1972 SR A Officers Elected
By RMSH Student Body
1972 ‘3RA. officers of RMSH: (left to right) treasurer - Russell
Ruffin, secretary - Chrlstal Gagnon, vice - president - Steve
Braswell; president - John Dinan.
Student Representative As
sembly officers for the 1972-73
school year were finalized Fri
day, April 21, after a run-off
between several of the candi
dates.
The SRA officers elected are
president, John Dinan; vice -
THE GRYPHON
PiAUshed by tiie Joumalism Class of Rodty Mount Seniw High School
VOLUME m, NO, 11
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1972
Graduation Arrangements To Culminate
With Senior Commencement Exercises
During a recent senior class
meeting, Richard Newman, se
nior class president, ouHiied
the Graduation Steering Com
mittee plans for the 1972 gra
duation exercises.
Four main graduation com
mittees have been formed with
co-chairmen from among the
ten members of the Steering
Committee.
These committees ara the
Programs Committee, the Phy
sical Arrangement Committee,
the Decorations Committee, and
the Bible and Diploma Commit
tee,
The Program and Programs
Committee, whose co-chairmen
are Debbie Griffin, Richard
Bulluck, and Mike Barnhill, will
organize the graduation pro
gram and the program folders.
The Physical Arrangement
Committee, with co-chairmen
Gary Knight and Mac Knight,
will work with Mr, Pegram,
the city maintenance director,
in setting up the stage, chairs,
and sound equipment for gradu
ation.
The Decorations Committee
with co-chairmen Connie Max
well and Gail Moore, is in
charge of the stage and floral
decorations.
The Bible and Diploma Com
mittee with co-chairmen Hay
wood Parker, Jon Dunn, and
Bruce Flye, will work with
Mr. Earl Privott, RMSH teach
er, to arrange the order of Bi
bles and graduation diplomas.
Students Registered
For 18-Y ear-Old Vote
president, Steve Braswell;
secretary, Christal Gagnon;
treasurer, Russell Ruffin,
Of the approximately 80% of
registered student voters at
RMSH, only 45% voted on Elec
tions Day, Wednesday, April 19,
All self-nominated, the can
didates for S, O, offices pre
sented their campaign speeches
Tuesday, April 18, Candidates
running for S, O, president were
John Dinan, who was elected,
and Gerald Costen, Alfred Da
vis, and Zack Perkinson, Run
ning for vice-president was
Steve Braswell, elected to the
position, along with Bruce Al
exander, William Farmer, and
Kim Smith. Running for se
cretary were Christal Gagnon,
who was elected, and Janice
Joyner. Candidates for treas
urer were Russell Ruffin, who
was elected, Jean Dare, and
Chuck Rehm.
John Dinan, elected presi
dent, is a member of the NHS,
the Rocky Mount Youth Coun
cil, the Phalanx Club, and the
Human Relations Committee,
Also an active participant in
athletics, John hopes “to de
velop an administration which
will not only listen to the needs
of other students but will also
take action to achieve these
goals.”
While at RMSH Steve Bras
well has been first vice - pre
sident of the NCASC and chair
man of the Student Advisory
Committee, Christal Gagnon Is
a member of the NHS and of a
re-accreditatlon committee,
Russell Ruffin has been a
SRA representative and a re
accreditation committee mem
ber,
Junior-Senior
To Be Held
At Tarrytown
The annual Junior - Senior
prom, instigated by the pre
sent RMSH Junior class, will
be held at Tarrytown Mall,
May 19, from 9 p.m. until 1
a.m.
Advised by faculty member
Mr, Hendrix, the Junior class
has devised this year’s prom
through five committees, each
having a faculty advisor. These
committees are the Decorations
Committee, the Invitations
Committee the Clean-Up Com-
mittee, the Refreshments Com
mittee, and the Band Commit
tee. The Junior - Senior band
this year will be “The Marl-
boros.”
This year’s theme for the
prom will remain a secret until
the night of the prom. Chang
ed from the RMSH proms of pre
vious years, there will not be
a figure this year.
NHS Carwash
The National Honor So
ciety of RMSH has recently
been sponsoring their an
nual carwash to raise funds
for future activities.
Their final car-wash
date Is scheduled for Sat
urday, May 13, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p,m., with cost, $1.50;
place, drive in front of
Math-Science building at
RMSH.
Recently Mr, Don Evans, head
of the Nash County Board of
Elections, came to RMSH to talk
to seniors about voter registra
tion before the deadline of April
7,
Mr, Evans urged all students
that met the age requirement
of 18 before November 7 to re
gister to vote. These students
would be eligible to vote in the
primary on May 6 and the gene
ral election on November 7.
Because many students had
been unable to get to the Board
of Elections to register, two
registrars were brought to the
school to register students. The
response to this attempt to re
gister more people result.eJ
In approximately one hundred
st.i.'Jeats registering during the
day.
This assembly was only one
of the many attempts made to
urge those eligible to regis
ter to vote. Although the re
gistration at school was not
considered impressive, the of
fice of the Board of Elections
reports that an overwhelming
number of students are regis
tered as Democrats; Republi
cans are running second in num
ber, Only a few are reported
as registering for the Indepen
dent and American parties.
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Seniors Margaret Taylor, Joanne Atwell, Ruble Gibson, and Mary
Barr recently received college scholarships.
Four Seniors Designated
fcii'i'ii'ijn' I For J^anous Scholarships
J. ^ M J. J. Four girls from RMSH have anne made a general application
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Three RMSH rising seniors
were notified April 25 that they
have been selected to attend the
Boys’ and Girls’ State semi
nars, sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion.
Bruce Alexander and David
Jordan will attend Boys’ State,
while Roxanne Taylor will at
tend Girls’ State.
To take place at Wake For
est University for one week,
the Boys’ and Girls’ State pro
grams are designed to teach
city, county, and state govern
ments to outstanding North Ca
rolina students. Each of these
students will be placed into one
of two parties of equal propor
tions, to learn of government
techniques.
Bruce Alexander is the son
of Sgt. and Mrs, J, D, Alex
ander; David Jordan is the son
of Mr. and Mrs, Wade G. Jor
dan; and Roxanne Taylor is the
daughter of Mr, and Mrs, T. J.
Taylor,
Careful selection of all of
these seminar students is made
through their outstanding abili
ties in leadership, character,
scholarship, and service. Re
quirements include beingclean,
alert, enthusiastic, congenial,
honest, and dependable.
Recently selected to attend Girls’ State is Roxanne Taylor; David
Jordan and Bruce Alexander will attend Boys’ State,
Four girls from RMSH have
recently been selected to re
ceive scholarships to the uni
versities of their choice. They
are Rubie Gibson, who receiv
ed a scholarship from Win-
ston-Salem State, Joanne At
well, who received a scholar
ship from Wake Forest, Mary
Barr, who received a scho
larship from the University of
North Carolina, and Margaret
Taylor, who received a Na
tional Merit Scholarship.
Rubie Gibson is the daugh
ter of Mr, and Mrs. Percy
Gibson of 1103 Hunter Street.
She was one of sixteen stu
dents who received the R. J.
Reynolds Scholarship. The sc
holarship Is valued at $1,400
per year, renewable for four
years. To qualify for the scho
larship Rubie made an applica
tion, wrote an essay, and ap
peared before a board to be in
terviewed.
Joanne Atwell is the daugh
ter of Mr, and Mrs. Joe At
well of 325 Briarcliff Road, Jo
anne made a general application
for scholarships and was se
lected to receive the North Car
olina Scholarship. The scholar
ship is valued at $1,750 per
year, renewable for four years.
Mary Barr Is the daughter of
Mrs. Evelyn Barr of 618 Pen
nsylvania Ave. Mary received
the Youth Fund Scholarship
which is valued at $1750 per
year, renewable for four years.
She received the award on the
basis of her academic achieve
ment. In order to have the sch
olarship renewed she must
maintain a 2.5 grade point aver
age.
Margaret Taylor is the dau
ghter of Mr, and Mrs. Grover
Taylor of 624 Glenn Avenue,
She received a $1000 scholar
ship which is renewable if she
enrolls in an accredltei U. S.
college or university. The Sch
olarship Is sponsored by Na
tional Distillers and Chemi
cal Corporation to promote ex
cellence in education.