St Louis University High School - Dauphin Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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N F L OFFICERS Left to rlght Hanlon tsecy Balt MODEBATORS Standzng Mr Padberg Mr Pt Seated Fr HIQQIHS Fr lVlcAu At Rosat1Ka1n srte of the thrrd and flnal C I S L all speech meet the Bellarmen proved themselves true champ1ons f1n1sh1ng f1rst 1n th1s contest and 1n the over all record for the season Through the fforts of Dave Corrlgan and George Me1sel both of whom t1ed for flrst 1n the frnals of or1g1nal oratory and Bob HIHICGIJGIH fourth rn non or1g1nal the school once more clalmed pos sessron of the Oratory Trophy Sommer ranked srxth 1n serlous 1nterpretat1on Murphy fourth m extemp Dowlmg fourth 1n humorous rnterpreta tron and Armbruster and Dremer second and thrrd respectrvely IH radro speakmg For the three tournaments combrned Me1sel and Corn gan won f1rst and thlrd place m e d als respectrvely 1n ongmal oratory and Drerner and Armbruster took f1rst and second place awaras respectrvely 1n the radro d1v1s1on Although farl mg to galn the fmals Vrce Presrdent Bob Iackson Bart Fmch Brll Hutch1son Tom Lrston and Iohn Coll1ns partlcrpated n C I S L contests to Wm valuable pomts for the school Through therr excellent rat1ng throughout the year the St Louls U Hlgh speech team Won the Wagner Trophy for the th1rd stralght year DEBATE To prepare for the strong competrtlon they were to meet 1n regular league debate the novrce as well as VCII'S1lY debaters garned a valuable varlety of experlence from practrce tournaments Among these were N F L prac l1C9 debate tournaments at Fulton Hrgh School Fulton Mo on February nmth and at the Unrverslty Hlgh School Carbondale Ill rx March eleventh and also a debate dlscussron day at Central College Fayette Mo In C I S L debate the Bellarmme debaters qual1f1ed for the flnals by placlng among the top four out of eleven schools IH the two prel1m1 nary tournaments These were held at St Elrzabeths Academy on Ianuary I2 and at Mercy Hrgh on lanuary 26 In the fmals at McBr1de on March l the followlng team ratlng resulted among the four schools who had survrved el1m1nat1on tourneys Won Lost St Lou1s U I-Ilgh Notre Dame of Ftrpa Bosatl Kam Me1sel ranked nrst 1n 1nd1v1dual speakmg pomts Dlemer tred for second Hlnkebem for fourth and sophomore Armbruster teamed up to bnng home the IIISI place trophy Besldes part1c1pat1ng1n N F L and C I S L debate St LOUIS U H1gh took part 1n the Flnch Csecyl Me1sel tpres l Iaclcscn IVICG pres J I-nnkebetn ttreasl Weller Chbrarranl do lrffe Fr Lambeck Seuenty mne- . . . . ' , I l .I I 1 - u u 1 - Q , . N' I 'I I , , , -1 0 - I I I II I 1 - I - I I ' 1 I I n - ' ' ' , ' - N' . ' . ' ,..,..,.,... . .,..t,.,.,.,,.... 6 O , ' , ' ' , ' , St. Mary's ,... t.,.........., , ....,...,..,. W2 4 ' ' ' I . . . . ' ...,. . ,t.,t,.t.,. 4 ' ' . '- ' ............,. ,,., .,...,.......t...... 2 4 . u ' I I I I I I ' 1 1 K 1 ' ' E If . X I , A .,, lf.

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Top Row Ccrr1gan D rlem ng Dehne D1emer Armbruster D Dwyer C Illns Tourncur Nava M1ddleRow Barton Frnclt I-Icogstrae Graham Fauke Ermg We1Ier I-lrnkebem xanft I-Hckenlccper I-Iutch1scn Scrnrr r Taylor Iackscu Stebbmgs Proost Ha lon Frcnt Rcw V' Moore Seve M rph G Murphy D wlmg EGSII Fxnch Mels Ron Ivrller L1st el! N F L ACTIVITIES At the out et of the school year the Rev Harold McAul1ffe SI moderator of the Bel Iarm1ne N F L Socrety appo1nted capable Offl cers to I ad the peech club 'V'ersat1le George Me1sel was selected to erve as presrdent Bob Iackson as VICGpf9S1dGI'1l and Bob H1nkebe1n as treasurer Bart F1nch and T1m Hanlon were chosen a SQCTGICITISS and Brll Werler l1brar1an Debates 1naugurated N a t 1 o n a I FOTQDSIC League compet1t1on for the Bellarmen Fourteen h1gh schools Journeyed to St LOUIS U H1gh to take part 1n a pract1ce SESSION on Saturday Gctcber 27 The Backer debaters ranked fourth rn th1s meet as Bob Graham Glenn Murphy Charl1e Armbruster George Mersel Bob H1nke be1n Pete Dremer T1m Hanlon Larl Dehne Bern K1nney George H1ckenlooper and B1ll We1ler learned new approaches to the toprc Another plaque s 1 g n 1 fy 1 n g Bellarm1ne achrevement was brought back IH February by the Backer cont1ngent to the Gramte C1ty H1gh School Inv1tat1onal Tournament Puttrng forth successful efforts were Ron Mrller Iohn Naya Tom L1ston Iack Dowlrng Ralph Taylor Carl Dehne George Hrckenlooper Bart Frnch Ph1I Rodenloaugh Ioe Rerlly Don Ware Iack Gumer 811117111 taht ell Bob Graham T1m Hanlon and Glenn Murphy Two senators and erght representatwes from St LOUIS U H1gh took part rn the Student Con gress held at Webster Groves H1gh on March I5 Delegates to the House were George H1cken looper Pete Dremer Bart and Bas1l Frnch Ralph Taylor Charl1e Armbruster Glenn Murphy and Bob Graham whrle George Mersel and Carl Dehne VO1C9d the1r vrews ID the Senate Bart F1nch was awarded a medal for bemg voted best representatrve from among the forty frve students ID the House and Mersel rated the same honor IH the Senate C I S L ALL SPEECH Frfteen Cathol1c h 1 gh schools crowded Backer s halls on Saturday December I to par t1c1pate IH the 1n1t1al C I S L all speech meet St LOUIS U H1gh placed only IIVG 1n the f1naIs George Mersel Pete Dremer Dave Corr1gan Charl1e Armbruster and Glenn Murphy to trarl St Ehzabeth s Academy and C B C Armbruster ranked f1rst IH rad1o Dremer thrrd In or1g1nal oratory Me1sel and Corrrgan placed second and f1fth respect1vely and externp speak r Murphy rated fourth In the second all speech tourney at C B C on February I6 the Bellarmrne team put erght out of twelve entrres 1nto the frnals to w1n D1e- mer f1rst 1n rad1o speakrng Me1sel IIIQI 1n or1g1nal oratory Sommer second rn SQTIOUS 1n terpretat1on and Murphy second 1n extemp led the way Corr1gan Graham H1nkebe1n and Armbruster w1thath1rd fourth f1fth and srxth re pect1veIy also contrrbuted greatly t the JICIOIY 1 - I 1 1 1 1 . 1 Ll -1 1 . 1 1 .- . . 1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 , 161 1 1 1 1 T1 . . 1, - 1 . . A1 11 1 Wx - VA - -fr 'J --Y1 . 1 1 C 1 1 11, cl, 1 , cn. E C . I L- 1 1 1 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 S I ' 'I - . 1 . . . , 0 I . C S .1 . Q 1 1 . . ' 5' I F I 1 1 1 me - 1 1 ' Q . 1, 1 . . . . . . - 1 1 1 1 . . 1 ' 1 1 1 . 1 , . . . . 1 . 1 - 1 1 1 f 2 1 1 1 V . 1 1 w 1 1 1 1 - , 1 ' . 1 . - 1 1 1 1 -1 I I N-' - - 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Q . iv 1 A , 1 , 1. 1.1 , Y I 1 1 1 - ,-. ,V

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C I S L DEBATE CHAMPS Standrng Merse Hanlon Seated Armbruster Dtemer I-'xnkebem Mrssourr Hrgh School Debatmg League In the South Sectron of the East Central D1str1ct the Backerrtes Won seven and lost frve The follow mg Bellarnune debaters took part Ralph Taylor B1ll Moore Bob Graham Glenn Mur phy Bob Hmkebem Pete Dremer T1m Hanlon Charlle Armbruster Steve Murphy Tom Ranft Carl Dehne Bern Krnney and Bart and Bastl Fmch Whlle the varslty squads were march1ng to sterhng N F L and C I S L VICIOIIGS Mr Rrchard Rudolf SI was burldrng tor the future In a freshman sophomore debate tournament at Webster Groves the Bellarmrne Iunror de- baters gave ample evrdence of thrs work although many of them were meetrng tnter scholastlc competrtron for the flrst trme ln thts tournament Backer won l4 out of 24 debates Cred1t for thls performance goes to the followrng Sophomores Dehne Krnney Taylor Moore Schnerder Cleary Phrlhps Marchlew sk1 Ermg Haberkern and Freshmen Tournour Stebbrngs Ranft Murphy Proost and Fauke All of these debaters as well as Bob Kanard and Mrke Sa1n took part rn an 1ntramural debate program and recelved medals for thetr partlcrpatron STATE N F L Paced by Greg Sommer Dave Corrtgan and Trm Hanlon the Bellarmen vaulted 1nto a frrst place t1e rn the Mrssourr State Tournament of the Natronal Forensrc League held 1n March at Washrngton Unrversrty Sommer tops rn serrous lnterpretatron Corrlgan second rn or1g1nal oratory, and sophomore Hanlon second rn extemp-together Wrth state frnalrsts Bob Hrnkebern George Mersel Glenn Murphy Erqhly and Tom Lrston tmproved upon last years fourth place ranktng by clrnchrng supreme honors w1th Wlllram Chrrsman I-llgh School In addltron to the flnalrsts the debate team and extemp speakers Bob Graham and Carl Dehne lent helprng hands and vorces to stake a ftrst place t1e The debate squad afftrmatrve Pete Dremer and Bob Hlnkebeln and negatrve George Mersel and Charles Armbruster matched last years efforts by comptlrng a 51 record to quallfy for the semlfrnals Although a strong Wrllram Chrrsman team rose up to crush Backer hopes for prunary honors m that d1V1 ston the St Lours U Hrgh debaters fmrshed Wrth a credttable thrrd Durrng the state tourna ment Representatrve Melsel was elected by the members of the Sub Drstrrct Congress to be one of the Mrssourt delegates to the Nattonal Student Congress of the N F L at Boston Unrversrty thls Iune Sacrrfrcmg therr trme to serve as coaches throughout the school year were moderator Pr McAul1ffe varsrty debate and extempora neous speakrng Fr I-I1gg1ns radro Fr Lam beck serrous and humorous rnterpretatron and Mr Padberg or1g1nal and non or1g1nal oratory CONTEST WINNERS In the ctty VOICE of Democracy Oratory Con test Bob Hmkebem s recorded speech won frrst place over 825 students from twenty erght St Lours hrgh schools He later placed second rn the state George Mersel won the crty Amencan Legron Oratory Contest and rn the zone con test on March 2 at Farmrngton Mo he took second place I - Mm 1 11 . 7 ', , A' V . . . . . . . 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 -J 1 1 1 . 4 1 1 ,-. 1 ' 1 . . . . . . . . . , . , ' ' ' ' L. 1 , . . 1 ' ' ' ' . . . 1 1 1 1 ' . , , , , . . . . . 1 1 1 1 - . . . . - 1 ' . . 1 - 1 1 - ' . . , , 1 . , ' - 1 1 , - . . 1 . I , I I 1 1 1 ' . ' 1 . 1 1 . 1 4 1 1 ' 1 '1 1 1 1 -