Volume 1, No. 8
Rocky Mount Senior High School
May 8, 1975
School Tries Longer Lunch
Tarboro High School, a neigh- lengthen their two lunch
bor of Senior High, has been periods. According to Miss
operating on a trial schedule Whitehurst, guidance counselor
this past semester in order to there, the new schedule, which
SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED — Susan Mooring has been
awarded the Angler B. Duke Scholarship from Duke
University. (Photo by Bulluck)
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Susan Mooring has been
named as recipient for three
major scholarships: Angier B.
Duke, George Foster Hankins
and Johnson at Chapel Hill. She
has accepted the Angier B.
Duke and will enter Duke
University in the fall.
The scholarship is awarded
according to merit, and the
amount is based on the financial
need of the recipient. The exact
amount of Susan’s scholarship
has not yet been determined,
but it is estimated it will be
around three thousand dollars.
When asked why she accepted
the Angier B. Duke Scholarship,
Susan said, “I tentatively am
planning to major in the realm
of political science or public
policy. Duke is one of the three
schools, Harvard and Stanford
being the other two, in the
nation to offer a degree in public
policy.”
Talent Show Held
The local chapter of
American Field Service (AFS)
sponsored a talent show in the
senior high school auditorium
Thursday night, April 24. The
show featured Thomas
Gerlinger, senior class
president, as master of
ceremonies.
Beverly Powell opened the
program with a modern dance
followed by Michael Alston on
the guitar. Jimmy Apostoleris
performed his native Greek
dance accompanied by Biff
White, Wanda Henderson,
Linda Layton, Susan Mooring,
Terri Sykes, Beverly Brinn, and
Kim English. The last number
before intermission was a
Hawaiian dance by Mrs. Carol
Carpenter, Cynthia Amaya,
Lisa Worrell, and Deborah
Brinkley.
Laura Hardy started the
second act with a tap dance,
followed by soloist Sharol Boyd,
who was accompanied by Susan
Kitts on the piano. The Now
Generation Singers performed
several songs before Amy
Rodwell ended the show with
piano selections.
Proceeds from this talent
show went to the AFS chapter to
help finance Laura Davenport’s
trip abroad this summer
through the Americans Abroad
program (AA) and to help
sponsor a foreign student next
year. Beverly Brinn, chairman
of the AFS committee, said,
“We were very pleased with the
outcome and are glad that
students, parents, and teachers
supported the show.”
includes two 50 minute lunch
periods along with the required
amount of class time, seems to
be going rather well. She stated
that there were a few problems,
but that they could be expected
in any schedule.
Although Tarboro’s student
body is only one of 700 students
compared to RMSH’s 1700, this
schedule seems to conform with
a large student body as well,
especially since over two-thirds
of Senior High’s student body
takes advantage of the lunch
permit system in order to leave
campus for lunch. Tarboro’s
day begins at 8:25 when all
students must be in homeroom.
This ends at 8:30 with first
period beginning at 8:35 and
ending at 9:30 and allowing five
minutes between classes. The
rest of the schedule goes as
follows: second period 9:35-
10:30, third period 10:40-11:35,
fourth period and first lunch
11:40-12:30, fourth period and
second lunch 12:M-1:20, fifth
period, 1:20-2:15, and sixth
period 2:20-3:15.
Tarboro feeds approxiniately
350 students duriag each lunch
lo senior ~
High’s approximate 285.
Although the local enrollment is
1700, the cafeteria only feeds an
estimated 570 students daily, as
compared to 700 at Tarboro.
RMSH’s cafeteria is allowed
about 25 minutes between
lunches for preparation,
whereas prep-time is com
pletely wiped out in Tarboro’s
trial schedule. Perhaps, if local
students had a longer lunch
period, they wouldn’t eat any
slower, but would instead have
time to sit and relax, still giving
the ladies time to prepare for
the next lunch.
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CHOSEN FOR GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL — Kenneth Bulluck
and Terri Gardner will attend Governor’s School at Salem
College. (Photo by Bulluck)
Two Will Attend
Governor’s School
Terri Gardner and Kenneth
Bulluck have been chosen to
attend Governor’s School.
"ij|vernor’s School is located at
Salem College in Winston-
Salem. Delegates to Governor’s
School are chosen by a Board of
Directors.
Kenneth Bulluck has been
chosen for his aptitude in
political science. Kenneth says
his interest in this field began
when he was in the ninth grade.
Kenneth had this to say about
being chosen, “I knew I was
being considered, but when I
was chosen it was a complete
surprise.” When asked what he
felt about being put into an en
vironment where all of the
students are excellent and
competition is at its highest,
Kenneth first said he was
“Terrified” but later changed
that to say he looked forward to
the challenge.
Terri Gardner has been,
chosen for her abilities in
French. Terri says, “I just love
French.” She hopes that
someday she can teach French
at UNC. Terri will be devoting
two-thirds of her time at
Governor’s School to French.
Terri says the common factor of
high ability in the Governor’s
School students acts as a
stimulus for her. She is excited
about the change in en
vironment that she will be
undergoing.
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NEW MASQUERS CHOSEN (from top left) Luanne Denson, Wayne Atchison, Patti Hut-
chisson, Terri Krizay, Mike Boddle, Mike Wooten, Terry Hickman, Debbie Cook, Lisa
Richardson. Susan Braswell, Barbara Scott. Mary Jo Murrill. Billy Nobles. Bo Davis.
Walter Edwards. Dorothy Easley. Sharon Preston. Mary Jo Best, Carleton Stephenson,
Danny McCollum, Angel Joyner, and Deborah Nelson have been chosen for excellence in
dramatics. Absent: Joy Bradley. (Photo by Bulluck)