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

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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.

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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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A. --4 F.. r 1 T. Officers of the National Forensic League were president Mary Lindquist. vice-president Jerry Powell frightj and secretary -treasurer Frank Close. to broaden oral, scholastic Members of thc llonor Society were: Q first row Q T. Brown. S. Sach- nowitz. S. Fitzsimmons. L. Lucas. J. Hinman. J. Wt-lti. C. Werner. M. Cohon. S. Saran. M. Kurtovich.G. Zech. P. Carleton. M. Coad. W. Hin- man. R. Kramcrg Q second l'0W l S. Graham. D. llli. ,l. Ritchie. J. Coch- rane. G. Erickson. K. Yamada. K. Greene. C. Hcacock. M. Warren, Steding. N. Adams. C. Mowery. L. Macklin. L. Steinhardt. N. Spickard. NFL National Forensic League is an honorary club for excep- tional debaters. Entrance is determined by the number of points a student has earned in debate competition. The club also has awards of distinction for members that have succeeded in gathering a large number of points. Their highest honor. obtained by earning 250 points in debate competition enables the member to receive the Degree of Excellence award. All debate tournaments that the deba- ters enter are National League approved. The league approved ofthe debate topic of the year which was Resolved: That the foreign aid program should be limited to non-military assistance. Honor Society Sponsoring evenings of music appreciation. consisting of Bach, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky was just one of the activities of the National Honor Society. Advised by Mr. Ken Nickel and Mrs. ,lune Ebenhahn, the Mercer Island chapter of the Honor Society can boast a membership of 78. Students who have excelled in leadership. service. character and scholastic achievement are members. The requirements needed to become a member is a 3.5 grade point average from ninth grade and a recommenda- tion from the faculty. Headed by Joan Shelton. president, Mark Dion. vice president. Sylvia Kurtovich. treasurer. and Pat Montgomery. secretary, the students found an interesting and culturally filled year. , cultural horizons K. Carlsong Q third row 1 S. St-lman. K. Luster. M. Crosetto. E. David- son. K. Thompson. B. Pritchard. L. Rice S. Boguch. S. Lawlor. L. Hen- dricks. K. Kettering. C. Pt-rrel. S. Kurtovich. J. Shelton. P. Montgomer- y. M. Dion. W. Fontaine. Q fourlh r0w I K. Crenshaw. T. Nugent. F. Close. H. Lawrence. D. Cahill. P. Hamre. J. Powell. S. Maloof. B. Koch. S. Melntyre. .l. Garrett. R. Hobbs. D. Meixner. D. Woolley. M. Wallace. sm. vf - -.-. --.-. were-at aa-ft'-02.1.2.1 -0... - t