Grossmont High School - El Recuerdo Yearbook (El Cajon, CA)

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The Speech Department While the majority of the inter-scholastic speech activity at Grossmont is carried by students in ad- vanced classes, many programs of high interest were presented by the beginning speech students, under Miss Edith Grassmueck. Most interesting of these was the Shakespearean program broadcast over KGB in April. In the field of interscholastic competition, coached principally by Mr. LaZelle Smith, the following are some of the activities of the current year: EXTEMPORE SPEECH Three contests were enjoyed this season with San Diego and Hoover high schools. The first contest was held at State College, and among the twenty- three entries, Victor Howard placed fourth. In the second contest held at Hoover, Victor Howard, Mary Hayes, and Russel Irwin entered, Victor placing first and Mary fourth. In the third contest, at Grossmont, Mary Hayes, Winona Richard, and Mildred Durham competed, placing fourth, fifth, and seventh, respec- tively. At the contest at El Centro with that school and Holtville, Howard won second. ORATORY Two contests were held with Hoover and San Diego. In the first, at San Diego high, Mary Hayes placed fourth, George Bailey, fifth, and Wilfred Smith, seventh. The second contest was at Gross- mont, where Mary Hayes took hrst, George Bailey, third, and Mildred Durham, sixth. DECLAMATION At a contest held at El Centro with Holtville and El Centro, Bill King won first place and Harriette Walz, second. Two declaimers, Bill King and George Mukai, represented Grossmont in the State tournament at Redlands, where they won first and second place, respectively. In the Grossmont eliminations which these students won were also Harriette Walz, Winona Richards, Marjorie Walz, and Richard Grau. DEBATE Winning debate teams at the contest with Holt- ville and El Centro were George Bailey and Mary Hayes, and Paul johnson and Victor Howard. At Redlands, George Bailey and Mary Hayes lasted through several rounds of preliminaries, and the team including Paul johnson, Victor Howard and Frances Twenty-four Coughlin made a good showing. Finals in the county debate league were held too late to be included in this record. THE REDLANDS TOURNAMENT The exceptionally fine showing 'made by Bill King, Mildred Durham, and George Mukai in the speech tournament at Redlands in April entitled them to enter the national finals at jacksonville, Illinois, early in May. Through the interest of school organi- zations, community clubs and public-spirited citizens, and the faculty, a fund was raised to send our two first-place winners and a second-place holder, with their coach, Mr. Smith, to Illinois. Bill's first place was earned in the Held of oratory, with his impressive delivery of This Is War! George Mukai, after leading in points through the various rounds of competition at Redlands, bowed to his fellow Grossmonter in the finals. He delivered with superb effect the distinguished selection, I Am Innocent of This Blood. In the field of humorous declamation, a new division in the state contest this year, Mildred Dur- ham won first honors with her entertaining delivery of Immune to Flatteryf' In the other divisions of the tournament, Gross- monters made a good accounting of themselves. George Bailey went to the semi-finals in original oratory before meeting defeat, Mary Hayes, in the same event, Went two rounds. Winona Richards and Victor Howard, in the extemporaneous speaking section, lasted into the second round, and Winona reached the second round also in the humorous de- clamation event. In debate, Paul johnson and Frances Coughlin defeated El Centro, to whom they had bowed in an earlier three-school encounter, and the team composed of Mary Hayes and George Bailey defeated Huntington Park and San Bernardino, the latter the winners of the state debate finals. This contest furnished several of the nine stud- ents who entered with sufficient points to entitle them to National Forensic League Membership. OTHER ACTIVITIES With the county debate league contests and the Toastmasters Contest still on the schedule, the Speech Departments usual active schedule was completed. Plans for the National Forensic League Banquet were also incomplete, but a large important affair was anticipated.

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THE C. S. F. The California Scholarship Fed- eration, advised by Miss Dorothy S. Cooke, inaugurated a card file for circle G points and carried on a magazine selling campaign to raise money to be awarded a senior as a scholarship to State College. Officers during the two semesters were: Elsie Gough, president, Mar- jory McKinney and Stanley Clark, vice presidents, Peggy Peters and Mildred Durham, secretaries, and George Mukai and Evalyn Walker, treasurers. Twenty-six THE N. F. L. Composed only of the outstand- ing' participants in speech activity, the local chapter of the National Forensic League has acted under the advisership of Mr. LaZelle Smith. Membership into this or- ganization is based upon points earned t h r o u g h interscholastic speech competition. George Bailey is president of the League, Mary Hayes, vice president, Victor How- ard, secretary, and Harriette Walz, treasurer. C. S. F. - Fim Row: Ba rbara Lowe, Mary Hayes, Frances Cough- lin, Elsie Go ugh, Stanley Clark, Mildred Durham, Eva- lyn Walker, Marjory McKin- ney, Frances Meinke. Second Row: Peggy Peters, George Mukai, Bob Moore, Dorothy Gough, jack Mc- Clure, Bob Crowningshield, Frances Byrnes, jack Abbott, Mary Lee. Member: not in the picture are jane Monteverde and Ruth Swoboda. N. F. L. Firft Row: Harriette Walz, Frances Coughlin. Miss Grass- mueck, Mary Hayes, Winona Richards. Second Row: Paul johnson, Wilfred Smith, Mr. Smith, George Bailey. QUILL AND SCROLL First Row: Frances Coughlin, Marjory McKinney, Elsie Gough, Harriet Cross, Elva Beckwith, Hattie Fansher. Second Row: George Mukai, Edward McCleave, Bob Moore, Miss Cooke, Stanley Clark, Harold Erwin. QUILL AND SCROLL Climaxing this year's activities the Grossmont Chapter of Quill and Scroll, honorary journalism so- ciety, acted as host for the annual County Quill and Scroll Banquet. The chapter also cooperated with the C. S. F. in revising the Hand- book published last year. Miss Dorothy S. Cooke is the adviser of this group. Officers are Bob Moore, president, Marjory McKinney, vice president, and H a t t i e Fansher, secretary-treasurer.