Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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i ali Continued from page 13 Awakened to the screech of brakes and a sudden jolt, Jewish students were roused from their bunks, ordered off their train by Czechoslovakian officials and left stranded in a foreign country with only their suitcases and each other for company. g'It was freezing. We had short sleeves on and we had to walk back to the train station on the border of Czechoslovakia and Poland. said Susan Joachim. The students were not allowed to pass through Czechoslovakia to Austl ria because they did not have the neces- sary Czech visa's. We didnft think we'd need them just to go through, said Tracy Samuels. Earlier that day. the students had been sightseeing in Aushwitz. I think everyone was eager to get out of there. Everything was kind of drabg you could tell there was something different about it. Poland was so gray, a real downerf' said Tracy. The train station. a rinky-dink. four gray walled structure was far from inviting to the weary students, We walked in and all these Polish people just stared at us. The place was filthy. The floors were so dirty we had to sleep on top of our suitcases. We spent 20 I4 Making the most of it A HOT DAY at Windy Gap provokes Junior Amy Jarvis, Counselor Lauri Mattingly, and Junior Emily Anderson to cool their feet in a creek. ln spite of a broken arm, Amy said, lt was a blast - we had more fun, Counseling on the Chris- tian life was also offered. Photos by Harry Slye hours there, said Susan. The leader of the group contacted the American Embassy, but it was an individual from the U.S. Trade Center that financed the students plane trip to Israel. Because Jewish education is based on Israel's history, the students hoped to learn more about the people and their lives. 'Alt was an opportunity of a lifetime. Itfs what our lives are based on. Ijust couldn,t pass it up, said Tracy. Aside from the accidental two day delay in Austria, the students spent one week in Poland and six weeks in Israel. Other events included camping out in the Sinai desert for five days and clim- bing Mt. Sinai. The students also enjoyed snorkling, touring, hiking. and visiting museums. It was all pretty exciting. I made the front page of the paper, too, said Susan. Several of the kids were crying when the guards were shouting stuff at us on the train, but I wasn't really scared. They weren't going to hurt us,- they just weren't going to help us, Tracy said. - 30 - STRANDED AT A POLISH BORDER STATION, Jewish students sleep atop their suitcases while waiting for transportation through Czechoslova- kia. Officials forced the students off their train because they lacked the necessary visas. Photo by Susan Joachim CHORAL WORKSHOP AT WIMBERLY provided fellowship, fun, and daily rehearsals for meme bers of Chapelwood Methodists Wesley choir. Anthems for Sunday morning services were pre- pared as were programs of which dances, com- munion, and a concert were a part. Photos by Harry Slye DURING JULY, Young Lifers took a trip to Windy Gap. Young Life Leader Nancy Henderson played coach for relay races and other games.

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HUDDLED IN ANTICIPATION of a favorable cri- tique, cheerleaders study an evaluation of their routine which was performed for the SMU Cheerleading camp. This was an evaluation of how we did the first chant, said John Bone. After reading the opinion of the judges, the group performs again. Photo by Trent Rosen- thal. uggit sm Continued from page 10 The Best Workshop Writer award went to Susie Woodhams and Marjianne Nelson for their achievement during the second week of yearbook instruc- tion. I think I benefitted the most from the pressure we were under, said Susie. Best Yearbook Theme was pre- sented to Gala Holt, while Bobby Lapin was one of five nominees for the John Butler Editorial Writing Award. Southern Methodist University also provided a Week's worth of lectures, paper production, and entertainment for other journalism students. I didnit learn too many new things but it broughtithe staff together and we got to know each other better, said Susan Murray. Memorial journalists partici- pated in the production of the newspa- per. Catherine Chriss received the Best Feature Story Award. Equipped with spirit, energy, and dedication, the 1977-78 cheerleaders flew to SMU for a week of competition and practice. We were all dressed in red and white matching uniforms so we told everybody we were a thumb wrestling team, said Rachel Lee. Gotta get that spirit stick kept the cheerleaders screaming and yelling all week. The stick was awarded to the most spirited group at camp. Memorial was one of the groups to receive the stick. We never got any sleep. One night we ordered a pizza and had it delivered to our dorm. It was past our 10:00 cur- few so we stationed someone outside to watch the guard. We had a code so we'd know when the pizza came, said Janice Webb. Living and working together for a week brought the cheerleaders closer together and enabled them to function as a team. Before the camp, we were not very well coordinated with each other, said Andy Mears, but by the end of the session, we worked as a group like we were supposed to. The best week of your life was Young Life's ambition at Windy Gap for 200 kids. There were about 45 kids from Memorial that went, said Young Life sponsor Nancy Henderson. We really hoped to make it the best week of their life. she said. Hondas, horseback riding, swim- ming, volleyball, mountain climbing and other activities provided recreation for the campers. We discussed things concerning family life and had camp speakers, Nancy said. Meeting people and dealing with the concerns of life were also camp goals. I met a lot of people. I had so much fun, said Susan Beamon. Windy Gap, far from roughing it in the woods, is known as one of Young Life's most beautiful camps. It's the most luxurious Young Life resort there is, said Nancy. Lodge-type rooms housed the cam- pers in North Carolina with excellent facilities and great food. It's just all you ever wanted from a summer camp, said Marianne Penny. It was really a super neat time. Probably anyone you ask will say, 'It was the best week of my life,' said Nancy. Sharing a bunk with daddy-long leggs, scorpions, and other miscellane- ous bed bugs, members of the Chapel- wood Methodist Wesley Choir spent a week of singing and worship at Rim Rock Ranch in Wimberly. I got to know more people from other schools who are in the choir, said Laura Elkins. Rising each morning to John Bone's trumpeted reveille, the campers began preparing anthems to be sung the fol- lowing year. It was hard work but we had a lot of fun. There was swimming, tennis, vol- leyball, and nightly planned pro- grams, said Annete Aitken. Between morning and evening rehearsals there was time for horseback riding, ping-pong, baseball, and fellow- ship. It was super, I learned so much from it, said Linda Wilkins. It was a blend of work and play that left you with a good feeling, said Belinda Baird. Hopes for a leisurely summer, swim- ming, surfing and sleeping were wishful thoughts back in May. But the What do you want to do and I don't know syndrome heard at the end of August brought that restless feeling again. It was time to put the experience gained over the summer into action. Continued on Page 14 Making the most of it I3

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MANY GROUPS ARE ' ALWAYS TRYING T0 COL- 'LECT' MONEY for 'various causes. They collect for dif- ferent reasons, but money is always necessary to keep something going. Some say it's love, but others say it's Money that makes the world go 'round. Photo compliments of NASA. DONNED IN HATS, SUN GLASSES, AND ANTEN- NAES, Juniors Mark,Mai, Katy Crawford, and Emily wtiaiif 12 Q . 2559: Q.. if 'Ag' A-WEL? Anderson use the triple L W . threat while trying to sell sf '-f . ...i 50 juniors volunteered their services for two weeks by becoming bees flower salesmen to raise money for their class. Jun- ior class officers estimated the sales drew S9,000. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. By Nancy Wright A I I' om. can l have S20 for school today please? What! S20! For what? Did you lose all your books? Did you throw a baseball and break a window? Are you sponsoring the Swim Team's trip to San Antonio? No. well it's just that this girl in my first period class is selling M and M's. and my best friend is selling magazines, and at lunch there's going to be a bake sale today. and l ordered a candle from this poor little freshman and . . Supporting all the various clubs at Memorial could become an expensive habit. Funds were raised in many different ways and for a lot of different reasons. While most clubs raised funds to support club activities. others raised funds that simply sat in the treasury. CHEESE AND SAUSAGE ' Choir members sold candy at the beginning of the year to raise money for Vespers and for the bus ride to various places they went to sing. Thecandy didn't cover the whole cost though. so they had to sell cheese and sausage. also. Choir member Vicki Williams said. We sold candy at the beginning of the year for the Vespers set and bus ride but after Vespers was over we still hadn't sold enough 'so we sold cheese and sausage to cover the rest of the cost. ' Magazine sales helped to pay for broken instruments and many trips the band took. Each member of the band was given a booklet with ses eral well-known magazines and he sold subscriptions. The money we got from the magazine sale went to instrument repairs and supplies. The Symphonic band sold candy to pay for Spring tour trips. said Junior band member Debbie Hunt. Fluff. Samms. J'aides and Sigma Gamma all needed money for toiletpaper. crepe paper and the things necessary to support their football team. Vice-president of Samms. Franny Coleman. said. We sold S150 worth of stationery and it went into the treasury for wrapping houses and rooms and making signs for the football players. Special report, money making projects - Depllz dcxign hr S11.vun.l1u1cl1in1. carnations during lunch. S Jgwii-vJ ' n MlIH.Gl' mrzffes the zvorlrf go 'round Fund Raiser: SOUR BALLS AND J'AlDES ln J'aides each girl had to, buy her own things for supporting football players hut the Club sold sour halls and had bake sales for next year's Sigma Gamma. Carrie Ramsey, Secretary of J'aides said. This year we made about a thousaud dollars from bake sales and selling sour balls but it all went into the treasury so we can have money for next year in Sigma Gamma. Sigma Gamma girls had no fund-raising projects. Each! girl paid S12 at beginning of the year and that was all. We just paid extra dues so we wouIdn't have to do anything to raise money, said Sigma Gamma member Allison Anderson. - Apart from the normal candy and bake sales, some clubs had some innovative fund-raising ideas. A THE PARTY ' The Party? was a dance held by the Key Club. Good music and clever advertising helped' to make the dance a success and Key Club members raised a S100 from it. Vice-president of the Key Club. Greg LaSartre said, We haven't done anything yet with the money we raised from The Party but there are a few tentative things such as repainting the horses in the cafeteria. Doughnuts were sold by the French Club on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. We had a pretty good responsev said Sopho- more Claire Poole. After all who could turn down a doughnut in the morning. Money from doughnut sales went towards a possible trip to New Orleans. ' Future Teachers of America KFTAQ members wanted to make a trip to Dallas for a teachers comvention. They had two bake sales and raised S30. All we do to raise money is have bake sales, said Senior Cindy Yates, Supposedly it goes to pay partly for the peo- ple who go to Dallas but we only have S30. Mom, there's nothing wrong with supporting clubs is there?,, No, but do you have to support all of them? 'iNo, just Ally and FHA and the Key Club and the Band and Fluff and the Markettes and the Frisbee Club and . . . - 30 -