Sammamish High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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Q ut Sweatlessw judging from their record. The advanced debaters have eight wins with only one loss from King Co League de- baters. The Junior division has fourteen wins with two losses. The combined efforts of both divisions secured for Sammamish the top award at their first major tourna- ment. the sweepstakes. By January 20th and 21st bringing with it Sammamish's second opportunity to demonstrate their talents behind the podium, they had earned a formid- able reputation. When Chris Fitzgerald and Caren Conine told their opponents from whose hallowed halls they hailed they sent them ducking behind their cards and muttering 'sOh, no. At this tournament. which was held at Seattle Pacific College. the Sammamish debate squad placed eight speakers among the semifinalists. Of these, three went on to represent their squad in the tournaments final rounds. At SPC Sammamish placed fifth out of the fifty-six schools which entered. However. earning the squad's good reputation was not all as fun as looking through thousands of magazines for debate, extemp, impromptu, or oratory: or libraries of books of poems and plays for dramatic interpretations. Some of it was hard. It was hard to believe that at one of the league debates housewives were used to judge, house- wives who didn't know the difference between a well supported piece of evidence and falacial reasoning. Some- thing not quite as frustrating as housewife judges but a good deal more nerve-shattering were 308's temporary tenants. This year the squad shared the room with fifteen squiggly black spiders who crept out through cracks in the wall to run relay races in the front of the room. An- other strain was the band. They practice seventh period and have miraculously found a way to bounce their good vibrations off one of the portables. into the open windows of 308. Most debaters agree that the band has a good sound this year, however, just try to refute the second to last illogical piece of evidence supporting the first af- firmative contention tothe tune of f'Hey! Look Me Over! Mr. Foubert once said this about all beginning debate teams: They're sure they'll die but I know they won't. Strangely enough he's right. They live to see many tourna- ments even though they have nightmares about dropping their debate boxes which are stuffed with sweat stained 3 x 5 note cards.

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The Tournament They Lived To See SEMIFINALISTS: Gail Baker Kathie Riddel Cindy Salazar Tammy Dworkin Linda Ward Carter Bentley Ralph Andersen Jan Howell Senior Dramatic Interp Junior Dramatic Interp Junior Dramatic Interp Senior Oratory Interp Junior Oratory Interp Junior Extemp Senior Impromptu Junior Impromptu FINALISTS: Tammy Dworkin Cindy Salazar Kathie Riddel 1. Gail Baker delivers matic interpretation. lst place lst place Oratory Interp her forceful dra- 2. Roger Metcalf, Steve Lynch. Linda Ward. and Carter Bentley discuss the tournament. 3. Roger Metcalf, and Carter Bentley hope they get desks for their debate. 4. Carter Bentley, Tammy Dworkin, Linda Ward and Steve Johnson enjoy moments when the pressure is off. 5. Roger Metcalf, Jay Howell, and Steve Johnson talk about their events. 6. Gail Frank speaks at Seattle Pacific College. 7. David Calof listens to his opponent. Ken Christensen and Bill Sternoff listen to opposing team. 8.