Oratorical History
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1917: Speakers

1922: Class Booths

1927: Speakers

1929: Speech winner Jackson Wheeler (Sophomore)

1930: Speech Winner Don Fareed (Junior)

1932: Speakers

1944: Speakers (Senior Mary Geoghegan, center, was the speech winner)

1945: Speakers

1947: Speech winner Martin Sherman (Senior)

1949

1951: Senior Tableau (winner)

1953

1953: Speech winner Charles Waite (Sophomore)

1953: Sophomore Tableau (winner)

1956: Speech winner Linda Lockwood (Sophomore)
1956: Sophomore Tableau

1956: Junior Tableau

1956: Senior Tableau (winner)

1959: Senior Tableau (winner)

1959: Junior Tableau

1960: Juniors entrance

1960: Seniors celebrate

1960: Senior Tableau (winner)

1961: Juniors celebrate Spirit win

1961: Senior Tableau (winner)
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1964: Speech winner Anne Newman

1964: Junior Tableau

1966: Senior Speaker Chris Nater (winner)

1966: Senior Spirit

1966: Senior Tableau

1966: Sophomore Tableau

1967: Junior Tableau (winner)

1967: Speech winner Steve Cook

1967: Sophomore Tableau

1968: Seniors entrance

1968: Sophomores celebrate. On right is longtime GHS English teacher and yearbook advisor Jerrie Anne Green (Melgun).

1968: Spirit (unknown class)

1972

1972: Entrance (unknown class)

1972: Senior instructions

1972: Seniors celebrate

1972: Senior Tableau (winner)

1973: Entrance (unknown class)

1973: Sophomore Class President Julie Dart accepts the winning Tableau plaque.

1982: Junior Tableau

1982: Senior Class President Eddie Shin seats his class

1982: Senior speaker Jill Thompson

1982: Senior Tableau (winner)

1984: Senior Tableau

1984: Sophomore Class President

1985: Seniors celebrate

1985: Sophomore speaker Alan Peterson celebrates his win.

1987: Cheerleaders

1987: Speech winner Chrissy Van Slooten (Junior)

1989: Junior Tableau

1989: Seniors celebrate

1989: Senior Speech winner John Guevera

1989: Senior Tableau (winner)

1990

1990: Senior Tableau

1990: Junior Tableau

1990: Sophomore Tableau

1991: Sean Delaney (class president) and Todd Rhodess (speaker) accept the Tableau and Speech awards for the junior
class.

1991: Senior Spirit (winner)

1991: Senior Class President Jonathan Melikidse celebrates his class's spirit win.

1996: Angie Nickels leads the freshman class to a spirit win.
In 1996 the first modern day freshmen are on campus and pull out a win in their first Oratorical.

1996: Speech winner Narek Mardirosian (Junior)

1996: Junior Tableau participant Nathan Jones strikes a pose.

1996: Sophomore Spirit

1997: Senior Tableau

1997: Speech winner Jennifer Guccione (Sophomore)

1998: Cheerleaders lead the seniors in the Power Yell

1998: Sophomore Speaker Wyann Vaughn

1999: Senior Tableau

2000

2001: Senior Sweep

2003: Seniors celebrate

2004: Junior Speaker Lia Oganesyan (winner)

2004: Seniors celebrate

2004: Senior Tableau

2004: Sophomore Class President Janine Baker seats her class.

2005

2005: Freshman Tableau

2005: Seniors celebrate

2006:Class Presidents seat their respective classes.

2006

2006: Freshman (Class of 2009) entrance

2006: Freshman Nick Wagner enters his first Oratorical.

2006: Freshman Class Power Yell

2006: Freshman Tableau

2006: Junior Tableau

2006: Seniors celebrate

2006: Senior Karin Khachatorian makes an entrance.

2006: Senior Tableau

2006: Sophomore Gum Check

2006: Sophomore Speaker Claire Lapolt

2006: Sophomore Tableau

2007: Freshman Tableau

2007: Juniors celebrate

2007: Seniors celebrate

2007: Speech winner Issam Khabbaz (Senior)

2007: Senior Class President Gaming Li congratulates winning speaker Issam Khabbaz.

2007: Sophomore Tableau

2008

2008: Freshman Class President Lauren Fong seats her class.

2008: Freshman Tableau

2008: Senior Class President Gervea Ornopia seats her class.

2008: Senior Class Speaker Jon Harrison

2008: Senior Tableau

2008: Senior Class President Gervea Ornopia congratulates Jon Harrison on his speech.

2008: Speech winner Christine Garibian (Sophomore)

2008: Cheerleaders

2008: Juniors celebrate