Henry Clay High School - Statesman Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Speech Department Wrrufred Smxth S0313 smldl poetry poetry Four students recerved super1or ratmgs at the state speech contest held at the Um versrty of Kentucky on Apr11 15 and 16 Nme of the erghteen students who took part rn the reg1ona1 speech contest held on March 2 rn Rrchmond recerved superror ratrngs whrch are the green lrght slgns for state competmon The Nauonal Forenslc League was organrzed rn Henry Clay rn 1938 to promote strong weak or non exrstant dependmg upon the enthusrasm of the students rn the speech department Due to renewed rnterest our N F L Chapter was rechartered rn 1957 Members for 1957 1958 were Mary Warner Ford Jane Gentry Carolyn Setzer Soma Smrth W1n1fred Smrth Judy Wrthers Mar1an W111ard Alec Murphy Judy Hobbs Frankhn Harrrs and Judy Green Judy Green Alec Murphy dramatrc mterpretatnon dramatlc monologue 50 interest in debate, oratory and public speaking. Through the years, our chapter was l

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X A x Glrls and Boys State X r Kay Shropshire and George Robinson Were Elected Governors of Girls and W ,Z 37 4' I! Boys State In I958' 1 ff Grrls State and Boys State are mock polrtrcal conventtons sponsored by the Amerrcan Legron to grve hxgh school students experrence rn polmcal organrzatron As each school 1S l1m1ted rn the number of delegates they may send rt IS a hrgh honor to be chosen by the faculty to represent the school Erght Jumor boys represented Henry Clay at Boys State durmg a week tn June 1957 at Fort Knox Kentucky Students who attended were Phrl Greason Wrlhanm Adams Kenneth Akrn Alex Rose John Craycraft Bob Warfreld and John Banta Thrs year Henry Clay was represented at Boys State rn Rrchmond Kentucky by Bob Sparks Henry Evans Lours Wersenburg Bob Skrnner Kenneth Walker George Robrnson and B111 Hylton Kay Shropshrre and Jo Ann Lrvesay recerved the honor of berng our delegates to G1r1s State held at the Unrversrty of Kentucky The faculty chose Jane Gentry and Lelra Maggard alternates FIRST ROW Jo Ann Lrvesay and Kay Shropshlre SECOND ROW Le1la Maggard and Jane Gentry K 1 I , l XX xxlrh XX x x 0 f ' X o r '- 'ss s ,,, 5 fs' ' ' . Za, A K, lgrtvsx , fd:f::f: XX I

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Saint Joan Henry Clay was espec1ally proud of 1ts cast for the State Drama Fes txval whrch captured frrst prrze rn the state w1th rts presentatron of SAINT JOAN by George Bernard Shaw Mrs Gum Chfton who drrected the play chose the dramatlc Inqu1st1on Scene where Joan played by Wmefred Sm1th rs found gu11ty of wrtchcraft and sentenced to d1e The group of churchmen and Englrsh government off1c1a1s who condemned her were played by Charles Barrett Tommy Spencer Maurtce Rouleau Harvey Stelnburg Sam Sous ley George Robrn n DonCutter and Franklrn Harrrs