Du Quoin High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Du Quoin, IL)

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Lahn Club Spanish Club Two Clubs Add Foreign Atmosphere SPANISH CLUB Speaking in Spanish at their meetings on Fri- days, the Spanish Club, Club de Espanol, a mein- ber of the Southern Illinois Association of Span- ish Clubs, added a foreign touch to the DTHS slate of extra-curricular activities. Acting as president of this year's club was Fred Malan, assisted by Frances Mercer, vice- Jresidentg and Jeanie Rodman, secretary-treas urer. This year's projects included sponsoring the all-school Gordo Dance , November 26. Members of the club must be formerly or cur- rently enrolled in second semester Spanish ac- cording to the organization's constitution . LATIN CLUB The newly founded Latin club, Senatus Populus Quo Romanus, became the second foreign lang- uage club at DTHS, The group, sponsored by Mrs. Lida Taylor, entered the race by sponsoring a dance after a basketball game. Chosen to lead the club onto the track were Linda Stanton and Mark Blanchard, presidents 'Jr consulsg and Ronnie Benson, secretary or quaestor. Students who wish to join SPQR must take Latin I, and in order to retain membership must take Latin II. ..l2.....

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. . Orcttors DEBATE Also in the first heat was the debate club under the supervision of Miss Katherine Forester. This year's debate topic was Resolved: that United States foreign aid should be substantially increased. The debaters took their debate cards to the Carbondale meet and brought home one superior and four excellent ratings. Other meets attended by the DTHS debate squad were the St. Louis University High School debate meet, the Wash- injgton University meet, and the Assumption High School meet, Debuters NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE After earning twenty-five or more speaking points, ll member of the speech department is qualified to become part of a national honorary organization known as the National Forensic League. Officers of the NFL this year werg Sandy Grif- fin, presidentg Jean Jenkins, vice-presidentg anc Jane Browning, secretary-treasurer. State ranking of NFL chapters is determinec by the tfvtal number of active members and the sum of speaking points. The Du Quoin NFI rrlnlcerl eighth in the stole this year. L

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'af 'av 4 Efgiyy 4? 'ff 'L' Flashlight Staff Flashlight Records Year's Pace Through DTHS FLASHLIGHT STAFF Albert Tollefsen ....,,,,,, Editor-in-Chief David Bailey ,,,, .. ,, Assistant Editor Connie Mathis .Organizations Editor Cindy Milligan, Mary Thornburg. Dale Felts, Eileen Kuhnert, and Agnes Schleper , Assistants Richard Daily . , , Sports Editor Ron Benson. Jerry Benson. and Charles Hall , .Assistants Barbara Keim , , ,Class Editor Mark Blanchard, Lois Teabeau, and Katy Tryban , , , , Assistants Nancy McMurray ..., ,,A,......... . . , Administrations Editor David Hortin, Mary Theobald. and Martha Burdell , , Assistants Linda Stanton Business Manager Suzie Cross, Judy Scarber, Nina Schue. Barbara Charron. and Lynda Hemelgarn Assistants Janet Emling Feature Editor Frances Mercer and Janet Wright ,,,,,,.. ,, , .. ,, Assistants Joann Sgroi ,,,,,,,,,,A,. . ,...,,, .,..,,,, T ypist Catherine Jane McLain, and Mary Catherine Janini ,Assistants Miss Betty Mundell . Advisor -N Left to right: Barbara Keim, class editor: Connie Mattiis, organizations edi- tor: Linda Stanton, business manager: Nancy McMurray, administration editor: Joan Sgroi, head typist: Janet Emling, teature editor: and Pichard Daily, sports editor. Left to right: David Bailey, assistant editor: Miss Betty Mundell, advisor: and Albert Tolletsen, editor-in-chiet.