Polytechnic High School - Caerulea Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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l v vv' 'VW' REVIEW OF THE YEAR'S DEBATING During the past year, Long Beach has been very active along the line of debating. Under the able management of Miss Knowles, Long Beach has been victor in two out of three hard fought inter- scholastic debates, losing the third by a very narrow margin. In these contests, teams of exceptional merit were developed, which for the strength and finish of their work would have been hard to duplicate in Southern California, and had Long Beach drawn op- ponents of less ability than she did, the season's results might have been materially different. But the school is very well satisfied with the outcome and looks back with pleasure upon the good times en- joyed at the three contests. The first debate was with Los Angeles Polytechnic High, at Long Beach. Polytechnic came down one hundred and fifty strong and after an able contest, won by the close score of SI to 49. Our team, which had the affirmative of the question, Resolved, that the United States should, under present circumstances, -annex Cuba, consisted of Jere Bowden, ,O7, and Eugene Tincher, '08, Mr. Tincher won first place. 2 The second contest, with Pomona, was held in the Pomona High School. Long Beach rooters to the number of one hundred and seventeen went on a Salt Lake special and had one of the best times of the year. Eugene Tincher, '08, and Richard Rowett, '07, upheld the negative of the question, Resolved, that the United States should now abandon the policy of a protective tariff, and won by the score of 50 5-12 to'49 1-12. A The third and last of the debates was with Downey High School. Again a special train carried a throng of enthusiastic stu- Xdents into foreign territory and again everyone enjoyed' a rattling 'good time. Richard Rowett, ,O7, and Frank Robinson, '08, went into the contest splendidly prepared and defended the negative of the question, Resolved, that the consolidation of Los Angeles and the' adjoining territory, including Long Beach and Downey, would promote the future general welfare of the regionf, This was a question of vital interest to Long Beach people at the time, and intense enthusiasm was shown when the decision, Long Beach 50 2-3, Downey 49 I-3, was announced. I .No small part of the success of these debates was due to the singing and yelling. To Miss Holton, our music teacher, assisted by Miss Anna Mussetter, is due the credit of making the singing h t e feature that .it was. Under the leaderships of Roy Haslett, '07, Bnd C901 Schllllng, i09, the yelling went a long way toward help- lflg the debaters feel that the school was with them Long Beach . - 2: students apprec1ate very much the kind and courteous treatment V 16 they rec and Dov feat wot treatmen Sinc scores, p rule that: ance the and the 4 Hence a large scc At 'E ent Stud and elec Evelyn l the Deb: debating The large nui to take 1 sible for and the t manager other Fr tice whic system v stituted 1 ing. Illl cd by thi

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2 along nowles, t inter- in. In which hard to wn op- it have ed with nes en- iigh, at strong . Our hat the Cuba, , Mr. 'omona undred he best att, ,O7, United nd won ' High tic stu- 'attling L, went 1 of the es and would was a le, and Beach to the ssisted singing rtt, ,O7, l help- Beach atment ,- they received from both the principals and students of Pomona and Downey. Had we lost upon those occasions, the sting of de- feat would have been much softened by the remembrance of the treatment we received. Since many do not seem to understand the cause for such close scores, perhaps a word of explanation may be in order. There is a rule that says, But if the markings of any judge shall counterbal- ance the decision of the other two, his markings shall be cast out, and the contest decided by averaging the markings of the other two. Hence a judge dares not give the decision to either school by a large score, for fear of losing his vote altogether. At the beginning of the year before the organization of the pres- ent Student Body Association, all those interested in debating met and elected officers. jere Bowden was elected presidentg Miss Evelyn Dayman, Secretary, and Eugene Tincher Representative to the Debating Council. The club carried on the work of managing debating until the Student Body elected a manager. CVVith apologies to Mr. Byronj My hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have done from sudden fears My head is bowed but not with toil, But from a certain cramped repose, For it has been the schoolroom's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those Wfho from the goodly earth and sky Are barred by walls of Long Beach High. But this is for stern learning's sake, Wfhose glory we could not forsakeg And for this same, the classes all Took English, 'twas before the fall, Once there were fourteen, now but three, Fourteen in youth and three in age. But 'tis not finished-now we see Pouring o'er the written page Those who study English notes, Forsaking dance and pier and boats. Learning, as we all must learn. And our marks we surely earn In that room so hot yet cold. -May Meade. The success of Long lleach in debating may be attributed to the large number of students who are able, with a little final preparation. to take part in an interscholastic debate. The two causes respon- sible for this situation are the bimonthly debates in the Auditorium, and the two debating classes. At the first of the year, the debating manager selected teams and subjects for debates to be held every other Friday. In this way many students acquired excellent prac- tice which fitted them for teams later in the year. The value of this system was greatly increased when Miss Knowles, the manager, in- stituted a class which met twice a week for a periods work in debat- ing. In the first of the two hours, a regular debate is given and judg- ed by the members of the class. The second hour is devoted to two- 17