Plymouth High School - Quit Qui Oc Yearbook (Plymouth, WI)

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RAY LAUFENBERG To speak in public on the stage. Milwaukee State Teachers College. University of Wisconsin, Ph, B. English, Speech, Citizenship. Debate Coach. Sophomore Class Advisor. EVELYN NUERNBERG The poetry of speech. University of Wisconsin, B. S. bummer, University of Wisconsin. English. Director of Declamatory Work. Stories to Tell Story telling, dramatic reading, play producing, debating, composition and delivery of orations, round table discussions, extemporaneous reading and speak- ing and training, in parliamentary practice are characteristic activities in the speech, dramatics and citizenship classes. 425--

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VERA CARl.Yl-E Book Hander-Outer. University of Wisconsin, B. A. l,ihrarv, English. Dean of Girls FRED NELSON He that runs may read. Eau Claire State Teachers College. B Summer, University of Iowa. Reading. Stories to Read Hohlnv magazines and hooks. adventure stories, classical novels and drama, other novels and dramas 'fiust for fun, volumes of general reference hooks as well as the daily newspapers help the students to inform. entertain and educate themselves l- l BRARY CLUB What does a student lihrarian receive for her servieesf' is the question asked hy the new memhers of this eluh, Attendance at the first eluh meeting provides the answer, After the cluh president Shirley Wetzel opens the meeting. and roll call is taken and minutes are read hy the secretary Aloyce Hollenherger. the eluh news is discussed. This may he followed hy a short talk on the duties of lihrarians. Various memhers question the speaker ahout the hest wav to execute these duties. and from the answers the memhers of the cluh gain a thorough knowledge of their required duties, Then the entertainment committee may provide a program pertaining to the lihrary, a short qui: on the location of hooks or an oral review of good hooks the various memhers have read. After this the refreshment committee serves a lunch. During this time the members discuss etiquette prohlems and quiz each other on Omnihook questions, E244

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' n Top lfou' ' - K. Stark. R. Illllllllllx, ll. Hit-kmeier. J. llurliarl. -I. Lilllllll0l'S. V. llinlz, Sw-oml lfou' --- I . Tiium. ll. Vary. l'. Gilman. J. lit-oily. .l. llolzsc-liiili. Nl. llill, Tliirrl lfuu'-W I. Spratlzili. ll. Nlalliiscn. G. Vick. Nl. St'Illj'. U. Rossini. li. lllilili. linflnm lfou' '- lllr. l,ziiifenlierg. Foam-li. M. Vl'olf'l'. ll. llmlge. li. bl:-liellinger. V. lloeppm-i'. ll. Vzipi-llc. Nl. Hl'll0Qg.'fl'l'. ll. Uls:-liesky. l'r4-sinlciil. They Speak for Themselves The Plymouth High School Chapter bits of the National lforensic l.eague won the banner when Robert Olschesky, president ol the local chapter. placed hrst with his original oration 'Fascism Threatens Democracy in the state tourna- ment at St. .Johns Military Academy on April 5 and o. This ranking made Bob eligible to represent the Wisconsin District, including Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. in the National tournament at Terre Haute, Indiana. Gloria Vick. chapter secretary and humorous declaimer, represented Plymouth up to the semi-hnals. One hundred hfty students from eighteen ol' the largest high schools in the state made competition exciting. April iz and iz four students attended the annual Wisconsin Student Congress held at Two Rivers, klaclt Lammers and Karl Stark were senators: Robert Olscheslxy and Carl Hoeppner. representatives. As was behtting lor students lrom a cheese center, ,lack and Bob introduced a bill in each house requiring that cheese and other dairy products be exempt from all reciprocal trade agreements The National Forensic League is an honorary organization lor high school speakers and debaters. l-ocal chapters are located in more than live hundred ol' the leading high schools ol the United States. The purpose ol the National Forensic League as stated by the preamble ol' the local constitution is to promote the arts ol' forensics and debate. and impress students with the importance ol these arts. Members ol the local chapter believe that speech training should not be reserved exclusively lor public exhibition of the talented few but lor the democratic de- velopment ol' all students. ln order to become a member ol the National lforensic League, a student must rank in the upper two-thirds ol his class, and must possess qualities ol' leader- ship. He must earn at least twenty points in competition with other schools and also be elected a member by the local chapter of the league. There are higher degrees for members earning more points. such as the Degree ol Nlerit. twenty pointst Degree ol Honor. sixty points: Degree ol ljxcellencc. one hundred points: and Degree ol' Distinction, one hundred fifty points. The lorensic coach. lylr. R. Laulenberg, has the Degree of Distinction. wggs..