Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Break - awa iLife' cures Monday blues 26 ' Young Life WITH THE FRIENDLY SPIRIT that dominates Young Life, Seniors Carol Greer and Jane Southern give Jerry Lumpsden a kiss. Photo by Bill Montgomery. ENTERTAINMENT ENDS a Young Lite meeting as Harry Slye and Senior Brian Till provide music and song. Photo by Bill Montgomery. Monday blues were often hard to forget until Friday afternoon. Many times people carried their Mon- day b1ahs around with them throughout the week. There were how- ever a few remedies for shaking off those Monday blues. Usually a devia- tion from the norm of the regular week- days was helpful. Young Life, a Chris- t1aI1 organization, provided an excel- lent medicine for the Monday blahsf' Each Monday night at 7:30 Young Life met at the Memorial Forest Club to sing, talk with friends and have a good time. Walkin', walkin', walkin' in the light sang out over a hundred students from Memorial. Singing, talking, laughing, being with friends, a little prayer and a little something to learn was what made up Young Life. Besides giving students a chance to learn about the Christian faith, Young Life pro- vided an outlet for students to have fun in a good, wholesome way. Sophomore Paul Bradfield said, I went to Young Life because it was fun and something to do during the weekf, After singing about five songs, a skit was put on by certain members of either the Sophomore, Junior or Senior Class. Then one of the Young Life leaders presented a lesson, usually rela- ting something in the Bible to today. Sophomore Kim Weller said, Young Life was a lot of fun. The last 15 min- utes they told you out of the Bible and you learned a lot. Campaigners was a branch off of Young Life that provided for a more in depth study of the Bible. Girls and guys met separately on Wednesday nights to learn about the Bible and discuss any problems they might have had. Cam- paigners was more for an advanced Christian - a person who wants to learn further than just the basics, said Senior Cindy Williams. Seniors involved in Campaigners had an opportunity to lead a Cam- paigners for eighth and ninth graders which was called Younger Life. This enabled students to share what they learned with the freshmen and eighth graders. Senior Sharon Pampell said, 'SI like what Young Life has done for our class and our friends. lt's brought us a lot closer together. Younger Life lets me share the same ideas with the fresh- men hoping that it can do as much for their lives as it's done for mine. Senior Nancy Ghormaley said, Younger Life is a real good opportu- nity to talk to eighth graders about high school and dealing with different things. - 30 - -Nancy Wright IW '19 I

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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

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