Central High School - Caldron Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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The .Jlflirmative and Tleqative Debating Teams 1924-25 Champions Central won the ehanipionship of the Northern Indiana Debating' League this year by winning' all four of its dehates. The oth- er teams entered in this debating' league rep- resented South-Side, Leo. Huntington and Bluiton. In the 19233-24 season New Haven was a member of this league and won the championship. This year. however, New Haven dropped out of the league and Bluff- ton became a member. The subject for this series of debates was: Resolved, that the State of Indiana should be empowered to censor all Motion Pictures presented for eommereial purposes. At the first of the year there were eleven students who went out for the two teams. Finally the two teams were Chosen as fol- lows: Affirmative team, Ruth Hunt, Donald Close, Traverse Chandler and Margaret Ehrman. alternate: Negative team, Leah Peters, Paul Stier. David Heaton and Leon- ard Seheele, alternate. The first debates were scheduled for De- cember 11. On that date in the afternoon the Affirmative team won a unanimous de- cision over Huntington in the Central audi-

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Yin l Y li X 4 , .?' Jr I 'z 5 C F 5 ' l H Q Yli ,fx V - marq E. Cromer Director of Debating Miss Mary E. Cromer, the guidiuv' li0'ht y ' D D you ny Central for the iirst time in the his- of our debators. has again been successful tory of the school. Personality, persever- cluriugr the past year. The championship of 211100. and sportsmanship are the keywords The Nnrtheast Indiana Debating' League was to her success. rgvgvarln BUILDING PORT WAYNE ZQUBVAY-

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-WK? torium. That evening the Negative team journeyed to Bluffton for their debut in de- bating. The neg'atives also Won a unanimous decision and so the first round of debating ended with Central holding the lead with two unanimous decisions and Leo. a close second, with two victories. The second round in this series of debates was held on December 19. The affirmative team debated South-Side at South-Side and won by a two to one decision. This debate was very interesting but the most heated de- bate of the series was the one between our negative team and Leo. The Leo team had defeated South-Side the week before and the championship of the league really depended on the outcome of this debate. Just at this time the negative team re- ceived a. severe jolt in the illness of Leonard Scheele. He was unable to be in the Leo de- bate and John Shoaff. a Senior, substituted for him. Although with no previous experi- ence, John worked, admirably with the team and helped them to win this debate by a tWo to one decision. By virtue of winning this debate Central became the champion of this league. This was the first year that a Fort lVayne High School won this honor and to the debaters and to Miss Cromer. the coach. a great deal of praise is due. Much credit should be given to the busi- ness manager. Sol Schwartz. and Martin Schick who took entire charge of the busi- ness end of the debates. At the end of the season the following students received debating pins in place of the customary letters: Ruth Hunt. Marga- ret Ehrman, Traverse Chandler, Donald Close. Leonard Scheele, Leah Peters. David Heaton, Paul Stier. John Shoaff and Ruth Knatz and Perry Thomas. members of the 1923-2-1 debating teams. . lCUV1ll'?lltt'd from Page 45,3 Robert Macbeth was chosen president. Char- lotte Stier vice-president. and John XYhite secretary. Laura Tenney. Clayton Merillat. and Harlan Robinson composed the social council. Miss Schwehn and Mr. Bills were chosen the faculty advisors. A few weeks later a hard-times party was planned. The other classes offered very much pessimistic advice, declaring that no hard-times party had ever been successful. But. with the same spirit which they had dis- played on previous occasions. the sopho- mores staged their party. and. to the sur- prise of many. it proved not only a social but also a financial success. Not. content with this. the '27's decided to publish a Sophomore issue of the Spotlight. Nell Gunn was again chosen editor-in-chief. and a few weeks later a complete issue was published. entirely without the assistance of the regular staff. This issue was pronounced one of the best of the year. and the sopho- mores may be justly proud of it. Plans were also made by the class for a candy sale, which, when accomplished a few days later. proved quite a Enancial success. Ill addition to these undertakings. the sophomores have boosted every affair staged by any other class or club. lVe predict a bright future for them. and in their two re- maining years we are expecting great things from them. lfonlinimz' from Page .mi ln December the Juniors again showed their ability for doing great things by giving a dance for the entire school. The gym was artistically decorated in the class colors of blue and gold. During the evening refresh- ments were served and each guest was given a favor. The orchestra added much to the success of the party. However. the star in their crown of glory was tl1e Junior Prom. This was given May 1 at the Little Arts Theatre. Spiegel 's Melody Men furnished the music. The prom surely was a great success and everyone who at- tended it will agree. The class of '26 has had such a iine start that we are expecting many things from them in their Senior year. YAYAYLIIA BUILDING FORT WAYNE ZQUKA1- Q ss