Laurel High School - Laurels Yearbook (Laurel, MT)

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Freddie Hiljjert, Gene Daniels, Supt. Fred W. Graff, Dale Roysdon, Bill Porter. Debate LOOKING over the debate season of 1936-37, we find that the Laurel debate squad had a very successful and instructive year, under the tutelage of Superintendent Fred W. Graff. The first part of the year, non-decision debates were held for platform experience, snappy answers, and tests of avoiding the irresistible pitfalls of the opponent. Discussions of this type were held with Fromberg, Roberts, Columbus, Billings, Bozeman, and Lewistown. The entire squad participated, taking opposite sides for almost every issue of the question. Resolved: “That all Electric Utilities Should be Govemmentaliy Owned and Operated.” As the cmlain for the debate season drew to a close, the subdistrict tournament for this part of Montana was held at Laurel on April 26. The teams entering included Columbus, Roberts, Fromberg and Laurel. The tournament team from Laurel was composed of Dale Roysdon and Bill Porter. After much heated discussion the judge. Prof, llawkes of the Eastern Montana Nonnal School, rendered his decision in favor of Laurel. Roberts received second place. By winning the subdistrict tournament of this vicinity the Laurel squad was entitled to meet Butte the winner of the other district division. This meeting was held on neutral grounds at Bozeman, during High School Week. The decision went to Butte. As a reward for the long months of exhaustive research and practice, each member of the debate squad will receive one-fourth of a credit and a high school letter of award.

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Back row—Mary Price, Walter Reiter. Irene Russell, Florence Schwad, Donald Shay, Gene Slater, Donald Stenersen. Billy Teeters, Cozette Thayer, Phyllis Wise L J. Winters, Joe Wold, Clarence Wright, Irene Yager, Helene Zier. Fourth row—Ruben Beringer, Betty Jo McCracken, Richard McMullin, Tennis Milligan, Delmer Morrison, David Kiedrowski, Louise Motzko, James Myers. Wilbur Kirsh, Anita Orndorff, Amelia Ostwa d, Bernard Palmer, Edythe Parker. Third row—Maxine Grady, Doris Gunter, Murdy Haagenson, Robert Hale, Jesse McGinley, Viola Harper, Helen Kircheis, Rose Knaub, Victor Kurk, Donald Lyons, Marie Martain, Billy Mote. Second row—Weslev Chappell, Erma Collova, Francis Dixon, Vernon Drake, Richard Finch, Tom Finch. Bill Fox, Esther Fox, Ruth Frank, Virginia Freund, Taro Fukado, Sue Fujio, Bertha Gomer. First Row—Wilbur DeNittis, president; Lela Oowen, vice president; Ella Mae Coombs, secretary; Charles Shay, treasurer; Clara Bott, Stuart Boyd, Florence Bohan, Alta Boylan, Dorothy' Boylan, Inez Branstetter, Lester Burke. Freshman Class SEPTEMBER 8 saw the arrival of a group of freshies who walked for the first time, up the steps of the Laurel High School. They elected Wilbur DeNittis as president, Lela Gowen as vice president, Ella Mae Coombs as secretary, and Charles Shay as treasurer. Miss Margaret Taylor was their advisor to help them over the rough spots during the year. The major activity of this class was a Saint Patrick s Day party given March 17. This party enabled them to use their well known color, “green.” The gymnasium was elaborately decorated carrying out the traditional shamrock, by using a color scheme of green and white.

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“The Night Cry,” is the story of uninvited guests at Hermit Gables, the country place of the fashionable Harris Winsted Partridge. Count Bemhardi takes his place as a mysterious person while “Piggy” attempts to take the part of Bemhardi not knowing that the real person will show up. Joan and Virginia cringing in terror whenever a bough brushed against the window pane, feared that the “Night Cry,” the scavenger of dark hours, who tortured and robbed without mercy, would come up there. The mysterious maid and the horified other characters lead the play to a dramatic conclusion of explanation. This play was given by the Junior Class on March 19, under the direction of Miss Myrtle Wold. Dramatics “A Crazy Mix-Up” presents three girls, Lee Julian. Crystal Craig, and Paula Roberts of the art colony of Washington trying to get along when they don’t know that fortune is just around the comer. Lee enters a designing contest, open for men only. Before long a telegram is received revealing that Mr. Julian has won the prize and a man would be sent to talk with him. The girls fix up a scheme which fails, but through the determination of Lee’s mother, they manage to receive the five thousand dollar reward. This play was given May 7, by the Senior Class, under the direction of Miss Virginia Rigney.