Kew Forest School - Blotter Yearbook (Forest Hills, NY)

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THE BLOTTER Delbatenrs Win Five oi? Seven Contests TFIE Debaters of KewfForest under the direction of coach, Mr. Dixon, and his assistants, Miss Blaisdell, Miss Thomas and Mlle. Lafrance, had a very successful season, with five decisions to their credit out of a possible seven. The record is as follows: December 11 KewfForest 3, Rockville Center O December 11 KewfForest 3, Lindenhurst 0 December 12 KewfForest3 Baldwin O December 19 KewfForest 3 Babylon 0 February 6 Great Neck 2, KewfForest 1 February 9 KewfForest Oceanside--No decision February 1 1 Roslyn 2, KewfForest 1 February 16 KewfForest , Northport-No decision February 19 KewfF0rest 3, Mineola O The subject debated this last season was i'Resolved: That the Chain Store System, as it is developed in the United States, is detrimental to the best interests of the American people . At the end of the season, those who had participated in debating were award' ed keys according to the number of points obtained. The awards were as follows: Long Island Interscholastic Individual Championship Virginia Chalmers Gold Key Nancy Kershaw 21

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THE BLOTTER Laurose Selh11u1llzeelB3erge Honored Blotter First Among Selhlooll Year Boolks TIE Seventh Annual Convention of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Columbia University, New York, March 12, 13, 14, 1931, offered to the delegates from KewfForest School a program of six general meetings, 55 sectional meetings, Laurose Schulze-Berge, Author of Prize Short Story nine clinics, two luncheons, the Columbia Varsity Show, Great Shakes and two large exhibitions of newspapers, mag' azines, annuals, year books, etc., submitf ted by hundreds of schools from all over the country. 20 The BLOTTER of 1930 was awarded first place among Year Books by a committee which met after the convention adjourned. For the first time in the seven years' history of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, three literary awards were bestowed at the convention, March 14. The Columbia University Writers' Club cooperated in the contest. The award for the best story was won by Laurose SchulzefBerge, whose story Chariot of Fire appeared in the BLOTTER of Kew' Forest School last May. Representing KewfForest School at the Convention were Nancy Kershaw, Virginia Chalmers, Arthur Collins, Deborah Davenport, Muriel Millar, Margaret Knapp, Mary Dale, Donn Boring, Mrs. Smart and Mr. Dixon. Of the general sessions, the Kew' Forest delegates attended four, hearing Mrs. William Brown Meloney, New York Heraldfffribrme Magazine, Mr. Louis Wiley, Business Manager, New York Times, Mr. Russell Owen, New York Times. The speakers heard by our delef gates at sectional meetings were Mr. john E. Allen, Editor of Linotype News, Mr. William E. Haskell, General Executive. New York He'raldf'Tribtmeg Miss Marion C. Sheridan, Head of English, New Haven High School, Miss Eunice Fuller Barnard, New York Times, and Bob Conf nolley, Cartoonist. The Varsity Show Great Shakes was thoroughly enjoyed by the group.

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THE BLUTTER Silver Key 1 Jeannette Clark fManagerj 2 Arthur Collins fCaptainj 3. Robert Kelleher 4. Muriel Millar Bronze Key 1 Erwin Case 6 Helga Holch 2 Doris Clark , 7 Myrtle Knorpp 3 Mary Dale 8 Emily Lawton 4 Deborah Davenport 9 Betty Parks 5 Grace Eckman ' 10 Lee Tolman Josephine Vahlsing, Sue Harriss and Margaret Vahlsing have recently been elected to iill the places of those line debaters in the senior class KewfForest will lose througha graduation in june. Undoubtedly the outstanding event of the season occurred when Virginia Chalmers took first place in the individual competition of the Long Island Inter' scholastic Debating Association. For this achievement she won a cup for Kew' Forest and a gold key with a diamond Virginia Chalmers, Long Island's Best Debafter in it for herself. In this contest she rated ahead of Herman Herbert of Roslyn and Bennet Frankel of Great Neck, two friendly rivals who were responsible for our two defeats. JEANNETTE CLARK, H. S. III. Election Day Exciting NOVEMBER 3 was election day at Kew- Forest School. The election was conf ducted by High School I Civics class and supervised by a Board of Election, Jack Norworth, chairman, Bruce Howard, Emma Montague and Betty Neisel. Members of the faculty, all High School classes and Grades 6 and 7 voted. Vote ing districts, ballot boxes, mimeographed ballots, all reminded one of the regular election centers. Only those who had registered were allowed to vote. The results showed a strong loyalty to the Republican candidates. Governor Roosef velt ran ahead of his ticket, trailing Tuttle by only two votes. Assemblyman Zim' merman was the only Democrat elected inthe contest held at KewfForest School. The results, however, are relatively un' important, but the training in citizenship is of inestimable value to the pupils of the school. Asscemlbllyman Zimmerman Visits Us TI-IE High School I Civics dass of the KewfForest School had the pleasure of listening to a short talk by the Honor' able Frederick Lloyd Zimmerman, Assemblyman of the Sixth Assembly Dis' trict, on Friday, November 14.