Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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T b TROJAN Allow Us to Sum Up Our Points bj PAUL HODLER RESOLVED: “That Legislation Providing for Compulsory Unemployment Insurance Should be Enacted by the Legislatures of the Several States,” proved to be a live and fertile field for tbe brain activities of the followers of Demosthenes in B. H. S. this year. Debate has been an extra-curricular activity in B. H. S. for many years. During that time Beloit has turned out a few championship teams and several good teams. The team this year placed seventh in the tournament at Clay Center on February 20. On January 20 the Trojan team bucked mud to Lebanon for the first non-decision debate, after about two months of preparation. Things began to move after this first debate. On January 26 Clay Center sent her lawyers over to explain how the hog of America was to get over the River of Depression into the cornfield of Prosperity. January 29 we visited Osborne and split the only decision practice debate of the season. 1 he negative team won while the affirmative lost. Lebanon returned our visit on February 9 with a practice debate in which our “mighty midgets,’ Rex Quakenbush and Merle Fairchild, showed much promise of future forensic ability. The week of February 14 was the climax of the season. Non-decision debates were held with Clay Center here on Tuesday, February 16, Concordia at Beloit on Wednesday, and both Alton and Sa-lina on Thursday. In addition to this schedule the squad gave an exhibition debate in chapel which rather degenerated into a battle of sarcasm. Bob Smith’s “hypothetical” case carried the day though, and the student body voted the decision to Henry Lins and Bob Smith, affirmative, over Boyd Finney and Paul Hodler, negative. Saturday, February 20, saw the league tournament at Clay Center, with Beloit taking seventh place. Robert Smith and Henry Lins, with Ralph Jordan as alternate, copped honors from Belleville, and Clay Center, but lost from Concordia. The negative team composed of Boyd Finney and Paul Hodler, with Wilfred Beardmore as alternate, met with some stiff opposition and lost to Manhattan, Marysville and Junction City. Other boys receiving letters besides those in the tournament were Billy Pfautz, Theodore Crown, and Claude Baker. Coach Carmichael will have six letter men back next year for debate and it looks as if Beloit should produce one of those rarely good debate teams next year. May, 1932 Page Twenty-five

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Tgft TROJAN Trojan Maratkons bS JAMES HIGINBOTHAM TRACK Track started this year with thirty-six boys out. As there are only six seniors in the squad, there seems to be a great chance for Coach Isaacson to come up with a great team in the next few years. The meets this year were with Osborne. Glen Elder, Concordia, Hunter, and the league meet at Manhattan. We won from Hunter and lost to Osborne, Glen Elder and Concordia. In the league meet at Manhattan, Smith took third in both high jump and high hurdles and Hicks took fourth in the mile. Manhattan won first place with 44 points; Belleville, second, 34; Concordia, third. 29; Junction City, fourth, 24; Clay Center, fifth, 22; Marysville, sixth, 18; and Beloit, seventh, with 5 points. The Inter-Class track meet held Friday, April 8, resulted in a win for the juniors, with the seniors, freshmen and sophomores coming next in order. Those who placed in the events were: Shot put: Smith, first; File, second; Emmot. third. Discuss: File, first; Daniels, second; Smith, third. Pole vault: Daniels, first; R. Walsh, second; Mehl and Mercer, tie for third. High jump: Smith, first; D. Walsh and Mehl, tie for second and third. Javelin: Daniels, first; D. Walsh, second; File, third. Broadjump: Smith, first; Daniels, second; Walker, third. 100 yd. dash: Broadbent, first; Bean, second; Knarr, third. 220 yd. dash: Knarr, first; Broadbent, second; Walker, third. 440 yd. run: Spatz, first; Christoffel, second; Simpson, third. 880 yd. run: Christoffel, first; Hicks, second; Mehl, third. High hurdles: Smith, first; Miles, second. Low hurdles: Jordan, first; R. Walsh, second; Fitted, third. Mile: Hicks, first; Abram, second; Hanson, third, Byrd, fourth. TENNIS The tennis squad for this year consisted of Kemper Murray, Gail Reiter, James Higinbotham, Kenneth Wiens, Don Murray, Frank Armstrong and Henry Lins. Tennis popularity in the school has increased very much the last two years and shows a possibility of becoming a strong athletic activity in the coming years. The squad has had five matches and entered two tournaments; winning two and tieing one of the matches and taking one of the tournaments. The matches were: Lincoln, here, lost match 5-4; Lincoln, there, lost match 5-4; Glasco, there, won match 3-0; Osborne, there, tied match 2-2: Glasco, here, won doubles and two singles unfinished. Mr. Carmichael took K. Murray, Reher and Wiens to an open tournament at McPherson. Murray in singles and Reiter and Wiens in doubles were defeated in the second round matches. On Saturday, May 7. Mr. Carmichael, K, Murray, Reiter, Wiens and Higinbotham. went to Manhattan to compete in a tournament for the North Central Kansas League championship. Manhattan, Concordia, Clay Center, Junction City, Marysville and Beloit were represented. Wiens and Higinbotham, as the doubles team, were beaten in the finals by Clay Center after winning the first round match from Manhattan. Clay Center, in the other bracket, won from Concordia in the first round. Murray and Reiter entered the singles and won the first three round matches in the opposite brackets. This brought them together in the finals. The match for the singles championship was played off on the home courts with Murray winning 8-6, 5-7, 7-5. Judging from these facts Beloit has one of the strongest squads in the league this year. Page Twenty-four May, 1932

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T3ff« TROJAN Euterpe Smiles On Us t DOROTHY McCALL EUTRRPE, muse of the harmony of sweet sounds, is an illusive maiden. Sometimes she sits sullenly on Parnassus, her golden harp mute. She spurns the efforts of young musicians who plead in vain for her favor. This year, however, Euterpe has been aware of our efforts and has smiled beamingly upon our endeavors. Success followed in the wake of her approval. She has come down from Parnassus and dwells among us. In the whirlwind of Euterpe’s good favor we were caught. And by virtue of her power we carried off second place in the North Central League music contest held at Concordia, April 23, which gave us twelve points toward the sweepstake trophy. Concordia's band played itself to victory and the final result was 196 points for Concordia and 176 for Beloit. Contenders for the trophy, which was a bronze statue of Euterpe with her lyre, were rated as follows: highly superior, superior, excellent good and fair. The number of points received for each event varied according to the size of the group. The highest number of points that could be obtained for one event was thirty. Ratings of vocal numbers were: Boys' High voice, which was sung by Harold Mercer, fair: Boys’ Medium voice, Billy Pfautz, good; Boys’ Low voice, Ben Spatz, fair; Girls’ High voice, Agnes Peden. Excellent; Girls’ Medium voice. Irene Jones, good; Girls' Low voice, Dorothy McCall, good. Instrumental numbers: Trombone, Vernon Crumrine, fair; Flute, Birdie Yocum, good; Clarinet. Louise Yocum, good; Cornet, Claude Baker, lair; Cello, Charlotte Smith, fair; Violin, Wilfred Beardmore, fair; Piano, Dorothy McCall, excellent. Ensemble numbers: Boys’ quartet, good; Girls’ quartet, fair; Mixed quartet, excellent; Stringed quartet, good; Boys’ Glee club, excellent: Girls’ Glee club, highly superior; Mixed chorus, highly superior; and orchestra, excellent. The orchestra competed against much larger orchestras and we were greatly pleased to hear that the result was in our favor. Contestants who entered the Emporia contest two days after the Concordia contest, were: Doro- thy McCall, piano and low voice : Irene Jones, medium voice: Vernon Crumrine. trombone: Wilfred Beardmore, violin; Claude Baker, cornet Those receiving ratings were: Dorothy McCall, who received Excellent in low voice: Claude Baker, who received honorable mention in cornet; and Wilfred Beardmore. who received honorable mention in violin. The operetta Pickles was another triumph of the music department, under the direction of Miss Marv Carnahan. Mildred Armour took the lead as Ilona, a stolen gypsy child. Mildred made a convincing and attractive Gypsy girl in her colorful costume, and won her audience with her charming personal itv. Bum ski and Rum ski supplied the corned v part of the operetta with their entertaining remarks and songs. Wallace Armour made an exceedingly good gypsy leader with his deep singing voice. Wilfred Beardmore, as the wandering gypsy violinist, added color and romance to the performance. The cast of characters was: LOUIS, a waitress.....................Hester Spatz CAPTAIN KINSKI, Chief of Detective Bureau of Vienna.......................Paul Hodler BUMSKI...................................Ben Spatz RUMSKI...............................Cyrus Lummis Kinski’s faithful sleuths J. JENNISON JONES, advertising expert. Harcld Mercer JIGO, a Hungarian gypsy.............Wallace Armour ILONA, a gypsy girl.................Mildred Armour ARTHUR CREFONT.......................Eddie Giddings JUNE PENNINGTON, an American heiress. .Irene Jones JONAS H. PENNINGTON, Prop, of Peter “Piper Pickles”................Howard Leslie LADY VIVIAN DELANCY, a charming widow........................Myrtle Salisbury GYPSY VIOLINIST..................Wilfred Beardmore The specialties between acts of the operetta were under the direction of Miss Miller and were particularly fine. The Pickles chorus would have been a credit to Mr. Heinz and his fifty-seven varieties. Dorothy McClanahan. attractive little sophomore, danced her way into the hearts of the spectators. Now that we arc basking in the warmth of Euterpe’s good will we forget the long hours of practice — the weariness of rehearsals. Indeed. Music hath charms. Page Twenty-six May, 19 32