Hutchinson High School - Allagaroo Yearbook (Hutchinson, KS)

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ATIO AL FORE IC LEAGUE BULLETI O :nal Monthly Iub'1ratmn of National Forenszc League I 1 NO Third National Tournament ls Unqualified Success Definitely demonstrating the value and popularity of the national tournament idea in forensics the third annual National Forensic League Tournament vwxs concluded in Wooster Ohio on May 10 and officially terminated over txxo nation xx 1de radio hook ups on the following day Nevx speech champions xxere crovx ned 1n six phases of hlgh school speechxx ork and nationwide attention was once again focused upon the importance of the art of speaking ln every way the tournament of 1933 xxas a complete success Students from 87 schools in 20 states took active part in its work At Sioux City the National Forensic League had the honor and CllSf1T1Ct1OY1 of cooperating with the Columbia Broadcastlng System in presenting to the American public for the first time a high school de bate over a nation wide chain to determine the national champion debaters of American high schools This year new precedents were over a coast to coast Columbia network but the National Broadcast mq Company also cooperated xxith the NFL and broadcast the vxin ning speeches in the individual speaking events Thus new impetus was given to effective speech training in high schools all over the country The Championship Debate was betxx een the Hutchinson Kansas affirmative comprised of Phil Stratton and lack Campbell KH Bruce Perrill coachj and the Altus Qkla negative comp lsed of 'W C Dobbs and Roy Henry CMrs Clifford Peterson coachj Five dis tmguished yudqes Dr H L Exxbank national president of Delta Sigma Rho University of Wisconsin Prof Paul Brees Wittenberg College Prof H S Woodward Western Reserve University Prof Emerson D Miller Wooster College and Prof VV Roy Diem of Qhio Wesleyan Universlty rendered a xerdict of three to tvxo in favor of the negative team The debate xxas a splendid example of present day high type high school debating and was as evenly pre sented and as hotly contested as the declslon indicates Both teams demonstrated that it takes a vigorous and brilliant type of debating to earn the r1qht to compete in the finals of the National Forensic League Tournament In the individual events Robert Dunham of Sioux Falls South Dakota xx on the Efctempore Speaking Cvene Davis of Cicero Ill the Original Oratory Caryl Arnold of Cvrand Rapids Minn Humorous Declamation Harold Stark of Granite City Ill Oratorlcal Declama tion and Denton Snyder of Humboldt Iowa Dramatic Declamation ff. . A , V. . . . vm.. VII jrxc, oss . 0 1 VC . r A v . . . V . - V. . A I . V V . V V . . V 7 . . C . . . V established. Not only was the championship debate again broadcast , .. V. V. H V . . . . . . 4 . 7 Q - , . A. . V , . I . . . . V . V .