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

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The second Club Day followed on the school agenda, and it was even more poorly attended than the first Club Day. Active clubs dreamed of ideas for the upcoming Fall Festival, though, and discussed other business as well. The Fall Festival, an innovation at HCSH, was held for clubs to make money and still have plenty of time to use the profits made. Some believe that the clubs’ reaction to the Fall Festival especially sparked what was to become a major issue for the next seven months or so. Ann Edney, Inter-Club Council Chairman, requested a meeting of volunteers from various clubs to assist in getting ready for the new event. Fifteen volunteers came to the first meeting, but this number dwindled to two students including Ann at the next assembly. Discouraged, Ann wrote a memo to organizations: “What happened to everybody at the last ICC meeting? Fourteen clubs were not represented!” She also mentioned a policy going into effect as the result of the absences. If a club was not represented at ICC when it met, a $2 fine would be charged. Should an organization’s representative persistently be absent, that club would not meet on Club Day. The work for the Fall Festival still had to be done, in spite of new policies. Exasperatedly, Ann sighed that she would “do it all.” The Festival happened, and the next words Ann spoke were in praise of the thirty-seven participating clubs. She excitedly announced that everyone together cleared over SI000, the most successful sum ever made at In the art booth Brenda Dixon shows her artistic abilities by selecting a flower, hopefully to be her next sale. Fancy balloons are the main attractions as Sarah Meeler attempts to entice customers to her club booth. At the Fall Festival Johnny Brandon tries his luck, throwing a football at the Science Club booth. 26 Clubs

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ICT students honor their employers at an annual banquet held at Ernie’s restaurant during VICA week. Science club members Keith Hollister, Charles Fuller and Steve Langston receive top honors for the experiments they presented at the Science Fair. Preparation for The Tractor Driving Contest proves to be difficult work for Jerry Martin and J. R. Cardwell as they mark the obstacle course for the event. Organizers heeded the warning by beginning special interest clubs and often by revising standard clubs at the start of the year. Therefore, new clubs sprang up and spiced the list of groups a student could attend on Club Day. The Chess Club, for example, was created mainly because of the interest the Fischer-Spassky tournament had inspired for the game. Current trends also developed the ideas for the Conservation Club and the Physical Fitness Club. The spectrum of organizations was wide, ranging from institutions such as Future Teachers of America to fairly new groups such as the Dragsters and Safety Club. On the appointed day, students had their hour for clubs. Reports revealed that all clubs elected officers, discussed dues and their ideas for an early Homecoming and finally, composed membership lists. Superficially, everything seemed to be going well. This fond illusion did not last long, however, especially when it was noted that almost one-fourth of the student body had chosen to attend study halls instead of clubs. Clubs 25

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in so many numbers. People don’t feel involved in an organization sometimes, so they don’t support it.” Yet another argument was that mandatory club attendance was definitely wrong. Supporters of this idea maintained that to take disinterested students out of study halls and put them into clubs would not help any matter except club attendance. In other words, forcing them to go to an organization would not necessarily increase their desire to work for it. According to SCA President Sam Wilson, students attending study halls might have felt that clubs enforced a rigid discipline they did not particularly favor. He added that “Study halls had discipline, but many might have found it easier to talk there.” such an activity. If clubs beamed in her laudations, they frowned at her accompanying news. Club Day was cancelled until February and would not be held then if the groups did not earn the privilege. At this point, speculations arose as to why the majority of clubs failed and yet still others continued to be quite successful. Naturally, the first people pointed to as being at fault were the “apathetic students” who never bothered to join clubs. Before Club Day was held, the same clubs had been successful, reasoned opposing arguers, and perhaps the clubs didn’t need the extra membership anyway. As Bus Drivers’ Club member Glenda Moore field explained, “Individuality is lost “Youth Marching For Youth” is the slogan behind the Walk-A-Thon for the Patrick Henry Boys’ Home. Hot popcorn always tastes good. J. O. Crews sells it at a game for the SCA. Festival brings clubs a boost ICC chairman swears to ' do it all ' when council attendance plunges to new low Clubs 27