Lima Central Catholic High School - Flame Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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Top-Virginia Byrd, Mr. Boylan. Bottom-Edward Foster, James Sweger. State Debate Championship ESOLVED, that the several states should adopt the unicameral system of legislature, was the national debate question for 1937-1938. After winning the district championship in which Bluffton, Eort Recovery, and Troy participated, our team was ready for interdistrict competi- tion. This competition was provided by Lima South, and Fremont. Our team was victorious in each debate. Lima Central was now ready to claim statewide laurels. On March 10, Virginia Byrd and Edward Eoster defeated Maple Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. At Ohio State University on March 18, after winning the semi-finals from Salem High School debate team the day before, Virginia Byrd and Edward Eoster won the state debate championship from Kent. As a reward for all their brilliant orations they received a cup for winning the interdistrict contest plus another cup -for being the best debate team in the state of Ohio. Orchids to Virginia Byrd, Edward Poster, and Jim Sweger. Special recognition should be given to Mr. Boylan, head debate coach and Mrs. Pence, and Miss Howey, his very able assistants. -PAUL YANT eighty

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Row 1-Warren Jacobs, Jeannette Jones, Jimmy Wright, Wanda Slaybaugh, Jimmy Sweger, Virginia Byrd, Ed Foster, Miriam Butts, Paul Yant, Bettye Tharp, Robert Love, Marjorie Ripley, Bob Richards. Row 2-Miss Howey, Mr. Boylan, Mrs. Pence. Varsity Debate FTER the close of the interclass debates, the ollicial debate year was underway when the following persons were chosen to represent Central: Edward Foster, Virginia Byrd, Paul Yant, Jeannette Jones, Miriam Butts, Wanda Slaybaugh, Bob Richards, Jim Wright, Marjorie Ripley, Robert Love, Bettye Tharp, Warren Jacobs, Jim Sweger. The state debate question was: Resolved, that the several states should adopt the unicameral system of legislature. A tournament was held at Fort Wayne on December l4, which was fol- lowed by a practice debate at Marysville on December 28. From this date our varsity debate was continued by three of the varsity speakers. They were Virginia Byrd, Edward Foster, and Jim Sweger. Mr. Boylan in his capacity as head debate coach and Mrs. Pence and Miss Howey constituted- the coaching staff. -PAUL YANT seventy-nine

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Row 1-Richard Hayes, Charles Riebesell, Rosemary Landis, Dorothy Ridenour, Clara Jean Creviston, Ruth Augsburger, Jeanne-tte Jones. Row 2fPaul Heffner, Neal Kessler, John Kemph, Donald Pletcher. Row 3-Janette Miller, Dorcas Litherland, Betty Samsal, Betty Rasmus, Alice Parent, Tom Tuttle, Helen Reese. Row 4-Jimmy Dawe, Carroll Lewis, Bill Furnish, Tom- Cavanaugh. Row 5-Robert Love, Fred Boop, Allen Wiseley. State Scholarship Test HE scholarship tests put out by the State Department of Education have been a yearly feature at Central. After averages Were carefully checked, ' the twenty-live highest ranking seniors, taking academic subjects, were chosen to participate. On Saturday, April 2, seventy-six contestants from Allen County met in Room 307 to take the test. Five subjects, each counting eighty points, made up the examination. Included were English, social science, mathematics, natural science, and reading. Of the nineteen places composing the upper twenty-live per cent to be entered in district competition, Central took eleven. Those participating were Ruth Augsburger, Fred Boop, Tom Cavanaugh, Clara Jean Creviston, James Dawe, Bill Furnish, Paul Heffner, Jeannette Jones, Neal Kessler, Rosemary Landis, Virginia Lee, Carroll Lewis, Dorcas Litherland, Robert Love, Janette Miller, Alice Parent, Don Pletcher, Betty Rasmus, Helen Reese, Dorothy Ride- nour, Charles Riebesell, Betty Samsal, Tom Tuttle, Roger Valentine, and Al- len Wiseley. p -THE EDITOR eighty-one