White Oak High School - Roughneck Yearbook (White Oak, TX)

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Scholastic Day Activities Honor 118 Students i Bie He BRE — Tom Crosby entertains the audience with some choice vocal selections. Mr. Proctor prepares to announce the Scholas- tic Students and present them with their awards. alii bis. tity Mr. Bohn leads the singing of the ‘“Alma- Mater’”’. The Scholastic Day Activities were held on May 8 this year. The morn- ing assembly was highlighted by Tom Crosby, East Mountain Baptist Church’s Music Director. He enter- tained the students and their parents with several vocal selections. Besides presenting awards to the Scholastic Students, Mr. Proctor also gave out the Departmental Awards. Pat Voss received the Art and Drama Awards, Jan Capps the English and Woodmen of the World Award, Meg Anderson the Science and Math Awards, Toni Pope the Foreign Language Award, Roxanne Downey the Business Award, Lydia Duke the Homemaking Award, Gwen Ham the Journalism Award, and Bobby Salter the Shop Award. This year’s Valedictorian, Meg Anderson, and Salutatorian, Becky Donald, were also recognized at the assembly. The National Honor Soci- ety held its Induction Ceremony that morning as the officers of the Spring Hill NHS and transfer-member, Jan Capps, performed the ritual. roe Cheri Vanderslice receives her Scholastic Award with pride. cenit) Raa Cincta nia IAI AOR Dr. Koonce presents his speech “The Purpose of Scholastic Day” to the crowd assembled for the Scholastic Day activities. Bervick Anderson isn’t at all afraid to walk across the stage to shake Mr. Proctor’s hand and receive his award.

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District Champs Advance to Regional and State a : } i { : en N ve fd T esilcone ‘ For the fifteenth straight year the White Oak Roughnecks came home with the District Literary Trophy. In Girl’s District Tennis, Donna Sanford advanced to the second round. Kim Muckleroy placed second and went to Regional. Theresa Husband and Charlotte Maresh made it to the semis. Meg Anderson and Jana Hasley advanced to the second round. Kim Muckleroy also won first place at Regional, went to state, but lost in the semi finals. In District Typing, Lisa Brewer placed third. In Shorthand, Jan Capps placed first and Roxanne Downey, second. Meg Anderson, Bob Massey, and Mike Hays placed first, second, and third respectively in Slide Rule. Renee Bennett won second place in Number Sense. In the Spelling event, Stephanie Arnold placed first, Lisa Vickery, second, and Tracey Barnes, third. Jan Capps placed second and Becky Hancock third in Persuasive Speaking. In Informative Speaking, Lisa Vickery won first place. In Poetry, Larry Rice placed third and in Prose, Debra Payne took the second place medal. Ready Writing was won by Lesley Han- cock when she took second place. The Debate Team of Lori Barnes and Brad Crittenden placed third. In the Journalism events, Brenda Hays placed first in editorials, Jan Capps, third in Newswriting, Brenda Hays placed first in Headlines and Gwen Ham took third. Finally in Feature Writing, Gwen Ham placed First. i —a Z a as These Journalism contestants swept the District Meet, then placed in Regional, and advanced to State. District winners in UIL events that advanced to Regional. The sprint relay team and polevaulter Bubba Acuff won their way to Austin after placing in Regional. 24

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Scholastic Day The Senior Honor Students were awarded a gold Meg Anderson takes her candle and membership card for the National pin with a ruby for each year they were on the Honor Society. Scholastic Roll. a : S. A % 7 Py ¥ i; 1 SEETOST Oates Maroney: . The Junior Scholars either received a gold medal or a sweater if The Sophomore Scholastic Students kept above 90 aver- they had been on the Scholastic Roll for three years. ages and were honored on Scholastic Day. These Freshman students stayed on the Scholastic Roll for their first year in High School. ' . ' : . e i The Departmental Award winners proudly display their medals. 26