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eceiving honors and awards was the top one-third of their class aca­
R very rewarding to students. It demically, and were chosen by their
gave them a sense of accomplishment. newspaper or yearbook staff mem­
Valedictorian Paul Pritchard re­ bers.
ceived straight A’s all four years. Appointments to academies were
He was named third in the state on made. Four were selected from a re­
the level four French test. Pritchard cord number applying.
also won first place in his division for a Senior Ray Legenza planned to at­
computer program concerning chemis­ tend U.S. Naval and Air Force Acade­
try at the Greater Nebraska State Sci­ my, seniors Andy Bellus and Tracy
ence Fair. Johnson were headed for the Annap­
He planned to attend Dana College olis Naval Academy, and senior Bruce
of the Bible as a pre-seminary major. Smith enrolled at West Point Military
He received a University of Nebraska Academy.
at Omaha Regent Scholarship and a Sophomore Jennifer Taylor placed
Steinhart Foundation Scholarship. first in the Nebraska State French
Senior Scott McIntyre received hon­ Test. She scored 90 percent on the
ors in the National Math Test. His second level test. Taylor was awarded
score of 90 was the fourth highest of sixth in the regional competition.
the 6,343 students in the area who Sophomore Ron Tuch placed sev­
took the test. enth in the level two competition. He
He also earned a runner-up award was also selected as the Exchange
for best news photograph. Club’s Sophomore of the Year.
McIntyre received a National Merit
Scholarship, UNL Regents Scholar­ Read on. Senior Scott McIntyre looks through the latest
issue of the Ram Pages.
ship, and an Iowa State University
Scholarship.
Senior Ron LaRosa was given the
Metropolitan Actor’s Guild $500
scholarship. He planned to attend
Southwest Missouri State University
with majors in elementary education
and theatre.
Winning newspaper medals at the
finals of the annual Journalism Cham­
pionships at UNL, senior Steve Bei-
deck won first place in sports writing
and second in feature writing. Senior
Debbie Bambini took first place in ad­
vertising.
Qualifying for the top ten as a result
of preliminary competition was senior
Judy Schmitt for yearbook theme de­
sign and copy. Senior Vicky Rugha
placed in newspaper page design and
column writing.
Quill and Scroll members are jour­
nalism honors students. They were in