Jamestown High School - Zee Ka Tow Yearbook (Jamestown, ND)

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DEBATE We are here today to debate the followrng questron Resolved That the Unlted States should adopt the essentlal features of the Russran system of educatron Then begms an hour of tense selectrons of facts and words as each srde makes an effort to wrn the pendrng debate The Jamestown Hrgh School mam debate team composed of affrrmatrves Drck Werst and Brllr Odegaard and negatrves Mary Farley and Carol Mergler placed frrst rn the western drvrsron tournament held m Wrllrston Therr actrve year also rncluded a trt state debate at Moorhead a practrce debate wrth Devrls Lake and the state tournament also at Devrls Lake Howard Putnam Burnette Koeber nrck Bernetta Ammon and Becky Sanders the mem bers of the novrce team also partrcrpated rn the state tournament These amateurs were trarned by Mrs Frances Nrchols 'MLA' ROW 1: R. Weist, B. Odegaard, C. Mergler, M. Farley. ROW 2: Mrs. Nichols, B. Koebemick, M. Davis, P. Nelson, B. Ammon, A. Wahl, H. Putnam. These are the happy holders of the 1959 state debate trophy. RADIO GUILD The favorrte radro programs of J H S students are those presented by the Radro Gurld Every Saturday mormng the staff puts on a ten mrnute newscast grvrng up to date coverage on events occurrmg around the school Besrdes the newscasts programs of musrc and speech are featured durrng the year Mary Farley was program dlrector Dorrs Wong assrstant drrector and Drck Werst contrnurty drrector The advrsor and founder of Radro Gurld rs Mrss Helen Stensland I Drck xnfomas the general publrc of all the recent happemngs around J H S on KEYJ even Saturday momrng The Radro Gulld members pre pare scrrpts to be broadcast over the local statrons ,, . . . . , . . . . . . . , ,, . . . . - - . ' i 1 1 I 1 S 1 1 1 1 , . - I . . , 1 1 a I - I I I - 1 ' N . X, N .1 . . ' 3 I Y ,, A Y . 1 D' f , ' 1 . 1. , . R p I be ' x . - ' I

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The captured villain with a shameful look is surrounded by the cast in Stranger in the Night. Diane Berry, president, discusses the possible cast for future plays with Susan, vice-president, and Dianne, S6C1'Ef3.I'y-IFE 2.SLl1'eI'. SPEECH Several seniors journeyed to Bismarck with speech advisor, Miss Bernice Shearer, to take part in the Speech Festival held there April 17. They gave interpretive readings which included prose, poetry, and speeches. The judging of the students was based on suitability, interpretation, clarity, tone of voice, and poise. Elucidating the elusive. 30 ROW 1: S. Black, N. Youngbeck, H. Putnam, C. Hastings, C. Johnston. ROW 2: I. Hofer, R. Kreutsberg, R. Ulrickson, J. Werth, P. Keaton, A. Elsworth. ROW 3: D. Weixel, J. Schweitzer, P. Keith, J. Van der Linde, M. Freeman, D. Peterson, B. Rohrer. STANDING:. D. Berry and Mrs. Anderson. PLAYMAKER9 To be or not to be, that is the question, and to give vent to their dramatic abilities a group of students are active in the Joseph Jefferson Play- makers. This year's presentations included Stranger in the Night, a three act play given last November, Amahl and the Night Visitors, a Christmas story, and Antic Spring given at the Speech Festival held at Bismarck April 17. Diane Berry was elected president for the 1958-59 season, Susan Black was vice-president and Dianne Peterson was secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Elfriede Anderson very ably directed the playmakers. The group this year consisted of thirty-seven members, an increase over past years. They met on Monday evenings throughout the school year.

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Our Roman crtrzens reclme before thexr feast LATIN CLUB xfg, Bart, ahas Juhus Caesar recelves the crown Harl Caesar' Leadlng the Laun Club process1ona1 on November 21 1958 was Mlke Freeman dressed rn an authentrc Roman soldrer costume whxch he purchased IH Rome the prevrous summer Followrng Soldrer Freeman were Caesar Bart Hohday hrs wlfe Calpurma Emy Jo Prckert and the other one hundred CXIIZCIIS and slaves of Rome all atured 1n flowmg Roman costumes S1nce Laun I mem bers fthe slavesj outnumbered the Laun H cmzens a number of the former were auc tloned off to second year students Respectrvely the offlcers of the two sec ond year Lann Clubs were consuls Carol Ann Trautman and John Van der L1nde scrrbes, Rebecca Sanders and Rodney Femnte and quaestors Guy Hathe and Gary Anderson 32 la fltx A 1- s X R ei by xx X -- . 1 - 1 5' I f , X N 1 i I K , : ,, ,