St Johns High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Darlington, SC)

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Palmetto Boys' State WHO I Woodsman ot the World The Woodmen of the World, an award given to the stu- dent who has maintained a ninety-three average in his or her academic United States history class and made the highest test scores on the exam given by the Social Studies Department. This year’s recipient was Charles Snyder. I I These boys were selected by the American Legion Post No. 13. They attended classes based on the federal, state and city governments held at the Citadel in Charleston. They were also given a chance to participate in mock” elections of all offices in the state and city governments. This year’s participants are, John McLaurin, Allen Brown, Ronnie Anderson, and Chris Kiser. Palmetto Girls' State The recipient of the Palmetto Girls’ State was Adrian Peoples. She was selected by the American Legion Post No. 13. She also attended classes based on the federal, state and city governments.

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WHO'S All State Chorus Members of the St. John’s Chorus were invited to audition in Columbia. Each person auditioning sings in a quartet. Also each person has its own judge and is rated on a scale from 44 to 47 as All State Chorus and from 48-50 as Honors Chorus. All 350 All State Chorus participants will perform in March at Win- throp in Rock Hill. The all State Chorus participant for this year was Chip Hancock. Anchor Club Penny Odom represented St. John’s at the National An- chor and Pilot Club Conference held at Freedom’s Foun- dation, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. While at Freedoms Foundation, Penny received the following awards: best costume, cutest hairstyle, best poster and outstanding speech award. Citadel Scholars Citadel Scholars are nominated on the basis of scholastic and leadership ability during high school. These students will have the opportunity to be among 12 finalists given full four year scholarships. This year’s Citadel Scholars are Ryan McCormick, and John McLaurin. 26

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WHO'S Latin Declamation Every year Clemson University holds a statewide competition of students taking foreign languages. Included are French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Latin students. There are competitions in first year, second year and advanced levels. The competitors are re- quired to recite two assigned pieces in front of a panel of qualified judges. This year four students from our Latin classes and four students from our French classes competed. John Wofford was the only stu- dent to place. He received second place. One of John’s pieces in- cluded a song that he sang in Latin. Seniors Marshals Seniors marshals are six male and six female students with the highest grade point ratio. The chief marshal is that stu- dent who has obtained the highest grade point ratio than any other student. Valedictorian and other salutatorian for the 1981-82 year are Billie Jo Hobson and Ryan McCormick, respectively. Senior marshals pictured are Melissa McCown, Camille Jones, Mariska Wirhousky, Caroline Rhodes, Billie Jo Hob- son, Chris Kiser, Ryan McCormick, David Atkinson, David Ismen, and John McLaurin. Hugh O'Brian Award The Hugh O’Brian Award is a leadership award given to one sophomore annually. Each fall the Foun- dation selection process begins with this announce- ment of the forthcoming Seminars. Using a specializ- ed procedure, one student from the school is chosen for consideration to attend the Leadership Seminar held in this state. The nominees this year are John Wofford, Saman- tha Stanley, Elizabeth Beckwith, Keysha Ross, Bill Cromer, Kim Dutton, Shawn Hatched, DeeDee Mor- ris, and Paul McCallister. The student chosen to repesent St. John’s is Samantha Stanley. 28