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PHYLLIS GOFFNEY, circulation manager of The Gryplion
and John Thorp, co-editor of the Hi-Noc-Ar were selected
1974-75 typical youths from Rocky Mount Senior High. (Photo
by Bryant)
Youths Selected
John Thorp and Phyllis
Goffney were chosen as the
Typical Youths from Rocky
Mount Senior High for the 1974-
75 school year. They were
selected by a committee ap
pointed by the student
organization president, Nancy
Davis. The committee consisted
of six students and four faculty
members.
The Optimist Club, which
sponsors the Typical Youths,
started the award to honor
students who were most typical
in school. Over the years, the
Optimist Club has specified that
the award is to honor the
“typically fine” youths. The
club has believed that students
were only being critized while
they should have also been
praised. Therefore, the Op
timists decided to have a
representative from each
elementary and junior high
school, and two from Senior
High.
Phyllis Goffney, a senior,
serves as circulation manager
of The Gryphon and as a varsity
cheerleader. She is a member of
the President’s Cabinet since
she is co-chairman of the Social
Committee. She belongs to the
National Honor Society. During
her three years at Senior High,
Phyllis has served as a
representative in the Student
Representative Assembly,
homeroom president, and co
head junior varsity
cheerleader. Phyllis is also a
past member of the Vingt-sur-
Vingt Club, a French club for
students who have made a
perfect paper on any major
French test. Phyllis is also a
member of the T. A. C. Club
and the Debutante Club, both of
which are out-of-school
organizations.
When asked what college she
wanted to attend, Phyllis
replied, “I’m undecided right
now. However, I want to major
in broadcast journalism.” Some
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Phyllis named bowling as one
of her hobbies. However, she
spends most of her weekday
afternoons practicing as a
cheerleader or selling ads for
The Gryphon.
John Thorp is also a member
of the National Honor Society.
This year, he is co-editor of the
Hi-noc-ar staff, which takes up
most of his time. Last year, he
was active in sports.
When John was asked how he
I planned to further his education
after high school, he answered,
“I either want to go to UNC at
Chapel Hill or join the Coast
Guard if I can get in. ” If he goes
to UNC, he plans to major in
business administration.
As a hobby, John enjoys
reading books. He is also a very
good water skier. John also runs
about five or six miles each
night.
John and Phyllis attended a
dinner, on November 14 at the
YMCA. The dinner is held each
year by the Optimist Club for all
of the students who have been
chosen as Typical Youths in
Rocky Mount. When asked
about their reaction to this
honor, both John and Phyllis
said there were happy and
surprised that they had been
chosen as Typical Youths.
The important thing to
remember about the future is
that it arrives one day at a time.
Mania Grips
RM Students
“Clock Watchers” mania has
infested Rocky Mount Senior
High! Within the walls of every
classroom, behind every desk in
every office, ardent watchers
stare at their clocks, catching
each second as it ticks away.
Students at RMSH have
organized a brand new club
called “Clock Watchers.” The
club meets every Monday
through Friday from 8:26 until
3:21. R. U. Bored, founder of the
club said, “I’m extremely
pleased with the enthusiastic
response received by the whole
school body.”
The new club originated from
a formerly established club
called “Boredom Anonymous.”
This well-formed club prides
itself in its record membership.
Its last census showed that
99.75% of all students were
bored in at least 5 out of 6
classes!
Although “Clock Watchers”
is a brand new club, its mem
bership has already reached
astounding heights. From
careful research, the club’s
originators have concluded that
there is no student at RMSH
who is not at least a part-time
“Clock Watcher.”
One watcher found that, “The
club has introduced to me all
kinds of things. For example, I
have become quite precise at
counting down the seconds until
the bell rings.” The major
purpose of the club, however, is
to occupy the empty thoughts
and sleepy minds of disin
terested high school students.
The “Clock Watchers” club
seems to be very well
organized. Thus far, it has only
encountered one small
discouraging draw-back.
During the fifth hour, some
disheartened students may lift
their weary eyes to the clock to
find that it is only 11:21 instead
of 2:21. As R. U. stated, “Slow
clocks make slow days which
discourage enthusiastic “Clock
Watchers!”
Mooring Wins
Susan Mooring, a senior at
Rocky Mount Senior High, has
received an Achievement
Award in writing this year. This
award is given by the National
Council of English Teachers.
Last spring, the English
teachers at Senior High selected
some of their talented students
to participate in competition for
this award. The four students
participating were Cathy Allen,
Doug Henley, Phyllis Goffney,
and Susan Mooring. Each had to
submit three different exam
ples of their skill: an example of
their best work during the year,
an impromput theme, and a
personal essay. Susan’s best
work was showing how William
Faulkner’s Absalom Absalom is
parallel to the books of First
“Misery Is
Mrs. Barbour, English
teacher and counselor for the
Gryphon staff, has written a
new chapter for “Misery is . . .
” titled “How to Fracture a
Footbone Without Really
Trying.”
The indomitable Mrs. Bar
bour has become a familiar and
pathetic sight here lately due to
her cast, which is due to her
accident, which is due to her
search for her dog. While
looking for Snoopy (the dog)
shortly before the ill-fated
Northern Nash Senior High
football game, her foot slipped
and a bone was fractured. Six
days later she was back at
Senior High with a cast, but this
wasn’t the end of the affair.
During a small class distur
bance, she fell, breaking the
case and injuring an old arm
“wound.” Nevertheless, she
returned several days af
terward.
Despite those mishaps fate
has thrown at her, Mrs. Bar
bour was eager to return to
RMSH. The cast made an in
teresting conversation piece
and was a monument to her
dedication to our school.
and Second Samuel in the Bible.
Her personal essay discussed a
trip she took into the mountains
with her family. The im
promptu theme was a theme
that the students had to write in
an hour. They had to write a
letter to a character in a
television show or to someone
else.
All across the country, there
were 6,200 entries. Out of these
entries over 800 were winners.
In North Carolina there were 21
winners. The Achievement
Award in Writing is not a
monetary award, but the
winners’ names are given to
colleges and universities across
the United States. These
colleges and universities
recommend these students for
admission and for scholarships.
Susan was asked how she felt
when she was picked as one of
the winners of this award: “I
felt flattered when I was
chosen.” She also added after
receiving this award that she
had obtained much information
about colleges and universities
all over the United States.
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