Booker T Washington High School - Hornet Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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ompetitive Speech We went around boasting of our oratorical skills, but we were in doing so. We were the speech jocks of BTW, and Liz Enochs as our instructor, we went to tournaments all the state and hosted our own tournament in January. to those we had been to, a very large number of participated in our tournament -they knew they t have to compete against us then. for competition in one of the 11 speech events offered, we would concentrate our efforts in one or two then practice it ceaselessly until we got it just right. we had only 16 members, we had a very successful year. We won a greater number of trophies per than any other school in the area. S 'Hifi g A . E K gigs? ik y ....4z. A fv-, ' If 'I M423 X 1 , ff x ' vt, ., . - 16, ,V X u g A V K A . .iw ,jail i ont row: Jim Lucas, Susan Peoples, Mary Fusco, Jim Kincaid, Trang Nguyen, Kevin May. Back row: Alan Barnes, Scott Griffin, Casey rdan, Randy lola, Laurie Winslow, Doug Vanemburg, Becky Galerston, Jim Patterson, Hung Tran. 23

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NFL Did you become an M8tM junkie this year? lf so, you supported us, the National Forensic League. We were chosen to be members of NFL because of our individual accomplishments in competitive speech. We traveled as far away as Missouri Southern in Joplin, Missouri to compete in speech tournaments, as well as hosting our own tournament here at BTW in February. 22 Debate: Front rowg Jim Kincaid, Becky Galerston, Scott Griffin, Hung Tran, Jim Lucas, Randi lola, Laurie Winslow, Kevin May. Because we had only Debate one returning debate duo out of six returnir' debaters, we had to reorganize ourselves early in the year so we could get 1 the business at hand: winni what we did: at Sapulpa, Miami, Some of us tried Lincoln- while others opted for ng tournaments and trophies. And that is ju Missouri Southern State University and mar other place Pouglas debate - one-on-one style debate - he more traditional novice and championsh categories. The two-man teams argued about federal safety guarantees 5 consumer goods, and thi four-day work week as a m Debaters were a part of the Our sponsor, Liz Enoch quarters of the year and then l Lincoln-Douglas debaters deliberated on t ans to enhance the quality of life in Americ competitive speech team, so we helped to ho BTW's own speech tournament in Januar s, supported and guided us for the first thrj eft to have a baby. But we went on competi and winning, exemplifying our independent character and desire to h known as one of the best teams aroun

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With the usual turnover of having at leas had to adjust to having a very different grou we had a December hayride and a Christm by working with deaf and mentally retarded we started a new program of advising Barnum joined Nancy Brazier as an additio Though we got in National Honor Societ worry about homework b ional Honor Society t half our members leaving at graduation, we p of people. But that didn't affect our activity: as party. We went on helping our community children in an outdoor science program, and underclassmen about class-scheduling. Don nal sponsor and acted as educational adviser. y by virtue of our good grades, we didn't just ut became more active in life beyond books. 1,5 '