Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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We THIHIT TIME STATE SPEAKEHS Training in class makes the team hard to beat we were something to watch out Speech is the best organiza- tion for giving kids the poise and conhdence they need to feel at ease when they are around others or addressing others. Jon Jensen Speech team. Back row: Vonda Chamberlain, .Tay Buckley, Brad Nelson, Tammy Hicksg Second row: Bridget Cox, Melanie Cottrell, Julie Hillstead, .Toe Brodine, Susan Apgoodg Front row: Advisor Relta Cox, Dennis Johnson, Jamie Schmidt, Kristen Johnson, Amy Pena, Advisor Cary Cox. - Clubs NFL forg we were one of the toughest teams to beat and not just in the 2A division, said Senior Jon Jensen. The speech team surprised many teams in the 1988 season by being very competitive. Because of the requirements of the competitive speech class in which most of the team was enrolled, the season began in November with two novice meets instead of in January. Speaking for the first time in class was not as bad as getting in front of judges at the meets for the first time, said Freshman Vonda Chamberlain. The speech classes helped create better speech students. The classes, taught by Instructor Cary Cox, gave students the experience of speaking on different levels and in different categories. Chamberlain noted, I think the class made us a better team and we knew more about what we were going into. The team had several freshmen students at the beginning of the year. By the state toumament, four of the twelve team members were freshmen. Having younger kids with the seniors was different than past years in speech, noted Senior Susan Apgood. Junior Jamie Schmidt said, With it being my first year, I thought being on the team was great. We'll miss the seniors and our coaches next year, but hopefully we'll pick up where we left off with the new advisor and be just as good. The 1988 season was the last coaching season for Advisors Cary and Relta Cox. The speech team took the 2A State Championship for the third consecutive year. Jensen placed third in dramatic and humorous interpretation and qualified to go to the district NFL meet where he placed first in Premium time. For at least eight weekends, the speech team is on the road with little study time. Senior Susan Apgood finds a good time to catch up is between the final debate rounds and Saturday awards. dramatic interpretation enabling him to compete at the National NFL meet in Nashville, Tenn. Jensen said he was excited to go to the national meet for the third time. The season ended in March for the team and the members said they were pleased with the outcome of the season. Speech is the best organiza- tion for giving kids the poise and confidence they need to feel at ease when they are around others or addressing others, said Jensen.

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Blass ttashes,,hut computers tlun t Journalists didn't expect commitment demanded to maintain the news standards andalimitedclasssize Because of the changes, it was a tougher class-you re- ally had to have commitment. John Jensen Page maker. Converting to the MacIntosh computer changes the whole format of layout. Leaming a new system and trying to meet a deadline became mind b0ggling for sudents like Junior Vic VanGicson. Apple Works. A staff trained on Apple Writer now coverts to Apple Works. Caught in the conversion is Jessica Dunn who has been in the class for two years. Journalism staff. Back row: Layout Advisor Cary Cox, Jim Chapman, Co-editor Spinner Jones, Susan Apgoodg Second row: Monique Lewis, Tammy Hicks, Tracy Thrasher, Christy Youngberg, Miguel Apezeteguia, Front row: W ' Jay Buckley, Jessica Dunn, Dana Vercimak, Copy Advisor Relta Cox. made producing a quality newspaper difficult for the newswriting class. 'This was a leaming experience with the new computers, the editors being separated from the staff in class and the writers working for both yearbook and newswriting, said Coeditor Jon Jensen. Lyman High School purchased two Macintosh Plus com- puters with a lazer printer to better the quality of the jour- nalism production. Although the computers helped the professional appearance of the paper and yearbook, the dif- ficulty of the software forced the students and Instructors Cary and Relta Cox to take a longer time to learn the techniques. Business Instructor Beverly Adkins spent many hours helping students understand the programs and correlate the computer work. Newswriting involved students in two classes with Editor Spinner Jones in one class and Editor I on Jensen in the other. Students produced articles for both the news magazine and the yearbook the first semester. J oumalism students attended the state contest in the fall and placed first in the on-the-spot contests for the fourth year in a row. We took it seriously and we were pre- paredf noted Jensen. The news magazine placed first in Class ZA for the first time. I was very proudg it showed that our students were trained, said R. Cox. They should have taken the self- confidence and used it to continue producing quality work. I was very disap- pointed how the class turned out. Despite significant awards taken by the newswriting class, few students remained after the semester and few second-semester papers were produced. Because of the changes, it was a tougher class-you really had to have commitment, Jensen said. R. Cox said she was disap- pointed so many students checked out of the class. If the students would have stuck in the course and taken it seriously, she said, we could have kept a commend- able paper. We didn't promise anyone an easy course, but the students were not ready for the demands of a newswriting course. Too many students had-to spread their time over their many activities and that hindered the class' successes. We didn't accomplish what we should haveiggenysileieicks bumed out. Clubs +-I Quill and Scroll

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Double speak. Although joining the speech team after basketball, Senior I ay Buckley is able to rebound and come in fourth at State with his original oratory on euphemisms and smokey language. Suited up. When in competition, speech team members are well dressed. Extempers and debaters often wear suits and are considered sharp of mind. NHS Initiate Sophomore Brad Nelson fits all the prototypes of an extemporaneous speaker. --rg...-Q-are h se.. ff ...MAN Weave Waiting. The competition is over, clothes are changed and now the waiting for the awards assembly begins. Accompanying state judge Laurine Bingham gives dramatic and humorous interpreter Sophomore .Toe Brodine a few words of comfort at the Casper College Union Center. The team still had time to spend an hour in the mall before the awards. V Man of many characters. The Kugelrnass Episode by Woody Allen, a humorous piece, requires Senior lon Jensen to assume three characters. The main character finds adventure by magically entering novels. Jensen placed third at State in both humor and drama and first at Regional NFL in drama. Blank ideas. Sometimes the introduction is the hardest part of interpretation. Senior Tammy Hicks works on the intro for Senior Susan Apgood and her duet Social Security. They placed second in the 2A division at State. Clubs 7 1 NFL EU