East Bethlehem Township High School - Annual Yearbook (Fredericktown, PA)

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This group, more than any other, wins the respect and admiration of the entire student body, for the simple reason that it takes more than just an ordinary student to become a successful debater. Wit, poise, pleasing manner, adaptability, and a willingness to work were the qual- ities looked for when these students were segregated from the Forensic Club as being the debate team. They have participated admirably in tournaments held at the University of Pittsburgh, Centerville, Red- stone, Waynesburg, Charleroi, and the County Tournament held at Washington in March. They are especially to be commended because their work was done at odd moments: before school, lunch hour, and after school found them busily reading, practicing, preparing rebuttals -and we're proud to say, too, that there's not a canned speech among them. Affirmative speakers: Olga Battistoli, Betty Waugh, Shirley Kopel- son, Kathryn Santo, Herbert Seaton, Bernard Fernandez, Negative Speakers: Russell Secrist, Lucille Bercosky, John Hattmann, Wanda Gossette, Florence Abraham, Elizabeth Morton, Louise DiPrampero: Coach: Miss H. Sokol. I DEBHTE TEHIIIX ui' l Mlnlkx 8 n meal .9 am, ..... 94 I5

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94 LBJ ,ami AMQMLJ' 1LLu,a' 42 Row One: Bubnes, Secrist, Battistoli, Abraham, Miss H. Sokol, Davies, Bartosh, Fernandez. Row Two: Gossette, Poler, Oldland, A, Morris, Bercosky, Waugh, Morton. Row Three: Seaton, Natali, Santo, Kopelson, Kurtz, Di Prampero, Kukol, Morgan, Haftmann, FUREHSIC CLUB This is the most recently organized Club at East Bethlehem, its pur- pose being to bring to all those interested in any phase of public speak- ing an opportunity to engage in that interest, with, of course, the distant goal of improvement in platform manner and poise. They've clone every- thing: choral reading, individual speaking with and without criticism, vocabulary building, a study ot peculiar grammatic situations, and par- ticipation in the County Forensic tournament in which they made a grand showing. If you should ever pass the door of Room l and hear them chanting Mad Dogs and Englishmen, or Oh, Dear What Can the Matter Be? , don't be alarmed. Those are just tongue and jaw relaxing exercises. After all-a glib tongue... Officers were: President, Bernard Fernandez, Vice President, Olga Battistoli, Secretary, Audrey Davies, Treasurer, Russell Secrist, Librar- ians, Flo Abraham, Martha Bartosh, Sponsor, Miss Helen Sokol. 14

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94 mm5ummm,...J1mw,9zwL,f Row One: Evans, Boger, Burke, Mr. Marconi, Mr. Cullen, College, Katko, Leeper, Row Two: Estock, Demchak, Dobrunick, Pietrantonio, Virgin, Brandtonies. Row Three: Powers, Mor- gan, Sargent, Haladyna. PRESS CLUB Unprofessional in its work, but authentic in its presentations of all the happenings at East Bethlehem, this group is responsible for the monthly issues of our Hi-Spots. Their student version of student life has always left a deep impres- sion on critics of the Hi-Spots, and, from the standpoint of the Student- body itself, there is no other organ in school that has so great an effect on student relationship. New staffs come and go, but to all of them the students of East Bethlehem say, Good-luckl-we appreciate your efforts so much. Officers were: Editor, Bill Powers, Business Manager, Howard Brandtonies, Faculty Advisors, Mr. Cullen, Mrs Marconi. I6