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

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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

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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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wan w Wyhik elf . , 401 THE DEBATING CLUB LEAGUE DEBATES With the formation of the Catholic Girls Debating League by Father Evans, S.J., St. Scholastica, as always, took advantage of the opportunity to join this progressive cityrwide movement. A debating club was formed and a team composed of Marie Hoffmann, Marion Mulligan, Betty Lapp and Catherine OiBoyle began strenuous training. The team made its debut on the home ground on December 23, 1930. With Immaculata High School as their opponents they upheld the afhrmative of the reso' lution that iiChain stores are detrimental to the welfare of the American people. The question, one in which the whole country seems to be interested at the present time, made the encounter a lively one. Full of pep and vigor with the coming of the new year, the team journeyed to the west side on January 11, 1931. The second league debate took place at Siena High School when our girls for the hrst time battled on a foreign field. In this encounter they defended the negative side of the aforementioned question. Once again, with success, St. Scholastica voiced her opposition to the chain store movement. On their home ground the team met Visitation High School on Februi ary 22, 1931, in the third debate of the year. The league season closed on March 20 with the now experienced team traveling to the south side to meet St. Xavieris Academy. The chain store question had by this time gained much prominence in the league, and the unearthing of many new arguments was an interesting feature of this last debate. CATHERINE OiBOYLE, T31. SCHOLASTICAN1931