Glendale High School - Stylus Yearbook (Glendale, CA)

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ccuoiewm . tableau and line of march of the evening. There was an exceedingly large number of the members of the class present and these lower classmen cer- tainly showed their school spirit. America was seen kneeling down plac- ing a wreath on the grave of Woodrow Wilson. ' Seniors portrayed an interetsing tableau which exemplified the horror of war and beauty of peace. A great book, showing Wilson going down in the history of mankind beside Abraham Lincoln, and the people examining the former's picture and viondering at his greatness, was the tableau presented by the sophomore c ass. Silhouettes representing the ten commandments concerning the con- servation of national resources put on by the juniors, showed a remarkable amount of originality and skill. Each class had clever songs and snappy yells at the contest this year. Lovey came back was the tune which had been adopted by the freshmen for their class song. Their yells too were clever and were well led by Howard Rettberg. The seniors took the tune of Yankee Doodle and made a peppy song from it, and thus with many good yells in addition, led by Boyd Taylor, the seniors conducted themselves with their usual good grace. A spirited song to the tune of Good Night Ladies, was rendered by the sophomores, who also yelled exhibiting much pep. They were led by Bill Kirk. V Constitutional Oratorical ' Following the precedent set last year, Glendale placed herself in line for the National Constitu- tional Oratorical Contest. This contest, held un- der the supervision of the Citizens' Committee of Southern California, intended to increase re- spect for and love and interest in our Constitu- tion, took place inthe auditorium of the Harvard High School, April 11. The prize offered in this first district elimination contest was fifty dollars. In the local contest there were eight entries, Donald McMillan, Spencer Green, Ruth Yoder, Donald Murray, Arden Gingery, Marjorie Priaulx, Ward Foultz and Elvin Richards. All the speeches were on The Constitution, and save for the com- mon feature they had in their effect upon the audience, no two were alike. Spencer Green Above the rest, however, as in all contests, three speakers stood out prominently-Arden Gingery, Spencer Green and Marjorie Priaulx-who won first, second and third place.s, respectively. After the contest it was found that Arden Gingery, had been awarded After the. contest it was found that Arden Gingery, who had been awarded first prize, was a few months over the specified age limit. In consequence of this the honor of representing Glendale at Long Beach, May 2, fell to Spencer Green, who had been accorded second place. He did remarkably well and made a name for himself as a very promising orator. Thirty-:efven

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-F nv l ORATORS Arden Gingery Elsie Forsyth Alice Castile ' Mary E- Campbell Oratorical Contest The Annual Oratorical Contest held Friday, April 25, in the new High Auditorium, was the crowning achievement of a successful year. Paul Cunningham, secretary of debating, having charge of the event, chose Francis Read, an alumni of the school and winner of one of the former con- tests, to preside as chairman. Dr. B. F. Stetter, professor of English at Occidental College, Dr. Ben- jamin Scott, debate coach at Pomona Collee, and G. W. Pargellis of California Institute of Technology, were the judges of the orations. The lines of marches were judged by Howard E. Cavanah of the Cava- nah Music Studios, Mrs. Nanno Woods, prominent Glendale woman, and Frank E. Cramer of the Paralta Studios. Juniors through their representative, Elsie Forsyth, carried off the honors in the oratorical part of the contest. Elsie's speech was on The Conservation of Natural Resources and proved an exceptionally well con- structed oration, with the additional good feature of interesting content. Her delivery too deserved mention, and her stage presence during the time of her oration was quite remarkable. Her speech was a direct impressive appeal to the people of the United States to conserve to the best of their ability the natural resources of the country. Alice Castile was the sophomore speaker this year, and proved the night of the contest, her oratorical ability. Her speech, Woodrow Wilson the Glorious Failure, was most inspiring and brought out the true worth of our former great president. The Man of the Hour was the subject chosen by Mary Elizabeth Campbell, the freshmen representative. Although Mary Elizabeth had had no previous experience in the field of oratory, she showed remarkable skill in the planning of her oration. . Arden Gingery, senior orator, spoke on The Foundation of War. He exhibited his usual fine stage presence and impressed all the audience with his stirring, fiery oration. His delivery always good proved even better at this time. This was the second year which tableaus were feaured in this event and this was the second time these have been successful. , The freshmen came in first and presented to the audience the winning Thirty-.vix

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The School Book Store The establishment of the school book store in February for the benefit of Glendale High students, was a long progressive step forward towards the perfection of student body government. Although this venture was merely an experiment, it proved a suc- cessful one. Mr. Curry, member of the faculty, sponsored this action of the students and saw the store in good working order before he relin- quished his post to the two student managers, Loren Scoville and Leslie Lavelle. These boys were elected by the cabinet as manager and assistant manager, respectively. They continued the excellent work begun by Mr. Curry, and the book store has met with splendid co-operation from the students who have patronized the establishment. At first, merely the necessities of school life, such as, paper, pencils, pens, and note books were sold at the store, but before many weeks had elapsed, those in charge found it worth their while to put in a large stock of mechanical drawing, art and stationery material, in addition to the original articles. Next year, gymnastic supplies are to be on sale at the store. For the first time in the history of the school, a real Lost and Found department has been firmly established. This work also, is under the supervision of the Book Store. At the end of each year, an auction is to be held and the various articles which have not previously been claimed, will be raflied off at this time. This book store sets Glendale High on par with the other large secondary schools of this vicinity, and a continuation of the success begun this year is expected under the care of Leslie Lavelle, who is to be the next student manager. Thiriy-eight