Main Avenue High School - El Sombrero Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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HVIiPACHE MARCH 22, 1921—THE AMAZONS This clever and amusing play was the production of a combined Hayne and Dramatic cast. When there is hidden talent at Main, these plays always find it and bring it to light. The cast and coach. Miss Daisy Briggs, Miss Stone, and Miss Bryan, the sponsors of both clubs, all worked together admirably to make a grand success, and such it. was. Miss Stella Vodrie, as a stately marchioness of Castlejordan, was especially attractive. Her three boyish daughters, Misses Ada Lee Shuler, Elizabeth Maxwell, and “Peggy” Mitchell, were splendid actresses and showed marked masculine traits. Then there were three very good boy actors, Messrs. Harrison Pollard, Oscar McCracken, and Harold Shaw. Miss Cozette Lawrence was an athletic trainer. The servants and family adviser took their parts to great advantage. The two clubs, with such clever acting and capable management, gave the audience a very enjoyable evening. Amazons? Yes. 22

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 HVIiP-ACHE Interclub Contests DEBATING Years ago a public-spirited citizen of San Antonio presented Main Avenue with a cup for debating and each year a debating contest has been held between the various clubs to determine who shall keep the cup until the following year. This year, for the first time, the girls—the Philomathean Debating Club—entered the contest; the boys’ clubs were; Congress. Hayne, and Jeff. Each one choose a first, second, and third team, which were: Philomatheans—First team, Etta May Price and Dama Jones; second team, Anita Brenner and Natalie Forsyth; third team, Mina Alvord and Louise Ryan. Congress—First team. Hyman Plenn and Julian Blair; second team, Robert Col-glazier and Stanley Slavens; third team. Clovis Coffman and Harry Frey. Hayne—First team, Harrison Pollard and Spurgeon Mansfield; second team. Joe Sparks and Sam Maltzman; third team, Carvel Hunter and Britton McCall. Jeffs—First team. Carl Evans and Ellis Albaugh; second team, Robert Thomas and Albert King; third team, Russell Harpole and Leslie Evans. The first teams debated the state subject—'‘The Open versus Closed Shop;” the second teams had the subject, Resolved; That the Initiative and Referendum should be adopted in Texas;” the third teams debated the question Resolved; That the President should be elected by popular vote.” Debates were held on the first, tenth, and seventeenth of December. The standing of the clubs after each contest was as follows: December 1 December 10 December 17 Won Lost Won Lost Won Lost Phils 3 0 5 1 6 3 Congress 2 1 4 2 7 2 Hayne 1 2 2 4 4 5 Jeff 0 3 1 5 1 8 ORATION AND DECLAMATION Main also has cups for oratory and declaiming for which, after the excitement of the debating contest has subsided, contests are held each year between the boys’ clubs. In the oratorical contest the orations were written by the speakers. Each club entered one contestant and this year Congress carried off the cup, John Bailey of that club being judged the best. The entries from the clubs were: Hayne—Pascal Buckner. Congress—John B. Bailey. In the declamation contest the speeches were not original but by some prominent man or woman. Oscar McCracken, of the Haynes won the contest this year. The other contestant was Clifford Forster of Congress. —24—