Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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Stop! Now just what is the purpose of a school? It is to be the site of learning. This spot is where the students spend their time gaining knowledge, or at least trying to get enough to earn 75 per cent on the report card. Conventional teaching methods still predominate at “our spot,” with emphasis on lectures, textbooks and exams. But films do add variety and tapes aid in language classes. Students in such classes as art and home ec. learn by doing. Some students prove that as much happens at the back of a class as at the front. Knowledge and learning can be history dates, algebraic formulas or yesterday’s gossip. Is that clear? You can go ahead now. Learning makes it worthwhile 0 Cornejo ' uoip° iV Theme Opening 9 manaefe m

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And what did you do this year? Of course you learned, but what did you do? Oh, yeah. Well, the Topsy-Turvy Dance, the Christmas Dance and the Junior-Senior Prom were kind of nice. Homecoming was wet, though. Shame we lost. The Fall Festival was okay, until you got Sports provided a lot of excitement with the Comets going to the state basketball tournament. With Coach Thompson in his first year of coaching here, the Big Blue pushed its way to second place in the state. Almost made it; see what happens next year. New Orleans was the site of the Mardi Gras and This is what we did locked in the stocks and got Coke in your hair. Wish the Club Days had been more exciting. The Science Fair was downright lonely; they didn’t even have anybody there for a third prize in chemistry. May Day and Class Day weren’t bad, but most people would watch a chess tournament rather than go to class. a fourth-place performance by the band. In addition to miles of marching at practice, the band walked from Halifax Courthouse to South Boston to raise $2000 to help finance the trip. More went on than lectures and homework and not all activities worked out. But don’t worry, our spot was left intact but more lived in. Coming events are announced on the front lawn school marquee by Janet Bradley and Katherine Powell. Walkathons were big this year so band members marched to the tune of $2000 for the Mardi Gras trip. Cheering fans followed the Comets to the state basketball tourney, the big ’73 event for “our spot.” May Day gymnastics by Pauline Conner amuse the crowd as Miss Ayers stands by to help. This is what we did 11