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THE BLACKBIRD
Friday, Feb. 24, 1967
Advice Is Given To Students
Regarding Catching A Sweetheart
During the recent and per
haps forgotten Vialentine sea
son, the BLACKBIRD’S aitten-
tion was drawn to the fact
that a minimum amount of
flowers and candy was sent to
the sensitive and meritorious
girls at RMSH. It has also been
realized by the benefiioent and
noMe staff that, after waiting
long months, after looking to-
ward the coming event of Val
entine’s Day, the haiid-workiing
females of this school were
sadly disappointed. The lack
of smiles and fluttering eye
lashes after February 14th has
led the editor of the Blackbird
to publish these woixis. So, this
being the month of February,
a time for cupids and lace and
bashful blushes, the manage
ment of this newspaper would
like to oxpres>s a few senti
ments in belhalf, and in en-
oouragement of that vague and
awesome institution which we
caU Love.
Ah ha! Just as we predioted!
We see those eyebrows lifting..
We see those shacked faces.
Wtell, for all those prudish Vic
torians wlho believe that a (high
school newspaper is definitely
not tihe place for discussion of
such a oontroversiai subject,
we will attempt to explain our
selves a littde further. Love, we
mean, in the shyest sense of
the word. The love which tang
les itself among class rings,
book carrying, bashful glances,
and Junior-Seniors. It is the
love of the sophomore, the sen
ior, the junior, the fifteen and
the seventeenth year love. It
is the anxious, painful, excited
caring for the soft-voiced girl,
the dark-eyed boy. This, we
hope, has discouraged any evil
suspicions that the BLACI^IRD
is encouraging the immorality
rate among American youth.
And now, being incurable ro
mantics, we would like to say
that, along with the advent of
February Fourteenth, we would
be delighted to see more foot
ball players waiting at lockers,
more poets writing love son
nets, more band members ser
enading in the moonlight, and
in general, although we don’t
know how the teachers feel
iaibout this, more couples block
ing traffic in the haUs between
classes. To the girls we say, bat
your eyelashes a little more, let
him know how special you real
ly are, and create your own
uniquely mysterious attentive-
ness toward him. Whether you
are a gay and wind-kissed
cheerleader, a formidable and
worldly sophisticate, a quiet
dreamer, or jusit a very typical
female, (as most of us are) we
teU you that a feminine giggle
and a demure smile aimed in
the right direction will end for
ever your “I hate school” days.
As for the boys, if you have
never had the experience of
noticing a very special smile
especiedly for you, we suggest
that you experiment a Mttle,
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And so, finally, it is with
sincere best wisiies, prayers,
and good luck that the manage
ment of ithe BLACKBIRD ushers
you from the amorous month of
February, and, to be very cor-
ney, we say, “have a heart”.
We don’t celebrate Valentine’s
Dtay for nothing.
J
People Of Brittany;
A Look At Simplicity
TJie sun rose with etartUng
quickness above the fields o£
Brittany, peaietrating every
crevice and eroded guly and!
sending tSie shadows of night |
scurrying to the innermost re
cesses of the land. In the fish
ing village nesitled on the banks
of the Vilaine, the rays of the
sun reflected from the white-
was'hed cottages with dazzling
brilliancy.
A road came into the village
from the mountains and where
the road was cobblestone the
houses of the village stretched
along both sides. There were no
sidestreets. A wagon piled high ;
with fruit for the market rolled
silowQy through the village. The
driver, asleep from too much
wine the night before, hunched
over the seat. The dogs of the
town followed close to the
wagon, looking for something
to faU from it.
On the quay below the town,
the day’s work had begun. A
few boats were pulled up on
the sand. Those which were
sailing and had their nets
aboard were already well out
to sea.
The women went to miadcet
while the children played in the
streets, and the sun rose lugh
overhead.
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RLXAS “nra KTO'
V/AfsTTED for MUiRDER
OP MltUrONS.
ceoOD HEMTH AND
A LCNSr UFE.
^itelligentcia who took
initiative and purchased the
©at literary magazine, The
/ATlTlllill I itradigm. Kathy Viverette and
J.JJ. x'XJ.M.Cl.1. X • Xj, staff of mon'kies have been
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Journalism students from Sen
ior High, Northern Nash, Wil
son Fike, Rockridge, and
Booker T. Washington attended
the annual Tuberculosis Press
Convention (and luncheon held
at People’s Bank and Trust
Company. The students were
told of the affects of TB and
how to prevent it toy Dr. Maude
Battle.
The students were given infor
mation about the competition
for articles written or cartoons
drawn concerning TB toy Don
King. The city editor of the
TELEGRAM then told them
how they were to complete their
•; January 27 issue of The'
ickbird. The part he left out
s spomtsmanship.
True, a school does include
le bush of the crowd as the
icial shot is in the air,” al-
ugh I hope th.at he wasn’t re-
Ving to a shot bv a Black-
>rking hard to produce a true
asterpiece for the world to
hold. Contributions of art,
etry, prose, and even music
>re are still being ernestly re-
ested. So to ail budding Van
ghs, Voitaires, and Sousas,
id in your work and let us
>w how good you reaUy are.
locounting for the increase in
of The Paradigm is the
an CSOZiy 'vr cnxrw ^
The winners of the competition
are Betsy Heady with the car
toon of Jimmy Germ, and
Carolyn Bryant with her ariticle
entitled “The Lone WRENger”.
After the explanation of the
compeUtioaJi&fjj
their grumWes when they see
the superior results of Kathy
Vivecette’s efforts.
The paradigm will come out
in May, giving all subscribers
something to look forwaiid to
besides going barefoot in Mav
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