Memorial High School - Talon Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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l Y-Teens. . . The Young Women's Christian Association aims to help people live in harmony together in the society of today. Y-Teens is the YWCA in high school iMrs. Margaret Payne, adviserl. The lgroup worked to build a fellowship of girls devoted to the task of realizing in our common life those ideals of personal and social living to which we are committed by our faith as Christians. Meetings were held twice a month. A representative of the Bell Telephone Company spoke about phone cour- ltesy and girls performed a skit based on his suggestions. Near Christmas, Mrs. Payne presented slides from a sum- lmer trip to Biblical sites in Jerusalem. Other programs music and skits. The worship committee planned for each meeting. For about five days in June and July, Y-Teen offi- attended a regional workshop in Lincoln, Nebraska. girls stayed in school dorms, met new people, shared for organizing and financing Y-Teen activities at and discussed religion, dating, the war in Vietnam the 18-year-old vote. Mrs. Payne characterized Y-Teens as one organiza- n that could follow through later in life 3-1 1 i Va l l l .2 - - 'f - s-im' Q

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E xi -. M 4 ' 2 H ..,, , , ,, M' i ' use -,A Ki '43, zz f + ,. wt- SOME Y-TEEN members entertained at a pep rally itop Ieftl. Barbara Farmer and Marsha Blake deco- rated for the Crystal Ball itop middlel. Helen Wright and Sandy Meyers ifar rlghtl washed windows for a slave day. Y-Teen officers Chiquita Stephens, Cathy Barksdale, Marsha Blake and Jan Galbraith fpresi- dentl rehearsed the Christmas radio show Irightj. Voting for Crystal Ball queen, Sarah Leffen and Kathy Cash turned in their ballots to Mrs. Payne at a meeting in the auditorium. VF . 'V If if

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ll. may A i fl-:rg Mm Y. . -. .. ' l A.H1.ljgA,', fi i gc x Business club . . Advised by all the business, teachers-including their chairman, Mrs. Kath- ryn Pilkenton-Business Club managed to have a re- laxed atmosphere during meetings. The club, an exten- sion of Future Business Leaders of America, encouraged students to take the business curriculum and aided intel- ligent choice of business occupations. With the help of a supervisor at Franklin Technical School, most of the club's members are planning for jobs as stenographers or bookkeepers. How could there have been a relaxed-atmosphere Business Club? Programs were scheduled with speak- ers and panel discussion, skits and films, to inform mem- bers about the business world. Guest speakers from the B.C. Christopher Company led discussions at two meet- ings on stocks and bonds, investments and insurance. During one of the discussions members were encouraged in the formation of an investment club. A skit presented at another meeting showed the right and wrong way to handle job interviews. Members were shown the im- portance of appearance, a business-like manner, speech, punctuality. Money-making projects were planned at other meetings. Members sold fruitcakes at school and at stands in local stores. Although there were fewer people in the club than last year, plans for the Awards Banquet were not hindered. The banquet recognized members who excelled in business courses. IIA