Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Break - a y Small club involvement Key Club A bout the only thing the Key Club and the new club Inquiry have in common is that neither of them did much at all this year. Key Club mem- ber Mike Jax said. We haven't done much at all, in fact, we had to reorga- nize in the middle of the year. Inquiry, organized by sponsor Mary Ann Cau- 'ff X1 MARK JOHNSON TRIES TO INCREASE THE BID FOR A tioning was above the courtyard at 3:15 and raised FEMALE SLAVE MARCH 15 to 54. The slave sale auc- over S150 for charity. Photo by Bill Montgomery. v dle got off to a slow start. The basis for the club is curiosity about political affairs. Membership was small but the sessions were enjoyable and informa- tive. The Key Club, an organization dedi- cated to service in the community has made several worthy contributions to the school. Painting visitors parking spaces and the numbers l through 21 in the parking lot is one of the more worthwhile contributions. The most important and most talked about activ- ity of the Key Club was the Victory dances held after the Mighty Mustangs clinched the District title against Alief. Signs proclaiming lt is coming! adorned the school for at least two weeks before the event. The Mustangs coach. Les Koenning. even gave a small speech at the dance. Senior Mike Jax explained that the Key Club has declined in popularity since six to seven years ago when it was the most popular boys club in school. even more so than the Wranglers. He also said the club has gone down to next to nothing but he expects it to rise again during the next few years. Sponsored by organizations of busi- nessmen. the Key Club will probably last forever. Alley Starving and stray dogs and cats may not have had an abundance of friends on the streets where they roamed. yet they always had a home with the Asso- ciation of loving youth on the school campus. ALLY worked year-round with the Humane Society to protect all animals from starvation and loneliness. accord- ing to President Kevin McClendon. When the animals were found. they were taken to the school and cared for. in the hope that from there they would be placed in good homes where they were wanted. McClendon was assisted through the year by Vice-Presidents Robbie Paidis and John Davies. Treasurer Cathy Riley. and Secretary Browny Camp- bell. ALLY also involved others such as Book salesperson Kay Gromitsky. Phone Chief Debbie Doggett. Publicity Chairman Carol First, and Entertainer Nancy Christiansen. The true care and protection for the animals was provided by Advisers Mary Hall and Roberta Frame. Coor- dinating activities of temporary care of the animals was our main motive. said Mrs. Hall. ALLY often sponsored trips to the Humane Society and the Zoo for its members who were interested. The pur- pose of the trips was to help to collect food for the animals and learn more efficient mechanisms for care. - 30 - -- Bobbv Lapin ALLY, PALS, Key Club 23

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i ri? 'fn lf wi Q Break - a Fraternities for fellowship FCA . tarting quarterback. star basket- ball player. and a great trackster all came together in the 'gHuddle.', Sen- ior Harry Purdom explained this odd situation. lt was just a name for our club to make it a little more sports ori- entedf' As they broke from the huddle all kinds of athletes could be seen because they all had at least one thing in com- mon. a love for Christ. which was why they called themselves members of Fel- lowship of Christian Athletes QFCAJ. Junior Randall Espey said. It was a way to bring athletics and Christianity together as one. It also helped a player to grow and know through God hc can play for a whole new goal. On this team God was the star but other players stood out. Harry tPur- domj was our most active member. stated Senior Tom Bett. Purdom acted as President while other officers included Vice President Bett. Treasurer Danny Maddox. Secretary Bobby Martin. and Junior Representative Randall Espey. Coach Ron Redmon sponsored the group. We usually vary activities with speakers. films. and Bible studies. Espey said. Other activities for the group included fund raising projects. and Conference meetings. The group participated in a State Conference on January 20 and 2l with Freshman David Barr. Junior Boyd Brigman. Espey. and Purdom attend- ing. On February 24 the group helped put on an area wide meeting. Purdom stated the main purpose of FCA when he quoted Freshman mem- ber Charlie Grooms. It's neat that I can walk down the halls and see some- one else in FCA and know he is a Christian and know he is going through the same hassles I am. STP - SAR Two Jewish organizations that had quite a few members from this school were the sorority. Sigma Theta Pi. and the fraternity. Sigma Alpha Rho. According to STP member Junior Cathy Graubart. STP is a charity organization that has done some really good things. Over Thanksgiving we adopted a family and made them their first Thanksgiving dinner. We also took some orphans to the park and played with them. said Cathy. Sophomore Jeff Margolis was recently installed into SAR. Prospec- tive SAR and STP members spent most of their sophomore year as a pledge,' of the group before actually becoming a full-fledged member of the club. It's a fraternity but also a social club. said Margolis. We raised money to give to charities. They fthe older mem- bersh try to stress brotherhood. Sophomores Kim and Lisa Glosser- man were also pledges. lt was a uni- que experience pledging STP.', said Kim. l guess it's different from any- thing we're ever done. It's an experience. said Lisa. As sweetheart of SAR. Junior Cathy Wohl held an open house every Friday or Saturday night. They all came over and messed around and STP came a lot too. said Cathy. I went to their foot- ball games every Thursday or Sunday night and to their meetings every Sun- day. Sophomore Freddie Herbert. among the other pledges. had to go through stuff like dressing up for meetings. As newly-installed members of the club. the pledges have to see what's going to change for them being actual members of the club. There's a lot of things that need to be changed. said Herbert. - 30 - Y Larvlm Farlz !Il1llJL'l'Ifl' Slmgff WITH A BOOK IN HIS HANDS Freshman David Barr reads at an FCA meeting with Junior John Hofker. Photo by Kathy Epps. AS ONE OF THE MANY GUEST SPEAKERS, exs linebacker Mr. Johnny Baker speaks to the FCA about his life as a Houston Oiler with President Harry Purdom listening. Photo by Kathy Epps. STP, SAR 25