Sanderson High School - Lakonikos Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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VVI-IO'S THE BEST? Popeye vs. Brutus, Billie lean King vs. Bobby Riggs, the coyote vs. the roadrunner-all rivals, each trying to prove superior to the other. We at Sanderson witness a more famil- iar rivalry every day. Although Senior brutality and Powderpuff casualities can hardly compare to the blows of Mohammed Ali, the air is hardly less charged for a Iunior-Senior contest than for an Ali-Frazier fight. The popularity of intra- school rivalry is indeed on the increase. Many of the same stu- dents who cease to recognize the existance of a varsity basketball team obtain infinite pleasure from the language --...iq -N 24

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4 Black Awareness Week is the fact that blacks tend to segre- gate themselves more than at any other time of the year. They seem to band together to bring attention to their dif- ferences as a minority. The remaining population of the school is conglomerated under the term majority and is cast as an oppressing force to the freedoms of blacks. Neither side seems to be able to communicate their ideas and soon the tension increases to an undesirable level. There are too many good possibilities of Black Aware- ness Week to let it become a dreaded event. It should not be treated as a cram course in Black Culture or a show of racial strength. Black Aware- ness Week is meant to be a learning experience for Blacks as well as non-Blacks. There should be a joint effort for both groups to accept and understand each other. Segre- gation, racism, and prejudices should be overshadowed by brotherhood. 23

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olympics or the student-faculty game. How many times have cheers of SHS is the best died on the second row of bleachers for the spirit stick? We seem to enjoy making rivals of acquaintances. To compete against those we know, is part of the fun. Do the upper- classmen really believe that the Sophomores fit their vivid de- scriptions inscribed on the bath- room Walls? Whatever hostilities we students do allow to accumu- late can usually find escape in the form of a grade A large egg. Sophomore is a Greek term meaning a wise idiot. The person who coined the phrase should be shot. Ioe Farrington '-....'.5 ::f 14. N., k