Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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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

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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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L N .O L. 'U -i, I I, M oe W i 1 eo? e 609 N Staff Records 1941 School History Faced with the tremendous task of follow- ing in the footsteps of a championship Wfar- bler, the 1941 staff began to shape another year hook into form. The 1940 Wfarbler won second place in the state contest for printed annuals and a sweep- stakes trophy and first place trophy for printed annuals at the 20th Annual Northern lnterscholastic Press Association meet held at the University of North Dakota, November 7. 8, and 9. Four states. Wisconsin, South Da- kota. Montana, and North Dakota competed. Members of the staff did most of the work in putting out the '41 production except print- ing and engraving. which were done by com- mercial firms. In selecting the theme, the staff considered students' wants and practicalness, with the idea that it would give a little more light on the subjectf' As most of the work of the annual was done by students. staff members felt that it would serve to demonstrate MHS spirit and ability. Most informal pictures appearing in the book were taken, developed. and printed in the darkroom by some of the group. En- larging and scaling pictures for engraving was a job left for others not engaged in vari- ous parts of the process. After this was done. all picture-pasting and alphabetical arrange- ments had to be done before the engravers re- ceived the material. ivriting the copy for all pages. also. was no small task. T -.. , ff! f La' ' if