Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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Debating. The Butler High School Debating Club was organized October 11, 1907, with Millard Stone as president. Bi-monthly meetings were held on Friday evening in the English room of the high school building. Soon after the Christmas Holidays, Auburn was chalienged to an inter- high-school debate. The challenge was accepted, Auburn naming the subject: ‘‘Resolved that the government of England is more truly and directly in the hands of her people than is the government of the United States in the hands of her people.’’ Butler chose to defend the affirmative of the question. The de- baters were: Butler—Harold Tess, Miss Besse Wiley and Miss Mildred Kenestrick; Auburn—Miss Viola May, Miss Edna Provines and Fred Shearer. KE. B. Dunten of Butler, Dan Link of Auburn, and Prof. Fairfield of Angola, served as judges. The debate was held March 6, at Auburn. The debate was a very creditable one for both sides. The Butler debaters had their arguments the more logically arranged and were decidedly the better on delivery. The affirmative won the decision by a per cent of 82 5-9 to 77 5-11. A return debate will be held at Butler on April 17. The subject is: “Should the U. 8. government own the inter-state railroad, telegraph, and express systems?’ Auburn chose to defend the negative of the question. The debaters were: Butler—Rollo Wiley, Miss Mabelle Murch and Miss Jannet Mason, Auburn—Gilbert DeLapp, Miss Myrtle Hornberger and Miss Bonell Souder. The debate promises to be an in- | teresting one and will undoubtedly be a closer one than that of March 6. Debating gives a valuable training to those who take part. The power to think and speak well when before an audience is of great use to an individual at the present time and will undoubtedly become more and more useful as the complexity of our institutional life increases. When High School days are over, The brightest days of life, And we have entered into This world of toil and strife; When our schoolmates and our friends Are scattered thru the world, Neath foreign skys, ’Mid foreign climes, By Fate’s cruel hand they’re hurled Then will we take this dear book up, And read each grind and joke, Thinking of those who wrote them, And of many things they’ve spoke, Not knowing if they’d hit or not Knowing not and caring less Ah! then we’ll wish that we were back In the dear old B. H.S. John Blaker, ’09. 23

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F ootball. The Butler High School experienced great and stirring events in athletics this year. It was somewhat eclipsed by the interest taken in debating, at which the school has made no mean record so far. A football team organized early in the year, Millard Stone being elected captain. lor various reasons they joined the city boys. Several games were played. The game with Bryan on Thanksgiving day was a hard battle. It ended with a score 0 to 0. At the games with Hicksville and Montpelier our boys were beaten but considering the practice they had had they made a very creditable showing. One game was played with Fremont with a score 6 to 0 in our favor.

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Pictures of Pictures. Picture our sweet little Sunshiny Jake A landscape without him would all be a fake. Pieture “Pus” Grube out on a farm— Put him some place where he’ll do no harm. Picture Preach Parker out on a bike, He’s not a bit lazy, just refuses to hike, But he beats all the cars on the Vandalia pike, He’s a picture no artist can paint. Picture Prof. Bean with his Algebra class, Overtime working—poor lad and poor lass. Picture Ross Firestone taking a drink, Picture Miss Higley stopping to think, Picture Post Wells with a cigarette— It’s a combination we haven’t seen yet, But when we do you all can just bet Its a picture no artist can paint. Picture Mab Murch ariding her pony, See the beast balk, without ceremony. Picture Maud 8. when she strolls “round with Murch, Its a “cinch” they think not of the pedagogue’s birch. Picture Stoney whose heart is nigh broken, The stone part is melted—the rest is a ‘‘soaken,”’ His sweetheart has left him without sign or token, He’s a picture no artist can paint. Picture Miss Nimmons stepping three feet To keep pace with the boys—now she can’t be beat. Picture our Dolly hunting a beau, She wants one with whiskers and plenty of dough. Picture Miss Edith staying out late Swinging with Bob on the back garden gate. Trying her best to make a new date—— Its a picture no artist can paint. Picture Miss Baker and a great big tall beau It’s a picture we haven’t seen yet—don’t you know. Picture Miss Garber reciting a piece, Give us a rest, do dry up, and cease! Picture Miss Huffman chewing her nails, Albert Eviston pulling puppy-dogs’ tails, Guy Rummel hunting for bull-frogs and snails, They are pictures no artist can paint. Picture Grace Lowe breaking a rule, Laid down by the pedagogues here in this school. Picture Miss Smith following out her example 24