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Friday, April 21, 1972 THE GRYPHON PAGE 3 Quantella Williams Chosen As April’s Kiwanis Boy Academic Success Related To Library His interests are high in music, sports, pool, ping-pong, dancing, and people. He’s Quan tella Williams, Kiwanis Boy for April. “Since it’s April I thought I would go through the year without any prestigious ho nors,” said Quantella, “I’ve had good times in school but my chief ambition is to get out and continue my education,” He sees high school as having its high interests and low in terests, High interests are better, Quantella is the se- cretary-treasurer of the Ele gants Club and has l)een co- chairman of the social commit tee for two years. He also works for the Modernaires and the Service Club. Quantella’s years at RMSH have been fun for him. He has been able to better adopt to new situations each year. “The most enjoyable thing at school,” he said, “is the friendliness of Barny's MEWS STAND Nash Street 10% Discount for Required Books Austin Hill goes contem« porary with this double knit 100% textured Fortrcl Polyester. Look closely and you’ll see & thousand fleur-de-lis. Flare bottoms, 2 inch waistband. Wide belt loops. J type pocket in the front and two flapped poclcets in the bade. Oct them while tbey^n hot. This is/As look. P.S.1X yoif still want ^ytana fabritwehaveit. QUANTELLA WILLIAMS atmosphere.” Outside high school doors, Quantella has found enriching experiences in the Upward Bound Program at Wesleyan College, Last summer he won a music award in the program. In the fall, Quantella plans to attend North Carolina Cen tral University in Durham with ambitions of majoring in either Physical Education or recrea tion, If there is a good job situation available, he would like to teach physical educa tion some day. Chances are that Quanwillbe living somewhere other than Rocky Mount after college. However, if an opportunity for a good job should arise, he would consider staying here. Quantella is the son of Mrs. Hattie Williams, By MARY JO ODOM Sitting in the silver sand I draw a picture with my hand. To the sky I softly send A quiet song upon the wind. The sands goslidingthroughmy fingers. The sea winds blow to better singers. Yet there is no other I can see. Who could better rule this sea than me; But what a frail and flimsy I, To rule an ocean or a sky. I can do nothing, when all is done But watch the golden, melting sun . . . Seniors To Attend Governor's School (Continued from Page 1) ing their eight-week stay at Salem College, These acti vities include guest lecturers, concerts, dramatic produc tions, forums, and programs of films to expose students to con temporary culture. No grades or credits are giv en the students who attend Gov ernor’s SchooL Rather, U is hoped that the students will mu tually stimulate one another and they will be humbled in the face of talents equal to or ex ceeding their own. Guardian Corp. PHONE 443-4101 CITIZENS SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. 229 SUNSET AVEMJE BODY SUITS HOT PANTS 1.76 1.99 up Ladies and Childrens Wear 1 U. Barnes St., Nashville 3512 Sunset Ave., Rky. Mt. RICH’S Home Of The Good Guys 409 George Street Rocky Mount Editor’s note: This year our library staff sponsored an essay contest in which RMSH students were giv en the opportunity to express their views on how to improve the school library. The win ners were as follows: 1st place, John Dinan, 2nd Ruth Walker; 3rd Ginger Arnold, Winners received: 1st $25; 2nd $15, 3rd $5, respective ly, The following essay is first place winner, and 2nd and 3rd place will be on pages four and five. By JOHNNY DINAN The major role in the aca demic success of students from Rocky Mount Senior High is almost directly related to the school’s library. Millions of tiny brain cells have been in trigued by the knowledge of newly - perceived vocabulary, history, science and art, un der the direction of the head librarian, Mrs, Davis, How ever, there are naturally a few adjustments, that could be put into effect, which would great ly increase the capabilities of our school library. Approxi mately everyone Is aware of the organization methods and ge neral poUcies of the library. Much of this data is inefficient and out-dated for today’s mo dern society. We should like to explore these fallacies In hope of achieving a library sit uation which would better ac commodate the needs of our students. The first step in the re structuring of the library would be the reorganization of most literature. The school is pre sently under the Dewey Decimal System of book classification. This, in itself, Is a relic left by some generation almost one hundred years ago. When Mel- vil Dewey developed his scheme in 1876, the technology of science was still in a state of infancy. Since Dewey’s time, history has seen rapid evolu tion In areas of science, phil osophy and humanitarles. Therefore, his methods of clas sification should definitely be revised to encompass a broad er variety of categories In lit erature, For example, the U. S. Library of Congress has accepted ami developed a more modern and simple technique of classifying books. Also, the students would benefit more if the librarywould provide exclu sive shelving for books in cer tain popular fields, such as classics and American novels. In this area of reorganization, the student would waste less time looking for a book if the labels over shelves and cases were clearer to read and more precise. The next step would be in solving the problem of periodical literature, such as magazines. Use of such liter ature is limited due to obvious reasons. The solution to this problem is tremendously sim ple, although e'tremely expen sive—an index computer sys tem. Through this amazing de vice, subject matter is easily obtained for note-taking by means of audio recordings and the projection of visual aids on a large screen. The evident defect in acquiring such a com puter is funds, And, then again, under strict supervision it would probably be used only by the more dynamic students. The second stage of restruc ture should be in the direction of library policies. In this section of needed improvement, funds and time are still key fac tors. Many students have stat ed their views on extending the library day to 4:30 In the af ternoon, which would give many an extra hour or so of reading; since, they normally do not have the time during the regular school day. Also, Saturday re search time for maybe two to three hours would be a great aid to the students of Rocky Mount. If this cannot be a- chieved, it would be more prac tical to increase the maximum withdrawal time of books to three weeks. Then, to accom plish some other previous sug gestions, the overdue fees should be raised. Finally, the last stage of re structure should be in the self- examlnatlon of the student. His purpose in using the library Is very Important, In the Bible, it is written, “sow and thou salt reap”. If the student is truly sincere in his efforts con cerning the library, it will be a much happier place in which all can read! Laugh and the class laughs with you, but you stay after school alone. COME TO SEE YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN AT TANK THEATRE Starts April 25 ZIP MART. INC. Post Office Box 1199 1327 Tarboro Street Rocky Mount. N. C. 27801 Telephone (919) 446-8477 ^Yixen You Run Out, Run In ZIP MART No. 1 700 N. Raleljfh St. No. 2 831 Raleigh Rd. No. 3 1323 Tarboro No. 4 Nashville Hwy. No. 11 1612 Sunset Ave. John H. Livesay Supervisor \
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