Friday, April 21, 1972
THE GRYPHON
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Achieving A Library Situation
To Serve Needs Of Students
By GINGER ARNOLD
The students of our school
have a great advantage—a lib
rary which has been establish
ed for our own purposes. Many
of the students’ classes coin
cide with the library and these
students should realize the im •
portance of the library.
There are sections of class
ified books which students can
check out for a two-week period.
These books aid In special re
ports, deeper study, and stu
dent enjoyment. These books
are borrowed and should be
returned on time in the same
condition in which they were
checked out. There is a sec
tion of the library set aside for
periodicals. These are not to
be checked out but can be used
during the library periods.
Also, there is an assortment
of encyclopedias for the stu
dents’ enjoyment while in the
library.
The use of these library ma
terials is quite varied. Many
of the books checked out are
for special reports such as:
book reports, outside class re
ports, junior and senior the
mes, and leisure reading. Pe
riodicals and encyclopedias are
also used mainly for these rea
sons, One can conclude that
the library stands as a place
where the students can gather
resources to explore varied
levels and topics of education.
Unfortunately, there are
some students that do not use
the library for these reasons.
During study hall periods, an
allotted group of students are
allowed to go to the library.
Many students go to the library
just to be somewhere other than
In the study hall. They gather
at the tables talking and wast
ing time. Such actions seem to
distract other students who are
studying. Also, the library
should not be a study hall for
general home-work. Other
rooms besides the library can
be used for this.
Some students take maga
zines and books out of the lib
rary and Intentionally damage
them. These library materials
are for the students’ bene
fit- therefore, each student
should have a responsibility to
take care of the materials they
check out.
Perhaps there are some ad
justments that can be made to
improve our library. Some
students do not have a study
hall. The only time they can
go to the library is before or
after school. Students may
find that if their English class
es go to the library once a
month they will have an ample
amount of time to spend in the
library.
Of the group of library as
sistants, six students could be
chosen to serve on a Library
CounclL This group could
meet with the librarians todis-
cuss the library situation and
take measures to improve or
create new ideas for the lib
rary.
Also, a bulletin could be sent
to each homeroom every month,
listing new books and facts in
the library which should be bro
ught to the students attention.
These ideas cannot solve our
library problems, but perhaps
they may lead to the steps which
could be taken to produve a
library situation which would
best serve our students* needs.
Mrs. Ella Davis, librarian is presenting the three winners of
the library essay contest with help from (left to right) Mrs.
Davis, J ohn Dinan, Ginger Arnold, and Ruth Walker,
Mrs. Esmarelda Hawkins Emerges
In Rocky Mount Political Arena
Ed. note—The following was
taken from an interview with
Mrs. Esmarelda Hawkins, De
partment Head of History at
RMSH candidate for the City
and Council seat from Ward 2,
The interview was conducted on
April 13.
As I came into the small,
cluttered room, 1 was greeted
with a warm “Hello,” From
the moment I entered 1 felt
completely at east, mainly be
cause she made me feel wel-
Wind Esemble Rates
Among Best In Area
The Rocky Mount Senior High
Wind Ensemble under the
direction of Mr, John Sykes
received a ‘Superior Rating’ in
a band festival.
The compositions consisted
of His Honor (March) by Henry
Fllmore, Third Suite, composer
Robery Jager and Original Suite
Composer Gordon Jacobs,
The Concert Band of RMSH
under the direction of Mr.
Charles Wood received an 'Ex
cellent Rating’ in the festival
held RMSH auditorium. The
Concert Band presentations
were Variation Overture, Com
posure Clifton Williams, Mas
que composer W. Francis Mc-
Beth, A Last of Freedom com-
poset R. L. King.
The following was a basis for
grading which consisted of tone
O^eauty, blend, chord, melody,
and control) Technique (arti-
culatun, precision, rhythm) ba
lance (entire band and section
als) interpretation (expression.
phrasing, style, tempo), and
musical effect (artistry, flu-
eng).
The Rating Corp used by the
judges was Superlor-A, Excel-
lent-B, Good-C, Fair-D and
Poor-E.
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come. We quickly began dis
cussing the election, of which
she spoke with enthusiasm.
"My motive for filing for e-
lection was my concern for Roc
ky Mount and its people. We
have excellent government in
RM, but we tend to look at what
we can have.” Already I was
feeling a sense of hope.
Next, we began talking about
the “platform” she was tak
ing and Mrs. Hawkins stated,
“To discuss issues is a bit
presumptuous. We have a great
need to enhance out posture.
There are a few basic areas
open for much development.
Housing is the first, I am con
cerned with elderly persons,
because they live in older, di
lapidated housing, and have
little or no income for their
upkeep. We have had adequate
housing codes for the past but
we must look forward the future
and better codes.
The health problem In RM
attracted Mrs, Hawkins’ at
tention, “In health resources,
I find again little help for eld
erly citizens. We need to ex
tend our already existing ser
vices.”
Employment and Industrial
development quickly became the
topic of discussion. “We must
make sure that industrial de
velopment will not strain our
educational resources, or pol
lute our surrounding. We must
remember that If the city Is to
progress, we must have em
ployment for our people.”
Mrs, Hawkins then summed
up the duty of city government.
“The duty of the city Is to do
what it can to Insure the best
for all its citizens,”
The election will be held on
May 6, and you must be regis
tered to vote. Every voter must
choose 1 councilman from each
ward.
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