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Page 2 THE BLACKBIRD j. Friday, May 23, 1969 Editorials The Class Of ’69 Through out our high school careers and this school year primarily, we seniors have heard argue- mentS'about the relative merits of class competition. It seems oibvious to most of us that there are cer tain activities in which a rivalry among classes could be an advantageous stimulant. And there are those endeavors in which a unified effort is best. But tossing all this jitter aside, let us think for a moment about the graduating class of 1969. It is a great class. The Class of 1969 led in the sale of magazines for three years in a row. Its students have always been in school affairs active leaders and co-operative participants. They have been on the front rows at footlball and basketball games, and active in the instrumentation of student-oriented activities such as out-of-town bus trips, cafeteria refonm petitions and many other things of interest to the school. While the Class of 1969 has not had athletes to lead state championship teams, it has had men willing to play a contest to the best of their ability, against odds and adversities, and has had accomp lishments in other areas equally worthy of note. And the Class of 1969 has had outstanding in dividual members. Its officers have effected force ful leadership. It has had recipients of esteemed scholarships, and nominees and finalists for others. It has had sons who were active in community and church affairs. It has had students who were able to bring honor to Rocky Mount Senior High. The last graduating class of our school, the Class of 1969 of Rocky Mount Senior High School has been a great class. Opportunity At the beginning of the school year the writer of many of these editorials of questionable value often attempted to deal with the problems and questions involved with the challenges seniors faced in this last year of high school, and the consequences these seniors faced if they failed to cope adequately with these problems. Through the year he has written and thought about the questions of dealing with specific ques tions and decisions which immediately faced every senior, such as whether, and where to continue his education, whether to work, or to strive now to ful fill his military obligation. Every senior had his own problems and worked for his oiwn solutions. It is extremely doubtful that anything said in this column bore much influence. But this writer enjoyed the at tempt. And now he will try once more. With the end of our high school experience, we who are graduating will begin immediately to feel the consequences of our decisions. But we will also soon realize that the choices which face us are far more awesome than even those which we have al ready come up against. Yet, the world ahead of us is ours. We who have stumbled have created problems which will take time to straighten out. We who have succeeded are to be congratulated. The girls will go on to find a knight in shining armour. And after Vietnam the boys will settle down with the girl next door. The future is indeed full of promise. THE BLACKBIRD Member of Columbia Scholastic Press Association $1.25 Yearly — $.25 Single Issue EDITOR Skipper Greathouse BUSINESS MANAGER Denise Boswell ADVERTISING MANAGER Karen Colombo CIRCULATION MANAGER Robert CoUins PAGE EDITORS: 1st Robert Collins 2nd Robert Joyce 3rd David Cole 4tb Kay Belcher 5th Betsy Chipley 6th Ben Parker 7th Skipper Greathouse 8th Denise Boswell Feature Writer Keith Bowden JUNIOR STAFF Donna Armstrong, Debbie Bradshaw, Ida Dew. Lynn Crombie, Willette Harrison, Sandra Murray, Roy Casey. Perry La- Grange, David Matthews. Cash Roberts. Bob O’Keef, Janice Taylor. ADVISOR Mrs. Margaret Williams PRINCIPAL Mr. V. J. Colombo 7^ "YfUu On Assembly Delights Students Led by the ingeuity of an imaginative ihomerodm teach er and inspired by a sense of room-togetherness unusual to RMSH, Miss Murchison’s sen ior liomeroom recently delight ed the student body with three unexpected pieces of whimsi cal delight. Behind the forceful narrating of Sherry Brabham and the dramaitic ability of Miss Murk, the stars of the RMSH Follies proved refreshingly entertain- iiig. The program provided a relief from the sometimes less than fascinating assemblies we have been subjected to. The first offering of the ta lented troupe was II Adver- tiso, the world’s only Ameri can folk opera, composed al most entirely (execept where the singers were forcd to ad lib) of today’s advertising lin go. It starred Dianne Bourne as the lady, and featured Keith Bowden in the unexpect ed role of the flamboyant gen tleman. Page Lea and Jay Bobbitt were the umiimble courtiers, and Deborah Bul lock competed with Denise Boswell for the attention of the lads, and it appeared that neither one won, but Denise definitely lost. The second ditty featured the reading of Miss Murk and the hip wiggEng of Krisiti Bishop as Wild Nell, searcher for the heart of Handsome Harry (handsome Hugh Bryan). The plot thickened when an Eng lish lady, played by Janice Mortimer, arrived and won the fancy of Nell’s intended. This exchange of romantic intrigue occurred after Handsome Harry rescued Wild Nell from the fatal clutch of Jeff Bras well, Cliff Brasweul, and Lib by Buchan, a not-so-squaw squaw. Wild Nell, the West’s first mini-skirted femme fa tale, unable to handle the tra gedy, killed herelf. Apologizing for the abund ance of dead bodies, Sherry presented the audience with Bolling’s Ballet, unfortuiia'leiy sans-Bollings, composed of lightfooted Jay Bobbitt, Page Lea, Bill Fulkerson, Edgar Brown, Jeff and Cliff Braswell, and Steve Biggersteff. EDO Gives Three ^Onies’ The Edsonians presented three one act plays called “A Trio of Duets” Saturday April 26 and Sunday April 27. The Apple Bit starred Mar- tJia Moore as Eve aod Brian Lamm as Adam. The play had several humorous passages, al though some were missed through inaudibility. Brian portrayed the part of Adam, well, as a soimewhat henpeck ed, well maening husband. Martha’s Eve was natural of modern woman. ‘Harry a«l the Angel’ was an adorable story of a young boy waiting to be born in the birth sectron of heaven. Tom my Felton played the anxious young man and Ramsey Lea portrayed the dignified pre cise angel. Although ill dur ing two performances, Ram sey’s peiformainoe was none- tiieless excellent. Suzanne Winston substituted in the Sun day matinee performaince and was equaly magnificent. Tom my Felton was perfect for the part of the unl)om child, and bis size lent to the hilarity of the play. A double cast was used for “The Last Word” and a ‘double perfoiTnancc’ was given. Mar tha Gusman an Norman Cham bliss were at their usual ,peak of .performing greatness as the first couple in this futu ristic play. The story involv ed an ageless couple at the “Last Olianoe Baa’” just before the world was destroyed by an atomic bomb. They discov ered through diabgue how meaningless their lives liad been and how little they had really said. Laurie Thorpe and Frank Elliot were the sec ond Mr. and Mrs. Alenblick. Their lines were not as oom- prehensible as Martha’s and Norman’s but the adion was as complete. The personlities of both casts were injected in the plays and gave each read ing a different meaning. Open Letter Open letter to the students of RMSH: As this paper goes to prc.ss, the Blackbird will have ended its duties as informer of the students of RMSH for another year. As editor, I would like to express my gratification to the members of the student body and of the faculty for their close cooperation with myself and the other members of the staff throug;hout the past year. I would like to thank the marvelous students who have filled our pages with items of newsworthy significance in the past school year. Students, without you there would be no need for our services. If you were not constantly in the forefront making your pre sence and ability felt on the world, we of the Blackbird staff would ihave an extremely hard time filling our pages with news. To the faculty, I would like to say “Thank you” for your cooperation with us as we have tried to uncovcr the news. Also, we would like to commend you for a job well doee in training the students of RMSH wkho have been so prominent in the paper for this school year. Your achieve ments have often been unjust ly maligned, but you have showed your true abiUty in the education of the students of RMSH. I would like to say, for my self, that I have greatly en joy^ my three yeara as a member of the student body of RMSH, and 'that I am greatly indebted to the mem bers of the faculty that ihave aided me in the efforts both as a student and as tlie editor of the Blackbird. To all. I say, with deep gratitude, “Thank You.” Sinccrely, A retiring editor. Skipper Greatliouse Around Campus This June 4 will mark the end of the tcrrifi^; efforts of the Class tof 1SC9 at RMSH. In their three year tenure, tliey have led the student body in many varied fields of endea vor. For the first time, they le the magazine sales cam paign for three straight years and established a first by win ning in their senior year. The Claiss of ’69 has been very outstanding in the field of scholastics as they pi"0- duced threee Morelliead Scho lars this year, a state-wide first. They have sent people to the Governor’s School, and the Atlantic Christian College High School Bowl. SCHEDULE Senior Exams May 22-29 Regular Exaims May 30-June 3 PTO Dinner May 29 Senior Class Picture May 28 Vesper Sei-vice May 29 Baccalaurate June 1 Graduation June 4 Underclassmen Report Cards, June 6 Extended Days June 4-6
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