Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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El Murmur the Total (Parley Dixon) finds that he is usurped by his own schoolmarm. and her rowdy class demon- dnuahters ' 7 ' strates what causes teachers to go nuts Seniors play The Senior English classes demonstrated their talents as they staged two one-act plays the evening of April 11. Under the direction of Mr. Wally Foote, students performed The Arabian Knight and Why Teachers Go Nuts. Besides providing entertainment, the plays helped Seniors raise money for their Senior trip. A third play, The Imaginary Invalid , was scheduled but could not be performed due to technical problems. is

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DHS welcomes three exchange students Duncan High School welcomed three exchange students for the 1987-88 school year. Begonia Verge from Catalonia. Spain, enrolled in September and attended for the full year. Begonia, a sixteen-year-old junior, stayed with the Tom Goyer family. She became interested in attending school in the United States when her best friend came to California as an exchange student Begonia studied English in school in Spain and spent two summers studying in England. She described Duncan as a big change for her, coming from a large city to a small town, but she said the people are very friendly. Besides her schoolwork. she participated in several extra-curricular activities including volleyball. Flags, and Street Jazz.” Frederique (Vicki) Leflot. a nineteen- year-old senior, came to DHS second semester Her home is in Belgium, and her hosts here were the Joe Pena family. She said teenagers here are warmer and more open than young people in Belgium. She also said that school here is easier, with more opportunity to take elective courses. Vicki enjoys geography and art. and lists reading and drawing as her favorite extra-curricular activities. She plans to pursue a career in fashion design Frank Leuenberg hails from Berlin. West Germany. The seventeen-year-old senior enrolled for the second semester and stayed with the Danny Rapier family. Like most Europeans. Frank is fluent in many languages, speaking French and English in addition to his native German. He adapted well to life in small-town U.S.A , claiming many friends in Duncan His favorite subjects were history and biology, his favorite pasttime: reading, sight-seeing, and sports. Frank proved to be a valuable asset to the tennis team, as he placed fourth in districts and advanced to State. Although he still has courses to take in secondary school back home, Frank marched with the Class of '88 in graduation exercises. Begonia Verge enjoys dancing jazzy routines with the DHS Flag and Drill Team Tennis ace Frank Leuenberg concentrates on his game as he prepares for the next serve 14

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16 Looking back and making tracks; 1987-88 is a year of change for DHS and the world DHS' school year began with a new principal, Mr. Bo Whitelock, in the office, and five new teachers on the staff: Cecil O'dell, Don Smith, Rebecca Word, Sandy Baca, and Dan Kennedy. The high school underwent major renovation over the summer, with new carpet and lockers in the upstairs hallway, and remodeled and refurbished business and home-ec. classrooms. The biggest news in Greenlee County was the opening of a new solvent extraction- electrowinning plant by copper giant Phelps-Dodge Corporation in Morenci. Retailers Wal-Mart and K-Mart opened new stores in the Gila Valley during the year, as debate on the Mount Graham telescope project continued to rage. Dominating Arizona news was Governor Evan Mecham, who was impeached by the state Senate over financial irregularities relating to his campaign. Secretary of State Rose Mofford ascended to the office of governor, the first woman in Arizona history to hold that office. In national politics, candidates announced for the 1988 Presidential election, including former Arizona governor Bruce Babbitt, who was also one of the first to retire from the race. The Middle East continued to be a focal point for violence and turmoil in the world, but some progress was made in Soviet-U.S. relations leading to a summit in Moscow. Sports fans realized a dream when the NFL St. Louis Cardinals moved to Phoenix and became the Phoenix Cardinals. The University of Arizona Wildcat basketball team made it to the NCAA Final Four, and the Arizona State Sun Devils returned once again to the College World Series. In entertainment news, The Cosby Show was the top- rated TV program, and Crocodile Dundee and Rambo II were two of the box-office smashes for the year. The best music group was U-2 and the best single cut was Club Nouveau's Lean on Me . Bon Jovi produced the best album, Slippery When Wet . Bon Jovi's video of the same name was also rated best rock video.