Claremont High School - Hickory Log Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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HONOR: thc joy that comes from being set apart from others is finalized in the initiation ceremony of Quill and Scroll, who recognizes students that have shown outstanding achievement for their staffs. 4 USHERING in Hickory's newest sport as soph- omores, wrestling co-captains John Brock and SOLITUDE enables Sidney Keener to rc- view 'krouzh spots and to case pre-exam qualms.

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69-70 Becomes A Year For Voices To Be Heard As A Generation Speaks METAL TEETH scraping against cement and broken glass clinking together are sounds of the campus clean-up as conscientious students remove litter strewn over the grounds by non-caring classmates. At .QQ 3 Having become acutely sensitive to the world encompassing them and having developed the ability to think in a deeper perspective than they could during childhood, ado- lescents began, during their high school years, a crystallization of their personal ideas about all phases of life. Insignificant as well as major impressions of environment pro- voked thought about the world, community, school, human nature, and self. A natural result of this increase in thinking was students' augmented desire to express to others their attitudes, conceptions, and ideas. Consequently, this gener- ation sought ways to speak about the feelings and thoughts it experi- enced both as a unit and as individ- uals. Daily, Hickory High students were continually speaking directly, indirectly, unconsciously, and in- tentionally about their ideas. , I

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Larry Winters as seniors lead a greatly improved mat team through continued persistence. Kaleidoscope of Ideas Reflected Through Actions NOW THAT last year's seniors have left their mark, new sophomores uplift their image. A WAX-FILLED RING on a girlls hand, sometimes a sight to last for a year, for a month, for a Week, or for a day, becomes a common appearance and marks a special bond between two people. 4. t,,. , . ,. , . . A r -.13 'k e A M 4 a 5 As diversified as the personalities at Hickory High, the actions of individual students, well-meaning and harmful, planned and spontane- ous, spoke about their personal ideals and feelings. While exertion to physical limits of endurance ex- pressed athletes' idea that develop- ment of body and continuation of the honor of winning were impor- tant, careless discarding of cigarette butts and defacing school property conveyed the lack of respect some students felt for the school. Re- flected in intensive studying was the importance various teenagers placed on learning, whereas lacka- daisical practices in schoolwork stated disinterest in scholastic knowledge on the part of others. A white Walk-out over Dixie illus- trated strong disapproval over a song policy. Conforming to fads, joining clubs, and going steady, all exhibited adolescents' desire to 'tbelongfi Intentional shoves in crowed halls expressed hostilities, simultaneously, an amiable smile mirrored consideration for others. Actions, no matter how important or trivial they might have seemed, were everyday expressions of the thoughts and ideas of students.