Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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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

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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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CC ' Romeo and julzet Trial I9 fur 93 Two short operas, Trial by Jury, and Romeo and J uliet were entertainingly presented in November by the Music de- partment headed by Miss Ina Dunlap. Romeo and Juliet, a take-off on Shake- speare's play, threw the audience into spasms of laughter, especially when one song was rendered entitled The Stomach Pump. Trial by J ury was a colorful court scene opera presented lightly to bring out the excellent humorous situ- ations. The decision of the judge to marry the plaintiif, parts cleverly taken by Harry Ekstam and Mary Chirekos, was the climax of the singing production. o I-lt e E C A 1 V W B W C D K opp B Day L y W B10 be g F Ald L b .I P R A H u I L M h j K H E o R R L D V D K 0 0 1 g W. Bl mberg. R. Pearson, A. Hullman. H. Pstam. j. Gilbert, R. Carlson. C. M lin. L. ngland, N. Danberg. H. Muehlhausen, C. ook, F. Davidson, J. Fryxell, . Ulner. J, Fricsta, . alline. Harris, . urry, . Nuessli. W. Essig, W. Day. J. Johnson, R, 1' . - . - Smilh. . m r , . ene. E. Lindgren, Wm. Curry, '. Harris, B. . Harris, R. osateri, W. Essig, . Nuessli, . llman, D. ndstrom, . E cling, . johnson, . rusovar. L. ngland. 1 . Senneff, . Carlson. L. Lage, . ekkcr. . uncan, R. ropp, B. Day, M. Chirekos. H. Ekszam, M. R ehnelt, A. J. Ericks n, n.