Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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.. sf gwsg F.B,L.A. - FRONT ROW: James Wright, Sue Davison, treasurer: Barbara berger, Patti Mathis, Kathy Charlton, Laura Howard. BACK ROW: Mr. Allemarl, vice-president: CHFQIG Jackson, president: Judy Schmitz, I.C.C. Beadles, sponsor: Linda Raviotta, Brenda Glimpse, Karen Steffenson, Mary representative: Peggy Liley, secretary, James L. Guerrero. ROW TWO: Ranking, Linda Suter, Kathy Knudsgnv Mr, Smutka, Sponsor, Nancy Miller, Jo Harmon, Sandy Nelson, Linda Guerrero, Lacretia Eichel- O Future Buslness Cripple Creek days came to Wasson High at the F.B.L.A. Homecoming Booth. Leaders of America MEETING EVERY second Tuesday night of each month, FBLA sought to help students understand further the importance of business in today's world and to inspire interest in a business career. Field trips were taken to Farmers Insurance Group. December 21: Denver state convention of FBLA officers. January 13: and Mountain States Telephone, February 1. A delegation also attended the state convention held at Englewood High School on March 30 and participated in the shorthand and bookkeeping contests. The theme of the 1968 convention was Planning for a Career in American Business. Mr. Smutka, three-year sponsor of FBLA, stated ' that the club sold steno pads throughout the year to help offset expenses of the various activities. ln addition, the Homecoming Carnival booth, which challenged students to toss rubber rings around girls' legs, was a great financial success. Q

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Future Scientists of America WASSON CHAPTERS of the Pre-Med Club and the Future Scientists of America Club merged last fall into one club under the name F.S.A. Greater efficiency of club functions was attained through this action. Members were invited to attend the Advanced Science lectures held,throughout the year: Relativity and Space Travel, by Dr. Blade, Time, by Dr. H. Beat Wackernagelg Math in Research and lndustry, by Dr. James Armstrong, and Predicting Solar Disturbances, Maj. L. Hansrote. Along with students of the Wasson A.P. Science class, F.S.A. members counseled about thirty sixth graders from Mark Twain Elementary School on their science projects. They also served as judges in the Regional Elementary School Science Fair, which was held in the school cafeteria in April. Wasson students entering a project in the Wasson Math and Science Fair were helped by joint sessions of the Math and F.S.A. clubs held on February 23 and 26. Discussed was the topic How To Make a Math or Science Project. The club's Homecoming Booth not only brought a handsome profit but also was given the award for D -1 being the best booth- Wasson students patronize ES.A.'s award-winning Pecinko Machines booth. ' FUTURE SCIENTISTS OF AMERICA - FRONT ROW: dent: Mark Stephens, l.C.C. representative. BACK Mr. Reser, sponsor: Joyce Kistler, secretary: Heidi ROW: Ken Day, Brooke Backman, Cary Patzel, Rob- jlfllfli ll lit lei,

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42 MATH CLUB - FRONT ROW: Roger Bradshaw, Steven Hoit, representative. BACK ROW: Jim Gardner, Craig Postlewaite, LaRue Ebersole, vice-president, Marcia Fisher, president, Liz Hull, Mary Voyles, Kathy Hanson, Roberta Draves, Jim Becky Knudson, secretary-treasurer, Rich Kargard, I.C.C. Crompton. Mrs. Nelson examines various geometric figures with members of Math Club Mathematics Club CO-SPONSORED BY Mr. Leslie Hiskey and Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, Math Club provided several oppor- tunities for the mathematically inclined students at Wasson to show their abilities. The first few of its monthly meetings were devoted to the construction of math puzzles which the club used as prizes for its Homecoming booth. At a later meeting Mr. Hiskey helped students make hexa-flexagons, which are strips of paper that can be folded so that their opposite sides are shown. At other meetings Math Club members studied sample problems for the Actuary Contest in March. These members, as well as other interested students who took this test, vied on a nationwide basis for a variety of prizes. During the later part of the year, the club explored the fundamentals and uses of the slide rule.