Wyandotte High School - Quiverian Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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Seated-Betty Carimell, Iim Christy, Bill Binns, Wallace Grimes, Iohn Gazlock. Bernard Balkin, Gloria Miles. Standing-Iames Siubenrauch, Orlan Lorton, Doralyn Gard. Icline Rinne, Wanda Baldwin, Ioyce Hulf. lack Larson. Melvin Cohn. Students who have participated in debate, oratory, dramatic read- ing, after-dinner and extempora- neous speaking comprise that honor organization known as the National Forensic League. To become a member of this organization, the student must have participated in a certain number of speech contests and attained the required points. He is then eligible for membership and is voted upon by the local chapter. As in other honorary groups, there are several different degrees of rank, each attained by meet- O 0l el'l6lC by JACK LARsoN I 27 ing certain requirements. These ranks are Degree of Merit, De- gree of Honor, Degree of Excel- lence, and Degree of Distinction. This fourth degree is the aim of every member. The following boys attained the highest degree this year: Bernard Balkin, James Christy, Melvin Cohn, john Garlock, and Wallace Grimes, thus bringing many honors to their school from the various contests. This year the Forensic League of Wyandotte High School was given special recognition by the National office for outstanding work in speech and debate.

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Standing-Ed Scoles, Iohn Gorlock, Leland Bohl. Paoli Massaglicx, Bob Hammer, and Luther Welsh. Seated-lock Labowiiz. Eleanor Broughton, and Melvin Cohn. These studenls are scholarship seekers and winners. lflldel' .SQMJQJ Superiority in training, char- acter, ideals, and promise of future usefulness! All this and more too tells of the rigid require- ments those winning candidacy for the Summerheld Scholarship must meet. But as usual, Wyan- dotte comes up with the best and sends nine Super Studes to Law- rence to take the finals. Twenty per cent of the senior boys ranking highest in scholastic achievements are named by Vice- Principal Clyde Hume for the preliminaries, consisting of three tests plus personality ratings given by teachers. Those ranking in the upper one-third are eligible 0 A , x S. v xx 1. HN X ii ix it . X X . X. by HOMER MITCHELL t , X 4 ,FQ , W X r A ' W if 1 ws i i 26 for the finals. Winners are chosen from those boys making the highest scores on psychological examinations, achievement tests, and personal interviews. Every high school in Kansas is allowed at least one candidate and not more than five per cent of the graduating class each year. To receive a scholarship is an honor of the highest significance and is intended to confer rare scholastic achievements. Eleanor Broughton has re- ceived a scholarship to the Vir- ginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia.

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Second Row-Richard Wall. Beily Gene Hedslrom, Margaret Wenski, Dan Millikan, Mr. G. W. Corporon. Paul Zeh, Paul Domanasky. and Al Fowler. First Row-Virginia Roseberry. Lois Benson, Josephine Iuiliano, Eleanor Lasler, Mary Margaret Gaynor, Alice Kutchko, and Bonnie Maior. Qu!! gd .Siva Students performing outstand- ing work on the three Wyandotte publications -- the Pantograph, by the weekly newspaperg the Qui- verian, year bookg and Pencraft, the literary magazine-are recom- mended for membership in an international society for high school journalists, the Quill and Scroll. The society was formed by a group of high school super- visors April IO, l926, to encour- age individual achievement in journalism. Eligibility to the society re- quires the student to have a scholastic standing in the top BisT'1'Y GENE HIEDSTROM 28 third of the senior class, a recom- mendation by the students ad- viser, and approval by the na- tional secretary. When accepted into the society, the student pays two dollars to cover the cost of a gold-plated pin, a year's subscription to the Quill and Scroll magazine, and any expenses involved in keep- ing records. Special badges are awarded for a few cents more to editors and business managers, Sixteen nominees were selected for membership this year into the Wyandotte division, the William A. Bailey chapter.