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

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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

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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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Dating remained high on Fairmont's list of time-consuming activities. School social events set before the students many ways in which to enjoy themselves. The operetta and class plays enabled students to participate as well as be entertained. lvlovie dates, coke dates, or a big night out added variety to the social lite. Learning to be good company and an interesting and interested person all played a part in helping Fairmont students become good citizens. RENDEZ-VOUS AT A LOCKER-It has long been a custom to stop at a girl's locker for chatter. The new arrangement of the lockers did not alter this tradition as Koste Vlahos talks with ludy Ruggles. th citizens . . . Representing Fairmont in scholastic competition gave members of the senior scholarship team a taste of personal glory combined with the responsibility of teamwork. Hours atter school were spent in an in- tensive review for the test in january. Scrimmage tests were h eld during the Christmas vacation to give a preview of the final test. MEMBERS Bob Zipf, Don Cessa- man, and Mary Phillips, studying under the guidance of Mr. Flatter, represent students who spent many hours in review. f mm 't' t 'WW ' 'W new e -'trim W imma. Y........ ,,.m,,.W ,