Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Fibish takes wrong approach
*'I sec that the balls have become very dirty
again." reports » voice over the IOUL. speaker. Many
In the registry groan. A threat to discontinue the ut«.
of vending machines follows over the speaker. More
groans.
Are such threats from (he orinctpel's office actual*
ly working* We think not. When Principal Alan
Fibish first tackled the problems of litter and waved
punishment* In the faces of the students, Lowellltes
obliged. -
Onejunlorsald "It wasn't that 1 was scared of the
punishments. I don't cart if they dose kit rending
machines, or If wo have to cat in the cafeteria (not
with Slonestown so di*e). 1 Just told myself that we
(the students) were supposed to clean up after
ourselves,"
The junior's statement proved true, and Fibish
reported a slight Improvement. However, not long
after tne improvement, he ctme on Radio Lowell to
say that the halls were dirty* again. He repeated the
threat of punishments, and this time the groans
coming from the students were louder.
Said a senior, "1 would probably pay attention to
such threaU at first, but after a few days, I would
probably forget my garbage again."
Many students appeared to agree with the senior
that the threats were ineffective.
Yet, we support Fibish's cause. If one looks
around the hallway after school, he can see that our
halls am not exactly like the corridors of General
Hosoltal.
Almost every day* there are ipl'ted cans of sod- on
the floors. Almost every empty locker has vomc form
of debris In it. Theru are always numerous potato
chip bags *u J milk cartons strewn along the halls.
Students are aware or the sordid condition of the
halls. Why else do they sit on books, folders, pieces
of carpet, etc...1
Th;re/orc. Fibish is rif-ht in saying thai we have a
major dirt problem. However, he is not right, we
believe, in his method of confront*ng the problem.
Not only do students won forget threats, but they
reluctantly follow orders based on threats. High
school student* do not enjoy being treated as
children, and when they aie totd they can't tuvc
cake unless th«y finish their vegetables, as In this
case, they soon cease to care anymore.
The main point U that students should care about
their school — even i' it U over sanitary matters. The
school should propose a contest of a similar event in
which everybody participates.
Since moit Low'cllltcs enjoy competition, a contest
between the classcj of Lowell could be effective. The
Senior Out could be In charge of the cleanliness a!
the firti Jlt-on the ju.Mors could take care of the se*
cond floor; the sophomores could get the third
floor: and the freshmen could take care of tK- t.rea
by the auditorium. Every month, the classes could
rotate their assigned ktc&i*
In creating a contest such as this, a usually despised
job, such as cleaning, would be more enjoyable,
and students would not have to be or feel threatened.
This way, Lowell would be much cleaner, and
FlbUh would no longer have to use ineffective threats
to make a point. _ _
Disrupted rally offends committee
Dear Editor.
A* student* who were at first
proud to Involve themselves la thir
year's Spirit Week, we are appalled
at the rude treatment we recetv
ed at the ill-school rally in Friday.
Oc^btr 19.
Just minutd after w, began our
ikll for Is, Clan of 1956. wn were
inexcusably tnt^iiiiptcd tty Or.
Flbha. who Incited that the
recitation of the national anthem
wu sufficient cause for breaking
the concentration of our actors.
We we* having 'a hard enough
time at ll was. with all of the confusion
caused by the early arrival
of the uninvited Lincoln
Muxtan*., and Dr. FlbUh ipoke to
our actors during the performance,
ordering us to pause so
tUt all of Lowell High School
might recite the anthem together.
TWs Interruption caused e mU-up
in our recorded musk, and we,
•therefore, had to make the best of
the music that wai available to ui
•I IS* time.
Then, once again, the power
went out, and tlw microphone
didn't work. In i matter ol
Bungalow invades hangout
Dear Editor.
We. a group of Lowell High
students, proteu the unannounced
construction of the "temporary"
bungalow that was Inualkd this
quarter. We realiu that this addition
b necessary to accommodate
students in our over*cnmdcd
school and there may have been no
alternative site for Uwse buildings,
but we arc angered that we had no
•WtsViawll-
say in this decision and were utter*
ly uninformed about the issue. The
backtawn Is a popular and
populated hang-out during school,
and If the admlnlitration *crc
fonxd to build bungalows In other
equally populated areas, such as
the courtyard, they certainly would
have informed the student body
about the situation.
The "back-lawners"
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Inn Juaaa M*. Gfca ton*.
Aaa Orel* En tan. Mma Haar.
Met las. Junto la. Wia Ian
Ebadk rtosao. SaMi He, Urn fa*.
seconds, the sound was back, but
II really didn't matter a whole lot
because someone had given orders
for the game to begin right behind
us on the foodball [kit), while we
were performing.
Cur question Is Ihlt: How can a
principal who advocates involvement
in Spirit Week activities, ci
peel lo be respected by his student
body, when tils student body rets
involved and receives nothing in
return but humiliation?
Let us grt our priorities straight.
We believe •>••• Dr. plbith. who
told one of n-.ii *a\t members that
the foutbatt vimc was lt> take
precedence over everything,
regardless of how much time
anjone had put Into preparing
anything, needs lo think again, it
In no way makes sense that
students who leel like playing a
game of footbei' should lake
precedence over 3.000 students
who have gathered together to
show pride in their school at a rally
which ha. been scheduled as the
cllmuol Spirit Week.
if we. the
students of Lowell High School,
are to continue to show pride in
our school, you must continue lo
support us in our spiril*rclated ac*
tivitlci. and together we must work
to ensure that tncre are no more
bitter confrontations between
students and faculty In limes lo
come.
Spirit Week skit members,
the Class of 1986
Student conveys
appreciation
Dear Editor.
Many students take for granted
what their teacher* have done for
them during Spirit Week. Many
thanks are In order lo those
teachers who let itudcoU out of
their 14/tS classei for the !n>
dividual rattle., to those teachers
who let out their morning CUMCS
to that the registries could be
decently decorated, and, last of
all. to those trachen. who put up
with the miWt and hyperacttTc
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