Dobie High School - Roundup Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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HOSA HDSA is an excellent course. You learn vital information.. -Robert Alcala Bleeding Hearts The Health Occupations Students of America lHOSAJ held their annual blood drive on Feb. 2, as one of their many ac- tivities. lt was the best ever, said Jeanette Mathews, HOSA sponsor. They collected 97 poin- of blood oompared to their goal of 100. They also went around to classes and took the blood pressures ot students. At Christmas, HOSA went to Hope Village, a home for retar- Natalie Saldivar and San Juanita Cardenas fill out admit lorms to have the donors released from class. Trish Miles reads the blood drive pamphlet while Karin Risk and David Pyper give their blood as I gilt of lite. ded children. Their trip to Her- man Hospital provided them with a close-up view of the new Life Flight. To raise money for the year, HOSA sold carnations during school for the homecoming game. On April 20, the employer-em- ployee banquet was held at Pasadena High School to honor the employers ot the working HOSA students. , 138 HOSAXOEA Being checked for any diseases or irregularities in his blood Robbey Covington, senior. Pumping his own blood into the hemoglobin machine is Smith, senior. . ., l

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Qs ' , Awe sg. ,Q .f -3 Students and employers of invited companiesenjoy a luncheon at the American Legion Hall. This was a special treat for them after attending ee Enterprise Day's ceremonies. st place trophy. Later in the year a banquet was ld. They had a theme of a waiian Laua. The DECA mem- rs invited their bosses from air jobs, the principals, some ichers, and some journalism idents. The Booster Club Iped by decorating the room to t the atmosphere. On one Sunday during the year, ECA members held a bowl-a- on. lt was not held to raise Jney but was to get together th DECA students from other hools, according to Ritter, lt is a chance to meet some of the E students from other schools d just have a good time. A conference was held at Peach Creek for the officers of the club. They left on a Friday morning and returned the following Sunday. They attended meetings and split into groups to do group activities. Christmas cards were sold as their Christmas project. The money raised was to be used for scholarships. After the money was raised, it was decided to give the money to a needy family in- stead ofthe scholarships. DECA's main project was their annual Free Enterprise Day. For the guest speaker, Terry Brad- shaw, Pittsburg Steeler quarter- back, was invited to talk about competition. Also invited to speak were Bob Anderson, member of Foundation For Economic Education, and ltolland Storey, President of Free Market Education Foundation. A panel of men from several companies, such as Union Carbide, Shell Oil, and Southwestern Bell, answered questions from the audience. George Velliates, a foreign dignitary, impersonated a Russian, using the alias Dr. Gyorg Velikoruski. He attempted to persuade the audience that Communism was a better lifestyle. Many in the audience became angry, and some tried to leave. When he revealed who he was, there was a great sigh of relief. A luncheon was held after dismissal for the guest speakers and DECA students. We do a lot of things, go a lot of places, and meat different people: it 's a lot of fun. -Kim Brown DECA VICAXDECA 137

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. 1 I Typing Out Future lt's a good thing for anyone to take if they're going into the business world. -Miriam Waddell l Miriam Waddell, senior, represented Office Education Association in Accounting ll at the national competition in Nash- vill that was held in April. Waddell had won the state contest, but since the district policy does not allow funds for national competition, her parents paid her way to compete. 'ractrcrng their daily drills in Uflice Education class are seniors Dina Alcala, Diane Lierman, and Jerri Radloff, senior, advanced to state competition after placing first at area competition in shor- thand I. Also attending the area com- petition were Suzanne Ashley, senior, merit winner in Accoun- ting llg Stephanie Brownlee, senior, merit winner in Shor- thand llg Jeanna Rosson, junior, third place winner in General Clerical, Kim Saxon, senior, merit winner in Job Manual: and Therese Johnson, junior, merit winner in typing. Producing the student phone directory is an annual project of OEA. Besides attending contests and producing the directory, OEA members gave an employer-em- ployee luncheon, and had a breakfast and dinner. Hollie Koehler, OEA sponsor, said there were good classes and good students and this year had been especially good. I think that VUE is a terrific program to get involved in if you are interested in an office career. It gives you the training and ex- perience that you need, and it almost assures you of having a good job when you get out of high school. I would encourage anyone interested in working behind a desk to get involved in VUE or OEA. . -Karen McAdams OEA HOSAXOEA 139