New Paltz High School - Huguenot Yearbook (New Paltz, NY)

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DEBATING Our debating season opened with a bang early in the fall and continued its grand follow-through during the year. The bang which started us moving was the fall convention of the Eastern New York Debating League held at our high school. Over two hundred students and teachers attended. To get in trim for our league debates we had a .series of practice debates with Highland, Marlboro, and Saugerties. In December we entered the Highland tournament and two others in Poughkeepsie. In each of these practice debates the question was, resolved: The Consumer Co-operatives should be extended for the welfare of the general public. Our two varsity teams participated in six league debates on the question, resolved: The power of Federal Government should be increased. Aside from the interest in debating, proper, members took up other branches of public speaking. We participated in the exciting forums held at the various tournaments. Three of our members were the first from New Paltz to enter the extemporaneous speaking contests and did rather well. The club members wish to extend their sincere thanks and appreciation to our coach, Miss Kingsley, for her patience, untiring assistance, and encouragement. She not only taught us well, but also gave us the valuable support of her friendship. Page twenty-nine

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RIDING CLUB Each Tuesday afternoon in the fall and spring the members of the Riding Club assemble at Pelham’s livery stable. Feuds over the preferred mounts having been settled at the Riding Club meeting of that morning, it does r.ot take long for the club members to mount and set off for a ride. Following the bridle paths winding through the countryside, they have had many happy times. A number of supper rides plus a trip to Mohonk have helped appease the desire of these equestrians for variety, as well as serve as a test for their endurance. Those who wished to display their skill had ample opportunity in the Spring Horseshow, which, by the way, was as thoroughly enjoyed as ever. The membership of the club has increased to quite a degree this last year and with this “new blood” it is hoped that it will continue with as much success as heretofore. Club affairs were competently managed by: Dorothy Atkins.......................... Manager Mrs. Switzer.....................Faculty Advisor Page twenty-eight

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GLEE CLUB Every seventh period on Monday and Thursday the Glee Club girls ‘limber up’ their voices and ‘give’. The new music room enables the instructor to coach them in the original Arras manner without competition from noisy classrooms. The frequency of their appearances at Friday assembly programs and P.T.A. meetings bears witness to the success of the club. High praise became a common thing after a part of the Glee Club had broadcasted over the Kingston station. Laurels were also captured when our glee club merged with those of Highland and Wallkill to sing at the April Teachers Conference in Wallkill. The graduating class will take its toll of Glee Club membership, but as long as Mrs. Arras is ‘beating it out’, Glee Club will be a flourishing organization. Page thirty