Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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N :w BiW HWW . i l l l i l i i l l l i i s S . i l - E Acting on impulse The art of producing and keeping an interested audience was the goal of the Drama Department. Under the direction of R. L. Cook, the Drama students strived toward enormous feats of perfection. Many hours were put E forth to bring in the usual array of trophies. Drama I students were taught 4 drama and theatrical history. They were assigned many performances which were to be given in class. Drama Il students studied costume design, stage lighting and set design. Their main purpose was to be ready for anything. Drama Ill still yet had an even harder task. Students were to select a play, read and analyze it. But that was only the beginning. The next step was costume designing, lighting design and the finale, making a model. To be good in Drama you have to work harder probably than in anything else, commented Senior Guinn Blackwell. Students traveled to all the local schools lil k and junior Carol Bryan embrace warmly dur- sketch. throughout the year in tournaments, Sip art Newburg by a reading in Ann Prbach, Carol Bryan, Kim Morris, Donna Hickman and Lisa Collier Drama provided clowning time forjunior Kim e Senior Rett Dalton's theory of how to do better lark Ryan expresses his own. HE EmH MmM9? in Drama I. Bogar and Senior Sandy Knox. including an out-of-town visit to San Antonio. Memorial was the host to several hundred students on February 20-2'l. MHS drama students hosted the tournament for several schools and did not participate, but just sat back and enjoyed the show. Several chose to be judges and timekeepers. This was one of the main money making projects for the Department. Seniors Tammy Nelson and Guinn Blackwell were chosen to go to the National Forensic League KNFLJ tournament on March 19and 20. The Drama Department's super show Happy Birthday US, presented on April 23- 24, was a hit. Auditions for the production were February TO-12 after school in the auditorium. Rehearsals were held daily after school. Students seemed to have a better understanding of the attitudes of others through Drama. They broke into the dismal faces and produced somewhat of a smile. DRAMA -193

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Debaters voice their opinions iw its Vid' many schools gather in the halls during a forens and Chuck Parrish oversee the last minute details ofa ant. .,. Debate Students Cary Cluett and Vince Raw! concentrate intensely on their workin class. Continuing their outstanding reputation, Memorial's debate team won many trophies from tournaments throughout the state. The topic for all of the teams was Resolved, that the development and allocation of scarce world resources should be controlled by an international organization. Debate helped students in other subjects as well. For the most part, it has helped me reason things out, said Debater Carter Smith. It has made many students aware of the fact that there are experts who have exactly opposite opinions on the same subjects. Research came easy after a course in Debate. Many teams had up to 14 file drawers consisting of around 1500 notecards on the subject at hand. Every year the debaters start over with a new subject. Tournaments take place in cities all over Texas, You learn most from going to tournaments, said Novice Debater john Wallace. With competition being tough, tournaments are the best part of debate education. Some of the tournaments that students attended turned out to be very advantageous. At the Bellaire and Spring Woods Forensic Tournaments, Memorial received the Debate Sweepstakes Award. The debate squad got a second overall at the R. L. Turner Tournament and a first overall at the Lamar and Cy-Fair Forensic Tournaments, One of the individual events was extemporaneous speaking, a contestant draws three topics and has 30 minutes to compose a 5 minute speech. Senior Chuck Parrich was awarded a third place in this event at the University of Houston, and Senior George Gagnon received a third place at Cy-Fair. lay Cross was also awarded a third place in Novice Boys Extemporaneous Speaking at the University of Houston. Memorial hosted a tournament February 20 and 21 and schools from all over the state participated in it. DEBATE - 195