Boys High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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THE CHAMPION DEBATING TEAM

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The Red and Bloch. I9 lastic monthlies-a position it has not as yet lost. Ed- ward Taylor and john Richards Timan were the next editor and business manager, respectively. In the fall of 1895, F. Monroe Crouch, '97, was chosen to occupy the editorial chair, and William Van Buskirk, '96, was elected to conduct the other interests of the Recorder. When Crouch, in February, 1896, declined a second term, Gardiner Sherman Dresser, '96, was chosen editor-in-chief, and Van Buskirk was re-elected. The staff under this administration was composed of the following: George W. Tong, '96, GossQ0,- William H. Harding, Jr., '97, Athletics,- Nat. N. Morse, '97, Class and Sociegf ,- J. Herbert Welch, '92, Alumni Noles ,' Ralph W, Hemstreet, '97, and Fred- erick A. Mills, ,Q7, Flashes ,- and Richardson Webster, '98, Exchanges. In June this staff met and elected for the fall term john Olmsted Dresser, editor-in-chiefg Albert H. Marckwald, business manager, and Frank M. Tomlin, advertising manager. The staff included the following: Walter Ewing Hope, '97, and Frederick V. Walters, '99, Goss? ,- Frank C. Gilbert, '99, Alhletzcs ,' Harry Westfall Redfield, '97, Societzes ,' J. Herbert Welch, ,Q2, Alumni Noles ,- Fred. M. Van Wicklen, '98, and Frederick A. Mills, '97, Flashesf Richardson Webster, '98, Exchanges. R. W. Quinn was appointed assistant advertising man- ager. The Recorder Association met in january, 1897, and re-elected the editor. In place of A. H. Marckwald, who declined to run again, Frank M. Tomlin was elected business manager. Robert W. Quinn was chosen adver- tising manager, and Valentine Lambert assistant in that department. The Hzfgh School Recorder has always held an enviable reputation among scholastic journals. Not a month passes that does not add another to the already long list of com- pliments from exchanges. The paper has always loyally supported the school and the school organizations. It is one of the oldest and best known institutions in the High School.

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T he Red amz' Black. 21 Che 1bigb School Debating Society. IKE several of the other permanent organizations in the school, this society was preceded by numer- ous transient societies. In examining old files of the Reforder we read such names as Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi, Thomas jefferson, etc., all names of societies that were formed with great enthusiasm, but which gradually dwindled away through lack of interest. When the Language class of june, '97, entered the school, several enterprising members formed a society which was named the Demosthenes Debating Society. This existed for two and a half years, changing its name from time to time to the Hamilton Debating Society and then to the Hamilton Literary Society. But, as in the case of all other societies, some certain object was needed to keep up interest. This came in the spring of '96, when a proposal was made by Poly to form an Interscholastic Debating League. A committee from the Hamilton Society met representatives from the other schools, with the result that the L. I. I. D. L. was formed. At the time there was another debating society in the school named the Henry Clay Debating So- ciety. This combined with the Hamilton Society to form the present High School Debating Society. 'A schedule was arranged by the league and a silver cup was offered as a perpetual trophy. In the first debate High School succeeded in defeating Poly at Adelphi Academy. Pratt then defeated Adelphi, and, in the final debate, High School secured the cup by vanquishing Pratt. In the fall the league was reorganized, and so far the record is as follows : WON LOST WON LOST High School ..... 2 o Pratt ..... .... I 1 Poly. .... ....... 1 I Adelphi .... .. o 2