Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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ebate Senior debaters Underclassrnen arguers Culbane in action Arguers' Squad Greatly lncreasecl 'LHesolved: That the power of the federal government should be increasedf, was the topic for debate during the past season and the discussion of this subject continued until the regional debate tournament held at Mit- chell on March 12, when the debaters lost to Huron in the finals. Members of the squad competed in tour- naments held at Madison, Yankton. Huron. and Flandreau as well as two invitational meets at Mitchell. ln addition to these vari- ous tourneys. informational and practice trips were taken to acquaint debaters with the subject. These trips included one to Pierre, another to Desmet and a Mbarnstorm- ing tour through Doland. Clark. and Vffeb- ster. The climax of the season was reached at an invitational tournament at Mitchell. Feb- ruary 22, with all the larger schools of the state competing. Gaining a margin of seven wins and one defeat. the Mdebatistsii took sec- ond place to Brookings who won all eight sessions. At a tournament held in Mitchell, Febru- ary 8. a large portion of the squad was thrown into action as thirteen Mitchellites participated. Students taking part in Mr. Pearsonis class numbered 25, including 12 seniors. 7 juniors. and 6 sophomores. Most of these took an active part and had an op- portunity to debate. An altogether new system was inaugurated during the past year as a class meeting during school hours was begun to accommodate those who had to participate in other activi- ties and to work outside of school. Commenting upon the success of this new practicei- Mr. Pearson reports that it has worked out successfully and the added num- ber of students participating is probably due tox this fact. In judging from the apparent success of the plan. continuance of its prac- tice is assured. ,QAM jf!! 'iv Q 2' f v ' --. 'F li '. ' S ul sc H -45 . U . -W-.- -.. ...-.

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iiXQecliaimX,Winners Home the Bacon-Again J.. f i ': .Xxx --,.,.-...--..Q 3 , 5- x sh Q-'I X, . -NV 1 Once again Mitclrell high schools succeeded ' X X ' ' in winning the District Declamatoryxkcup, U given by the South i'NDakota Declamatory yy, League. This year's triiitmph gave Mitchell m ' X the record of ten successive Xvictories. Fou places in t e National Declamatory ' WX Contests ve be i held by Mitchell High Q :Q Schoo stu ents. fourth places were held TN Q by S ra Xe in the dramatics division at i Q Siou lit Iowa, irr 1932, and by Keith Con- f f, ner in ory atXWobster, Ohio, in l935. One - X second p ce was Xwon by Betty Hayes in the QM poetry division at Wcioster, Ohio, in l938. ,E fills 5 Hele .g won seventh place in poetry at Beverly ills, C'aQtfornia, in l939. X Of the welve declamatory participants in this ' r. conte Ann Craft, Carol Dan- forth s r Bob K' U Shir ey ynch s er e and Miriam White suc eeded 1n w1nn1 a letter Other contestants garet Crowley, Polly Grigg, and Bonnie Olson. Rob King. reading Hlntroduction to Omar Khayyam, won second in oratory in the dis- trict contest. Also in the district contest, sec- ond place, poetry division, went to Carol Danforth, who gave wfhe Jobi' and ujim Bludsof' First place in the humorous divi- sion, district contest, was won by Shirley Lynch giving HBy Courierf' Shirley then climbed to third place in the divisional con- test. Top dramatical honor in the district was acclaimed by Esther Saxe, who furthered the honors of the school by taking first place in the divisional and second in the state declam- atory contest. Her selection was Wllhe Alienf, Mr. Jordan, declamatory instructor, says, '4Tl1e values growing out of participation in declamation are being realized by an ever growing number of students. The outlook for Mitchell is brightf' X Picking selections 5 , .l s , ing, l 5 'ere Lolieign Barber, Dean Berkley, Mar- l it ,SE 'QEW ,IU gg, U 0 ,,,l

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s I 5 N Y - . .- 'il X I ' 5. XR it t Journalists Report Events at MHS When the announcemem was made that the Crocus for the preceding year had vvont X first place for primed papers in the state con- test, the 194-U-fll staffs were presented with a ffoal to reach in their iuhlications. z- l Approximately three weeks at the first of each semester were spent by the journalism students in learning about the different types of newspaper stories, columns, headlines, and page make-up that are required in a paper. From that time on, the Crocus was puh- lished every two weeks. printed in the high school print shop hy the students in the ad- vanced printing classes. A new feature this year was the increased use of cartoons. These cartoons were drawn was given to use more of the talent found in Senior High. Various other obligations of getting the Crocus ready were handled hy the journalism students. Besides writing. copyreading. and fitting the stories. staff memhers also proof- read copy and sold and collected for adver- tising for the paper. An attempt was made this year to advertise the different departments of the school. Rang- ing from the dramaties department to the print shop. each time one particular division was publicized with a picture and explana- tion on page one. hy some of the hoys of the journalism classes. next transferred to chalk plates. and then stereotyped and made into cuts. In addition to making the papers more interesting with the variety acquired with cartoons. a chance X4 . wot . G ,, 581 .0099 ax 'tt A 46