Springfield High School - Resume Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Q WE N E. W debate coach, inexperienced debaters, and several other negative factors caused a pessimistic attitude toward the debating teams at the beginning of the year, but after their first engagements the teams came through with flying colors. The new debate coach, who has done much fine work with the teams, is Mr. Paul ,QUMJI Mitchum. Since this is Mr. Mitchum's first year at high school, he knew nothing about the characters and personalities of the pros- pective debatersg however, he was soon able to discriminate between good and bad mate- rial for the teams. Aside from his duties as debate coach, he teaches social science and all students who come under his supervision attest to the fact that he is an excellent instructor. The main problem that baffled Mr. Mitchum was the fact that there were few students who had any previous debating ex- perience. He decided that the most likely field to choose from was the home room de- baters. Any student wishing to do so was allowed to participate in home room debating and each of these students was eligible for one fi, of the debate teams if he was in the debating class. After carefully considering the contest- ants, Mr. Mitchum chose the members for the first team. The three main qualities required of any applicant were speaking ability, research ability, and dependability. I'.x1'i. Xl. xll'l'L'Hl'3l 'F CH NRLI-QS lilirrsslilil-1I l'Z SAM Ilicxm When the first debate of the season was Hlixm, I,,,Nmx NURWIX YUFFH. scheduled, a first team had not definitely been decided upon: therefore, some debaters went to Coffeyville, Kansas, and others to Columbia, Missouri, on December 3-4. Afterward the team attended debates in the following cities: Joplin on january I3, where it won third place: Ft. Scott on January 20: Cabool on February 3-4, and won first place, West Plains on February I0-ll and again won first place: Bolivar on February 24- Z5 and won second place in the B division: and Liberty, Missouri. where it entered the Missouri District of National Forensic League and won the championship for the Springfield district. ln Lexington, Missouri, the team tied for third place in the Wentworth interstate Tournament. The team will go to Beverly Hills, California, on june I9 to enter the National Forensic League. The first team was composed of Henry Duncan, Norwin Yoffie, Charles Grosslcreutz, and John Hoey, with Sam Dickey acting as substitute. Other debaters were Mary Burns, lna Mae Robertson, Mary Jeanne McCann, Virginia Griffin, Richard Stolp. jimmy Brown, Roy Tiller, Ted Ginsburg, Vernon Smith, Bob Hartsock, Paul Moore. and June Cave. 107

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7 , N..- I ...fm ,,,..... ,mem-4 vw r QM, .M QWW , ,W ,gn Looking Ahead QZQDMSQJQ USIC is a vital and necessary part of any school system, and Springfield High School, sensing the fact, has made its music department one of its main assets. Even as has the school itself, the music department of Senior High has grown steadily every year since its organization in l9l6. The orchestra has increased from five instruments to its present size of 85 pieces, and the band has increased accordingly. From the position of someones new-fangled idea to he looked on askanceu the music department has risen to occupy one of the leading and most important places in the school curriculum. The increased importance of music in Senior High is greatly due to the untiring work and great enthusiasm of Dr. R. Ritchie Robertson and the people who are affiliated with him. Dr. Robertson and his assistants have carefully instructed and greatly encouraged all the pupils who have taken part in musical activities. 109