North Salem High School - Viking Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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,JW P BILL THoMAs RUTH GRANT DEAN ELI,Is JEAN WILEY jfiaii SIMMONS RLITI-I S'rARRETT ROWliNA UPJOHN Es'I'IIIeIz Venus Forensics Debating the question: Resolved that the several states should enact legislation providing for complete medical service available to all citizens at public expense , Salem gave Dallas a close race for the district championship, finishing second by a single point. The only debates lost were to Dallas, both being close contests. Teams from the following schools were defeated by both the Viking afhrmative and negative: Corvallis, Albany, Independence. Toledo. and Woodburn, which gave Salem a final rating of ten wins and two losses as compared to the standing. eleven wins and one loss, of the champion Dallas teams. Debaters winning the gold bar pin included: First team-Jean Wiley and Dean Ellis, affirmative. Ruth Alice Grant and Bill Thomas, negative. Second team-f'Betty Hamilton and Alan Smith, afnrmative. Esther Vehrs and jere Simmons, negative. Ruth Alice Grant, Bill Thomas, and Dean Ellis who were awarded their pins last year, will have a second bar added to them this year. The annual Linheld Forensic Meet for high schools held at McMinnville on February Grst and second found Salem very much in evidence, While nothing outstanding was accomplished !n debate, Salem students Hgured prominently in all other events. A clean sweep was made of extemporaneous speaking when Bill Thomas placed first and Dayton Robertson second, ln ora- tory, jean Wiley and Donald Ewing tied for third place, while Ronald Adams placed third in declamation. A third debate team composed of Rowena Upjohn, Dorothy Kibbe, Ruth Starrett, and Francis Wise also took part in the Linfield tournament debates. The grand climax of the forensic season came when Salem far out-distanced all other com- petitors in the Oregon high school speech contest sponsored by Willamette University, April lllth and llth. Competing against speakers from twenty different schools, including several from Portland, Salem won a majority of the awards. In extemporaneous speaking, Bill Thomas and Dean Ellis Gnished first and second respectively, well ahead of all other entrants. Bill Thomas also represented the school in the high school extemporaneous meet at Whitman College on April 17 and won a banner for first place in Division A, or entrants from schools of more than 500 students, and second place in the finals. This made a total of three trophies he has won for the school this year. At Vifillamette, Dean Goodman tied for first with Marjorie NVaters of Dallas in serious decla- mation. His victory gave Salem half interest in a trophy, or possession for a semester. ln humorous declamation Marjorie Craney placed third. 70 I

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Group lll Club Carnival COLGR! Noise! Excitement! All were a part of the gala affair at Salem high last March 29th. This event was the Group Ill club Carnival of course-that gay entertainment at which everyone had such a good time! Remember how the ballyhoo, the rattle of the cowbells, and smell of the popcorn were all so convincingly carnival-like that no-one could help but get into the spirit of the occasion? The concessions were varied and numerous. At the head of the stairs in front of the library was a noisy, busy corner where all prospective carpenters might try to pound a nail into the board with four strokes. Lets see, this was put on by the Model Making club, wasn't it? One couldn't stay too long, however, because of the shouts in his left ear made by the high-powered speeler of the Photography club. He was making known the fact that one might be photographed right here for only five cents. This unusual concession was really more successful than was expected, as the pictures, despite the dark background, at least showed the subjects. Oh, how popular was that l-louse of Horror in ZF. The Radio club had equipped it with countless terrors and surprises, and its depths were forever ringing with the horrified screams of those who ventured in. The survivors were allowed a slight-very slight-peek at Eugene the Jeep as a reward. The scent of fresh popcorn, though, was sure to lure the funseekers across the hall and into ZL where they would find not only a popcorn stand-but a minia- ture carnival, in which the Knitting club sponsored a fishpond, a fortune teller, and a kissing booth--for boys only. Of course, girls never get such oportunities! A few steps into ZG, and one might be carried into a land of insects and small animals, with the aid of the Small Life club's excellent movies. I-lere several in- teresting filrrs on insectivorous plants, ants, hornets, and chameleons were shown. A little dash around the corner into ZN, and one might be transported into an- other land-this time one of movies and movie stars. Here the Movie club presented a scene during the filming of a Schooldays picture with cameras, a director, and the stars. The third fioor, too, was full of excitement and activity.. At the head of the stairs in 3G the Eta club sponsored a beauty shop where manicures and facials were given. Right next door the 4B Dramatic club presented Little Theater Off All the Time in which one might enjoy a few minutes of clever comedy in the play, Marriages Arranged . Oh, and across the hall was a very popular conces- sion-the hot dog stand, sponsored by the Student-Faculty club committee. What carnival would be complete without one! Remember how the noise got louder as you neared the gym? This was the center of the carnival, but before one could enter, he was usually enticed by the various games sponsored by the Airplane club or by the Cartoon clubs' Crazy I-louse in which a ghost led all victims through the pitch black tomb of a dead professor who insisted upon leaving things in the wrong places. And now the gym! What a lively place it was-seething with activity and burst- ing with color! Over in one corner was the Civics club's Spill the Milk , where countless students attempted to tip over some milk bottles by throwing a base-ball, and in the next corner was a shooting gallery, especially popular with the boys, presented by the Cvun club. Along the back a fortune teller's booth was curtained off, and right next to it the Fishing club had erected a unique fishpond. The Stamp club's Ring the Peg and Book Lovers' club's Break the Balloon covered the South end. The latter gave tickets to the balloon breakers which entitled them to a chance in the drawing at ten o'clock . The prize was I-laliburtons Glorious Adventure. ' ' From here one might go to the balcony to try his skill at archery or around the corner into 3E to the jitney dance presented by the Entertainment club. And for the musical there was the Junior Crescendo's clever Minstrel Show in the as- sembly. 68