J J Pearce High School - Mustang Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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VI G COMM N INTERES Club members share a year filled with good times, frienc Club, Verein, Cercle, and Collegio. These words were familiar to many students who were involved with foreign language clubs. These clubs were a convenient way for foreign language students to meet others who shared the same interests. Students joined clubs for a variety of reasons. As Latin Club sponsor Miss Mary Lou Markarian said, 'Al think students think of Latin as a challenge. Students joined the Spanish Club because we do fun things, Spanish Club sponsor Mrs. Lynn Rushing said. With all these reasons, club members had an active year filled with meetings, parties, contests, and fund raisers. Meetings were held once or twice a month depending on the activities the Talking to sponsor, Mrs. Karen Neal, French Club members disucss their ideas for a homecoming hall. lPellerinl clubs were planning and contest preparation. They were held before or after school, or on the weekends at the club presidents' homes. Parties gave members a way to meet others and to form new friendships. By going to the Latin Club's dinner at Birra Poretti's and the convention, l was able to meet many interesting people, junior Courtney Brown said. Contests, which most of the clubs entered, consisted of spelling, speech, and vocabulary. Novemberfest, in which the German Club participted, was a competition against other schools and within the club. The German Club placed first in many individual categories, including Poetry Reading and Instrumental Music and placed third among forty other schools. Latin Club took part in conventions in Denton and Mesquite during the spring. Doughnuts, candles, baked goods, a balloons helped clubs raise money i club functions. These fund raise usually gave a club a large profit. One activity in which all the clu participated was Homecoming. Ea club created its own hall, from t French Club's Robin Hood to t Spanish Club's jack in the Bean Sta which placed second among t organizations. These activities helped students lea about their languages culture throuj interesting activities. Members went restaurants, seminars, and conventic to get a deeper understanding languages, life styles, and histories. W these activities, clubs helped in formi new friendships with a common inter to start it off. fGasperl 148 X Org inization f Foreign Language Clubs IF' ef-rv

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C0 BUILDI G FIDE CE Club members contribute to the community Working in the Speech Club really builds your confidence, junior Marta Cheak said, and helps improve your negotiation skills. The Speech Club was made up of students who wanted to use their creative talents in constructive ways. By giving speeches at social events like the Lion's and Rotary Club's meetings, par- ticipants could contribute to the com- munity while practicing the oratory techniques learned in class for contest. The Speech Club is a good way to prepare for a career in law or politics or any other rofession that requires good speaking sllsillsf' junior Kevin Gear said. At their contest, the club competed in categories such as debate, oration, ex- temporaneous or impromptu speaking. The club also judged these same events lor the junior high speech tournament. Helping the Speech Club with the junior hi h contest, the Drama Club took on tasks of reorganizing, di- recting, and producing the event. In ad- dition, members of both clubs critiqued and evaluated the individual participants. The Drama Club also sold conces- sions at the fall musical and Forte shows. i'We raise money to buy props and equipment for our theater groups, Mrs. Lynn Zednick said. By contributing their efforts to the welfare of the community, members of both the Speech Club and the Drama Club could put their talents to good use. ITrentJ I x . .-..,....,, .... .... , ...... all--' . t sgj .- ,M N Speech teacher Ierry Cottingame gives his second period class a lecture on public speaking. lPellerinl Expressing Clubs 1 Organizations X141

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