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

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- the move from old to new. A5 one movef around the campus of Claremont Central High, Jeveral thin gy are ohviouf. One if antiq- uity: old auditorium feats, falling platter, worn-out Jtairs, oldfafhioned iron gate-entrancey, and huge old treey. Another thing one noticey is the ground, or that part of this level which can he Jeen. The majority if covered with a Juhftance refemhling unproceffed fertilizer, more commonly named trafh. Occafionally during the year, .rome hrave Jtudent would tahe the iniative or receive a command hom Mr. Styerf to take up a hroom and I r H . .Yi ,,, 'X begin an attach on the men. But the fight ufually ended in hopelesy defeat. Hou' could Juch a cmall force conquer tome forty yearf of litter in variouf Jtages of decompofition, with more heing added each day hy old Jtudentf of Claremont Central? fit other timex Jtudenty would get the urge to dijpoye oftrafh, gran, and anything elfe in the 11. 6 way, and would Jimply .ftart a 'little fire in the neareft traxh can or on the clofeft hill. Lack of concern for the campuf wat Jhown hy many Student! .fimply hy littering, hreahing of light hulhf in hathroomf, fires, and other actf of deftruction. But in the coming year, there will he no old auditorium Jeatt, no falling platter, no worn-out Jtepf, no old- fayhioned iron-gate entrancef, and no ancient treef. Everything will he new, 5

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Raising of School Spirit Develops High Emotional Level o -- that energy which caufef noise at sporty gamef and helpf the team to gain victory. Auorted mean! were incorporated in raifing the 'frchool 5pirit at Hickory High during the 1971-72 iportf seafon. Weekly pep rallief featuring the hery Blake Wattf and other parenti concerned with helping to pep up the .fchool resulted in raifing the emotional level of many ftudenti in preparation for the coming hattle. In Jpite of rumor! that the Catawha 7 , gifia, .E bg A '?1fa'. af , . 536 , - tat e if im ' . it at i t-wi,-, fm., Q - gk ' ,A ,fy -h '. W4 Qrwg. il,-ge' ' ey' ee . WWE? L 'V . , r 'phi' 'riff Z if -- A e - ext .L g e rr- x 'fff -' -ev , uk'-5 flieiffrfzv, I County Pollution Control Board would cancel the event, Hickory High wa! allowed to hold the annual pre- Homecoming honfire. The holocauft .sported two outhouses, an old hoat, and truckloads of paper, wood, and tra5h,' all of which wax reduced to a Jmoldering heap ofruhhle in accompa- niment to the yell! and cheery of hyftandery. The climax of all ofthix preparation wax the weekly foothall game, at which coachey and playerf pitted their Jkillf againft the opponent. They were in turn hacked hy the enthufiaftic crowd, prepared hy cheerleaderf, Blake Wattf, 4 honfire, and occafionally alcohol to Jupport the great Red Tornadoef. The finale of Hickory!! ej-forty ended with the gauze against North Forxyth. In fpite of the Great Kazoo Band, Victory Bell, Jeveral hghtf among opposing playery, and variouf ohfcenities' yelled hy the crowd, Hickory teaiftll y left in tlLf'cIt'. Although this' 5pirit occayionally directed itfehf at other targetf hefidef athletic competition, caufing deitruc- tion, certain .l'fZltfC'7'll.f .fought other wayf of uxing their xeriyei' jpr enjoyment. Such pa.ftin1e.r dj .fC'7Z.llfl1'lt'j' Jeiirionf after lunch, rnuiic, art. meditation, reading, religion. and coznnzunication hetween Jtudenti' of idealif. trendi, and eventi' hecatne a greater part of the caznpui. There hrought a dijjifrent type of Jchool .spiritu to the mixture of per- .fonalitiey on caatpux.

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Future Holds N ew Campus, Curriculum for Hickory High the seats, the steps, the entrances, the grass, and the trees. Mayhe even the litter, the hrohen lights, the fires, and other acts of 'fini will he jifesh. Mayhe not. Of coarse not all pnpils did show or will show disrespect or nnconcern for the campas. Some persons this year were disrespectfal, others concerned, others apatheticg most were a mixtnre of all three. The fittitre will he a new sotry, or so they say. NILYT Ylffili. 1972-75, there will he a New Hickory High with all the trimmings: new hnilding, new campns, new cnrricnlnm. Supposedly as Claremont Central changes faces, changes in the hitman part of the school will also take place. Old Mr. 1 lil i' N' li' il' ii 11 W1 111111 i111 Q '1111!Pl1111'1l'liJ :i:iiiil7:i.,L:i Q. 1 1 1 1 M11315151314311g11g1y4g1Qj14g11g1lg.11515143 :il:ii:it,1i1:,1:,1i li 1i1:,1:,1:,1:,1:I1:'l:i1:'lil,li1i1:i1:,l:,1:i1:i1i1:,1:'1i1i iIli,:,l,i'i1. li i1:,1:,1:,lil,lili1ii':i1:i1:i1:,1:i1:,1:i1iil:i1:,1:i1:ilil, W1 1y' ' 11,1111W1W ,1J1 j1lj1y11y,1yl111 :W 11y:1 W1411115111P51l:11:1y:1y:1y:11:11:1 :ill :,1:'1:i1ili:i1:,1i1i1',1i1lI:,1l,',1l,1i. gy 1111111111111111111 H , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1x1 11 I1 1 1'11l 1 1 'JH ilk 6 ' ,i,. Miller will hecome new Mr. Miller, old teachers and old teaching methods will hecome new teachers and new teaching methods, and most importantly of all, old students with old ways will hecome new sticdents with new ways. Whether ll these occnr or not will have the greatest effect on the face ofthe school, Gecaicse the only real part of any school is the hicman part. The completion of this change, of coarse, will occnr - zz'on't it?