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Morehead Nominees Narrotved To Three MOREHEAD NOMINEES—These three boys, (left to rights DanJordan, Ernie Murray and Ricky Gardner are the Morehead nominees from RMSH for Nash County In District I. (photo by Perry) Four senior boys, three from RMSH and one from Southern Nash High School have been se lected as the Morehead Scho larship nominees from Nash County. Dan Jordan, Ricky Gardner and Ernie Murray and Thellie R. Ainsley, Jr. from Southern Nash are the four can didates chosen to compete for the coveted Morehead Award which gives the winners the op portunity to study at the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel. Hill. The winners were selected from a list of 12 candidates in Nash County and will be fur- THE GRYPHON Published by tiie Journalism Class of Ro^y Mount Senior High School £1 / VOLUME L No. 3 ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. FRIDAY, NOV. 7. 1969 Student Council Congress Big Success Four RMSH students and their advisors attended the North Ca rolina Student Council Con gress Nov. 9-11. These stu dents were Earle Abernathy, Betsy Strandberg, Alvin Ar rington and Barbara Wright. Miss Kate Parks Kitchin and Mrs. Edith Tweedy were the advisors that accompanied the students. On arrival Sunday Nov. 9 they reeistered at £nloe High School, Then they attended their first general session. Mr. Jeff Wood, President of the NCSCC, pre sided. The guest speaker was Governor Bob Scott. He stress ed the importance of Student Councils in North Carolina High Schools. He urged each de legate to strive to do their best to improve their schools. After a long day the delegates were entertained by a group of Enloe students presenting a comedy. Monday morning they con gregated for their session with Mr. Robert Morgan as the guest speaker. He summarized the roll played by the Student Coun cil and asked that we set de finite goals in the schools. From there they divldled into discussion groups. The Consti tution, Parlimentary Proce dure, and Consolidation and In tegration, were a few of the groups. Each of our four de legates went to a group, Earle Abernathy presided in the dis cussion of Parliamentary Pro cedure. The students then heard the campaign speeches from the students running for state of fices. Betsy Strandbergwas re presenting RMSH by running for Secretary. After eating at a banquet which lasted from 7 to 9 the students then enjoyed an even ing of dancing to the music of “The Lonely Drifters” from 9 to 12. Nov. 11 at the fourth session they hard Mr. Strother Assis tant Superintendent of Public Instructions, he told them to first select the goals and then project ourselves towards them. The merger of the NCASC and the NCSCC was discussed a plan was submitted and pass ed. At the closure of the ses sion each delegate voted. Al though Betsy did not win we all feel sure that she would have done a fine job. The students then rallied on the lawn of the Capital for a Sing Out. Jeff Wood added a few clos ing words and announced the winners of the offices. Alvin Arrington who attend ed the Consolidation and In tegration discussion said, "It was a very fruitful experience and the feeling of togetherness between the black and white stu dents was tremendous.” DECA Club Conference Held At N. N. Twenty-eight members of the Rocky Mount Senior High DECA Club attended the District 10 Leadership Conference held at Northern Nash High School on Tuesday, November 4, 1969. At the conference, discus sion groups were conducted. There were several sub-com mittee groupings which lead the discussions on topics of major interest to young people of today. Included in the topics were discussions on alcohol and narcotics. Among the group of DECA students were four official de legates. These official dele gates consisted of a job inter view and a DECA Sweetheart contestant, and candidates for the offices of Vice-President and Parliamentarian. ther screened by a district committee which interviews 18 northeastern counties in Dis trict L Other nominees -/ere Calvin Allen, Stan Campbell, Kei*h Harris, Billy Vick, and Mit chell Wiggins from RMSH; Wal lace Reams from Southern Nash and Robert Lee and Kenneth Windham from Northern Nash High School. The nominees from compete with seniors from 17 other counties in the 18 county dis trict of Beaufort, Bertie, Cam den, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, North hampton, Pasquotank, Perqui mans, Pitt, Tyre 11 and Washing ton. RMSH is now represented by five Morehead Scholars at the University of North Carolina. They are, Hatcher Klncheloe, Bill Meakin, Bob Joyce, Page Lea and Ken Thompson. The successful candidates win receive grants worth $8,000 for four years. Each scholar ship Is renewable each year. Financialneed Is not required. Debating Trip Members of the RMSH public speaking class with their advi sor, Mrs. Ruby Sharpe, atr tended the North Carolina De bate Conference at the Sir Wal ter haieigiiHcte!, s«tiirday, No vember 8. On the agenda were lectures by professors from UNC at Cha pel Hill, UNC at Greensboro and Shaw University. The lectures and discussions were geared to the young debator’s needs as a beginner. Sociologists from the University pointed out difficul ties In the debate proposition of this year: Resolved: “That Congress Should Prohibit Uni lateral U. S. Military Inter vention in Foreign Countries.” SRA Is Given Report By Human Relations Comm. All-American Cities Delegation Includes Three RMSH Students On Wednesday, November 12 during the sixth period, the fourth meeting of the Student Representative Assembly came to order with President Earle Abernathy presiding. The read ing and approval of the minutes w^ the first order ofbusiness. After the balance of $1,689.84 in the school treasury had been confirmed by the treasurer, Kenny Dickerson, Mar^r Battle of the Social Committee made her report. She announced that after meeting twice, the group had decided to send get-weU cards to students who were ab sent from school for a rela tively long time due to illness. The AFS Club, at this point, announced that Beckv .‘J*’— lUall lias been chosen to represent RMSH In the Student Abroad Program this summer. Fol lowing this, Valsr ie Batts of the Humaii Relations Committee told the SRA of their plans to entertain grievances of the students. She expllalned that on alternating Mondays and Wed- the Committee will listen and discuss all problems of Indi vidual students or groups rela tive to school. Appointments, she said would have to be made In advance. Valerie added the fact that the Committee endor sed night basketball games and hoped their endorsement would have some bearing on the de cision. Immediately after a report from tjie student store, of which a. representative stated a balance of $22.94, the Program Committee presented a skit which emphasized the impor tance of the upcoming Thanks giving project. This project is the preparing of baskets for needy families by homerooms. The baskets will be judged on beauty and other rjiiures. the Committee ref)orts over, Earle Abernahty report ed on the state convention held In Raleigh. His report focus ed on a lecture given on nar cotics. Alvin Arrington and Betsy Strandberg, also made some interesting comments on Donna Armstrong, Patricia Davis and Kenny Dickerson were among 75 citizens attend ing the All-American Cities Award competition November 10-11 in Philadelphia, Pa., who were Involved in an all-out effort to earn for Rocky Mount one 11 All-American Cities Award in the United States for 1969. In an assembly November 13, Mayor John Minges spoke to the students about the de legates’ determined to present our city as “Rocky Mount, North Carolina’s Red Carpet City.” Mr. Mack Pearsall, a mem ber of the Chamber of Com merce gave the final oral pre- s CONVENTION DELEGATES*—Donna Armstrong, Kenny Dick erson and Patricia Davis were students from RMSH who attend ed the All-America Cities Contest heU Novomhor in.ii in sentation for the students exact ly as it was given In Philadel phia. All 22 finalists'-, l-Jlf-.ed their cases orally before a panel of 12 jurors Monday and Tliesday. Later, the presenta tions will be given detailed study and investigation to vali date the communities’ claims. The final selections will be announced in January. An advance section of the de legation arrived In Philadelphia Sunday a day earlier to make preparations for Rocky presentation. DiSplay tables and ^ projection theater were setup to tell Rocky Mount’s story. The delegation based its en try on achievements in com munity for the past 12 months. The achievements were based upon human relations, educa tion, housing, recreation, job opportunities for low-Income housing, industrial develop ment, downtown improvement plans, utility improvements, building fund campaigns, the city’s contributions to Nash Ge neral Hospital and the Rockv
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