Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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AS IF TO SAY I'Nl FREE! , Rebecca Duke flut- ters down the ramp. Most seniors chose to merely walk off, but a few allowed themselves the liberty of a spontaneous happy gesture. Photo by Scott Waughtal. xSX diy' T' L.: A IN THE COURSE OF THE SPEECH, com- mencement speaker Bobby Lapin calls to mind what tour years together have meant. Lapin received a standing ovation for his address. Photo by Scott Waughtal. ALTHOUGH THE FIRST FEW ROWS ARE ALREADY GRADUATED, a few classmates have not received theirs and wait their turn. Each stu- dent's name was announced in the course of the ceremony, and after a while, some found it monotonous. Those with names beginning with S, T, and Z, however, did not mind the Walt. Photo by Scott Waughtal. Cap, gown finale rapp mg it up By D. Virginia Smith pril 24 - forgot to bring money for robe April 28 - forgot again. Have to pay extra . May l - got an extension. Paid 55.75 May '8 - picked up my cap and gown today. Couldn't wait to get it out of its box - put it on and strutted around all over the school. Sure was hot. It felt great though - and all the underclassmen either smiled in wonder or scoffed the clowns in red. Felt really proud though, like all the work in four years was worth it. really satisfying. But college isjust around the corner. May I0 - Had assembly today with Papa Schaper. He warned seniors to be careful until graduation, and then he congratulated the class on making it this far. Other encouraging words from Doc C. May 1.5 - last Monday. May I7 - Rehearsal at Coliseum. There we were - all bunched together and excited. Not too many people could hear Mr. Schaper. Went outside to even more confusion. Marched inside. . . maybe we acted the way we did because it was our last chance to be sacrilegious before the real thing. Did not seem like the last day of classes. Where was everybody anyway? May I8 - Need I note. dearjournal. that Seniors '78 became high school graduates today? You should have seen the faces in Tully at 7:15 - relief. release, sheer happiness all over the place. Principals guarded the gate and refused admittance to tennis-shoed girls and barefoot boys. Some guys C-illllllllllfll nn fftlgl' 113

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C' onlinued from page 86 Karen Kirby received an Astronomy award. Scot Krieger was honored with an American History award. a Brown Alumni Book Award, and a Thomas Jefferson Scholar Award from the Uni- versity of Virginia Alumni. Kathy Leach received a World His- tory award, while Jean Leifeste was named a Gold Key winner in the 1978 Southeastern Texas Scholastic Art con- ICSI. Gregg Lesartre won first place in a U.l.L. Mathematics and Science com- petition in addition to an Elementary Analysis award. Disa Lewis, John Par- ker. and David Ronn won Reading awards. Lucy Love earned a Homemaking award while Margaret Mertz and Doreen Stoller received English awards. Mary Morgn and Matt Strick- land were honored for outstanding work in Chemistry. Carrie Ramsy was named Most Out- standing Junior Girl. while Lisa Rawl won a Gold Key award in the South- eastern Texas Scholastic Art Contest. Steve Shatto received an award in General Drafting, while Barry Schu- man and Susie Woodhams each earned awards in Journalism. A Consumer Education award was given to Dina Testoni, Randall Tickle earned a Physical Education award. and Lisa Towell was honored for Eng- lish and Physics. Andrea Vine received German V and Russian I honors. while Ann Wil- son earned an award in Algebra Il. Brooke Wilson received a Spanish l award. and Nancy Zeier took home a Homemaking award. ln their last year of high school. 7l seniors were honored with various awards and scholarships. Rene Abat received an Architectural Drafting III award. followed by Brent Bednar, who was given an award in Accounting II. David Berkman won two Gold Key awards in the 1978 Southeastern Texas Scolastic Art Contest. and the Conserv- ative Arts Club award in the amount of S500 for his portfolio. John Bone received the Buck Brooks Award in Architectural Drafting, while Stephanie Borden earned an award in V.O.E. Catherine Bremer earned a Shell Companies Scholarship through the National Merit. and Martin Chenevert, in addition to receiving a Calculus I award. received a City Products Corpo- ration Scholarship through the National Merit. Susan Calkins was honored in Dis- tributive Education. while Tommy Child earned a certificate of participa- tion in the 1978 Scholastic writing con- test. Cecile Closmann and John Landa were presented D.A.R. Good Citizen- ship medals. Roberta Diakun received French IV. Government and Econom- ics. and Russian II awards. Bill Cohn. Mark Daniels. Michael Fowler. Ken Simon. and John Wag- goner earned Calculus awards. Jour- nalism honors were given to Catherine Chriss. Kelley Gillum. Gala Holt. Jen- nifer Rasco. and Virginia Smith. Linda Donaho received a Future Teachers of America award in addition to an S.B.E.A. Scholarship. Paul Dudrick was honored for Machine Drafting. and Linda Gall earned a Band award. Brad Glosserman received an Eng- lish award. while Elizabeth Harrison took home a Sociology award. End of year applause Wrapping it up Jay Gross earned awards in Biology ll. Government and Economics, and an Eahle Scholarship from Gemco- Eagle. Deirdre Happe was presented a Spanish Honor Society Bronze Medal. Rusty Mark, Patti Mooney, and Suzanne Schaefer were given Choir awards, while Bruce Norris and David Olive received Drama honors. Heather Hindman. Claire Kelley, Kim Morris. Peter Slover. John Stan- ford. Kris Tita. and Shannon Tucker received English awards. Karl Hood. John Murphey. Laurie O'Donnel, and Tom Schomburg received Calculus honors. Sarah Harwell received a German I award. while Steven Heiman earned an award in Machine Metal. Andree Jou- bert took a Bible award. Robert Lapin received a Speech honor. and Rachel Lee earned an Art award. Most Outstanding Senior Girl and Boy were Jennifer Kraft and Tom Schomburg. John Lee received the award for the most outstanding debate students. while Jerry Simon also earned a debate award. Val Morrow received a French Vl award. and Annette Ogden earned a Spanish Vl Honor. Barbara Reilly won the Mary Gibbs Jones Scholarship. and Aucencio David Zamora earned the Jesse H. Jones Scholarship. Sharon Varga earned the Lucile Bumpass Creative Writing award. - 30 - - Susie Wuna'lmm.r RECIPIENTS OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION, DRAFTING, AND WOODWORK AWARDS ARE, BOTTOM FIOW: Julie Burrows, David Dorr, Jill Harris, Debbie Bunce, Kenji Sunada. TOP ROW: Steve Shatto, Randy Tickle, Paul Dudrick, Keri Womack. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. Awards Night ' 89

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,M I-5 W,,.,. K Wi mmllfbtwl Q: ff: P 'X .. E ft. 'I Ixk is WITH THE HELP OF A HAIR BRUSH AND BOBBY PINS, Yunhee Kim puts on her cap while waiting to enter the Coliseum. Miky Kim attempts to defeat the wind by holding her cap in place. Photo by Scott Waughtal. FOLLOWING THE TRADITION OF MOVING THE TASSEL, Betsy Howell leaves the stage. Gradue ates supposedly wear their tassels on the left side before they receive their diploma, then change it to the right side there after. Photo by Scott Waughtal. Graduation 91