Glendale High School - Stylus Yearbook (Glendale, CA)

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- AAAAM AMAM .DlSN-g,.A,VwANsA League Debating Although they met with only a mediocre success this term in com- parison to their record in previous years, Glendale's fighting debaters fin- ished a season which will not soon be forgotten. The splendid preparation of the teams under the able direction of Miss Mary Gladys Corry, in all instances, gave the members of the opposition a long, hard run for their money. It may be truthfully said that the defeats served their purpose, for a school, as a general rule, never realizes the value of a victory until it has tasted defeat. With the sole exception of Bonnie Jean Lockwood, who is a junior at the present time, the school loses all its experienced league debaters in the June graduation. The first debate of the year took place November 23, 1923. It was a simultaneous contest with San Diego in which the afiirmative team, Isabel Tousey Mitchell and Paul Cunningham remained at home, while the nega- tive, Bonnie Jean Lockwood and Horace Anderson, journeyed to the south- ern city. The controversy arose over the question of whether or not the United States should enter the World Court. Contending that its entrance would promote peace and securely establish international justice, Glendale's affirmative team won a 2-1 decision-the only victory of the year. Not so fortunate, the Black and Red warriors in San Diego lost by a 3-0 vote. The next debate took place February 9 with Inglewood. It was a single debate and was fought on home ground-the first in the new audi- torium. Glendale upheld the afiimative of the question, Resolved-That Congress should have the power to re-enact a bill declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Glendale's debaters, Charlotte Busby and Arden Gingery argued for a change by showing certain defects in the present system of judicial supremacy and by claiming that the power of Congress to re-enact bills vetoed by the Supreme Court would improve conditions. Glendale met with a 3-0 defeat. The last debate of the year took place April 4 with Los Angeles High school in the latter's auditorium. It was single and Glendale presented the affirmative of the question, Resolved-That the United States should no longer maintain the Monroe Doctrine. Putting up a strong fight and con- tending that the relations of the United States with Latin-America under the Monroe Doctrine are unsatisfactory, the team, Bonnie Jean Lockwood and Paul Cunningham, presented a new principle of Pan-Americanism as a solution to the problem. The debaters were evenly matched and during the course of the argument it was difficult to determine which side held the upper hand. Either might have won but the judges tendered a preferen- tial vote of 2-1 to the negative. Throughout the year there were practice debates with Santa Ana, Burbank and Los Angeles High schools which served as training schools for those who are to take up the work and fill in the places of those who are leaving this year. A survey of the year's work in the debating field would hardly be com- plete without a few words of appreciation of the efforts of Miss Corry, the coach, who was mainly responsible for the fine showing that was made in all contests. She was untiring in her helpfulness to the members of the teams and and will long be remembered by them. Thirty-three

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x,x,x A ,X f-X ,-,,X,x.,X ,-,fx YY- --Y, -.-Y ,-L, .,x,1,-X,-x,x,x,x,x.fxfx ' .i US INTER-CLASS DEBATING In the debating field an entirely new feature was added this year and met with such success and so great approval among the students that it will probably become a part of the school year, and continue indennitely. Inter-class debating came as a suggestion from Miss Corry, who placed it before the Forum Club for approval. The club members felt that it would prove an excellent means of training raw material, and, as sponsors of the movement, voluntered to undertake the coaching of the contestants under the supervision of Miss Corry. Horace Anderson presented a cup which came to be known as the Anderson Debating Trophy, on which, at the end of each year, the class winning the tournament, is to have its name and numeral engraved. The cup will then be the possession of that class until won from it by another. Seniors and juniors had first chance to display their debating prowess. The date for the contest was November 2, and the question, Resolved, That the United States should Enter the World Court. The team chosen by the seniors consisted of Isabel Tousey Mitchell, Arden Gingery and Paul Cunningham. Owing to an attack of tonsilitis a week before the contest, Isabel was unable to debate, so Horace Anderson was selected to fill in the breach. The students chosen to represent the juniors were Mary Jo Phillips, Wendell Beauchamp and Bonnie Jean Lockwood. K Contending for the negative and decisively proving that entering the World Court would not be beneficial, the juniors were victors with a 2-to-1 decision. The next debate on January 16 between the freshmen and sophomores on the question, Resolved, That military training should be adopted in all high schools of the United States, revealed much undiscovered talent among the lower classmen. The freshman affirmative was ably upheld by Mary Elizabeth Campbell, Winifred Hunt and Beatrice Case, while the sophomore negative was defended by Eugenia Henry, Roy Samallow and Dorothy Buss. Both factions displayed a thorough knowledge of the sub- ject and it was a fight to the finish, but the sophomores were victorious with a 2-to-1 vote. The seniors and freshmen being then disqualified for further contests by their defeats, left only the sophomores and juniors to contest for the championship honors, and the Anderson cup. This Hnal debate of the tournament took place March 26th on the question, Resolved-That the United States should no longer maintain the Monroe Doctrine as an essential principle of her foreign policy. The affirmative was chosen by the juniors and represented by Marie Griggs, Jack Finch and Velma Bolton, while the sophomores defending the negative were Eugenia Henry, Fred Appleton and Dorothy Buss. Receiving a unanimous decision, the juniors were undisputed victors and are now the proud possessors of the trophy. After a class has been graduated, it is always a difficult problem con- fronting a debating coach as to whom to select for the league debates, since all those with experience are gone. Having given the new talent a chance to debate in public Qwhich constitutes experience D this problem will be, to a great extent solved. Glendale will never lack experienced representatives so long as this system is kept in practice. , Thirty-fifve