Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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THE 1924 CACTUS gan, Edwin Pope, Ruby Knipp, Vernona Lees and Verla Dicken. Adeline Mart was given first place. She next competed in the district contest, held at Marion High School, March 28th, where she won again. There were three high schools represented I Q -Van Buren, Swayzee and Marion. The dstrict judges were Mr, Oren Q' Dickey. a Marion attorney. Mrs. McAninch. from Marion College and Prof. Coughlin. of Kokomo. Miss Mart won a prize of 350, which was offered to 1 every district winner in the state. Q 3 7 April llth. in the terrltorial contest held at Newcastle, the Marion con- testant was again successful and eliminated the representatives from Newcastle, A Greenfield. Anderson, Lawrence and Mtliicie. In the State finals at Indianapolis, A ril 19th, there were six schools re- ' - p I X presented-Marion. Kokomo, Auburn, Martinsville. Evansville and James- j Z town. The representative from Martinsville was given first place and the Kokomo representative received second place. Though Miss Mart did not get nrst place, her showing was good. The many Marion people who heard the Q contest felt that the standards of judging were decidedly peculiar. We may well Q 7 be proud to be one of the six schools represented at Indianapolis, There is little doubt that the Oratori:al Contest has been a noteworthy success. It has Z caused much valuable research on the Constitution by students, in addition to the public speaking exercises. j . I I f 7 The Discussion League 7, f THE Annual High School Discussion League Contest was held in the general X Q43 assembly of the Marion I-Ilgh School students toward the latter part of March. The subject chosen for the discussion this year was A World Peace Plann' which is a subject of world wide interest today. X Z g The plans. subject and material for these contests are furnished by Indiana f University every year. All high school students are eligible to participate and Z all are greatly encouraged to enter, especially the Public Speaking classes. Z f There were just three entrants this year: Verla Dicken, Kenneth Grin- f stead and James Wilsoni All 'plans were well presented and showed evi- Z dence olf much hard work and time spent in the details necessary to perfect a Z, I peace p an. X . James Wilson was the iirst-speakerg Verla Dicken second and Kenneth X Crinstead third. The judges decided in favor of Verla Dicken, who was en- Z titled to enter the county contest. Z - Sweetser. the only other competitor for the County Championship, was : : M the winnerland earned the right to enter the district meet at Wabash. Though onmmn if Sffveetlsler did not wan EI Wabash, it may be noted that the winner theer was i 4 a so t e winner in tie tate Hnals at Indiana University. f P 'gifs . .I N 'v orb 1 5 . 9 gs? ft 1 525' :QSM f f ,-1 1. rw qt-4 1 ir Q : i , 141148 l tl 'V lip' A ' F' I I ' 'v-FT 4' g ent!

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THE 1924 CACTUS Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z - ian-Q 4 gf 'P Senior Kid Party THE Senior Class held a Kid party at the High School Auditorium. on April 15th. When the children first arrived, a program was given for them consisting of a piano solo by Mildred Harvey. a violin solo by Irene Ren- barger. and a dialogue by Darl Nall and Nick Young called 'lloshing the Jan- itor. After the program, kid games were played in the gymnasium, such as l'Three Deep and Drop the Handkerchieff' The prizes for the best costumes were prsented at this time to Betty Bader. Betty Millikan. James Wilson. and Bob Daniels. Later. refreshments dear to childish hearts. ice cream coner and chocolate teddy bears, were served in the cafeteria. Mathematics Club The future Euclids decided that 'lin union there is strength and so the Mathematics Club, supervised by Mr. Penrod and Mr. Pribble. was formed. A constitution was drawn up and adopted and all those taking Algebra 3. Geo- metry. or Trigonometry were eligible. The officers elected were: Royden Butterfield. President: Andrew Powell. Vice-Prsident: Clarence Foust, Secretary ancl Treasurer: Hefen Culp, Reporter. Meetings were held the first and third Thursdays of each month. and parties were given at the school. National Oratorical Contest A great deal of interest has been arouied this year in Marion High School by the National Oratorical Contest. The contest was originated by the National Bar Association, to stimulate greater interest in the Constitution among the high school students of the United States. It was sponsored in Indiana by the Indianapolis News. which spent around 510.000 for prizes. to create more interest and ccmpetition in the state. The large number of Indiana High Schools which were entered should make the sponsors well satis- lied with their efforts. Indiana was divided into districts and territories. with the final contest at Indianapolis. The states were grouped into zones and the zone winners received trips to Washington, D. C.. to give their speeches before the President of the United States with the supreme Court as judges. The local elimination was held on March 25th in our auditorium before a generala general assembly The cntr'e were Adeine Mart Margaret Lan Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z in Z A 5 Q S R . 3 I 3 I . , - g :' if I Q H X Q, M

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