West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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w--....u..., Eztgwze Wulaer, Dan Clmrrh, Blanch LaVilre, Bob DeGrace, Mr. Fulton, Gaylord Jones, Bob Riel, Bully Chamberlcn DE T FORU 66 ot 1'n Looks Alieadlv That is what all young people are trying to prove to their elders, for they resent being called too young to tmderstandf' Sometimes this feeling is only resentment, hut when it is an urge that compels them to seek understanding, then it must be worth while. This pulilic speaking group was organized hy Principal Reed Fulton especially lor the purpose of informing the older generation of just what youth is thinking. The Student Forum, ll panel of seven speakers pre- pared to give their ideas on the subject Youth Looks Aheacl,'7 was pre- sented to various city organizations throughout the year. These students came hefore Seattle lwusiness men, civic leaders, teachers and parents and discussed the foes of democracy, what Utopia should he like and what education can accomplish. VVe're proud of our crusaders. hlaj' their swords be sharp and their courage highl -23-

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rebuttal speaker. Latour: EUGENE WEBER, rebuttal speakerg MRS. L.-xNs1NG, coachg BETTY CHAM- VVoomly Taylor- turned out for nega- tive cross-questioner before the first debate -switched to affirma- tive two days before the second-made the team-and debated at Garfield. M22- BERLIN, main speaker. For the audience, debate as an activity is a series of bulletin notices and bi-semester clashes of word, wit, and lemon-munching speakers. For the debaters, however, all this stands for three long months of read- ing, note-taking, heated discussions. The actual Hclashl' is but a climax of intense concentration and fast think- ing. From the platform the audito- rium is surprisingly small, the op- ponents surprisingly formidable. But the actual process of speaking makes a seemingly dillicult task easy. Suddenly only the mind and the voice are i1n- portant, only ri point to be proved and a tremendous desire to prove it. DEBATE TEAM EVEN IDEBATERS CAN BE UFUNNYU Alice Chandler, Bully Hallam, Smzlq mmtvl

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Vpfr-1-: Mr. Dotson, Bob Braas, lkiargaret Maguire, Larry Heron, Mrs. Charnherlen, Betty' lrlstabrook, Earl Cook, jim Skt-lly, Edith Jorgensen, Fred Lansing, Doris Ryan, Norman Pike, jr., Dorothy Little, jim Crosby, Sam jones, Alice Chandler, Sally Hopkins. Lawn: Lloyd Lamb, Glen Smith, Ed Mennie, Marian Oliver, Audrey Rowlett, Ed Hanson. KI ' Climbing through the rigging of spooky clipper ships, peering at complicated navigation instruments in various pilot houses and treading warily through the deep, dark holds of Uhone-yard vessels, meinlwers of the l36 Kimtah staff gathered, along with dirty hands and stomaehaches from stale sea-hiseuits, romantic waterfront atmosphere. Row I: Lovejoy, Hansen, Hopkins, Jorgensen, FI-Ulu thc ends of piers, lion' 2' Heron, Hoffman. they watched sunsets tint the Sound and listened to griz- zled sea-dogs tell weird yarns. They developed alwle sea-legs and acquired a hefty sea-going lingo. liven the liinilah ollice, in which were spent long hours of work, ol' writing and ol' reminiscing on events ol' the passing school year, reeked ol' the sally atlllos- phere of the harbor. Rx an Ifziilorizzl Slaff girl Smjjf llorinian, Heron, Lovejoy