Latter Day Saints Business College - S Book Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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Speech ROM the early history of the school the speech department has been growing year by year, until it has become one of the most prominent of curricular activities. The school has been well represented in contests of all description, and an adequate speech department has made it possible for L. D. to send delegates to the oratorical' contests. We are proud that entrants from the school have received high com? mendation from both local and district judges. On High School Day many students of the L. D. S. were entered in the fol-A lowing contests: extemporaneous speech, reading contests, and one-act play. Virgil Clayton and Louise Isgreen were selected to represent the school in the reading' contest at the University of Utah. After many eliminations Louis Judges was chosen in the extemporaneous speech Held and entered the High School Day contest. The play, a quaint Irish folk story, The Twig of Thorns, was extremely well-cast, and was under the direction of Miss Margaret Caldwell, the competent head of the department. She also has been the able supervisor of school plays, the Grant Oration, and speech contests. In fact, she has been the main cog of our speech wheel during the year. On the first night of the annual Carnival her classes played Speaking To Fatherl' which helped make the frolic one of the best in the school history. In The Patsy, the annual school production, the cast showed much talent, and both times it was presented it brought down the housef, Out of one of the biggest classes to ever graduate from L. D. S. Margaret Jacob- sen was chosen Valedictorian. She was conspicuous for her superb scholastic record and for her extra-curricular activity. For consistent work during her three years here Margaret was awarded the highest honor to be given any graduating student. Blanche Billings, who won the National Constitution Oratorical Contest from L. D., received praises from many of the judges and presiding ofhcials in the division finals. Aside from this competitive work and play productions, students of the speech department have been on many programs, including those in clubs, wards, and assemblies. BILLINGS .IACOBSEN .IUDGES I 2 Ol-if-M

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Junior College Debates HE L. D. S. Junior College debating teams this year placed another blue ribbon in the hall of attainments when they captured the debating championship of the Junior College Utah-Idaho league. It was a singular feat since this is the first time in the history of L. D. S. that the Junior College has brought this distinction to the school. ' The prize was won only after a series of debates and eliminations. Our teams met and defeated in regularly JOHX GI GUBLER scheduled triangle divisions the University of Utah Fresh- men debate team, and the debate squads from Westminster, Snow, and Weber Colleges. The question for these debates read: Resolved: That the indeterminate sentence as it is now used by the courts should be condemned. The affirmative side of the resolution was upheld by George Smeath and Mary McMillan. The negative team consisted of Vivian Gubler and Theron Fotheringham. George Smeath is a veteran debater of L. D. S., having been a member of the high school debating team for the past two years. Miss McMillan was a member of the Murray High School debating team which last year entered the final triangle for the State championship. Vivian Gubler and Theron Fotheringham had had no previous experience, and are to be highly commended for the exceptional work they did this year. ' The success these people attained is due in part to the splendid coaching they received. Brother Gubler won his letter in debating from the Brigham Young University of Utah Freshmen debating team. Both of them are interested in this work and have proved their efhciency by leading the L. D. S. Junior College teams to victory. We wish to commend Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Anderson for the interest they have shown in Junior College debating, which interest they have expressed by offering a beautiful silver loving cup for the winners in the Utah-Idaho league. This cup was presented to President Fox in the assembly featuring basketball and debating teams. President Fox in his impressive, gracious way referred the acceptance speech to former president Guy C. W'ilson who instituted the junior College and whose support of it has never faltered. GEORGE SHEATH MARX' NTCNTZLLAFI VIVIAN GUBLER THERON FOTHERINGHAM .....p2f12 QE..-