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1867 ROCKY MOUNT CENTENNIAL 1967 THE BLACKBIRD VOL. XXXVII—No. 12 Published by the Journalism Class of Rocky Mount Senior High School ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1967 Dr. Cherry, Dr. Fields To Speak In 1967 Graduation Exercises DR. W. O. FIELDS, JR. DR. RUSSELL T. CHERRY, JR. “Mrs. Van” To Retire With Close Of School Jiime 2, 1967 wiU see the end of an era at RMHS— iVHlS. B. E. Van Buskirk will retire from teaching. Mrs. Van (as she is affec tionately known toy her stu dents) began her tenure here with the 1937-38 school year. She has taught English, matli, physics, general science, and '■ sft^ilar and advianced biology. For the last ten years, she has tauglit nothing but bdology. Ob taining her A. B. degree at Elon College and her Masters at Duke, Mrs. Vam Buskirk taught at Hillsborough, James- ville, Siler City, and Ayden be fore coming here. In addition to her work at Elon and Duike, she has com- pdeted summer school work at Wiake Forest, UNC-CH, and MRS. VAN BOSKIRK , . . Retires . . . 1967 Paradigm To Be Released June 2 By Staff The third publication of the Paradigm, the RMSH literary magazine, will be released Fri day, June 2nd by Editor Kathy Viverette and her staff. Tlie Paradigm consists of poems, short stories, essays, and mis cellaneous art work. All .ar ticles are the orignal of RMSH students. Editor Viverette also an nounced that Marsha Hammel Ixas been chosen las Editor for next year’s Paradigm. Work ing with her to produce anoth er RMSH work of creativity will be about 20 sophomores, juniors, and seniors. the University of Chicago. She had accomplished a good deal toward her Ph.D when she de cided to drop her Ph. D work and rem^ain in high school teaching. If she bad gotten her Ph.D she would have na- tuiraly been in a position to move up to college teachinig. Besides teachiing, Mrs. Van has 'been .an advisor to sereral classes, advisor to the National Honor Society for ten or fifteen years, anid advisor to .the Fu ture Teachers Club when it wias in service. In recognition of her outstanding teaching she was given an award in 1962 by the National Asisociation of Biology Teachers as the run ner-up for Biology Teacher of the State. Mrs. Van Buskirk resides at 735 Eastern Avenue with her husband, Mr. S. E. Van Bus kirk, a member of ithe Rocky Mount Police Force. She terms her marriage in 1945 to the young Military Poli'cemian at Fort Bragg as the “greatest event of my life.” A member of the First Bap tist Church, Mrs. Van Buskirk is also active in the Business and Professional Wbman’s Club and Delta Kappa Gamma, a teachers’ sorority. When asked the outstanding events in her school career here, she replied working so long to get an .aidwanced biol ogy class and then getting it, and working with the NHS were the most outstanding. “Of course,” she added, “Watching students grow and getting them prepared for future life was the highlight of teaching.” Dr. Russell T. Cherry, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church, will deliver the 1%7 Baccailaureate Sermon and Mr. W. O. Fields,Jr., Superinten dent of the Rocky Mount City Schools, will deliver the com mencement address. A native of Portsmoutih, Virginia, Dr. Cherry received his B. A. degre in 1947 at the University of Richmond. He is also a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, receiving his B. D. degree in 1950 and his TH. D. in 1954. He has served as pastor of the First Baptist Church since November, 1964. He has been lactive in as- sociational and state Baptist organizations :anki is a frequent speaker at Aissemlblies and Con ferences. Dr. Cherry is married to the former Miiss Jewell Jones and they have three childiren - Jeannde Beth, a sophomore; Judy Lynne; and Rusty. Dr. W. O. Fields, Jr., a na tive of Salem, North Carodna, graduated from Selma High School and obtained his B. S. in Business Administration at the University of North Caro- liraia.. In 1957, he received his Master of EJduoation degree from UNO, and in 1963, he won his Doctor of Education. Dr. Fields has served as teacher and principal at sev eral high schools and East Carolina College, and' came to Itooky Mount in 1963 as As sistant Superintendent of Schools. In 1966, he was ap pointed Superintendent and has just finislted his first yeair in that oa.pacity. Dr. Fields is a member of the NEA, NCEA, Phi Deltia Kappa, and various other edu cational organiaations. He has taken many positions of lea dership, and is president of the Kiwanis Club. He is married to the former Jean Kirby and they have two children - Sara and Frank. The Fields attend the First Methodist Church. ^ Marsha Hammel, Blackbird Editor Bob Chapman. Second row (1 to r) Betsy Heady, Pat Stussie, Betsy Elmore. 68-69 Blackbird Officers Announced By Senior Staff blackbird officer.s for s'chool year 1967-68 were elect ed (last week. Chosen by the combined junior and senior staffs were Bob Chapman as Elditor; Betsy Heady as Busi ness Manager; Be.tsy Elmore as Circulation Manager; and Pat Stussie as Advertising Manager. Page editors, .a(p- pointed by Mrs. Margaret Wil liams, BLACKBIRD adviser, will be; Betsy Mann, page 1; Dina Wilde, page 2; Dickie Bradshaw, page 3; Carolyn Class Of ’67 Prepares For June 2 Graduation Graduation exercises for the CiLass of 1967 will begin, here Sunday at 5 p. m. with the Baccalureate Sermon in the school auditorium. The culmi nation of twelve years of learn ing will be the Commencement Exercises Ftiday, June 2 at 8 p. m. in the Municipal Sta dium. Principal V. J. Colombo will preside at both cere monies. Baccalaureate Sermon After the Senior Class pro cessional to “'Pomp and Cir cumstance”, Father Thomas 1%7 BEAUTY COURT QUEEN Jane fS and "her -taid of Honor Bobbi Creech and First Runner-up Cherry Hau! F. Kerin will give the irivoaa- tion. Following “Jesus, Jesus, Wie Adore Thee” toy the school choir, the Reverend B. Frank (Continued on page 8) B»rant,^page 4; Kathy Mat thews, page 5; Bob Chapman, (pagesi 6 and 7; Dianne Whit- field, page 8. These fituden.l,s wUl make up next year’s sen ior staff. As junior staff mem bers this year, they have had an opporitunity to observe the senior staff at work on the paper. They have put out two issues of the BLACKBIRD themselvfcs—one in February and one in Mlay—.and thus have bad & try at putting out ■the paper. Also appoin'ed recently was Marsha Hammel as 1967-68 PARADIGM Editor. A small jumor BLACKBIRD staff, made up of those stu dents recommend(!d to Mrs Williams by thei" English teachers, will he learning how the BLACKBIRD is run and helping the senior stalf with the job of putting out Uie pa per. 1967 Hi-Noc-Ar Dedicated In Assembly To Mrs. Carr The annual Hi-Noc-Ar pre sentation land dedication was held Friday, May 19, in an as sembly. The 1967 yearbook was dedicated to Mrs. EUzabetli Salj er Cairr faithful and ever present secretairy in the school office. “You would not believe how thrilled I am”, she said iduring the presentation. “Very few people in their lifetime have any ibook dedicated to them, and for me to have my favorite book dedicated to me is one of the greatest thrills I have ever had.” “The people of Rocky Mount WiU always remember 1967 as the year of the Centennial Cele bration, but I will always re- % member it as the year that you | dedioated .the Hi-Noc-Ar to me and it wiU remain one of my f, greatest .thrills.” During the fc*#'J/';'' dedication, the students gave her a warm stan^ding ovia/tion/^ MRS, CARR
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