Arkansas City High School - River Rat Yearbook (Arkansas City, AR)

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FORENSIC GROUP ln digging among debate DEBATE records, in searching out the history of our other departments, it is to be found that A. C. li. S. has nothing to be ashamed ol' and has much to be proud of. The greatest, incentive to societies, the Cavaliers and the do one's best is a spirit of rivalry. ln 1905 two rival Argonauts, were formed. In the following years great. competition existed between these two clubs. These clubs existed for about seven yearsg then they gave way to one debate class. Since that time A. C'. H. Arkansas Pity debate team won torioutsg in 1921-22 we won the year we won second place with solved and several dual debates This year a debate squad S. has held her share of the honors. In 1919-20 the state championship. In 1920-21 our team was all vic- championship of the Ark Valley League and the next 19 out of 24 decisions. Last year the League was dis- were held. of twelve was chosen. This was organized into teams and each team was prepared to enter any debate. In this way keener competition was involved. more material was secured, and a formation of next year's debate stu- dents was begun. Members of the squad were: Opal Agnew, Eddie Castle, Tracy English, Frances O'Dowd Garland Russell, Landon Mathews. May Kittrell, Izola Mann, Wilbur Shoup, Russell Piper, Lydia Pannell and Gordon Newton. The question this year was Resolved: that the Proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution Shall be Adopted. Izola Mann and May Kittrell for the affirma- tive and Eddie Castle and Frances O'Dowd for the negative, represented tl1e school. This team won the southern half of the Ark Valley League but lost to Hutchinson in the final debate for league championship. ORATOIIY A. C. H.S. has always distinguished herself in oratorical contests. This year Russell Piper represented us in the Ark Valley Oratorical Contest at Kingman, win- ning second place. Ile, also, won second place at the Southwestern Invitation Uontest at Winfield. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAK ING Extemporaneous Speaking this year was handled in a slightly different man- ner than ever before. The Public Speaking class and Junior English classes took up the work. They were given twelve magazines from which they were to be prepared on any of twenty-four topics. Fern Snyder and Eddie Castle were chosen to repre- sent the school in the contest at Newton. They made a good showing against. stiff competition. Eddie Vastle placed third.

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A if .1' iff 5 'r C 4 EJ 4 A ll .l 4 .t L.. 4 .nu AA .,Aa,4..4.4. l 44 Q1 if -r Q 14 O THE ARK LIGHT Journalistic writing in the Arkansas City High School began in 1915 with a publication called The Arkansanf' This booklet was published every six weeks. Every funny story, every clever poem, every interesting event-all, were saved for The Arkansanf' Even with the lnfrequency of publication, it was eagerly read and greatly enjoyed. There was no Journalism class: instead, the booklet was put out by the Senior English class. Nlne years ago,. Mr. J. B. Heffelfinger, Supt. of the Arkansas City schools, con- ceived another plan for A. C. H. S. which he thought would take if it were carried out. He placed Miss Pauline Sleeth in charge of the project. The plan was for a school paper. to be published regularly. The first year, the Ark Light was edited by class sponsors and a student member from each class. The work was done en- tirely out side of school hours. The next year a Journalism class was formed, the Ark Light becoming a class project. Since then, it has grown in circulation, quality, and size, and it has become necessary to solicit advertisements. Business men of the town have responded generously in supporting the Ark Light in this way. The ex- penses of publishing the Ark Light are about S1200 .per year. About one-halt of this is furnished through advertisements. The Newman Dry Goods Co. has advertised in every lssueg the Home National Bank ranks recond on the list. Many others have, in this way, assisted the Ark Light- in becoming one of the fixed institutions of our school. - In nine years, much has been accomplished. The Ark Light has not only be- come known to local townspeople, but to students all over Kansas. Students of other schools who have read it among their exchanges have laughed at Freshman Letters 3 have repeated the advice of Konduct Katie g and have enjoyed Gushing Gertie. In 1921 the Ark Light won third place in the state contest for high school papers. In 1926 it won honorable mention for a special project carried out to bene- fit the whole school. The principal of another high school in Kansas has said, The Ark Light is the best paper which comes to us, for it has more interesting and worth while ideas than, any other paper we receive--college or high school. . Journalism has become a fascinating study for hard-working students. Chosen members of the class have represented the Ark Light at five out of seven annual high school newspaper conferences held at Lawrence. In the last two years, several new plans for advancement have been carried out. A free pre-enrollment issue has been sent out to all prospective students. This has meant an unusual amount of work for Miss Sleeth, the sponsor, and for the few students who have helped her. The class has edited the Traveler one day each year. Last year, it 4publlshed one issue of Newman News. The class published short story bookls last year. These stories show real ability on the part of students. Prominent educators in the state have praised the book highly. Many of those pupils who began with the Ark Light have taken up journalism as a profession and are succeeding in their work on larger papers. Frank Clough has reported for the Kansas City Star and now has a responsible position -with the Emporia Gazette. This year, Dwight King was pledged by the national honorary journalistic fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi at K. S. A. C. Several high school journalism students have reported for ,the Traveler. Among them are Dean Nichols, Blanche Allen, Dorothea iTaylorJ Martin, Mabel Bowman, Vernon Smith, Katherine Mans and Levia Slater. ' . The Journalism class this year has been the largest in the history of the de- partment. This class includes some promising journalists who deserve much credit for the excellent paper they have published. Miss Sleeth has devoted much time and energy to making The Ark Light a great success. ADVERTISING MANAGER --. Elton Holmes ASSISTANT ADV. MANAGER Harper Lyons TYPISTS: Naomi Heydorf, Bobbie Jackson, Eddie Castle EDITOR ...... .. ............. Ronald Thomas ASSISTANT EDITOR .... Virginia Callahan BUSINESS MANAGER ........ Karl Klnslow ASSISTANTS: Marianne Berry, Joe Barkwell DISTRIBUTION: JUNIOR HIGH .... Frances O'Dowd Eddie Castle SENIOR HIGH ...... Irene Braymer Harper Lyons MAILING ..... ..... R eta Bowen Marjorie 'Vleek CARTOONIST .......... . - ..,, Harper Lyons SPORT EDITORS ........... ., Joe Barkwell Harper Lyons svonsons: snmoa HIGH -.. .... ' Pauline Sleeth JUNIOR HIGH .... Dorothy Brandlm. le l o Cla -68 ,A .cf ll D 1 i l I S 1 5 5 2 ? E 2 Q A . I - - : W isll gggi . . wt ifl. 9 26 L -ff' I2 A

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A '-A -f titkfflzaw- i HONOR SOCIETY A. C. ll. S. was fortunate in having a chapter of the National Honor Society installed here in 1924. as only schools ol' high standards are granted this privilege. The Your points that form the basis for membership are: Service, t'haracter, Leadership, and Scholarship. The members are chosen by the faculty. Specifications for membership besides the four fundamental points are: the candidate must rank in the upper 25 percent of his class. Only juniors and seniors are eligible to mem- bership and they must have spent one year in A. t'. H, S. Membership in this society is an honor because it has been conferred by the Board oi' lflmlucatiton that gradua- tion with honors shall go only to members ol' this society. The membership is as follows: Bertha Charter Naomi lleydori' Gail Fesler Kathryne Le Stourgcon Forrest Newman Frances Herbert Harold Bottomley Ethel Hynd Katherine Mans Ethel Bybee Russell Piper Vager Bernard Bobbie Jackson Agnes Cnshenberry The sponsors of this society are: Miss Frances Keith, Miss Mabel Bowers. and Miss Edith Davis.