What Do You Know?
Poll Reveals Problem
by Cinny Lawrence
The Rogue News recently con
ducted a poll to determine
whether or not students want to
continue the SSS program. They
do. Ninety percent of the sopho
mores, 89 percent of the juniors,
and 97 percent of the seniors
answering the questionnaire
said they thought SSS should
be continued.
But the survey revealed an
other fact which is even more
important Eight-five percent of
those giving their opinion do
not understand what SSS is and
what it does. Forty percent of
thoe surveyed claimed that SSS
is better than ever (or worse
than ever) because of the com
petition yells during pep assem
blies. Another 30 percent ad
mitted that they don't know
what SSS is and suggested bet
ter explanation and publicity.
And another 15 percent made
various other suggestions which
demonstrated their lack of un
derstanding of the program.
These suggestions ranged from
"Offer a prize" to "Let students
Judge instead of teachers."
High -
By Alan
At this time I would like to draw your attention to the home
wrestling matches in the gym. Wrestling, like most sports, has
its own vocabulary. Perhaps an explanation of the more widely
used and printable terms would be of some help in following the
action. (Listening to the tone of voice in which something is said
is useful, too.)
Calling a person a fish is a way of telling him that he can't
wrestle worth a darn.
The coach's order (plea) of knees, knees, get to your knees,
is a reminder (threat) to the wrestler that most moves must
initially be made from the knees.
You don't have to worry about saying something at the wrong
time, usually the two wrestlers can't hear you, anyway.
If ever the wrestling action slows down, a look at the spec
tators is sometimes worth the trouble. There seems to be three
general classes of spectators: the insecure, the secure, and the
oversecure.
Mothers or girlfriends who have sons or boyfriends wrestling
usually belong to the insecure group. Their most noticeable char
acteristic is the tendency to cover their eyes and moan softly
during the match they especially came to see.
Members of the secure group act quite sophisticated. They
try to remain calm with a bored-looking expression on their faces.
However, they usually develop the nervous habit of jabbing the
person sitting next to them in the ribs with an elbow. When sit
ting next to a more active member of the secure set you begin to
wonder who is taking more of a beating the wrestlers or you.
Members of the oversecure group always sit right behind you.
They alternately condemn the referee, harangue the opposing
coach, coach their teams, and down banana-chocolate sundaes for
energy. After the match they can never remember the final score.
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It seems that some explana
tion is needed.
Most of the students are con
fused by the difference in com
petition in pep assemblies and
SSS. The results of class compe
tition at pep assemblies are not
a part of SSS. One of the criteria
for SSS challenges is that they
must be able to be judged ob
jectively. The committee does
not feel that a definite winner
can be determined from compe
tition yells.
Those who claimed that they
don't understand SSS because
it has not received enough pub
licity comprise the second larg
est group.
The present SSS program was
instituted by the AHS student
council six years ago. Its aim is
to promote school spirit through
class competition in the areas
of service, scholarship, and
spirit
There is little excuse for not
knowing when challenges are
taking place. Plans are an
nounced in student council
meetings, during announce
lights
Engstrom
ments from the office, and at
pep assemblies.
However, the results of SSS
challenges are not publicized. A
solution to this problem might
be for the SSS committee to
post a chart which keeps a run
ning account of results.
The fact that students are in
favor of SSS indicates that it
can work to fulfill its purpose.
However, it can not achieve its
goals as long as students do not
understand it Only if the stu
dents are concerned enough to
question will the program suc
ceed. If not, we must resort to
the suggestion of one student,
"abolish SSS."
Letters to
To the Editor:
This is a protest about what
seems to be a high school "in
stitution." Politely (by those who
do it) it's called "help," bluntly
it's called "cheating." This
cheating doesn't involve tests as
much as it does homework. Cer
tain people think they don't
have to do homework. Whatever
their reasons for not doing it
they wait until right before
class to do this work. They need
help with it but, naturally, there
isn't time for explanations or
figuring, so "your answer will
do nicely, thank you."
Later, while correcting an in
class assignment, someone asks
you to delete a few misplaced
numbers on their paper. Cheat
ing? Of course not, merely
"help."
Well, I'm tired of "helping"
people, the rules are getting too
hard to remember (is it Knot
who needs the next two correct
or was that Lump in third
period?). I'd be glad to help
someone figure out how to do
something (I need help, too,
many times) but I'm THROUGH
giving out answers. Everyone
should have enough self-respect
to rely on their own knowledge
and for those who don't, I've
quit the racket.
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To the Editor:
After being in the study hall
for 14 weeks, I think there is
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First of all, it takes peace and
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