Glendale High School - Stylus Yearbook (Glendale, CA)

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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

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-F nv l ORATORS Arden Gingery Elsie Forsyth Alice Castile ' Mary E- Campbell Oratorical Contest The Annual Oratorical Contest held Friday, April 25, in the new High Auditorium, was the crowning achievement of a successful year. Paul Cunningham, secretary of debating, having charge of the event, chose Francis Read, an alumni of the school and winner of one of the former con- tests, to preside as chairman. Dr. B. F. Stetter, professor of English at Occidental College, Dr. Ben- jamin Scott, debate coach at Pomona Collee, and G. W. Pargellis of California Institute of Technology, were the judges of the orations. The lines of marches were judged by Howard E. Cavanah of the Cava- nah Music Studios, Mrs. Nanno Woods, prominent Glendale woman, and Frank E. Cramer of the Paralta Studios. Juniors through their representative, Elsie Forsyth, carried off the honors in the oratorical part of the contest. Elsie's speech was on The Conservation of Natural Resources and proved an exceptionally well con- structed oration, with the additional good feature of interesting content. Her delivery too deserved mention, and her stage presence during the time of her oration was quite remarkable. Her speech was a direct impressive appeal to the people of the United States to conserve to the best of their ability the natural resources of the country. Alice Castile was the sophomore speaker this year, and proved the night of the contest, her oratorical ability. Her speech, Woodrow Wilson the Glorious Failure, was most inspiring and brought out the true worth of our former great president. The Man of the Hour was the subject chosen by Mary Elizabeth Campbell, the freshmen representative. Although Mary Elizabeth had had no previous experience in the field of oratory, she showed remarkable skill in the planning of her oration. . Arden Gingery, senior orator, spoke on The Foundation of War. He exhibited his usual fine stage presence and impressed all the audience with his stirring, fiery oration. His delivery always good proved even better at this time. This was the second year which tableaus were feaured in this event and this was the second time these have been successful. , The freshmen came in first and presented to the audience the winning Thirty-.vix