Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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UI THIRTY-TII Rlflf Henry Heintzberger, Margaret Kizer, Bill Ma- grane, Charles Mcliinnis, Bill Miller, lames Miller, Eunice Palmer, lsadore Rosenwasser, Eldon Schalliol, Norman Smith, Charles Stine, Iacob Swartz, Clare Verseeg, Iulia Versceg, Wylie Voorheis, lohn Wolf, and Robert Zim- IUCFIHLIII. It was then Mishawalta began to debate with other schools. ln non-decision debates, her op- ponents included H1lll1l110Dd, Wiley of Terre Haute, Huntington Township, anti Plymouth. Then there was a non-decision debate tourna- ment at Bourbon, Indiana. 11011 january 17, the school double debated Concord Township and the following Saturday traveled to Hammond and Washington, East Chicago. By this time the team was picked and lim- ited down to six people, they were Margaret Kizer, Eldon Schalliol, and Wylie Voorheis, who composed the affirmative, and Jacob Swartz, John Wolf and Henry Heintzberger, who made up the negative. l1On Ianuary 27. the team traveled to North- side of Fort Wayne for two double debates. After staying all night, they contested the state champions of Churubusco the next day in a double debate. That afternoon saw them in Huntington for another double debate. They spent the evening at Manchester college where they had dinner. lt was a wonderful trip for all. 9 On Ianuary 24, there was a debate with Elk- hart's negative and the following day with their affirmative. Warsaw brought the non-decision debates to an end. Mishawaka's team was then ready to take part in tournament debates: they had their first judge's decision on February 2, when Mr- Coyne of Notre Dame decided in favor of Central of South l3end's affirmative against Mishawaka's negative. The following day was the debate with Riley's negative there. Apodaca of the eco- nomics department of Notre Dame gave the decision to Riley. V011 Feb. I4 were two debates with l-aPorte. Our aHirmative team won, negatives lost. Stoner of Plymouth gave the decision to Mishawakzfs negative against Riley's affirmative when they debated here on February 23. llThe last debate was with Central's negative team, which we lost. This closed the debate season for Mishawalia. A record of four losses and two wins does not show up very well on paper, but when one considers that this team of only a month's ex- perience had to COIDPCKC with debaters of two and three years' experience, one feels rather satisfied at the outcome. V With this one year's experience, having lost only one detbater, Mr. Huber has hopes for a fC0m'luded on page 712

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8 THE MISKODEED I-IAII., DEMOSTI-IENES! By CLAUDINE CULI' IRED with ambition, Dcmosthenes in Athens placed pebbles in his mouth and loudly pro- claimed his oratory above the booming waves of the sea to the world. While in Mishawaka High school young Demosthenes, fired with keen interest and delight, pledged to boost their newest organization, the Speech club. W The club, introduced by Mr. Robert Huber, who as teacher of English is a newcomer in Mishawaka, has for its purpose the promotion of interest in and the teaching of the principles of the various speech activities, which include debating, oratory, general speech making, oral reading, and dramatics. Everyone who cares to learn of speech work is given a chance to de- velop his talentsp the aim of the club is to teach all who join, so that any student who has the desire to develop his powers of thinking, who has the desire to develop his personality may, do so by learning the theory of speech making and by actual practice lbefore :i group. W All those debaters who were interested and wished to go attended the Purdue Debate con- ference in December at Lafayette, Indiana, to hear the debate between Notre Dame and Pur- due on the high school debate question, and to hear the discussions by the heads of the eco- nomics department and Engineering school or various phases of the debate subject. At noon speeches were given by the president of Wabash college and by Dean Ralph Dennis, dean of the School of Speech at Northwestern univer- sity. The day was a full one, full of swift and intense consumption of debate principles and fundamentals and full of fun for all who went. It was not long until the debate squad was cut to twenty-one people, it was these twenty- one who took part in the non-decision debate tournament on Saturday, January 7. The Speech club invited schools throughout Indiana to at- tend the tournament at Mishawaka High school, for the purpose of gaining experience for their debaters at a minimum cost. Each debater had the opportunity to debate two times, the topic was the state league question, resolved: That all hydro-electric power in the United States should be owned and operated by the govern- ment. l'A trip through the hydro-electric plant in Mishawaka was an outstanding feature of the day. The debaters saw turbines, dynamos, and electrical equipment about which they would be talking throughout the year. Superintendent P. C. Emmons welcomed the debaters at a rousing banquet luncheon in the cafeteria, and there were short talks by George Beauchamp, president of the Indiana State De- bate league, and Mr. Coyne, the debating coach from Notre Dame. VThe twenty-one persons who took part in the tournament were George Asher, Clem Can- field, Harold Cook, Margaret I-Iambright,

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2 f THE .VISKODEED VCU! By MARGARET LVDELL IT may be clad in a pair of brilliant cords set off by a peppermint striped sweater, or something equally as startling to the eye. The carriage may be slouched or swaggering, depending upon the atmos- phere and number of feminine admirers. Address it as Heyl You'll be sure of a response. Expect any minute to be treated to an exhibition of its vocal talent or cleverness. Don,t mind its manners. No doubt they'll startle you, and if you can't understand its language, just act interested. It will be appre- ciated. Who is it? The answer, dear people, is a high school student. V If one were unacquainted with students, some of their mannerisms might be a bit confusing. lt seems that most of them think alike when it comes to following ideas or new things. For instance should someone find that Dame Fashion has decreed some- thing new and gaudier in wearing apparel, two days later would find such an array of color in the high school, that rainbows could but hide their heads in shame. V It seems that one identification tag lies in a name. If some people call you by a nickname, you have friends 3 if a great many people do, you rate',g but, if you're dubbed anything from Butch to 'LPal, you may be assured that your acceptance into the inner circle is taken for granted. V The greater part of a student's vocabulary may be called slang, but really it is not. lt is a language unto itself, and anyone trying fully to acquaint him- self with it would find it so. The best place to learn it would be the school hang-0ut.' Here, in all their glory, the students spend their extra time. It is a veritable heaven of the admiration seeker, and wise guyf' V Don't think of high school students as odd crea- tures who, it is hoped, will outgrow their foolishness. They are having a grand time even though some of it is understandable only to themselves, and if you must have some feeling for them, a little envy would be better.