Southold High School - Snuffbox Yearbook (Southold, NY)

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The Amerlcan Leglon ratorlcal Contest URING the month of March the Amerlcan Leglon sponsored lts fourth annual Oratorlcal Contest The HV6 contestants who partlclpated lh the local com petltlon were Dorothy Hunter, who presented her essay, My Defense of Democracy, ln the local contest and ln the dlstrlct contest held ln Rlverhead She won flrst and second prlzes, respectlvely She also competed ln the county contest held ln Port efferson but falled to quallfy Anlta Bedell dellvered her paper, entltled The Constltutlon Its Rlghts and Du 165 Marlon My Defense We, ln Amerlca, are rlghtful helrs to a prlceless herltage of freedom granted to us by the framers of the constltutlon Because thls herltage 15 so closely assocl ated wlth our everyday CXISICUCC, we are very apt to take II for granted and not to reallze IES lntrlnslc value We treat llghtly those guarantees of the Blll of Rlghts whlch glV8 us free speech, free press, freedom of wor shlp and trlal by Jury, because we do not reallze what It would be llke to llve ln a country that has lost them When challenged ln debate we boast of our constltu t1onal form of government w1th IIS l6glSl3t1VC, executlve and JUd1C1al branches, IES system of checks and bal ances, and we proclalm th1s lnstrument of government as perfect, for by IFS very flexlblllty, lf has adapted ltself to changlng condltlons and survlved the many trlals w1th whlch lt has been beset We llkewlse profess our bellef ln our electoral system by whlch the average cltlzen may partlclpate ln government, but thls bellef assumes a PHSSIVC rather than an actlve form Boastlng of the merlts of democracy does no harm does no harm unless we conslder boastlng a substltute for defense We are perfectly aware that totalltarlan governments ln Europe have destroyed every V8SI1g8 of democratlc freedom there We also know that they have made SCFIOUS accusatlons agalnst democracy ln an effort to undermlne the vltal structure of government here Slnce thls 15 so, let us cease to boast, let us begln to defend, let us dlsclose the fallacles of the totalltarlan arguments In an effort to prove thelr superlorlty and effectlve ness autocratlc natlons declare that democracles are slow and bungllng as well as hopelessly lnelflclent To refute th1s argument we have only to look at the record of a country, whlch has, ln a perlod of one hundred and flfty years, advanced from a young and lnexperlenced natlon to one of the foremost powers of the world, made so by a free thlnklng and free actlng people Exper lence has shown that when an emergency HFISCS, Amertca can be resolute and qUlCk Dld we not prove thls ln 1917 when, under the pressure of war, we set lnto oper atlon those wheels of machlnery wh1ch, ln a very short space of tlme, forged the sword whlch defeated the enemy? ezghteen Dlckerson gave her talk The Blll of Rlghts, Our Guarantee for Survlval, and won second prlze ln the local contest Carol Waller presented an essay, The Constltutlon, Our Guardlan of Llberty, and LEWIS Blodgett spoke on The Growth of Presldentlal Power These contests have proved to be an outstandlng success and have provlded valuable experlence for thelr contestants It lS hoped that these contests wlll be con tlnued ln years to come and that contestants wlll beneht to an even greater extent by thelr efforts of Democracy On the other hand, lf CHTCICHCY, as the totalltarlans seem to dehne lt, means the bulldlng of a huge war machlne at the expense of food and culture and re llglon, ln short the subjugatlon of all the rlghts of free men perhaps lt IS better that we lack It There are also the HCCUSHIIOUS that polltlcs has destroyed democracy, that there 15 no FCPFESCDIBIIVC government, that the voters are lgnorant and that self lnterested pressure groups dOm1n3t6 the scene For these charges there may be sllght basls for argument, but only sllght Under our Constltutlonal system we do have party r1valr1es and party compet1t1on, but are we not governed by the rule of the IIISJOIIIY? Under our constltutlonal system our voters are all the people, lgnorant as well as lnfelllgenf, but IS not a referendum allowlng a free cholce between candldates and POl1C1ES preferable to a ballot wh1ch allows no alternat1ve'7 Our constltutlonal system may permlt lobbles of questlonable value, but publlc oplnlon fully aroused has defeated them before Can If not do so agaln? Democracy IS the best form of government, for lt 15 predlcated upon freedom that prlceless freedom embodled ln the Blll of R1ghtS of the C0hSt1CUtl0H Democracy must prevall over the tyrannles of the pres ent as If has prevalled over the tyrannles of the past, for lf must keep falth w1th the framers of the Con stltutlon and contlnue to guarantee the blesslngs of llberty to ourselves and our posterlty Words, words, words' They scatter from my head When I get up before the class I w1sh that I were dead Why lS a chalr a chalr, Lord, And why IS a crown a crown Why do I have red halr, Lord, When everyone else has brown? The robln Wlped hls beak And preened a velvet wlng, For he had been appolnted Ambassador of sprmg' 0 s o . . A ,, . . 7 . . . ,, . . . . . ,, . . I . . . . ,, , Q! 33 ' QQ ' ' 77 re ' ' , - - an - - . I . . . . . ' ' ' Q! ' . - - ' ' 77

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MARGARET THONIPSON What do you do change your boy frxends w1th the wxnd'? And do try to speak more courteously to the teachers ACK TUTHILL As an athlete and lady krller you are good but not so good as you rhmk And stop paradlng up and down the axsle 1n study hall Most people are there to study not to look at you CAROL WALLFR There rsn t very much fault we can find wlth you Carol But how about surprlslng us next year by belng ln school at hve of ev ry day? OHIN VVALTFRS You have proven that vou can pass your exams rf you want to Try rt more often PRHJ Wlssr MAN The study hall 1 the grrls home room or do you thmk youll look becomlng ID a dress DICK GYATFXN You 1rent the only oyster xn the stew' Youd b apprcc1ated much more Dlck 1f you dxd as th teachers told you to ANI s SARNO Our advxce to you ames IS to come out of your shell Class Prophecy T IS the year 1961 and we are v1s1t1ng Washlngton teemmg c1ty of a mrllron people Exc1tement IS runn1ng hrgh over the proposed v1s1t of Presrdent Paul Stoutenburg to Parts to help conclude the peace terms endlng the Thlrd World War Freld Marshals Moeller and Aponxk and Sergeant ZCllI1SlC1 recently back from the battle front have conferred wrth the Presldent Secretary of the Treasury Lewis Blodgett estlmates war expendltures to be nearmg 570 000 000 000 now consldered an extraordlnarrly small sum Captam Sla vomk wrll pllot the shlp carrymg the Presxdent to Europe The Ladles AUXlll3fy ln Washlngton led by Flor ence Sanford Frances Conrad and Helen Cardlnal have drstlngulshed themselves by kn1tt1ng for the soldlers Indeed Betty Glover personally made srxty parts f socks for our doughboys Turning from the war news we learn rn the Washington Traveler edlted by Davld Browning of the seventh divorce of that dazzllng blonde Mary Varl Charles Walker 15 scheduled to be the elghth husband udge Burkhardt handled the case and Pastor Palmer wrll perform the comrng marrrage Readlng the sports column edrted by Bob Horton we learn that the master slugger Frank Tyler of the Dodgers struck out wrth two outs and three on bas wlth score tled What Captaln Tyler had to say on the matter has not been revealed Vlslflng the F B I of whxch B111 Reynolds 15 drrector we learn the detalls of the attempted murder of Senator Davlds by a dlsappolnted office seeker Evl dently the assallant was choked and blrnded by the dense black fumes from the Senators clgar and mrssed hte Dropprng rn at the Kos Kozy Rest for lunch run by LOUISE herself whom do we meet but Natalle Zebroskx noted school teacher at the Umverslty of Washmgton' Natalle tells us that two of her fellow teachers Elsle Ortutay and Edrrh Anderson have been promoted to professorshlps The tac1turn erudxte Don ald Tuthrll evolver of the Emsteln theory has been lecturmg on the new hypothesis of atomlc welghts at the Unxvers ty we also learn from Natalie After lunch served by Waltress Rlta Grattan we con mu our tour Att ndmg the movle house managed by Chester Drckerson we see sport flashes of that marvelou grl athlete Margaret Orlowskl hurlmg the shot put 150 fcet We als: enjoyed the famous film The Southold Hut Parade rn whrch the leadlng actresses were Thelma Adams Beatrice M3CNlSh and Sally Gomez wlth ohn Komskls the producer The n w type of camera d veloped by Floyd Varl whrch glves three dlmenslonal colored prctures was rn use at thxs theatre Followrng the program as we sat ln the studlo we heard a beautlful duet by Dot Dlxon and Stafka Doroskr talented opera singers wlth Marlon D1ckerson On a tour to Valley Forge we stop at the Cafe McCaffery run by Peggy herself to get some refresh ments At the table next to us whom do we encounter but Alrce Kalachuk and Albxn anu1ck the happy couple promment ln Phxladelphla hlgh soclety where Albm runs a luxur1ous nrght club We learn from Albrn that ohn V1ctor1a and Eugene Tyler are also resldxng xn Phrladelphra both well on thelr way to blg busmess success as co owners of a crgar manufacturmg company Whlle vrsrtxng the Bureau of Prrntlng and Engrav mg we encounter none other than Martm De esus rapxdly turnmg out sheets of 20 brlls Martm has been employed at the m1nt for ten years and has printed enormous quantltres of hrgh value bulls almost enough to balance the budget Wrth Allce Morrls and Gloria De esus drllgently workmg at hrs sxde thrs trlo IS the prrde of the mlnt Song I-I1ts 1 Hear a Rhapsody Glorxa De esus My Sister and I Rose Horton Lets Get Away from It All The Semor Class Oh Look at Me Now Dot Hunter Oh ohnny Bertha Baker Sweet Dreammg The Freshman Class Brllv Boy Helen Goldsmith Everythxng Happens to Me Adam Kos The Same Old Story Homework Asslgnments It All Comes Back to Me Now Regents Week Carry On umor Class I Do Do You? oyce Drckxnson Lrttle Sleepy Head Fred Wlsseman m Hlstory Class Keep an Eye on Your Heart Fran Conrad Georgia on My Mmd Kathleen Hutchmson I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart Natalle Zebtoskl sn enteen : , ' , ' ' 7 J A : tt - - av , A ' Y , 1 ' . 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