Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Marjorie MacEviH French To Marjorie, language sTudy presenTs a challenge she loves To 'meeT. She has sTud- ied French Tor Tive years and describes iT as a beauTiTul language and Thinlcs The liTeraTure is inTeresTing. She has received The French award Tor Two years and The English award Tor Three years. Marjorie is secreTary of The Spanish Club SocieTy, Mu Alpha TheTa, NaTional Honor SocieTy, and Sigma Gamma. She puT her knowledge OT Spanish To good use lasT summer when she wenT To Honduras Tor The inoculaTion program. She enjoys parTicipaTing in such service projecTs and enjo s Things oT an aesTheTic naTure. WaTer sliing, swimming, and horseback riding are oTher TavoriTe acTiviTies. She will major in languages aT eiTher Cornell, Middlebury, Wellesly, or Mills and hopes To become an inTerpreTer. ri x A 15X Brad Thomas STudenT RepresenTaTion DebaTe and parliamenirary procedure are parTs oT The complex and demanding world in which Brad Tinds himselT as presidenT oT The STudenT Council and debaTe Team member. Brad pos- sesses a dynamic personaliTy and has a habiT oT slipping inTo a deep SouThern accenT reTlecTive OT his Georgia childhood when he becomes ex- ciTed. He oTTen Tinds himself shorT oT Time and pulled in several direcTions aT once, as he is a member of The Key Club, Good SporTsmanship League, NaTional Forensic League, American Field Serv- ice, NaTional Honor SocieTy, Quill and Scroll, The English Honor SocieTy, Wranglers. and is presidenT oT The ScienTiTic and Philosophical So- cieTy. In recogniTion oT his achievemenTs in var- ious areas. Brad has received TirsT and second place awards in Anvil liTerary conTesTs during his sophomore and junior years. deparTmenTal awards in world hisTory, LaTin, American hisTory, and English, and was selecTed Junior RoTarian Tor The monTh oT November. In addiTion, he is a NaTional MeriT FinalisT. Plans Tor a law degree will be TurThered aT Harvard, Vanderbilt or Emory.

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Susie Smith Spanish Susie is inTeresTed in The sTudy oT languages because you are a new and diTTerenT person Tor each language spoken. Recognized as The Spanish scholar oT The year, she Tinds her worlc rewarding and inTeresTing. An acTiye parTicip- anT in school-relaTed acTiviTies, she is a member oT The NaTional Honor SocieTy, The ScienTiTic and Philosophical SocieTy. Mu Alpha TheTa, Fu- Ture Teachers oT America, The Spanish Club, Sigma Gamma, The English Honor SocieTy. and The InTer-Club Council. Susie's Time is Tilled wiTh school proiecTs, reading, sewing, and singing in her church choir. She hopes To aTTend Lufher College and sTudy languages wiTh emphasis on a degree in educaTion. Jerry Kroll AThleTics The guieT modesTy oT Jerry Kroll does noT adverTise The many TaceTs oT his leadership aT Memorial. BUT he is capTain oT The baslceTball Team, chaplain oT The STudenT Council, member oT The Honor SocieTy, Key Club, and Wranglers. Jerry comrnenTs ThaT he has always been in- TeresTed in sporTs, buT ThaT baslceTball has be- come his main inTeresT. An all-disTricT player Tor Two years, a member OT The second and Third all-sTaTe Teams and a seven Time all-TournamenT player, Jerry has exhibiTed qualiTies oT leadership and aThleTic abiliTy which will undoubTedly earn him addiTional honors and berThs Bn champion- ship Teams. Jerry will seelc a liberal arTs degree and a place on The baslceTball Team aT Davidson UniversiTy nexT year.

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Mark Morrison Pu blicaTions Journalism has been a valuable parT oT my high school career Trom The sTandpoinT of experience l have gained and lasTing Triendships l have made, says lvlarlc. His Tall semesTer Term as ediTor oT The Anvil demanded proficiency aT organizing and meeTing The deadlines Tor publicaTion. ConTinuing his worlq on The paper, he was The ediTorial consulTanT Tor The spring semesTer. The recipienT oT This year's publicaTions award, he has also received The NaTional Quill and Scroll Award Tor his TeaTure wriTing, and is a member oT The English Honor SocieTy and Wranglers. lvlarlc enjoys all sporTs buT exerTs special eTTorTs To improve his Tennis game. l-le plans To aTTend The UniversiTy oT Texas and-maior in iournalism. Martha Williforcl Choir LasT year, MarTha's musical TalenT earned her The Chorale Award, and This year The qualiTy of her alTo voice has lcepT her in Top conTenTion Tor honors in The choir. She has been a member oT The choir Tor Tour years buT sang in her church choir and in junior. high school beTore she came To Memorial. MarTha is also an acTive member oT The Spanish Club, Tri-Hi-Y, and Sigma Gamma. When she is noT busy singing, she enioys playing The guiTar, piano, and organ and skiing or lisTening To hillbilly music. MarTha especially enioyed visiTs To New Yorlc. New Orleans, Mexico, and Aspen. where she someTimes slcis. Displaying The TemperamenT oT a musician when she geTs mad, she says, l bang on a guiTar and geT iT ouT of my sysTem. 1