Eisenhower High School - Pantherama Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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Academic Bowl llAcademic Bowl? What's that? was what many peo- ple said when asked about academic bowl. The Aca- demic Bowl team was prob- ably one ot the least under- stood clubs at Eisenhower High School. In reality it just wasn't one team, it was two. Just like the sports, it had a Varsity team and a Junior Varsity team. Both teams went to tourna- ments and matches, compil- ing a very good record. This year both teams be- longed to the Central Illinois Scholastic League, which was a group of nine schools, Monticello, Warrensburg- Latham, Mt. Pulaski, Ar- genta-Oreana, Mt. Zion, St. Theresa, Mahomet-Seymor, Clinton, and Eisenhower. Ev- ery Monday night for a month the team members played two other teams. At the end of the month Eisen- hower's Varsity team had a record of 6 wins and 2 losses, coming in tied for first. Then on December 6th, l9B6 the team went to Mt. Pulaski for the league tournament, at which they were 4-4, coming in 5th place. Vicki Short, the team captain, was named to the CISL All-Tournament team. The JV team was made up of Freshmen and Sopho- mores, with John Fultz as their captain. Their questions were somewhat easier than the Varsity, but not by much. Their record during league play was 2 wins and 6 losses. Each team consisted of 5 players who were competing and the alternates. A match consisted of two halves, dur- ing which the players were asked questions like l'Name seven ways to prepare eggs by themselves , l'Name all six of l-lenry Vlll wives in or- der , to Calculus questions like MGive the derivatives of 'i .f-ffiflernif. Bowl la? x +7x' +- 6 and fbl 6x'lx+ 6J . If they answered a toss-up right, they got a chance to answer a bonus question. They certainly were an im- portant part of life at Eisen- hower. Oh, and the answers to those questions? The 7 dif- ferent ways to prepare eggs are poached, hard boiled, soft boiled, fried, scrambled, an omelet, and baked. l-lenry the Vlll's wives were Cather- ine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine l-loward, Katherine Parr, and the de- rivatives are 6x5+l4 and lBxZ+72x. C l. As Rob Greanias writes furiously, Vicki Short and Becky Zachies talk lhall. 2. Academic Bowl: front. A. Jack L. Conyers, B. Zachies, V. Short, A. Flanders, J. Slifer, M. Dwyer. Zndi K. Dwyer, M. Grasch, J. Fultz, S. Turner, Mrs. l-leiden. 3rd: Mrs. Eiter, J. Branstad, T. Pritts, J. Grant, L. Parks. 3. Rob puts more graffiti on Vicki's name tag, a favorite hobby. 4. Rob gets a tossup right? 5. Daniel Yoon racks his brain for the answer. 6 Everyone looks to Rob for the answer, but not necessarily the right one? 7 The JV team waits for the ques- 1 tion. ge- Q-nn Q

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T h e National Honor Soci- ety was orga- nized to recognize those students of out- standing academic achieve- ments. To qualify for the steep eligibility standards, up- perclassmen needed at least a 4.5 grade point average. The members of this presti- gious group represent the top 5O!o of the school. The National Honor Soci- ety symbol was a flaming torch over the letters CSLS. The torch symbolized the purposes of the NHS - to keep the burning a high am- bition for the values of life, and to serve in the consider- ation ot others. The letters, CSLS, stood for the charac- ter, scholarship, leadership, and service - the qualities necessary for N.H.S. mem- bers. The Junior Engineering Technical Society was an organization to encour- age interest in science and engineering. Guest if I . it li' .Q J. . , speakers were invited to share their knowledge and experiences and field trips were arranged to engi- neering-oriented business and events. JETS also pro- vided the opportunity for its members to complete in en- gineering design contests and academic competitions. The Principal Scholars' Pro- gram was another engineer- ing-based group. The club's goal was to improve and ex- pand the interests of minority students. P.S.P. provides its members with opportunities to enter science and math competitions and to attend college tours and engineer- ing-oriented events. All mem- bers must maintain a 4.0 grade point average or bet- ter. Each year the seniors with the highest G.P.A. re- ceives a scholarship. .S 3 5 'T A Pic l 'lJohn Hughes looks for- ' ward to -vnu -v B. Pic 4 Tim Pritts makes a quick get-away. tsl H S lstrowL-R A Jack,J Deaton,L Conyers,P,Barry,S.Cook,M.Dwyer,C.Menzies, J Slifer Zndrow K Witt,J Jarnes,V Short,K Hazenfield,S.Whited,J.Birck,K.Anderson, J Ba-Jer,K Kileen 3rd row C DanieIs,J Branstad,M.Grasch,D.Ausenhmer,N.Schulz,T, Uritts, J Nichols, G Kastl '36 JETS, PSP, NHS