Deer Park High School - Deer Yearbook (Deer Park, TX)

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Club studies cultures: uests speak to youth Traveling to Magnolia, Texas in October, Social Studies Club members took a look back into history during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries at the Texas Renaissance Festival. Members walked among jousting bouts, men fencing and actors performing impromptu skits. Students were able to participate in the happenings by joining in the skits and fencing with one another. Stonehenge, the mysterious momument in England, was the topic of a movie viewed by members at the initial meeting. Visiting the Living World Festival held in November at the Astro Hall, members saw exhibits from all over the world. Sampling various foods from foreign nations, students expe- rienced the type of diet eaten by other peoples. Skiing and trampoline dem- onstrations entertained with a show of skill. Dickens on the Strand, a street reconstructed as to resemble those of Eighteenth Century England, allowed students to witness a typical Christmas as depicted in Chalres Dickens' The Christmas Carol. Traveling in cars to Galveston Island, members mingled with characters from the pages of The Christmas Carol such as Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas past. Russian Cuisine was sampled by members during an evening at Nikita's Russian Restaurant. Students ate such Russian dishes as strogonoff and chicken kiev. Later in the year members traveled to Dickinson and dined at the Bachanial, a Greek Restaurant. There students joined in several tradi- tional Greek dances after being demonstrated by the waiters of the restau- rant. Two exotic Greek dancers and a musical trio provided a floor show for the dinner guests. Four guest speakers came to speak to Youth for Christ members on their experiences in life as well as the church. Mr. Jimmy McDonald came and spoke on his life as a missionary in Taiwan. He told of the problems he encountered, such as language and opposition to his job as a Christian mis- sionary. Youth director from First Baptist Church in Pasadena, Mr. Lamon Slag, came to a special Tuesday evening meeting to discuss with students their life as a Christian in today's society. Problems of today's youth and their hopes for tomorrow were discussed during the meeting. Mr. Tim Lowe, the youth director at Lakeside Baptist Church, spoke during a meeting and was accompanied by Mr. Clyde Miller, who played the guitar and sang reli- gous music. Mr. Burt Purvis was also a guest speaker: he is director of the Baptist Student Union at San Jacinto College. A. Senior Mark Bingham looks over the menu at the Bacchanal Greek Restaurant vis- ited bythe Social Studies Club in March. B. An ancient Aztec carving of a ruler's head from Mexico causes friendly joking between senior Pam Moore and junior Cathy Tay- lor. C. Tim Lowe, youth director at Lakeside Baptist Church, speaks to the club on a career in the church and his personal experiences with God. D. Mr. Clyde Miller is introduced to the members by senior president Mike Byerly before he entertains with songs, such as He Did lt. E. Sophomore Wayne Hebert and junior Kenneth Mitschke listen as guest speaker Mr. Jimmy McDonald talks about his life as a mis- sionary in Taiwan. F. Refreshments provided by the club members are being pre- pared by junior Rusty Smariga, seniors Cindy Withrow and Kim Klecka following a meeting at which Burt Purvis, director of Baptist Student Union at San Jacinto Col- lege, was guest speaker. G. During the Renaissance Festival, senior Kathy Corder has cosmetics applied in the fashion used by the-women of old England. Types of cloth- ing, hair fashions, the different foods of the day and entertainment enjoyed by medie- val man were all experienced by members as they walked along a trail where exhibits were set up with artifacts, paintings and food of the Renaissance. PAGE 84 ! SOCIAL STUDIES CLUB

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