Big Sandy High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Big Sandy, MT)

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THE CENTENNIAL Mrs. Rogers.............................Stella Goecks Mrs. Bumpsky........................Gladys Sturdevant Evangeline Slater....................Pearl Allderdice The play which is “The Return of High Jinks,” is a comedy in four acts. It was given the latter part of the school year. —Thelma Fouts, ’23. DECLAM. Big Sandy also took up declamatory work this year, Mrs. Moe acting as coach. A great deal of interest has been shown by the students, who have come to a full realization of the value of being able to stand up before the public and talk. We expect even more to try out next year, especially the boys. Thirteen girls and three boys entered this year. They were: Nettie Siebrasse, Fern Worstell, Dorothy Morefield, Olive Lund, Louise Jaggers, Pearl Allderdice, Pearl Marty, Blanche Marty, Madalyn Allred, Anna Orisko, Bertha Keller, Bertha Carnahan, Bernice Hurd, Earl Schilling, Cecil Mack, and Floyd Hansen. Monday morning, April 30, the girls gave their declamations before the assembly. The three judges present were Mrs. E. B. Newhall, C. C. Mills, and Supt. M. P. Moe. Nettie Siebrasse, Fern Worstell, Olive Lund, and Dorothy Morefield were chosen to appear before the public the next evening in the last elimination contest. The three boys gave their declama- tions the same evening, although they did not compete with the girls. The judges were the three mentioned before and Mrs. I. H. Ary, and S. H. Porter. Nettie Siebrasse and Earl Schilling had the honor of being selected to go to Chinook May 4, and Nettie also went to Missoula for the state declam- atory contest. DEBATING The Big Sandy High School entered the State Debating League in the fall of 1922, and began work in December. The twelve who tried out were as follows: Pearl Allderdice, Pearl Hadley, Thelma Fouts, Anna Orisko, Lucille Pierce, Louise Jaggers, Olive Lund, Dorothy Morefield, Bernice Hurd, Clarissa Carnahan, Earl Schilling and Reynold Larson. They were divided into two complete teams which debated before the teachers, six being chosen to appear in a public debate held December 21, 1922. From these six, three were chosen to represent the high school dur- ing the year, namely, Pari Allderdice, Pearl Hadley, and Thelma Fouts. The first debate was held at Havre January 17, 1923. The Havre debaters, who were Naomi Herren, Lucille Holsapple, and John Boynton, de- fended the negative side of the question. Our local team, which maintained the affirmative throughout the debating season, won by a unanimous deci- sion. Saco, who had won from Wolf Point, was the next to meet the local team. This debate was held at Big Sandy, February 5. Saco was represent- by Herbert Abel, Foy Yeats, and Harry Malmin, while those on the home team were the same, excepting that Cecil Mack substituted for Thelma Fouts who was ill. A very interesting and “peppy” debate took place, but Big Sandy again won the victory, the decision being two to one. This entitled us to meet Scobey in the third and last debate, held there

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THE CENTENNIAL DRAMATICS The first work done in the line of dramatics was the practice for the various camval plays. The majority of the students took part, and they put on some very good acts. Next “The Touchdown,” a thrilling football play, was given by the high school March 9, 1923, and again March 23, as there was a great demand by those who could not be present the first time it was given. It proved a grand success and brought to light the exceptional ability of some of the students for dramatic work. The cast for this play was as follows: Grant Hayden..........................Warren McClintick Robert Hayden..............................Lloyd Callison Alfred Wolfe....................................Herschell Hurd Gene Clark.................................Earl Schilling Junius Brooks................................Floyd Hanson Henry Sumner................................Marvin Snow George Holman.............................Howard Bartlett Frank Mitchell......................................Dosia Shults Watassa Faulkner.....................................Fern Worstell Rena Maynard.......................................Esther Kuest Margery Carson........................Nettie Siebrasse Dollie Sylvester......................Gladys Sturdevant Evelyn (Echo) Sylvester.................... Olive Lund Priscilla Parmelee................................Lucille Pierce The second time it was presented, Louise Jaggers substituted for Net- tie Siebrasse, who was ill. The Junior play, “The Missing Miss Miller,” was equally successful, although when Scotty Buckskin appeared on the scene handling that six- shooter so recklessly it seemed for a while that the comedy was going to end tragically. Nevertheless, all the knots were untangled (and some more tied) and everything ended beautifully, with no one on the missing list. All who were present must admit that there was certainly no one “missed” in that last scene. The cast of characters was: Hymen Trouble...................................Herschell Hurd Scotty Buckskin......................................John Bartlett Colonel B. Penuckle...................George Hofsommer Peter D. Q. Wurdz.................................Russell Hurd Dr. Faunce Rhinestone.....................Donald Shults Sherlaw Combs.......................................Lloyd Callison Gwendolyn Dashforth..................................Lela Robertson Bostonia Joughnz.....................................Anna Anderson Mrs. Losta Mann......................................Cora Simonsen Cassie Pauline Skidoo............................Margaret Nass Tessie Tapp..............................Nettie Siebrasse The cast for the Senior Play was: Hiram Poynter Jinks...................Warren McClintick Obadiah Jinks...............................Marvin Snow Solomon Bloomer...........................Floyd Sprague George Davis..........................George Hofsommer Mimi Mayflower.............................. Esther Kuest Bedelia Norris............................Fern Worsted Thyrza Judson.............................Lucille Pierce Emily Snodgrass...........................Thelma Fouts Minnie Graham.......................................Irene Vallie

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THE CENTENNIAL March 1, 1923, to determine the district championship. This time the deci- sion was two to one in favor of Scobey, which meant that they would com- pete for state honors at Missoula in May. The Scobey debaters were Henry Klienman, Lyle Buckland, and Milton Shrank; while the Big Sandy team was again composed of the three girls who went to Havre. Our debaters are the same ones who represented Big Sandy in the fi- nal debate last year, and they feel that for their honors they owe a great deal to Mrs. S hr oat, who coached them both last year and this, and also to Mrs. Moe, who took Mrs. Shrcat’s place the latter part of this debating sea- son. A second local debate was given April 27 on the question: “Resolved that capital punishment should be abolished.” The negative was defended by Dorothy Morefield, Bernice Hurd, and Reynold Larson, who ware coached by Pearl Allderdice and Cecil Mack, while the affirmative was maintained by Olive Lund, Clarissa Carnahan and Earl Schilling, coached by Pearl Had- ley and Thelma Fcuts. Great debating ability was shown by both sides, but the affirmative met defeat by a two to one decision. Big Sandy hopes to send a team to Missoula next year to take part in the state debating contest. THE NEW GYMNASIUM