Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Steve Nagle Drama A devoTed parTicipanT oT drama and drama-relaTed acTiviTies, STeve was chosen lvlosT Promising AcTor his Junior year. He has been in The casT oT Tive plays aT Memorial and has worked in Ten plays ouTside oT school, doing much oT his acTing in The HousTon TheaTre CenTer and aT The UniversiTy oT HousTon. STeve enioys hunT- ing and likes To wriTe, especially poeTry. He is presenTly in The middle oT a novel, is working on a one-acT play. and is having one oT his poems published in a naTionally circulaTed magazine. STeve also enioys guiTar playing and Tolk singing. He received a LeTTer oT CommendaTion Tor his score on The NaTional MeriT -l'esT and was awarded TirsT place in The Junior division oT The Anvil l.iTerary Con- TesT. STeve plans To aTTend Wesleyan UniversiTy or The UniversiTy oT Virginia, where he will major in eiTher English or drama. He says ThaT man s+iIl lacks The abiliTy To Tell his Tellow man whaT he Teels in his hearT and says he wanTs To improve This Through his wriTing and acTing. f Ci Ll . fbififfe' i sl , xllalg Umgxl . vi W ' Y.......z Polly Plaza English Scholarship Polly may TrequenTly be seen unconsciously Tlipping her long. blond hair ouT oT The way as she busies herself aT her work as as- sociaTe ediTor oT The ReaTa or in preparing her class work. FascinaTed by any opporTuniTy To learn, she sTaTes ThaT alThough learning doesn'T open all doors, iT does give a glimpse oT The world. Polly is The recipienT of The NaTional Honor SocieTy senior ring, a Na- Tional lv1eriT FinalisT, a member oT The ScienTiTic and Philosophical SocieTy, Mu Alpha TheTa. Spanish Club, Quill and Scroll SocieTy and Sigma Gamma. EurTher recogniTion of her abiliTies included receipT oT deparTmenTal awards in English, Spanish, and chemisTry, and Top honors in disTricT and regional UniversiTy lnTerscholasTic League ConTesTs Tor her essays. The combinaTion oT These aTTribuTes have won her The English and Scholarship awards. Polly, an accom- plished pianisT, also enioys singing in her church choir, reading, cook- ing. and horseback riding. She will aTTend AnTioch College and will maior in eiTher hisTory or English.

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Application . . . the students . . . a study in motivation and drive . . . a pictorial review of a year's hopes, frustrations, pleas- ures . . . a look at the first graduating class to complete four years at Memorial . . . a time of learning, experienc- ing and growing.