BEST WISHES
TO
1953 GRADUATES
ROCKET
HAVE
A
HAPPY VACATION
VOLUME 3
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1953
NUMBER 8
STAFF
DEDICATES ROCKET TO W.
J. HOUSE
BILL MEWBORNE
Mewborne Unanimously
Elected President Of
RHS Student Council
Bill Mewborne was unanimously
elected president of the student
council of Roxboro High School
for 1953-54 in the open primaries
held Thursday, May 7, 1953.
Jerry Clayton was also elected
unanimously to the office of vice
president, after Betsy Willson de
clined her nomination.
The office of secretary will be
filled by Carole Foote, Sonny Hill
will be our treasurer, and Robert
Ramsey sergeant at arms.
Open primaries necessitated
general elections which were held
Wednesday, May 13 after three
days of colorful campaigning. The
candidates for the office of treas-
(See Mewborne page 3)
STEM AND SATTERFIELD
HEAD 1953 MARSHALLS
Heading the marshalls who are
serving during the Commence
ment week ceremonies is Agnes
Stem, a junior.
Marshalls selected from the
junior class are Pat Satterfield,
Bill Mewborne, Shirley Holeman,
Lee Pass, Emily Scott, Suzy Long,
Clifton Whitt.
Heading the marshall list for
the sophomores is, Grayson Mont
gomery, followed by Carole Cau-
dell, Eva Jean Oakley, Betty
(See Marshalls page 4)
REID AND CARTWRIGHT DELIVER MAIN ADDRESS
AS NINETY-FIVE SENIORS GRADUATE FROM RHS
The 1953 Commencement ex
ercises of Roxboro High School
will bring to a close another
school year. And for the Seniors
it will be the end of their school
career here.
The Baccalaureate Sermon,
which was delivered Sunday, May
31, at 8 o’clock, was brought to
the graduating class by Dr. A. C.
Reid.
Dr. Reid is head of the Depart
ment of Philosophy at Wake Forest
College. He received his PH. D.
Degree from Cornell University.
Dr. Reid is the author of several
well-known books and he is wide
ly honored for this work.
Every year, marshalls are chosen
from the Junior, Sophomore and
Freshman class to usher at the
Baccalaureate Service and the
Commencement exercises. These
students are selected according to
their scholastic standing in their
individual classes and only the
seven highest students can be
chosen. There is one chief mar
shall who has the highest standing
in the Junior class, and he or she
leads the graduating class to their
seats. This chief marshall is as
sisted by the second highest in
that class.
Dr. William H. Cartwright will
be the main speaker at the ex
ercises Monday night at 8 o’clock.
He is chairman of the Duke U.
Department of Education.
Dr. Cartwright’s home state is
Minnesota, and he attended the
University of Minnesota at various
times. He received his B. S., M.
A., and PH.D. Degrees from this
University. He has taught in
many schools in different states.
Dr. Cartwright is a member of
Phi Delta Kappa, national hono
rary fraternity in History. He
has written several books, one of
which is, “The Teaching of His
tory in the United States,” and
he also received an Army Com
mendation Ribbon for historical
writing in World War H.
The graduating class consists
of 95 Senior boys and girls. The
program, for the most part, will
be made up of the talents of some
of the class. Mr. Charlie Harris
will give the diplomas to the
individual graduates.
On Monday morning, June 1, at
9 o’clock the various awards will
be given to the outstanding stu-
(See Main Address page 6)
STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS. Front row, left to right: Carole
Foote, Eva Oakley, Barbara Hughes, Betty Brown, Betsy Willson.
Second row; Jerry Clayton, Robert Ramsey, Norman Bowen, Back
row: Bill Mewborne, Billy Adams, Sonny Hill.
W. J. HOUSE
The Rocket staff dedicates the
Ro 'ket to you, Mr. W. J. IloUse, for
making possible the best paper at
Roxboro High School in many a
year. Your interest and capable
leadership have brought honors to
our school through the Rocket.
The staff takes this opportunity
to thank you for all you have done
toward making the Rocket a Co
lumbia Scholastic Press second
rating paper.
Truly the Journalism club and
Roxboro High will have lost a
wonderful Rocket advisor as well
as teacher when you resign in May
to continue your profession work
at Duke University.
Students Follow Next
Year's Class Schedules
During Orienlalion Day
Roxboro High School conducted
its second annual Orientation Day
May 22, 1953, under the guidance
of Mrs. B. G. Clayton, counselor.
Mrs. Clayton prepared next year’s
schedule for each student to follow.
I The object of this day is to en-
I courage students to continue in
school, to make the transition
from grade school to high school
easier, to help students in their
choice of subjects, and to facilitate
opening of school in September.
Students assembled in home
rooms at 8:30. The regular school
day schedule for next year was
followed, allowing fifteen minutes
in each class. The teacher in each
(See Orientation page 2)
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