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

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Nw., S? 5 Drafting club We found some interested drafting students, formed a club, and organized some beneficial projects. Using the money raised from dances, we planned everything from buying new seats for the chairs in our classroom, to possibly constructing stairs and ,f a rain shelter behind the school for easier access to the buses. wu- swam i 1 sexism as Wall? H H ESQ Q Club Members: Chuck Alexander, Darren Brown, Robert Brown, Faye Carter, Scott Fields, Arthur Forte, Chris Connie Hall, Anthony Ivey, Ronnie Jackson, Alvin Johnson, Paul Lewis, Mike Moan, Kirby Moose, Arlando Parks, on, Renee Patterson, Gerald Payne, Wayne Pense, Linda Pittman, Regina Robinson, Beth Runnels, Brian Jay Viner, Belinda Williams, Victoria Young, Sponsor Larry Thomas.

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Washington Forum Starting our second year with new members and a new sponsor, we were once again a very small group. Floyd Long and Scott Fields worked together with sponsor Judith Kimrey to bring interesting speakers and guests to Washington. Dealing with primarily controversial issues, our aim was to allow students to participate in discussion of current events. We invited Sam, the narc dog, and his trainer to visit and answer questions, but they were unable to come at the last moment. However, we did stage a debate before the presidential election between Senator Frank Keating and Gary Allison, a professor at the University of Tulsa. They provided, respectively a Republican and Democratic point of view. Hoping to provide forums dealing with current world and local situations to interest BTW students continued to be our goal. Youth and government We were interested in understanding the law making process and in taking an active part in government. With the help of our sponsor, Rick Arrington and Robert Price of the YMCA, we were able to reach these goals. We developed our own model legislature in order to prepare for a prelegislative session in Stillwater and an actual legislative session at the capitol. ln both we introduced bills we had written that we felt would have a positive effect on the government and could possibly become state laws. For a group that has been in existence for only three years, we have become highly respected in Oklahoma.

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