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THE GRYPHON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1973
A Fineness Of Character
Once again RMSH has proved itself to be an out
standing school- Not only is our school known for
its variety of good courses but also for the wonder
ful students which participate in the scholastic pro
gram.
In the recent reaccreditation process, many of the
visiting committee commented on the excellent con
duct and friendliness found among the student body.
This fine example of “Southern Hospitality” really
warmed the hearts of the committee and they will
continue to talk about the fineness of RMSH when com
paring it to other schools across the state,
RMSH students are known for their excellent char
acter and behavior wherever they are.. Their athle
tic conduct can speak for itself and the fine charac
ter of the student body is really something of which
one can be proud. So be proud students — for what
ever honors or praise you get -- you deserve!
Somethini’s busting all over.
C:g3&t
The Coming Of Spring Students Attend G^nvention
Winter is nearly behind us. Once again we can
hear the pleasant chirping of birds and feel the warm
weather of the spring season. The warmer weather
is a nice change to the somewhat “snowy,” cold win
ter we have had.
Spring will offer students a fine chance to become
involved in outdoor sports and will relieve them of the
wintery “blahs”. Along with inhaling some good
“fresh” air, spring will offer students a chance to ob
serve thebeauty of nature with budding plants and green
grass.
Although everyone will be inhanced by the beauty of
spring, we shouldn’t forget our duties to ourselves.
Along with the enjoyment of our hobbies, we should
continue to devote some time to our studies. They
certainly won’t compare to the weather but, on the
other hand, the weather doesn't mean much when we
need a job!
Around The Campus
—by Debbie Harvey
Well, we finally did it, jun
iors! We proved to the senior
class members of the Gryphon
staff that we can put out a
paper too! Maybe they will
want us to put out the paper
more often, because it seems
to me this paper was put out
with a little more smoothness
than a few past ones. 1 g^ess
that goes to show that juniors
aren’t so bad after all, right?
Oh, just in case anyone didn’t
hear why the last issue of the
Gryphon was given to the entire
school body the reason was -
the staff made a mistake in
the whole layout; therefore the
printer could not print our pa
per, In order for the paper
GO AHEAD , . , . , CRITICIZE
Your Junior editor welcomes
complaints and criticism.
Feel free to write yours in
the space provided below.
( )
to come out on time we had to
get enough papers printed for
the whole school. So , , , that
explains it!
Sure seems like spring is
just around the corner, doesn’t
it? It sure seems nice to have
all this sunshine after such a
cold winter. Pretty soon itwill
be “beach” time again,
Twirp Week was really some
thing wasn’t it? Well men, I
hope you enjoyed it because
you may never have a female
open a door for you or carry
your books again. Also, the
dance was pretty much fun too.
Some of you men really had it
made with your girls driving,
didn’t you?
It looks like the seniors
will be in charge of the next
paper. I hope that a few of
you enjoyed the junior issue.
This issue just gave you a glim
pse of the magnitude of the Gry
phon next year.
THE GRYPHON
Member of Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Member of Quill and Scroll, LH.S.H.S.J.
$1.25 Yearly
Junior Editor , . , - , Debbie Harvey
Advertising Manager , , Myra Fisher
Business Manager Betsy Bobbitt
Circulation Manager , Maxine Joyner, Brenda Barnes
News, features, and sports editors:
Brenda Barnes, Maxine Joyner, Debbie Harvey, Myra Fisher
Betsy Bobbitt
Advisor , , , , Mrs, Margaret Williams
Principal , . , - Mr, Elton Newbern
Associate Principal Mr, Robert Hines
Assistant Principal , , , Mr, Robert Miller
(Continued from Page 1)
Barnes, Mary Whitaker, Ran
dy Hutchison, Harry Thorpe,
and Kent Washburn, William
Reid attended as Member at
Large, Co-ordinators, R. C,
Horne and Mrs. Geraldine Har
grove completed the clubs at
tendance.
It was stated by one of the
speakers that all the students
who competed in contests or
ran for offices were all win
ners just for competing- how
ever, Rocky Mount ended up
with many honors,
Tom Dickens won first place
in the Job Interview Contest
and Lavern Williams was no
minated to represent North Ca
rolina in the National Conven
tion running for Secretary -
Treasurer, Both Tom and La
vern will be attending the
National Distributive Educa
tion Convention being held in
Atlantic City, N. J., the first
week in May.
Rocky Mount as a club won
the opportunity for the first
time to represent the State
D. E. Clubs at the State Fair
in Raleigh. The Exhibit was
designed and constructed by
Cindy Talbott and Pete Tapia,
Co-chairmen; Jo Ann Robards,
Billy Brunson, and Gerry Brab
ham, The exhibit has been on
display for the last two weeks
in the lobby next to the Princi
pals’ office. The award was ac
cepted by William Reid.
For the forth year the Roc
ky Mount D, E, Club has won the
three star Sears Achievement
Award which is awarded for
the clubs entire years work.
This year the club presented
a fashion show to the school and
spoke to several civic clubs a-
bout the D.E. Program, Sev
eral other projects were car-
Do-Did-Done
“What did you do at your last
place of employment?” asked
the personnel director.
“I was a Did Man,” replied
the applicant.
“That’s an odd title,” ob
served the personnel director,
“What’s a Did Man?”
And the applicant explained.
' “When the boss wanted some
thing done, he told his vice
president who repeated it to the
office manager. The latter or
dered his assistant to take care
of it and the assistant turned
the job over to one of the super
visors who then directed a se
nior clerk to put it In the works.
The senior clerk passed it onto
the junior clerk who, in turn,
gave me the job. As the Did
Man, I did it. I had nobody to
order around.”
rled out to insure the club of the
award, EJvangeline Simmons
accepted the plaque.
LETTERS
to the
EDITOR
Dear Editor:
As a member of the Publicity
Committee, I would like to say
that the bulletin boards put up
around the school are backed
up by a lot of thought and hard
work. Many students have re
mained after school on numer
ous occasions to put up a bulle
tin board. However, all that
work is in vain when one returns
the next day only to find that
words have been written all o-
ver it or some of the material
has disappeared.
As I stated earlier, a lot of
time and effort have been put
into these bulletin boards. They
are put up to add to the beauty
of our school however, when de
faced, they only detract from it.
Won’t you help In our effort
to glorify RMSH? ^ ,
Donna Joyner
Twas Tlie Day Before Visitation]
’Twas the day before visitation and aU through the
school
Everybody was frantic; we’d all lost our cool;
The rooms were all dusted and polished with care,
Even the bottoms erf the desks were spotless
in case someone looked there.
The students were dazed with all the facts crammed
in their heads.
While the teachers were sure they’d be better off
dead.
From principals Newbern and Hines to Mr, Pash In the
shop.
We’d all been busy with vacuum, broom, and mop.
And now the time had come to cease our worrisome
chatter.
The committee would be here toseewhatwas the mat
ter.
Dr, Currin would come and all of his staff as well.
And everybody wouU be waiting for the 8:40 bell.
The school on that morning was a sight to behold!
Everything was all ready. The students had been told
That this was the most important day of the year.
Everyone was to be natural; there was no need to fear.
Then through the squawk box there came such a noise
We nearly jumped out of our skins;
We lost all of our poise;
For there was this voice bellowing loud and long,
And we laughed as we heard it; for it sounded like a
song,
“On, Hartsock, on Haskins, on Kalidy, and Thompson,
On Hampton, on Haigwood, on Darden, and Cockrell
From the Hammond Street entrance to the Nash Street
wall
Now, dash to your classes—dash away, dash away aU!”
And then in a twinkling through all of the halls
Came the visiting committee, eager as race horses
from their stalls.
They went about their work with determination and
zeal,
And a pride in their mission that was difficult to con
ceal.
All through the day they sat patiently in class
As they heard teachers expound on English, Science,
and Math,
They learned how to weld and make a chocolate cake,
And discovered there was a nurse available incase of
a stomach ache.
They dismantled a car, and learned of D.E,
They coversed in French and Spanish, and had fun in
P.E.
They applauded the chorus and were captivated by the
band-
They studied World Cultures and learned to type with
one hand.
They painted a landscape and watched a table being
made,
And were amazed at the speed with which bricks
could be laid.
They finally finished their work, and at the end of the
day
They dashed to their cars and soon sped iway.
But I heard them exclaim as they drove out of sight,
“Don’t worry a minute, folks! Senior High is all right!”
Miss Alma Murchison