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

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Advisers motivate clubs Special clubs fight for life and publicity but manage survival through enthusiasm On the trip to CSPA in New York, Lally Lacy and Janet Bradley pause on the subway for a quick rest. In the Comette’s booth during the Fall Festival, Susan Allen enjoys munching on her snow cone. Afternoon help becomes necessary as Spanish Club members hurry to Finish their float for the Homecoming parade. 28 Clubs

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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

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A perplexed puppy wonders what life will be like living with Kitty Maxwell. The puppy was raffled away by the Science Club at the Fall Festival. Another important cause for the failure of most clubs was that certain clubs never did anything except on Club Days. In given cases, clubs failed even then because they did not have enough publicity. A prime example of such an organization was the Conservation Club. Many people thought there would have been ample interest to continue the club if only more people had known about it and its purpose. The sponsor, Mr. Harold Brown, was involved with the concept of the club and sincerely wanted to see the Conservation Club organized. Mr. Brown also sponsored the successful Science Club that had many entrants in the annual Science Fair. He was an example of a good sponsor in the opinions of many. SCA adviser Mrs. Charlotte Farmer mentioned that a sponsor “must show interest in his club, motivate the members and guide their activities if the club is to succeed.” Of course, she did not place all emphasis on the sponsor because it was by sponsors working together with club members that a club would succeed. She added, however, that some sponsors neither promoted nor planned activities of clubs very well. Quite a few newly organized or special interest clubs had a lower membership concentration than other groups. For example, organizations such as the County History Club had a disadvantage over well-established groups because it was not as widely known. Even so, the club went together with the Current Affairs Club to enter a club float in the Homecoming parade and also go on many field trips. Another new special interest group, The Chess Club, held a schoolwide chess tournament for lovers of chess. The special interest Art Club members displayed their talents in various shows and exhibits. Other specific interest groups met, held activities and were largely successful. Clubs 29