Alexandria High School - Alexian Yearbook (Alexandria, MN)

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s CX B gas. ,ri i X -vs:-i 'Six wt X f Dramatics w Xixx 'A DRAMATIC CLUB G, A The Dramatic Club is an organization for the purpose of giv- ing inexperienced students a chance at directing, acting, make-up, cos- tume and stage Work. The Club is to present a series of one-act plays during the year. The proceeds of the productions are to be used to obtain a mem- bership in the Thespian Society and also for make-up materials and costumes. Due to the fact of late organization, the club produced only two one-act plays which were called Romancers , directed by Edward Fiala, and Will O' the Wisp,', directed by Marcelyn Stoppel-both which proved very successful. In the future years, we hope the Dramatic Club continues to grow and become more successful! EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING Extemporaneous speaking, after having lain idle for a year, was again revived in Alexandria this spring. Since the district in which Alexandria is classed did not have a meet, the Staples district invited us to send two participants to enter their meet. Gerald Johnson and Ken- neth Melin were chosen as representatives of Alexandria. ' The general topic chosen for discussion was Labor. During the weeks prior to the meet the participants, under the guidance of K. Otto Logan, collected and studied information on all phases of the topic. An hour before they were scheduled to give their talks they drew two topics from a list of approximately eighty, and on one they prepared a talk. Miss Ethel Tainter of the Moorhead Teachers College, who is an authority in this line was selected as critic. This meet was non-com- petitive and after the talks were over she gave criticisms on each speaker and his speech. The constructive criticisms were of great value to the participants. Miss Tainter expressed her opinion that this non-com- petitive extemporaneous form of speaking is on its way up and in the future shall supplant the present forms. Twenty-tive

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y Declamatory Helen Marie Backlin, Miss Lee, Glenn Reuter, Peter Unumb. This year three Juniors represented Alexandria in the sub- district and district declamatory contests, two of them going on to the regional contest and then to the state contest. It is noteworthy that these same three declaimers placed high last year also in declamatory work. In the sub-district contest Helen Marie Backlin placed first in the dramatic division with the selection A Toast We Can Drink, and Glenn Reuter in the oratorical division with the oration, The Supreme Menacef, while Peter Unumb won in the humorous division with the selection David Garrick . Helen Marie Backlin and Glenn Reuter won first places in the district contest also, and received plaques for winning the regional contest. Never before has Alexandria had two contestants in a state declamatory contest. Helen Marie Backlin and Glenn Reuter, accom- panied by Miss Lee went to Minneapolis to compete in the state contest. Twenty-fom'

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1, x, rig ' E . w l . Ely xi , X , , 'xif . i 3 Girls, Alliletic Association gf . J 1 I . .flip s I 1 L ij ,. Avis Holmberg, Isabelle Platto, Eunice Anderson, Florence Hirschey, 7 ' ' , Phyllis Morse, Janet Anderson, Irene Erickson, Betty Nichols. , rv! 1 I The Girls' Athletic Association is under the direction of Miss N Joygliheman, physical education instructor. X 1 I if If , The purpose of the Girls' Athletic Association is to promote , 7 ' ,iptefest in athletic activities as a means of increasing physical efficiency, I fi 4 - fl athletic accomplishments, and good sportsmanship. Basketball, spring I X f 'A hikes? ind other girls' athletics are sponsored by this organization 1 , 'I 1 L. 'I A . . i K ' fr L .1-fs L are awarded honors according to the point system. The I . . . nieig ho have earned 700 points receive a small letter, 1200 points , ,gli-'kj ,A T 36 letter, and 2,000 points a sweater. The awards are given at I A fl F i K J QIL' I!! y -I .onor Day Assembly. fl i The officers for the year 1938 are as follows: Kathleen Kiger, I Q S I pregdentg Donna Osterberg, vice president, Patricia Flanagan, secre- tary and treasurer, Betty Nichols, publicity manager, Betty Westerberg, chairman of awards, Janet Anderson, supervisor of intermural sports, and Doris Coykendall, supervisor of non-competitive sports. Girls of the class of 1938 made a record when they won the girls' inter-class tournament for the second consecutive year. In the iirst round of the Senior game, the Senior girls eked out a Victory over the Juniors by a score of 35 to 23. In their second game they came back strong and trounced the Sophomores 34 to 21 for the title. The Juniors gained second place by virtue of their victory over the Sopho- mores. Seniors on the team were: Eunice Anderson, Janet Anderson, Florence Hirshey, Isabelle Platto, guards, Irene Erickson, Eavis Holm- berg, Phyllis Morse, and Betty Nichols, forwards. Mrs. Hastings coached the championship team. Twenty-six I V -Q. ,.,., .. Ml ' 1