Middletown High School - Optimist Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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lg' sy 1 ,lll,,,li I . Q l Wig .tim -' l HOMECOMING REPLACED BY SPIRIT WEEK When trouble developed during our homecoming period in the fall of 1977, I asked the newly formed Principal's Student Advisory Committee and Student Council to discuss options . . . On .lune l, T972, we had no recommendation from Student Council, teachers or parents. The Administrative Team helped me develop a plan to present to the Student Council . . . Features of this idea were not acceptable in September . . . the T972-73 Student Council voted to use the same plan which has caused trouble in the past. ln view of this l find it necessary to cancel the homecoming court concept and the selection of a queen for this football season. Students may preserve other traditions. The announcement by Mr. Hill of the reiection of the proposed homecoming plan came in early October after Student Council deliberated through the summer months, formulating six alternative plans, ranging from a traditional homecoming with parades, floats, campaigns, and candidates to no homecoming at all. Each Student Council member received a copy of the plans to compare and discuss. After all disagreements and questions were settled, the members voted. Out of 62 ballots cast, 45 favored the traditional plan, and the remaining I7 were scattered among four other plans. There were no votes for the plan to completely abolish homecoming. Each member agreed to support whichever plan was adopted. Opposition arose when a few students refused to accept the plan as a final decision and circulated petitions advocating the abolishment of queen candidates and escorts while keeping the other plans. Although not enough students signed petitions to constitute a maiority of the student body, Mr. Hill felt that enough signatures were obtained to necessitate reconsideration of the adopted plan. Since the Student Council's plan could not assure a peaceful homecoming and the petition showed opposition to the plan, Mr. Hill cancelled homecoming. Despite the controversy, M.H.S. students showed maturity by accepting the decision without rebellion, and turning their energy and enthusiasm to ensuring Spirit Week's success.

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You delight in laying down laws, Yet you delight more in breaking them. Like children playing by the ocean who build sand-towers with constancy and then destroy them with laughter. But while you build your sand-towers the ocean brings more sand to the shore, And when you destroy them the ocean laughs with you. Verily the ocean laughs always with the innocent. IG. qhtii'