Tekonsha High School - Indian Yearbook (Tekonsha, MI)

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FORENSICS

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Who's Who WHO’S WHO Most Attractive Boy Marlin McElhenie Most Attractive Girl Donna Goff Best Boy Dancer Marlin McElhenie Best Girl Dancer Margaret Witthuhn Most Athletic Boy Charles Luby Most Athletic Girl Eloise Randall Boy With Best Sportsmanship John Shedd Girl With Best Sportsmanship Rose Elian DeLong Neatest Boy Bert DeLong Neatest Girl Velma Dean Most Studious Boy Jack Fousel Most Studious Girl .... Anita Belle Johnson Bov With Best Personality Ronald Shedd Girl With Best Personality ... Jean Blashfield Most Devoted Couple Elwin Williams and Donna Goff Most Popular Boy --- Marlin McElhenie Most Popular Girl . Rose Elian DeLong Sleepiest Boy - Donald Schofield Most Bashful Boy Richard Olney Most Bashful Girl Dorothy Newland Biggest Gum Chewer Elynore Abel Biggest Talker - .... Elynore Abel ■Jolliest Person Anna Hawkins The above are the results of a poll taken in the upper six grades in the Tekon sha Public School.

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Speech Contests DECLAMATION, ORATION and EXTEMPORANEOUS CONTEST A c !I was mat!? shov ly after the Debate seas n 1 »r all people interested in !)' (! iniatmn, Orut.iy and L;;U.mp Speaking to give their names t Dorothy Martinson. In tre Declamation group, Velma Dean, Mildred Belote and Dorothy Martinson elite • d tie I j 1 c iii '.-.id was h ’d on March 17, at t e high school. Elynore Abel in Ex'cmp and Jack Fousel in Oratory had no competition, however, they gave t .eir speeches. Velma Dean, the winner in :er section, gave “Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of In dependence'' b; Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Jack Fousol chose “Cooperatives in a Porn c. cy” » • the subject of his oration. Elynore Abel, who wa giv n one hour previous to t. e time she would speak, had the subject 4 The Spanish Revolution.” Mr. Steele and Mrs. R.C. Hudson judged the local contest. On April 1J, 1939, the winners of the local contest entered the sub-district contest at Hillsdale College where they competed with Bronson, Quincy, Litchfield, Homer, and Union City. Homer received the cup for having the greatest number of points in t e little “C”, Quincy received second place and Litchfield and Tekonsha tied for third place. Velma Dean and Jack Fousel placed fourth in their respective contests and Elynore Abel, talking on “Organized Gambling in Michigan,” placed second. After the contest, the students were taken to interesting places on t. e campus. Dinner was served in the Freshmen Dormitoiy to all contestants and their coaches through t.'.e c curtesy of the college. They were also offered complimentary tickets to “Pinafore”.