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

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(Continued) “Well, Jane usually sits there but she got mono yesterday.” “Never mind,” | sighed. An assembly was scheduled for fifth period, and | began to worry about where to sit. | got to the gym early and picked out a seat in the center | section. A nervous looking boy approached me and asked un- easily, “Hey, does Billy know you?” | wasn’t about to move again, so | said, “Sure.” “Well, that’s a relief. | gotta keep this section reserved for our crowd. But if you know Billy, you're O,K.” | saw my “friend” from this morning approaching with his 16 Being together friend Mike. “Here comes Billy and Mike,’ my companion said. 7h ob Here are my observations of the school: 1. Students groups together before and after school. 2. Students save seats in the lunch room, at assemblies, etc. 3. Students defend their group territory from invasion. All of these things are per- fectly normal for peer- conscious teens who feel they must conform. HCSH is not paranoid. Strange? Maybe. Dance time. What better place than a dance for being together. Penny Ewell, Denoris Leigh and Linda Logan rock away. Party time. In the cafeteria Dawn Yeatts, Kenny Martin and Philip Saunders celebrate Kenny’s birthday. Lobby time. Thomas Thaxton and Ivan Younger use the few minutes after lunch to check out the girls hurrying by on their way to class.

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Catsup and lobby furniture The SCA works so well that students forget it's around until they want some catsup for their cafeteria french fries Perhaps one of the most overlooked, neglected and ignored clubs is the Student Cooperative Association. What is ironic about this is that the SCA may be considered “the” most important student organization in the school. There is no logical answer to why the SCA is taken for granted. One possible answer could be that the SCA works so well that students are un- aware it exists. An example is the “catsup Scrub the Spartans. Terry Cole stands on the Art Clu during the Homecoming Parade sponsored Blowing bubbles. Candy salespersons Kenny Martin and Sarah Brown sell Mary Hudson a candy bar to help raise money for the lobby fund. conflict.’ When the students complained about the lack of catsup in the cafeteria, the SCA “persuaded” Dr. Venable to provide it. No one even thought about the catsup after having it for two months. But the catsup supply ended and once again students began to complain. The SCA got the catsup back. The point is that students tend to forget about the SCA when things are going well. Still another reason the SCA is overlooked is that float by the SCA. many students just aren't in- formed about the organization. Laura Miller felt that the SCA did a ‘great job. | feel a lot of credit goes to Tom Ferguson, who led the council to a good year and tried to involve everyone.” Vernon Womack also felt the SCA did a good job, but his homeroom representative didn't report that well. Myra Daniel said the SCA this year did a “wonderful” job. Despite (Continued on page 20)