St. Petersburg High School 1991 Yearbook (St. Petersburg, FL) - Full Access

How do you feel about the crisis in the Persian Gulf? ••••••••••• "The CriSIS in the Persian Gulf has made me acutely aware of the impor– tance of rational speaking and its ability to influence situations." -Marcy Shaw "The Persian Gulf Crisis is something we should all be aware of; it not only affects what hap– pens today but what happens in the future." - Toinette Trojanowski 210 • Organizations/Forensics Forensics Club f!Provides Oppor~uni~y For Extemporaneous Expression forensics CQI,\)p easily be defined as St. Petersburg High's speech and debate club, but to its members, it was a lot more. Sophomore Stephanie Beck remarked, "Forensics is not just an interest club, it is ·a group of motivated arid self-confident students who enjoy speaking to peers and advisers." The Forensics club traveled around ·the county participating in various speech contests. Many students qualified for"state comp13titions. Above: Marcy Shaw (pres.), William Packer (sgt. at arms). Shannon Gibson, Toinette Trojanowski, Yvette Fogarty. The various competitions included extemporaneous speaking, original oratory, and debate . The most common was extemporaneous speaking and the Lincoln Douglas Debate. Stephanie Beck explained, "When participating in extemporaneous speaking you have 30 minutes to prepare a seven minute speech and then read it to a judge. In the Lincoln Douglas Debate, you are given a theme a few weeks in advance. When ygu arrive, tq~y tell you which side you are to defend." Participating In competition helped many members. Grace Kim remarked, "Forensics has given me the ability to speak in front of people with added self– confidence. It has also given me the spirit for competition." It was the spirit of competition and other life long skills that were sharpened with Forensic activity. " Forensics gives its members a great deal of Interpersonal §kill. The c .._...;..iiiOi.... ] Above: Say it with st yle . Mrs. Adelle Haley displays her jersey and her motto. Right: One last look. Grace Kim glances over her notes before her speech. 0 c j lfJ "' ..0 0 0 .c 0.. club also forces us to u a logical thought proce which is very importan everything we do. All t skills acquired through Forensics are skills that are needed for the future ," commented senior William Packer. - Shannon Gibs