Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Below: MUTES. Julie Budnik, Meg Schneider, and Dori Phillips gesture their | way through a humorous mime, Hats Make © the Woman.” Bottom: EMOTIONAL. Duet actresses Jackie’ Courteau and Kay Fanslow put feeling mai their presentation, The Patio. GETTING GREATIVE | get the inner satisfaction of being in the fourth dimension!” joked Mike Shevokas as he related why he was in Speech Club. It'sanoutlet for my creative juices. It's a great way for the non-jock types to get involved. The fifty members of Speech Club were very successful in large-group competition. Out of eleven groups who entered district competition, eight went on to win 1 ratings at the state level. One group, which performed The Diabolical Diction- ary of Education, won the Outstanding Performance award, the highest possible honor. There were a total of twenty large سس‎ group or individual categories to (NUS choose from. The large group cate- ` = gories included one-act plays, duet | = acting and choral readings. Individ- ۲ ual divisions included dramatic and 3 1 nm Ki - x WË af à ار‎ bct e hoe 4 IS os ۱ ZR. DE D ET A ا‎ 2. humorous acting, Interpretive read- win ings, storytelling and original a Oratory. Se = E: SR Speech Club is a bad name for it, asserted Mark Kislingbury. “It’s more of across between Toastmas- ters and ۳ Theater. ۳ , » Py 7 - n ns: Speech Club participants assembled in an empty classroom after school to rehearse their pres- entations. Beth Clarke, founder and sponsor of Speech Club, observed and gave advice to improve the presentations. Many reasons were given for being in Speech Club, ranging from per- sonal satisfaction to the attention. Meg Schneider probably repres- ented most Speech Club members when she admitted, “I’m a ham. | love being in the spotlight. 10 Speech Club

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Above: TAKING PAINS. Laurie Kernan washes her car which has been recycled through the years in ways such asa change in drivers and the replacement of parts. Left: UNAWARE. Students linger in the audit- orium to watch the last few minutes of the spring talent assembly. All students use recy- cling in one form or another without knowing or realizing its broad connotation. Recycling 9

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Below: WHIZ BANG FINALE. Kristi Kuhn, 5 Susan Walsh, Jon Aitchison, Don DoBell, and 1 Mike Shevokas conclude A Diabolical Dic- t tionary of Education with a flourish. Left: ENTHUSED. Beth Clarke enjoys the antics of Speech Club members rehearsing their act. Speech Club 11