Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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2«. th k spui Debate Micliael Nolan Max Wilcox Nell Tash The District Debate was held at Alliance, April 28. Sidney having defeated Minatare and Rushville not being in the league, the final contest was Sidney vs. Alliance, Alliance taking the affirmative. The debating team was as follows: Michael Nolan, ’14, Nell Tash, ’15, Max Wilcox, ’14, and Marion Mote, ’16, alternate, winners in every sense of the word. The debate took place in the High School auditorium with the result that Alliance won, the decision made by the judges Mr. Sparks of Chadron, Miss Thompson of Bridgeport, Mr. Marrs of Bridgeport, being 2-1 in our favor. The Sidney team was comprised of Roy Greenlee, Kenneth Bassett, and Marius Christienson, a bunch of splendid speakers. The judges selected Michael Nolan as the individual debator to represent the Northwestern district at the state contest at Lincoln on May 16th.

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Shots” THE SPUD 2:.. Snow-Birds” “Posing for a Picture “Tales Out of School” Our Principal at Work” The Spud’s Out!” “Prairie Chickens

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THE SPUD 27. Declamatory Janet Grassman Mable Grassman Mary Baker The District Declamatory contest was held at Sidney, March 20, 1914. We succeeded in winning only a second in Oratorical but are proud of our speakers, Miss Mable Grassman (humorous), ’17, Miss Janet Grassman, (dramatic), ’16, Miss Mary Baker, (oratorical), ’15. The results were: In Oratorical 1st—“Toussaint 1’ Ouverture”..............Kenneth Bassett (Sidney) 2nd—“Toussaint 1’ Ouverture”.................Mary Maker (Alliance) In Dramatic 1st—“Father and Son”....................Marvel Ripley (Scottsbluff) 2nd—“The Sign of the Cross”..............Mary Pritchet (Bridgeport) In Humorous 1st—“The Little God and Dickey”..............Dorothy Hart (Sidney) 2nd—“Betsey Hawkins Goes to the City”..Edith Kilbourn (Bridgeport) The state contest which the winners of 1st place attend, will take place May 8th at Lincoln.