Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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fouiiwfaezfa Senior Debate There has been a lot doing for the Senior Debaters this year in the way of fun and travel. They have won honors and recognition at Fair- mount, Terre Haute, and the District Contest. The subject of debate for the year was, Resolved: That Every Able-Bodied Male Citizen in the United States Should Be Required to Have One Year of Full-Time Military Training Before At- taining the Age of 24. Besides debating, they have done much in the way of entertainment at school, incidentally add-i ing to their treasury. They provided a hilarious evening for the enormous crowd who jammed the Speedway High School gym, when they sponsored Donkey Basketball games between the faculty and returned veterans, and the junior and senior girls. Other money-making schemes were the sale of basketball schedule pencils and booster buttons, which filled the treasurer's pocket to overfiowing. SENIOR DEBATE OFFICERS Sponsor ....l...... ......... ........... . . Miss Couch President . . George Ziegelniucller Vice President ..........,. Howard Roberts Secretary ..... .,............... S uzanne Pearce Treasurer . .. Katharine Ziegehnucller Librarian .. .. ...,........, .. Pat Thompson Publicity Agent .... .... jack lilzayhugh l DRAMATIC CLUB OFFICERS ' President ........., ............ , .. Clona Basch Vice President .,,. ..... Josephine Boner Secretary ..., Annabelle Dickerson Treasurer .. ...... .... . .. Mildred Rosner Sponsor . . . , ,,.. . Miss Spencer l Program Lhairnizm .Joyce lYilliams Dramatic Club The main undertaking of the Dramatic Club this year was the Yictory Loan Drive. Joan Praed was chosen as chairman of the drive and did a swell jobf Each class elected 'a candidate for Vicy tory King to be crowned at the end of the bond drive. Every time a person bought a stamp he was allowed to vote for his chosen candidate. VVhen the drive finally ended, jerry XVilson was the victor by a large majority, The convocation, which the club presented, was divided into two sections. The First part was the formal presentation of the service roll by Jim Nay, president of the class of 1945, which gave it to the school. In the second half of the program, jerry Nvilson was humorously crowned. Then a. truth and consequences act was put on by joan Mason, with the king's court as the contestants-

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Hi-Y GIRL RESERVE OFFICERS Eifeeldfllf Vffrr ffY.... B arbara Campbell 5x0'3f0fPlf5' -- ,-,,,f,, -,.,, I iarbara Patterson rlfvflsllfffl' --ff-- -,fY--,-. P atty Showalter Inter-Club Council Representative ,77.,,..,,,,,, Patty Showalter SDUUSOT ---f---ff --YV .--, ..,,,,, lv I i ss Shull HI-Y OFFICERS President ,....,,,,,,,,. Vice President H Secretary , ,..., , Treasurer ,,,. ,,,.,,, A,,AA, ,,,, . Sergeant-at-Arms . ,, Q haplain ,...,,,,,,,,, H Sponsor ,,,, Bob Hancn , ,lim Kelley Gene Tsart-H' Russell Flock .-Xl XYH gner Bob Cassaday Xlr. Trosky Me ? We' ' Girl Reserves This is the second year for the organization of the Girl Reserves at S.H.S. It was formed for girls in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades as members. The entire club is a member of the Girl Reserve Recognition Service, an organiza- tion in which the girls dedicate themselves to better character development and higher standards. The Girl Reserve Recognition Service is an inter-racial group. At the Y.VV.C.A. these girls are taking part in various sports such as swimming. ping-pong. and tennis. ln connection with XVorld Brotherhood, they are making a notebook on this subject to be entered in a contest when it is completed. They cooperated with the Girl Scouts and Campfire Girls in the Share of the Food campaign in saving as much food and money as possible and giving the difference to the starved, war-torn countries. The Hi-Y membership is composed of Sopho- more, junior, and Senior boys who believe in Clean Living, Clean Speech, Clean Sports, and Clean Scholarship as their motto. For the first time this year, sophomores became eligible for membership. when an amendment to the constitu- tion was passed at the beginning of the year ad- mitting them. Their main project of the year was the sponsorship of the interesting speech by Mr. Robert Kryter on The Atomic Bomb and Atomic Energy. The P.T..-X. cooperated with the spon- sorship of the talk. SX few of the club members journeyed to Terre Haute for a Hi-Y conference. These boys were entertained at a dance which was given by the girls of Terre Haute and, as we hear from the boys. they had quite a time. Some of the boys, a little earlier in the year, spent a week-end at Camp Tecumseh.

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Jlawidua ' Junior Play The Junior play this year was directed by Miss Stout. They gave Huckleberry Finn, a comedy for both young and old. The play was packed with clean, wholesome entertainment without an offen- sive line or situation. Huck Finn became the idol of every boy and girl after the play was given. It dealt with Huck's problems both during child- hood and after. The boyish pranks that Tom Sawyer and Huck played we1'e unbelievable. There was a howl of laughter when handsome Fred Raymond proposed to Aunt Ruth from the wrong book. Wihen john Finn entered into the situation after being thought dead, it appeared that anything was likely to happen in this play. Even though the couch did fall apart in the middle of the play, the juniors produced a great success. VV e all enjoyed it and are looking forward to seeing their senior play. JUNIOR PLAY CAST Aunt Polly .............................. Caryl Covell Ruth Vtfatson ,........... Mary Lou Chapman Mary ,lane ....................,, Donna Mae Etter Fred Raymond ............,.,....... Harold Black Melba VVhite ......r.................., Joan Seward Clara Vifoppiiiger ......,.. Maryann Renard Amy Woppinger .......,.,., Jerry Mcllaniels Huckleberry Finn ..........,....., Jack Fulton john F1nn...a ..,.,.....,....,,,,,,............ Bob Oslos Tom Sawyer ................. .Bob Kuykendall JUNIOR DEBATE OFFICERS Seventh Grade President ......................., Richard Hughes Vicse President ......,. VVanda Armentrout Secretary ....... ....................... . .. Dee Covell Treasurer ............,.,, Kathryn Broekman Sponsor ......,............,.,...,,...,... Miss Couch Eighth Grade President .,.............Y.... .....,... R av Stewart Vice President ...,,, Marjorie Mcllaniels Secretary .........,..,..,.....,.... David Thomas Treasurer ........ .... . ......... J ohn Guion Junior Debate The junior Debate Clubs. organized at the re- quest of the students, have completed their second successful year. These seventh and eighth grade clubs met on alternate Monday evenings for their own individual debating. Part of the time they were divided into separate teams and held debates. They never debated with other schools as the sole purpose of these clubs is to gain experience in public speaking and debating before going into the Senior Debate Club. Wllien they enter their senior year. they will have much greater knowl- edge of the fundamentals of debating than if the junior Debate Clubs had never been organized. Their subject for the year has been Capital Punishment and many good points from both the affirmative and negative sides have been brought out. The debate discussions range from those directly concerning' the student to those regarding the nation.