Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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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.

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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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gaendze Literary Staff XVhat's this-Lockheed's assembly line. Nope, it's our Senior English Class scurrying to get the SPEEDICTTE assembled sd the students of S. H.S. will be hep to school and community news. The SPElCDli'l I'If'S our own high school news- paper and were mighty proud of it. Those in- telligent looking people' working on the produc- tion line are reporters. 'l'hey've always got their nose for news out-especially the humor editor who sometimes gets hers smashed in the scuffle, You can bet we gave our sponsor, Miss Spencer. plenty of headaches. How's about a scoop ? is a familiar question asked of a faculty member or town official and they really cooperate. Also, SH S. students hav- ing talent or some unusual hobby are hounded for interviews. Sonny Sutphin can verify that. It's work, gang, but you'll feel great satisfac- tion in knowing that you took part in the publi- cation of the SPIiliDli'l l'l2. 9 deff. Business Staff Shhh! Quiet please! The business staff is busily at work preparing the SPEEDETTE for publi- cation. Yes, they handle the mechanical end of our newspaper-typing, mimeoscoping, and mi- meographing. Marian Bruce, as publisher, acts as overseer of this staff. Ioan Praed became her assistant after Anna Thompson was forced to resign. Artists Kelley, Mason, and Hanen are making with the drawings while Cramer and Bruce are beating their typewriters to death. Thompson, Praed, and Bennett are mimeographing the paper and there's King checking the finished copies. These students wouldn't be able to do this job effectively if it weren't for the teaching received from Mr. Thompson, one of our capable sponsors. XVorking on the business staff requires accuracy, neatness, and time-but it's great fun, no kiddin', and you'll get a lot of useful knowledge concern- ing the publication of your high school newspaper. Feature liditor Assistant Humor lfditor Assistant ..., Assistant .. Ks' Art hillilll' . ......... .. Publisher .... Reporters .. ,,.. 1 ' 'H Editor-in-Chief .... . . Al Vtfagner .-Xssistant .. .... Russell Flock News Editor ...... . .... Joan tiaddis ASSISKHIII . ..... ....... N orma King ,lane Wiagle Clona Basel: . joan Mason -'XSSl5lfllli ..... .. . Josephine Bonel- SDOFTS lftlitnr ..... ......... B ill Cramer . tiene Tsaretf jim Kcllcy- Bob Harraht Circulation Manager .... Dick Becber Assistant .. ........,....,., ,, Bob Hanen Iixcliange Manager .....,... .. Glenn Amo, : .si tant ....... .... Q iarolyn Bennett Marian Bruce :XS1-lbtilllf .... .... ......, Q I oan Pracd Anna Marie Thompson Ellen Finnerty Halcna Newsome Patsy Morgan