Penn High School - Bittersweet Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Thespians assume multiple roles Each of usis, in a sense, a multiple per- sonality, we change our behavior to suit different needs. Sometimes, of course, we find it difficult to keep up the farce. Take this difficulty, multiply it by five to ten people, add specific things to be said, movements to be made, coordination of several people at once, stage design, lighting, and you have an idea of the diffi- culty of putting on a stage production. This is the job of the Thespians. “Yes, Beulah?’ “There's a—person just come, says Mrs. Hampton wants to see her. A Mrs. Sparker. ’ “| don't know any Mrs. Sparker Silence “| don't know any Mrs. Sparker.”” Allright, let's start again, act two, scene one, The rehearsal goes on. The actors and attresses may grumble now, but when the time comes to give that one line that they've always missed in front of 900 people, they'll bless the endless, repeti- tive practice. Notwithstanding the best-laid plans of mice and men, however, something -always breaks; somebody always trips or forgets a line; and one of the props is always missing ten minutes before show time. The pressure is intense, but the actors always manage to cover what errors there are. It's opening night. The cast is pacing nervously about the Green Room, repeat- ing over and over again those lines which they have said in their sleep for two months. Ms. Wendt calls them to order, they form a circle. She says a few chosen words about the hard work that everyone has put in, and gives them her honest assurances that all will go well. An emo- tion-laden silence envelops them for a moment “Give ‘em h—!” Top Thespians Row 1 Becky Amdt, Kathy Wyatt Sandy Sanders, Cricket Boyer, Jeff Wiessler Tammy Norwaish Row 2 John Penn, Jay Swindler vill Lenezowski, Kami Moss, Keith Andrews Row 3 Ed Goddard, Don White, Patti Good, Roxie Kurtz, Tom McQuillan Center Director Wendt pensively ponders play progress Bottom left Ed Goddard Penn stage veteran, is in character first, last, and all the time Bottom right ‘‘| say! That's a ripping idea! No chance of my waking you up when | come home late to bed, wot?

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Fellowship of Christian Athletes Row 1 Judy Dono- van, Shelly Weidner, Miss Hahn, Randy Patterson Row 2 Kohei Matsuda, Kelly Weidner, Jett Jozwiak Toe al RRS J . Greg Cunningham Row 3 Rick Webb, Kent Miller Dave Shellito, Jelf Ziegler FCA,AFS members remain active “The purpose of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes is to expose athletes and coaches to the way of following Christ, explained captain Greg Cun- ningham. With huddle groups in junior high through pro ranks, the FCA is a nation- wide org anization that sponsors national camps where athletes talk, pray, partici- pate in athletics and listen to speakers, who are usually members of college and pro FCA huddles. The Penn huddle hopes to raise money to send kids to these national camps. With this being their first year, the Penn huddle has focused their fellowship meetings on club organization, discus- sions and future goals. Although Penn's FCA huddle is basi- cally for athletes, it welcomes anyone to its meetings, because great emphasis is placed on Christian fellowship rather than athletics To help get the Penn huddle oriented, the Mishawaka huddle combined with Penn for a fellowship meeting in the fall. Sponsors were Miss Hahn, Mr. Yeoman. and Mr. Rog. Once larger in membership than any other club at Penn, the AFS club has now been declining rapidly in size. Therefore, many of the projects and responsibilities of the club have been carried out this year by a group of enthusiastic adults. It is through the AFS club and adult members that we have enjoyed our exchange student, Giacomo Ricca, from Savanna, Italy, and have also sent our students abroad Even though many of the AFS club pro- jects have been turned over to the adult group, the AFS club did sponsor the olympics, AFS style. Students and teachers participated in everything from the pantyhose pull to the egg toss. All participating teams repre- sented a country and obtained monetary pledges from local businesses. Opposite AFS Row 1 April Dawson, Kim Kremer Flow 2 Pam Kelver, Jeff Ziegler, Jeff Jozwiak, Pam Wade 7

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Ht fc ass ie ie Speech Team Row 1 Roxie Kurtz, Sandy Sanders, Jane Lenczowski, Wendy Bucher, Linda Wiessler Tina Card Row 2 Miss Martin, Patt: Good, Cricket Boyer, Kami Moss, Mr. Heimann Row 3 Jet! Wies. sler, John Penn, Rick Wayne, Kevin Wilkins, Curtis, Freese Debate team Row 1 Jane Lenczowski, Wendy Bucher, Mr. Heimann Row 2 Rick Wayne, Kevin Wilkins Scholars address serious issues Speech is an individual event that pits the speaking, acting, or even researching abilities of one student against a host of others from schools across the state. Penn’s leading scorer this year was Dennis Dale, who has held a slim lead cover the rest of his teammates for most of the season. Right at his heels were Rick Wayne, and the president of the team, Sandy Sanders. Not too far behind was Cricket Boyer, Tina Card, Curtis Freese, Cheril Kurtz, Roxie Kurtz, Jeff Wiessler and Linda Wiessler Debate has been resurrected at Penn by new coach William Heimann. Mr. Heimann, who is also the speech coach, and a former debater himself, looks hopetully to the future for renewed interest in what has been called '‘glorified argumentation But debate was more than mere argu- ment for arguments sake. Much of the actual work was devoted to extensive research of the debate topic. If speaking ability isimportant, Mr Heimann feels that research is even more so. “Research is usually where you win or lose,’ he stated This year's topic was ‘Resolved, that the development and allocation of scarce world resources should be controlled by an international organization”’ Jane Lenczowski and Wendy Bucher took affirmative angles and set out to find evidence (another important factor in debate) that the world should share and share alike. Meanwhile, Rick Wayne and Kevin Wilkins searched for evidence that the world was fine the way it is A debate round consists of an affirma- tive speech given by one team member, followed by a negative speech by one member of the opposing team. Next, teammate number two goes into action in the second affirmative speech, after- which the second member of the nega- tive team gives his views. Now throw in a chance to play Perry Mason (cross exam- ination), allow yourself time for rebuttal speeches, and you have a debate 79