Canterbury High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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victory. Two weeks later, Canterbury placed second at regionals with speakers David Andrew, Lars Kuelling, Tyler Reimschisel, Ben Cole and Bridget Ginty earning the right to compete at the state level. There, Canterbury tied for twelfth place with Tyler placing sixth in foreign extemp and Lars receiving sixth as well in the domestic extemp catagory. At Districts, the two day, national qualifying tournament, David Andrew placed sixth in Original oratory and seventh in Humor, Tyler Reimschisel received sixth in Foreign extemp, and Lars Kuelling was awarded a painful fourth in Domestic (the top three go on to nationals). On behalf of the entire speech team, I hope the parents and faculty will continue to support our success. — T.R. p.s. Dekalb, watch out! Extemp heavyweight Tyler Reimschisel receives his award at the Canterbury meet. Tyler is a devoted member of the team (see article on oppos- ing page) and is one of Canter- bury ' s best shots at nationals in the ' 88- ' 89 season. (far left) Coach Dennis Eller, the founder of the team, led Canterbury to its sectional victory. Gerry Nagel joined us from De- kalb for the season in order to further develop our interpre- tive events. The team will miss his input, but in the light of good sportsmanship, the oppo- sition is going to need all the help it can get. Here is Bill Spindler with a few speech team members. Al- though Bill never competed nor ever had anything to do with the team, we seem to have plenty of pictures of him to fill up the empty spaces in the book.

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Canterbury Speech: No Longer The Underdog! Overheard at speech meet this year; Whenever one hears high school students give speeches like these, no one need fear for the future of America. Indeed, Canterbury students involved with speech are ever analyzing America socially and politically. Whether it is an original oratory advising one to be himself, a poetry speech criticizing war, or a foreign policy, competitive forensics allows a student to speak out on issues which are concerns of his. Each speaker creates his own style, adds a touch of personality, and with a little insanity, rises early each Saturday morning from October to April to challenge his peers. After only two years, Canterbury has developed an excellent speech program. With the leadership of Dennis Eller and Gerry Nagel, the team has made a name for itself in the speech community. Last year, no one knew what Canterbury was, or much the less, even cared. After this year, speech coaches and students are all too familiar with the words, I ' m from Canterbury. Canterbury has become the competition rather than fighting it. The team placed very well during the regular season. Entering ten meets, Canterbury was in the top ten nine times. The team continued to establish its foundation as a prominent competitor when it hosted its own meet in February. Both the middle school and the high school campuses were used to house the 500 students from around northern Indiana who came to compete. As the season continued into March a resounding theme began to develop: We are a team. Not only did the twenty-two members finally feel united but we began to feel the effects of our talents as a group. We were the team to beat in northeastern Indiana. The theme was evident from early in the day until the end of the tournament, from the time we took a bus instead of three or four cars to the time we became Sectional champions. Senior David Andrew won humor with three first places and led the team to its David Habecker, a staunch supporter and charter member of the team, is livi proof of what getting up every Saturday at five in the morning can do to youi brain. The Canterbury High School State Speech Finalists (after finding out Mr. Naj really was leaving)

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Letting Out Some Steam . . . Student Activities This year ' s student body was more active than ever. Hopefully some new traditions and standards were set this year for vari- ous class activities events were scheduled ranging from the tra- ditional jeans day to the wild Cavalier Games. Various classes or- ganized fund-raisers to earn money. The sophomores sponsored Casino Night to bring out the gambler in all of us. The Seniors Free Spirits Are Always Oppressed By Mediocre Minds. — Einstein Mary Lindsay, head chee leader, helped to raise tt spirit of the Cavaliers. probably did the most, frantically trying to afford a trip to Florida and a gift for the school. Everyone sup- ported that by making the bake sales, turkey raffles, concessions and the Fashion Show a success. Next year will bring a rash of new ideas; but until then we can only remember the old events. Especially Jon in a tuxedo. Mike Powell et al compete during the Cavalier games.