Mercer Island High School - ISLA Yearbook (Mercer Island, WA)

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Mercer Girls included: fFr0nt Row, Laura Donahue. Linda Hendricks. Miwa lnove. Teri Brown. Cheryl U'hop. Carolyn Gowans. Chris M1-Daniel. Kathy Hawks. Sylvia Kurtovich. Ann Davis. Katie Kettering. Robin llood. Harb Cook. Lynette Irwin. Laurie llirshherg: tsecond Rowj Marg Guthrie. Shirley Graham. Penny' Carleton. Carol Bialkovwky. Chris Carlson. Deb Temple. Ellen Campbell, Sue Law- lor. Glenna Horrigan. Marli Kenkman. llorothy Nelson. Nlarylin Penitsch. Kathy North. Wendy Fontaine and Karen Crenshaw. school through dances, teas, community projects Mercer Girls Mercer Girls is an honorary organization for senior girls. There are only thirty-four girls chosen out of the class. They are picked on the basis of character reference and their service to the school. Serving and acting as hostesses for the annual football banquet was one of the many jobs that the Mercer Girls undertook this year. They successfully completed other jobs such as ushering and selling programs and tickets for home sports events. Mercer Girls have always been devoted to service to the school. but this year they extended that purpose by serv- ing the community as well. They did this by having special projects for the handicapped and the convalescent. whom they visited and read with. Besides their many service projects they also had po- tluck dinners before games and the annual Big Sister par- ty. plus a tea for their mothers. Along with the Boys' Service Club the Mercer Girls also sponsored their annual dance which took place in Fe- bruary. After the dance they' began to concentrate their efforts on the planning of the initiation ofthe new Mercer Girls in the spring. Mercer Girls officers were: lhyle llagen. secretary. Ruth Berry. treasur er. Kathy' Uchs. president. and Jacque Rose. vice president.

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Girls, Club oHicers find that work can be fun. They were: Marilyn Penitsch, Karen Crenshaw, Penny Carleton, and Kathy Hawks. Girls' Club Tolo, Corroborree, the Get-Acquainted Tea, Big Sister-Little Sister Picnic, and the Thanksgiving project were some of the activities of the Girls, Club. They also held a Father-Daughter Dessert and a Mother-Daughter Tea. This year they discussed plans for a slumber party for the members of the club which would include all the girls enrolled in Mercer Island High School. The enthusiastic leaders helped the sophomore girls and girls new to the school feel welcome. They were available for help or information they would give to the new girls. The Girls' Club Cabinet, made up of twelve junior and senior girls, was chosen at the end of the 1966 school year by the newly elected ofhcers. They helped the officers per- form the specified duties and activities of the Girls' Club. They met every Wednesday with the oflicers to plan and prepare the coming activities. Mercer Girls, Girls Club strive to serve Girls' Club Cabinet consisted of: ffront rowj Rom Schofield, Gayle Er- ickson, Chris Werner, Sharon Boguch, Kathy Luster, Sue Smith, fsecond rowj Wendy Fontaine, Ann Davis, Jacque Rose, Nora Kildahl Dayle Hagen, and Sharon Mclntyre. Girls' Club Get-Acquainted Tea made the new girls feel wel- 1 come.

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Debate The debate class is headed by Miss Marietta Stark, and this year's new assistant, Miss Susan Mygatt. Miss Mygatt, who is a new teacher at the high school this year, also teaches Spanish. Debate class is responsible for the development of many of the school's outstanding debaters. Students study four major categories of debate. First, they study extemporaneous speakingg this involves know- ing a general topic one hour before the debate tournament is to begin. In the second stage, the student writes an origi- nal speech and delivers it. Thirdly, oral interpretation involves reading a selection that a famous author has writ- ten and interpreting it in an original manner. Finally comes debate itself, which involves orally trying to defeat the opponent. From the class have come such speakers as Sean Shee- han who was voted best speaker at Seattle Prep's Model Parliament. The class studies various speaking methods which are used in their debate tournaments. The class is also used as a place where the debaters can share and exchange ideas on their debate topics. Members of the NFL were: Qsittingj J. Cook. G. Taylor, H. Lawrence. T. Hagstrom, J. Briggsg fstandingj K. Hawkes. D. Stern, S. Sheehan, R Felihle. M. Schmidt, J. Farber. FL, Debate, National Honor Society Work The Isla camera captured one of the few times when the debate class was really cornered.