T R Robinson High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Sponsor Mrs. Buttles, Vice-President Jerry Herman, Treasurer Cindy Mardyla, and Secretary Lynn Wysor critique President Anne Pike's oration. Ann Pike makes a strong point on releasing all Vietnam POW's. Dove Ferreira: NFL high scorer Earning points by excellence in such fields as men's and women's extemp, original oratory, and poetic interp, NFL members competed for points, national membership and degrees of merit. ln the NFL tournament at Pasco, Ann Pike and Laura Stockford took first and third place by speaking on such subjects as Biafra and foreign aid, marijuana legalization, and the plight of POW's. Before graduating at the semester, David Ferreira had already earned the high total of 250 points -the Degree of Excellence in oration. Ann Pike also earned her hours in late March for women's ex- temporaneous speaking. l TOP. Bottom Row: Mrs. Jennifer Buttles, Ann Pike, Karen Clouse. Top Flow: David Ferreira, Cindy Mardyla, Jerry Herman, Lynn Wysor, Okey Watson. BOTTOM. Laura Stockford, Vellie Crum, Mrs. Jennifer Buttles, Kathy Esser, Debbie Dickson, Karen Clouse. National Forensic League l 131

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Extra-curricular staff produces literary magazine In Excelsis, Robinson's crea- John Sims and the copy editor poetry, and short stories. tive Writing magazine, was 36 Ted Billeaudeaux, was re- The biggest problem was a pages long, was produced by sponsible for reviewing close common one - raising the staff members completely to 200 submissions. money. In Excelsis staff on their own time, and cost Only about60 were used,as scheduled car washes and over S400 to print. the staff chose those most sold patronages to gather the Editor Larry Benedict, representative of the student funds they needed to produce flanked by the critique editor body. These included essays, the 1973 literary magazine. Andy Jackson, Ted Billeaudeaux, Ftay Eydman, Susan Nlinter, Becky Seaton, Anne Pike, Mrs. Diane Petteway, Jerry Herman, Rina Pampel, Linda Crosby, Pat McLaren, Byron Townsend, John Sims and Larry Benedict meet as a large group only on Conference days because of double sessions. Through fn Excefsfsy 3 John Sims praises Byron Townsend for his keen analysis of an article. silent thought becomes a solid wave of communica- tion. To share one's dreams is to show one's soul. - Susie Denegan 130 i in Excelsis I ' '

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Bottom Row: Jorda Jones, Melissa Rippy, Janette Redkey, Sue Marvel, Chris Victor, Cynthia Parker, Cheryl Cooper. Middle Flow: Becky Seaton, Ela McCall, Susan Bennett, Patricia Boswell, Karlena Stewart, Dawn Sexton. Top Flow: Sheila Miles, Sonia Humphries, Brad Wages, John Germain, Susan lppolito, Linda Tomczak. ly l mei 'ighiitgs have wr ttl,e1i unto ,mu int BELIEV E Jil ii is llama ot' time it ll 1 Utliocl Uri . ye W' Y e te in KNOWthat e MVE .fternal li X l i John 5:13 Qtzllil. ll RCF officers, Chris Victor, vice-president, John Germain, treasurer, Susan lppolito, president, and Cynthia Parker, secretary, trust in Him. RCF members tell ot God's gift Seeking more Bible knowl- edge and wanting to share it with others, many sleepy-eyed students attended the Robin- son Christian Fellowship meetings held at 6:45 a.m. Members also attended the afternoon club-day meetings, where they discussed plans for producing Good News, a newspaper that presented what the Bible has to sayzlt is 132 l Robinson Christian Fellowship impossible for anyone to earn eternal life, but if a person be- lieves that Christ died for him, he will receive it as a gift. Beginning each meeting with prayer, the students then sang from Tampa Youth Ranch songbooks before discussing the Bible with their sponsor, Reverend Hank Lindstrom, who is the director of the Youth Ranch. friends to a Youth Ranch barbeque. uf uv 1 ff Linda Tomczak pauses to invite