Wabash High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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DEBATE ROW ONE: Inge Blumenthal, Bob Adams. George Wilson, Jim Watson, Mr. Tewks- bury. Bob Gray, Eugene Smith, Jack Butler. ROW TWO: Thomas Weesner, Bob Klinger. SPONSOR: Mr. Tewksbury. Wabash High School debaters once more drew out ttieir gas ration coupons and steered their valuable tires to participate in all major debating and discussion events of this season on the topic: Resolved: That the United States should join in reconstructing the League of Nations. Looking over the records, we find that the teams have persuaded many a judge, for the season was most successful, and it terminated with breaking a ten years ' standing record by going to the state — but yielding the cup. 1943-44 DEBATE SCHEDULE December 12 Wabash Affirmative — Peru Negative January 14 Wabash Negative — Peru Affirmative February 3 FOUR-WAY TOURNAMENT Peru Rochester Elwood Wabash February 26 SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT Peru Rochester Elwood Wabash March 24 STATE TOURNAMENT at Manchester College On April 12, 1944, Jack Butler won second place in the State Oratorical Contest, sponsored by the American Legion and the State Bar Association. The subject was The Constitution, Our Living Temple of De- mocracy.

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ORANGE AND BLACK SEATED: Mary Hawley, Virginia Ford, Joan Merritt, Carol Swan, Miss BiggerstaflF, Nancy Morrow. ROW ONE: Marilynne Latchem, Donna Billington, Pat Schlemmer, Inge Blumenthal, Mary Alice Goodlander, Miriam Fox, Betty Ann Gurtner, Jean Nickells, George Rockwell. ROW TWO: Doug TiHotson, Sam Butterbaugh, Tom Bowman, Jim Jones, Terry Cowen, Bob Schlemmer, Stanley Ford. QUILL AND SCROLL The hope of every student of journalism is to become a member of the Quill and Scroll, the International Society for High School Journalists. The Wabash Chapter of the Quill and Scroll, founded in 1941, has grown from a membership of two to one of ten under the sponsorship of Miss Biggerstaff. The embers are Virginia Ford, president; Joan Merritt, vice-president; Elizabeth Brant, secretary; Marilyn Cairns, treasurer; Tom Fedewa, sergeant-at-arms, and Marilynne Latchem. Miss Biggerstaff is the sponsor.

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STUDENT COUNCIL President: Howard Dodge Vice - President: Elizabeth Brant Secretary-Treasurer: Mildred Yarnelle Sponsor: Mr. Carpenter ROW ONE: Mary Clevenger, Elizabeth Brant, Howard Dodge, Mildred Yarnelle, Jan«i Carter, Catherine Watson, Mr. Carpenter. ROW TWO: Ray Fingerle, Richard Miller, Joyce Bowlby, Eugene Hipskind, Jean Ann Stefanatos, June Timmons. ROW THREE: Tom Peterson, Jim Parks, Dan Cowen, Stanley Ford, Richard Ross, Richard Fox. RED CROSS COUNCIL President: Sam Reynolds Vice - President: Marilynne Latchem Secretary: Helen Streng Treasurer: Mary Jo Alexan- der Sponsor: Miss Hipskind SEATED: Dick Wardwell, Jim Cairns, George Wilson. ROW ONE: Lois Launder, Marilynne Latchem, Miss Hipskind, Marilyn Owen, Mary Jo Alexander. ROW TWO: Marilyn Kintner, Tom Freeman, Franklin Plummer, Doris Story, Helen Streng, Billie Young. ROW THREE: Glen Frieden, John Ford, Sam Reynolds, Jean Vice.