King High School - Coronat Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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vr National Forensic League members 1. NFL officers for this year are: Donna West, historian; Shannon Walker, corresponding sec- retary; Melinda Smith, president; Cyndie Buck- ley, recording secretary; Mrs. Nancy DePuy, sponsor; John Hutchinson, treasurer; Landy Curry, vice-president. 2. Members are Front row: Leah McNair, Melinda Smith, Jim Case; On wall: Harry Davis, Suzanne Cranfill, Janet Ellzey, Cyndie Buckley, Mrs. DePuy, Cindy Fcatherston, Shannon Walker; Back row: Sharon Hummell, Amy Harris, Landy Curry, Donna West, Sally Bateman, John Hutchinson, Kary KJingaman, Carol Walker, David Kahn, Joel Laser. Not pictured: Richard Aguirre, Bruce Ballengec, Sam Beecroft, Newby Falks, David Olson, Brian Richter, Mark Zeidman, Brent Somers, Claude Sisson, Harold Gold, Jack Gold, Jerry Hall, Diane Korach, Fred Allen, Allen Stone, Marcia Thompson, Karen Brown, Leslie DeShane, Ken Gilbreath, Karen Johnson, Melissa Haddad, Jim McGinnis, Mark Wood, Roxie Elder. 3- Janet Ellzey and Melinda Smith prepare their evidence for a cross examination debate. 4. Mark Woods gives his first negative speech in a debate against Jim McGinnis and Bruce Ballengee. organizations 79

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State, national recognition continue: Beginning in late September with a trip to the University of Houston, NFL members spent two weekends a month traveling to Wichita Falls, Dallas, Waco, Houston, or Austin for competition. Seniors journeyed to Bandera in October to host a sfjcech, drama, and debate workshop in what turned out to be more of a pleasure trip, and the debate team of Landy Curry and Harold Gold flew to Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania, over the winter holidays for a debate tourney there. Even before first semester finals were over, NFL ' ers were leaving for Dallas, and amidst attending tourna- ments, were busy preparing to host one Feb. 23-24. Having had one of the best in 1971-72, this year ' s was labeled a qualifier for the state Tournament of Champions, one of only ten in the state. At mid-season, the King squad had qualified several people: Melinda Smith, Harry Davis, and Mark Zeld- man in extemporaneous speaking, Harry in original oration, John Hut- chison-Brent Somers and Landy Curry-Harold Gold in cross-examina- tion debate, and Allen Stone in dra- matic interpretation. 78 organi2acions

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1. and 2. Becky Shropshire and Suzanne Cran- fill, drama club co - presidents, praaice scenes from their duct acting Tango Palace for the Bellaire Speech Tournament in Hous- Forensics and Drama — similar but different With field trips planned to Port Lavaca for the South Texas convention of Thespi- ans Societies and to Dallas for the state con- vention in May, the King Thespians Society had an active year. Acquiring their charter early in October, the troupe proceeded to elea Suzanne Cranfill and Becky Shropshire as co-presidents, Karen Gabbard as vice- president, Roxie Elder as recording secre- tary, Carol Ann Bennett as corresponding secretary, and Leah McNair as treasurer. You ' re a Good Man, Charlie Brown was the first production of the year with A Cloud of Witnesses taking stage in the planetarium in February. The one-act play Reynard the Fox was scheduled for UIL competition with Pfeiffer ' s People , a comedy, on the agenda for late spring. so organizations