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

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SECRETARIES First row: Pudmaroff, Rise- dorph, Johnson, Breda, De- Man, Knapstad, Grant, Big- gar, Picardo. S e c o n d row: Corneya, Shaffer, Oien, Petrich, Yam- bra, Clifford, Anderson, Sas- setti. Third row: M'lden, Beard, Krie, Martin, Aprill, Agars, Hughes, Baloy, Wells, Lewis. The busiest hands in K-lvl are 'lhose of the secretaries helping with the mass of details that circulate through the maze ol offices. Attendance, bulletins to classes, parents and teachers, cor respondence, and a complaint department are all handled by 3l student secretaries. Controlling the group as much as possible is Frances Tank. THESPIANS Applauding hands rewarded the efforts of th's year's Thespians as they enterta'ned the public with their performances. Headed by Ellen Anderson, president, Norma Jean Hanson, vice-pres'dent, Karen Wells, secretary-treasurer, and Pat Angell, historian, the club presented the senior play Our Miss Brooks, starr.ng Pat Cavender in the title role. National Thespian lnitiation was held at Kent for Kent and Auburn initiates. Maior activities of the club included taking part in school assemblies, putting on programs for P.-T. A. and presenting the all-school play Too Many Dates starring Joanne Mclntyre. Baden, Anderson, Hanson, Wells. FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA Open house for the new home economics units high- lighted this year's agenda for the Future Homemakers of America. During the summer, Claudia Calvert, past president of the organization, was sent to the National Convention in Chicago, the first of which K-M has had an opportun- ity to attend. leaders tor this year were Fat St. Loufs, president, Ellen Anderson, vice-president, Jackie Beard, secretary, Fonda Wilson, treasurer, lizzie Miyagishima, historian, .lannie Bevaart, reporter, and Pat Angell, song leader. Throughout the year numerous activities including the annual Father-Daughter banquet, swimming parties, food auctions, Christmas card sales, and benefit food baskets were sponsored by this group. First row: Bevaart, Anderson, St. Louis, Martin, Wilson. Second row, Woyak, Bliss, leVesque, Hove, Nelson, Han- son, Holland. Third row: Sells, Taylor, Stacie, Sossetti, lubking Merrick Stroomer, Messmer, Hammarstrcm, Wightmon, DeMan

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First row: Orion, De- Buque, Risedolibh, LeVesque, Hayes, Grant, Bigger. Second row: McDonald, Allen, Wells, Milden, Pud- moroff, McCluskey, Swartz. Third row: Lenting, Aprill, Boley, Hughes, Amend, Schuler, Mairs. GIRLS' HONOR CLUB First row: Stccfe, Nelson, Mclone, Yambro, Zittel. Second row: Wright, Hanson, Johnson, Hammcrstrom, Cuvender, Blanton, Nor- berg . Third row: St. Louis, Brown, Shaffer, Edline, Horstman, Pefrich, Oien. Fourth row: Wightman, Wells, Hauge, McHugh, Prindible, Mclntyre. Camera shy: Hunter. Girls' Honor completed a successtul year under the leadership ot Sue McLane and her assistants Janice Nelson, vice-president: Sue Stacie, secre- tary: Janet Zittel, registrar, and lvlarion Yambra, treasurer. The ottice ot treasurer was added this year to eliminate the registrar's heavy burden. The Girls' l-lonor alumnae tea during Homecoming weelc and the annual tolo held in May were highlights ot their social activities. These were headed by Sally l-lammarstrom, Patsy Norberg, and Marion Yambra, respectively. New members were admitted into the organization at the tall semi- tormal and the spring tormal initiation. Other activities were the annual potluclc and trophy clean, balce sales to raise money tor the tolo, and selling popcorn at the basketball games. LIBRARIANS A valuable part ot this institution is the library. lnto capable hands ot students and taculty librarian, Mildred Amend, go new and old books. At present there are hundreds ot boolcs available which include a wide variety ot periodical literature. Regular classes are held every other Monday to discuss possible improvements. Displays aimed to interest students in new boolcs are created by the clever hands ot the librarians. we., 28

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crm, Krie, Jnenke, 9 nelling, W e I I s , ncpsiod, A I I e n, ark. TORCH HONCJR TOP-2nd row-Norberg, Hammarsfrom, Shen, Horstmcn, Z'HeI RIGHT-3rd row-Olson, Omey, Osferhouse, McCIurken Isl row-Ccvender, Blanfon, Yombra, Edlfne, Shaffer 2nd row-Picurdo, Beard, Calvert LEFT-Miss Madison, Advisor Ist row-Brown, Anderson, Dreisow DEBATE SQUAD Torch is organ- ized I r o m s+u- denls who have earned a B grade average or bel- Ier. Led by Slewarl McClurlcen, presi- denlg Bill Enger, vice - president Barbara Ander- son, secrelary, and advised by Lillian Madison, Jrhe c l u b spon- so red a com- bined Ialenl show wi+h Ihe Junior class. The II3 mem- bers of To r ch Honor have Ihe largesi member- ship in The his- Iory of Ken+-Mer- idian. A greaier percenlage of B average slrudenls graced K-M halls Ihis yea r Ihan ever before. Kenl-Meridian's debale club under direclion of Gus Allen, coach, parlicipaled in debaies held al Pacific Lulheran, College of Pugel Sound, Seaifle Universilry, and Seafile Pacific. Members of Jrhe Ieams are: Dave Schuy and Marie+Ia Slarlc: Joan Knapsiad and Shar- lene Krie: Lee Leber and Karen Wells: Margie Meysl' and Marlha Kilaiop and Marion Sund- lie, one-man debaie. First row: Schuy, aunschweig, Kiiu- , Sundlie, Meysf. 2nd row: Hou e, 30