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THE
HEXAGON
FEBRUARY, 1975>
EDITORIALS
DIRECT ENERGY TOWARD
THE BUILDING OF SPIRIT
UNITED WE STAND - DIVIDED WE WILL FALL
“United we stand and divided
we fall . . Yes students and
faculty of Elbert County High,
we have problems and more
problems from the results and
opinions of the survey the
Hexagon recently took. We
have more to be concerned with
than the threat of a nation
wide recession and the surge of
gasoline and food prices.
Let’s look at one of these
problems: First everyone seems
to be crying for more school
spirit; my friend, school spirit
is more than just supporting
one’s team, but it is also show
ing pride in your school as a
whole— it’s buildings, it’s sur
roundings, it’s people, and
most of all yourself. I have no
magic solution for this prob
lem, but I think the main artery
of this problem lies in our
hearts. Believe it or not, there
is a basic racial problem exist
ing in this school. You can not
feed, you can not hear, and you
can barely see it; because no:
one is, marching around pro
testing, no one is saying It loud,
but given the chance to put your
opinions on paper it is a differ
ent story.
UNITY—That is the answer
to the above problem. It is
not magical, it will not occur
today, tomorrow, or next week.
It will take awhile, but we can
conquer at and tlhe best thing
about it is that, everyone of us
can’ help. Unless we jerk out
survey the Hexagon staff re
cently conducted. Questionaire
forms were issued randomly to
a total of 320 persons, includ
ing students', administrators' and
faculty members. Of the
278 forms given to students,
164 were returned for tabula
tions, while the faculty of 42
returned 30 to be included.
1. How regularly do you eat
school lunches? Always—71,
fairly regularly—48, occasion
ally—53, Never—18, No re-
and throw them away forever,
then the spirit of this school
will not flourish. Out of a
total of 194 persons, only 55
think school spirit is high,
while that number doubled in
saying that its low (120), eight
said average, and eleven did not
respond to this question. Let’s
join together to conquer this
problem.
2. How do you feel about the
quality of the food served?
Excellent—9, Good—110, Poor
-—49, Unsatisfactory-—17, No
response—9.
3. How do you feel about the
preparational serving? Excel
lent—19, Good—89, Fair-—66,
Poor—14, No response-—6.
4. How do you feel about the
cleanliness of the cafeteria?
Excellent—35, Good-—93; Fair
—52, Poor—10, No response—
4.
' 5. Do. you think $.45 is a rea
sonable price for -the lunches?
Yes—134, No—58, No re
sponse—2.
6. If you could choose your * 1 *
oiwn menu, would you partici
pate more regularly? Yes.—148,
No-—28, No response—18.
**7. If you do not eat lunch
in the cafeteria what is your
source of lunch? Brown bag
ging — 40, Sodas -— 36* ** ice
creams—61, nothing at alii—
18, Others.—14.
8. If a variety of foods were
offered would you be willing
to pay slightly more? Ye®.—
140, No—52, No response—2.
9. Would you be willing to
pay extra for chocolate milk?
Yes—77, No—114, No response
—3-
10. Are you letting ice cream
deprive you of a nutritional
lunch? Yes—33, No—156, No
.spouse—-4.
THE HEXAGON STAFF
1974 - 75
Published monthly by the Journalism Class
Elbert County High School
J. .Paul Abernathy, Principal
Elberton, Georgia
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Co-Editors Jan Thomason, Leroy White
News Editor - | Julie Grimes
Feature Editor Linda Fay Perrin
Sports Editor Rita Brown
Staff Artist - Dmina Willis
Exchange Editor - Aundra Bolton.
Star News Editor Jeannie White
Reporters Holly Adams, Nancy Dubose, Julie Mann,
Business Editor Mr. Mac Thornton
j Advertising Manager Vicki Fowler
Sales Manager — Libby Higginbotham, Joe Montgomery, Jeff
Stratton
Billing Chairman Debbie Haynes
Advisor I Mrs. K. Root
the prejudices within our hearts
HEXAGON SURVEY RESULTS
Below Is ifjhe result of the
BY COACH CLOER
When we walked into the
Franklin County High School
gym for the region basketball
playoffs, we were all confront
ed with what the word® “school
spirit” really mean. On the op
posite side of the gym our op
ponent’s student body (North
Hall High School) was stand
ing clapping, yelling, and en
couraging their school team.
They were not unruly, crude,
or vulgar. They were an or
ganized group of teenagers who
had nO' inhibitions about sup
porting their school athletic
teiam. They were not concern
ed whether people would feel
they were silly or immature.
They were obviously proud of
their school and its accomplish
ments.
School enthusiasm and pride
are infectious and soon we
were responding with the same
support and zeal. Perhaps we
learned something because the
response—5.
11. Do you think school spirit
is high or low? High 1 —55,
Average.—•'8, LoiW—120.
*12. Are you a member of
the pep club? Yes—60, No,—-
101, No response 1 —3.
13. How often do you at
tend games? Regularly—69,
Fairly regularly — 44, Some
times 1 —51, Never—24, No re
sponse—6.
14. Do, you think the sports
program rate high with other
'area schools? Yes.—146, Not—
38, No response—10.
*15. Are you active in sports?
Yes—64, No—94’ No response
16. Do you think the sports
program is dominated mostly by
males? Yes—120, No—65, No
response—9.
17. Do you think there should
be more sports for girls? Yen—
151, No.—33, No response—10.
18. Do you think too much
emphasis is placed on football
and basketball? Yes.—61, No—
121, No response—12.
*19. If more sports were of
fered, would you participate
more: Yes—123, No—33, No
response—8.
*20. Are you active in club®,
school projects or are you one
of those who could “care less”?
Active—56, Moderately active
—8 5, Could care less—11, No
response—13.
21. Do you think there should
he more clubs; Yes—79, No.—
97, No response—18.
22—What sex are you? Fe
male—114, Male—-70, No re
sponse—10.
23. What is yOur status?
Senior—29, Junior—60, Sopho
more—75, Teachers—30.
** Every one not required to
answer
*Only Student® answered
| next night we still had our en
thusiasm and spirit.
We need to consider some
definition of school spirit. It
is not blowing a whistle from
the stands in order to interrupt
itbe orderly progress of the
game. It is not going to a pep
rally just as an excuse to leave
elates. It' is not having to be
instructed to enter the gym or
Granite Bowl. It is not cutting
a pep rally. It is not sitting
at a pep rally for thirty minute®
without participating.
Obviously school spirit is the
exact opposite of these and
more. It is that intangible feel
ing' o,f pride in our institution
when we do something well,
and that feeling of remorse or
embarrassment when we give
lfess than a “class” effort. All
great institutions have spirit
that is generated by the people
who comprise the institution.
Those who lack this spirit us
ually become inconsequential.
Some of you may be offended
by thiis article because you are
the spirited people at Elbert
County High School. But what
about that person next to 1 you?
Have you tried to influence, an
other’s behavior to the point
that they are proud of our
school.
Energy directed toward a
project that is morally right
and not harmful to anyone is
time well spent. Energy di
rected toward the building of
school spirit is time well epent.
Let’s all spend some energy
wisely.
EH
I used to be a deer running
wild in this world
But now I’m a bird sitting
lonely in my nest
Waiting for that special person
By Eleanor Ardisteir
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