Beaverton High School - Beaver Yearbook (Beaverton, OR)

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Emily Clark listens as Mrs. Coughlin, Speech Team Advisor, goes over Speech Team rules. Emily was the President of the Speech Team. Speech Team: Front Row: Jana Steiher, Emily Clark, Linda Maizels, Debby Goldberg, Jill Pagnotta. Middle Row: Mrs. Phillips, Denise Traylor, Vicki Wagner, Aron Meyer, Ju- dith Stapleton, Sheri Merkhofer, Karen Neu- berger, Mrs. Coughlin. Back Row: Karen London, Jeff Ginsberg, Martine Klein, Ryan Bell, Rick Luetkenhaus, Nathen Tenny. Mrs. Coughlin shows how relaxed a speaker should be. Mrs. Coughlin majored in Communications in college. SpeechfDebate 117

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Speech!Debate New members The Speech and Debate Team at BHS, this year had some real standouts. Vicki Wagner and Denise Traylor were an excellent first year debate team, winning many trophies. Jana Steiger com- peted in the Oratory competition and also won many trophies. There were fourteen tournaments in all for the Speech Team members. Some were held at high schools and some at Universities. District com- petition included Aloha, Sunset, Glencoe, and Beaverton. The Na- tional Forensic League was an- other form of competition for the Speech Team. The tournament for the NFL was held in the middle of March. The first and second place excell winners from this competition were sent to nationals. To earn money to send these people to national, the Speechies, held a car wash and worked in the concessions stand at the games. There was a debate workshop held at Lewis and Clark College over the summer for any interested students. The purpose of that workshop was to teach the new and returning debators new techniques. This years Speech and Debate Team officers were: Presi- dent, Emily Clark, Vice President, Sherry Merkhofer, Secretary! Treasurer, Erik Schumockg Social Coordinator, Vicki Wagner and Denise Traylor. 116 SpeechfDebate P' Y , 2 '11isss.f3s'12.fF:e.9 -. .1 Stas? iii:

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Student Council New traditions lead the year Fact One: The 1983 Homecoming Dance was the highest attended dance since BHS opened their doors. Fact Two: The 1983 Winter Formal was the first winter dance ever to show a profit. Fact Three: The 1984 Mardi Gras was the first of its kind to pay for it- self. Fact Four: None of this would have happened without our 1983-84 stu- dent council. The student council went into the year with a trend settingi' attitude. New traditional trends were set for fu- ture classes to follow. The whole sys- tem was reorganized, all the way from file cabinets to how assemblies were run. The fall semester officers insti- gated a Homecoming Barbeque, put on by the student council members. During Spring Reign week there was an ongoing softball tournament, with competition between the different clubs. The Council also set up plans to redecorate the student center. Before the end of the year there were tables and chairs in the center. As of future years there was a five year plan to im- prove the lighting, retile the floor, and to add partitions. Student Council met four days a week as compared to the previous year's two. 1984 was the first year different organizations have been put in charge of assemblies. Con- cert Choir and the drama department each held an assembly. The main feel- ing of the 1984 student council was to start with a clean slate. They wanted new traditions to arise. They succeed- ed very well in reaching this goal. The final fact was that the 1984 student council contributed a more than above average effort to BHS. We've thought our plans through completely and concentrated on the future, not just this year, Dan Lavey summa- rized. 118 Student Council