Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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Senior Dan Hamel ranked high on Hellgate’s list of honor students. Among his many achievements, he was named one of Montana’s two semifinalists in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search and second place winner in the Elks’ Leadership Contest. Dan was also asked to give a speech to the Montana Legislature. He spoke on conservation. Dan was elected president of the National Junior Horticultural Association, a group of young scientists. eniors jltritre Jfor djolasttc (Adjieliement Marilyn Mace, a senior, was named Hellgate’s Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow. She was selected on the basis of her score in a written knowledge and aptitude test on homemaking. Marilyn was also eligible for state and national scholarships. 29

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National Honor Society is an organization of high school students who have demonstrated outstanding scholastic ability. They must also have been recommended for this honor by their individual teachers. The present members were selected as juniors last year. New members were to be chosen late in the spring from the senior and junior classes. National Honor Society—FRONT ROW: David Pengelly. William McKane, Daniel Hamel. ROW 2: Sonia Chessin, Steve Bennyhoff, Becky Haugan, Gary Chumrau, Russell Pritchett. Mr. John Forssen, Lance advisor, congratulates Russell Pritchett, this year’s editor, on the Medalist rating achieved by the newspaper. Dale Haines was the 1968- 69 editor. Heligate’s student newspaper, the Lance, was selected for Medalist ranking in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's (CSPA) annual evaluation of high school newspapers. Medalist is the highest rating that can be earned in this competition. This is the first time in Hellgate’s four-year history that the Medalist rank was achieved. This rating is earned by just a handful of more than 8,000 papers entered annually in the CSPA contest. The papers published between Easter of one school year and Christmas of the next are used in judging, so the rating was achieved by this year and last year’s staff. Sophomore John Pepe was crowned Sir Lancelot at a Pep Club-sponsored dance. Money was collected for each candidate and each penny counted as one vote. Each class had one candidate. 28

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National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Becky Haugan and Terry Sehestedt smile triumphantly after receiving the news of their selection. The commended students are, FRONT ROW: Russ Pritchett, Pauline Melvin and Bill McKane. ROW 2: Dave Pengelly, Charlie Landman and Dan Hamel. Becky Haugan and Terry Sehestedt were named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists on the basis of test scores placing them in the upper one hall of one per cent ol their graduating class on a state-wide basis. Dan Hamel, Charlie Landman, Bill McKane, Pauline Melvin, Dave Pengelly and Russ Pritchett were selected as commended students. They scored just below the semifinalists on their tests. Outstanding Teenagers of America are Dan Hamel, Gary Chumrau and Mel Rice. Hellgate was once again honored when Gary Chumrau, Dan Hamel and Mel Rice were selected Outstanding Teenagers of America for 1969 by the Outstanding Americans Foundation. The foundation made its selection on a basis of the ability and achievement of the students that were nominated. The Outstanding Americans Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring, inspiring and encouraging young people to take full advantage of the opportunities in America. They had an opportunity to compete with other winners in the state for the Governor’s Trophy, awarded annually to the outstanding teenager of each state. Each of the winners from the state level was eligible for one of the two National Outstanding Teenagers of America awards and scholarships.