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

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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

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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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Mixed Chorus members included: ffront rowj Marshanelle Malla- mo, Jill Whitlow. Barbara Rees, Vicki Swihart. Cvloria Thurber, Deane Hallgren. Jeannette Turner. Margi Keating, Robin Hood, fsecond rowj Debbie Dent, Jane Wendell, Julie Eldridge, Linda Walsh. Diane Taylor, Marie MacDonald, Ann Dogan, Lorrie Burnett, 4 IL! Pamm Ball, Kathy Finnegan, Shelley Stonebraker, fthird row, Al- ice Wakefield, Dell DellaValle, Kathy North, Gwen Gavin, Kathy Chennault, Steve Freidman, Gary Schweizer, Jim Symbol, Russ Kammerer, Scott Strong, Diane Ziegler, Karen Nesland, Janet Keat- ing, Ann Davis, Susie Engberg. Madrigal singers were: Paul Knoll, Nina Adams, Jill Cochrane, Jill Riggleman, Andrea Byk, Margaret Wallace, Linda Zimmerman, Joan Shelton, Deb Woolley, Bob Jackson, Jim Dorwart. Mercer Island High School Band and Chorus enter- tained North Mercer Junior High School students with a concert. A Cappella Choir members were: ffront rowj Jill Cochrane, Barb Cook, Lindsay Read, Andrea Byk, Susan Sachowitz, Suzanne Brown, Laurel C-arbell, Melody Mills, Kitty Breskin, Wendy Pietromonaco, Cathy Gaerisch, Susan Loofl, Linera Lucas, Lucia Wilson, fsecond row, Jill Riggleman, Becky Bruce, Kate Barton, Peggy Emerson, Pam Brumwell, Nina Adams, Linda Zimmerman, Burt Weitzman, Bob Jackson, Mike Krsak, Mark Dion, Margaret Wallace, Paul Knoll, Judy Hinman, Jim Dorwart, Lynette Irwin.