Moeller High School - Templar Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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VARSITY SPEECH Sz DEBATE FRONT: J. Beedy, B. Mohr, J. Budd, P. DeNu, G, Coode, B. Herman. SECOND ROW: D. Toebbe, T. Gilday, R. Ruffo, T. Wood, S. Deters. THIRD ROW: 5. Simendinger, F. Sieber, T. Wright, G. Kunkel. This year's varsity debate team, While Visiting debate tournaments throughout the tri-state area, com- piled a very impressive record. Win- ning approximately 70h, 0f the debates in which they participated, the team placed first in several tournaments and ended the season With a tie for third in the district Championship. The team had quite a lot of experience and five of the members had attended debate institutions during the sumu mer. The speech division of the squad was also successful in the eX- temporaneous speaking and original oratjorl contests . YOU, sifl, have derived your contentions from preconcelved miscon- captions. Through the experience each member Jay Beedy confers with a Purcell debater at a New Richmond tourna- has learned not only how to think log- ment' ically and to express his thoughts clearly, but more importantly he has gained for himself a certain confi- dence which will undoubtedly prove to be valuable in his future life.

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SOPHOMORES Soph POWer, the message of a sign in the auditorium, was a constant reminder of the unification of the Class of 70. This title was appropriately conveyed by the outstanding spirit and action of the Sophomore Class. Scholastically, the Sophs had an ever-expand- ing list of names on the honor role and in aca- demic organizations. Athletically, the past school year has seen more Sophomores play- ing varsity sports than in any other previous year. Furthermore, for the first time in Moeller history, a Sophomore was elected as an officer in the Student Council. FRONT ROW: G. Fehr, B. Malarkey, S. Simendinger. SEC- OND ROW: St Ashbrock, T. Grady, J. Poto, T. Van Fleet. 97 B. Malarkey, St Simendinger, I. Poto, S. Ashbrockl FRESHMEN J. Lavelle, I Cutter, Ct Pruden, Is Vanden Eynden.

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FRONT: G. Hartman, D. Hyland, D. Burliert SECOND ROW: T. Morand, J. McCormick, P. Snider, D. mak, A. Kramer. THIRD ROW: T. Baggs, M. Hartman, I Mohr, G. Swinarski, J. Turney, S. Palmer. NOVICE SPEECH 8: DEBATE The spoken word; the idea; com- bined they make man's most per- fect form of communication, the verbal expression. Ever since man was conceived he has Created words to express his ideas. But sometimes his thoughts disagreed with the thoughts of his fellow men. These collisions of ideas have resulted in the debate. The 1967-68 season for the fresh- man debaters taught them that other peOple can speak and think more clearly than they could. Most important, they found the basic quality of teamwork that will be the key to future success. 99 Sed-