty. WJien Martha
KinCheloe, itihe .head dhieer-
leader, c^ls for competition
oheeirs among' cJiasses, she
is uaiiiig iheir only means of
boosting iShool spirit. Sliie is
NOT givdag the .olasses. an op
portunity to air their differ
ences or e.xpress their dis
pleasure. The liissiing and .boo
ing are an inisiulit to the ohieer-
leaders and to the dignity of
RMSH.
I hope Tiiie Blackbird will
use its infliience to .piersuade
the students to sihow .their
p.ride in itheir team and their
sohoo'l by slhomng respect for
each other.
Brenda Allen
Dear Editor:
I realize that our competent
kitchen staff has iittle co.n-
trol over “Mother Nature” and
even lesis oonitixii over the
raipid reproduction of our cafe
teria flies. A few of our little
winged friends can be put up
with and even igive our limited
lunch break a “.pienic effeot.”
But wihen the .tiny six-legged
creatures atamt diving from
the sky into our soup 'bowis,
something has .got to be done!
At one table I spotted four
flies usins: a piece of lemon
pie as a .landing field while
anoither giave flight insitruc-
tions from atop a milk oantoin.
Maybe the probilem could be
eased if ev.©r,yone packed a fly
SAvatter and a can of Raid, but
there must be a .better siolu-
tion.
B,ruce Gu.rgianus
sent .the consent and feelings
of an entire homeroom. In
this respect. Rocky Mount
Senior Higih distin.guishes it
self in havinig one of the larg-
es.t representative assembilieH
in itlie State of North Carolina.
One of the oldest .problems
which we all face at Senior
High is .t)he preservation and
good upkeep of the excellent
faailitie® which we .are so for
tunate to have .here. We should
ail be very pround of our
v.'onderful facilities and treat
them wtih the utmost care
and rsisipeot. This may be done
in the foUowin.g ways. (1)
p.lace all trash in available
containeirs—Iin .the school or
in (he parking lot, (2) keep
off itlie grass at all times. (.■?)
avoid defacing the school struc
tures at all itinies. If we fol
low each of these simiple
rules, IIS we .«hould, life at
Senior Hi h will be even more
pleasanit I’.nd enjoyable.
Finally, we arrive at wihat
many coinsider to be the “back
bone” of our 'hi»h school life.
Not only s.hould we endeavo.r
to excel in the classroom, but
in o.rder .fo p.reserve our ex
cellent standinig record, all
students must in some way
participate in some type of
school activity. One main ob
jective of this is student par-
ticlpaition. This ranges from
membership in a school clul)
to memibership in the school
choir; from varsity n.t;Iile.tios
to membership on The Black-
Mrd or Hi-Noc-A.r staff. It also
appears to me that sohool
spir.it should fall in this cate
gory of situdent .panticipation.
The term “school spirit” is
both trite and ambiguous. This
term applies not just to ath
letics but to all fo'rms of s.lu-
dent aotivity such as the band
conuerts, ohorus recskals, and
dramatic p.rolucitlons.
One great iproblem wh.ioh we
hope to overcome itlils year is
that concerning situdent ipar-
ticipation in assemblies. Vice-
President Scoitt McCnilough,
chairman of the Proginam Com
mittee, .is always in search of
new .ideas for our assembly
'programs. If we are ito con
tinue our iissemhly scliedule
we musit have .some co-o,pera-
tion from you, 'the students.
On behalf of your Student
Organization I charge yon to
work totg,ether in your classes
and homerooms and .sitrive to
make 1965-6G the finest year
ever for the finesit school any
where, Rocky Mount Senior
High.
SLncereJy,
Eddie liaysden
President of
Student Organization, ’65-66
Cotton dyes more easily,
more evenly, and "with faster
colors than any other fabric.
From The Desk
Of The Editor
One day while .riding my
mo'toreycle, I was passed by
some nitwit in a ear who .al
most ran me off the road. At
the end of the day, I recalled
that .and otiher incidents ithait
have happened when auito.mo-
bile dirivea's have ibeen care
less and “hoigged” the .road.
I 'wno'te 'thiis 'poem to express
m.y thou^hits for the .careless
driveirs.
From A Motorcyle
To An Automobile
Although I .have two wheels
I still have d rigihit to
some room
I keep 'tip with the s.peed
limit
So don’t honk .and follow
itoo close.
If ever you paas, just give
me a toot;
Don’t zoom by like a crazy
fool,
All I wanit is to be
consider ed
A vehicle just like you.