Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Beginning with slides of Mrs. Josephine Healy's trip to ltaly, 60 students undertook a study of how Latin the dead language provides a basis for many modern romance languages. While first year students were making campaign signs in Latin for presidential candidates, advanced students were learning phraseology such as Beware of Greeks bearing gifts to grasp some of the rudiments of the ancient culture. Members of the Classical Latin Association of Memorial Students sponsored a tennis ball toss at the Senior Carnival and supplied car streamers for football games. CLAMS also donated a box of toys, books, and clothes to a needy family in Carverdale. On the Ides of March, a banquet was held at the home of Ann Winters to which members wore togas, feasted on a variety of foods and selected Henry Hilder and Cindy Coffman as Caesar and Cleopatra Russian poster fabovel adds atmosphere to language classes Mr Robert Lawless fabove rightl, sponsor of the Russian Club, instructs one of his Memorial Russian classes. Russian Club officers Iboftom 'eftl Betty Camp bell, Treasurerf John Forbes, Program Chairman, Patrice Amante President Keith Kaufman, Vice-President, and Malon Kit, Secretary lnot picturedl serve for both the Memorial and Westchester clubs. Contrary to popular opinion, the outstanding characteristic of classes was not the students banging their shoes on the desks, but the small size of the classes. Russian Club members from both Memorial and Westchester could be distinguished by sweatshirts inscribed From Russia With Love. The club participated in the Sangerfests and Carnivals of both schools. 136-Academics

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l Almost 200 Memorial students spent an hour a day learning to parlez-vous francais? Between the first primer of reading and writing and the philosophical writings of Andre Gide, les etudiants struggled through dictees, Chanson de Roland, oral reports, and medieval French literature. Thirty students kept the French club La Rive Gauche, alive and active, distributing car streamers during football season, and sponsoring a booth at the Carnival to sell-what else?- French fries. Sangerfest dominated Christmas meetings in preparation for their performance of three French songs. Films supplied by the French embassy highlighted the Winter and helped finance the banquet at Brennan's. French Club members Itopl fol- low the directions of Mrs. Reta Elrod, sponsor, during a rehearsal for the Sangerfest. Ann Riley and Mary Kelly fmiddlel sample the homemade cookies baked for the French club's money-making project -a bake sale. French club officers lleftl Terri Brake, Secretaryg David Versfelt, President, Marilyn Hart- zell, Vice-President, Pam Knab, Program Chairman, and Jane Rec- ord, Treasurer fnot pictured! dis- cuss plans for their spring ban- quet. Academics-135

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CLAMS officers fabovej, Sue Ann Strauss, Secretary-Treasurerg Greg Larberg, Vice-presidentg Pam Knab, Presidentg Mrs. Josephine Healy, Sponsorg Ann Winters ffrontj, His- torian, held a larger and more ac- tive club this year. Latin club members Ibelowj and their guests enjoy the annual club banquet, held at the home of Ann Winters. Academics-137