Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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

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Choir tales told by Kelly McCollough shock Karen Andrew Chantelairaltos DFHCW-79 f0 -3 Ch0lf C0f'C9ff Ch ' ' t' ns attract lar e crow Changes took place in the Choir Department when Choir Director Coloma Lafferty doubled the number of Chantelairs by dividing them into two classes. Instead of the usual four choir classes tbeginning choir, concert choir, Chantelairs and Choralel, Miss Lafferty directed five: beginning choir, a mini-course choir, two Chantelair classes and Chorale. To raise money for the elaborate Christmas Vespers set, Chorale and Chantelairs sold candy sticks. During December it was not uncommon to see Chorale members hammering away on stage ' at2a.m.workingto finish the set. Vespers drew a standing room only crowd, the largest ever. While working to memorize Christmas music, a few Chorale members strived to learn difficult music for All-Region Choir tryouts. The tryouts, held in October, resulted in Memorial students belonging to the Area choir. After the Area tryouts came State Choir tryouts. Memorial choir students placed well in this with several students becoming members. Miss Lafferty, as well as choirs, were pleased to host the Concordia College Choir on February 19. This choir had travelled worldwide and had performed for enthusiastic crowds everywhere. Chorale members housed the singers for the night. March and April were busy months for the performing choirs. The Chorale held an Easter concert in April and for the first time, the Chantelairs performed a concert of their own. Both of these choirs sang in the workshop held in the Spring Branch Coliseum. Workshop director was Miss Carol Smith. 'I96 CHOIR