East High School - Echoes Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Regional toumament but was not represented at State. Nevertheless, senior Jln-Hwa Frazier quallfled to compete at Nationals. Verna Roth and Chris Poelma com- bined talents and time to direct debate and forensics, with Roth teaching the class and Poelma and her husband, Dan Beck, coaching the squads and taking them to tour- naments. Mltch Slape, senior, said, This was our best year at East. The two top debate teams, which consisted of seniors Mltch Slape and Frazier and juniors Amy Baker and Charles Krauss, flnlshed in the top 10 . sis- - ., . 1 V 5 X LEFT: Qualifying lor Nationals In Forensics X was senior Mltch Slape and In Student Con- 'ls i'J5t!'5.87t l?'.ii2:fJ!'5El'iiT'..b... ...... it who won trophies at the Topeka debate touma- ment are ltront row! Sue Barker, Jln-Hwa ,N Frazier, Jett Schneider: lbaek rovli UNCH SIIPO. Amy Baker, Charles Krauss. K, Asovs: uma Hollar main 'Of 1 speech ' which no mme on In forensics and which won hlm honors In the state VICA contest. if it is M Suzanne McCulIy: The class gives you confidence about yourself. lt's a good experience. Jeff Schneider: lt teaches you skills of speaking, research and analytics. , , S -'si K K .,.. Q C r L f' DebatelForensicsl

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TOP LEFT: Maklng sure she draws a stralghl llne, senlor Dlane Vandeveer puts all of her concentratlon towards lt. TOP RIGHT: Practlclng durlng rehearsals to play the rlght strlngs, sophomore Llsa Erlckson puts her creatlve ablllty to work. BOTTOM LEFT: Trylng to get a polnt across on how to apply a moustache, sophomore Stephanls Black applles one on sophomore Luke Carter tor a rehearsal. BOTTOM RIGHT: Palntlng a llat for Flddler, senlor Anna Blennan uses the theater technl- que. me s. Students show thelr lmaglnatlon, but self- dlsclpllne ls also a very Important factor. tudents are motivated Instructors: Chrls Poelma, Dan Beck and Verna Roth Subjects: Debate and Forensics Number of players: 18 In Debate and 30 In Forenslcs. Strengths: They wln regularly all year long. The students are self-motivated to succeed. They are Independent and llsten well. Academically, they stand out above the rest. Weaknesses: Preparation and com- Drama petltlon are very tlme consumlng. Chelrperson: Mlsty Maynard Sublects: Drama and Stagecraft. Number ot players: 46 Strengths: Students are Imaglnatlve. creatlve and outgolng. f Weaknesses: Lack of self-dlsclpllne, whlch ls of great Importance In theatre. Students often have trouble handling the freedom of creatlve work. Drama students had a new teacher, Mlsty Maynard, but she got busy relnstatlng an old tradltlon. Both drama and stagecraft students spent tlme learning the hlstory of theatre as well as the art of actlng. The stagecraft class was more Involved ln learnlng llghtlng and sets, but also studled theatre techni- ques. Debate and Forensic students were also very busy In preparing ,for and competlng at tournaments all over the state. Thelr. hours of hard work and dedlcatlon pald off when they took flrst place out of 13 schools In McPherson. East took fourth place at the 6A

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FAR LEFT: Elfrleda Shellenberger, department chalrperson, glves her class a demonstration ot what she expects ln their next assignment. CENTER: Concentratlng In Engllsh class can be dlttlcult. Notlclng a camera, sophomore Trlsha Kelleman ls easlly dlstracted whlle sophomore John Longstatt keeps hls eye on the teacher. New books encourage students to learn p more about language arts. L mphasis is on writing Language Arts Chairperson: Elfrleda Shellenberger Members: 987 students, 16 teachers Subjects: English 1,2,3,4, Fleadlng, English Composition, Modern' Literature, World Literature, A.P. English, Debate 1,2, Speech 1, Jour- nalism 1,2,3, Yearbook 1,2. Strengths: Students llsten well Weaknesses: Classes are too large Two new part-time teachers in the language arts department were Ja- nean Kershner, who also taught hall days at Roosevelt, and Flay Wallis, who also taught German. Also in the language arts depart- ment, students had newly adopted city-wide textbooks which stressec wrltlng as a process. ln the fall, all language arts teachers were scheduled for in service tralnlng ln the use of the neva textbooks and ln developing anc reflnlng skills ln the teaching or writing. Elfrleda Shellenberger, departmen chairperson, said, This method when applied ln the classroom