Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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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

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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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12 Homecoming Upper Left: WALK THIS WAY. Varsity football team members help raise school spirit by showing their legs at the pep assembly. Right ECSTATIC. Don Dobell and Gail Ganske, Homecoming king and queen, lead the procession to the gym for the post- coronation pep assembly. “Wow! | just can't believe it!” Don exclaims. Above: GO FOR IT. Paul Heil, Doug Canon, and Bob Ratliff rush the West Waterloo quarterback.