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Happy
Thanksgiving!
THE GRYPHON
Pid>Usbed by the Journalism Gass of Rocky Mount Senior High Sdiool
VOLUME IV, NO. 3
ROCKY MOUNT, N, C,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 19'J2
DE Qub Wins Honors
Pictured are D, E, Winners and their employers. They are (1-r) Mr. Donald Whitehead of K-Mart
and LaVern WilUams; Mrs, Mary Wallace of Richard’s Beauty School and Pam Southerland; Tom
Dickens and Mr, Page Keel, Jr, of Roscoe Griffins; Stephanie Farmer and Mr. Raymond Levy of
Rosenbloom Levy, (Photo by Joseph Whitley.)
New Ideas Of Teaching Discussed
At District 12 Teachers’ Meeting
The third annual convention
of the District 12 of the North
Carolina Association of Educa
tors was conducted at Flke Se
nior High School, Wilson on No
vember 7, 1972,
District 12 is composed of
Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston,
Nash, North Hampton, and Wil
son counties. Its officers are
President, Mrs, Beth Ward,
Roanoke Rapids; Vice Presi
dent, Cemon Willlamston, En-'
field; Secretary, Mrs, Frances
K, McNeil, Smithfleld; District
Director, Mrs. Hazel G, Sor
rell, Benson,
The General Session consist
ed of musical entertainmeat
from 9:00-9:30 a,m. The Invo
cation, greetings, recognition
of guests, report from NCAE
and the address took place in
the auditorium from 9:30-10:30,
RMSH Receives Honors
RMSH received two honors at
the annual North Carolina Asso
ciation of Student Councils con
vention at Reynold's High Sch
ool in Winston - Salem Novem
ber 11-13,
Eight RMSH students attend
ed with advisor Miss Kate Parks
Kitchin, Attending the con
vention as RMSH delegates were
S. O. President Johnny Dinan,
S, O, Vice-President Steve Br
aswell, S, O. Secretary Crystal
Gagnon, Paula Mur rill, JoDor-
sett, Lynn Carter, Mike Knight,
and Wadye Morton,
Steve Braswell ran for Pre
sident and Mike Knight ran for
first Vice-President, The can
didates for the offices gave
their campaign speeches Sunday
morning, after which the dele
gates of the three North Caro
lina districts separated for dis
trict meetings. Discussion gro
ups met Sunday afternoon to
stress the Importance of lea
dership responsibilities and
student council work. The re
sult—Mike Knight was elected
first Vice-President of theNC-
ASC.
RMSH’s second honor was be
stowed upon the entire student
body for outstanding student
participation throughout the
year. RMSH's “Honor Coun
cil” certificate, presented to
President Johnny Dinan, was
one of four certificates given
to the outstanding of the 242
member schools. This is con
sidered a top honor in the state
student council and this is the
second consecutive year that
RMSH has received It.
Mike Knight, a junior at RM
SH, who was elected Vice -
President of the NCASC, Is
presently the Vice - President
of the NCASC Eastern Dis
trict.
Pictured (1-r) are John Dinan, Mike Knight, Judy Ward, Steve
Brtswell, and Lynn Carter, (Photo by Killebrew.)
The address was given by Mrs,
Vera, B. McKay, NEA Direc
tor.
There were three group ses
sions, which consisted of group
discussion, which were held
from 10:30-12:00. The fol
lowing were some of the topics
of the discussions: federal le
gislation, PACE, unification,
review of NEA Convention, ten
ure, career education, the
“open school” concept, human
relations, Intra-faculty rela
tions, the public Image of edu
cation, dealing with the alien
ated child, reading Improve
ment, and administrator’s role
In schools today.
There were five divisions of
the attendants at the meeting
who met and had lunch. These
were classroom teachers, prin
cipals, retired school person
nel, superintendents, super
visors, and directors of In
struction,
After lunch, there were
departmental meetings and dis
cussions, The Educational Me
dia Department discussed the
"Right to Read”, led by S,A,
Festa, Director of Instruction
al Material, Burlington, The
English Department discuss
ed "Reflections on the Appro
aches to Teaching English,”
led by Dr. Sim O, Wilde, Jr,,
Associate Professor to Educa
tion, N. C, Weslej^n College,
Rocky Mount, The Music De
partment had a demonstration.
The Occupational Education,
Department discussed "Imple
mentation of Future Trends and
Techniques of Occupational Ed
ucation”, led by Carl D, White
hurst, State Department of Pub
lic Instruction, The Pupil Per
sonnel Services Department
discussed "New Dimensions for
the Personnel Worker,” The
Science Department had a bus
iness session. The Special Ed
ucation Department discussed
"Methods and Materials for
Teaching the Educable Men
tally Retarded,”
Exliibits were in the gymna
sium and could be seen from
8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p,m.
Forty six members of the
Rocky Mount Distributive Edu
cation Department attended the
annual District 3B Leadership
Conference at South Johnson
Senior High School on Thurs
day, November 9.
RMSH was represented by
the largest delegation in atten
dance, having five official de
legates. These were David
Brantley, Mary Alice Whita
ker, William Relk, Randy Hut
chinson, and Barry Thorpe.
There were eleven schools
in competition at the conven
tion. Each school was allow
ed to enter two candidates for
offices and one coi\testant in
each contest.
LaVern Williams was elec
ted District Secretary - Trea
surer. She will represent the
RMSH D.E. Club In the State
competition in March.
Stephanie Farmer was elect
ed District Parliamentarian.
Tom Dickens won first place
in the District Job-Interview
contest. He will compete at
the Sate convention also.
Pam Southerland won first
place in the District Miss DE-
CA Contest. She will serve as
hostess at the State Conven
tion along with Miss DECA win
ners from other districts.
This is the second conse
cutive year the RMSH D. E.
Club has won so many honors
at the convention.
DAVID JORDAN AND JOHN DINAN, Morehead Semi-finalists.
Semi-Finalists Announced
In Morehead Competition
Three RMSH students, David
Jordan, John Dinan, and alter
nate Bruce Alexander, were
recently announced as repre
sentatives of Nash County In the
District I competition for the
Morehead Scholarship Award,
David Jordan is the son of
Mr. and Mrs, W. G. Jordan,
He has been active In Student
Government, school clubs, pho
tographer for the school year
book, Boy Scout activities, and
has managed the basketball
team,
John Dinan is the son of
Mr, and Mrs, John A. Dinan,
He has compiled an outstand
ing academic record and has
been involved In many extra
curricular activities,
Bruce Alexander is the son of
Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Alexander,
He not only has an outstanding
academic record but he has be
come involved in many student
activities.
The candidates will now ap
pear before a District Selection
Committee for further evalua
tion. The nominees chosen by
the District Committee in turn
recommended to the Central
Committee at Chapel Hill for
personnel interviews.
The Morehead Award is an
honorary award accompanied by
a grant of money that is used
to finance the recipients un
dergraduate study at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel HilL It is renewable
for four years.
A total of 116 Morehead Sch
olars may be selected to enter
the undergraduate school of
the University of North Car
olina each year. Sixty nomin
ees come to Chapel Hill each
spring for final screening and
selection by the Central Com
mittee,
RMSH Seniors
Participate In
ECU Weekend
Three RMSH Seniors, Sidney
Nelson, Ray Brinn, and William
Bennett attended East Caro
lina’s Universitys’ scholar
ship weekend October 14-16 at
the University campus at
Greenville.
While participating in the we
ekend, the three met with uni
versity professors, fellow stu
dents from throughout the state,
and were entertained at the
ECU - Citadel football game.
Further entertainment was pro
vided at a concert featuring the
J. Geils Band in Minges Coli
seum the evening of October 16.
Featured was Dr. Leo Jen
kins, President of the Univer
sity at the annual Awards Sup
per Sunday evening,
Brinn, giving his views ofthe
weekend stated "It was really a
beneficial trlft finding out what
the school has to offer while at
the same time getting a taste of
college life.