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THE BIG GAME
Oct. 21, 1976

Editorial

It has long been preached by people here at Snider that our school's ever increasing lack of spirit will cause the cancellation of certain programs; this year has seen the death of the Squires Club and Entre Nous due to lack of interest.

School spirit for the sake of school spirit is not worth talking about. We all have our own preconceived ideas about how involved we should be in Snider's extra-curricular activities. As I tried to point out in my last editorial, some events, like Homecoming, are fun, although they serve no useful purpose. The validity of Homecoming is questionable since it serves no real constructive purpose other than a disruption of normal school functions.

Still in the school spirt vein, but in quite another vernacular, are the service clubs, as witnessed by Squires and Entre Nous. In this day and age of apathy on the part of the public towards the school system, the two afore-mentioned service clubs helped promote the image of Snider to the general public. Last year the Squires helped out with the Jerry Lewis Muscular Distrophy Telethon, sponsored the PTA clothing drive, and helped with the annual Christmas can drive among other things. The Entre Nous sponsored a car wash, a Halloween party for the Pediatrics ward at Parkview, and made Thanksgiving a lot more enjoyable for members of the Irene Byron Clinic. Aside from these activities, the clubs also worked on projects within the school itself for the students.

The service clubs provided Snider with a vital link to the community and also aided in building character and responsibility in the members. Perhaps some energy should be channeled away from "non-productive" activities and into worth-while ones.

Plans are now being laid to form a new co-ed club under the direction of Mr. Randy Rusk that would take the place of Squires and Entre Nous, but I doubt that much enthusiasm will be raised. If two clubs rich in service heritage cannot succeed, then what can? Certainly not a brand new club with no former members to spread propaganda. Certainly not a brand new club that labors under the ever growing cancer inherent in apathy. It appears that service clubs, one of Snider's great, positive links with the outside world, has gone the way of the dinosaurs, not to be remembered except by digging their bones up in old yearbooks.

Rick Hines


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