Kent State High School - Statesman Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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THE STATEsMAN HifY Last fall a Hi-Y club was organized at Kent State high under the direction of Mr. F. Nl. Harsh. Cfficers were elected at the first meeting. They were Chip West presidentg Bob Curtiss, vice-presidentg john Duke, secretaryg and Bob Renkert, treasurer. The first big problem of the HifY was obtaining food and cloth- ing for the needy at Christmas time. Seeing that the Peppers club was also planning on furnishing food and clothing, the two club joined together to work on the project. The Peppers club obtained clothing and the Hi-Y obtained food and canned articles. After making a collection the two clubs ar- ranged baskets Which were distributed to needy families. Mr. Harsh gave a talk on How to benefit others in the school and outside of school. The HifY boys have been very beneficial to the school. They have Worked out plans for fire drills, planning the best Way for students to escape from the rooms in case of fire. They have patrolled the halls to keep students from running and making noise. C They have encouraged students to keep the building as clean as possible. They have also accomplished many other things which are too numerous to mention, but beneficial to every one During the whole school year with Mr, Harsh as advisor and Chip West as president, the Hi-Y club has done as much as any club for the betterment of the school. PAGE 58

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THE STATESMAN third round. Gordon was put out in the semi-finals of extempo- raneous speaking. In their Ohio Debate League season the State teams turned in five wins in six contests to tie with Ravenna for the North- eastern Ohio championship. The negative team was defeated, however, in the run-off before a crowd of ZOO persons in the Auditorium. But the highly touted Ravens failed to advance far enough in the NFL Tournament to engage the sweeping State team. With three teams on each side of the question ready to debate at all times many practice and extra decision debates were ar' ranged. The Debate club as a whole engaged in approximately 85 contests. Of these, thirty-six were judged and the club gained twenty-seven decisions for a .750 average, an average 'which few schools in the State could achieve. ' Officers for this year were Gordon Hostettler, president, Betty McKibben, vice-president, and Kearfoot Miller, secretary-treasure. Members of the club were: Roger Cunningham, Bob Dumm, Bill Wilson, Martha Rufener, Vernon Beal, Howard Pike, Courtland Shellhorn, Jeanne Claypoole, Bob Cook, Bertha Kernen, Lester Foust, Paul Alden, Betty Miller, Charles Woodhouse, and Mary Louise Hoffman. Having proved that they were the best team in the state of Ohio, our debaters went to Oklahoma City aud proved that they were the best team to ever come out of Ohio. Going through six of ten rounds of competition, State gained tenth place, the first time an Ohio team ever gained national ranking in debate. Three State orators took part in the tournament. Betty McKibben and Gordon Hostettler composed the negative team, while Gordon doubled up with Kearfott Miller to form the affirm- ative team. The negative dropped botli its debates, losing to Mulvane, Kansas and Muskgogee, Oklahoma, to give State its elimination. Kearfott and Gordon, however, won three straight, defeating Hot Springs, Arkansas, Kansas City, Kansas, and Carrollton, Missouri. Carrollton went to the finals and besides State, only the national champions, Du Quoin, Illinois, were able to defeat the debaters from the show-me state. The negative drew a bye to get through the fourth round. t This was undoubtedly the best season that an Ohio team ever enjoyed. PAGE 57

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THE STATESMAN Peppers C lub This year initiated at Kent State high, a new organization of females - a type of girls' club which included all sophomores juniors, and seniors, who were interested in boosting high school activities and putting pep into sports. Mis:-, Doris Kinneman was elected to be the faculty adviser of the newly-founded, newly- christened Peppers Club. Betty McKibben was unanimously elected president. Frances Reed, vice-president, Mary Eileen Ccck, secretaryg ard Eileen Wright treasurer complete the governing and administrative body of the club. Committee chairmen were cltcsen ly the vice-presi- dent and adviser to take charge of the football ard basketball games and debates. Members of the Pepper club, with ine of the largest rollcalls in the school, include Gertrude Apley, Dorothy Barr, Lois Bowen Ruth Baumberger, Esther Basel, Rita Brooker, Anna Frances Burrell, Caroline Byrne, Jeanne Claypoole, Mary Eileen Cook Thelma Cooper, Ruth Dangler, Alvira Darrah, Gladys DeMarsh Dene DiCola, Marjorie Diltz, Esther Dobson, jean Douglass, and Rosemary Drake. Lucille Eismon, Ruth Ebie, Vivian Favors, Betty Fink, Ruth Foster, Margaret Ruth Fenn, Patsy Fuller, jane Gaddis, Frances Grant, Inez Gatts, Nellie Geiger, Alma Gooclhart, Betty Heath, Helen Hoy, Laura jane Harsh, Emcgene Guthrie, Mary Louise Hoffman, Lois Henry, Nadine Hulbert, Hazel King, Irene Linger, Winnifred Kline, Josephine Kenneley, jane Maxwell, Helen Miller, Betty McKibben, Elinor Miller, Martha Miller, jean Nesbitt,jane Gsborne, Norma Gviatt, Edna Mae Gverholt, Anna Dean Poul- ton, Flora Randall, Frances Reed, Dorothy Ruggles, Betty Ruggles, Freda Reichardt, Catherine Romeyn, Martha Lee Shreckengost, Dorothy Tate, Margaret Shull, Virginia Speilman, Ethel Wfright, Rena Scarpellini, Marjorie Thompson, Eileen Wright, Ruth Low- ther, Mary Wagner, Eleven Lynch, and Marjorie Hanson. PAGE 59