St Marys High School - La Maria Yearbook (Huber, OR)

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LA MARIA Page Seventeen Student odly YVith the opening of school the Student Body Organization for the current scholastic year of T36 and '37 was formed. Officers were elected to guide its members through the many and varied ac- tivities. ln a closely contested bal- lot Jesse lVebb was elected Presi- dent: Lawrence Daley was chosen Vice-Presidentg Oscar Reynolds and Ernest Stassens were selected as Secretary-Trcasurer and Ser- geant-at-Arms, respectively. This quartet of student leaders proved their worth by successfully directing the destinies of the Stu- dent Body through a most active year. With the co-operation of all Soda The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Nlary has been one of the leading features since St, Mary's existed. At present there are three divisions: the Senior Sodality for the High Schoolg the junior So- dality for the sixth, seventh, and eighth gradesg and the Children of lllary for the lower grade stu- dents. On the eighth of December, the feast of the Immaculate Con- ception, twenty-five new members were enrolled. Five sodalists of the Senior Class will leave this year, perhaps to continue their love and devotion to lllary Immaculate in Catholic Colleges, but assuredly in their private lives. Their num- ber, however, will be replaced and the membership will be increased by sixteen from the Junior di- a new high in student activities was reached. Kleetings were called twice a month and student prob- lems and needs were solved. The work of the officers was not con- fined to any single branch but they diversified their efforts by staging smokers, dances, by conditioning the various athletic fields and greatly aided the Dramatic club by filling the auditorium on each oc- casion plays were presented. The entire school feels deeply obligated to the President and his cohorts for their splendid work of the year. They have set a high mark for future governing bodies to aim at. lliity vision who graduate from the lffighth Grade. The monthly meetings, the gen- eral Communions, and other ac- tivities of the Sodalities were well attended. ln this way the Sodalists have given ample proof that their trust and confidence in the loving protection and guidance of their heavenly lllother has never failed. Both Sodalities elect their of- ficers at the beginning of each school year. In the Senior Division, Jesse lvebb was elected President, Raymond Hall, Vice-President, Louis Nyssen, Secretary, Jack liechard, Treasurer, and Vincent Davis, Sergeant-at-Arms. In the Junior Division Curtis lizell was chosen President, George Carrington, Vice-Presidentg Ralph Alton, Treasurer, and Albert Nackers, Sergeant-at-Arms.

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Page Sixteen LA MARIA La Maria Staff Top Row--Jesse Webb, Ray Hall. Second Row-Ernest Stassens, Donald M. Elliizott. Center--fRev. James Maxwell. Third Row-Jack Murphy, Bernard Riverman. Fourth Row-Jack Bechard, Louis Nyssen.

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Page Eighteen LA MARIA Public Speaking One of the most difficult tasks in the lives of most people is to be able to face an audience and speak clearly and without fear. To teach our young men this art, to enable them to stand before any audience and speak with success. great stress always has been placed upon the pursuit of Public Speak- ing at St. lWary's. lVe can point with pride to our accomplished speakers of the past. Such orators as lVoodard, Stan- ley Lacey, Tim Coleman, and a host of others have not only proven the value of this study but bring out the effectiveness of our work in this branch of study. This year's class can claim equal honors with any of the past. .lack Bechard, Jesse lVebb, Ernie Stas- sens, Virgil DePiero, Louis Nys- sen, Ted Nyssen. R. Hall, and -lack lllurphy have formed an oc- tet of orators that brought as- tounding results. Delba Like athletics and Dramatics, debating has found a prominent place in the school life of St. lVIary's. The art of argumenta- tive speaking, on account of its great value, is especially stressed and finds a great appeal to the students. It affords them the op- portunity to express their inner- most ideas on current subjects as well as teaching them the art of delivery. Important subjects of the day To enable these boys to put in practice what they were actually taught, arrangements were made to have them speak before the Knigfhts of Columbus, and the Veterans of Foreign VVars, both organizations of Hillsboro, Oregon, and also at St. Francis Parish in Portland. Their endeavors were marked with great success as shown by the re- ception given them on each occa- sion. Annually, to spur interest in this art, a contest is staged. Ten speak- ers are chosen who will vie with each other before carefully selected judges. A gold medal will be pre- sented to the winner of this con- test. Ten have been chosen to dem- onstrate their forensic ability on this occasion. They are: Louis Nyssen, Ted Nyssen, sl. lVebb, R. Hall, -lack Beehard, Ernest Stas- sens, .lack lklurphy, Virgil De- Piero, Laddie Parapid, and Camil- le Leveille. ting are selected for the debaters, who. after much preparation, are teamed against each other before the entire student body, Such subjects as the Ownership and Operation of Bon- neville Dam, Capital Punish- ment,'l The Spanish Question, and others were debated upon by the various members of the Debat- ing Class. Bernie Riverman, .lack Bechard, Ernie Stassen, C. Thay- er and Ted Nyssen proved to be the best debaters of this season.