Sammamish High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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Above: Lettermen Marty Kaplan 62 Randy Baseler give away door prizes. Below: Sammamish cheerleaders lead crowd during game. 1 FFF' Cheerleaders perform during a game. ? taking physical education courses the chance to remain active. President Pat Campbell, Vice-President Sue Rabin, Secretary Judy Fredericson, and Treasurer Peggy Llewel- lyn plus twenty other girls comprise the council. GRC members take charge of the concession stands during foot- ball and basketball games. The GRC also decides which sports will be offered to the GRC Sponsors Sports girls during the year. This year volleyball, gymnastics, badminton, bowling and ten- nis were offered. As many as 60 to 80 girls will turn out on nights when the GRC is offering a popular sport, says Faculty Advisor Miss Outz. By offering such a wide variety of sports the council members feel they can live up to their motto: A sport for every girl and a girls for every sport. In Honor Society students must have 3.35 g.p.a. in senior high. Officers John Bartholo- mew, Gary Aitken, Gail Frank, and Pam Brunk take charge at the meetings, held the first Wednesday of every month. Honor Society Gives Scholarship Here the members discuss their projects: the tutoring service, new member instal- lation services, candy sales, and their car wash. Because of the society's large member- ship, it has two faculty advi- sors: Mrs. Elizabeth Terry and Mr. Ronald Andresen who make sure members have the correct grade point and send letters to students eligible to join. Another club interested in the individual is Junior Statesmen. The person who joins this or- ganization will learn about parliamentary procedure, leg- silation, and the workings of the United Nations in unusual and interesting ways. The Jun- ior Statesmen use the parlia-

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side side of the gym which is full of students from that other school and wonder, f'Do they have a drill team entertaining them at half-time! Bellevue has a drill team and our cap- tains Nan Metzger and Monica Sully helped Newport form their first one this year, answers Mrs. Carol Stephens, drill team instructor. The girls in this year's team were chosen from those who tried out because they have rhythm, poise and a neat appearance. When these 26 girls get together their most outstanding characteristic is summed up by Mrs. Stephens: When a group of people are Drill Team F ills Halftime chosen for anything like this you have lots of school spirit. They give their time because they are very, very loyal to the school and they like the fun of performing in a group. Seventh period after this organization has all their maneuvers running smoothly, they participate in a regular physical education class to keep in shape. The team is loping back onto the court. The next thing you know you'r'e yelling, Go! Go! Beat 'eml Beat 'eml in unison with the rest of the Sammamish kids in the bleach- ers. The boys who have earned letters in sports join a club known as Lettermen. The goal of this organization, according to the club faculty advisor, Mr. Arnold Bierman is f'The betterment of the school as a whole. Their meetings are held once a month and are directed by President Phil Parsons. They concentrate on patroling the halls and lunch- room. This ,year they've had many money making projects going: The crabfeed, pencil sales, sock hops and sweater sales. The boys aren't greedy. They hope to buy a Universal Weight Training Set. Boys who have lettered in swim- ming, golf, football, cross- country, basketball, wrestling. tennis, track and baseball join the Lettermen's club. Sammamish's other major or- ganizations concentrate on personal achievement. The Girl's Recreation Council members shout to each girl, Come on! Get Physically fit! The Totem Investment Lettermen Have Crab Legs fund's aim is giving each mem- ber a knowledge of private investment. Honor Society members achieve a 3.35 grade point average in high school. Junior Statesman will under- stand more about government and parliamentary procedure. Although clubs serve the same function to the individual member, the individual clubs try to do different things. Girls attending Sammamish who enjoy sports join the Girls Recreation Council, accord- ing to Miss Dorothy Outz, The girls who turn out bene- fit a great deal. This organ- ization gives the girls no longer Drill Team Members practice for hawimes. Above and below: Shield members set up the gym for an assembly.

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Below Members discuss prospects for stocks at TIF meeting. Right: Girls enjoy GRC afterschool volleyball. mentary procedure at all their meetings. They also attend mock legislatures, and a mock U.N. We try to apply what we've learned and make it active, states Mrs. Esther Arrasmith, Junior Statesmen's Jr. S. Studies State faculty advisor. Aside from Mrs. Arrasmith and Mrs. Molly Radke, the club's main- stays are its officers: Presi- dent Bobby Birch, Vice- President Pam Brunk, His- torian Bonnie Shantry, and Treasurer Carter Bently. Junior Statesmen's one prob- lem centers around Carter's department: the treasury. They have only one money making project and that is their cookie sales. Mrs. Arra- smith feels, We should be allowed to have activities to raise funds. As it stands now, whenever the club's twenty members need to spend monev it comes out of their own pockets. I don't think a mem- ber of Junior Statesmen should be eliminated from an activity because they don't have the money, says Mrs. Arrasmith. Money and learning are also the major concerns of the Totem Investment Fund. TIF gives seniors taking contem- porary problems and econo- mics, and faculty members the opportunity to make some TIF Plays Stock Market cash. However, the purpose of this organization is 'to teach students about private invest- ment. TIF is a mock corpora- tion: stocks are sold, stock holder's meetings are held, a board of directors is elected, the board elects corporation officers, corporation funds are invested after careful in- vestigation, a corporation tax is paid to the A.S.B., and stock holders receive dividends. No Honor Society unnecessary risks are taken with the invested money. Play- ing conservatively seems to be one of the traits of their faculty advisor, Mr. Howard Schmidt. If asked about this year's divi- dends the most binding state- ment he'll make is, It looks like we are going to have a good year . . . Chairman of the board, Bill Todd is making sure that TIF lives up to its fine reputation because, HTIF has never failed to pay a dividend. On the surface it appears that these organizations are unlike one another because the things their members do are differ- ent. However, all these clubs, societies, and organizations perform a necessary function, according to Mrs. Jeff Mohn's seventh period sociology class: They provide the per- sons involved with security, recognition and identity. It is necessary for a person to have these things in order to think of himself as some- body, since Everybody needs to be somebodyi'