Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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I Tall: 5.115 up stcsrrra. ,l A lot of people don't know what forensics and debate are, Patty Bernhardt, junior, said. Debate consisted of a team of two arguing affirmative on an issue against another team of two arguing nega- tive. This year's topic had to do with commercial advertising. Debate members competed at tournaments on weekends from the end of September to the first of January. Students did well, taking third at Shawnee Mission West, third at Shawnee Heights in Topeka and third at regionals. We probably spent 65 percent of our time on debate, Bernhardt said. Students spent time at Wichita State University Library for materials, calls to Washing- ton D.C. for recent information and attending debate camp. Although debate is a lot more in depth, Bernhardt said, forensics is more individualized. Forensics has a lot of different areas to excel and compete in. In Extemporaneous Speaking, each competitor got a list of three copies from three recent magazines. They chose one and wrote and presented a four-seven minute speech on that subject. Poetry had a seven minute time limit and included an introduction to a poetry selection. In Original Oration a student took a current topic and wrote and memorized a speech. It had to affect the majority of the nation, be persuasive, and come up with a solution. The time limit was seven to ten minutes. Duet Acting involved two students taking a selection from a play or movie and performing for seven to ten :- I- L 0 .Q 3 U Z ID 2 x j.: I I ,I 'l I lf: f 0 I I 'Wil 4 -ji EIEFIQ ,, I li ffl ll ' Vzjisll. ' Iijjlililjii gil minutes. 'All ,jf Informative speech was a memorized speech on a M .wpilg topic of interest. It was memorized and no longer than Furl lg seven minutes. My-,I 1 I j lmprovised duet acting was the same as duet acting ,dll , I 1 except that at the tournament each pair was given lil? I fl three topics and made up their own play to act out. -W W Humorous Interpretation and Dramatic lnterp. were fm H5 both taking cutlines from a play or book and it was 'y,i,,: 'Il fljjiiig done by one person performing all the characters. 'I' It was memorized and seven minutes in length. rss!! .. W ' Prose was a selection read from a book and is seven :P I A minutes long. lim I ii A newer category in Kansas was Lincoln Douglas ill' Debate, in which one student debated a moral issue, ad ribbing. I jj 4 , I 'QI Forensics season went from January to the first of fl, ffj April. To compete at a tournament, students had to jljgjlfl first get-a spot on the team by competing against other 2 I' students in class. li, The kids work on their own. After they have Ag worked up a piece, I listen and give advice, Miss Robin jjj. Steverson, coach of both teams, said. It takes a lot of ,SME dedication from students and teacher. ,I Besides hard work, students enjoyed the competition. IM.-.,jf V If' l can really get into it, I love to speak in front of lfljli' Ml people, Bernhardt said. Some people specialize l ..i,. I, in sports, other in math, my specialty is forensics :HI and debate. We have a good time, Steverson said. We're like a bunch of kids playing tricks on each other and helping each other out. 1. A MEMBER of both forensic and debate teams, junior Patty Bernhardt reaserches topics on note cards. 2. WORKING ON speeches took up a lot of time. Coach Steverson and Trina Dunham work on a part of her speech. .fl ll fl -' -I .. 35' I I A' ' 'l lilly I ffl I lr V? .EI . 'J iff I 'fi .J II gl I I W ' 5' Ulf 'I' 'W if ljlll' '. 1 ill 5 j fi f., in if A I Ili' I lf ' I 3 at , ,u jj lj .j 1 1 ,, :I I , A A I- ? I l il It , fl: 'i- - '. 'f lull' N gi! -li? X145 I ig fdi ,IljI'I,'i'.:Fr1 'wi I,!l. itll , '3 Q fill' ,gn lf .l ,i,ll,',v,l? I i jifj jlllj il all ' I,1,igE yy... 5:1 'F Ui-5jfV:'JA ll+'Za ,,,,j1-.,j, lm j'f'l,f Ill' Haj Illl qflifi '.u ifili sfzili fill M5I'Ii'll ?,f'g-l' li .il,l1'i5m.lllf ll-ilr l DEBATE

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