Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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Debating CHIS year we ha.e taken a great deal of interest in another branch of rhetorical work—debating. G. J. H. S. is now a member of the State Debating League. As a starter, tie Juniors challenged the Seniors to an annual Junior-Senior debate. This debate was held the last of January on the question: Resolved that Colorado should adopt a law providing for an income tax as a substitute for the present general property tax. The Senior team consisted of Marie Fuite, Selma McQueen and Paul Jones, while the Junior team was made up of Dalton Trumbo, Eugene Mast and Bayard Rhone. The Juniors won with the negative side of the question. From this group, Marie Fuite, Dalton Trumbo and Eugene Mast were chosen to represent the school in the first interschool debate with Meeker, February 10th. Lots were drawn to determine sides and the affirmative fell to us. Unfortunately we lost this debate, which fact put us out of the rare for this year. However, enthusiasm has not waned, and we are planning on an aggressive debating season next year. That interest in debating is keen in G. J. H. S. is evidenced by the fact that many debates have been held in the various History, English and Economic classes of the school, and that the debating coach tas had many calls for rules, material and judges for debates during the past four months. With such an enthusiastic spirit and a desire to work and win, we should have a team next year which will win net only the Western Slope debates but the state debate as well. EMMA GROOM. [Pago Sever, teen)

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—Dean Studio Jaynes, Wagler, Miss Groom (Coach), Trumbo (Captain), Lois Green. Western Slope Rhetorical Champions CHIS year, so great was the enthusiasm aroused over Rhetoricals, it was necessary to hold two different preliminary' recitals. Following are the results of all decisions: Learned Oration.—Eugene Mast, Martin Heidgen, Freeman Campbell, Victor Wagler, Carl Grove, Covey Lee. Victor Wagler won first place; Martin Heidgen, second. Original Oration.—Claude Pynch, John Wolf, Dalton Trumbo. Dalton Trumbo, first; Claude Pynch, second. Humorous Reading.—Charlotte Manning, Lois Green, Isabella Cunningham, Oryl Stamm. Margaret Halligan, Viola Jones. Lois Green, first; Margaret Halligan, second. Argument.—Marie Fuite, Bayard Rhone, Dalton Trumbo. Dalton Trumbo, first; Marie Fuite, second. Dramatic Reading.—Alice Campbell, Amy Belle MacKinnon, Mark Schmidt. Louise Jones, Selma McQueen. Bryson Jaynes, Charles Parkes, Ruth Griffin, John Wolf. Bryson Jaynes, first; Mark Schmidt, second. IN 1919, for the first time, G. J. H. S. was admitted to the Western Slope. Rhetorical Meet, and we sent a team consisting of John Cottrell, original oration; Bernard Wolverton, argument; Lois Hopkirk, humorous reading, and Georgia Seely, dramatic reading. Of this team, Wolverton got second place in the argument and Cottrell third in the oration, In 1920 our team consisted of John Cottrell, original oration; Harry Peabody, argument; Wallace Mast, learned oratior Huldah Julius, dramatic reading, and Beth Der-ryberry, morous reading. Of this team we only placed two—Ma ' rst in learned oration and Cottrell third in «he origii Tigers sent Wallace Mast, learned oration; Hai.. Tiginal; Farrie Veatch, argument; Gladys Palmer, u and Beth Derryberry, humorous. We placed one niui his time, getting first in the learned oration, second in dramatic reading and third in the ho-morous. Last year our enthusiasm in rhetorical work took i long step forward, due to the influence of the coach, Mis Walter, and Reginald Smith. So many students enters: the preliminaries that it was necessary to hold these fi two evenings. Our team, as finally selected, consisted-Grant Smith, argument; Dalton Trumbo, original; Ref inald Smith, learned; Bryson Jaynes, dramatic, and Ma garet Boroughs, humorous. This year, for the first tiir we won the rhetorical meet with a total of 49 joints a: the following places: First in learned, second each J original, dramatic and humorous. This year our enthusiasm has run even higher, di-laigely to our Rhetorical Club. The preliminaries wer more closely contested than ever. Our team as final chosen, consisted of Dalton Trumbo, original oration an argument: Victor Wagler, learned oration; Bryson Jayne dramatic reading, and Lois Green, humorous readit This time we placed every member of the team, winni: three first in original oration, learned oration and dr matic reading, and third in argument and humorous ret ing. Thus, for the second time, we came home with 1 three-year Rhetorical cup, having won it by a large n jority of points, since we totaled 66, and Delta, our n est competitor, had only 4 4. We are also very proud the fact that we had the high point man—Dalton Tnr bo, with a total of 34 points. The prospects for winning the Rhetorical cup agi this year are exceedingly good, as we are losing very-tie of our rhetorical material by graduation. Just here we should mention the Rhetorical CH which is rapidly becoming an important factor in t school life. This year, one of the big events of the was the rhetorical play, “In Walked Jimmy.” It is'• plan of the club to make the rhetorical play an antf event. [Page S i x t e«

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 Hoisington, Latimer, Trumbo, Due. Burnett, H. Bell. Swire, Stommel. Smith. Schmidt, Wolfe, Moore, Rev. Paul Jones (Adviser). Tope. Rhone, Jaynes. Gallagher, Mast. Marshall, MacKinnon, V. Bell (President), Hinton. Albright. Gormley, Dayman. Absent Members: Ted Jones and Paul Jones. The J-R Club OFFICERS. FIRST SEMESTER. Richard Albright......................President Dalton Trumbo....................Vice President Donald Tope................ Secretary-Treasurer Ted Jones.................. Sergeant at Arms OFFICERS. SECOND SEMESTER. Vestal Bell-....................... President George MacKinnon---------------Vice President Donald Tope Secretary-Treasurer Wendell Smith................Sergeant at Arms ORGANIZED two years ago, the J-R Club is now in its third year, and te numbered among the most valuable organizations in the High School. The membership of the club is composed entirely of High School boys who have proven themselves leaders of the student body. During the school year of 1921-22 the club gave two plays, the proceeds of which went to the purchase of twelve handsome orange-and-black blankets which were presented to the High School for members of the athletic teams. Black sweaters were also presented to the members of the girl's basketball team, which won the slope championship in that year. Ribbons were awarded for first, second and third places at the Western Slope Track and Rhetorical Meet. The year 1922-23 lias, in many respects, been the most successful year of the club. Their principal achievement has been the raising of funds for the Helen Dewey Memorial. This task was successfully carried out. and a beautiful white marble shaft was purchased, together with a eun-dial to rest on it. The club also purchased ribbons for the Western Slope Field and Rhetorical Meet and established the annual J-R Leadership cup for the best leader in High School during the four-year course. [Page Eighteen)