Central High School - Booster Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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r ' I llll ' ' I ' 'll' ' fllllifgfff ' 1 ' f l IIIIII A' ' it llIll.., ....... .... ...liFeminism! . ll llllll . ..liilliliflllliaz. I. ,I ker, and Thomas Skemp, alternate. Those selected for the negative team which Went to Sparta Were Herbert Wheaton, Alex Nathanson, Merle Hagen, and Lloyd Bovee, alternate. The year 1951 is xl: third in the history of the Sparta-To1nah-Viro- qua-La Crosse ebati League. An invitation extended by Tau Kappa Alpha, a literary society at Lawrence College, was accepted by the league to enter into a state contest. It was on the plan similar to the basketball tournament which is held under the auspices of the same college. The Results Were: Decisions Votes of Judges Sparta .............. 2 ............ 4 La Crosse .,......... 1 ........... 4 Tornah ............,. 1 ............ 4 Viroqua ............. 0 ............ 0 La Crosse Won a three to nothing decision at home, and lost two to one to Sparta who Won the State Championship from the thirty-five high schools that entered the contest. ga fin M vlliifi A913228 ZZ will . , ADNISSJQN X5 'PHI mammisg l UfS25.3sas 5l.fJ!'il.'lV WHGM ' A' BUSY YEAR , Page Number Twenty-three '

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1 rrirr rr rrrtf tfllllllffff' Il , I ------- mllll ln-..........ul Illlll n...........ln Q .......... .... ....................... ..... ...nl 5 THE FORENSIC YEAR I Declarnaitoifi' ah'i:i Orgtory IBY COACH MAY V. DUNN1 I During the past year the interest in establishing the Work in oratory and declamatory upon a sound financial and professional basis has been deeper thruout the student body than in the previous years. Thru the combined endeavors of the members of the Department of English and members of the student body interested in this work, three entertainments were given, from which about sixty-seven dollars were realized. While incidental debts and expenses, incurred thru debating Work and the League Oratorical Contest held here, have depleted the treasury, there is much hope left that another year will see the Work ended with a financial gain. In the declamatory work, two elimination contests Were held at which the four highest were chosen to participate in the school contest, which was were held in general assembly, April first. At this contest, Ethel Mabie and Minnie Olson were chosen to represent the school at the League contest which was held at Sparta on April 24th. Thru Ethel Mabie, La Crosse Won second place. On the evening of April 20th, the lgoys' Oratorical Contest was held in the auditorium, at which William Walker and Orlando Hansen were chosen as representatives to the League Contest which Was held in the auditorium on April 24th. La Crosse took fourth place. While We have been unfortunate this year in competing successfully With our neighbors for honors in the field of oratory and declamatory, We do not condemn the spirit nor effort of those who have entered the Work. The lamentable part of the situation is that in a school as large as isf the High School of La Crosse, there should be such a dearth of vital interest in the most vital branch of education that man may enter-the subtle training of fthe body thru voice and posture to express, to give out the emotion of the soul. Believing that the chief reason for the lack of intense interest in this work on the part of the student body is due to the failure to comprehend the ben- efits to be derived, apart from the Winning of honors for the school, We trust that, with a clearer conception of good, gained, an increase of interest Will follow. We would suggest, not that enthusiasm be deducted from the field of athletics, but that other branches of school activity, and especially that of oratory and declamatory, be brought up to the same standard. ' DEBATE IBY COACH R. B. CARMICHAELI Resolved, that the policy of fixing a minimum Wage by state boards is desirable was the question for the inter-scholastic debate this year. Four- teen candidates tried out for the teamsf The affirmative team, which de- bated Viroqua, Was composed of Leland Mahoney, Knut Houck, William Wal- Page iNumber Twenty-two

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