Western High School - Occident Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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NEGATIVE DEBATING TEAM AFFIRMATIVE DEBATING TEAM T 78

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V 1 It meairrn Rabin 6311111 A Vkfireless te'egraphy is a new feature which has been added tp our school dur- ing the past year and it is mainly through the untlring edorts of Mr. Crawford, to- gether with the aid of those Who were interested along that line, that such a thing were possible. A Last fall a meeting of all the boys interested in the wire'ess was called and as a result a club was organized under the name of NVestern Radio Club. At the first meeting of the club the following oflicers were elected: Nelson Gilbert, presidentg John LaRue, vice-president: Lewis l'owrie, secretary: Edwin Greenleaf, treasurer, Albin.-Johnson, librarian, and Reed Nichols, chief censor. It was decided that meetings would be held on the NVednesday of every other week, and that the dues would be ten cents per month. The object of the club is to awaken an interest in Wireless telegraphy and to be instructive along all sorts of electrical lines as well as furnish a means of pe- cuniary support. As an aid thereto books and magazines have been purchased by the club for the use of its members. In February an electrical carnival was given by the club for the purpose of raising funds. Electrical stunts of all kinds were exhibited including demonstra- tions in wireless telegraphy. A one-act farce concluded the carnival. It was a great. success considering that it was the first entertainment of any kind, given by the club. The study of the wireless has proved both interesting and educational' and it is to be hoped that this branch of activity will be kept up and improved upon as time goes on. f S W ' 1, A .A,1A',, !l0fm lll lllttll Ill gg? 'ez -ff, 77

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mrhatrrian Erhating Qlluh 14. The Vifebsterian Debating Club was organized in October for the purpose of grooming debaters for the valley debates. Meetings were held on alternate Tues- day evenings. About twenty-live boys joined the club and took part in the' pro- grams at different times. The programs, varied from orations, lectures, and the reading of a high school journal to programs consisting entirely of debating, and were designed to give the boys training in argumentation, oratory and declama- tion. Mr. Lewis, Mr. Powrie, Mr. Tom inson, Mr. Bendall, Mr. Lichtig and Mr, Vvalt visited the club and talked to the members about the necessity for such an organization and the beneiits to be derived from the meetings. The banquet of the club on Tuesday, November 30th, was- well attended tnaturallyl and a number of the YVebsterians showed considerable ability as after- dinner speakers. It is impossible to measure the amount of good which the Websterian Club ac- complished, but we have the satisfaction of knowing that tive of the eight students who represented VVestern on the debating teams were members of the club, and our representative in the District Oratorical Contest lwho. by the way, won second place,J received some experience in the club meetings. The members of the club are: Ernest Ackermann, Arlin Armstrong, Theo Bancroft, VVilloughby Blodgett. Reginald Crooks, VVill Davis, Roy DuLude, Garry Ensing. Nelson Gilbert, Spencer Goodwin, Edwin Greenleaf, Hiram Handy, Clarence Hare, Leroy Keeley. Victor Method, Floyd Nichols, Reed Nichols, Saul Pittsley, Lewis Powrie, Taylor Sutherland, George Wvestover. The faculty advisers are Miss Bishop and Mr. Perkins. ' N ' Fl x0 meg., T9