Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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.

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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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John Warlick Biology A+hle+ics A member of ihe iracla ieam for +wo years. and co-capiain 'rhis year, John is also a Three-year member of Mu Alpha Thela. l-le is happiesl' when he is running or swimming . bui is inferesied in and enjoys all spor+s. l-le hopes +o gei a scholar- ship +o The Universiiy of Texas on The basis of his 'irack record and plans To maior in maihemalics and minor in biology. V X WJ' P-'lk Lynn Elsfon Publica+ions A guiei bui' capable person, Lynn knows whai' she wanis and works un- ceasingly Toward her goal uniil she reaches ii. These qualifies siood her in good siead in her job as ecliior of ihe Reaia. for which she is receiving a iournalism award This year. Lynn en- ioys dancing and swimming and pariic- ularly likes io waich baseball games. She has varied inieresis as can be seen in her membership in such clubs as Sigma Gamma, French Club. American Field Service, Quill and Scroll, and ihe English Honor Socieiy. Oi her yearboolc work. Lynn says, il has given me a sironger sense of responsibiliiy in a shorier period of lime 'rhan l ever imagined possible. She plans io aiiend Souihern Meihodisi Universiiy, Washingion Universiiy, or Universiiy of Colorado, and maior in psychology.