Glendale High School - Stylus Yearbook (Glendale, CA)

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ORATORICAL Eager anticipation, delightful realization, and supreme contentment were ex- actly what the whole student body registered before, during, and after one of the greatest affairs of the year, the annual Oratorical Contest. Since right on the surface of the matter it was plain to all that it would be an utter impossibility to hold the event in the school auditorium because of the great demand for a large seating capacity, the managers of the event looked elsewhere for a suitable place. A kind offer came from lVlr. Howe, the lessee of the Glendale Theater, at an opportune time. He offered the Student Body the use of the theater building for three hours on the morning of April 20. The acceptance of this offer was readily dispatched, although it meant a decided change in custom. First, the time had to be changed from evening to morning, second, class booths had to be eliminated. ln consequence the classes concentrated upon their lines of march and its various features and showed a spirit superior, if anything, to that of other years. The Class of 723 as usual made a brilliant showing, for Fred Peck, the senior orator, carried off the honors of the day as well as the twenty-dollar gold piece. His oration, HPan-Americanism-lts Obstacle, not only convinced the judges that it was a prize-winning piece of work but it gripped a large audience of high school students and a few townspeople so that it was a subject for conversation in many school circles. The juniors were not to be left in the dark this year either. They won first place as a class by their excellent line of march and its various additional features. Since the idea of having floral booths had to be abandoned three of the classes pre- sented excellent tableaux on the stage while the body of the class were completing their line of march and seating themselves. The persons in the Junior line of march were garbed as immigrants, while the tableau was a vivid portrayal of Americais quota law barring many peoples of foreign lands from liberty as represented by America. lsabel Tousey spoke for the juniors. Her subject, ulVlaking the Promised Land a Land of Promisefg handled exceptionally well a newer phase of the immigration problem. ' From the sophomores rose a new and intensely interesting orator in the person of Elsie Whitney, who dealt in a fine oratorical style with the attitude the United States ought to assume towards other powers. uAmerica, the Lifelinef' was the subject of her talk. Then, surprising and certainly not unpleasing to all who attended the ora- torical was the brilliant work of George Karcher of the freshman class. The World's Greatest Need, was an oration of no little merit and Georgeas delivery of it proved to his hearers that sincerity backed every statement. Fred Peck received many honors for himself and added to the glory of Glendale High when he represented her later in the Southern California Oratorical Contest. Page Tfwezzfy-jiz'c

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fMexico Though when United States should recognize the present government o . g , the' two schools met, Glendale suffered her first defeat of the year, both the defenders of the Black and Red did remarkably well. At a meeting of the Central League late in March it was found that these two schools still held the highest scores and that they would have to debate for the championship of that league. Accordingly the great event was dated for the middle of May. The question chosen by mutual agreement was: uflesolved, That the peace and safety of Europe demand the destruction of the national and political inde- pendence of the Turkish peoplefl h ld . . . . ,E Betty Higgins and Paul Cunningham prepared themselves and met t e W1 ca s once affain but this time on neutral territory. The auditorium of South Pasadena High Stchool was the scene of Glendale7s last debating victory of the year. The pen- ant was theirs to have and to hold. Thus in the old-time Glendale wav and with the aid of two debating coaches, . . , A Miss Corry, who supervised Central League work, and Mr. Brewster, who coached the Southern California League debaters, a year of success was brought to a glorious end. MARGARET MAJORS, oRAToR Not only did orators and debaters shine this year in the regular and cus- , tomary events, but a new star in ora- tory was found among the Sophomores when a special contest was held on April 6. Margaret Majors prepared and delivered an excellent oration on :fGeorge Washington and the Constitu- tion in the home auditorium. She was one of six contestants of this high school who attempted to win the fifty dollars which was to be awarded to the winner of the district. The cause for this extra effort in oratory was the contests being held under the super- vision of the Citizen's Committee of Southern California which, in order to increase the respect for our interest in the constitution, was offering fifteen hundred dollars in cash as the first prize. In order to thin the contestants out, district contests were held. Glen- H vzvg , , dale, because of her size, had been L made a district by herself. At the local tryout Judge Gavin Craig was the presiding officer. Those who tried out were Margaret Majors 725 who' won, Alice Hill 325. who received second place, Helen Sherwood 723, Don MacMillan '25, and Lee Osborne 726. Margaretis splendid delivery, as Well as her marked sincerity in giving her splendid composition, gave her the unanimous decision and the fifty dollars. At Pasadena High School on April 27 one of the semi-final contests was held, Here Margaret represented Glendale in a highly creditable manner although she did not take ffrst place. Arthur Syvertson of Pasadena High delivered the winning ora- tion of the evening. Page Twvlzfy-fozn'

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