Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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 photo by J. Knupp SHARING KNOWLEDGE: Junior Mike Hammersmith and senior Karen Wilson help each other complete a Spanish I exercise, while senior Allan Zuhars leans in for a few tips. photo by J. Knupp LOST IN THOUGHT: Senior Shanda Taylor lakes lime out of her Spanish studies to work on her English term paper. photo by J. Knupp TASTE-TESTING: Sophomore Dennis While digs in to the dessert that he and his partners made in Skills for Single Living. 19

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Home Ec students learn basic skills; Spanish students enjoy the language Raising a family involves more than just knowing how to diaper a baby or how to manage a checkbook. Teacher Linda Sobba makes that apparent to her students when they enroll in Family Living. Sobba said, “Most kids are going to leave school and at some time, even- tually, they will begin to form a family. 1 encourage students to take it as seniors because when they graduate everything they learned seems more realistic to them.” Besides Family Living, Sobba also teaches Home Ec I, Advanced Home Ec, and Skills for Single Living. These classes basically teach the same tilings, yet, each is geared toward a different group of individuals. Home Ec I teaches the basics of sewing, cooking, and child care while Adv. Home Ec teaches more of the specifics. Skills for Single Living is designed to help those who will be living on their own, either at college or elsewhere, to develop some skills needed to survive. Family Living is based more on getting married and raising a family. Spanish Class Students in Spanish learn vocabu- lary, grammar, and plain conversation by using text books, work books, and songs. Reasons for taking the class varied from the desire to learn or at least study a second language to the advan- tages of being able to speak Spanish in some areas to just having nothing else to take that hour. Instructor Wilbur Hogg tried to make learning another language exci- ting and fun by singing songs and dancing around the room. His class was one of the few where the students learned while their teac- her exercised. “I didn’t like to sew, but I liked to cook. I learned a lot and I like Mrs. Sobba.” Dawn Hazen, freshman 18 by Stacy Shields

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Mind games a major aspect of debate Debate. Most think Debate is just competion between two teams on a generalization and the team that pro- ves it’s case the best, wins. It is, but debate involves much more. Debate has evolved into a larger sport according to Wilbur Hogg, debate coach. “Debate has changed. It isn’t the fundamental arguing anymore. It’s mind games. The student who is good at mind games, will succeed as a debater,” said Hogg. The sport, insiders say, has gone from basic arguing to high class hard- core politics. “You try to ‘freak out’ your oppo- nent psychologically,” said sopho- more Brooke Simpson, ’’you can do this in various ways: your appearance, attitude, adn by how many briefcases you have.” The debate squad competed in Hays, Lamed, LaCrosse, and Hoi- sington. The team missed going to State competition by only one loss. Compared to debate, Forensics is much more relaxed. Instead of using “mind games”, the student performs for a judge only. In forensics, the student can choose to act out or read duet acts, poetry and prose pieces, or extemporaneous speeches. “I think forensics is lots easier than debate,” said freshman Eric Madden. “At forensics meets, it is more relaxed, so it is more fun. It is also easier to compete in.” “I felt really good about how much the forensic team competed this year. On the average, each member has competed 20 times,” said Hogg. by Audra Knop photo by J. Knupp DEBATE TEAM: (front) Brooke Simpson and Audra Knop (back) Woody Wood and Doug Brubaker (not pictured: Vernon Brokar, Todd Ferlig, Eric Madden, and Benji Robl. “I think foren- sics is lots easier than debate. At Forensics meets, it is more relaxed, so it is more fun. It is also easier to com- pete in.” Eric Madden Freshman 20