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 l924 CACTUS Vocational Agriculture Department Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Q SINCE its establishment in Marion High School our vocational Agriculture Q Z Department has grown in size and importance every year. The present enrollment of thirty-six is the largest that the class has ever had. Z ln connection with their school work the boys have been interested in Q clubs as usual. There were five of these clubs this year, Potato, Poultry, Pig, Bee and Corn. There will be an addition of two new clubs next year, the Z Lamb club and the Ton Litter club. The latter is in connection with the Pig Q club. Three members of this year's Corn Club entered the Five Acre Corn Contest sponsored by the Indiana Corn Cirower's Association. Russel Farley g with a yield of ninety-one bushels per acre fthe largest yield in Cirant County? Q and Hubert Drook with a yield of eighty-six bushels per acre both won silver X medals, Hal Chasey with a yield of eighty-three bushels per acre won a bronze Z medal. Z J The class has the use, of eight acres of school land on west Thirty-Sixth X street for its projects. ln addition to two gardens on the plot the members have Z a pen of a dozen English Leghorns from a high egg laying strain. The eggs g from this pen have been used for hatching purposes. X The Fifth Annual Egg Show was held at the High School, April 30 and X Z May l. More than forty dozens of eggs were entered. One week later the club Z journeyed to Purdue University to the Round-up. May 6 to 9. This year's : corn judging team at the Round-up consisted of Edgar Clanin. Chester Stuber. 1 Q Z Y Hubert Drook and Hal Chasey. The club presented a playlet written by Mr. Crane entitled A Class ln Corn Judging Everyone who goes to the Round Q 1 up looks forward with great expectancy to the plays p esented by the M H S 1 ff? FBMQY . k d me., i ii is-'af t 1 5gj. gi B V i r . . Q E 'iq delegation. B 2523, . as me v .see-. an , . , , , C . 'Fi-S'