Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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TH E INTER-CLASS DEBATE o HE annual journey ol' the earth in its orbit around the sun brings with it lots oi pleasure, opportunities and happiness to High School students. lfVe enjoy these things in our gen- eral routine of school work. Probably the happiest time of the year for the two upper classes was the Amiuial lnter-Class Debate on the question: Reszalzfcd, That Wfar is not Detrimental to the Progress of Civilization , which was held on the even-ing of April 30th. The two hostile armies-the junior Affirinatives and the Senior Negatives-were slcirmishing around the famous Auditorium battle- ground for about live weeks before hostilities really began. The Juniors were under the leadership of H. Farber, Herman and S. Farberg while the Seniors were heroically led by Generals Kaslovsky and Shafer, ably assisted by Head Nurse Lesher. Finally the commanders of both armies drew up their forces on the famous Auditorium platform, and on the thirtieth day of April of the year Nineteen Hundred Fifteen probably the greatest battle in the history of the forensic world took place on the above mentioned battlefield. Both armies advanced and were each in turn driven back thru the skill of the leaders of both sides. Hostilities continued for some time. when the judges stepped forth and acted as a board of ar- bitrators, deciding that all maneuvers should cease and proclaimed the Seniors the able-bodied champions of the iight. To be sure. the curious crowd of spectators quickly agreed with the Judges. Immediately after the crowning of the champions the vast Senior army responded with- their impressive class songi tvg 1.3.3 - , , Q3

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i C' 1 Q LITER l ys AR, Mi. OUR LITERARY SOCIETY 19141915 HE work of the L1terarxf SOClCtX of thm IJ'1Q1I term was 'xx 1 whole verx' good XVhen xve my xery good xxe mean CVLIV body the membcw and the V1b1tOlQ lLCL1VLCl 'L great dell of beneht out of our Frldav meetmgs lhe debates xxe all agree luxe 963111015 of the Qchool have organwed txxo debatmvf elubs These de batmff elulas gleatlv alded our ventral debates 'md C1'lCO11I'1QLCl the loxx Ll Clwfaee ae well The musxcal mxmbexs xx ere vuv mterestmg .md the reutels ex savxsts and oratora d1d then parte xvell The Fruhmeu mdted need some p1'a1se for then xvol k m lLC1f1l1g 'md xve hope that thev xx 1ll con tmux then' Qpleud1d spu It m the remammg vearw of the1r Ihgh Q bool careel and each veal trv to IIHDIOVQ, the work ot the Souetv lhe Cll8.lOgL1GS plucnted Lv 1'lll1T1l26l'-x ot dxliexent classex xxele greatly emoyed and rexulted 111 shouts of lauffbter The last meetmg of Olll I xterarx Qoexetx xx ae one of the Nuceewu of the Qehool year Tullx four hundred people were there md tbex' all Qcemed to be xx ell pleaqed xx xth the program flue ended om l 11L1 my bouety for the past llC1111 'md xxe hope that the meetmqs of the fOllxW11l1g1.Cll119 max prone to be of qreatex xuccess than exer before QxM lxlclx xxxm Glxxcrl xULR IQIR 18 I L- , , ml TW QC-, H1 ,,.,gnfN' -xl xl swf V' xl 'T. x 'fill F' Y V X X 4 ' V i , I YW 1 More-'xs7 O V - . f fi r Y I 1 v c A - Y A -J 1 ' -' ' -5 -.1 J' m c Z- - A ' ' . ' :. i, ' 1 f been very instructive, probably due to the fact that the juniors and . Y 1 - - A ' A f 5 ' : - B ' Q ' 4 I 5 X ei. . X I T - C 5 . . ' . - ' A v -' Q' 1 ' 5 .5 C 6 . ' A . . 4 1 ' A 1 ' A : ' - '1 7 V. ' ' r 1 V ' ' J' ' 1 -,. C - T X' x - J .. - ' 1 7 , x ' Ls- .

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THE ORATORICAL CONTEST 0 NE of the most instructive public performzances of our high school is the Oratorical Contest. held annually on Lincoln's Birthday. This Contest -is always looked forward to as the time when the best along the lines of elocution that the Senior Class contains is brought before the public as well as the time whensome one can earn a grand prize besides the honor of being able to speak. This year's contest was one of the grandest successes that our high school has had along this line. Every member acquitting him or her- self in the very best style. Thru the entire performance in which eight persons spoke each between 800 and Iooo words, there was but one slight stumble on one word. This, as every one will testify, isavery good record. The eight mem-bers, whom the class had chosen as the contestants were Margaret Kanyuck, Pearl Lesher, Edith Nieman, Grace Lauer. Daniel Kocher, Jacob Kaslovsky, Williani Strauss and Elmer Sh-afer. As usual four prizes were offered, tw-o S10 gold pieces. one for the best girl speaker and the other for the best boy and two S5 gold pieces for the second best of each sex. The subjects were as follows: Margaret Kanyuck ............. To Him that Hath Pearl Lesher ....... .. America, the Cruciblel' Edith Nieman .L. .. A Homeless Nation Grace Lauer . .. ..... Individual Efficiency Daniel Kocher .. ........ Made in America jacob Kaslovsky .. . A Nation VVithiu a Nation NVilliam Strauss .. ........... A Ship at Sea Elmer Shafer ......................... Amierica's Achievements For about an hour and a half a crowd that nearly filled the audi- torium was entertained by the speaking and music of the high school orchestra, then followed the nerve racking wait for the judges' deci- sion. During this time the orchestra tried to relieve the audience and contestants, but it was of no avail. So grandly had each one taken his part that nothing could quiet the great anxiety that prevailed. Even in the large audience o-pinion was greatly divided, none of the speakers -QU-