West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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ORATORY The sub-district oratorical contest was held at Arthur Hill April 6th, with entries from Alpena, Standish, Onaway, Saginaw High and Arthur Hill. Our representatives were Everett Winslow, who won first place in oratory, and Clara Shafer, who was entered in the declama- tion contest. The subject of Everett ' s oration was, The Supreme Need of Democracy, and in point of thought and style, would do honor to many a college student. Fred Heilmann of Saginaw High won second place. Clara Shafer was subjected to severe competition in the declamation contest, but she ac- quitted herself admirably with the declamation, A Message to Garcia. Everett Winslow will go to the district contest which will be held in Flint April 27.

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DEBATING The achievement of the public speaking department this year compares favorably with that of previous years. However, the co-operation of the students in debating was not so ap- parent as in athletics, and at times the debators and their excellent coach, Mr. T. J. Denny, felt that they were fighting alone — but at almost all of the debates a fair representation of the students were present; and five out of a possible sixteen points were obtained in the league. Our first debate of the season was held at the Annex December 8th in which Everett Wins- low, Donald Metcalf, and Natalie Duclos defended the negative side against Saginaw High School. The question was: Resolved, that the United States and Canada should jointly con- struct a deep waterway canal to the Atlantic by the way of the St. Lawrence River, as was stated in the report of the International Joint Commission submitted to Congress in January, 1922. This debate was a very close and interesting one. Our team won by a 2-1 decision. On January 11, our negative team was opposed by Pontiac High School at Pontiac, where a unanimous decision was rendered in favor of the affirmative team. The next two league debates were upheld by Sidney Schroeder, Bay Goodrow and Helen Hollies on the affirmative side of the question. This team had two practice debates — one with Midland High School, in which we won unanimously; and the other debate with Saginaw High at Saginaw with a 2-1 decision. The third league debate was scheduled for January 26, with Owosso, at the Annex, but for various reasons this debate was postponed until after our next league debate which was against Port Huron High School at Port Huron. Our team lost 2-1 to Port Huron ' s negative team. The Owosso debate was held February 23 where for the first time we met a good debating team — and were also surprised at the number of students who were present. Although we fought to the limit, we lost 2-1 to the negative defenders who were superior in delivery, if not in rebuttal. Our second negative team composed of Abe Oserowsky, Everett Winslow and George Lehr, defeated Midland in a debate on the league question. Thus out of seven debates we were on four occasions awarded the decision. The results are not so discouraging, but we must all admit that the best results have not as yet been ac- complished. So students, let ' s turn over a new leaf and give the debaters our undivided sup- port and see if we cannot have still better results next year. HELEN HOLLIES.

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SENATE After considerable discussion the old Student House of Arthur Hill was divided into two bodies, the Seniors withdrawing to form a Senate and the underclassmen comprising the Lower House. A constitution was drafted and accepted and the officers for the first and second sessions were as follows: 1st Term 2nd Term President Don Metcalf Don Metcalf President Pro Tem Wallace Ardussi Cullen McDonald Clerk George Needham Earl Harris Assistant Clerk John Benson Abe Oserowsky Censor Everett Winslow Everett Winslow Sergeant-at-Arms Burton Ross Harold Mertz The primary object of the Senate is to create an interest in debating and parliamentary law. That it has accomplished its object is self-evident, for Arthur Hill now possesses many a gifted speaker, where before there were but few. Bills for discussion were those that confront our Congressmen, and in each case they were handled with cleverness and force by the student legislators. On February 17, 1923, there was an open meeting to which the public was invited and before a small crowd, a lengthy and spirited debate was held, resulting in the adoption of a ' ' Bill to Provide for Capital Punishment of Major Crimes. Other issues debated upon were: The Compulsory Ballot, Cancellation of Allied War Debts, the Freedom of the Philippines, and many more equally important.