THE GRYPHON
Published by The Journalism Class of Rocky Mount Senior High Schml
VOL. II
OCTOBER 30, 1973
NO. II
Annual Magazine Sale
Needs Participation
Pictured above are Randy Perry, Gorden Vestal, Jimmy Weeks,
Chip Pearsall, Jeff Collins, and Bill Roebuck. (Photograph by
Killebrew)
Six RMSH Students Compete For
Morehead Scholarships
The Morehead
Foundation, established by
John Motley Morehead, III,
(UNC, 1891), provides four
year scholarships to
outstanding young men
planning to attend the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. This year,
Rocky Mount Senior High has
selected six worthy young
men to enter the competition
for this award. They are Chip
Pearsall, Jeff Collins, Don
Festal, Bill Roebuck, Jimmy
Weeks, and RAndy Perry.
Chip Pearsall is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pearsall,
Jr. He has a long record of
service to Senior High,
including work on the
Assembly and the elections
committws, a reaccreditation
team, the President’s Cabinet,
offices in the Sophomore and
Junior classes. National
Honor Society and Kudos
Club. This year, he is the
editor of the Hi-Noc-Ar. He is
an Eagle Scout, and enjoys
basketball, camping and
waterskiing. Carolina is his
“first and only” college
choice. He is undecided about
a major, but is considering
journalism.
Bill Roebuck, our SRA
president, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. V. Roebuck. A
few of his past achievements
are track letter, presidency of
the Junior class last year, a
state convention delegate and
a member of the National
Honor Society. He has
received the Civitan award for
citizenship and recognition by
the Kiwanis Club. His
extracurricular activities
include the Now Generation
Singers and participation
in the youth council at
Englewood Baptist Church.
His hobbies are basketball,
golf, and reading. Bill is
interested in a law career.
Jimmy Weeks is the son ot
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Weeks. He
is most noted for his fine
activity on the football field.
Sports, however, are not his
only achievement. He is in the
National Honor Society and
has served as homeroom
officer and representative to
the SRA. His interests are
sports and rock music. He
plans to major in either
business or law.
Jeff Collins, our SRA vice-
president, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. O. Collins, Jr. He
is active in sports, the
National Honor Society, and
Pro-Teems, a youth group at
Falls Road Baptist Church.
He has also received
recognition from the Rotary
Club, and is a National Merit
Commended student. In his
spare time, he enjoys
swimming, softball,
basketball, reading,and
writing.
Gordon Vestal, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Vestal,
Jr., is interested in a career in
engineering. He is active in
sports, having won letters in
track and wrestling. He has
also been a homeroom vice-
president and SRA
representative. His other
activities include Boy Scouts
and his church youth group.
He enjoys fishing, hunting,
swimming, karate, and water
skiing.
Randy Perry is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Perry. He
is the editor of the Hi-Noc-Ar,
and chaplain of the Service
Club. He is in the National
Honor Society and has served
as the president and vice
president of his homeroom
and on the elections
committee. Also, he has been
recognized in Who’s Who
Among American High School
Students. His hobbies include
basketball and tennis.
Any of these young men
would make a fine addition to
the University of North
Carolina.
The 1973 RMSH annual
money-making project, the
magazine sale sponsored by
QSP Magazine Program, was
held from September 28th
until October 1st. Mr. Charles .
Doak, from the QSP Company
came before an all-school
assembly on Friday, the 28th,
to introduce to Sophomores
and new students and to
refresh the minds of the
Juniors and Seniors of the
purpose of the magazine sale,
the prises involv^, and the
percentage of the total sales of
the three classes will receive.
Among the hot pink
poodles and multi-colored
pUlows, the “Uncle Sam”
luggage, a three component
stereo assemblage, and a
portable black-and-white
television were offered as
valuable prizes to those
persons who sold magazines.
A plastic, air-filled catsup
botUe was said to be given to
the homeroom selling the
least amount of magazines,
while a money prize was
offered to the highest selling
homeroom.
Overall, 417 pec^le in our
entire school sold a magazine;
168 Sophomores, 151 Juniors,
and 98 Seniors. As previously
announced on the morning
bulletin, the sophomores won
the sale with $4,158.31 in total
sales, followed by the Juniors
sales of $3,473.93, and the
$2,079.69 in sales of the
Seniors, making the total
sales $10,711.93 (not including
profit and sharing
deductions). Each homeroom
had a goal of $400 to collect
and a school goal of $20,000 for
the campaign. The amount
each class receives has not yet
been determined.
I’m sure everyone would
like to thank those energetic
souls who sold a magazine.
Also, special thanks are due to'
Mrs. White and her Co-
Operative Business girls who
did all of the accounting
during the sale.
Miss Kate Parks Kitchin
commented, “The number of
particpants is significant. Just
about 25 percent of the
students involved themselves.
Just think what our total
might have been if each of the
other 1100 students had sold or
bought just one subsctiption!”
Student Council
Seminars Convene
The North Carolina
Association of Student
Councils Convention will be
held Nov. 10-12 and will be
hosted by Ashbrook High
School in Gastonia.
The theme for the 1973
cwiference will be “Aim Into
It!” Discussion groups
centered around the theme
will be provided. Paula
Murrill and Nancy Davis, both
RMSH students, will be
leading discussion groups.
Paula’s tq)ic will be “How to
Achieve A Representative
Student Council,” and
Nancy’s Group will discuss
“Improving Student
Elections.”
Mr. Robert Glock,
Executive Secretary of North
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Three RMSH Seniors Named National
Merit Semifinalists
Scholarship Finalist
Three RMSH seniors and
two former RMSH students
were named semi-finalists in
the 1974 National Merit
Scholarship Competition
recently.
The three RMSH seniors
were Melanie J. Goff,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David C. Goff; Georgetta K.
Sharmin, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Sharmin; and
Angela C. Wood, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Wood.
Also receiving the honor were
Barbara J. Dare, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin M.
Hardee, who is now attending
Meredith College, and
Michael J. Knight, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert J. Knight,
who is now attending a
Charlotte high school.
These RMSH semi
finalists are among 15,000
seniors honored across the
country. Each will compete
far one of the one thousand
one-year non renewable $1000
National Merit Scholarships
or for one of the 2,100 four-
year Merit Scholarships to be
allocated next spring on a
state basis.
These Merit Semifinalists
were selected because they
received the highest
qualifying scores in the state
on the Preliminary Scholastic
Aptitude Test-National Merit
Scholarship Corporation
taken in October 1972.
About 96 percent of the
Seminfinalists attain finalist
status. Every finalist is
awarded a Certificate of Merit
through his school, and is then
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Wadye Morton, a RMSH
senior, was selected among
Pictured is Wadye Morton
1,400 semifinalists in the tenth
National Achievement
Scholarship Program for
outstanding Negro students.
In the nine annual
Achievement Scholarship
Competitions that have been
held, 2,800 Black students
have won awards valued at
$8.3 million. The major goal of
this scholarship is to help
colleges locate talented Black
students.
Many of the 350 studente
that were selected will win
Achievement Scholarships
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HI-NOC-AR
The Hi-Noc-Ar Staff of
RMSH has announced that the
annual subscription drive will
take place from Monday,
November 12, to Monday,
November 19. The staff will
begin their subscription drive
with an assembly Friday,
November 9. The price of the
annual will be $7.00 this year
and students will be able to
make a down payment of $3.50
or pay the $7.00 when a
homeroom Hi-Noc-Ar
representative comes to their
homeroom.
Pictured above from left to right are Melanie Goff, Angela Wood,
and Georgetta Sharmin. (Photograph by Killebrew).