Beresford High School - Watchdog Yearbook (Beresford, SD)

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1 N One phase of speech activity is the annual presentation .uof the junior class play. This year a fifteen character cast pre- sented nAfter All It's Springn under the direction of Fran- ces Dougherty. The proceeds of the play help finance the junior-senior banquet. JUNIOR PLAY CAST Back row: J. Lundeen, M. Nelson, A. Pfeifle, W. Dolan, T. Lietzke, B. Blumer, A. Bachman, G. Walters and B. Tuntland. Front row B. Blankenburg, C. Determan, E. Dolan, B. Lanham, G. Stalheim and D. Hon- an. - Debaters Argue Merits of World Governrnent Standing firmly on the issues involved in the question, resolved: nThat The United Nations Now Be Made Into A Fed- eral World Government,n seven debators engaged in an active season. Under the direction of R. G. Sweeley, debate coach, the debaters entered in tourneys at Hawarden, Wagner, Augustana Academy, Beresford and the District Tourneys. Marge Tornberg, Charles Thissell and Audrey Hybertson comprised the affirmative teams, while Melvin Nelson, Clyde Boyd, Gayle Stalheim and Allen Kenyon were included in the negative teams. DEBATERS Left to right: A. Kenyon, M. Tornberg, C. Thissell, M. Nelson, C. Boyd and G. Stalheim.

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L ' 4 after Loss of Instruments A BAND Back row: R. Sundstrom, B. Blankenburg, W. Bailey, T. Lietzke, B. Corey, J. Whitman, B. Kennedy, P. Carlson, V. Fowles, A. Pfeifle and B. Dolan. Middle row: M. Tornberg, J. Boller, C. Smith, P. Hy- bertson, B. Frieberg, D. Holse, D. Frieberg, R. Axlund, R. Tornberg and B. Tuntland. Front row: J. Keffer, M, Welch, D. Duncan, L. Wil- son, A. Hybertson, M. Welch, L. Wevik, P. Lass and D. Scroggs. Dir- ector A. H. Boettcher is standing at the right. Missing the daily climb up the rickety wooden stairs of the old grade school, twenty-nine pairs of feet trod to the Masonic Temple to resume band practice the second semester. Adding new life and sparkle to the band, two tubas, two snare drums, one bass drum, three clar- inets, two French horns, two trom- bones, one alto saxaphone and one flute were purchased. No attempt was made to replace all the instru- ments in the band. New members were added to the band as soon as they had completed their instruction under the dir- ection of Aaron H. Boettcher, band director. Bill Blankenburg was elected president of the band with Lois BAND OFFICERS' B'.Blankenbfu'g: Wilson, vice president, and Bob Predidenti L' WU-Sons Vlce' Kennedy, Secretary. president, and R, Kennedy, sec- retary-treasurer,

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Declaimers Strive to Perfect Expression Melvin Nelson Berniece Sundquist M im 'Q 23 ff .3 X I Ywfe N y ! ek ' D DECLAM SQUAD: Left to right: J. Nelson, C. Stephenson, B. Sundquist, B. Holley, L. Wil- son, A. Kenyon, G. Walters, V. Fitzgerald, A. Hybertson, M. Nelson, J. Graverson, A. Bailey, B. Lietzke, M. Dai- ley and C. Nelson. Audrey Hybertson Lois Wilson After many hours of effort spent to perfect their pieces, BHS declaim- ers participated in the local elimin- ation contest. . The four selected to enter the district contest at Vermillion were Berniece Sundquist, humorous divisiong Melvin Nelson, oratory divisiong Lo- is Wilson, poetry division, and Audrey Hybertson, dramatic division. In the district contest Melvin and Lois were rated as excellent and Audrey and Berniece received a rat- ing of good. Coaching the 1948 declaimers were R. G. Sweeley, oratory, Minna Smith, humorous and dramatic, and .Frances Dougherty, poetry.