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

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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.

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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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mm The prospects for next year ' s Senate are equally good for there are many juniors in the House of Representatives, and they will undoubtedly form a lively Senate. Plans for the Congressional Banquet to be given at the end of the second term, are being made, at which we will have a chance to display our appetites as well as our forensic ability. The Members Ardussi, Arduino Ardussi, Wallace Baumgart, Clarence Benson. John Bixby, Guy Cole, Victor Compton, Hugo Doering, Harold Eynon, Laverne Galamo, Frederic Harris, Earl Hart, Raymond Johnson, Charles Kaiser, George Kessell, William Lehr, George Lewis, Junior Lovette, John McDonald, Cullen McGovern. Irving Mertz, Harold Metcalf , Donald Moore, Albert Murray, Charles Needham, George Oserowsky, Abe Rankin, Leroy Ross, Burton Ryan, Hubert Schurr, Kenneth Snyder, Henry Speath, Leonard Struthers, David Winslow, Everett Tovi nsend, Herbert Tanner, Martin Schiff. Milton EARL HARRIS, Clerk. I i