New Bern High School - Bruin Yearbook (New Bern, NC)

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S f T s 'W X59 2. 1 IE ' f ' . it A H l numnm mn.. mlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllmlllllllllllllllmlll IlllIIIIIIIIIlI lmllIlllllIllllllllllllllllllll Ill A' JACK BARBER LAURA DAUGHERTY NAT DIXON ANDREW CHESSON Gun Debaters The query for discussion was, Resolved, That North Carolina should adopt the proposed constitutional amendment, authorizing the classifica- tion of property for taxation. The debates were held on Friday morning, April 4, before the student bodies of the high schools in the New Bern-Greenville,Washington triangle. Our affirmative team met Greenville's negative at Washington, while our negative was debating Washington's afiirmative at Greenville. All the affirmative teams in the triangle won by a 2 to 1 vote, so no school earned the right to take part in the State finals at Chapel Hill. The contest between our teams to decide the winner of the Kiwanis prize was held in Griffin Auditorium on April 11. Jack Barber won the decision of the judges as best speaker, and was presented a five-dollar gold piece by Mr. E. L. Lashley, president of the Kiwanis Club. All of the debaters were awarded red chenille monograms by the school.