Eisenhower High School - Pantherama Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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Playing ith Time Throughout the year band mem- bers were required to play many dif- ferent tunes. One week they might be playing and practicing a field show, during which the emphasis was on playing loud and moving in patterns on the field. More often than not, though, they could be found indoors practicing some dif- ficult piece that required every bit of their musical ability to play. With a symphonic band mem- bership of over eighty and a concert bband membership of about twen- ty-five, this year the bands gave an impressive showing. Members of the concert band worked hard in the hopes of moving up to sym- phonic band. Many of the concert band members were freshmen, and even if they didn't make it into the top band this year, there was always next year. Playing their concerts on the same dates as the symphonic band, the lower band would some- times play a number with the sym- phonic band. They always per- formed well and showed much tal- ent for future years. The symphonic band members had barely a month in which to pre- pare for the annual Christmas con- 1 N . Wx ., J 1 1, Mr. Streight directs the jazz band in a musi- cal number for an upcoming concert. 2. Beth Cuddeback makes a statement about band - a picture says a thousand words. 5. Kim Mclilvain showing enthusiasm for an- other day in band. 4. Mr. Streight discusses the proper way to play a symphonic piece. 6. Vicki Short, Beth Cuddeback, and Lowellette Lauderdale talk over band CPJ before class. 7. Misty Marquis prepares for practice by breaking in a new reed. 78 Concert-Symphonic Bands cert, but they put the short amount of time to good use. The concert was a success, and the band once again showed their versatility. They then went on to prepare for con- tests inthe spring and their project- ed tour, set for late spring. Their pieces were difficult and the time spent to perfect them seemed like forever to the long suffering band members. Their director, Mr. Strieght, was tireless in striving for perfection. Sometimes it seemed they would never get that particular section right, but after much work the music sounded great.

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BLI DED EWITH These four clubs were devoted to learning and some to applying that knowledge to contests and competitions. PSP was a little bit different. PSP stands for Principal Scholars Pro- gram, a program designed for mi- nority students, to aid them espe- cially in the areas of math and sci- ence. The members went to seminars at Millikin and were en- couraged Cespecially by Head Counselor Emily Abbottj to partici- pate in tests dealing with everything from engineering to Biology and all sorts of math. JETS was thejunior Engineering Technological Society, a club based on just that - engineering. SCIENCE The main event this year was to invite guest speakers to talk on dif- ferent fields ofthe engineering pro- fession, educational requirements and benefits from becoming an en- gineer. Members took field trips to plants such as Caterpillar, wore fun- ny-looking safety glasses, and found out to some extent how a factory was really run. Academic Bowl was the closest thing to a game show at Eisenhow- er. The team, consisting of five players and some extras, was one that went to competitions where questions were asked about almost anything, to be answered by a short time limit. They displayed their talents dur- ing an educational fair at Hickory Point Mall. The big accomplish- ment this year was that Eisenhower finally had a quiz board! The team had many new members to work on the meets. TEAMS or Tests in Engineering and Math and Science was a select group of people mainly consisting of jETS members andfor those from Academic Bowl. Twelve stu- dents were chosen to represent Ei- senhower in District competition in fields of engineering, math, chemis- try, physics, biology, and graphics. The District competition occurred at Richland, the Regional at East- erng that winner went to the U ofl for State championship playoffs. 1. Various members of the JETS meet in the library to listen to their advisor, Mrs. Helden. 2. Mike Monahan, a member of the Aca- demic Bowl team, finds one of the ques- tions slightly amusing. 3. Mrs. Heiden, Cstandingj however, ,IETS co-sponsor tells Mrs. Cussins that she is not amused by the question. 4. Mrs. Heiden and Darren Klockenga dis- cuss JETS business. 80 Clubs