Kathleen High School - Trident Yearbook (Lakeland, FL)

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Industrial Arts Organization Development of architec- tural skills, plus other indus- trial arts interest, was the rea- son a new group was estab- lished at KHS this past year. This club was the Industrial Arts Organization. As an industrial art oriented club, the Kathleen Chapter hopes to gain recognition of the State and national Industrial Arts Organizations, and later to become affiliated with these clubs. To further their activities and spread their interest, IAO painted the speed bumps in the student parking lot yellow to warn drivers of the obsta- cles. Inferno Publishing a newspaper for a large school such as Kath- leen was a difficult task to undertake for Mrs. Kirksey, advisor, Kathleen Malloy, edi- tor, and the Inferno Staff of 1976-77. The staff completely paid for publication and sup- plies by selling ads. All the staff members had an A or B average in the Journalism class. During the course of three weeks between papers, the staff had to meet three deadlines, first for columns, book reviews, club news, sec- ond for news around the cam- pus at the time, and third the layout of the paper itself so it could go to the printer. The small staff of reporters met every day fourth period. Dur- ing the school year twelve informative and interesting newspapers were produced. 288 I Clubs Interact The North Lakeland Rotary Club was the sponsor of the Kathleen Chapter of Interact, a boys service club. Each week representatives of the club were sent to Rotary Club breakfasts at Lone Palm Coun- try Club. The delegates reported on Interact's prog- ress and ideas. New members were inducted and selected by a board of officers. Activity day and sometimes after school, the boys' service club met to create new and different pro- jects to serve the school and community. A barbecue was held in May at Christine Park to bid farewell and good luck to graduating seniors of the organization. Key Club Key Club cooperated with the local Kiwanis chapter's many projects, including the annual Kiwanis Pancake Festi- val. Each week two Key Club representatives attended a luncheon with the parent organization to discuss local activities. In order to send rep- resentatives to the State Con- vention in Sarasota, and the National Convention is Kan- sas City, Key Club sold eight track tapes and metal social security plates. Mr. Albritton sponsored the organization throughout their activities. Keyettes The 1977 Keyettes started the school year off success- fully with a booth at orienta- tion. Buttons were passed out to students and banners were around campus welcoming everyone to KHS. For their first semester money making project they had a carwash. As a weekly activity to earn service points and help the community, Keyettes visited Small World Day Care Center and gave Halloween, Christ- mas, and Easter parties for the preschool children. At Christ- mas time Keyettes went to the Lakeland Convalescent Center and took fruit and cards to the elderly. In April the Keyettes had a Spring Carnival for area chil- dren. Booths were set up on campus and prizes, cakes, and balloons were given to participants in activities. Latin Club Ringing cowbells was how the Latin Club started off the 1976-77 school year at Kath- leen in showing their spirit. The Latin Club started off helping around school by picking up trash around the football field. They also had parties to better social rela- tions among its members. The organization encouraged an interest and appreciation of the civilization, language, lit- erature and art of ancient Greece and Rome. As money making projects they sold Red Devil T-shirts and had a car wash. The money made was used to send students to the State Forum. All members were required to have taken a course in Latin. Lionettes May I see your ticket stub, please? This became a famil- iar phrase as Lionettes ush- ered at home games during football season. Lionettes, a girls service club, became offi- cially affiliated with the Lions Club when they voted to become the Kathleen Chop- ter's Leo Club. As a Leo club, the girls were involved with Lions Club's many projects, such as the Imperial Lion's Club Walkathon, and the Annual Turkey Shoot. On their own level, the girls were mostly interested with the spreading of school spirit, and intra-school relationships. As an example of both, the three girls' service clubs char- tered a bus to the Clearwater game. Mullionettes Forcing its way into the sys- tem of Kathleen Senior. High was Mullionettes. This new unorthodox club was started just a few seconds before a class early on a morning. Because of the importance of Mullionism five members were elected to the office of presi- dent, Neil Laxdal, Roy Cum- mings, Kyle Gavin, Lee Cum- mings, and Nathan Claridy. The other officers won by default. Vice President went to Moe, secretary - Curly, and treasurer - Larry. This year's sponsor was Daniel D. Czyu- prina an ism instructor. Mul- lionism's aim was to promote school spirit. The activities for 1977 were attending the Three Stooges film festivals, littering the campus so other clubs could earn points by cleaning it up, annual no-bath week and of course the tradi- tional Cheerleader sale. All money made was divided une- qually among members, and was put towards the hijacking

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they had raised during the year. They also had barbe- ques and cookouts where stu- dents got to know each other away from the classroom. Money making proiects included selling candy and football booster ribbons. DCT's main obiective was to promote leadership and develop work proficiency through club activities. Appli- cations were taken the year before to be approved by DCT coordinators. DECA Not only is DECA a club, but also a class where stu- dents learn about the field of marketing and distribution. Each week during football season, DECA members pleaded with fellow students to buy a football booster rib- bon. If a member failed to sell his quota of eight ribbons, at fifteen cents each, he was responsible for paying for them himself. During the fall, DECA members sold World's Finest Chocolate candy bars. With the money raised, repre- sentatives were sent to the Officers Training Conference, held at Lake Buena Vista in November, the State Leader- ship Conference in Tampa dur- ing March, and the National Leadership Conference held in May in Anehiem, California. Drama Club Performance and insight of dramatic skills and techniques of theatrical stage work were the goals of the Drama Club. On several occasions, Drama Club members served refresh- ments at intermission time dur- ing Lakeland Little Theater performances. Drama Club attended many local plays. In November, they went to see Scapino the 5camp, a mod- ern day version of a play by Moliere. The organization had a carwash to raise the neces- sary funds for its supplies. FFA By being an active partici- pant of Future Farmers of America, members enriched their insight and knowledge of agricultural techniques. The main obiective of the organi- zation was to promote leader- ship through parliamentary procedure and participation in public speaking and commu- nity service. FFA sold citrus trees, vegetables and orna- mental horticulture plants to raise money for an awards banquet at the end of the year. Entrance fees for dele- gates and representatives into local, state, and national con- ventions and contest were paid for by FFA funds. The Kathleen Chapter has been noted for many years for its superiority in steer competi- tion. FHA Interest in home economics and the promotion of commu- nity and home life was the purpose of Future Homemak- ers of America. This year FHA attended the District Conven- tion in Bartow in November, and the State Convention in Orlando in April. Profits from money making proiects went to improvements in the Home Economics Department. Flame Expanding the literary tal- ents of Kathleen students was the Flame. The literary maga- zine produced two issues last year, one in the fall and one in the spring. All of the staff's efforts were going into the creation of Kathleen's finest magazine. Some of the activi- ties were interviewing students from surrounding schools and communities for magazine articles. They also sold ads to finance their needed supplies to teachers, students and busi- nesses in the community. The money that was raised went to purchasing new equipment, paper supplies, and to increase population. Staff members were chosen by approval of the sponsor and having a high average in the Creative Writing class. Focus Giving students a common interest in making films was the purpose of Focus, the film- making club. Les Betz was president and Ms. Brelig spon- sor. Focus had one maior pro- iect during T976-77 which was a film festival students could attend for a small admission. With the money made, Focus supplied the film- making classes with needed equipment such as lights, cam- eras and film. It was required that all members be seniors and enrolled in the filmmaking class. Focus met on Activity Day during sixth period. French Club Spirit banners painted by its members, cleaning up their designated plot, and putting on a skit during Devil Stomp were some of the few activities in which French Club got involved. The organization decided to sell key rings and candy so that they could have a picnic and banquet at the end of the year. To become a French Club member, a stu- dent must have been enrolled in a French class. The club met third period on Activity day. Inter Club Council Coordination of club activi- ties was the responsibility of Inter-Club Council. As its name implies, ICC was a club within a club. Each school affiliated organization was represented by its vice president and presi- dent. If a club wanted to organize a money making proiect, the plan had to be approved by ICC. Each organ- ization, with the exception of the Distributive Education Clubs, was allowed one money making proiect per semester. ICC sponsored the Mr. Touchdown candidate, Gregg Anderson, to raise money for the United Way. All area high schools competed for the benevolent cause, and KHS came in fourth place. Clubs X 287 v

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of a garbage truck to War- saw. Mullions were chosen by their unnatural facial expres- sions, low average IQ's and unpopular vote. They met once in a blue moon and held a banquet on June 8th at the Psychopathic ward of LGH. National Honor Society High achievements in schol- arship, leadership, character, and service were the require- ments of National Honor Soci- ety. A 3.2 grade average was needed for admission to the club. Then faculty members scored students on the remain- ing requirements. National Honor Society members helped children at the Sunland Retardation Cen- ter. ln November, students had a car wash to raise money to send delegates to District, State and National Conven- tions. Nebula Trading science fiction books and magazines was one of the many things Nebula did during the 1976- 77 school year. Members of the science fiction club made plans to initiate a science fic- tion class, attended science fiction conventions, and started a science fiction club newspaper of reviews of books and short stories sub- mitted by students. The pur- pose of Nebula was to pro- mote interest in science fiction. The money that they raised during the year was used for the banquet and to send stu- dents to an annual science fic- tion convention in September of 1977 at Miami. Members were required to write a brief essay on their qualifications for ioining the club. Photo Lab The students in Phot Lab learned photograph , skills, went to a photog' ,shy work- shop sponsored by Bryn-Alan Studios of Tampa and fur- nished photos for school publi- cations. Photographs were sold to students and money made went towards the pur- chase of film, chemicals and paper for processing. Photography students were chosen,by application. There was at least one student in the lab every period. Spanish Club Enrichment of the Spanish culture and customs was the main objective of Spanish Club. After meeting require- ments of having had at least one year of Spanish, members were involved in such activities as the Foreign Language Fair and international trips. Span- ish Club, along with French Club, sponsored the Devil Stomp and o Carribean cruise to Puerto Rico and Nassau. As did many other organizations, Spanish Club painted banners during football season to pro- mote spirit among students at KHS. Student Council In order to properly guide the school and the students' participation in activities, a special group of well qualified representatives was needed. This was the goal and purpose of the council. Under the lead- ership of Jack Johnson, the Student Council was made up rf eight officers, eighteen class senators, and represent- atives from each homeroom. The student body sold Juice Bowl drinks in an effort to pro- vide the necessary funds for the Homecoming Dance and sending the officers to the Dis- trict and State Conventions. Student Advisory Committee As a go between for the student body and administra- tion, Student Advisory Com- mittee worked for the better- ment of school relations. The Committee proposed to pave the D.C.T. driveway, and to obtain a iuice machine for the lunchroom. Members of Stu- dent Advisory were picked randomly by the sponsors, Mrs. Newton and Mr. Vetter, with equal racial representa- tion. Trident Caught in a turmoil between producing an annual plus giving KHS a new and unique style of yearbook that the students would remember was where the Trident Staff found themselves at the begin- ning of the year. With the steady hand land sometimes mindl of the editor, Ginger Williams, and the wit of the sponsor, Lloyd Price, and the staff's 952 perspiration and 5'k imagination, they pro- duced a pictorial 'novel' of Kathleen Senior High. The activities the staff undertook were selling ads to businesses in the Lakeland area and yearbook sales to the student body to help bring the annual to the students at a reasona- ble rate. All money went to the publication of the year- book. The new members were chosen by filling out applica- tions which were carefully studied by the previous year's members. The staff met every day fourth period. The 1976- 77 yearbook staff produced a new style of annual and the result was spectacular. Clubs I 289