Shafter High School - Laurion Yearbook (Shafter, CA)

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FORENSIC CLUB First Semester Officers Second Semester l-lenry Janzen . , President . . l-lenry Janzen James Livers , . vice President . . James Livers Elmer Dahl . . A , Secretary-Treasurer . . Amanda Johnson Gregory lvlalofy . Forensic Manager . . Gregory Nlalofy Mr, Porterfield . , Adviser . . . . Mr. Porterfield lvlr. White . A , ,.i4 Adviser 4,.. . . . Mr. White This club was organized last year, and for the length of time it has existed it has accomplished a great deal. lt was organized to promote participation in speech activities and to stimulate school interest in the speech arts. The contests that are entered in this work include oratory, extempore speaking, and debate. The membership of this club is limited to charter members and those who have represented their school in this type of activity. The new members are selected by the old members and voted into the club, Each member purchases a bronze pin, but those who have represented the school in some official type of contest are awarded a jeweled gold S, the jewels standing for the different contests they par- ticipated in during the year, During the latter part of the second semester the Forensic Club gave their an- nual l-li Jinx Assembly. This went over with a bang and was even better than the one given last year, In the month of May the club gave a lawn party. To this they invited all the contestants and coaches of the Sierra Forensic Conference, Shafter is obtaining much favorable publicity throughout the valley for its interest in speech activity, and the Club has done what it can to stimulate this interest. Page Twenty-eight

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C. S. F. First Semester Otticers Second Semester Rosie Unruh . , . President 4 . , , . Rosie Unruh Arthur Wittenburg , T . Vice President 4 Elnor Frances Schierlmann Rosella l-leinrichs . . . Secretary-Treasurer T . . , Rosella Heinrichs The C. S. F. has been more active this year than ever before, lt has increased in size, and the students are taking more ot an interest in the organization, They pro- moted a magazine drive at the beginning ot the year, by which they added quite a sum ot money to their treasury, Early in the year the C. S. F. gave the students on the honor roll a party. That was the time they played musical chairs and lvlr. Wilson ottered to be it, and wanted to know it he had to catch somebodyl Later they had an initiation party tor the new members. They attended the district convention at Bakersfield in the tall. Quite a num- ber ot the members were able to go, accompanied by Miss Finck, Eight members also attended the regional convention at San Mateo All schools ot central California were represented in this convention, Shatter having a comparatively large delegation, Next year the regional convention will be held in Fresno, so we hope that even a larger group can attend then, A group attended the spring district convention in Tulare, Those students who are lite members and will receive the C, S, F. Lite lvlember- ship award are Gladys Breckenridge, Elnor Frances Schierlmann, and Rosie Unruh. Thcy have been in the C S. F. as long as they have been in high school, and all will agree, we think, that that is a record ot which to be exceedingly proud. Page Twenty seven

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FORENSIC ACTIVITIES We might as well say vvithout any discussion that this school turns out some pretty good arguersr For the first time in the history of the Shatter High School, the debating team of this year vvon the county and valley title, receiving plaques in both events The valley championship was won by defeating Roosevelt High School of Fresno. Rosie Unruh and Richard Hetz won their debate at Shaffer, Amanda Johnson and James Livers won theirs at Fresno. ln this Sierra Forensic Conference the seven members of our debating squad won eight out of ten contests this year, which means that we defeated Delano, McFarland, Taft Sophomores, Bakersfield Sophomores, and Roosevelt Sophomores at Fresno, On April I, Henry Janzen and James Horton represented Shatter in the county oratorical contest, which was held at Shafter, Although they dzd not win a place, they received honorable mention by the judges. The extempore contest, in which Shatter was represented by tvvo speakers, Henry Janzen and Elmer Dahl, was held too late in the year to be entered in the Annual. Mr. White and Mr, Porterfield, the advisers of the forensic activities, have worked long and hard this year and deserve a great deal of credit in the success of the organization. e Five out of the seven members vver seniors and graduate this year, leaving a very small group behind to on so advisers will have to do some scouting around next year to find year's record ft - Page Twenty nine