Cardinal Hayes High School - Cardinals Calendar Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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SENIOR DEBATI NG GROUP DEBATING lTH this report of its activities the Senior section of the Father Higgins Debating So- ciety concludes its most active forensic year. lt has been one in which an increased interest in public speaking has been manifested, and a steady growth in oratorical proficien- cy has been noted. The participants have gained an invaluable experience on the public platform that will serve to shape and enhance their respective careers. Most of all, this facility in speech will enable them to serve God and aid humanity better. During the year our debaters have competed against the various Catholic High Schools of the city and the surrounding area. Bishop Loughlin, St, Michael, Cathedral Girls, Cham- inade, St. Barnabas, La Salle Academy, Mount St. Michael, All Hallows, St. Agnes and lm- maculata are numbered among our opponents. Registering a substantial number of vic- tories, the speakers have in all engagements acquitted themselves in creditable fashion and have brought honor and glory to Hayes and to themselves. A special word of gratitude is due the following for their consistent loyalty and industry: Messrs. Walter Lee, Frank Tuo- ti, Gerard McLaughlin, John Gibbons, Andrew Panebianco, George Fischer, James and John Conroy, Edward Cain and Michael Mackin. Of especial interest and profit has been the group participation in two Panel Discussions. The first was sponsored by St. Barnabas High School on the theme, Catholicism and Democ- racy, in which thirteen high schools were rep resented, the second was held under the aus- pices of the Foreign Policy Association, wherein a large number of public, private and par- ochial secondary schools discussed topics of vital economic, political and moral import. The formal closing of the season will occur on the evening of May 29th, when a public debate between Cardinal Hayes and La Salle Academy will take place in the Brady Auditori- um. Unfortunately, the Calendar must go to press before it can record the result of this encounter. This year for the first time a Junior section of the Debating Society was formed to sat- isfy the needs and desires of Freshmen and Sophomores who are interested in forensic speaking. The experience they derived from this year's activities will make them valuable assets to next year's Senior section. We have every reason to expect that in the years to come the spoken word will be honored and utilized at Hayes so that, under the direction of Father Grace, we may ad- vance to goals whose attainment will redound to the good of God and man. 136

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