Smith Cotton High School - Archives Yearbook (Sedalia, MO)

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ATIGNAL FCRENSIC LE GUE Top Row: Bill Swift, Gordon Capes, Lloyd Roe, Billy Evans, Kenneth Hunt, Sam Highleyman, Richard Pryor, Eddie Rogers, Bob Shaffer. Miilrflc Row: Martha Scottg Margaret Snecdg Bob Pruittg Bill Eastburn, Virz'-Przwiilrzlfg Bill Mcuschkcg Virginia Berry, jack Gregoryg Marceille Kanterg Norman Fulton, Wanda Stephenson. Bollom Roux: Maurine Moore, Jeanne Stanfield, Secrelaryg Lon Klink, Pft'Silfl'l1fj Miss Sawford, Sllrmxorg Helen Xvalkerg Helen Louise Taylor. The N. F. L. Club has been very active this year with thirty-eight members. At the beginning of the year Lon Klink was elected president, Bill Eastburn, vice-president, and Jeanne Stanfield, secretary. Our first debate tournament was held at Shawnee-Mission High School in Merriam, Kansas. Smith- Cotton was represented by three teams. The next tournament was sponsored by Butler. Marceille Kanter, won first in Dramatic Declamations while Lon Klink and Frank Urban went to the finals in extempo- raneous speaking, and humorous declamation contests. The state regional tournament was held at Warrensburg this year with seven schools competing. Our debate team fcomposed of affirmative: Margaret Sneed and Lon Klinkg negative, Marccille Kanter and Sam Highlymanj went to the finals and placed third. Marceille Kanter, Lon Klink, and Jean Handley won the right to represent Smith-Cotton in the state finals held at Washington University on April 7. Kanter placed first in the regional meet in dramatic readings, Klink, who won the state humorous decla- mation contest last year, placed third in the regional extemporaneous contest, and Handley ranked third in the original orations. Among the many schools defeated by Smith-Cotton debaters were Rockhurst, Lexington, Butler, Joplin, Fayette, Webb City, Lillis, Valley Falls, Topeka, and Independence. Independence was defeated twice, once at Shawnee-Mission when they won first place and again at Butler where Independence also took the honors. Our Club would not have been so successful if it hadn,t been for our coach, Miss Sawford, who planned the meets and developed the contestants.

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DRAMATICS Svafml: Lorene Naugel, Geneva Steele, Jeanne Stanfield, D. Hyatt, Jane Wadleigll, and Irel Jean Harmon. Standing: Gene Terry, Virginia Berry, Betty Gerster, Jack Gregory, and Jacqueline Hatfield. The dramatics class of Smith-Cotton has presented two one-act plays and one three-act play. The first play was a Thanksgiving play, Orchids for Thanksgivingf' which was given for a high school assembly and for a P. T. A. meeting at Jefferson School. At Christmas time another one-act play, Pop Reads the Christmas Carol, was given at the Sedalia Army Air Field for the hospital patients. A hilarious farce-comedy in three acts, Act Your Agef, was presented February 16. That was the night of a ten-inch snow, but despite the fact, the auditorium was more than half full. Many people who saw this play asked that it might be given again at a later date, so it was given for the second time, March 2. The characters for Act Your Age were: Angy Goetzua .,,, Geneva Steele James Matson ..-W ,--.,Jack Gregory Jerry Joyce ,,,,.,...,,,,,....,, Lorene Naugel Sandra Stone ...,,,...,,,. ,... J ackie Hatfield Cora ...,,.,.,.....,,a,,....,, Virginia Berry Western Union Messenger ..,,,,,, Jane Wadleigh Helga ,..,, ,....,,,,,. uua, I r el Jean Harman Commander Stone ,,,... ,e,,, G ene Terry Gadget', Hoffenflugel ,,,...Ye,, Bill Meuschke Student Director ,,,...,,, .e,, B etty Gerster The students of the dramatics class directed the intra-mural plays which were presented March 8 and 9. The winning play was given by the senior class under the direction of Bill Meuschke. Eugene Hargrove, a member of the eighth grade play cast, was awarded the loving cup for the best acting. Two winning plays, Money Can't Buy It and Mistaken Identity, were presented by a few members of the junior high school and the dramatics class, respectively, for the Creative Assembly on March 28. The dramatics season closed the later part of April with the presentation of another three-act play.

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L CLUB First Row: Norman Fulton, Joe Williams, John Towner, Bud Roe, jack Gregory, Billy Evans, Gene Fullerton, and William Parsley. Second Row: Edward Mehl, Dusty Harmon, Joe Herrick, Stinky Zink, Edgar Mehl, Alfred Hall, Don Janes, Frank Armstrong, and Kenneth Hunt. Third Row: P. A. Sillers, Jack Lynch, Gordon Keithly, Smokey Caldwell, Don Johnson, Bob Pruitt, Bud Arnold, Bill Morris, and Fred Robertson. The Letterman's Club of Smith-Cotton is limited in membership to boys who have Won major letters in the athletic, journalism, music, forensics, dramatic, scholar- ship or school service departments. A student may qualify scholastically with an aver- age grade of M in all subjects. The purpose of the L Club is to sponsor sportsman- ship, promote initiative, encourage co-operation, develop leadership, and promote loy- alty among its members. One of the major activities sponsored by the L Club was the inter-class basket- ball tournament on March 16 and 17. The annual L Club banquet was held February 20th at the Country Club. Music was furnished by Don Janes' Orchestra, and the theme was George Washington. Our sponsor, Mr. Sillers, has been a very capable sponsor Whose incomparable guidance led our club through an excellent year.