St Louis University High School - Dauphin Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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C I S L DEBATE CHAMPS Standrng Merse Hanlon Seated Armbruster Dtemer I-'xnkebem Mrssourr Hrgh School Debatmg League In the South Sectron of the East Central D1str1ct the Backerrtes Won seven and lost frve The follow mg Bellarnune debaters took part Ralph Taylor B1ll Moore Bob Graham Glenn Mur phy Bob Hmkebem Pete Dremer T1m Hanlon Charlle Armbruster Steve Murphy Tom Ranft Carl Dehne Bern Krnney and Bart and Bastl Fmch Whlle the varslty squads were march1ng to sterhng N F L and C I S L VICIOIIGS Mr Rrchard Rudolf SI was burldrng tor the future In a freshman sophomore debate tournament at Webster Groves the Bellarmrne Iunror de- baters gave ample evrdence of thrs work although many of them were meetrng tnter scholastlc competrtron for the flrst trme ln thts tournament Backer won l4 out of 24 debates Cred1t for thls performance goes to the followrng Sophomores Dehne Krnney Taylor Moore Schnerder Cleary Phrlhps Marchlew sk1 Ermg Haberkern and Freshmen Tournour Stebbrngs Ranft Murphy Proost and Fauke All of these debaters as well as Bob Kanard and Mrke Sa1n took part rn an 1ntramural debate program and recelved medals for thetr partlcrpatron STATE N F L Paced by Greg Sommer Dave Corrtgan and Trm Hanlon the Bellarmen vaulted 1nto a frrst place t1e rn the Mrssourr State Tournament of the Natronal Forensrc League held 1n March at Washrngton Unrversrty Sommer tops rn serrous lnterpretatron Corrlgan second rn or1g1nal oratory, and sophomore Hanlon second rn extemp-together Wrth state frnalrsts Bob Hrnkebern George Mersel Glenn Murphy Erqhly and Tom Lrston tmproved upon last years fourth place ranktng by clrnchrng supreme honors w1th Wlllram Chrrsman I-llgh School In addltron to the flnalrsts the debate team and extemp speakers Bob Graham and Carl Dehne lent helprng hands and vorces to stake a ftrst place t1e The debate squad afftrmatrve Pete Dremer and Bob Hlnkebeln and negatrve George Mersel and Charles Armbruster matched last years efforts by comptlrng a 51 record to quallfy for the semlfrnals Although a strong Wrllram Chrrsman team rose up to crush Backer hopes for prunary honors m that d1V1 ston the St Lours U Hrgh debaters fmrshed Wrth a credttable thrrd Durrng the state tourna ment Representatrve Melsel was elected by the members of the Sub Drstrrct Congress to be one of the Mrssourt delegates to the Nattonal Student Congress of the N F L at Boston Unrversrty thls Iune Sacrrfrcmg therr trme to serve as coaches throughout the school year were moderator Pr McAul1ffe varsrty debate and extempora neous speakrng Fr I-I1gg1ns radro Fr Lam beck serrous and humorous rnterpretatron and Mr Padberg or1g1nal and non or1g1nal oratory CONTEST WINNERS In the ctty VOICE of Democracy Oratory Con test Bob Hmkebem s recorded speech won frrst place over 825 students from twenty erght St Lours hrgh schools He later placed second rn the state George Mersel won the crty Amencan Legron Oratory Contest and rn the zone con test on March 2 at Farmrngton Mo he took second place I - Mm 1 11 . 7 ', , A' V . . . . . . . 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 -J 1 1 1 . 4 1 1 ,-. 1 ' 1 . . . . . . . . . , . , ' ' ' ' L. 1 , . . 1 ' ' ' ' . . . 1 1 1 1 ' . , , , , . . . . . 1 1 1 1 - . . . . - 1 ' . . 1 - 1 1 - ' . . , , 1 . , ' - 1 1 , - . . 1 . I , I I 1 1 1 ' . ' 1 . 1 1 . 1 4 1 1 ' 1 '1 1 1 1 -

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N F L OFFICERS Left to rlght Hanlon tsecy Balt MODEBATORS Standzng Mr Padberg Mr Pt Seated Fr HIQQIHS Fr lVlcAu At Rosat1Ka1n srte of the thrrd and flnal C I S L all speech meet the Bellarmen proved themselves true champ1ons f1n1sh1ng f1rst 1n th1s contest and 1n the over all record for the season Through the fforts of Dave Corrlgan and George Me1sel both of whom t1ed for flrst 1n the frnals of or1g1nal oratory and Bob HIHICGIJGIH fourth rn non or1g1nal the school once more clalmed pos sessron of the Oratory Trophy Sommer ranked srxth 1n serlous 1nterpretat1on Murphy fourth m extemp Dowlmg fourth 1n humorous rnterpreta tron and Armbruster and Dremer second and thrrd respectrvely IH radro speakmg For the three tournaments combrned Me1sel and Corn gan won f1rst and thlrd place m e d als respectrvely 1n ongmal oratory and Drerner and Armbruster took f1rst and second place awaras respectrvely 1n the radro d1v1s1on Although farl mg to galn the fmals Vrce Presrdent Bob Iackson Bart Fmch Brll Hutch1son Tom Lrston and Iohn Coll1ns partlcrpated n C I S L contests to Wm valuable pomts for the school Through therr excellent rat1ng throughout the year the St Louls U Hlgh speech team Won the Wagner Trophy for the th1rd stralght year DEBATE To prepare for the strong competrtlon they were to meet 1n regular league debate the novrce as well as VCII'S1lY debaters garned a valuable varlety of experlence from practrce tournaments Among these were N F L prac l1C9 debate tournaments at Fulton Hrgh School Fulton Mo on February nmth and at the Unrverslty Hlgh School Carbondale Ill rx March eleventh and also a debate dlscussron day at Central College Fayette Mo In C I S L debate the Bellarmme debaters qual1f1ed for the flnals by placlng among the top four out of eleven schools IH the two prel1m1 nary tournaments These were held at St Elrzabeths Academy on Ianuary I2 and at Mercy Hrgh on lanuary 26 In the fmals at McBr1de on March l the followlng team ratlng resulted among the four schools who had survrved el1m1nat1on tourneys Won Lost St Lou1s U I-Ilgh Notre Dame of Ftrpa Bosatl Kam Me1sel ranked nrst 1n 1nd1v1dual speakmg pomts Dlemer tred for second Hlnkebem for fourth and sophomore Armbruster teamed up to bnng home the IIISI place trophy Besldes part1c1pat1ng1n N F L and C I S L debate St LOUIS U H1gh took part 1n the Flnch Csecyl Me1sel tpres l Iaclcscn IVICG pres J I-nnkebetn ttreasl Weller Chbrarranl do lrffe Fr Lambeck Seuenty mne- . . . . ' , I l .I I 1 - u u 1 - Q , . N' I 'I I , , , -1 0 - I I I II I 1 - I - I I ' 1 I I n - ' ' ' , ' - N' . ' . ' ,..,..,.,... . .,..t,.,.,.,,.... 6 O , ' , ' ' , ' , St. Mary's ,... t.,.........., , ....,...,..,. W2 4 ' ' ' I . . . . ' ...,. . ,t.,t,.t.,. 4 ' ' . '- ' ............,. ,,., .,...,.......t...... 2 4 . u ' I I I I I I ' 1 1 K 1 ' ' E If . X I , A .,, lf.

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