Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Seniors Pace Memorial in Excellence RepresenTaTive of The scholarly work in Memorial's classes and excepTional TalenT among The 600 graduaTing seniors, TwenTy- Tive have been singled ouT for special recogniTion in academic or acTiviTy areas. Kathi Donahue Drama KaThi is a vivacious girl whose skill in The use oT The Toois oT her Tracle--words and gesTures-make her an ouTsTanding drama sTudenT, She has been acTive in The NaTional Forensic League and The Drama Club OT which she has been Treasurer and presidenT. She loves To parTicipaTe in ciass acTiviTies and Teels ThaT drama has given her confidence To apply her TalenTs To These class TuncTions. The TacT ThaT she has been class secreTary Tor Three years is noT a surprising one. ln addiTion, she is a mem- ber oT The Spanish Club, The American Field Service, Tri-Hi-Y, and Sigma Gamma. KaThi uTilizes her Tree mornenTs Tor reading, waTer skiing, and swimming. She plans To conTinue her educaTion aT SouThwesTern UniversiTy nexT year and major in drama. Charles Simmons Scholarship AThleTics MaTh The mosT ouTsTanding TooTball player as chosen by The aThieTic deparTmenT, The mosT ouTsTanding maTh sTudenT, and one oT The scholarship award winners, Charles is The only Three-honor eiecTee This year. For Charles, every subiecT oTTers a new opporTuniTy in learning and a new chance To challenge himself. As a member of The Key Club, NaTionai Honor SocieTy, ScienTiTic and Philosophical SocieTy, and secreTary-Treas- urer of Mu Aipha TheTa, as well as vice-presidenT of The senior class, he is conTinually acTive in club aTTairs. Besides being acTive in These clubs, he has won deparT- menTai awards in general draTTing, English, chemisTry, algebra, TrigonomeTry, and elemenTary anaiysis and is a NaTional lvieriT FinaiisT. ln addiTion, he earned The American Chemical SocieTy's cerTiTicaTe oT honor. Plan- ning To maior in engineering, Charles hopes To aTTend PrinceTon. I88

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L Achve in School Affairs Anneile Adams Libby Anlrhony Gary Appel? Ken? Basye Roberl Baze Srephen Brice Mary Byrne Roberl' Chrisly Sherry Davis Pam Ellis Couriney Flavin Susan Funkhouser Sleve Gaines Gamewell Ganll' Richard George Jeii Goodman Brad Gould Janice Greig Karin Guslalson Ford Hall Susie Hastings Kalhy Johnson Liz Kemper Linda King Jerry Kroll Ernesl Leard Jim Laird Roberl' Lindley Elizabelh McCarl'y Barbara McHenry Membership Tx Tom McMasler Mike Mclvlurry Mariorie Macliviif Sieve Maclzarland Colleir O'NeiIl Blair Oney Peler O'Reilly Richard Owen Susan Pigqot? Polly Plaza Lisa Powell Paul Poylhress Jackie Richardson Wanda Sampley Joe Sill Ted Siii Charles Simmons Susan Smith Terry Slanlon Pamela Slevenson Lee Slone Richard Suggs Randy Sunday Brad Thomas Bryan Van Ealon Joan Walker Sieve Wallon John Weeks Mike While Sponsor-Mrs. Margarel' Browne My Sponsor Mrs. Sarah Bybee Seniors Ford Hall and Polly Plaza admire lree school rings ihe Nalional Honor Sociely awarded lhem for lheir oulslanding academic work,

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Steve Walton Ellen Barton Science STeve WalTOn was named OuTsTand- ing Science STudenT This year. He is a member OT The German Club, Key Club, NaTiOnal Honor SocieTy, Wrang- lers, and The ScienTiTic and Philosophi- cal SocieTy. STeve plays on The Tennis Team buT enjoys all sporTs and is in- TeresTed by anyThing perTaining To science. He also Talces pleasure in read- ing,'auTOmObile mechanics. cOmpeTiTive Tennis, and geology and geophysics. NexT.year, STeve will aTTend The Uni- versiTy OT Texas and plans To maior in physics or engineering. Journalism WiTh eagerness and a ready smile, Ellen has assumed The posiTion OT co- ediTOr OT The Anvil Tor The spring sem- esTer. She Thinks iournalism is Tun and inTeresTing. I love TO wriTe , she drawls in a small SouThern voice. Ellen came To Memorial This year Trom Cooper High School in Abilene, where she was chosen Queen OT her iunior class and served on The STudenT Coun- cil. Leadership abiliTies and service have also been displayed in her being elecTed presidenT and vice-presidenT OT her Tri-Hi-Y and upon her membership in Sigma Gamma. Her iOurnalisTic aT- TribuTes are sTrengThened and puT To good use Through her membership in The English Honor SOcieTy and The ecliTOrials which she wriTes Tor The school paper. Ellen has earned Top honors in .The THSPA SOcieTy WriTing ConTesT, buT also Tincls Time Tor sewing, swimming, and playing Tennis. She plans TO aTTend Texas Tech where she will be a iournalism maior. Joe Siff Speech Speech award winner Joe SiTT is loolcing Torward TO qsTudying archiTecTural design aT Yale Uni- versiTy Or Brown. He has won awards in Cross-ExaminaTion DebaTe, Orig- inal OraTOry, POeTry and Prose ln- TerpreTaTion, and DeclamaTiOn. As a iunior, Joe was sTaTe champion OT The UlL in Prose InTerpreTaTion. Though he says Travelling Tor The speech TOurnamenTs limiTs his acTivi- Ties. he is vice-presidenT OT The STu- denT Council, presidenT OT The Na- Tional Forensic League, a member OT The Key Club, NaTional Honor SOcieTy, Mu Alpha TheTa, and is an OTTicer-aT-large' OT The English Honors SocieTy. He was a delegaTe TO The sTaTe YouTh ConTerence and is a member OT The local YouTh Con- Terence. Joe swam cOmpeTiTively as a member OT The AmaTeur AThleTic Union and is an Eagle ScOuT. He also enioys exercising and working wiTh weighTs. l89