South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Front row--Rohrer, Pratt, Crane, Emricli, Beck. Back row-Mr. Makey. Eickmeyer. Ltipp, Schuelke. Kiirr PUBLIC SPEAKING UBLIC speaking events at South Side aroused more interest this year than ever hefore. lvlore students took part and more people came to hear them. The debate schedule was changed to vary the program and many improvef ments were made throughout the speaking program. The dehaters spoke against Leo, Huntington, Auhurn, and Central. These schools are, members of the Northwestern Indiana Debating League. The suhject for all speeches was, Resolved: that the state of Indiana should he empowered to censor motionfpicture films presented for commercial purposes. The affirmative team, which won from Auhurn and Huntington, consisted of P. XV. Karr, captain, Lucille Lapp, Elsheth Crane, and Louise Piatt, alternate. The negative team, composed of Gertrude Schuelke, captain, Dorothy Emrich, Ruth Eickmeyer, and Carl Rohrer, alternate, lost hoth to Leo and to Central. ' Ruth Eickmeyer, as the winner of the extemporaneous speaking contest last 'lan' uary, was the fourth to have her name engraved upon the Lange cup. She defeated Hubert Beck and Power W. Karr. The other speaking events of this year were the local eliminations of the state discussion contest and the national oratorical contest, won respectively hy Virgil Horn and Power Karr. Page om' lzundrvti lliirffm

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'T Front row'-fCll1pen1ztle. Welsli, Pocock, Hrim11ng, Baiungizrtner, Prine. Pocnelg Beck row Af-hir. Rotliert. Mixs Wotvditiiirti. Wediilt', Smith, Dummeier, MISS Fish, Miss Wlvrlq. LATIN ACTIVITIES LTHOUGH Latin is most commonly called E1 dead limguage, it was found that in South Side there were some students who were willing to devote some of their time to prepare for the Laitin contest sponsored hy Indiana University. A contest was held at South Side to select the persons best in the different divi- sions. The twelve that were thus selected competed with the winners from other Allen county schools, and South Side Won nine out of ten possible places in this contest in the county. With nine at the helm, the Green and White ship sailed to victory, capturing all five places in the district meet. These tive South Siders, Lifter studying almost every night after school, and dur' ing their vacant periods with their teachers, who were Miss WOI'k, Miss VV'oodward, .ind Mr. Rothert, went to Bloomington for the state contest. These five were Helen Flaipeszittle of division four, Pauline Baunigiirtner of division three, Franklin Smith of division two, Qlive Prine of division IA, and Esther Hanning of division IB. South Side was the only school that had il full representation in the final contest Amin she showed her superiority, Franklin and Pauline winning at gold and a silver medal, respectively. This was the highest average made hy any school entered. M:ire.1ret Wt'lsh, il South Side senior, entered the bifstzite Latin contest held at Louisville, Kentucky, where she competed with students from :ill parts of Indiana :ind Kentucky. Puyr one liundnd tlzcflfw

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Front row--XVeir. XVeibke. Iwlills. Chenowetli. Wtilji. Hart. Strobel. Crosbie Second Y47XK Hdik71Sf'. Keene. Hojfmiiwi. Mae. Bournse. Rtiny. Egan. Duryee Third row-Colestoclq. Lower. Rupley. Staley, Homeyer. Rudolf. Mtiorhead, joker, Cline Back rovv-Reeves. Pococlq. Dtmuser, Fries, Schuiier, Welcll, Hassan U, S. A, HE U. S. A. boasts one hundred and twenty girls, the largest number of any high school Girl Reserve club in the city, In order to get more girls to be' long, a contest was held. Eleanor Wilson and Esther Ballard were the cap- tains. A booth was kept in the hall during a twofday drive where girls could join and pay membership dues. A program is planned for each meeting and occasionally refreshments are served. The programs for the year have usually emphasized the phrases in the U. S. A. code. At the meetings there are generally talks or discussions and games, Mrs. Edson, Mrs. White. Miss Pittenger, and Miss Kiefer have been speakers during the year. Virginia King. the president, leads the meetings which are planned by Virginia Hackneys committee, The service committee with Marguerite Schwier as chairman is busy making scrap books for the hospital children. On Easter the girls sang to the Luthern Hospital patients and then at the settlement house. Wednesday each week the service or membership committee has a booth and sells ice cream or candy in order to make money to send two delegates to the Girl Reserve convention in the summer. The posters seen in the halls are made by the publicity committee in charge of Virginia Boiirns. Page one hundrrd fuurlern