Saint Michael High School - Michaelinian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Pcacctime Military Training Taammc in the forensic arts reached a new high during the scholastic year of 19451946, as the Eager Beavers assumed the proportions of a major student activity running competi- tion with the outstanding Catholic high schools of the city, and in the National Forensic League tournaments also with outstanding public schools. Zest and enthusiasm for keen mental acumen in argumentation never cooled among the really interested members. In this they but followed the encouraging initiative always shown by their coach, Sister M. DeSales. , With Thomas Tobin and Louise Gralka upholding the ailirmative, and lrene Kozikowski and Edward lviours supf porting the negative, the Eager Beavers won four out of six debates in the tournament sponsored by the Federation of Catholic High Schools. The same teams won six of eight debates in the National Forensic League Tournament held at West View High School. All the teams of the squad entered the McKeesport National Forensic Tournament bringing home seven wins. At St. Augustine s practice tournament only two were won, -.An DEBATE TEAMS but all pzllticipilted to get Cxpeflclifle. MOUCSS913 NFL Tour' Ctocxwlsia: Irene Kozikowski, Charles McCrea, Thomas Tobin nament netted six wins, and decisionals at home, two. Edward Mours. Louise Gralk-i. Led by Edward Mours, presidentg Thomas Tobin, vicefpresidentg and Louise Gralka, secretaryg the Debate Club was an eliicient and capable group. That the Eager Beavers were active is evident from their long schedule with the best teams in tournaments. Total number of debates engaged in .... .... 6 O Nonfdecision debates .,,.......... .... 1 S Decision debates. . . , , ,42 Wiiis .......... ,,,, 2 7 Losses. . ,,,, 15 Always in Time, Never Behind LHT's call the meeting to order! As an integral part of the program in American History classes, the knowledge of current events is recognized as a valuable asset for the student. Two clubs, the Senior group and the junior group, which owe their organization to Sister M. DeSales, manifested keen interest and served as a medium through which timely subjects were discussed. Cognizant that never before has the Church had greater need of trained speakers in the business world than today, the Senior Club, with Ruth Dittley, Louis Arguto and Lois Knorr as officers, blazed the trail for Catholic leaders of tomorrow. The juniors, under the management of Florence Mieruiii, Shirley Williams and Herman Moelter labored untiringly to produce intelligent Catholic citizens. The work was conducted at regular monthly meetings. l ' Topics discussed were: The UNO, Peacetime Iviilitary Training, Strikes, Sharing the Atomic Bomb Secrets, The Place of the United States in Woi'ld Affairs Today, Unemployment. Besides the information gleaned, skill in public speaking, poise, effectiveness and precision were developed. 33

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Micfdla Staff Succeeds Senior Journalists Rouxomo out a complete year as the editorial staff' of' 'iThe Shield , Catherine Anthony, editorfin-chief, and her cofworkers vacated their posts in lirvor of the -lunior Staff' who took over the Fehruary 1946 edition under the name of' nThe lviicallafi james Doyle supplanted the former editor. Associate editors Louise Crallia and Thomas Tobin replaced Irene Kozikowski. Ruth Lis in her new position of husiness manager can use all her own ahility plus profiting hy the experience of' her predecessor, Gloria Brandt. Certain columnists relinquished their positions to willing successors. Rita WOjSZj'l1Skl passed the Alumni Column on to Barhara Dieterle. Exchange editor Dolores Demhlowski's place fell to the lot of Ruth Reich. Anna Mae Cupkzfs and Wailtei' Yochum's places will he filled hy Dorothy Krappweis and George Hawranko. The artistic ahilities of Edward Mours and Francis Doerschner will he put to use as they've been chosen to succeed Dolores Ivfaccine as mimeoscope operators. bophie Svrenty, Ralph Grzeczka, Constance Latkowski, Norhert Pietrzak, Georgene Federlein, and Herman lvfoelter are following the speed ofthe Senior typists Bernice Haid, Robert Nlay, and Rita Bechtold, The responsibility of operating the new mimeograph falls on the shoulders of Arlene Krugh, Helen Pavlick and Dorothy lvioelter. Mary this new team enjoy their journalistic jaunts is the wish extended hy the former staff, who had to ref linquish the school paper to give their attention to the more serious joh of editing their annual, the current ulvlichaelf inianf' Senior Bookkeepers Tur war is over now and postwar planning has resolved into .x national pastime. The suliiect of hookkeeping has not escaped this fervor. Everyone is aware that the income tax laws have made us record conscious. No one has exeiped. the farmer, the small businessman or the industrial' ist. Our countrymen have he' some a nation of hookkeepers. S. M. H. S. is trying to equip its students for the fu' ture hy giving them a course in hookkeeping. Although this course is only exploratory, it provides them with per- sonal. social, economic, edu' cational, and vocational values. lt helps them decide whether or not they wish to continue in the field. lt is also of pracf tical value in the home for hutlgeting. .S 3