Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Floyd McSpadden Social Sluclies Social sfudies award winner, Floyd has a deep inferesf in polifics and governmenf which is re- fiecfed in numerous affairs. l'le is a member of fhe Sfudenf Councils elecfion and public reiafions com- miffees, presidenf of fhe local Young Republican Organizafions, and is presidenf of his church youfh group. Floyd is a member of fhe Key Club, Wranglers, fhe Scienfific and Philosophical Sociefy, and fhe Nafionai Forensic League. l-le has served as a manager of fhe foofbali feam for fhree years. T-le also enioys fennis and surfing and is now fak- ing flying lessons. Fioyd plans on affending Soufh- wesfern Universify and will probably fransfer fo fhe Universify of Texas or Texas Tech fo confinue working foward a law degree. He says if is nec- essary fo have a basic undersfanding and inferesf in governmenf in order fo be a more effecfive cifizen. 90 Liz Kemper German Liz was seiecfed as fhe oufsfanding German sfu- denf of fhe year on fhe basis of Hinferesf, hard work, and abiiifyf' l-ler enfhusiasm for fhe language has earned her fhe secrefaryship of fhe German Club. She is also secrefary of fhe Fufure Teachers of America, a member of fhe Nafional l-lonor So- ciefy, fhe Scienfific and Philosophical Sociefy, and Sigma Gamma. An aiiround good sfudenf, she has won deparfmenfai awards in physical science, Lafin, American hisfory, and German. Her inferesf in school acfivifies, especially sporfs, promofed her fo seelc a cheerleader's posf. l-ler vivaciousness and energy have helped her excei in this capacify. When firne is avaiiabie, Liz worlcs crossword and jigsaw puzzles and sews. Af Lufher College, she will maior in German and English wifh a degree planned in educafion.

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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

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Ford Hall Schohrdnp Scholarship award winner Ford Hall presenTs a quieT, Organized image which hides well The many acTiviTies ThaT crowd his schedule. AlThough he spends a good bir OT Time wiTh his Tamily, Ford has managed To win The English and physics awards and earn The honor OT being named OuTsTanding iunior by The NaTiOnal Honor SOcieTy. ATTer sTudy- ing, FOrd's Time goes To clubs, spOrTs, and guiTar playing. He is presidenT OT The NaTional Honor Sof cieTy, a member OT The ScienTiTic and Philosophical SocieTy, Mu Alpha TheTa, and The Key Club. He was a member OT lVlemOrial's sTaTe championship basl4eTball Team as well as playing gOlT and Tennis in his spare Time. Ford plans TO major in chemical engineering aT NOrThwesTern, Harvard, or Rice. Band John Barrington John is This years recip1enT OT The band award. However, musical noTes and chemical Tormulae musT be cOmpaTible because he has also done ex- cepTiOnal work in chemisTry. Named TO The all-ciTy, all-disTricT, and regional bands as well as The all- sTaTe and all regional OrchesTra, JOhn's skillful play- ing OT The Oboe won him a place on The concerT Tour OT France and Germany lasT summer, yeT his scoring in The Top TwenTy per cenT on The American Chemical SOcieTy TesT shows The inTensiTy OT his inTeresT in science. His membership in The English Honor SocieTy, ScienTiTic and Philosophical So- cieTy, Mu Alpha 'l'heTa, and German Club give some insighT inTO John's all-round abiliTies and ac- complishmenTs. His enThusiasm Tor sandloT TOOTball and reading occupy much OT his spare Time. He hopes TO become a sTudenT aT Rice UniversiTy and plans To maior in chemisTry while cOnTinuing his band acTiviTies.