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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1971
Page
3
A chaotic collage of playful gossip and classmate chatter. Mentions include Joy Jarriel Peggy F Lindy D and many others as students swap jokes speculate about sports events at St Angela Addison Perry and Big Valley. The piece captures school life with humorous asides and inside jokes.
The S C A S C plans a state convention at Irmo South Carolina. Two officers from L B C High School will attend with Ronnie Boswell as President and Daryl Glover as Vice President. Daryl Glover is a candidate for SCASC Vice President.
Barbara Saylor and Ernest Dicks are selected as this week’s Students of the Week. Saylor worked in the office last summer and serves as an office assistant, works as a lunchroom cashier, and sits on Student Council. Dicks is a member of Future Teachers of America and the Physics Chemistry Club, and plays on the Hornet football team.
The Senior Class at Aiken High reports T shirt orders and derbies in green with a gold band. Senior Class buttons are expected in a few weeks while ideas for the major project are being reviewed by the Executive Committee.BEST COME THROUGH IN 72.
The Aiken High School announces new members inducted into the National Honor Society. Induction honors upcoming ceremony and recognizes students for scholarship leadership service and character in the school community.
The Junior and Sophomore classes elected officers for the new year. NHS held its first induction of 1971 72 with sixteen students chosen for character leadership scholarship and service. Inductees included Brenda Beaver Susan Brendell Marcia Carothers Johnny Carr and others.
The Clemson University Department of Languages hosts a Declamation Contest in French German and Spanish on Saturday November 20 1971 in Daniel Hall. Students statewide compete in two groups with memorized selections two to three minutes long. From Aiken High School four students attend and two from French III plus Diane Tilly and Ruth Walker join the fourth year classes.
Susanne Rhoden, a 1966 Aiken High School graduate, returns from Columbia to teach Math I and Algebra I at Schofield this year. She initially pursued computers but shifted to education after enjoying practice teaching. Her first year of teaching began in 1971 in Columbia before relocating to Aiken.
Clark Gum Company sponsors a fundraiser donating five cents for every ten gum outer pack wrappers sent. Last year over a million wrappers funded 2,700,000 smallpox vaccinations. Entre-Nous girls collect wrappers in Aiken with multiple Clark flavors accepted.
AHS clubs held events the week of October 13. German Club celebrated Oktoberfest at Laird O Neill’s home with hot dogs burgers and twelve gallons of root beer attended by about fifty. Science Club speaker Dr J W Morris discussed engineering careers and future field trips plus a bake sale and Q A period. Chemistry Club held its first meeting at Schofield on October 13 with Joe Odum leading a discussion on chemistry fields and course previews.
Aiken Standard asks students at Aiken High to read Go Ask Alice under teacher supervision. Reviews praise its realism and diary format while noting disturbing drug abuse scenes and the author's death from overdose.
The Aiken High Drama Club plans its first play of the year in the first week of November. Dierdre Clerc stars as the lead. French Club organizes a Halloween party for October 26 at 7. Skits in French may be staged by Mrs Butlers classes with refreshments from French IV.
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