Manchester High School - Memoir Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Answering to the negatives’ attacks, David Cooter rebuilds his case. Kelly Smith researches evidence for the state tourna- ment at UVA. Debate 29

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Elizabeth Howe frantically searches for evi- dence while partner, David, ponders the negatives Jay Wheeler holds up a time card while Steven Debate points. Cooter keeps a close record of what is said. A Time For Rebuilding The future did indeed seem bleak for the Manchester debaters as they entered the new school year, for they had to adjust to a new coach, the loss of many varisty debaters, and the advancement to triple A competition. However, with the help of some new recruits, the remaining varsity debaters were able to continue the tradition of collecting trophies and dominating local tournaments. In so do- ing, two teams, consisting of Larry Harmon and Kelly Smith along with Mark Sanger and Andrew Speno, advanced on to the state tournament at University of Virginia. New Debate Coach Mrs. Malone com- mented, ‘It was a good year for rebuilding after most of the debaters graduated the pre- vious year.” Included in the rebuilding process were novice debaters Steven Cooter and Steve Watts. They won the Rappahanock Tourna- ment along with Mark and Andrew. Larry and Kelly consistently won speaker awards through out the year at major tournaments. Also receiving speaker awards was senior Da- vid Cooter. David and Elizabeth Howe were the only team to make it to the quarter finals at a tournament at UVA in the winter. They usu- ally placed well at all the tournaments they went to. The high point for the whole team had to be when they won the Tourner Ashby Tournament in the spring. Many debaters felt there was much miscon- ception, on the part of the average person, about a debater’s life. In between tourna- ments they went to the beach, parties, and even had dates! First year debater Jay Wheeler says, ‘‘The all night card games before the tournaments made debating worth while!’ Bright eyed and smiley faced, Steven awaits the Getting into the debate, Andrew Speno makes a beginning of a debate. strong point against the affirmatives case. 28 Debate

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Forensics Speech Outspoken MHS Students Forensics, though not excessively numer- ous in membership, is actually an extremely active program. This year students participat- ed in contests regarding public speaking, persuasion, and reading and interpreting po- etry and prose. Under the guidance of Mrs. Bonnie Norfleet, members competed in the University of Virginia and Longwood Invita- tional Tournaments. Also, members partici- pated in the district competition. Gill Logan, Krista Setlin, and Renae Carter advanced to the regional competition, where Gill and Krista advanced to the State Finals. Overall, the year was very successful, and all look for- ward to the success of up and coming stu- dents who are showing potential. The main goal of the Speech Class, taught by Mrs. Diane Harris, is to prepare students for any type of public speaking. Any and all kinds of speeches are given. These include persuasive speeches in which a student at- tempts to sway others to a particular opinion, impromptu speeches in which a topic is thrown out and a student must talk about it, and how to’ speeches in which a student demonstrates how to do something. During the year, speech students were amused by the many “how to’’ speeches; an exceptional speech was presented by Karen Geiger. In her presentation Karen demonstrated the correct way to put on scuba gear. Another fun event proved to be the mock Newlywed Show. Each student took on both the mental and physical aspects of his her character (which ranged from a nerd to a yuppy) in order to make his her character authentic. As June Stell commented, “It was a lot of fun to put it all together, to see it on film, and then to laugh at each other!” All students are urged to take Speech, for he class is great preparation for Forensics or Debate. More importantly, however, Speech serves as a background for speaking in front of others. 30 Forensics Speech Listening attentively, the speech class observes a student giving a ‘how to” speech. Showing their true selves, Kenny Mason and June Stell dress as nerds for amock Newlywed Show. Front: Aaron Dotson, Amy Bucklin, Renee Carter; Back: Mrs. Bonnie Norfleet, Gil Logan, Kristen Sete- lin, Anita Preville, (not pictured) Richie Taylor. Nicole Howell demonstrates the proper way to build a snowman in her “how to” speech.