Edwardsburg High School - Yearling Yearbook (Edwardsburg, MI)

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DEBATE AND SPEECH Our debate topic for this year was RESOLVED: That the Atlantic Pact Nations should form a Federal Union. This year our debate team consisted of Ada Hole, Beverly Berkley on the Affirmative and Jerry Toth and Bob Bopple on the Negative. We will be very sorry to see Ada, Bev, and Bob graduate this year as that leaves us with only one experienced debater. Jerry Toth is only a sophomore though and has two more years and there are a number of other people interested for next year. Our first debate this year was with Berrien Springs at Edwardsburg. This time we won the affirmative and lost the negative and with our next debate here with Hopkins we were very happy to win both decisions. Next came our debate with Homer, the school that proved out Waterloo last year-well, Waterloo the Second. They really are good debaters though and go into the state finals each year. Our last debate was with Comstock and we won the affirmative here and lost the negative. The total was four and four. Of course we would like to win them all but that is one thing that debating teaches you that the people with the best arguments and constructive points Win. C.Of course we don't always argee with the judges, but then neither do the others when they lose.D We have found that in debate you can't bluff, but you have to have the evidence and the proof for it. The climax of the debating season is the annual Debate Day at Ann Arbor with the championship debates of the A and B divisions. The students that attended this year were Beverly Barkley, Jerry Toth, Sonny Sanders, Jackie Krecioch, Sandy Click, and Ann Padbury accompanied by Miss Yeager. The students enjoyed their tour of the campus and also hearing the state debate championship contests in the afternoon. The day was climaxed by a dinner sponsored by the Detroit Free Press at 6:00. SPEECH ACTIVITIES This year we did quite well in the District Speech Contest at St. Joe High School. Edwardsburg, St. Joe, and Berrien Springs competed in this event. Our contestants were Ada Hole and Beverly Barkley in the dramatic divisiong Jackie Krecioch and Sandra Click in the declamations, and Ann Padbury and Charlene Eggert in the hum- orous division. Ann and Jackie placed first in their divisions and in the dramatic division a second count to break the tie was made with Beverly getting five points against the other girl's six. Our total score was two firsts, two seconds, and two thirds. Sandra Click, Jackie Krecioch, and Rowena Shank entered the state T.B. speech contest and, although they didn't win any place, got a chance to give their speeches over the Benton Harbor Radio Station. Shirley Fetters and Jerry Toth tried the con- test on the United Nations. It involved a lot of study and the test covered three hours. We haven't heard any results yet but Jerry and Shirley undoubtedly are the two best informed people in the community on the United Nations. Our junior and senior girls were glad to help out when the chest X-rays were taken. The girls worked in shifts giving the announcements over the loudspeaker in the town hall and operating the record player. About 15 girls participated in this. We also enjoyed giving a panel discussion at the November P.T.A. on the current debate topic. The girls also gave their T.B. speeches at this meeting.

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IUNIOR CLASS Top row:Norma Bowers, Richard Davidhizer, Donald Duck, Shirley Fetters, Audrey Glaum, Phoebe Harwood, Carol Hunter, David Jones, Carl Keck, Carol Kinzie. Second row: Jim Konrath, Barbara Krecioch, Harold Lee, Dawn Miller, Harry Miller. Third row: Gerry Miller, Jack Rienks, Joan Rienks, Rowena Shank, Kenneth Taylor. Absent: Dick Kitchen, Terry Stephens, Al Windbigler, Bob Bailey. OFFICERS President ....,..., ...... J ack Rienks Vice President ......,...,....... Donald Duck Secretary ....A .. .,A,,., Joan Rienks Treasurer ...,.......,..... ..,..... J im Konrath Sponsor, Miss Yeager ACTIVITIES The juniors have kept quite busy this year and have worked hard to bring their treasury up to pay for the expenses of the Prom and to have a good amount left over to apply on their senior trip. We started out by selling sandwiches at noon twice a week before hot lunch started and then have sold all year at football and basketball games when it was our turn. We had a very successful scrap drive in November and another in April. Several bake sales throughout the year also helped out. As another project, we sold hosiery from the Hi-Stocking Club and under the management of Shirley Fetters were quite successful. It hasn't been all work as we had a party at the school in November and one at Miss Yeager's house in December. Our junior play If Mother Only Knew can be classed as both work and play. The juniors all co-operated very well and enjoyed presenting their first play. Of course the highlight of the year was the Junior-Senior Prom at the Elkhart Hotel. It was held in the Athenian room and the music was furnished by Bobby Wear's orchestra of Elkhart. A group of the juniors picked the place out for the prom one night after play practice and were quite thrilled with the ballroom with its long carpeted hall. Of course it looked even better when filled with our guests in their lovely formals escorted by- fcan those be the boys we see at school every day?l