Fairmont West High School - Dragon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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spirit that .boosts morale. School spirit means more than Co, team, go. lt does mean team support, but it also means the pride taken in the school, it is the manner in which students conduct themselves as representatives of Fairmont, it is the way victory or defeat is accepted, and it is loyalty to school, teachers and fellow students. Despite the fact that for half a year Fairmont was without many of the facilities to which it had been ac- customed, morale remained strong. CHAMP, THE DRAGON FLOAT, gets finishing touches before the homecoming game. Built by the annual staff, he consisted of one M.G,, two men, two fire ex- 5 . if YN . www.. tinguishers, twenty-five feet of chicken wire, fifteen packages of purple crepe paper, one can of purple paint, and seven hundred white paper napkins.

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This is th A ROUSING CHEER is led by three of the six cheerleaders. Even though only jumps and cheering are seen here, many hours of hard work and practice went into keeping the spirit at a high level. Responsibilities included plan- ning the pep rallies and new cheers, and promoting sportsmanship. FAIRMONT'S SPIRIT is shown in many ways. loanne Rufe is one of many for whom wearing purple and white on game days became a ritual. Arny Edwards displays victory cards and the victory hats sold this year for the first time. Team member Art Ast- bury kept a unique scoreboard: the results of each football game were sevved on the side of his pants. AMONG THE TRADITIONS of Fair- mont is the annual bonfire. For days before-hand students donated paper, cardboard, and wood. The big day came, so did the rain, and the game with Fairborn was postponed until Monday. Then, in spite of its drench- ing, the bonfire blazed brightly, sparked by cheering. The co-operation of the fire department made it a safe as well as gay occasion.

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Working together is the keynote to achievement. ln classrooms and in extra- curricular activities, Fairmont offers many opportunities for learning responsibility and citizenship. ln lab classes such as home economics and science, students learn to share knowledge and equipment. Through teamwork, debate and speech teams work in unity: band and Rhythmettes learn precision. AS THE BAND FORMS AN F, Champ leads the homecoming parade around the football field, before the ceremonies. These are the activities that mold Learning to be honor- able is part of becoming a good citizens, Honor study halls, Student Council, and the jobs of hall monitors, student secretaries, and bookstore workers were among the ways that stu- dents were given the chance to learn self-discipline and to grow into trustworthy members ofa community. LONELY VICIL of a hall monitor was a familiar sight as they kept order in the halls. Hall monitors had an advantage of learning re- sponsibility among people of their own age. l2