Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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0 R Bll Oratory h Bld h R Quality instead of quantity turned out for tryouts for the oratory team Com petition, therefore was keen and Judging was very difficult The success ful contestants were Arthur Conelly Baldwin Day B111 Rueckert Richard Pettit John Sandholm and Russell Johnson Arthur Conelly s presenta t1on of Ropes ran away with first place wh1le Baldwin Day s An Inter nat1onalRacketeer was a good second Science philosophy and other well versed subjects figured in the presenta t1ons of Ropes An International Racketeer Dollars Doctors and Dis Way of Life and They That Take The Sword In the verbal battle with East Moline the Moline speakers were victorious wh1le in the Rook Island con test, they were defeated by a moderate margin Arthur Conelly one of the two senior members of the team by virtue of his success both in the local and triangular contests was chosen to represent Moline at the Northwest Con ference in Rock Island Here Arthur untangled the ropes and walked away with th1rd place Four members of this team are eligible to compete next season and a strong one 1S to be expected 9 9 ' i 7 7 9 f 3 7 7 7 ' if 7? ' ' ' 9 cc - ' ' ' ' as ' is-C . . . V , , - in I ff- ty ' ac , cc - , ' 97 ll ' g 9 9 9 ' ,A p yy ease, The Vision of a Scientist, A ' 71 CC Y If ' I ' i I Art ur Conelly a win Day ' ussell Johnson Ric ard Pettit i ucckert john Sandholm ' - - 1

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Forenslcs opened w1th the selectlon of the glrls declamatlon team Ten g1rls were entered 1n the local contest, and the lucky SIX were chosen from a wealth of eager mater1al Carol Nelson, June Leeper and Thada Benbrook captured the iirst three places 1n the order named MarJor1e Batchelor, Helen Mledke and Jeannette Blomgren were the other three successful contestants Three traged1es ' Paul1ne Pavlovna ' The Eyes of the Bl1nd, and Humor esque and three comedles Aunt Elnora's Hero ' ' Patron's Day at the V1llage School, and Buy a Dog Lady'7 caused aud1ences to expenence both laughs and sobs In the Trlangu lar clashes w1th East Mol1ne and Rock Island, Mol1ne won the former and lost the latter, but 1n both the Maroon con testants galned 1nd1v1dual honors I these contests June Leeper a Jumor, as representatlve to the new Northwest Conference at Galesburg On the way to Galesburg, June was very calm unt1l she was W1th1n ten m1les of Galesburg Then, as Mr La1n 1nforms us she began to develop a moderate case of the knock1ng knees Facmg the aud1ence, however, June d1d very fine work and scared herself 1nto thlrd place Gzrls Declamatzon MJ dB Mdk C . . . , , . . , . . , ' l ! - . . - Q . , , Cl ' if CC - Q! ' . ll 7 ' ' 7 I 7 ' ,I fl 1 77 ' ' . . . . ' n , , . . captured first honors and was selected ar'orie Batchelor Tha a enbrook - Jeanette Blomgren june Leeper ' Eileen ie e arol N l ' v

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Miss Barbara Garst, their energetic coach whipped the debate squad into shape for the subject Sociahzed Medicine ', between her many play re hearsals A common sight on a busy Saturday morning was to see the debate stacks of source books in one corner of the library while the third act of a cur rent play was laboring under the eagle eye of their director in another one The negative team suffered a loss at the beginning of the season when the oiiice decreed that Lee Mousely brilliant orator of the preceding year, was in eligible because a semester in trade school totalled his semesters up to six and a half but he managed to chairmen the home debates and to assist the coach with squad training The affirmative team was headed by Frank Sollo, another capable speaker of last season Augustana college held a debate tourna ment before the conference contests started, which constituted one of the best practices of the semester and gave much needed experience to a few of the squad 1n1t1ates The series of four Northwest Conference debates were rounded oil' with an even score defeat ed Monmouth lost to Galesburg, de feated East Moline, and lost to Rock Island Debate S9 Marjorie Baumgarten Lloyd Engl Myrna Fxsch Victory Pea Rueck Russell johnso er Leo Henrxck Rxchard Pe Frank S ll , . . . ,, . . 1 f . . , - ' e 0 team concentrating heavily on their as 7 , - Lee Mousel