Central High School - Cosmos Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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]effersoman Debating Club The time has now come to inscribe upon the rolls of fame the illustrious deeds of the Jeffersonian Debating Club for the year 1924-25. To write a club history is to relate facts and not to tell stories. Were it allowed the Club Historian to tell what he expects of his fellow Club mem¬ bers we could picture to you numbers of Gladstones and Wilsons, but this is not permitted. The Club has furnished speakers for many school activities and held three important debates with out of town debating teams. The first outside debate of the season was held February 27th. 1925, with the debating team of the Humble High School in Humble and resulted in a victory for the Jeffersonians. Mr. N. B. Brunson and Mr. Francis M. Barler represented the Club in this debate. A return debate was held in Houston on March 6th, with the team from Humble; Mr. Francis M. Barler and Mr. Francis Fischei represented the Club, debating on the opposite side of the question from that which the Jeffersonians represented in the first debate with Humble, the question being: “Resolved, That the United States Should Grant the Phil- lipine Islands their Independence at the End of a Period of Five Years.” The ninth semi-annual banquet of the Jeffersonians was held at the Brazos Hotel on Thursday evening, February 26, 1925, to inaugurate the officers elected for the Spring term. Among the guests of the Club were Mr. Branden- burger and Mr. H. W. Harris, Sponsor of the Athenian Debating Club, and his wife. On Friday evening, March 13 , 1925 ' j the Jeffersonians debated the Forum Debating Club of the Waco High School at the Taylor School Auditorium in Houston, on the affirmative side of the question: “Resolved, That the United States Should Grant the Phillipine Islands their Independence at the end of a Period of Five Years;” Mr. Francis M. Barler and Mr. Lawrence Brewer representing the (dub. Music was furnished for the occasion by the Central High School Orchestra under the direction of Miss Carrie Will Coffman. The Waco debaters won the decision. On Friday evening, April 10th, the First Annual contest between the Athenian Debating Club and the Jeffersonians in declamation, oratory and debating was held. Mr. Gerard Morgenstern and Mr. Raymond H. Moers represented the Club in declamation and Mr. N. B. Brunson represented the Club in oratory. Mr. Francis M. Barler and Mr. Lawrence Brewer repre¬ sented the Club in debating, on the negative side of the question: Resolved, “That the United States Should Grant the Phillipine Islands their Inde¬ pendence at the End of a Period of Five Years.” The Athenian representatives were awarded first place in declamation and oratory but the team representing the Jeffersonians in debating were adjudged to have won the debating contest and the Club was presented with a silver mounted gavel, with the name of the Club engraved upon it; thus main¬ taining the high standard set by the Club in former years and adding to that long line of victories which so justly makes the Club famous. Mr. Francis M. Barler was the representative of the Club on the debating team entered by Central High School in the District Contest of the Interscholastic Ueague Meet held at Rice Institute April 24 th and 25 th. A team representing the Jeffersonians won this contest last year and went to Austin for the semi¬ finals. We feel much encouraged at the success attained by the Club during the year 1924-25 and look forward with a great deal of hope and encouragement to succeeding years and believe that the Jeffersonians have an even brighter future. Mr. M. A. Miller is Sponsor of the Club.

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Latin I ournainent Leant January beginners: Raymond Fones Lucille Lori no September beginners: Pearl McClanahan Clifford Jacobson Second Year: Mignonette Lreschwig Anita Cheesman Third Year: Frances Cullom Corinne Crawford Fourth Year: Barbara Lang Florence Archer In the Latin I ournament staged at Central High on the third of April, 1925, Central won first place in the third year division contest, and also in the contest for beginners. I his was the second annual Latin Tournament for South and East Texas high schools. I hirty-four I exas schools were represented by one hundred seventy-two entrants. Girls of the Domestic science department served luncheon at 11 A. M., after all con¬ testants had registered. An hour later examinations got under way. At 3:30 in the after¬ noon the visitors were taken on a boat ride down the ship channel. Those who did not avail themselves of this opportunity were taken about the city in machines furnished by Central students. A banquet at the Rice Hotel at 7:X) P. M„ concluded the day ' s activities.

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Jeffersonians M. A. Miller - Francis Fischer N. B. Brunson Alexis Kottwitz .. Lynnf. Wade . Francis M. Barler . Raymond H. Mohrs Jesse L. Bullard Henry Steele Virgil Briggs Bayliss Gullette William Dies Page Harris E. W. Hancock Lawrence Brewer Fred Hester WlLLIARD SHUART Cecil Dannenbaum MEMBERSHIP . Sponsor . President . Recording Secretary . Treasurer . Sergeant-at-Anns . Vice-President . Corresponding Secretary R. L. Kimbrough Russell Angell Gerard Morgenstern John J. Griffin Julius French J. W. New i on Law ' rence Cottingham Robert Fahle J. D. Hancock Bill Thorning Herbert Puls