Bloomington High School - Gothic Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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. .. The Debating Club UK Bloomington High School Debating Club isau organi- zation in the High School for the benefit of students interested in debating, and is ojkmi for mcndxrship to «11 juniors and seniors. It was founded July .'jrd, io 7- with six charter members. Since that time several new ] ersons have l ccn taken into the club and much progress has n made. Considering the fact, that it has not 1 cen under the management of any member of the faculty, it deserves much credit. It :s self supporting financially From the pr grc$s it lu« uindeand the standing which it lias now reached, it seems that the club i destined to i e a permanent organization of the High School. The debate between the Bloomington High School debating team and that of the State School for the Blind was held January 17th, in Caleb Mills Hall at Indianapolis. The Bloomington team was composed of Karl Hast. ’ojJi, Ralph Wood wan!, ‘08, and Walter Kugleson, ’oSj£, who had the affirmative of the question, • Resolved, that the Federal C.overnmcnt should adopt an educational restriction for suffrage.” Although the debate was lo-t, our team made an excellent and creditable showing. MEMBERS Oliver I). C.oodwin C. Karl Kast Frank JE. Chandlers Kdwin Carinichenl Hurry McCartney Joseph Cassell Hugh Brown Presley Wylie Hubert Hanna l.loyd Rack Robert Telfer

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... The Specula ... GEORGE HKNI.EY. Jr.. Kditor-inChicf. HAYS RUSK IRK. Associate Editor ami Business Manager. J.I.OYP BACK. Assistant Editor. PRESLEY WYLIE, Assistant Felitor. Ol'KIN'C. the first week of the present semester a high school paper was considered. At that time it was thought to lie more of a possibility than a probability. However, having weighed the matter thoroughly, the plan was placed before the principal and teachers, where it met with almost enthusiastic approval. To this liberal recept- ion. the aid of the faculty together with the labor of the publishers, is due the success of the project. On Thursday, Fchntary 13th.it was announced hy Principal Ramsey, in chapel exercises, that a high school paper was to be published and on the follow ing Monday the proposition was placed before the school by the publishers—Hays Buskirk, 'to, and George Henley. Jr., x). The result was most gratifying and on Monday, February 24th. the first issue apjiearcd It proved to be n neat, wholesome, spicy paper of twelve pages and all seemed to lie satisfied with it. y I