Central High School - Centralia Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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Speech Requirement Remains Unchanged One semester of speech remained a pre-requisite for graduation. Although the course was offered to both juniors and seniors, most students chose to fulfill the requirement during their junior year of school. Giving students confidence when speaking before an audience was the main objective of the course. A secondary factor was to inform the students by exposing them to various subject matters and conflicting opinions. Three main types of speeches were required by most instructors. These included introductory, illustrative and argumentative. In addition, some included panel discussions and career reports as required types of speeches. No new teachers, textbooks or techniques were used in speech this year. Drama, Radio-TV, Debate and Forensics were among the courses that could be substituted for speech to fulfill their graduation requirement. Demonstrating how to give a speech correctly in one of his speech classes is Mr. Ecker. Delivering a demonstration speech, one of the required speeches, is junior Mike VanPoppelen. ACADEMICS 21

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Helping Monica Irwin understand a vital point about her composition is Mr. Bruce Anderson. Reading articles in Today’s Publications class to fulfill assignments are a group of students. Wondering about the problems in the world today, before one of her classes, is Miss Ransom. 20 ACADEMICS

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Jeff Mono Tops Debaters With Ten Wins Debate was offered for the second consecutive year, after an eight year lapse, during the fall semester of this school year. Central’s 20 debaters competed in a total of 104 rounds, winning 33 and losing 71. A total of 3,734 speaker points were awarded to our team with an average of 18.0 per student. Freshman Jeff Mono captured a first place rating. He closed the season with ten wins and seven losses to his credit. He was high individual scorer with a 22.6 average. Bill Murray, Sally Mayle and Mike Murray were high team scorers. Mike Murray received 57 team points from 24 rounds of debating. Points were earned for each win achieved. Three points were awarded for a varsity win, two for a JV win and one for a Novice win. Debaters received a last place in the Saginaw Valley League and a third in the Greater Flint Novice League. Preparing for an upcoming debate tournament are seniors Bob Roberson and Richard Kusmierz. Checking to see if she has everything she needs for her debate class is senior Ann Goddeyne. Examining her debate note cards is Sue Murray while Bill Chown comments on their assignment. 22 ACADEMICS