Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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Here are shown some of the promising art students produced by the cl of 1954. Gut The students who took arts and crafts under the supervision of Miss Marie Orr were given every opportunity to develop their artistic tal- ents. Working in one of the state's best equipped class rooms these smock clad enthusiasts have turned out many attractive and original works in clay, oil, water color, ink, charcoal and pastels. They have also tried their hands at working with silver, metal and leather. With pallets and the other equip- ment usually associated with artists, these Rembrandts of NHS have made posters for the all-school activities and club meetings. Dick Thornton, an as- piring art student, designed the division pages for this Railroader. rawi n One of the events which highlighted the year and brought well earned rec- ognition to the art students, was the Annual Scholastic Art Awards Cere- mony which was held at Hinkel's in Wichita last February. Thirteen stu- dents received honors. Two Gold Achievement Keys were presented to Carol Sue Ewing for her water colors and Randall Pierce received one for his charcoal. Added to the art dcpar1ment's classes this yi-ar was Applied Design. mechanfca fzawin Two ideas are stressed in Mechanical Draw- ing. They are worthy home membership and pre- vocational drawing. Students learn to draw house plans, and make house arrangements. They study internal combustion engines such as the car en- gine. Methods of drawing used in aircraft indus- tries are taught, and a background of manufac- turing processes is given. Mvrle Sturil, Jerry Ilnnalclson and Pete Fey working iiulustriously in Mechanical IJ 1, Page Sezwzteen

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Uzensic Adding four trophies to the large collection in Room 308, the debaters ended a successful season at the State Tournament in Lawrence. Resolved: That the President of the United States should be elected by direct vote of the people, was the topic discussed by the high school debaters throughout the Nation. The top team included Dick Gregg, Jerry Hertzler, Allen Gray, Midge Werner, Dick Thorn- ton, and Richard Meek. . Long hours of practice after school and in the evenings plus an excited last minute search for rebuttal boxes, speeches, and manuals, is the preparation for a tournament. Checking in at hotels, drinking 7-Ups for breakfast, and the em- barrassment of flying rebuttal cards in the semi- finals is all a part of a debate tournament. The debaters often times find themselves loaded down with brief cases, rebuttal boxes, dictionaries, and debate handbooks, standing awkwardly in the middle of an exclusive tea room while in search for a drug store. Winding up the trips, long and controversial discussions, describe and analyze the judges, time-keepers, opponents and audi- ences. Bra ,ll ior Debatorsa Allen Gray, Dick Thornton, Dan Turner, Martin dshaw, Jerry Hertzler, and Richard Meek. Madam Chairman, members of the opposi- tion, pivotal states, majority rule, fraud and cor- ruption, and vitriolic invectivesf' were familiar phrases at the end of the season. Successful tournaments were Topeka, Win- field, Kansas City and the district at Wichita where Newton placed first. Carol Douglas, Beverly Godsey, Dick Gregg, Elisa Simons, Douglas Cain, James Unruh, Mar- tin Bradshaw and Nancy Hogan, were the first year debaters. Last semester the debaters worked on orig- inal and standard orations, dramatic, and humor- ous readings, informative, after dinner speeches, with the hopes of winning Sweep Stake for the third consecutive year. Future debators give their undivided attention to a fellow student. N Page Sixteen

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The peppy Newton High School Band, directed by E. S. Sanderson, has again chalked up a successful year to its credit. Consisting of 100 members, the band started the school year by playing at the football games and going through their Various formations at half times. They Wound up their 1953-54 sched- ule by playing at the Regional Tournament held in Lindley Hall. G14 This year a new note was added when the twirlers performed during half time at the bas- ketball games. Drum major for this year has been Vernal Miller. The twirlers were Donna McKanna, Eunice Barrett, Marilyn Ewy, Helen Buller, and Janice Ervin. Page Eighteen