New Haven High School - Mirage Yearbook (New Haven, IN)

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illlrmnriw 1923 Qbratnriral Glnntrat The Superintendents from the seven high schools in Allen County met in january and decided to hold a county oratorical contest, April twenty- tirst. Each school was to choose, by elimination. a contestant from any num- ber that wished to try out. The seven contestants were to compete for ll gold medal. Nineteen members from the Public Speaking Class of our school prepared orations from truly American subjects, and gave them be- fore the members of the faculty. From the nineteen the judges chose two and the class voted on three. to meet for final elimination. The two chosen by the judges were Edrie Thomas and Melville l-llaising, and the three chos- en by the class were .lessie Sheehan. Ferdinand Bradtmueller and XYillard Lucas. March twenty-ninth these live met at the town hall and gave their work before the patrons of the school. Benj. Null. from South Side, Miss liromer. from Central, and Glenn Smiley, attorney from Fort XYayne. acted as judges. They chose the following respectively: VK'illard Lucas, Melville lllaising and Edrie Thomas. The Parent-Teacher Club awarded a check for three dollars to winner of lirst place and a check for two dollars to winner of second place. The crowning event of this adventure came .Xpril twenty-first when XX'illard won the first medal given for oratory in Allen County. He covered himself with glory. easily outstripping all other contestants. His oration was given with such positiveness and ease that he held his audience spell- bound and. despite the fact that Mr. McComb had asked that all applaudsg be stopped, he received quite an ovation. The class wishes for this member all that he is capable of attaining and may each member live and work till we can voice our trust with that of the poet when he says: NVings to rise to the sun- Nay better: feet to climb, Till the voice of Cod's XYell done Rings to the end of Time. ,Phe Eighty-ulx

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illllvntnriva 1923 Qiglg Svrhnnl State 'fsliarusziun livagttv Early in the year the Public Speaking Class joined the High School State Discussion League. This league is for the purpose of developing the student's ability in research work on some important public question. This year the subject was to propose a plan whereby all labor disputes of public or quasi-public industries could be solved. Martin Sheehan and Carl Gable were chosen to compete for the representative from our school in the Final elimination. This was held in the Assembly, March twenty-lirst. Carl was chosen and went to Fort XX'ayne Central to the county contest held March twenty-third. where he gave his discussion with credit to himself and to the class. The other county contestants were Mary Forker. South Side: Josiah Roth, Leo: john lletts, Central. Nineteen members of our school attended and came home with great plans for next year, for- XYho bides his time and day by day Faces defeat full patiently, And lifts a mirthful roundelay, However poor his fortunes be- He will not fall in any qualm Of poverty-the .paltry dime It will grow golden in his palm XYho bides his time. V James XYhitcomb Riley. ix Page Eighty-tive tx. xx

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Il illllvmnriw 1523 Eruvlnpttwut nf Zlutrrrf-t in flllusir XX'hen Professor DeLong came to our school five years ago, about the tirst word of praise that was given to him was My, he surely can play the piano! or Have you heard Mr. De- Long play ? In an incredibly short time-just the time it took him to win the confidence of our boys-there was an unexpressed desire on the part of many of them to play like Mr. De- Long . Their desires slowly but sure- ly bore fruit. The first to try out was Robert Thomas of the class of 19.22. but in March of last year, one tine morning the school was informed that there were four new aspirants as wieiders of the bow. and now instead of Robert carrying a violin case alone there were Jessie Sheehan, NYillard l.ucas. l.ucile Young and Smith Thomas. I am sure that none of us shall forget the morning that Noel Smith and Harold Daniels tried to play with the school orchestra, which was organized by Miss XX'alter. Have you ever been trying to drop off to sleep when suddenly you were startled by a Screech-h-h-h from out the top of a tree nearby? XVell. this particular morning when we, in the assembly. were attending strictly to business. and our newly organized orchestra in the west room was doing the same, there came just such a screech. XN'e were informed later that the boys' saxophones were acting up . XYhen the 1922-'23 school term opened the old members had made marked improvement, with several new members added. The orchestra now has the following members: Stan- Tey Putman, tromboneg VValter Schnit- ker, traps: Noel Smith, Carrie Coeg- iein, Harold Daniels, saxophones: De- lfon Phillips, Gladys Nulf, Melville Blaising. cornetsg Lucile Young. Smith Thomas, violins: Claude Null. trom- bone: Lavilla Tillock. piano. This year it has been under the direction of M . DeLong. and we sincerely hope tlzat the N. H. H. S. Orchestra has e vie to stay. for no school. civic or re- ligious meeting is complete without it. The members have played for all programs' given by the school through- oztt the year. On Friday. April twen- tieth, they played at the Andrews High School Commencement: on Sat- urclay, April twenty-first. they played at the Allen County Oratorical Con- test: and on May twenty-second they will make their farewell appearance for the year at our own commence- ment. For those who leave our ranks this year we wish all the happiness they can obtain thru their efforts in this wonderful art. Another development in music this past year was the quartet which was organized by Miss NYalter in Febru- a y, and has taken part in several pub- lic entertainments, in which they have Page Eighty-seyen