Rocky Ford High School - Le Cantaloupe Yearbook (Rocky Ford, CO)

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DECLAMATIGN Sitting left to right: Mildred Fuller, Grace Cline, Joe Brown, Mable Miles, Harry Braden, Pauline Gobin, Patricia Potter, Pauline Strouse, Alice Pott. Standing, left to right: Carroll Wilson, Irene Lawson, Jean Mumaugh, Marguerite VVathen, Merry Ellen Clute, Noel Meyn, Georgeina Sims, Janet Broomfield, Ernest Orahood, Vina Merrifield, Hisako Kubo, Margaret Sims, Grace Knapp, Dorothy Miller, Durbin Cover, Mable June Herring, Lorena Grogan, Bobby Amend, Zona Mae Campbell, Helen West. Sponsor, Miss Ruth Lytle The Declamation class is a non credit servlce organization tfhat prepares and pre- sents programs to any club in the community which asks for them. Over 200 programs were presented last year. This year a cast from the class on the competitive basis wasl chosen to present a. skit from the play'tThe White Elephant at the Rocky Mountain Speecn Conference in Denver. Delegates from the Declamation class attend this conference every year. The members of the class .spend some of their leisure time learning new readings and plays. A great deal of time is spent in preparing these various programs and then presenting them to the public. Page Eighty one

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l DEBATE J J Left to Right: Dale Coppock, Dorothy Newland, Gaar Potter, Hisako Kubo, Carroll Wilson, Mildred Fuller, Mr. John Ruple Coach, Pauline Gobin, Georgina Sims, Harry Braden, Vina Merrineld, and Alfred Wunder. FIRST TEAMS Affirmative: Alternate: Hisako Kubo Negative: Gaar Potter Harry Braden Carroll Wilson Mildred Fuller Coach, John W. Rupple Question Debated: Resolved, that the several states should enact legislation providing for a complete system of medical care available to ,all citizens at public expense. Although the above teams had not participated in debate before 1936, they proved themselves to be very capable debaters. In two no-decision bouts with La Junta they were considered the better teams. At a tournament held in Pueblo, March 14, they placed third with a ranking of .500. Centennial won this tournament with a ranking of .684. La Junta was not represented. Purpose of Debate: Leisure time was we-ll spent in discussing current issues and the training of leaders. Extemporaneous 'speaking was emphasized. The debaters were thereby trained to think on their feet while standing before a group of listeners. A mutual understanding and friendship were developed between members of this team and teams from other schools that will undoubtedly prove lasting and worth while. Page Eighty

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i BAND 1936 .gx Rocky Ford High School students consider the band a great asset to the school Not only does it afford a pleasant way in, which to spend ones leisure, but the partici- pants in the band have a chance to perform a great service to the school. The banid helps to add pep to the sport activities of the is-chool, to enliven t-he as- sembly programs, to play private programs and to provide entertainment for the :owns- people in the way of Public Band Concerts helld in the summer at library park. TRUMPETS Earl Heckman Fred Ikenberry Junior Bolling Roy iMiles Delevan. Burrell Burns Stauffer CLARINETS Jon Brown Blaine Gibson Jimmy Taguchi Robert Smith Evelyn Groth Paul Kitch Gennette Benning Leland Scott Page Eighty-two PERSONNEL Mr. Ralph Rea, director BASSOON Marjory Jackson HORN Billy Sidebottom PERCUSSION Harry Braden Jerre Swink Claude Loughlin Dorothy Hoffman SOUSAPHONE Dale Cadwallader TROMBONE Dale Coppock Delbert Wiant Robert Cadwallader Brice Crider FLUTE Carroll Wilson Charlotte June Stevenson ALTO SAX Verne Elfsesser Jimmy Burrell TENOR SAX Al Wunder BARITONE SAX Raymond Gibson BARITONE HORN Calvin Billingsley