Ardmore High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Ardmore, OK)

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Ofg f f wwf Left to right Alxce Bartee Dorxs Ward Flavll Yeakley and jan Lovell SPEECH DEPARTMENT MAKES STEADY PROGRESS A comparatlvely new addxtlon to Ardmore hxgh school IS the Speech Department dlrected by Nancy Fry Somc of thc act1v1t1es partlclpated 1n by the speech students are Presentatxon of humorous and dramatlc llterature oral xnterpretatron of poetry panel dxscusslon antlnpubllc address Varrous hopefuls entered tournaments at Durant and Ada and some came home bearlng the laurels of vxctory A total of seven assemblles were presented by th1s department throughout the year mcludmg one act plays demonstratron debates and mmstrel shows Resolved That the Pres1dent of the United States be elected by the dlrect vote of the people Thls statement the debate questlon of the year was carefully studxed sweated over and struggled with by the eleven members of the debate class Desplte the fact that the green sophomores are ribbed and bellttled by the upper classmen these students have d1st1ngu1shed themselves by representlng the entrre student body ln the art of refutatlon To begm the 1949 1950 season these up and commg debaters encountered Sulphur m slx practxce tourneys Debates were glven before the Junror hrgh Enghsh classes for practlce and also to attract future debaters Feelmg that obsewatron of other debaters at work would be beneflcral the group went to Denton to llsten to debates held at North Texas State Teachers College Fmally after much blood sweat and tears thls ambltxous group ventured forth mto the tournaments held at Durant Shawnee and Acla They emerged vlctorlous at trmes and at others somewhat daunted but each person felt he had beneflted from every contest These debaters who have cred1tablyrepresentedA H S are jan Lovell Flavll Yeakley Alxc Bartee Gwynn Hann Dons Ward Tanya Colbert Jena Vayve Tuck Tom Smgletary Jlmmy Renfro Charles Collms and john Caldwell I f A ,241 44 Left to nght Gerald Glazener, Sydney McNabb, and Lajuana West F9 if 1. fra 0 full. xxx N X '. l xX Z X Z 9 f A 271' 1 1,1

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, v if wif? .r' X X -Vf' I I f , ,MY ' Q5 l X F i vt ORATORS OF A. I-I. S. Left to right: Eddi Rue McClanahan-'gold med- al winner: Doris Ward-silver medal winner: LaVerne Goins-bronze medal winner. Center left: Betsy Klein-1949 gold medal winner. Lower left: Bob Dennis, Carole White, and Barry Galt--finalists. EU? 12 7 ,wwlurlmums-5 I ll hi lf' Y xN 1 Eddi Rue McClanahan, sophomore, won top honors at the forty-sixth annual oratorical contest, with Doris Ward sophomore, winning the silver medal. Senior LaVerne Goins placed third to win the bronze medal. Eddi Rue's oration was The Promise of America, while the other winners spoke on Golden Windows and For the Bell Tolls. Other finalists in the contest were Bob Dennis, senior, and Barry Galt and Carol White, juniors. This year's contest was one of the best in that all classes exhibited sportsmanship in their class demonstrations, and the spirit of rivalry did not surpass the feeling of friendliness. ix Y -I 1 , ,,' W-v YK X., 4' ' 1 2 rp...

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N ,fm N 20 X S Left to nght Allce Bartee Nan Smmth Bobbxe Bowers Delores Murphey The Gxrl s Trxo a new addltuon to the muslc department thls year has been one of the busmest OI'gEiI'llZ3tlOIlS IH school The glrls sang at the State Student Councxl Conventlon ln Ma dlll ln autumn and attended the choral contest at Durant ln Aprll also they have sung for numerous assemblxes for the oratorlcal contest and have been the guests of churches and CIVIC groups ln Ardmore UU' 1?g Off f Standmg left to nght Marmlyn Shores Laquxta James Anne Labbalt Nan Smlth Bobbye Bowers janet Lane Betty Dolman Peggy W1lson Dorotha Evans Betty Hendricks Delores Murphey and Nancy Underwood Seated Alxce Bartee Strams of llltmg musmc have often wafted through the halls of A H S as the mne mem bers of the Trlple Trxo and themr alternates have practlced for thexr concert m May Thls tal ented group has had no regular class penod but has met every day after school They have sung for varlous c1v1c clubs churches school assemblles and furmshed the music for the coro natlon of the Smawxk queen My --- g --. h Ei E rf , . :S i lil A .L 3 , y xl jo T J , . . K N 7 - . ...Q . . v -r . . ' I N. . ,l A . 3 ,gif L g we A , .-crm X, . 2 4 , , in ' - F -S it X . K , . .- V B 1 O 1 s - V Q I In f l Q l 7' QQ 'hs Mauzdqx L.,' l m lf .iff S7 ., lx We xkvl . . I h Q t U lg