Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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left to nght Donna ezn Wxlson Charmaine Marquesen Elizabeth Woods Paz Comstock Bull Kaye Lnllun Le ser Keith Dobbersteln Tom Blntllff Delores Backlund June Frederick Miss Schumacher Nancy Lo.: Peterson Clance Carlson Connie Tapletr fdflauufi Goan! Wal' May I have a pomt for that? How many pomts do I have now? Th1s type of conversa tlon IS typical of most meetings of the Natlonal FOFCHSIC League, for membershlp ln thls talk atxve xnstltutlon ns acquired on a pomt system Any person 1n the upper thlrd of h1s or her class, and who has earned 20 or more pomts ln debate or declamatxon contests, IS el1g1ble for entry 1nto the N F L He or she lS then entltled to the Degree of Mernt, lnslgnla, and varzous prlvlleges reserved for members Thus, lf one wms a declamatlon contest, he earns eight pomts, for wmmng a debate, he recexves ten pomts for the First and one less for each consecutlve debate, and even lf he loses, h stxll gets one poxnt Mxss Elalne Schumacher advlser, Clarnce Carlson, presldent, Nancy Lou Peterson, v1ce president, and Charmaine Marquesen, secre tary, mltxated slx new members th1s sprmg who had earned credlts as follows Tommy Bmtllff public speakmg, debate, and declamatxon, Pat Comstock debate, ex temporaneous speakmg, une Frederlck d bare, declamatlon, and public speak1ng L1ll1an Lesser debate, declamatlon, Ellzabeth Woods debate The state wide N F L tournament, held on the 'ith and 6th of March at D W U saw students from MHS partxcxpatmg ln all public speakmg d1v1s1ons To earn money, the club members held reg ular coke, coffee, doughnut, and hot dog sales durmg all the MHS football games at Kernel Stadlum Hlghllghtlng the YCHYS BCIIVIUCS, the Club supped and dII1Cd In style at thexr annual banquet In the Steak House l l l . ': J '. ' .l . .' s ' f u fl. I O I ,Q . ,, . . . . ' '-C, . . ., I il 3, v . l , e ' v

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eww, Pwbu, ,4 :beam Students who desired to study m the field of advanced speech as far as they could m hlgh school probably partlclpated ln elther de bate or declam, or both The Held of declamatnon mclucled orngmal oratory, extemporaneous spealcmg dramatxc poetry, and humorous selectlons There were two debate squads Loolcmg further mto debate, the first thmg we found was the year s questxon Resolved That the federal government should require arbltratlon of labor disputes ln all basic Amer lcan lndustrles Tournaments attended by MHS debaters included the followmg Huron, uary Z4 Yanlcton, anuary 31, and Wagner, February 9 They also debated at Sxoux Falls on February 13 and 14, at M3dlSOn on the Zlst of February, and finished the month of Feb ruary by competing 1n the Bxg Eight Tourna ment at Watertown on the 24th and 25th wlth seven other schools March was also a busy month as our arguers played hosts to the N F L tournaments on the 4th and 6th journeyed to Huron on March 9th and 19th for a dlvlslonal meet, and then back agam to Huron College for the state contest on the 22nd and 23rd Backlund macher Dec am Row seared Rxra Stevens Becky Shoemaker Pat Comstock Donna ean Wmlson Llllxan Lesser Ellzaberh Woods June Frederxck Row 2 srandmg Charmaine Marquesen Nancy Lou Peterson Fannie Ann Woods Keith Dobbersreln Tom Bxntlxff Clarlce Carlson Delores Back lund Florence Woods Mxss Schumacher B111 Kaye 74 Debate members seated june Fred ernck Pat fam stock Donna ean Wilson Elxzabeth Woods Clarlce Carlson Delores Standing Bn Kaye Tom Bxnt lnff Lxlllan Lesser Keith Dobbersrem Miss Elaine Schu

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Jlcwoaecl. GIRLS STATE An orgamzation much like that of Boys State Girls State was in its initial year of operation last spring on the D W U campus at Mitchell Girls from almost every city m South Dakota attended and learned their place in this ever changing world Two junior girls from MHS Clarlce Carlson and Shirley Hanson journalist attended the one week session D A R high school Velma Johnson effY Gmn CNY H2l'm0h Bradley Jensen Clarice Carlson Shirley Hanson One of the highest honors a high school girl can receive is to be selected as the DAR candidate from her school This year Velma ohnson received the candidacy for both Mitchell High School and Davidson county for her outstanding good citizenship in her four years f BOYS STATE Ar the close of their Junior year last May, seven boys Bob Murphy Brad ley ensen udd Mahee Sherrill Swen son erry Harmon erry Ginn, and Dean Swanson had the privilege of attending South Dakota Boys State on the campus of NST C at Aberdeen South Dakota une 1 through 7 1947 This institution was founded by the American Legion before World War II to train selected young men in the state for work in the government of tomorrow. It was an interesting six- day course divided into three parts - city county and state government - 'aa 5 , and was in charge of American Legion counselors. Judd Mabee -R Bob Murphy Dean Swanson Sherrill Swenson