St Marys High School - Gael Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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PARADE OF EVENTS Airplane contest. . .25 entered from 7th and 8th grades. . .prizes were given to I. Slack- man, I. Ballentine, Thomas, C. Manly, and R. Kiely. . .Ann Bradley, a fifth grade pupil, acted as page in the State Legislature. . .Rita Broderick received second place in popularity contest in the Christmas civic celebration. . .lack Kiely and William Ratchford represented the freshmen in a State algebra contest at Muncie, April 10. . . In inter-class tourney, grade six defeated grade five, 42 to 6. ..First graders in goblin. fairy, pixie, and brownie costumes paraded the halls and classrooms on Halloween. . . Fourth grade held a spelling contest between the boys and girls. . .boys won. . .Eighth grade sewinq club meets weekly...now engaged in knitting Sweaters, purses, skirts, and scarfs. The finished products will be on display and prizes awarded, one for beginners: the other for experienced knitters...Iudging from the eager groups of boys who linger around the knitting circle Friday noon, one is confident that only timidity prevents them from joining the class. . . Catherine Norton, grade six, and Francis Brundage, grade eight, were pages in the House of Representatives at the State Assem1by...Sophomores were represented in the State geometry contest at Muncie, April 10, by Michael Weiss and Eileen Wente ...A basketball game was held in Ianuary between the 7th and 8th grades for the benefit of foreign missions...The 7th grade emerged victorious in the grade toumey played on March 18. . .Iames Dunham of the sixth grade and lack Bradley of the fifth grade were entrants in the music festival of 125 pianos. . .Two seniors and three s0PhS also represented St. Mary's. Who is Anderson's champion ping-pong player? Francis Ratchford. ..Who began flourishing Elgin wrist watches on April Qth. ...... Much. artistic ability in the second grade room. . .making and illustrating their own reading charts. . .composing stories of Indian life, of birds, ducks, cmd duckies. . .The Patrol boys were invited to a banquet .. .So were the Gaels, over and over again. . .The third grade has the finest record in the school for loyalty to school affairs, such as games, entertainments that depend on attendance for success. . .Rumor. . .the Eighth grade will stage an oratorical contest in May. ..So will the Sixth grade. . .William Sefton came first in the Freshman-Sophomore Oration contest. ..Agnes Lang was second...and Anthony Tvska won third place... But there were other very fine orators, too. Some thought G. Funk first class. ..Some were sure Mike W. would carry the laurels of the day. . .Others staked their full purses on Florence, Eileen, and Iene.. ..And so it went: but the decision was accepted with the characteristic good spirit of St. Mary's students. . .ln the Senior-Iunior contest. Iiggs was awarded first place, Wilma took second, and F. Burke, third... Richard represented the school at the State contest at Notre Dame on April 18... Iunior boys were enhusiastic over the news of three circuses coming to town in one week...Heated discussion over the respective merits of Napoleon and Tom Mix... Morris and Robert G. are all for Mix. . .and may be among the missing students after the circus rolls up its tent. . .Two more men on the flying trapeze, after all, would add numerically to the aerial 1hri1ls...Norman qave a talklet on the last ClC1y of the six-week period, ind ibrought his English grade to A...Freshmen have considerable talent in art so their illustrations in their note-books on Stevenson's Treasure Island would argue. . .Who is the sophomore attendance champion? Don't you know?...Who dispensed with the formality procedure in the Electric Utility debate? Don't you kI'1OW that either?. . .Ford to Segraves, Mr. Iiggs, my honoralbe opponent, etc. . .. They say that a certain senior speed-demon reformed so thoroughly that he Publicly acknowledged his errors in an oration on the subject. ..Is remorse contagious 9l'1OUqh to catch his iunior pal?. . .l..et's hope.. .What b. b. star has been receiving tan mail? ...lt's a iunior...On the phone: May I speak to the little goil who is editor of the little Gael? . . .'I'ra la. . .Richard Segraves carried off the trophy for winning first place in the State Oratorical Contest at Notre Dame, Indiana, on April l9....We are now first in basket-ball, first in oratory, but last in the hearts of our rivals...

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ORATORY Oratorical honors came to St. Mary's through Richard' Seqraves who won first place and a trophy for the school at the Indiana Catholic Oratorical Contest held at' the University oi Notre Dame on April 18. Richard was personally awarded a gold medal for successiull com- peting with contestants from seven other schools. The McNbamara trophy ,Which he Won for the school was presented to Notre Dame by Deputy Attorney General I. P. McNamara, of Indianapolis. Richard was assigned by the school as representative of Anderson at the State contest after he was pronounced winner over twelve other students in a school contest held on April 14. The contestants were Wilma Oleksy, winner of second placeg Francis Burke, winner of third place: Francis Ratchtord, Helen Meehan, Iohn Welsh, Doris Renner, Iohn Melcher, Bernard Wulle, William Spoo, Mary Margaret Roche, Iohn Lamper, and Patricia Donovan. This event is sponsored annually by the Richard'Crashaw Club and Reverend Father Travers. The subject that placed Richard first both at the 'local and the state contest was the Child Labor Amendment . Deploring child labor in factory, admitting the abuses that inspired the writing of a bill to re- store the child to its natural lite, he attacked the clauses in the Federal Amendment that converted it into a youth reqirnentation bill. He advo- cated as- a solution to the problem a return of the power to the States Where it rightfully belongs. The State contest was sponsored by the Wranglers' Club, a foren- sic society that furnishes debaters for inter-collegiate debates. The judges were Father Bolger of the Sociology Department, Dr. McMahon of the Philosophy Department, and Richard Meier, of the Wranglers.