Dobie High School - Roundup Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Rodndtable 'N 1 s f i i It's a great experience that you don't want to miss! -Jerry Gardiner C Mike Barkley flashes a smile before he cuts into the cookie. ZH Linn Conway gives Eva Lue a gag gilt. Proudly displaying the second place sweepstakes trophy from the Pasadena tournament are Linn Conway, Lisa Briggs, Mike Barkley, and Becky Sampson. Attending Camp Strake are, FRONT ROW, Jerry Gardiner, Vannessa Palnac, Linn Conway. BACK ROW, Patrick Drake, Eugene Latsin-toastmaster, Karen Thompson-toastmaster, Denise Kuenstler, Kim Bookman, Chris Ethridge, Vickie Trent, Becky Sampson, Tresa Philpott, and Rolland Storey, president ot FMEF. 168 Roundtable S

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N -vm . my ,F 'sg Q ' 'Q A ff - W sr I - X . K 'ft SI ' , 3 ' Mike Barkley demonstrates how he was almost the lirst junior get the double ruby. M - -F Y - ,JlI . W ...,.,., 4-1 I Q Q ' 1. Mike Barkley and Becky Sampson have the highest degrees in FL from this school. Thespians and NFL lt's an Honor 'Becoming a Thespian was not easy. Prospective Thespians had to deliver a duet acting scene a a a prose reading or soliloquy in the presence ot the present members. Each prospective Thespian was required to pass a test on techinal matters and drama in general. Past dramatic performances were also counted as points tor joining the club. Altogether, a Thespian-to-be had to earn 10 points to join the honor group otdra-ma students. T'The purpose of National Forensic League was to better your speaking skills, explained Becky Sampson, junior, NFL member. It was very prestigious and highly respected. To become a member of NFL a person must have had earned 25 speaking points through debate and speaking events at tournaments such as oratory, extempt, prose, poetry, and dramatic or humorous interpretation. Also, service points could be earned by speaking to an audience ot adult that was more than 25 full, and delivering a speech ot tour minutes or longer. There were several degrees of points that could be earned. Mike Barkley, junior and Sampson had earned their ruby. Other members are Linn Conway, junior, Eva Lue, senior, and Christina Fuentes, senior. New members this year were Lisa Briggs, freshman, Kelli Condon, junior, and Tresa Philpott, junior. Thespian members show their dramatic ability, by performing im promtu skits. NFL Thespians!NFL 167

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l ecky Sampson presents Ronald Adams with a gift at the quet. ,Q j , a tt an R L anda Wheat flashes a smile he camera. his gag gift, Steve wonders what to do with it. The Roundtable Speech Club provides a warm social environ- ment for students who are in- terested in speech, explained Randa Wheat, sponsor and speech teacher. To be a member of the Roun- dtable, a person has to be in a speech class or come to at least three of the meetings. Officers for this year were, Becky Sampson. junior, President, Linn Conway, junior, vice-president, and Christina Fuentes, senior, secretary. Activities of the Roundtable in- cluded monthly meetings before school, donut parties, and end- of-the-month meetings to discuss current events, and they also had a Christmas party. A formal banquet was held at the Bayou House. Individual awards and gag gifts were given to members at the banquet. The speech department had a very successful year, according to Wheat. A second place sweepstakes trophy was won at the Pasadena Tournament. Plac- ing in finals were Lisa Briggs, g, L. Waiting for dinner to be served at the banquet are Jennifer Sampson, Jerry Gardiner, and Eva Lue. They Are Not All Talk freshman, first in humorous and poetry, Conway, third in prose, Mike Barkley, junior, second in oration, and Sampson, first in extempt. ln the University Inter- scholastic League meet, Barkley, placed third in persuasive ex- tempt, and Sampson placed third in informative extempt. Other students competing in the finals were Kelli Condon, junior, infor- mative extemptg Jerry Gardiner, freshman, persuasive extempt, and Tresa Philpott, junior, prose. Barkley and Sampson also competed in Regionals and Texas Forensic Association State to qualify for TFA state. Barkley won first place at the Bellaire tournament in oratory and ex- tempt, and Sampson won fourth at the Clear Creek tournament in extempt. The speech department atten- ded six tournaments throughout the year, and a weekend camp was held in December to learn about speaking techniques and free enterprise. This camp helped prepare students for the Ten Pillars Speech contest. A meet was held in January to pick three finalists. Those competing had to write a 20-minute speech and memorize the 10 pillars. They were Conway, Barkley, Gardiner, Philpott, Sampson, and Chris Ethridge,senior. The three finalists were Barkely, Sampson, and Philpott. After many public speaking engagements to various com- munity organizations and civic groups, another contest was held to determine who would win the S750 scholarship. Sampson won and then went on to compete for the overall winner and a' 81,000 scholar- ship. Philpott, who placed second, and Barkely, who placed third, competed for a 33500 scholarship by taking a test on the book,When We Are Free,by Larry Reed. Also, Gardiner won second place in an oratorical contest sponsored by the Optimist Club. Roundtable Roundtable 169