St Scholastica High School - Scholastican Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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e 4ny s W771 K 11 F ovensics WILLIAM H. CONLEY The first year of debating at St. Scholastica has been a distinct success, in the true sense of the word. No other school has attempted as impressive a schedule, no other club has been more interested in furthering forensic art, no other team has been more willing to learn, more untiring in effort, more loyal to the school and student body it represented. The coach of a debating club is given only one opportunity in the course of the year to publicly congratulate those with whom he has worked. That opportunity comes with the publication of the school year book, so may I take this occasion to extend my heartiest congratulations to the members of the various teams and to those who in any way aided the activities of the club? In every debate those who participated were credits to themselves, to their teachers, and to their school. May the spirit of industry, of cooperation, of sportsmanship which permeated the club during the past year become a tradition which will be followed faithfully by all future debaters! May the activities of the past year be an inspiration for still greater success in the future! WILLIAM H. CONLEY. SCHOLASTICAN1931

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X Front TowHelen Stringer, Eileen Rietz. Catherine Quinlisk, Frances Burke. Back Tow--Mary Wendell, Dionysia diLeo, Ethel Quinlisk, Gwendolyn leemecourt, Barbara Schwalbert. xxh M THE STRING ENSEMBLE l 1 I 4 Under the very patient tutelage of Sister Mary Sybille, our formerly sotalled Hubbub Orchestra has developed into an organization to be reckoned with among the school activities. The Ensemble made its first appearance at the music recital given by members of the senior high school at the beginning of the year. It opened the program with the lively llMarchll by MoEat, and closed it with a com trasting rondo, nLe Petit Tambourfa from Freischutz. Those present at the various assembles were also delighted by the Ensemblels ren' ditions of the classic and ever popular llSelections from Operas? klAlla Marciall by Wolfermann, and llElfentanzll by Moffat. Because of the great success of their performance of last year at the senior play, the musicians were invited this year to play between the acts of the junior highls dramatizations. Again their performance proved artistic and pleasing. Then, amid the applause of all the guests present, the Ensemble made its final bow of the season at a recital given at the close of the school term. The musicians played a group of three numbers: WValsell by Fowler, llFantasiell by Sanger, and the melodious llSummer Fantasie by Schumann. MARION MULLIGAN, 3 1t SCHOLASTICAN1931

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t3x' xi:x . ::$i JANE SPALDING THE DEBATING CLUB 0 F F 1c E R s JANE SPALDING ................................ President LILLIAN GRAFFT .......................... VicerPresident CHARLOTTE RAUEN ............................ Secretary ROSE HARTMANN ............................. Treasurer xxxe hoe t $$h e h Perhaps the most spectacular of our extracurricular achieve! ments this year was the formation of a senior high school debating club. The first meeting witnessed the election of officers and the defining 0f the purpose of the organization-ttto foster inv provement in debate among the students of St. Scholisticaf After mastering the fundamentals of debate under the experir enced tutelage of Mr. William Conley, debating coach, the clubrmembers held spirited discussions on questions of pending debates at practically every subsequent Tuesday gathering. Besides the four league debates of the past season the St. Scholastica debaters pitted themselves against the hitherto matchless wits of St. Ignatius on March 25, and of Loyola Academy on May 13. In the controversy With the first school, a junior team composed of Jane Lorenz, Jane Spalding, and Eleanor Quinlisk supported the negative of the question hResolved, That the emergence of women into public life is to be deplored? while the cause of polemics with Loyola was Resolved, That centralization of power in the United States is desirable.n Once more, the St. Scholastica debaters, Ruth Heinz, Jane Spalding, and Anita Cassidy, argued the negative. L. GRAFFT JANE SPALDING, 122. R- HARTMANN c. RAUEN Page sixty'seven l, SCHOLASTICAN1931 V IN