Laurel High School - Laurels Yearbook (Laurel, MT)

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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.

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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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J L I S T I C The Laurel Leaves, in 1934 carried the Class “B” loving cup, and also the first class rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. In 1935 it slipped to second place in Missoula and held this same position in 1936 and 1937. In 1937. it again received the first class honor rating from the National Scholastic Press Association. The Laurel Leaves has become one of the most important outside activities the school has ever sponsored. It is hoped that the Laurel Leaves will be continued as part of this school’s activities. The Stella R. Chapter of Quill and Scroll began in the year of ’31 The purpose of this society is to acquaint high school journalists with the accompanying features of the journalistic field. It has sponsored a creative story and poem contest, joint meetings with other chapters and the usual annual banquet. Five members represented Laurel Leaves at the Inter-Scholastic meet at the State University.