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

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Wfdfdtiddd anlfeadeze 7a 7ZM'6aaaZ iffaiza MRESOLVED: That the Federal Government should provide a system of complete medi- cal care available to all citizens at public expensef' How well we remember the debate festival held at Ponce on Novem- ber 27l At this festival Ponce placed second among the four competing schools in the Miami Area. Later the debaters, with a three point lead, became County Champions. Darryl McCall and George Strehlkc, winning representatives from Ponce in the B'nai B'rith Contest, each received individual trophy cups and an all-expense Seated, left to right: Degnan, Johanson, Lake, Phillips, Secretary-Treasurer Peeples, Blakeyg standing: Pierce, 0'D0novan, Strehlke, President McCall, Phillips, Ansley, Wfilkins, Vice-President Hale. trip to Wiashington, D. C. For having the winning team, the school was awarded a silver trophy cup. Placing first in the Optimist District Contest of Florida and Georgia and ser'- ond in the Optimist international last spring, the dchaters, pictured below, look- ed forward to other victories this year. Dehaters who have fulfilled the re- quirements of twenty points, obtained by competition in outside activities, and an eighty-five average are admitted to the National Forensic League which is shown in the upper picture.-MILDRED GARCIA Seated, left to right: Johanson. McCallg smnrlingg: Lake, Secretary-Treasurer Peeples, Harrington, Strehlke, Blakey, Ansley, President Hale, Vice- President Phillips, O5Donovan, Degnzm, McReedy, Phillips. L 51

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Prominent Actors ON STAGE EVERYBODY! In the lower picture we've caught the presentation of '4Dinner for Two as it was given for the PTA on February 19. Sponsors of the Senior Play, given on April 10 and 11, were the National Thes- pians who are represented by the official masks of comedy and tragedy. Member- ship in this organization is limited to those who have earned ten service points in some branch of dramatics. '4Mar1-iage Before Sunrise, the play chosen for Class Day, included Doug Phil- lips, Barbara Brown, Katherine Einfeldt, Carol Culliver, .Ioan Browne, and Frank Wilcox in the leading roles. 50 E K Above, left to right, first row: May, Smith, Bentz, Ward, McDonald, 0'Brien, Johnson, Fuliordg second row: Parker, Secretary Cohh, President Hiss, Treasurer Mclntyre, Vice-President Wright, Newmang thircl row: Hardeman, Brown, Grafton, Watson, Arias, Bollinger, Nowlin, Albury, Jack- song fourth row: Stephens, Bowers, McCall, Ansley, Tucker, Woodmansee, Towns, Murphy, Roberts. Below, left to right: Grafton as Jean, a hat checker, Ansley as Hugh Morris, .lean's child- hood playmate, Clinton as Valerie, a high society girlg McDonald as Teddy, Valerie's escorts .lack- son as Ada Briggs, a checkroom girl. With the help of Mrs. Marguerite Har- vey, plans were made for the presentation of assembly plays throughout the year. f1N'IILDRED GARCHA

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Writers of it FOR ONE FULL YEAR you tramp a heat and copyread proof, you've exhausted yourself tracking down fleeting teach- ersaeven tried to interview President Truman-now if two hundred inches of that stuff you've written has been printed in the Ponce Tribune and you're in the upper third of your class you'rC ready to be nominated for Quill and Left to right, first row: Secretary Fitzpatrick, President Edgar, Slrausburger. Treasurer Gulli- ver, second row: Slack, Kyle, Vice-President Newman, Adviser Mrs. Helen Evans. Scroll, which is sponsored by the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. After you're tapped there follows a long per- iod of servitude with the final acceptance into the International Society of High School Journalists. Last year the Ponce Quill and Scroll Club initiated an annual banquet which will rotate among all the chapters in Miami. Andrew Jack- son gave this year's banquet in May. Next time you see a little gold pin in the form of a scroll with a quill across, recognize the long hours of sweat and toil the wearer endured---and don't forget their adviser, Mrs. Helen Evans, who s borne all the peculiarities of these true journ- alists. Capital Keepers PERHAPS NOT ALL or Us realize the significance of adding twenty-eight and nine to get thirty-six lf your debit and credit balance properly when a national contest problem is given each semester, you are admitted into the Order of Business Efficiency, organized at Ponce for the first time this year under the supervision of Mr. Fred Wilson. --M'LDRED GARCIA Left to right, first row: Donahue, Strausburger, Secretary George, Williams, Hill. Vice-President Johnson, Davidson, President Gaines, Pittman, Jones, Pell, Adviser Mr. Fred Wilson, second row: Humphrey, Iwerks, McKinney, Conder, Little, Liversedge, Miller, Fitzpatrick, Camner, Atwood, Riley, Edmondson. Mastro, Vernon, Martin, Metcalf, Austin, Thompson, Carballo, Walsllg third row: Marks, Appleton, Harding, Crihbcn, Metzger, Fertig, Owens, Routh, Tuck- field, Nowlin, Boulton.