Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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EIU - Dill El U Debating U Plymouth for a number of years has had successful debating teams, our opponents generally being Warsaw and Rochester. This year Rochester dropped debating and we were compelled to look elsewhere for competition. Fortunately, circumstances provided admirably. At the call of Laporte, five schools of northern Indiana met at that city to form a permanent organiza- tion for furthering inter-scholastic activity in the held of debate. Such a so- ciety composed of representative schools cannot fail to bring about an in- creased interest in a part of school work that has ordinarily been given too little attention. The league. consisting of Laporte, Michigan City, Elkhart, Mishawaka and Plymouth was formed and the name. Pentagonal Debate League was chi'-sen. The question, Initiative and Referendum was debated on March 15 and 22. Plymouth was awarded second place in the debates. The first home de- bate was held at the VVebster school building with the Elkhart negative team. The affirmative defenders of the Plymouth High School were Clark Logan, jean Metsker and XVarren Heestand. They easily won the decision by a unanimous vote of the judges. On the same night our negative team was dc- ieated at Michigan City by a close decision of two to one. The percentage grades were SS for Plymouth and S9 for Michigan City. On the following Friday the negative team, 'Roy English, Rieta Zchner and George Switzer, debated at home and defeated Mishawaka by a vote of three to nothing. Our atiirmative team was defeated at Laporte by a vote of two to one. The percentage grades at Laporte were 95 for Laporte and 94 2-3 for Plymouth. The decision at Laporte determined that city as winner of the Hickey shield which was awarded to the winning school. Three other schools tied with Plymouth in the number of victories, but we were given second place because of our high percentages. Four of our debaters will be in school next year and at that time we ex- pect Plymouth to be stronger than ever before. The spirit shown by the high school students in supporting these contests was indeed admirable and we trust that it has set a precedent which will never be abandoned. JEAN METSKER. RHS CN . yd tif 5' ll 1918 Page Thirteen

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I zickey Tanner XVilkinson lk-ally Maxey l reym:m Baske Chase Hall I :user Ryan Morrow Seymour Vullison llmn ae fweeeee e Us O 0 h t Anyflling from BFFfll0Z'F?1,S HKrz'u1zer Sonafal' N to zllr. Jazzlv uljrorlzfzzadirzg Ibe Pup. Cl El Um or s s-- mm Although the high school orchestra this year has not z111pez11'ed as often as formerly, the music at the Friday morning Chapel exercises was very much almpreeiated and their work done the past year has been Very commendable. In addition to the old members of the orchestra that were buck again this year, there are several new and x'uluuhle ones, both from the liighth grade and the freshman class. The members of the orchestra ure: Floyd Cullison, Ilo Sey- mour, llzittie Morrow, l.aur:1 Ryan, Glenwood Beatty, Ruth l reyman, llow- ard Mzmxey, Yincent Ball, Meyer Lauer. Kenneth Lackey, Rulo Garn, Paul Tanner, llenry Bziske, .liames Chase, Arthur VVilkinson and Miss Scott di- ieetor. XX'ith Bliss Scott back again next year, and the members working with her, there will no doubt he an orchestra of which any school could be proud. E121

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