Ponce de Leon High School - Cavaleon Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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THEY RATE - WITH HONORS ONE OF Tl-IE HIGHEST HONORS that can be bestowed upon a Ponceite is to be tapped into the National Honor Society, and later be initiated. Students warranting membership must have an eighty-seven average, be passed by the vote of the faculty and members of the club, and be outstanding in leadership, scholarship, character, and service. The N.H.S. pin, the keystone with the flaming torch, symbolizes these qualities. Founded in 1927 at Ponce and meeting twice a semester, this branch of the club has Principal H. N. Rath and Mrs. Edith Mason as sponsors. ln the upper picture left to right 'first row: McQuaide, Denning, Vance, Meyers, Ellis, Mitchell, Geiger, Sullivan, Mixson, Shaver, XVeiland, Virrick. Second Row: Mrs. Mason, NVill-zerson, Keefe, Thralls, Epting, Ginn, Schoon- maker, Scheer, Henderson, Latimer,. Third Rolo: XVest, Morrow, McNVhirter, Merriam, Brown, Avery, Block, Young, Zotter, Reeves. fFourtb Row: Gahr, Michael Thoro, Fitzgerald, Schiess, Montague, Sims, Hopkins. iTiftlJ rom: Scherr, Clase, Fielden, Xllfhite, Brown, Schiess, Betts. Not pictured: jackson. Below, N.H.S. officers, left to right: Bradford White president, George Michael, treasurer, Eileen Scheer, sec- retary, second semester, Donald Brown, vice-president, 2nd, treasurer, lst, Mary Lou XVeiland, secretary, Rob- ert Schiess, vice-president, Jerome Scherr, president, all of the first semester.

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SURVEYORS Even WONDER who had the tremendous job of taking care of assemblies-the dates, programs, seating, and division of group one and two? XVell, it's our own Student Council under the direction of Miss Katherine Megibben. Every semester elections are held for the officers. Then representatives from homerooms and clubs are chosen. Meeting every week, the Student Council has published the student handbook and visitor cards, and has supervised fire drills, a ping pong tournament, cafeteria and campus cleanups, intramural sports activi- ties, and the receiving of Student Council pins. Being a member of the National and Southern Associations of Student Councils, delegates at- tended the Dade County Student' Council Federation Meeting on March 15. 76 + Top: the first semesteris officers and cabinet, seated left to right: Bertha Moore, secretary of treasury, Nell Champion, chaplain, Barbara Fos- gate, secretary of publicity, jackie Cieger, re- cording secretary, Anne Ellis, corresponding secretary. Standing: Bill Vogt, parliamentarian, Bill Gobat, secretary of student recreation, Bill Hartnett, secretary of interior, Hugh Wood, president, Ken Swearingen, sergeant-at-arms, Bill Cook, secretary of defense , Dutch Kirkland, secretary of state, Mort Guilford, vice-president. Bottom: the second semester officers are, seated left to riqbt, Edgar Montague, vice-president, Miss Katherine Megibben, sponsor, Bettie Lou johnson, recording secretary, Barbara Fosgate, corresponding secretary, Patsy Denning, secre- tary of treasury, Mort Guilford, secretary of state. Standing: Jack Raudenbush, sergeant-ab arms, Ben Klotz, secretary of publicity, Robert Schiess, president, Fred Schiess, secretary of defense, Donald Brown, secretary of recrea- tion, Brad Wfhite, secretary of interior.

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ORATORS WHO RATE CREAM or THE CROP of debaters are these National Forensic Leaguers. One of the four honor societies at Ponce, one must ob- tain twenty-one debate points, be approved by sponsors Mr. H. N. Rath and Mrs. Herberta Leonardy, and by club members themselves to gain entrance. National Forensic Leaguers' main occasion was entertaining the N.F.L. District Convention here on April 11 and 12. They also sponsored a debate festival at Ponce on November 14. Left to riglit, first rom: Mad- elyn McQuaide, Helen XVooten, Thomasina XVest, Anne Chap- man, Betty Lou johnson, Emily Cahr. Second row: Brad Wliite, Vincent Miller, Henry Betts, Tom Hale. Third rom: Earle Peeples, President Hugh Wfoodf Secretary Darryl McCall, Vice- president Fritz Gale, Allen Mc- Cormick, jack Wilkiiisi Treas- urer David Batcheller. fa. . fl FYVI : H P Ilhll 'I' 7,1 - +G! 78 FAST TALKERS Resolved that every able-bodied male citizen of the United States should have one year of compulsory military training before attaining the age of twenty-fourf, No one will ever forget that repeated phrase as our debaters slugged it out last November 14 in the debate festival held here. Sponsored by Mrs. Herberta Leonardy, these contenders won first place. Debating and speech honors won this year are: In Dade County in the first festival we placed the highest by three points, in the second, highest by two points 5 and third, tied for second place. Debaters placed second in the National Forensic League Southeastern District Tourna- ment. Darryl McCall placed third in original oratory and first in the Southeast Diserict Optimist Club. Helen Wfooten was the state cham- pion of the American Legion Speech Contest. ln the Exchange Club contest, Emily Cvahr placed first, Helen Wboten, second, and Vincent Miller, third. Left to right, first row: Beverly Harrington, Helen Wooten, Emily Gahr, Anne Chapman. Second row: Brad White, johnny Brau, Allen McCormick, President Hugh XV ood, Earle Peeples. Third rom: Tom Hale, jimmy Fielden, Bill Cook, Vincent Miller, Darryl McCall. fFom'tlJ row: jack XVilkins, Treasurer David Batcheller, Secretary jimmy Harrison, David Kelly, Fritz Gale.