Kent Meridian High School - Diadem Yearbook (Kent, WA)

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e p cl a esp an Off c A I p ct W Ve o H s m M W B en W g 1 Wefhe y P sq M H XHOSAS The Torrid ATrican sun slowly sanlc in The wesT as we made camp Tor The nighT in a small clear ng ln The disTance The Throbbing oT Tom Toms grew louder NighT was closing in Suddenly The Trees parTed and a group oT naTives sTood beTore us They all sporTed vivid Tlame head pieces someThing which we had never encounTered beTore in our saTari A naTive sTepped Tor ward We are oT The Tribe called Thespians I am Barbara Benson Their leader We Told her oT our desTinaTion and inquired abouT her companions wiTh The red hair She inTormed us ThaT They were reTurning Trom Their Tinal oerTorr1ance OT Belles on Their Toes Tor which almosT all The casT had dyed Their wigs To be realishc They reviewed The sTory oT a dozen lcids leTT on Their own when Their moTher leaves Tor Europe DeTermined To make a go oT iT and save money They renT her bedroom To a sTrange man concocT Their own rooT beer remodel Gay NineTy baThing suuTs and give up daTes Snoopy Cousin Leora drops by To checlc up on Them and is guaranhned wiTh The resT oT The Tamily Tor chicken pox Proudly The group reporTs ThaT They have saved I9O during The pasT hecTic monThs buT when Their roomer leaves so does The cash! BuT in a whirlwind Tinale moTher reTurns and The mishaps geT coped wiTh in an un- expecTed and delighTTul Tashion. Julie HorsTman nexT in ranlc revealed oTher Thespian advenTures. ln addiTion To helping wiTh The ChrisTmas program and The senior play They parTicipaTed in various school assemblies. NaTives oT KenT-Meridian and Auburn who had earned The required Ten poinTs Tor membership were iniTiaTed inTo NaTional Thespians by The locals aT The Toreign huT. Mrs. ElizabeTh WhiTehall encouraged The dramaTic club in Their acTing achievemenTs while Donna WaiTe lcepT records oT producTions and imporTanT conTabs. Doris DeMan was elecTed To Talce roll aT councils. Row 1: B. Benson, B. Horn, J. Good, J. Wefherby, B, Arnoldg Row 2: J. Belmondo, D, Lyons, C. Wezensku, F, Z I 2 I e I, D. Waite. I 6

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NYAMBO HERDERS .Ni 'Sir A W h l-lacking our way Through The Thick lush Tropic growTh wiTh our bolo knives we suddenly came upon a large clearing where several naTives were ripping up The ground wiTh crooked sTicks scaTTer ing seeds over :T pushing The dirT back over The seeds and Iumping up and down on The ground We puT our heads TogeTher and came To The conclusion ThaT This was obviously some kind oT an ancienT Tribal dance buT we were spoTTed and The naTives rushed TogeTher and sTarTed muTTering a loT oT mumbo Iumbo PresenTly one oT Them sTepped TorTh eyed us careTully and cauTiously ap proached us Through our TranslaTor we learned This savage was Don Orr headman oT The FuTure Farmers oT America Tribe l-le Told us The oTTicers oT The FFA Tribe were Presidenl' John Schuy vice presidenT ClinT PeTerson secreTary Dave Schuy Treasurer Don Anderson reporTer Dave Wilson and senTinel Dick Gerber Among The acTiviTies oT This Tribe is The parluamenTary procedure Team consisT1ng oT Bob Zeigler and John Schuy co chairmen LeRoy l-labryle Don Anderson Dave Schuy Dave Wilson Jim Pierre and Mike JohnsTon Tloor members Crops ludging Team includes John Schuy Dave Wilson LeRoy l-labryle and Don Anderson The caTTle ludging Team consisTs oT STan Backus Selmar Han son John Schuy and Dave Wilson In The public speaking conTesT Dave Schuy won TarsT in The local meeT In addiTion There is The parenT and son banqueT held in March oT every year and The horTi culTural exh1biT aT The Puyallup Fair which Took second place This year The group as a whole is Trying To win The masTer chapTer award Tor The Third Time in a row as well as The silver and gold emblems oT ouTsTanding perTormance. Harold Graham is as- sisTanT headsman. I 5

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SWAZI Conhnuung our saTarl Through The wnlds OT ATruca, we came To a clearing where we sTumbIed upon a wrerd Iookung monsTer, who along wnTh has Tarzan Type screeches, was swinging a plece oT wood shaped luke a paddle We Took cover behind some brush and aTTer waTchung has acTnons Tor some Tume venTured TorTh To 1nvesTlgaTe We Trsed To appear calm as we asked hum IH sugn language whaT he was doing A yell Trom Thus leader broughT TorTh Two more men carrylng paddles We were sT:lI In doubT of whaT wrong we had done when The monsTer came before us and explalned ThaT we had roamed lnTo Torbndden land and ThaT IT was has duTy To make us leave We soon learned ThaT Thus naTuve was Jack Crayne head chueT oT The Paddle Squad The oThers were Gloyd Neilson asslsTanT chueT and Larry Webb scribe This Tribe Irves solely To keep people ln order and ouT of Torbldden TerrlTory aT The KenT Mend lan games and Tor oTher evenTs ln which They are called upon To asslsT Farewells were speedily given Plunglng Through The vines lnTo The brnghT sunlnghT whlch Tllled The clearing we caughT The glimpse oT bodies scamperlng oTT nnTo The bushes We beckoned These naTnve back and Tound ThaT They were The DEBATE TRIBE Thus we concluded aTTer our campaugn oT Trylng To geT one word sand beTore They began Thelr bo1sTerous chaTTermg The DEBATE TRIBE was preparlng To go To The GvIberTese Vlllage ICPS Tor Thenr annual DE BATE PHANTOM lTournamenT The WhuTe I-TunTers Told us The DEBATE TRIBE discussed Toplcs such as 1nTrlngemenT on oTher Trrbes hunTmg rughTs permlsslon Trom oTher Tribes To cross Torbldden areas Tor communucahon wlTh oTher clans and waTer rnghTs Tor Tood and cleanslng Taculmes buT The mann Theme of The year was wheTher The local Trnbes should geT TogeTher and Torm one blg head hunTung parTy The ATlanTnc PacT NaTlons Should Eorm A Federal Umon We asked The WhuTe l-lunTers where The naT1ves obTalned Their lnTormaTlon The answer was ThaT The naTlves sTud ed The dnTTerenT problems oT oTher Tribes com pared Them wuTh Their own and also asked The elders oT Tribes Tor Their opunuon PADDLE SQUAD N b P H99 e T h U DEBATE CLUB r K0 u M K W N I 7 1 I . - , . I . . . . . , . . I , ' I f ' , Squu ing: M. Casey, Fronl Row: J. Hanson, L. We b, . Kelly, C. Blysfone, B. Flelch- , er, J. Creyne, J. i ins, Buck Row: P. Rel! r, . C udwfck, ' l. Strom, R. C rmichael. Seated: M. SundI'e, B. X Snelling, M . Allen, B. Brow , M. iaiog Slnnding: J. Mer - difh, 5. Gr nf, M. eysi, P. Nelson, . ells, S, Temby, . Carver, 1. lurin.