Waterloo West High School - Wahawk Yearbook (Waterloo, IA)

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i KENNETH KISTNER is MAX LEVINGSTON JEW1-11.1, JOHNSON APFIRMATIVE Kistner, as first gas pruflueer for the affirmative, reels riff his funil mf knuwledge. faets. statistics, in a manner similar to the xvivrlting of an information bureau. ' Before the rwpptisitiwn has time to refute Kennetlrs first points, he has stated at least a dozen niere. In every debate he had can- neil rebuttals which applieil tu nearly all of the negative arguments ancl was often forced to omit some fur lack of time. liistner always fillerl his ten minutes in the ni:.in speech and five in rebuttal. Kenneth is a ,lunior and this was his first year of experience. lmyiiigstiiii. alsw a Juniifr. was an alternate last year. anfl this year was affirmative seeunil speaker. He uses his ex- teinptiraiieritis speaking ability in debate. ln the midst of a ilebate. Max realizes situatifnis quickly anfl is able to think H11 his feet. anrl is thereftire a valuable rebuttal speaker. He rt-eiwgnizes flaws in wppfising arguments and plays upon their wt-ziktiesses. llis myn ZlTglll1lL'lllS show depth. and are pre- senterl in a way whieli is highly pleasing to the audience and entangling tu the nu-inbers uf the negative, jiiliiisim was an alternate twin years ago and a captain aml regular last year. During his three years' experience he has flex-eltipeil a type tif debating that is clear-cut. forceful and miiyiiieiiig. llis arguments are logical and hard to beat. llis clear thinking is especially noticeable in rebuttal. Hut he has fine big fanltg he will talk two long. This year. his last, he serverl as affirmative captain and third speaker. Page one handled and len

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il 1?Tl3v '5' f tp The l9l9-20 clehating teams marle an unusual reeortl hy winning every con- test on the schedule. The aftirmative team was coinposetl of Kenneth Kistner. Klax l.et'ingston. T' ' 4' -' Lf Xlar- anfl hlewell johnson. The alternates were bernita bantorrl ancl .torbe . velis. The attirmative team met anrl defeatecl Klarshalltown and lntlepentlenee. The negative team was composed of 'lohn Corson, Merle Francis, ancl Earl Lonclon. The alternates were llarry liutton ancl Francis lfighmey. The negative team met anfl flefeatetl lntleluentlenee, Charles City ancl .-Xmes. The season was openetl hy a tlehate with Charles City, Hur negative team uphelcl the honor of Xtest lligh hy winning a unanimous cleetsion. The next encounter was a clual tlehate with lnclepende t . 5 team going there. antl the attirmatiye team heltl the home trenches. XYe won at both places by a 2 to 1 cleeision. n 'e Hur nefrative Qtlietness prevailed for a few weeks antl then came the triangular Klarshall- town ancl Ames. Hur affirmative team went to Klarshalltown antl the .Xmes affirmative came here. XYe rlefeatecl hoth teams hy a unanimous tleeision, .Xmes won from Marshalltown ancl so the standing is as follows: lst, Xxiesl Waterloo llighg Zcl, .Xmesi ancl Srtl, Klarshalltown. -F. C lf. Zl. W Page one blllltjffd and nim

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tt? JOHN CORSON , A ,, , , iQ ' x ' 't MERLE FRANCIS .,X ' EARL LONDON NEGATIVE Corson's delivery, and in fact, his whole attitude is calm, clear, and convincing and is very effective in opening the negative. ,lohn's manner and the context of his speech are interesting and far from dry. He is not in the least bom- bastic, but is very conversational, and instead of talking at his audience, talks with them. Corson avoids dry statistics, but employs real facts, presented clearly, to refute points. His much reading on the subject has aided him to be more logical. John tried debating this year for the tirst time, and is only a sophomore. Francis, a Junior, with his explosive style of delivery, com- mands immediate attention of all present. with his opening words. ln the course of his speech, he uses many examples. drawing word pictures. describing the horrors of anything proposed by the affirmative. Merle injects into a gab con- test the element which distinguishes a real debate from a social gathering. He is antagonistic enough to stir up the opposition and keep the contest interesting. His rebuttals are just as full of tire as his main speeches. This is lXIerle's second year of first-team debating. London's make-up as a debater, contained a unusual amount of pep and snap. He was neg. captain and third speaker. Earl puts his whole being into his debating, and consequently con- trolled the audience to the extent that they laughed at his sarcasm, smiled at his determination, and kept absolutely si- lent while he stated his plan. London is wide-awake, alert, witty, and firmly believes that Military training should not be adopted. Earl was a game little scrapperf' this being his second year at the game. and also the year of his grad- uation. He was a whirlwind and never failed to secure de- eisions. W Page one lmndred and eleven