Rocky Mount High School - Hi Noc Ar Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC)

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t Personalities Classes The quality of the individual stu- dents at Senior High is evidenced in their accomplishments during the year. This year many honors have been bestowed upon the members ol the student body. The stream of high school life Hows on fed by the enthusiasm of the soph- omores, the aggressiveness ol' the juniors, and the growing maturity ol the seniors. Advertisements YVe wish to thank our many loyal advertisers sincerely in the name of Rocky Mount Senior High School. May your advertisement bring you not only increased business, but also satisfaction that you have helped a worthy cause.

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Administration and Faculty Our school has one of the finest ad- lllllllSIl'ZlllYC staffs and groups of teach- ers in the entire stzite. Their training, instruction, :ind liziithlulness have pre- pared niztny young people for luture veznrs. .., -,hx I 7 u..- ... -.. ..-, , Organizations Senior High's unity is expressed through the organizations of the honierooni, class, club, and student body. The united elfort displayed in ull areas, especially voting, is only one exznnple ol' our pride in Senior High. Sports The BLACKBIRDS have reached an all-time high in their athletic en- deavors. As new sports are added, the others are improved through experi- ence and training. The Athletic De- pzlrtnient proves 21 great boost to school spirit.

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.l'00 Year-end means a time for meditating . . . evaluating . . . reminiscing . . . for examining the past months . . . trying to understand ourselves . . . our thoughts . . . our relation to each other . . . for seeing ourselves as. . . . SOPHOMORES . . . I'm here at lastg I'm one of them! Senior High stu- dents used to be ten feet tall, but now they are not - or at least I'm I10t. No, I haven't changed, but coming here is supposed to be a big transition. The tempo is faster, the work is harder, and most of the time nobody knows I'm here except the other sophsg we have to stick to- gether. I feel unsure and uneasyg yet, I am becoming more a part of things as when I pull for our team. Mostly Ilm still a little frog in a big pond. JUNIORS . . . Now I have really arrived. I'm settled in for a long stay. The future stretches before me as a wide vista, broken by only occasional thoughts of my past days here. Ilm in the swing of things more than I was last year. Perhaps I'm beginning to feel a responsibility to myself and my school, though that American history test or that geometry quiz isn't quite as important as the camaraderie of growing up. I've got things to do - people to see. SENIORS . . . Those dumb sophs probably think I'1n downright dignified with College Algebra and college applications thrust nonchalantly under my arm. They think that I'm on top. Well, I thought I would be, but I'm only at the basement landing going to the first floor again. As life looms ahead, I feign bravado, but as in a cycle I am again uneasy. Questions pop into my mind that never bothered me before. I am told that I ask the questions of the Ages, yet, the Ages have not answered them. I alone have asked and I must answer. A SENIOR HIGH STUDENT . . . We were three but we were one. We were a living, vital body of individuals in a common frame. As a whole, that frame was a cut above the rest. We were rofrressive. D We were changing. We were growing. Individually our growth took different forms and directions. As to our future? Qui Vivra Verral' Here is the record of our year that has passed. . .