Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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Art Students Held Exhibit Art courses gave students the opportunity to express their feelings and interpretations of situations through creative means. Semester courses were designed to offer students a wide variety of mediums. Commercial arts class taught the students the fundamentals in lettering, designing insignias and planning magazine layouts which could be used in professional careers. Through courses in stitch-ery, pottery and ceramics, students displayed their individualism. Courses in design, composition design and drawing were also included in the curriculum. Drawing students entered the 1973 Scholastic Art Awards contest sponsored by J.L. Brandeis of Omaha. Poster contests were also entered by several classes. CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: Pam Griffiths created a macrame purse. Mr. Dean Dartman demonstrated the procedure of mounting a picture while Mike Peterson followed his example. Bruce Hansen served as a model for pencil sketchings in art class. Linda Drummond employed various knots in finishing her macrame' wall-hanging.

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Newly-Formed Debate League Provided Speaking Contest The newly formed Central Nebraska Debate League provided the basis on which the Columbus High debaters built their second year under Coach Bob Hardy. The league included 20 other Nebraska schools and sponsored tournaments based on the national debate topic: Resolved: that governmental financial support for all public elementary and secondary schools in the United States should be financed exclusively by the Federal Government.” In class, the debaters worked on ther own refining cases, filing evidence and practicing their speeches. This work resulted in first and second place trophies as well as several individual honors. Besides participaing in CNDL tournaments, the group also hosted two tournaments in October and November. Debaters traveled to Kearney for speech and debate tournament in January. Members also participated in the December Apollo Conference tournaments in Beatrice and the state tournament in March which was held in Lincoln. CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER RIGHT: At the Central Nebraska Debate League tournament. Nancy Winkle and Pat Morrow posted the scores of each team. Varsity debaters discussed their cases with Mr. Bob Hardy. Mr. Bob Hardy presented the second-place trophy from a local debate tournament to Wayne Van Hale and Judy Overturf. 25

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 CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: Miss Ruth Schlobohm instructed her class on the fine art of making tissue collages. Pam Griffiths and Linda Duncan worked on their macrame projects in art class.