Topeka West High School - Chevalier Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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I TOP LEFT: Concentratinq on her work in U.S. History is Kristen Anderson, '82. TOP RIGHT: Researching tor a history proiect are Cissi Borg- strom, '80, and Sherri Bond '8O. BOTTOM RIGHT: Anxious to give her answer is Michelle Steltinq, '8O. REETA AKINS- US History, World History DAVE ALEXANDER- Consumer Education RUTH BURTON- Human Relations, US Govern- ment BILL COPELAND- US Government, Consumer Education 901 People X Social Studies 1 WJ ' 5? , I 1 1 , 4 - - , I I I if

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Debate Has Power RSP'-1tati01'l lt was excellent. We won a lot, but we learned even more for next year. That is how debate Coach Les Kuhns summed up his sc1uad's performance. For the experienced squad, the year started well with the team of lack Sip- pel, '81, and Andy Welch, '80, winning the Washburn Rural tournament with a 9-O record. West did not place the next weekend at the prestigious Tourna- ment of Champions at Emporia State University, to which only the top eight teams in the state were invited. The wins picked up again at the Bal- dwin High School tournament when brothers Andy and David Welch, '80, teamed up to win the outing, 5-O. At the Silver Lake tournament West showed its force when the team of Doug Neu- s mann, and Mike Welsh, '81, won the tournament, followed by Kevin Cronis- ter and Rick Hancock, '81, in fifth place. Next up was the Shawnee Mis- sion East tournament, where Daveen Litwin and David Welch took first in open division competition. Cronister and Hancock took third. Litwin and Welch took fifth place at the Topeka High tournament the next weekend. Finishing the year for the experienced squad was the team of Sippel and Andy Welch, who took fifth place in the East Kansas District NFL tournament. The novice, or first year, debaters were also making their contribution to West's debate power reputation. Ac- cording to Coach Kuhns, This is the best and winningest squad of novices I have coached. When they move into the experienced squad next year, we will be unbeatable. Their victories started at the Wyan- dotte novice tournament, where the team of Carolyn Carpenter, '82, and Annie Ripper, '80, placed third. Then, at the Santa Fe Trail novice tourna- ment, the team of Kathie Hoffmaster and Nancy Lynch, '82, took second, followed by Chris Lynch, '81, and left Polack, '82, in fourth. Ending the nov- ice year, the team of Hoffmaster and Lynch went from top seeded after pre- liminary rounds to take fourth place. Both the novice and experienced squads worked to stage the Topeka West Invitational Debate Tournament on Dec. 7-8. In charge of the tourna- ment were directors Sandy Stewart and Scott Swenson, '81, and NFL President lack Sippel. Highlight of the weekend was the presence of Governor lohn Carlin to give away the Governors Cup award. LEFT: Debaters Ravi Halawamy and Linda Ca- son, '81, Mike Lee, '80, Nancy Lee and Carolyn Saville, '82, and Sheryl Robben, '82, are taught to research, using indices, by debate COGC11 1-SS Kuhns, ABOVE: Coach Kuhns discusses notes from a round with novices Nancy Lynch and Kathie Hoffmaster, '82, 891 People X Debate

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sf AP Classes' Interest High Twelve teachers were assigned to the Social Studies Department, six of them full-time. Ioining the full-time group was Mrs. Ruth Burton, whose background included teaching at French lunior High and living in sever- al foreign countries while her husband was in military service. A new part-time member of the staff was Bill Copeland, who came from lardine lunior High to teach US government and consumer education. Interest was high in advanced place- ment classes, which allowed students to earn college credits upon successful completion of the course and scoring well on the final test. A total of 28 stu- dents enrolled in US history advanced placement and 15 enrolled in Europe- an history advanced placement. Teachers in the department shared common goals and philosophies in their instruction. US history and psy- chology teacher Marvin Speier ex- pressed his philosophy for working with his students: I feel that our stu- dents should be made aware of the greatness of their country and how America came about, and aware ot the people who made this country what it is today. if ng, 1 A x Sv I lf' ff? 4' V . Q, ' . 1 1754 , Aj 'T , . N-: 4 ABOVE: Entertaining their history class by play- ing Yankee Doodle Dandy are Susan Stroud '81, Cory Skinner, '81, and David Edmonds, 'SO MARGARET FOWLER- Psychology LOIS IONES- Psychology CHARLES MYERS- US History, Kansas History HAROLD SHEFFIELD- US Government MARVIN SPEIER- Psychology, US History RANDQL WALKER- Work Experience EARL WILLIAMS- US History, Government WAYNE WINGO- US History, AP US History, AP European History, Government People X Social SlL1d16Sf9l