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

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10 THE SPECTAT OR Declamatory Although West High's twelve declamatory entrants for this year did not win the silver cup in the quadrangular series of contests, as did their predecessors of 1931, dramatic ability seldom seen in high school students was displayed. The results of these quadrangular contests were as follows: Dramatic Alice Bellinger, winner of first place at home contest, first felimi- nated because of overtimejg Jean Garner, winner of second place at home contest, second, Marian-Ban ker, winner of third place at home contest, first, and Helen Louise Bernbrock, winner of fourth place at home contest, second. Humorous Betty Lichty, winner of first place at home contest, fourth, Min- nie Wartey, winner of second place at home contest, third, Billy Cook, winner of third place at home con- test, fourthg and Elaine Sabine, winner of fourth place at home contest, second. Oratorical Russell Fergason, winner of first SCHOLIJS FOOD SHOP FREE DELIVERY PHONE 412 1223 West Fifth St. place at the home contest, first, Wells Barnett, winner of second place at the home contest, fourth, Meyer Zimring, winner of third place at the home contest, second, and Criss Mavrelis, winner of fourth place at the home contest, first. At the first round of the state contest, West's representatives, Russell Fergason, Alice Bellinger and Betty Lichty, received second, first and fourth places, respec- tively. This contest was held at the Dike High School, Wednesday evening, February 24. When the following contest in the state series was held at Shell Rock, Wednesday evening, March 9, Waterloo swept away major honors, as its only two entrants, Kathleen Adams, representing-East High, and Alice Bellinger, repre- senting West High, won two unan- imous firsts in the humorous' and dramatic divisions, respectively. The other first, in the oratorical division, was won by Ora Harvey of Hampton. After receiving another first at Nashua, Alice Bellinger was de- feated at the district contest held at Maquoketa. TED SHELDON Quality Meats and Groceries PHONE 3540 Fifth and Baltimore SENIORS SOMETIME HENCE I am a boy from high school, My diploma I have earned, But the thing that bothers me is that I've forgotten all I've learned. I thought that I knew people, And how to earn my bread, But it seems now that I'm out of school My ambition is quite dead. 'Cause they don't give grades for working In a factory or a store, And you just can't bluff the boss around, You have to know your chore. So anyone who thinks that life Is just a little joke Better button on his his thinking cap And let those lessons soak ,,.-.l-.li LESSON IN TENNIS By Heck Swing at the ball with all your might. Just keep your form and do it right But if you miss Qwe hope you doj It's going to be tough luck for you. The Biggest Little Drug Store in Waterloo, Is There With the Goods, and Malt- ed Milks JUST TOOT YOUR HORN PHONE 1445 ERNSTER DRUG West Fifth and Allen The Mavreline Laboratories 228W W. Fourth St. Above William's Cigar Store Agnes Thompson Flower Shop PHONE 5383 324 East Fourth St. For 23 Years The Finest in Complete OPTICAL SERVICE B Q.. GLASSES

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TH E SPECTATOR 9 West High Trophies Student Assembly Among the important activities sponsored bythe West High Stu- dent Assembly this year in the in- terest of an improved West High citizenship and general school bet- terment are the following: School clean-up campaign, raising the money for a football scoreboard, the establishment of the thought- for-the-day project, and the citi- zenship award. The scholarship committee of Student Assembly, with the aid of the teachers, home room advisers and students, has been successful in promoting a spirit of industry and enthusiasm which has given West High one of the most impos- ing scholarship records it has ever had. The Student Assembly regrets the loss of its present senior A members, Forrest Makinster, presi- dent, Elizabeth Harris, chairman of the social committee, James Gordon, chairman of the citizenship committee, and Dorothy Thompson, all of whom have a record of out- standing accomplishment in the assembly's activities. Elizabeth Harris has the unique distinction of having been a mem- ber of the Student Assembly since its origin in February, 1929. Dur- ing her sophomore year she held the secretaryshipg she was vice- president in her junior year, and this year has served as chairman of the social committee. When the school year began last September, the spirit to win seemed to have been imbued into the West High student body. This spirit is well represented by this noble assemblage of trophies, contibuted to by every department in the school. Not only the track, football, and basketball teams, which have contributed the larger portion, but also the musical or- ganizations, both vocal and in- strumental, Hi-Y, and debate teams have added their share. Magnificent honors, indeed, have been bestowed upon West by her winning these trophies. In addition to this collection, three more awards were won by West athletes at Ames, Saturday, May 21, but they were acquired too late to be photographed with these. The tennis team and the track team acquired the three additional prizes. Debate The debate teams for 1931-32 have had a successful year for West High. The question for dis- cussion this year was: Resolved that the several states should en- act legislation for compulsory un- employment insurancef' In this West High was represented by Wells Barnett, Art Waterbury, Eleanor Stoddard, Donita Smith, Ruth Sutherland, Marian Barker, Bob Gibson, and Bob Slifsgard. They won from Cedar Falls High, Teachers' High, Cedar Falls, Dubu- que, Clinton, Roosevelt High, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, and Decorah, losing to Clinton, Dubuque, Mason City, Iowa City, and Maxwell. In the Round Robin Debates held at Cedar Falls, West High won first in its district, but was eliminated in the semi-finals by Dubuque. In the 1932-1938 the debates will be either on: Resolved that a sale's tax should be enacted, or Resolved that at least forty per cent of the state and local taxes should come from some source other than tangible property. There will be five from this year's team available for first semester r year and four available for of the year. There will also 3 a regular debate class similar to the one this year.

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TH E SPECTAT OR 11 ports Front Row: fleft to rightj-Peterson, Affeldt, Nipper, Kloster, Captain Sorenson, Camp, Schuck, Makinster. Second row-Clark, DeBerg, Fort, Fridley, Sampson, Kortemeyer, Wimber, Confare. Third row-Grange, Athletic Manager, Jacobsen, Coach Meeter, Huston, Rice, Coach Strobridge, Heath, Turnipseed, Athletic Manager, Christianson, Gibson, Trainer Track The Wahawks have been out- standing in track this season, Coach Gordon Meeter having de- veloped one of the strongest teams in the state of Iowa. West High opened the season with a Mississippi Valley confer- ence meet at Iowa City, and fail- ed to look impressive, placing in but a few events. On April 2, at the state indoor meet at Iowa City, West placed second, Fairfield, last year's state champions, nosing the Wahawks out by one and one-half points. The two-thirds mile relay team composed of Scott, Clark, Moore, and Schuck took first place, and the medley mile relay team placed third. Schuck, quarter miler, won first in his heat, Clark finishing third in the 60 yard low hurdles. West High next defeated Dubu- que in a dual meet on April 9th by a score of '75 to 56. Slifsgard, crack West High sprinter, won both the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Scott, Schuck, and Moore placed one, two, and three in the 440 yard dash. Allen and Duschen, milers placed first and second in the mile, and Kloster starred in the weight events. Both mile and half mile relay teams took firsts in this meet. On April 20 West High, East High, and Cedar Falls engaged in a triangular meet, the Wahawks winning by a large margin. Slifs- gard won both dashes, Allen and DeBerg winning in the mile and half mile run. Kloster placed first in all the weight events. Scott and Schuck placed one and two in the 440. In the broad jump and pole vault Gordon and Douthett each took a first. OnVApril 23rd competing in the Teachers' College Relays at Cedar Falls, West's mile relay team, con- sisting of Scott, Moore, Clark, and Schuck won the mile relay, and the two mile relay team placed second. At the Drake Relays on April 30th, West High's one-half mile relay team competing with teams from surrounding states placed third, first, and second places CContinued on page 121 Football During the 1931 football season at West High, Coach Gordon Meeter, assisted by Coach Glen Strobridge, produced a better than average football team, which won all but two of the games on the season's schedule and displayed a brilliant brand of football. West also gained a coveted place in the Mississippi Valley Conference, a circuit of schools which includes Grant and Washington of Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Iowa City, Dave- enport and Clinton. Following is the record of the 1931 Wahawk eleven: Nashua .............. Og West ...... 25 Washington ...... 05 Fort Dodge ...... 195 West ....,. 7 Charles City .... 03 West ...... 32 Mason City ........ 63 West ...... O West ...... 14 West ...... 33 Grant ............,... 13, East .................. Og West ...... 7 Besides the regularly scheduled games, one game was played with the Teachers College freshmen, which the Wahawks dropped, 6-0. In addition to these team honors, 1Continued on page 125