Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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GIRLS' DECIJNIVXATIGN HThere's a little green gate at whose trellis I waitw . . . f'Hello, this is Slon- skyslf' . . . f'Up from the hedge there rose a host of golden butterfliesf' . . . Such were the phrases quoted by the girls on the declamation team when they again had a gold star added to their his- tory. Capturing second place in the tri- angular contest between llfloline and East llfloline, they climaxed their season by tying for first place in the Northwest Conference. Leota lwae Harris, as their representative, magnificently interpreted HThe Nlinuetfl The girls and their selections are as follows: Ellen Spinsby, i'Yellow Butterflies. Juanita Potter, Smilin' Throughf' Leota lklae Harris, HThe lXlinuet. Lucille Brotman, f'The Violin Nlakerf' Betty Greenleaf, 'fThe Florist Shopf, Shirley Hall- gren, Sing llle to Sleep. The debate squad had another success- ful year, winning 20 out of 34 debates. Under the two capable captains lVIar- garet Ford, affirmative, and Dick Lang- hinrichs, negative, the team captured third place in the Northwest Con- ference. The other meet was held at Augustana College and they won high honors there also. The subject was, Resolved, that the several states shall adopt a unicameral system of legisla- tion.', The squad is coached by P. J. Martiri. DEBATE

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NQRTHWEST REPRESENTATLVES Our contestants in Northwest Conference competition were as fol- lows: Leota llae Harris, Declamationg Jerry Riag- gid, Oratoryg Dick Lang- hinrichs, Extemporeg and lllildred lIcKay, Stenography. Leota Klae tied for first place, giving her selection, HA lvlinuetf' hy Louis N. Parker. The contest was held in our audi- torium and there was some very stid competition for our own very versatile Bliss Harris, but in spite of this she came out on top even with Dawn Ver- muelen of lloline. Another tie was present in the North-l west Extempore contest held in Galesburg on April 19. Dick tied for top ranking with Bob Eagle of bfloline. His topic was United States Naval Policyfl An interesting thing about this contest was the fact that our representative would have had an undis- puted tirst had he not been penalized one point for speaking five seconds overtime. Jerry llflaggid, who was R. I. repre- sentative in the Northwest Oratory contest, came home with a silver medal, signifying that he had captured second place in this forensic activity. Our stenographic contestant who was chosen for North- west competition was llflil- dred lIcKay. She came Gut with fourth indi- E vidual place in the meet held in llonmouth on April O.

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BOYS' CDRATCRV A feather in their cap was given to the boys' oratory team when they won first place in the triangular meet be- tween lloline and East lloline. Three of the boys who went to lloline took first, second and third place, respective- ly, and the three who orated at Rock Island also captured hrst, second and third. Jerome llaggid, as Northwest repre- sentative, came home with honors, as he won second place in the Northwest Con- ference. Since variety is the spice of life, the team spoke o-n everything from history- making to automobile accidents. The team and their orations are as follows: Jerome lllaggid, UTlie lllonster in the Public Squaref, James Haymaker, Hliloody Altarsf' Scotty Terry, i'Youth Speaksf, Carl Welch, 'jean Valjeanfl Dick Langhinrichs, The Crisis in Charac- terf' Dick Hainline, f'Convict 9653.y' EXTEMI3 'fSuccess'y was the keynote of the ex- temp team this year, and success it was. YVithin the span of two weeks the team began and finished with the results being very satisfactory. Rock Island took first place in the contests with lwoline and Galesburg, and the grand finale of the season was scored when Richard Langhinrichs, as our representative, took first in the Northwest Conference. Louis Pesses and Lucille Brotman also received honors, Louis tying for third place at Galesburg, and Lucille taking third place at hloline. Others who gave a good showing were Justin Rinehart and Dorothy Zimmer.