Savannah High School - Savannual Yearbook (Savannah, MO)

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Williams Vanessa Williams became not only the first black Miss Amer- ice but also the first ever to ebdicete. She gave up her title when pornographic pictures of her were published in a weile known magazine. During the short ten months that Williams reigned, she met President Ronald Reagan, was honored by the NAACP, ape peered on the iiLove Boat? marked Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday with Coretta Scott King, and signed hundreds of autographs. it looked as if things were rolling along smoothly. Then one day. Vanessa learned of a rumor voted unanimeusiy to ask Williams, for the first time in the pageants 63eyeer history, to relinquish her crown. Williams asked them to let her think about it for ewhiie after a lawyer toi-d her that there was no part in the pageant rules that stated one ceuidnit pose nude. But, regardless, Wiiliems ebb dieeteci her title. According to Mr. Albert Marks. the Miss America Chairman, the tees of image is expected to cost her $100,000, in advertising work. According to one scientific telephone poll conducted by the Los Angeles Heretd Examiner, 65 percent of the Causes Scandal No, ishe shoutdi net have posed: in the nudist because it corrupted the wholesome image ot Miss Amerioa. Tracy :Kneeht '85 teeis that the executive committee ter the Miss America Pageant asked Williams to give up her crown iibeeause they pttebebiy felt that she sho-uid be a rate model for young girie and posing in Penthouse wasnit a very good role according to the officials. Traci Spittmen '85 agreed that it was wrong tor Wiiiiams to peeve nude and not say anything about it . Whether you agree or not, it was Wiiiiams decision to give about pornographic pictures. The executive committee for the Miss America pageant Tes ts .... Competency A Necessity? Dealing with a child's mind and the country's future. These are two of the responsibilities of en educa- tor which leads to the question: Are teachers cepabie'i of teach- ing what needs to be taught in classrooms? One method to assure capability Is the use of a competency test. A competency test challenges a person on the basic knowteoge of what the subject is that he or she is teaching. Mike Pray '87 stated, I think the tests should be a law because it'd bring more qualified people to the front. They should have humor, e- personality and still be able to get the point across to youli According to Education Digest, kids don't see the purpose of what they have to learn or the way it's presented. This leads to teachers facing pessive resistance. They say incapable teachers in the classroom are leading to the decline of the Scholastic Aptitude Test tSATt and also the 25 percent decrease in graduating students. iiTeeehers should take this test. We need better teachers. Having a degree doesnt mean you can teach, commented Cindy Schottei '86. An articie in the Education Digest stated that an effective teacher has to be shire to evoke the respect of an assorted group of students. Teachers who are ad- mired for their personality Make the student give an extra effort. Many teachers are kept on the staff because of different reasons, such as: seniority, scarce funds, forced reductions in staff and ooliective bargaining agreements. The article went on to say that any teachers who are over the age of 40 dont have the technotegicei knowledge. Also, teachers fsiiinlg in their responsibilities shouid be told so, worked with and given the opportunity for improvement. The question is whether teachers shoutd the required te take these tests, what should be contained in them and it it's reeiiy necessary. Miss Debbie Wenzel, Health teacher, stated, tilt you can make it through four years of coiliege education, that sheetd say semethu respondents said Wiiiiams should have kept her crown. Rhonda Gates i85 replied, Mg. seem , Mr. Ron Schmidt, Business teacher, equipped, This compee tency test shouidn't be a law. Doctors and iewyers don't take them so teacher's shouldn't either. SHS teachers are qualified because they take an interest in the students and siso have a variety of degrees in teaching background. According to the digest, the most effective teachers are those peoptie-oriented individuals who inspire their students to love learning and to reach for excei- Ience. Kim Deatherage '85 stated, Teachers should be required to take this test. it shows their intelligence and oouid possibly hetp In the hiring and firing of teachers. They might have s coiiege degree. but the key tto teaohlngt is knowing how to teach students. Miss Linda Whittord, Math teacher, commented, iiit the teeohers dont know their subjects. how did they pass their college exams? Tammy Paxton up her crown or to tight it in gage Do you ever about the a throughs that 3 Things that 0 end great-gran bly never wo dreamed possio becoming a re Take, for i , tificial heart. 3 retired dentist, made heart i Clark died 11 implant. Later, a tra

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on set and a video show movies. :ker i87 thinks the a good idea but it 1 at the wrong age temple, not very is are going to want year old is and vice ire people would be t was set for a up. Pm not saying 20 year olds, but Lctivities for differ- the kids occupied, tmething to do in mented Mrs. Mar- lamber committee '87 thinks Teen will be more of a ;he 7th and 8th tsic guidelines, 7th rade teens will be e a lot of fun - into trouble for it! rting to realize they A own thing. Being at Rock-n-Roll Is all d Dennis Pepper, as with Diebold. - me is rebellious, cool, stated Guy. vy metal, which is sin' or partying, ppen ock is very popular may like the more of rock. JaNeene tated, Chicago is p because they are hich is the style of s '86 is one who I music from the atlas or the Rolling make you feel Limle and Yolanda :Dancing am! more $ancing What comes to mind when you hear the word dancing? When you realty stop to wonder about it, there is so much more to deheihg then we thihk about. iWhen I heer the word dancing, I think at moms and hemeoomihg, stated Cherie Wemsley '38. On the other hand Scott Peek '87 thinks of iigiris. Most people dense just fer the tun of it while others train for many years and build a career of it. Dancing is done in movies end ballets; it's done for physical fitness. Ethnic dancing is done to carry on tradition and culture. So many moods can be captured on the dance floor. We can all look back to the early 1800': through the 1930's when there were the evet-so-tpopular Weltz, Foxtrot end the Quickstep. We can also remember hearing about the 'ewingere' of the thirties. This is when things began to liven up. Just imagine the dance floor full of young teenagers doing the Jttterbug. The boys dressed in their baggy trousers and long jackets, the girls with their full skirts and saddle shoes. As Tones Hughes '33 said, i think it Haad trip team weulid be nest it the Jitterbug weuid come beek es a new fed. One style at dancing that hes ceme heck is the many-howihg reck-h-lreii dense: of the 50's where wetyene mews the way they went in. Another demos that hes a certaih defined: motien to it its the Twist. We can elii relate to that one way or another. Shelly Decker end Shetly Williams, both '86, sets that the first dame that they ever learned was the Twist. It is possible that everyone who was growing up during the 60's end 70's hes in some wey been exposed to the Twist. Another pewter dense ereze that we cert all remember from our own experieneee is Disco. This was the trahstometim from platform shoes to rubber soles end sneakers. While on the suhtect of emperel, we mustn't ieeve out London in the 1970's when Punk Ftoclt, ales celted New Wave, hegen. Punk totiawere dress themselves with noteehly eccentric gear. They denee what they celi 'the Pond white razor blades and safety pins dehgle tram their ears, heetrils and carefully rtpped: alumna. it is else not unusual to see it puhkameker with e mohewk or tneonneelieree hair that spikes at the One other type at dence that is remnizect by ctothing ere talkatdentcee such as the Seattieh reel, jigs and square semen. Square dencihg is stiil very pewter teeny, as is wntemporery dunes, eleesieetl ballet, tep dancing and the growing street dancing, which includes :Breek Deming. Street denetng seemed to he the meet populist with the guys, while the very different style, tbetiet, wee the meet pewter with the girls, eeeetdtng to Jan Murray in her book entitled Dhaee Now. if i could he a dancer I'd? be a ballet denser because I think it's neat, commented Amelie HOMO! '66. H: like to be the kind of dencev that wee an Ftuhdmee, whatever kind that wee, mplied Stacy Dunn '85. Whatever kind at dencihg you prefer, remembet mm there are many moods end testing: to be captured: in the art of movement. - Shem Bimkweti ShELUS spirit The gym is crowded, and the game is about to start. Lafayette fans are preparing to cheer their team on to victory while on the other side of the gym, a group of fans is yelling and screaming. There is something strange going on on Savannahis side of the gym. Many of the fans are dressed in white. Not just plain white clothes but WHITE TOGAS!!! They are called the Road Trip Crew. The group was started last year by e group of seniors who decided to get wild at away games, said Tim Clerk '85, an official Road Tripper. Screaming, yelling cheering the Save es on is Dnly part of being a can Tripper. Dressing up'is a big facet. iilt makes the night crazier? coma mented Clerk. and ' 7 The members of the Road Trip Crew are trying to get more people to go to away games. Brian Young ,8? thinks it's working. Its more fun when a lot of people go to the away games. More people went to go, and it shows more school spirit. Do the Road Trippers help the team win? Tyler Wehdtluh i8? believes they do. When i play, i hear people yell, and it makes you went to win. Well, the mystery is cleared up, and the people on the ether side at the gym donit took quite so strange anymore; in fact, they look like they're having fun. i onlg have one more question. eh i he a Road Tripper? - Amy Sehwiehtehberg

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ital d not have at because it wholesome nerica. 35 feels that mittee for the geant asked ip her crown trobably felt a role model 1d posing in a very good :he officiaie. i85 agreed i for Williams Ind not say ree or not, it ision to give to fight it in tile Blackwell w lection Student Body tOtticer eieetzione, hello Feb. 15, prediueed puzzluemeht aha discues-Ieh because a second eieetioh was omitted fer with 0th twe at the tour mate prestdentiai candidates on the haiiot. A note in the deity announcements the day hetero this election reminded the student body to vote, but gave no expianetton as to the. reasons it was taking piece. The morning before this eioction, it was learned that the Student Ceuncii Constitution, which specifies how these etections are to be done, was overiooked by the peopte who sponsored the evieea tion. We ove'riioolked the Constitu- tiuoh, stated Miss Linda W'hittolrd, weaponsor. Before tin past elec- tionst there were no primaries, and it was overlooked. We made a mistake. In previous elections, only two people or iess appeared in each category for office. This year, the pattern was the same except for the category of male student body president. In this category, there were four candidates running. According to the Constitution of the Savannah High School Student Colunczii, Articie VII Section One, A primary eiection fer student body officers wiIi he heid no later then the second Friday in February to Iimit candidates to two per office. In Section Two it further states, The student body officers of the Savannah High SehooI will be elected by secret beiiot at the General Election, which wiII he hetd: within one week toitowing the Primary eiection. This year's first etection was heid tn the third week of February, and this election decided the winner of the em president, secretary EIDdi treasurer and, oeh-x sequentiy. made peoipte unsure If it was a primary of a gene-rai election. I thought the first election decided the winner for everyone. Wee there a tte between the boy candidates? asked :Eiiien Bates '36. i thought they had a tie, or it was too close to get a winner? remarked Miss Dene Barnhart, American Government teacher. Apparently, the second election was held to get a majority of votes for one mate candidate. There was' no tie. Win Section Four It does state that if there Is no majority, then there is he winner, expiained Whittord, reading from the Consti- tutiun. Now that It has been narrowed to two, there can be a majority, even it It is by one vote. According to the dictionary, 8 maino-rity ie the greater number or the excess of the larger number of votes cast for one candidate. A majority could possibly be further defined as more than heif of the total. Section Four of the Student Counroii Constitution does NOT refer to a majority as more than halt. It specifiuceiiy says, HThe male or female receiving the mvajiolrity of votes In the general eviectieh wiii serve as president of the first semester. The student of the opposite sex with the matority wiii serve as vice president during the auses , iscord same period. The first day of the second semester, the vice pre- sident assumes the position of president and the former president becomes vice president. If someone had gotten a majority. then the previous election wouid have hetd, added Whitfo-rd. However, by definition, the winner of the first election had aireedy received a majority because the Constitution does not speciticeiiy state that a majority is one more than fifty percent. it there wasn't a meiotity or tie, then why weren't all four of them ptaced on the second ballot? asked Mike Welsh '85. We had to have a president by Feta. 25 because the names had be turned into the Missouri Associa- tion of Student Counciie at Coiuma bta, stated Mr. R. C. Ramsey, principal. The immediate solution tto complete the eiection by Tuesday, Feb. 19t was the only way this couid have been done. Ramsey further explained, There was no primary, and this was not announced. That is the mistake. You must have a primary, and you must have a maiovrity. However, the probtem is that a mixture of both a primary and general election format took piece. Not oniy was a week of campaign- ing Which was supposed to be the second week of Februaryt omitted, but the student body was not informed of the mixture before or after the elections. , Many rumors and much confUa etch was the re-suit of this over- sight. - Kevin Bruce Firtifitzii HE. Do you ever sit and wonder about the medical break- throughs that; are still to come? Things that our grandparents and greatagrandperents probes bly never would have ever dreamed possible are suddenly becoming a reality. Take, for instance, the are tificiel heart. Bemey Cletit, a retired dentist, received a meme made heart in Merck, 1983. Clark died 112 days after the implant. Later, e tremepleht wee per: formed on 52 year old William Schraeder, a retired munitions inspector from Jasper, IN. , However, Ricky Keck '86 doeehit think We the right thin to do because people ghoul accept their condition. He also rejected the idea of using a bebeenis heart in Baby Fae. Baby Fee, the first to receive a batman heart, lived for three weeks. She was born premature with a fetal congenital deformia ty known as hypopteettc left heart. The cause is unknown, rte leaving the entire left side of her heart underdeveloped t0 the point of ueeleeeneea. The issue is a controversial one, but Michelle Am BB commented, iiItis a good gesture to try to save Baby Fee? Whether youite for artificial heart transplants or against them, the medical fielcl will probably continue to work on more medical breakthroughs, ones that will hopefully be successful. Sheila Blackwell Off The Mark