Boardman High School - Crier Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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-- A c - , V 1, fix i Q V 4949 QD LITERARY TEAM lst Row Cleft to rightj-MARY T. CRONAN, VIRGINIA HUNTER, LUCILLE CARLSON. Back Row-WALTER MQKAIN. The scene is laid in the auditorium of Boardman School. It is the night of the Mahoning County Literary Contest and the hall is well filled. The judges are announcing the winners of the reading contest. Mary Teresa Cronan, the Boardman entry, giving as her selection, A Plantation Sketch in negro dialect, failed to place, although her efforts were lauded by the audience. Then Mr. Henderson brought word of the otiher contest. Although Virginia Hunter had a carefully prepared and pertinent oration, she lost out in the oration contest held at Poland. Her talk concerned a vital problem, Cooperative Law Enforcement. Lucille Carlson journeyed to Austintown where she participated in the essay contest. Her composition entitled A Precious jewel con- cerned friend-ship and was handled in a very pleasing manner. But once more Mr. Henderson had only poor news to give us. The news from Goshen was last to arrive. Walter McKain wlent down to defeat in the short story contest. The Flavian Principle with a setting in old Rome ably portrayed his originality and resourcefulness. The competition in the literary contest was unusually strong and the audiences everywhere acclaimed 1930 as a banner year. 32

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THE STAGE CRAFT CLUB lst Row fleft to rightj-l. CARLSON, O. FISCHIZL, C. CREED, C. WOOD, AI. DUGAN, A. SMITH, V, CUSHMAN. Znd Row-li. EWING CFaculty Advisory, C. MURBERGER, C. HEBERDING, M. DROZIQN, N. ISICARD, M. I-IDWARDS. Brd Row-L. FREDERICK. O. KRANIA, W. McKAIN, W. ROBINSON. -I. CIATIWRMAN, l.. Clklilill, D. WISIZMAN. QAbsent from picture-j. MASTRIANI, M, ll. RliNO.J Well, here comes Cal Wood, the president of the Stage Craft Club. I wonder what he has to say. Oh, Cal, tell us about your clubf, My Club? Hardly that, I'm just one of the officers. The real credit should go to Miss Ewing, the faculty advisor, for her efficient instruc- tion given to the members of the club. It has proved to be a very successful organization this year both in capability to entertain others and to instruct its members in the art of dramatization. Several plays were given in chapel, one of these entitled Rosalie being repeated at the fall meeting of the Parent-Teachers meeting. Every other Friday we hold a meeting and some phase of drama- tization is taken up. The art of make upi' and the technique of stage position and other subjects are discussed. The club was augmented by the acquisition of several new mem- bers who have proven their worth and should carry on the success of this year's club into the next. 31 Q49 X

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THE DEBATE TEAM lst Row Ileft to righrj-H. S. PAISLEY LCoachJ, VVALTER McKAIN, DOROTHY BEADLING, WILLIS KUIIIAC. Back Row-PARKS NICHOLS, CHESTER BEARD, SAM EWING. Early last fall the Stacoma Debate League was formed, and as its name suggests, was composed of schools in Stark, Carroll, Columbiana, and Mahoning counties. When Boardman was asked to enter the north- ern division Mr. Tidd hesitated as Boardman was inexperienced along this line. However, Mr. Paisley offered to rake charge and it was through his efficient leadership that the teams were successful. The Ohio State debate question this year was: Resolved, That a Judge or Board of Judges be substituted for the Petit Jury in the United States. Work on this question was started immediately and under the coach's direction the team developed rapidly. Both the affirmative and negative teams held a practice debate with South High of Youngstown. Even though these were no-decision debates, Boardman derived much valuable experience from them. Then the league debates started. At Minerva, Boardman lost a very close decision, but at Boardman the affirmative team took over Sebring in a hotly contested debate. 33 490 Q3