Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Ca pos, Becky Davis, Joan Ditzel, Kim teve Fuhrman, Mark Fiseus, Mark Karla Fritsch, Ellen Grant, Geoff . Lisa Hofer, Michelle Hanson, Dave Johnson, Jamie Lane, Charles another tune. ` i 5 Upper Left: SAX KING. Don DoBell has a break during a song at the half-time of a basketball game. Left: GO TEAM ROCK. The brass section belts out 2 ي‎ A Love, Mary Meany, Kathy McDaniel, Debbie Murtha, Lynnette Moore Wally Madden, Bob Martin, Rod MacBride, Troy MacVay, Tammy Ortgies, Kathy Obrecht, Mike Obrecht, Susan Osterman, Lisa Peters Dave Phillips, Peter Pady, Kim Rowley, Tracy Sanders, Laura Trenkle, Susan Tryon, Tom Thornton, Jody Thomas, Paul Torgeson, Jim Twetten, Rob VanderGaast, Lori Voss, ۱:۶6 Loren Wobig, Allan Young, Sara Zbaracki. ABOVE: DRUM SOLO. Dr ummer David Skarshaug beats out an ''awesome' ' drum solo. Bands 25

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ONE CT TD mem — — d PM BU PEEL یک ہاش مس‎ TEV ARE, F7‏ وہ VTANTED-GOLDOFISH ? Young male goldfish looking for attractive female goldfish with similar values. Call 233-3333 and ask for Bill Schwartz. Sound strange? Probably, unless you're a member of the alias ‘band rats. Bill Schwartz, a goldfish and mascot, was not the original Bill Schwartz but retained many of the same characteristics such as the ability to stay underwater for long periods of time. There was a more serious side to this year's band also. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of different bands such as the Dixieland Band, Modern Jazz Ensembles, Stage Band | and ll, Pep Band, Varsity Band, Concert Band, or the Commencement Band which played for the graduation ceremonies. Performances included a Christmas Concert at the high school, a Young People's Concert at Welch Junior High, a spring concert in the Ames High courtyard, a joint performance with the ISU band Veishea, and the Clinician's Concert which featured a guest conductor from Drake. Concerts gave students the opportunity to use what they learned in practice. Linda Mendenhall remarked, ''After a good concert all the practices seem worthwhile.” There were no trips scheduled for this year's band but they did manage to squeeze in activities such as a ''big bash” at McCarthy Lee Park and the traditional awards breakfast at Brookside Park. The bands were under the direction of Homer Gartz and William Holt. One band member summed up her feelings about the band by saying, “Even with its faults, band is a pretty decent organization.’ - em — جسہ‎ À e sg c ر‎ S vum vj wx ge € a e ہے‎ Banitt, Tom Boston, Sarah Campbell, Ellen Crawford, Martha Clubine, Julia Cheville, Jim Corbett. Chris Carey, Don DoBell, Dan Ewan, Debra Frahm, Deb Goering, Brenda Griffen, Pam Greve, Paul Griffen, Tim Gehm, Gileen Gleason, Charlotte Garrey, Dave Hansen, Paul Heil, Eva Holt, Beth Herriott, Cassandra Hofer, Sandy Humphrey, Mary Homer, Steve nda race Love, Steve Holland, John Hendrickson, Kit CONCERT BAND. Diane Anderson, Bev Buss, Janet Beall, nee Bluhm, George Bur net, Lisa Babcock, Greg Daley, Jon T 3race Hammond, Mike In nouye, Louis Imsande, Bill Joensen, Jane ry Kapfer, Kris Layton, Jayne Larson, David Lamb, Richard Lamb, Mike Loos, Jon Lewis, Peter McCoy, Sarah Malaby, Linda MacVay, Kari Nilsen, Mary Kay Nickel, Jim Obrecht, Jeanne Powers, Cindy Pesek, Bob Pritchard. Mark Pritchard, Delana Phillips, Jeff Prestemon, Kevin Powell, Phyllis Robinson, Karen Rod, Tracy Rood, Dave Rougvie, Carol Ratliff, Geoff Sisson, Deanne Stevens, Ann Sletten, Marty Schiel, Niki Sturtivant, Brent Shanks, Damon Snyder, Tom Smithson, Dave Skarshaug, Ann Trenkle, Pat VanderMaaten, Linda Wright, Ellen Westerlund, Kelly Walker, Dave Wooley, Dave Wheelock, Mark Zbaracki. ——— S (oan A . om moro oto c9 o9 9 RR mmo ہی‎ p» - ` we نے‎ ۹1 ۹ 8 LJ rw

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3 F e ۴ With colleges cracking down on students who are weak in their writing skills, a new emphasis on writing was adopted by the English department. To guarantee that all graduates have at least had valuable high school exposure to writing, a requirement was added. Under this addition, students must take a semester of composition or writing in either their junior or senior year. Even though this requirement didn't apply to the 1978 graduating class, many seniors took courses that filled this requirement, making it difficult for juniors to take such a class. Two courses were added to accommodate the change. Basic Composition offered some students a strong sense of familiarity with various writing styles. Tim Budnik, a junior who took this basic course, felt it would best match his abilities. He said, ۶'۱ took the easier way, like many other kids.” A course of greater depth into writing was Composition for the College Bound. Here 26 English TU ۵ students were really taught what writing meant! They we re given the types of assignments that college students usually struggle through. Paul Ryan said, ''It should give us a little edge over other students.’’ He went on to explain how this class was ‘‘nitpickier’’ over mechanics than in most English courses. Composition courses weren't the only selections open under the new addition. Creative Writing, Introduction to Journalism and Advanced Journalism which produces The Web, were all offered as in previous years. These classes presented a different kind of writing from the composition classes. Top Right: EMOTIONAL. Rehearsing for a speech contest, Eliot Stadler and Shelly Nims put their feelings into the parts of Caesar and Cleopatra, respectively. Top Left: HEAVY READING. Bob Pederson takes on HAMLET in his free time. Right: A LEPRECHAUN? No, this is Steve Gradwohl helping out in a skit presented in his Honors American Literature class.