Warren High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Warren, MA)

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is wg g THEg HILLTOP Debating Team Seated, left to right: Lawrence Coney, Gertrude Madigan, Bernice Carter, Mary Madigan, Frank Keith. Standing, left to right: Mr, Rand, Maurice Nelligan, Charles McDonald, Allen Campbell. The debating team organized this year with three new members. The affirma- tive consisted of Frank Keith, first speak- erg Allen Campbell, second speakerg Mary Madigan, third speakerg and Charles Mc- Donald served as alternate. The negative team was upheld by Gertrude Madigan, lirst speaker: Lawrence Coney, second speakerg Maurice Nelligan, third speakerg and Bernice Carter as alternate. After a few preliminary debates, some of which were held in West Brooktield, the Warren High Debating Team entered the Quaboag Valley interscholastic Debating League, composed of teams representing Charlton, Leicester, and Spencer Highi Schools. The question for debate was Resolved, That the several states should enact legislation providing for a complete system of medical service available to all citizens at public expense. In view of the fact that every school in the league won three debates and lost three debates, the championship of the Quaboag League had to be determined by judges' decisions. Since Spencer had gained more 3-O decisions than any of the other schools, the David Prouty debaters Won the first place with a score of 11 points. Warren and Leicester tied for second, with 9 pointsg and Charlton up- held the losing end with a score of 8 points.

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TI-TE HIISLTOP Editorial Staff Front row, left to right: Florence Baldyga, Loretta Zabik, Stephanie Obartuck, C-ertrude Madigan Wanda Obartuck, Merle Bousquet, Doris Side, Eleanor Mongeon. Second row, left to right: joseph Beeman, Stanley Rys, Chester Lizak, Miss Shea, james Pratt Allen Campbell Milton Esty Last row, left to right: Mr. Somrnerman, Edward Fredette, Vincent Concannon, Vernon Odiorne Frank Keith. Associate Editor Editor-In-Chief DORIS SIDE FRANK KEITH Dramatics Debating Music MERLE BOUSQUET C-ERTRUDE MADIGAN MARY POWERS Art Exchanges Humor BERNARD LENO School Notes STEPHANIE OBARTUCK Commercial Club RUTH BUZZELL STANLEY RYS EDWARD FREDETTE BRONAC SIEGEL LORETTA ZABIK FLORENCE BALDYCA FLORENCE BALDEGA Boys' Athletics MELVIN VEINOT ALLEN CAMPBELL BUSINESS STAFF CHESTER LIZAK MILTON ESTY VERNON ODIORNE GERTRUDE MADIGAN ELEANOR MONCEON STEPHANIE OBARTUCK Faculty Manager HENRY H. SOMMERMAN VERNON ODIORNE VINCENT CONCANNON Girls' Athletics WANDA OBARTUCK Faculty Adviser C-ERTRUDE A. SHEA ALLEN CAMPBELL IOSEPH BEEMAN MERLE BOUSQUET IAMES PRATT DORIS SIDE

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K 'ILHE HILLTOP -A-v 7 h ,7 State Champion Debating Team Seated, left to right: Frank Keith, Mark S. Rand, Lawrence Coney. Standing, left to right: Mary Madigan, Gertrude Madigan. Although the schedule of the League had been completed, we continued our ac- tivities for the benefit of a trip to Wil- liamsburg. In the meantime we had received an in- vitation to enter a District Tournament in Charlton. This included not only debat- ing but also dramatic and oratorical decla- mation. The new rules which were made for the Williamsburg debates were to be put into practice in Charlton. The main rule was that only two debaters were to uphold one side of the question without any alternate. The debaters chosen were Frank Keith and Mary Madigan for the affirmative, and Lawrence Coney and Gertrude Madigan for the negative. Law- rence Coney won first place in the dramatic declamation. On February 27 and 28 the Warren de- bating teams and also the three speakers, Vernon Odiorne, Merle Bousquet, and Lawrence Coney, traveled to Williamsburg, where we were to meet schools from all over Massachusetts. In the semi-finals Warren placed second, with Williamsburg in the lead. In the finals Warren defeated Hadley, a team which had defeated Wil- liamsburg, thereby becoming the Massa- chusetts State Champions. Thrilled with the honor of being State Champions, we were eager to compete in the National Contest at Oklahoma City. It was not until the day that we were to leave and saw the crowd at the station that we realized the full significance of going. Our arrival in Oklahoma on Sun- day, May 3rd, caused no such sensation, for we were merely one more team there. On Monday we joined the contestants from throughout the country at Classen High School. To insure impartiality, the teams were identified only by numbers which were drawn by lot. In this manner Mary Madigan and Frank Keith of the affirmative were pitted against Youngs- town, Ohio, and Classen High School of Oklahoma Cityg while Gertrude Madigan and Lawrence Coney of the negative clashed with Dwight, Illinois, and Wichita, Kansas. On Tuesday night when the elim- inating of the teams was announced, we learned that Warren had defeated Dwight, Illinois. In the finals Du Quoin, Illinois, won the national championship. To some it may seem foolish for us to be even a little proud that we won one debate, and yet if these people could have been there and could have seen the competition, they would feel as we do. Taking into consid- eration that the teams we were up against had been working on the question since May, 1935, there is little wonder that we boast of winning one debate When others won none.