Holton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Holton, KS)

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T + THE RETROSPECT V. Baehni Sparks A. Mumaw Miss Clark Lentz Fisher T. Faulkender V. Johnson Watson Miriam Davis Sharp Gerber D. Jacobs T Q I y P81fUl'lllllg Every year toward the closing weeks of school, a Holton typing team is entered in state competition. This team is composed of five members of the first year class, or the novices, and five members of the second year class, or amateurs. For seven years, Holton has placed first in this division of the state. This year, however, Holton with eighteen points, was pushed back to second place since Sabetha accumulated twenty-six points to win first. Dorothy Jacobs of the novice group captured highest honors in accuracy and second highest in speed. Alta Mumaw, also a novice, placed second in accuracy. Ruth Gerber ranked third in accuracy and fifth in speed. Edith Watson, a novice, ranked fifth in accuracy. No points in either accuracy or speed were made by the amateurs. Thirteen of Holton's eighteen points were made in accuracy and five in speed. The eight schools which entered the contest at Holton were Effingham, Holton, Hoyt, Onaga, Robinson, Sabetha, Westmoreland, and Wetmore. Every pupil of the typing classes, under supervision of Miss Lillian Clark and Miss Dorothy Knapp, entered the Every Member Typing Contest. Three amateurs, Verna Baehni, Edith Fletcher, and Myrtle Sparks, and two novices, Dorothy Jacobs and Lois Sharp, rated with the highest twenty in the first district. Verna ranked fifth among the high twenty in the amateur group, while Dorothy Jacobs earned second place in the novice group and ranked ninth among the highest twenty in the state. To qualify, an amateur had to write not less than thirty-five words a minute with not more than ten errors while a novice had to write twenty words a minute with not more than ten errors. There were sixty-six students enrolled in the typewriting classes this year 'with Miss Lillian Clark at the head of the department and Miss Dorothy Knapp as assistant. A ' ' -H v--'TTT 5:3137 ,gtg Y4gng mgrmmi 1 9 3 2 ,,, . , ,,.E:U:E':4:1:-E PAGE 31

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Top row-N. Doyle, Fowler, Gerber, Butrum, Mr. Hedge, Fairbanks, Baehni, R. Durr, D. Eulert. Middle row-Pomeroy, M. Smith, McCauley, D. Faulkender, Schrenk, Sharp, Lyon, Flynn. Bottom icw--R. Mannell, A. Doyle, Deck, Reed, E. Mumaw, Hersh, P. Hostetter, L. Hollis. Scholarship This year in the state scholarship contest of class B schools, Holton's scholarship team captured one first, two second, one third, one fifth and five honorable mention ratings. Laurence Hay placed first in world history, John Pomeroy ranked second in current history, Lois Sharp received second rating in social Civics, and Muriel Fowler and Verna Baehni took third and tied for fifth, respectively, in spelling. Honorable mention awards in English 9, 10, 12, and plane geometry were given to Holton entries. The relay team also received an honorable mention. In the Every Pupil Scholarship contest conducted twice a year, twenty-eight Holton pupils ranked in the upper one per cent of the state. The test for the earlier part of the year brought this honor to twelve people, namely: Marguerite Smith, Catherine Cocherell, Della Faye Faulkender and Bernice Schrenk for English Ig Leonard Hollis and Esta Mumaw for sophomore English: Doris Lyon for junior Englishg Philip Hostetter for plane geometryg Elizabeth Reed and Nancy B. Doyle for biology, John Wallace and Kenneth Fairbanks for American history. The returns from the second set of tests completed in April showed that sixteen students ranked in the upper one per cent. They were: Della Faye Faulkender, Mar- guerite Smith, Catherine Cocherell, Ruth Durr, Bernice Schrenk, and Lucile McCauley for English Ig Esta Mumaw, Laurence Hay, and June Rings for sophomore Englishg Doris Lyon for junior Englishg John Wallace and John Flynn for American historyg Harry Duffy and Philip Hostetter for agricultureg Walter Schulz and Elizabeth Reed for biology. For the Senior Scholarship tests sent out each year, Holton entered three seniors. John Wallace. Elizabeth Reed, and Muriel Fowler. - P it my 1932 .mama PAGE 30

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THE RETROSPECT .f l l Butrum Miss Lyon J. Flynn. A. Bidwell Miriam Davis Fletcher Lyon E. Rings Horn Debate Holton's debate team swept aside all opposition and won for the third consecutive year the Big Seven Debate title at the tcu1n.unent held at Holton, February 2. As there were no schools in this district other than those entered in the Big Seven contest par- ticipating in debate this year, Holton also won the District Championship by placing first among league contestants. The question for discussion was, Resolved: That the several states should enact legislation providing for compulsory unemployment insurance. Edith Fletcher and Mary Horn of the aflirmative team, and Doris Lyon and Joe Butrum, substituting for John Flynn, of the negative team, won each debate in which they participated. Miriam Davis and Dorothy Nickels were alternates during the Big' Seven debates. Holton's negative team were the only negative speakers to win any judges decision. The state debate tournament at Lawrence, March 18-19 saw Holton, the second smallest school entered, as the winner of three debates, and the loser of three. Both local teams won their first debate-the aflirmative speakers from Pittsburg, and the negative from Colby. The second debates proved to be close, but the decisions were in tavor of the opposing teams-Manhattan and Salina. Both of these teams entered the semi-finals. As the last encounter of March 18, both teams debated Pratt. The affirmative team was victorious. but the negative speakers again fell under the opposition's persuasive arguments. By winning three of their six debates, Holton was made the median of schools of its class as five received better ratings, five poorer, and two were on the same level. These two were Paola and Pittsburg. The teams as they debated at Lawrence were: John Flynn, Edith Fletcher, affirma- tive: Joe Butrum, Doris Lyon, negativeg Mary Horn, Miriam Davis, alternates. Miss Edith Lyon acted as debate coach. Practice debates were held with Fairview and Topeka Catholic High Schools. Aleene Bidwell and Eleanor Rings were members of the debate squad who made some of the trips. PAGE 32 Z Q 'N .Xx 'B D E 5 1 E -E .T L,- .--, fi si 3T - Q E X